Wine Tasting at Lily Wolfgang May 19th 6:00 PM

Join MANA de Kansas City for an evening of wine tasting at Lily Wolfgang's!
Thursday, May 19, 2011

6:00 pm
206 N. Liberty St
Independence, MO 64050
You can sample great wines from Cork and Barrel, see Lily's "pad" (owned by our very own Lisa Holiman), AND help MANA de KC.
The best part is you can socialize with other hermanas! This event is a fundraiser for MANA de Kansas City.
Suggested donation is $10 per person and you're welcome to bring a guest. Please RSVP to Lisa Holiman at 816-836-3822 or lisa@lilywolfgang.com. We want to make sure we have enough wine for all!

MANA General Membership Meeting April 14th

Thursday April 14th

Network 5:30-6:00
6:00 to 8:00 PM

Tapatio Mexican Grill
151 South 18th Street (I70 and 18th Street)
Kansas City, Kansas

Feel free to order from the menu prior to the meeting. Bring a friend, participate in the raffles.
We are giving away two free tickets to see Alex Raymundo at the Improv!
You don't have to wear red stilletos but if you do, Tina will give you a ticket for the raffle!

First 2011 Meeting - March 10th

First 2011 meeting will be held on: Thursday, March 10th 5:30-7 p.m. Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery (Corazón Art Exhibition) 919 W 17th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64108 Click here to get map and directions Suggested Donation - $5 Come join us for a wonderful evening of art, refreshments, and fun. Find out our plans for 2011, and connect (or re-connect) with MANA members, past, present and future. If you’ve been a MANA member in the past, we invite you to help us celebrate this year.  If you’ve never been a member, we need you! Click here  and become part of MANA de Kansas City.

Giving Away $10,000 Scholarships!

Nominations accepted through March 15. Visit Kohls.com/cares. | View this e-mail in a Web browser | We've changed our address: add kohls@email.kohls.com to your address book for uninterrupted delivery.

Free College Day Returns at JCCC

Thanks to you, Johnson County Community College experienced great success with its Free College Day in 2009. So, we're doing it again on April 30 --and you're among the first to know about it and all the wonderful classes we're offering this year. Although the event will be free to the public, registration is still required. Registration will begin March 7, but you can visit www.jccc.edu/freecollegeday anytime between now and then to preview the classes you might want to take on April 30. This year, you'll find more than 200 45-minute classes ­ arts, business, computers, language and more! Classes will be offered at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. across the college campus. Plus, participants can enjoy live entertainment that afternoon in the college's performing arts spaces. And, just like last time, everything is free! We look forward to seeing you April 30 for the 2011 Free College Day at JCCC!

Call for Abstracts - Cambio de Colores Conference (KCMO) - Latinos in the Heartland

From Member Carolyn R.

The 2011 Cambio de Colores Conference (www.cambiodecolores.org) is
scheduled for June 8-10 in Kansas City.  The conference brings state
of the art research and best practices that benefit the participants
and inform decision and policy makers of the multiple ways in which
Midwestern stakeholders are addressing the most significant
demographic change in decades.

A call for abstracts has been posted on the conference website,
www.cambiodecolores.org.  Submissions for presentations and papers
will be accepted from January 31 thru February 13, 2011.  The website
offers extensive background on past conferences.  Please share this
information with those you feel may be interested.  Save the date and
plan to attend.

2011 Greater KC Hispanic Scholarship Fund Application Now Available!

Subject: 2011 Greater KC Hispanic Scholarship Fund Application Now Available!

Good Morning All

I have exciting news to share the 2011 HSF scholarship is now
available. What is more exciting is that you can now apply ONLINE!  We
are very excited to have the application online however please note
that if a student applies online they must upload all documents (i.e.
tax forms, transcript, acceptance letter if they have one). They will
not be able to submit the application unless they have uploaded the
necessary documents.  The online system allows the student to save
their application and return later to complete and/or upload their
documents. A student will also be able to type their essay directly
onto the online application or cut and paste from a word document.
Please visit http://www.gkccf.org/scholarships/hispanic-scholarship-fund
to apply online or download the application to mail in.  A student
also has the option to download the application and submit the
application and the attachments in paper form; you can download the
application at the same link above.

The application deadline is March 1st!  Applications submitted by mail
must be post-marked by March 1, 2011.  Applications submitted online
or dropped off must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on March 1, 2011.

Please forward this email to students you may know or feel free to
download the application and make copies available to students.

I will be hosting two weekend working sessions for students on Sunday,
February 20th and Sunday, February 27th from 1-4 at the Greater Kansas
City Community Foundation.  We will have a computer lab available for
students to complete their application online as well as a scanner to
assist students with scanning and uploading their documents.

Should you or any student you know have issues with the online system
or any other questions, please feel free to contact me directly.

Thank you,

Mayra Aguirre
Executive Director of the Hispanic Development Fund
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
1055 Broadway, Suite 130 | Kansas City, MO 64105
P: 816-627-3426 | F: 816-268-3226 | www.gkccf.org

To learn more about HDF/HSF, please visit: www.facebook.com/hdfkc and
http://hdfkc.blogspot.com