The survey says

Results of a survey of 257 Fox Valley-area Latinos (or 762 with family and friends):

Average age: 24 (Appleton), 28 (Omro)

Place of origin: Majority from Mexico

Years living in the United States: Nine (Appleton), 11 (Omro)

Years in the region: seven (Appleton), eight (Omro)

U.S. citizens: 34 percent (Appleton), 51 percent (Omro)

Legal residents: 28 percent (Appleton), 15 percent (Omro)

Visa: 12 percent (Appleton), 5 percent (Omro)

Undocumented: 26 percent (Appleton), 29 percent (Omro)
Source: Empowerment, Solidarity, Truth, Hope, Equality and Reform (ESTHER) of Fox Valley Interfaith Organizing Group




Posted January 2, 2008

Latinos seek programs on citizenship, English

By J.E. Espino
Post-Crescent staff writer

APPLETON — Members of a local social justice group expected adult English classes to rank among top needs in the Fox Valley when they commissioned a survey of the Latino community.


The survey found high interest in English classes, but the 257 respondents also said they wanted workshops on how to attain U.S. citizenship and were interested in a Catholic Worker house with room for the arts.

Empowerment, Solidarity, Truth, Hope, Equality and Reform of Fox Valley Interfaith Organizing Group, commonly called ESTHER, wants to move quickly on those workshops.

More than a third of Appleton-area respondents said they and their children are naturalized or U.S.-born citizens, and a quarter are legal residents who are intimidated by or unaware about the steps to citizenship.

“We wanted to know who they are, where they are and what they do,â€