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 | Yazmin Romero, 23, a University of Wisconsin-Parkside student received the Richard Oulahan Award for youth activism Thursday for her work as an immigration rights activist. ( KENOSHA NEWS PHOTO BY Submitted photo ) |
Immigrant advocacy group honors UW-P grad for efforts on tuition bill
A University of Wisconsin-Parkside student who urged the passage of a bill that led to in-state tuition for children of undocumented workers was awarded for her activism Thursday night.
Yazmin Romero, 23, along with UW-Milwaukee student Valeria Gonzalez, shared the Richard Oulahan Youth Activist Award given by Voces de la Frontera, Wisconsin’s largest immigrant advocacy group. The late Richard Oulahan was the director of Esperanza Unida, a Milwaukee agency that offers job training and placement for workers. He died in 2008.
See the complete story in today's Kenosha News, Page: A2
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Assuming that there will be a change to health care on the national level, which best represents how it should be paid for?
Make the rich pay. They have a lot more than they need.
Everyone should pay something toward health care, regardless of income.
Businesses and employees should pay through payroll taxes.
Take the money from hospitals and insurance companies.
Make the rich pay. They have a lot more than they need.
Everyone should pay something toward health care, regardless of income.
Businesses and employees should pay through payroll taxes.
Take the money from hospitals and insurance companies.
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