There are 13 article(s) tagged Mauricio Calvo:

• August 2020

  • Harris beats incumbent McCormick in Shelby County School Board race

    Shelby County School Board gains one new member, with five board races on the ballot.

    By Linda A. Moore August 06, 2020

  • Folk cures, pervasive in Hispanic community, no match for COVID-19

    José Lara was hospitalized this summer with COVID-19 and was treated with remdesivir at Methodist Hospital-North. His heart breaks for friends and family using folk remedies, including lemon juice.

    By Jane Roberts August 06, 2020

• July 2020

  • Calvo withdraws from SCS race, backs Harris in challenge of McCormick

    Mauricio Calvo’s withdrawal accented the opening day of early voting in Memphis. Preliminary numbers show more than 5,000 people voted early Friday. In getting out of the District 5 school board race, Calvo cited his duties as executive director of Latino Memphis and the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Latino Memphians. 

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2020

  • Latino people getting tested, but layers of complications persist

    In Shelby County, more than 28% of the people who have tested positive for COVID-19 are Latino. The percentage of positive tests is rising.

    By Jane Roberts July 04, 2020

• February 2020

  • Tipping Point: Latino Memphis backs Census 2020

    In the same way that your doctor wouldn’t make a diagnosis on your health without first collecting important vitals, the health of a city is determined by census data.

    By Anna Cox Thompson February 07, 2020

• September 2019

  • Politics Podcast: City Council candidate Mauricio Calvo

    Super District council contender Mauricio Calvo talks about his first run for political office, a more diverse Memphis and explaining super districts.

    By Natalie Van Gundy September 05, 2019

• August 2019

  • Calvo and Smiley council campaigns reflect unique setting for council races

    Mauricio Calvo, on the Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, said last year's council deadlock on filling a council vacancy prompted him to run on the Oct. 3 ballot. J.B. Smiley Jr. is making his bid for a different council seat after a bid last year for the Shelby County Commission.

    By Bill Dries August 23, 2019

• July 2019

  • On the Ground Podcast: Gateways for Growth

    Yancy Villa-Calvo and Mauricio Calvo, local coordinators for the Gateways for Growth initiative, discuss the economic, cultural and civic contributions of local immigrants, and how Memphis can harness and grow those impacts.

    By Natalie Van Gundy July 19, 2019

  • Decisions, political red meat and summer heat meet at city filing deadline

    The ballot for the October Memphis elections is almost set with Thursday's filing deadline for candidates. Meanwhile, candidates barely paused for the deadline before resuming the summer campaign.

    By Bill Dries July 19, 2019

• June 2019

  • People’s Convention highlights different approaches to achieving goals

    The People’s Convention over the weekend offered indications that different points of view remain on how to blend protest with conventional political involvement. 

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2019

• December 2018

  • City Council gives quorum call another try Tuesday

    Within minutes of each other and just a few yards apart at City Hall last week, council members Joe Brown and Berlin Boyd each told reporters the vacant and hotly contested council District 1 seat is “the people’s seat.”

    By Bill Dries December 11, 2018

• November 2018

  • City Council turnover begins before 2019 elections

    With a proposal to extend City Council term limits rejected, the stage is set for the first significant change on the 13-member council since nine new members were elected in 2007.

    By Bill Dries November 16, 2018

  • Eight apply for open City Council seat so far

    The head of Latino Memphis and the former Shelby County Probate Court clerk top a list of eight citizens who have applied to fill a vacancy on the Memphis City Council.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2018