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  • ‘We need to be together’: Local LGBTQ+ leaders talk breaking barriers, creating community

    The Los Cien event Friday welcomed community leaders to celebrate the barriers they’re breaking locally — and to address continuing challenges.

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  • Los Cien leader Herman G. Hernández receives prestigious Ohtli Award

    Hundreds gathered at Mitote Food Park Thursday to watch the Mexican Consul present Los Cien’s executive director with the prestigious Ohtli Award, the highest award given by the Mexican government outside Mexico.

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  • Mexican government awards Sonoma County community leader Herman G. Hernandez for outstanding contributions

    In receiving the Ohtli Award, Herman G. Hernandez joins the ranks of international names like actor Edward James Olmos and baseball pitcher Fernando Valenzuela.

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  • Youth-led Los Cien event spotlights school violence, discrimination, student activism in Sonoma County

    Sonoma County students shared their experiences related to school violence, discrimination and more, calling for change in a youth-led speaker panel Thursday night hosted by Los Cien.

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  • Los Cien to host 2nd annual Sonoma County youth perspective panel

    Local youth will share their perspectives Thursday on issues impacting their school community, from administrative mistreatment and inclusive policies to safety and the role of school resource officers.

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  • Women farmworkers call for more work protections at Los Cien’s first event of year in Santa Rosa

    “We earn little and it forces us to have two or three jobs: washing dishes, going to clean offices at night and there is no time for the children,” said one speaker at the event.

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  • Los Cien's annual State of Latino Community address considers inclusion, shifting mindsets and community transformation

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  • Los Cien award recipient Maricarmen Reyes 'lives and breathes community'

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  • Los Cien's 10th Annual Latinx Cultural Experience celebrates culture, early kick off to Hispanic Heritage Month

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  • He 'has a magical way': Los Cien Campeón Award winner Roberto Ramirez a teacher and a hero

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  • Los Cien panel: Low pay, substandard housing common for Sonoma County farmworkers

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  • Los Cien annual Puente y Ganas Awards celebrate unity and inclusion

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  • Herman Hernandez, father and son, reflect on family, shared path in Sonoma County civic leadership

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  • Sonoma County Pride, Los Cien partner for fundraising fiesta in Santa Rosa

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  • Students call for wider support, more inclusion in Sonoma County schools at Los Cien's first youth-led forum

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  • Sonoma State University to present honorary doctorates to Hernandez, Benedettis

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  • Protectors or instigators? Santa Rosa's campus police officer debate reignites after student's fatal stabbing

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  • Report finds disparity in Sonoma County traffic stops involving Black, Hispanic residents

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  • Discussion on Sonoma County law enforcement equity a modest 'first step'

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  • Boys and Girls Club hires Santa Rosa community engagement director to lead youth services

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