Gardenia C. Hung's Blog – July 2013 Archive (9)

Anniversary for the U.S. Department of Labor: 1913-2013, A Centennial Crisis

By Gardenia C. Hung

Since Hilda L. Solis resigned as Secretary of Labor on January 22, 2013, Deputy Secretary Seth D. Harris is the Acting Secretary of Labor. Now employees and employers can TalkToDOL@dol.gov about labor issues, abuse of employees at work, and Violence Against Women during the course of employment.

My name is Gardenia C. Hung, Illinois Victim of Crimes for the last twenty-two (22)…

Bastille Day Chicago 2013 Filmed by Gardenia C. Hung from G. Hung Fong on Vimeo.

The second annual Bastille Day Chicago 2013 Celebration was held on Saturday, July 13th as a Block Party, hosted by David…

“Is Harvard on Halsted?”

The last semester at NEIU during the Fall of 1982 concluded in graduation after I completed Student Teaching at Lincoln Park Magnet School which included Middle School for grades 6th, 7th, and 8th, for Spanish with the teacher Manuel Verdugo, and French with Maureen Dolan and Maureen Breen. I was working with the NEIU Education Department and Foreign Languages Division under assignment by Dr. Bonnie Busse and Dr. Rosalyn O’Cherony who worked with Dr.…

CNN Personal Essay: Village of Lombard Suburban Homeowners Lose U.S. Mail, Civil Liberties, Personal Documents, and Freedom in DuPage County, Illinois 60148 USA

While living in the Village of Lombard for the last twenty (20) years as an Illinois resident homeowner and taxpayer, Lombard has been denying me essential human rights for contact by telephone, in person, the rights of receiving U.S. mail, including Civil Liberties for Civil Procedure and Due Process of Law. The Lombard…

Santiago de Cuba was the first capital of Cuba in 1514

“Celebrating 500 Years of History in the Americas”

During the tropical hurricane season in July, the historic city of Santiago de Cuba begins a month-long celebration in the Caribbean for the Americas and the entire world.

“Santiago de Cuba hosts this week-long festival that celebrates music and dance from all over the Caribbean area. Called by some the Festival del Caribe and by others the Festival del Fuego it aims at…

The month of July starts with the taste of food festivals for the summer solstice. Food Fests remind everyone to eat a lot and with gusto during the summer and store energy for the long, cold winter months. In July, anyone can have a Taste of Anything, Anywhere one goes...including a Taste of Cuban cuisine; not only in Cuba, of course...

Ethnic cooking is everywhere in the USA, but authentic Cuban cuisine lives at the Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York. The 12th Annual Congress of…

A Taste of Chicago 2013