Los Kitos Entertainment launches The Educomics featuring The Ten Education Commandments for Parents at the National Association of Hispanic Publications Annual Event

 

Los Angeles, CA, March 30, 2006---Los Kitos Entertainment, LLC in collaboration with the NAHP Foundation proudly announces the launch of The Educomics featuring The Ten Education Commandments for Parents. The Educomics will be officially unveiled and distributed at the National Association of Hispanic Publications Annual Event, to take place from Thursday, March 30 through Sunday April 2, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV at the Hilton Las Vegas Hotel.

The Educomics is a bilingual (English – Spanish) educational tool presented as entertaining cartoon strip characters Los Kitos. It was created as a cornerstone to deliver a positive message and gentle feedback to Orange County Spanish Speaking parents and their families. These hands-on steps are designed to support them in both being better advocates for their children's education and learning how to navigate the education system.

Los Kitos creatively adapted The 10 Education Commandments for Parents instructive concept, and re-produced them as an educational comic to make it more attractive and engaging to its audience.

The 10 Education Commandments for Parents were drafted by Santa Ana College through their Padres Promotores/ENLACE program. These ideas were adopted by the Latino Education Attainment, and developed into its current format by a broad coalition of organizations and concerned individuals such as the Orange County Business Council, Orange County Department of Education, and the Santa Ana Partnership (which includes Santa Ana Unified School District, Santa Ana College, CSU Fullerton, and UCI) among others.

Los Kitos’ Educomics initiative is expected to be widely disseminated throughout the Orange County as a combined effort between Los Kitos and the several programs and organizations that work with parents and families, and it hopefully will be expanded to neighborhoods among Los Angeles County and beyond.

Los Kitos is totally committed to its community, and will help generate the “Buzz” among the Latino neighborhoods of the importance of education for the future of their children and their community.

About Los Kitos

Los Kitos Entertainment is a creative licensing and multimedia enterprise built around the bilingual, cartoon strip character of Los Kitos. The company has developed a recognized brand in the United States through its presence in over 300 daily newspapers syndicated by Tribune. There is media exposure through the bilingual children’s Internet pages for most of the Spanish language newspapers in the United States, a daily radio show with Univision, a monthly magazine, and live appearances. As a result of the brand recognition, Los Kitos has developed licensing relationships with companies including Bank of America, State Farm Insurance, CHF Industries, among many others. All these companies utilize the characters as their vehicle to promote the sale of their product or service to the Hispanic and mainstream populations. 

About NAHP Foundation 
The NAHP Inc. and Foundation, commonly known as the NAHP, have grown to what is now one of the most recognizable national Hispanic organizations in the USA. The NAHP serves more than 350 Hispanic publications with a combined circulation of over 40 million copies. NAHP Member publications and outreach affiliates reach the homes of over half of Hispanic Americans on a regular basis. NAHP print media voice is held in the highest regard by a broad spectrum of readers. NAHP publications are the bell weather and barometer of Hispanic communities. The NAHP is now positioned as the Hispanic print media leader and standard bearer.

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