Feria Para Aprender 2010

Bilingual fair aims to give kids, parents tools for school success

Austin American-Statesman

La Feria Para Aprender, a parent outreach program that started in Austin in 2007, is preparing for the largest Hispanic education and college-readiness event in the region Saturday.  Click here to see the photo gallery of the event.

Transcript of News 8 Coverage on 2010 Feria

News 8

Fair gives parents a lesson on their children’s education.

Learning Fair stresses the value of bilingual education

The Austin Times

Changing demographic shifts stress the importance of events like the Feria Para Aprender.

Volunteers Sort 13,000 Books To Prepare for Learning Fair

News 8 Austin

Volunteers sorted more than 13,000 books Saturday and created education bags in preparation for the festival.  The Feria on February 6th, 2010 will mark the single largest book give-away in Central Texas.

Hispanic-focused education fair in Austin Makes a Difference

Austin Business Journal

Feria Para Aprender grabs the attention of Texas communities and civic leaders by instilling the values of education to Spanish-speaking families on a grand scale.

Spanish language fair in Austin February

Taylor Daily Press

Various news outlets report on the enormity of this year’s Feria Para Aprender.

2010 Television Spot for Feria Para Aprender

Univision, Ahora Si

See the Feria television spot developed by Univision TV hosted online at Ahora Si, the Spanish language weekly for the Austin American-Statesman.

2010 FERIA PHONE HOTLINE

Hear bilingual information on the Austin American-Statesman hotline at (512) 416-5700 (prompt code 2274), courtesy of Ahora Si.   (note: hotline available for a limited time)

Feria Para Aprender 2009

Education Fair Breaks Language Barriers

Fox 7 Austin
February 7, 2009
Thousands of Spanish-speaking parents packed into the Tony Burger Center on Saturday to support their children’s education at Feria Para Aprender.

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Fair stresses parental roles, English are keys to success

Austin Statesman
February 3, 2009
An idea routinely circulated in the blogosphere and beyond is that newer Spanish-speaking immigrants are unwilling to learn English.