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PALCUS Adopts Espírito Santo School

FALL RIVER — The Espírito Santo School has gained a whole new “family.”
The Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) has decided to adopt the first Portuguese parochial school in the United States. The announcement was made at a ceremony held at the school on Wednesday attended by a number of officials who joined in to celebrate the school’s 100th anniversary and its commitment to teaching the Portuguese language and culture. Read more...

Workshop "Texturas do imaginário açoriano"

Proc.º n.º 7-4/42

SAI-DRC/2010/1063

 Ex.mo/a Senhor/a

A Direcção Regional das Comunidades, do Governo dos Açores, vai promover um workshop de escrita criativa para jovens finalistas do Ensino Secundário ou principiantes do Ensino Superior, açor-descendentes e residentes nos Estados Unidos da América e no Canadá. Este workshop, que será orientado pelo Dr. Urbano Bettencourt, professor na Universidade dos Açores, tem como objectivo principal estimular a escrita e a fala da língua portuguesa, e ocorrerá na ilha do Pico, de 2 a 9 de Agosto de 2010.
Anexa-se o regulamento de participação neste workshop, podendo o mesmo ser consultado no portal do Governo dos Açores: www.azores.gov.pt .
Face ao exposto, vimos solicitar o vosso melhor empenho na divulgação desta iniciativa junto dos jovens da vossa comunidade e/ou estabelecimento de ensino, de forma a que a mesma possa constituir mais uma oportunidade de aprendizagem e de divulgação da cultura portuguesa e, mais especificamente, da açoriana.
Grata pela atenção dispensada, aceite a expressão dos nossos melhores cumprimentos.

Estagiar em Portugal com o BES e a Casa dos Açores

O Banco Espirito Santo  e a Casa dos Açores da Nova Inglaterra têm um protocolo de cooperação e assim o BES vai levar este ano aos Açores dois jovens pelo período  de um mês durante as férias escolares para poderem aprender a actividade bancaria.Um irá para a ilha de S.Miguel e o outro para a Ilha Terceira.
Os requisitos a apresentar para a candidatura serão:
Idade minima de 18 anos
Idade maxima de 25 anos
Escolaridade - Licenciatura ou frequencia no ensino superior,preferencialmente nas areas de Economia e Gestão.
Filiação - Um dos pais terá de ser cidadão Português,com naturalidade numa das 9 ilhas dos Açores.
Residência - O jovem terá que ter residência obrigatória nos Estados Unidos da América
Factores preferenciais na escolha - Os pais ou o Jovem terão que ser  sócios das Casa dos Açores da Nova Inglaterra e serem titulares de uma conta no BES dos Açores.
Viagem ,estadia e um determinado valor para subsidio de almoco serão oferecidos  pelo BES.
Podem enviar a candidatura até 31 de Maio para as seguintes direcções:
 BES - 577 Warren Ave - East Providence, RI 02914 -1401-431 5005
Casa dos Acores - 160 Orchard st - East Providence,RI 02914 -1401-435 6949
Casa dos Acores (sucursal) - 232 South Main st  - Fall River,MA 02721 -1401-435 6949
 visite-nos em www.casadosacoresni.org

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U.S. Senate Passes Resolution Calling Attention to Natural Disaster on Madeira Island, Portugal
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today passed a resolution expressing support for the people affected by last week’s natural disasters on Portugal’s Madeira Island. The resolution was introduced by U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), John Kerry (D-MA), and Scott Brown (R-MA). Read More...

PALCUS encourages the Community to donate to the Madeira Relieve fund-
Washington – DC – A natural Tragedy has hit the island of Madeira.  Attached is a link to the NY Times article.
“The storm was the worst to hit Madeira, an island in the Atlantic off northwest Africa, since 1993. It lashed the capital, Funchal, on Saturday (2/20/2010) and turned some streets into raging torrents of liquid brown mud, water and debris.  Read more...

President Obama names non-Portuguese ambassador to Portugal
The next U.S. ambassador to Portugal will not have a Portuguese last name after all.
Significant lobbying efforts on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean urging President Barack Obama to pick someone with Portuguese roots have been unsuccessful.Numerous Portuguese organizations and U.S. legislators sent letters to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supporting Massachusetts State Senator Marc Pacheco (D-Taunton) for the post.The efforts of the movement — the first of its kind in the history of the Portuguese community in the United States — were covered by a number of media outlets in Portugal and the United States. Read more...

Local, National Groups Aid Protuguese-Speaking Immigrants
People who emigrate to the United States face social, cultural and, often, language barriers. Unaware of their rights, the new arrivals frequently need help in getting their childre n incorporated into the school system and may find it difficult to become involved in the local community.
For immigrants from Portugal and Brazil, national and local organizations aim to decrease the obstacles they face when newly arrived in the United States. Read more...

Education Conference in Canada
PALCUS is co-sponsoring a conference on Portuguese language in North America being held at the University of Toronto and co-organized by Brown University. The conference will take place on October 16 through 18.
Board Directors Odete Amarelo and Onésimo Almeida will represent PALCUS at a special roundtable on Politics and language teaching. The panel will be composed of Portuguese-Americans and Portuguese-Canadians involved in the politics of intervention towards securing the teaching of Portuguese in North American Schools.

California Portuguese Professional Networking Mixers
In order to connect with the many Portuguese-American professionals in California, PALCUS started holding “Professional Networking Mixers”. Our first event was held in April at Stanford University – 45 people attended and many more said they wanted to attend but were unable to. Our second mixer was held in San Francisco in September, and nearly 60 people attended that event and we were able to raise more than $500 for the PALCUS Internship Program. Our goal is to hold these mixers on a quarterly basis, and if there is a demand to hold them more frequently, we will increase the number of events. We also plan to hold mixers in other parts of California such as Sacramento, San Diego, LA, Central Valley, etc. The response to these mixers has been overwhelmingly positive. 

Carlos de Mattos awarded by COTEC (in Portuguese) - "O português que já recebeu dois Óscares de Hollywood e foi agora agraciado com o Prémio Empreendedorismo Inovador na Diáspora, da associação empresarial COTEC, tem muito orgulho das suas raízes e já promoveu Portugal na Casa Branca." Read more...

Rhode Island College Institute thanks Congressman Kennedy - "Several months after President George W. Bush called learning Portuguese "wasteful," in his explanation for cutting funds for the Rhode Island College Portuguese program as part of a congressional earmark, he was overruled." Read more...

Portugal among world's scientific elite? - "Little Portugal is looking to make a big name for itself. While a crunch on biomedical research budgets in the United States has tightened competition for grants there, the fledgling Champalimaud Foundation has €500 million (US$784 million) to spend and is courting top scientists with the lavish facilities of a planned world-class research center." Read more...