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Habla Espaol? Ballot forum to include interpreter
Oakland Tribune, Oct 21, 2005 by Katy Murphy, STAFF WRITER
HAYWARD -- This year, Spanish-speaking Hayward residents will have the opportunity to learn about the governor's ballot initiatives and the positions of local school board candidates in their native language.
An Oct. 28 forum, to be held at the Westminster Hills Presbyterian Church on Patrick Avenue, will feature a Spanish- language interpreter.
Angelina Reyes, voter services coordinator for the Eden Area League of Women Voters, said she believed it would be a first for the organization's local chapter, which is co-sponsoring the event with the six churches involved in the South Hayward Parish collective, as well as the South Hayward Neighborhood Collaborative.
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This kind of voter outreach is a logical move in a city with a large Latino community. In the
2005-06 school year, about 6,400 of the Hayward district's 23,400 students were Spanish-speakers learning English, according to data posted on the California Department of Education's Web site.
While not all of the students' parents are eligible to vote, it is important for everyone to be involved in the process, organizers say.
"We thought that it would be very important for them to have the opportunity to meet the candidates and find out what the candidates were going to do for their children," said Kathy Malloy, an intern minister at the South Hayward Parish collective.
The event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m.
Oct. 28 at Westminster Hills. The church is at 27287 Patrick Ave., across from the Weekes Branch of the Hayward Public Library. Child care will be available.
The three remaining school board candidates -- challenger Chuck Horner, minister of the Calvary Baptist Church, and incumbents Myrna Truehill and Paul Frumkin III -- will be invited.
The fourth candidate, challenger Roger Treskunoff, dropped out of the race Wednesday after pleading guilty to financial elder abuse in a case involving his 85-year-old mother-in-law.
In addition to questions posed to the candidates, the interpreter will read the arguments for and against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot initiatives.
Josefina Ibarra, a bilingual parent whose children attend Csar Chvez and Peixoto schools, said Spanish-speaking parents would be more likely to get involved in the schools if they are informed about the issues -- and elected officials -- of the district.
"It's acknowledging that we do exist," Ibarra said. "I think it's a start."
Katy Murphy can be reached at (510) 293-2479.
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