Copyright 2005 Eastside Latino Leadership Forum http://www.ellf.org/ webmaster@ellf.org Latino Community news from Eastside Latino Leadership Forum en-us http://www.ellf.org/Pages/Calendar/calendar.html <i>Latino Poetry, Short Stories, and Spoken Word</i> - A group of Seattle-based Latino writers and artists convenes Thursday evening, May 11, 2006, for a literary reading at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood ( View Map ). The reading is unusual in that it brings together for the first time the major Latino writing groups in the Seattle area. Writers participating include members of Los Norteños, the region’s most established Latino literary group, which has produced readings at the Elliott Bay Book Company, the Richard Hugo House, and elsewhere. Los Norteños is affiliated with La Casa de Artes , a Seattle-based Latino Cultural Organization. Also featured will be members of Raíz Palabra Voz, a group of Puget Sound Latina writers, and Mujeres Entreletras, Seattle-area women writers who convene twice monthly to share their work, primarily in Spanish. http://www.ellf.org/Pages/News/scholarship.html ELLF has developed a scholarship fund to provide financial assistance to Latino students attending community colleges or 4-year university in Washington State. To qualify for an ELLF scholarship, students must have at least a 2.50 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) to apply and be enrolled in an accredited college or university.