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What to know about South Dakota’s Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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The South Dakota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a brand new nonprofit within the state, has fashioned to assist the Hispanic neighborhood by providing sources and providers to enterprise homeowners within the space.
The concept behind the Hispanic Chamber had been within the works for years.
The 4 founding members – Selene Zamorano-Ocho, Jose Arreola, Rita Rodriquez and Kimberly Avila Rivas – began by knocking on doorways in 2017, hoping that the concept would get picked up. All founders are Sioux Falls-based aside from Arreola, who relies in Mitchell.
Though it took a while, members of the Hispanic neighborhood began coming to them for assist and recommendation, and shortly they grew to become a “mini, unofficial” chamber.
“Earlier than we knew it, we have been doing the job. We simply didn’t have the title for it,” mentioned Hispanic Chamber President & CEO Selene Zamorano-Ocho.
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Zamorano-Ocho mentioned creating the Hispanic Chamber was essential for representing the Hispanic neighborhood and for offering sources that these neighborhood members might not in any other case have entry to.
Making the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce official
The entire founders have their very own companies.
Zamorano-Ocho owns two enterprise, Zamorano Enterprise Administration and Ochoa Common Contractor. Avila Rivas additionally owns two enterprise, Aaron’s Cleansing Companies and A&R Building. Arreola owns Servicios Hispanos, and Rodriquez is the proprietor of Aurora Constructing LLC.
The founders quickly realized the work was numerous accountability to maintain up with along with their full-time jobs, private startups and households.
By pooling their sources and formally beginning the nonprofit, they might get extra help and extra folks concerned to maintain it rising.
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Lastly, in October of 2021, the South Dakota Hispanic Chamber formally registered with the state as a nonprofit, and it’s also part of the USA Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber’s aim is to be a one-stop-shop for the Hispanic neighborhood to return to with questions on beginning or working a enterprise, offering schooling and advocacy applications, and selling Hispanic companies.
“We see lots of people who don’t have a chair on a board, or they don’t have their very own enterprise but, however they’re nonetheless doing numerous work in the neighborhood,” Zamorano-Ocho mentioned. “We additionally need to acknowledge these folks and the superb issues they’re doing by being an advocate and creating extra alternatives for them to succeed.”
A supplemental chamber — not a substitute
The group was clear that the Hispanic Chamber isn’t making an attempt to overstep different native chambers of commerce within the state.
“We’re not making an attempt to divide ourselves or be a substitute,” mentioned Hispanic Chamber secretary Rita Rodriquez. “It’s extra in order that we wish to give attention to the Hispanic neighborhood and our distinctive wants.”
Rodriquez defined how these wants is perhaps completely different, and the way that may embrace translating or offering step-by-step guides on the best way to open a enterprise in Spanish.
“The opposite chambers in South Dakota supply superb alternatives for enterprise homeowners and entrepreneurs,” mentioned Zamorano-Ocho, whose personal enterprise is part of the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce. “So I wish to say we [the Hispanic Chamber] have develop into not a separate chamber, however a ravishing addition to all the opposite chambers.”
Jeff Griffin, president & CEO of the Larger Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce, mentioned their management met with the Hispanic Chamber early within the group’s formation course of.
“Our organizations have a shared need to develop the Sioux Falls enterprise neighborhood,” Griffin mentioned, “and we sit up for working with them as a accomplice sooner or later.”
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The founders additionally spoke about how having illustration and exhibiting a face could make a distinction.
The Hispanic neighborhood was lively in making the South Dakota driver’s license examination supplies accessible in Spanish again when the invoice was handed in 2020.
“Having the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and seeing folks like them keen to assist, will simply proceed to present folks a confidence increase,” Avila Rivas mentioned.
For Abe Castro, a restauranteur initially from Mexico and California, it’s good to see organizations like this.
“We’re undoubtedly going to look into becoming a member of the [Hispanic Chamber],” mentioned Castro, who’s opening Flying Santos taco bar in Sioux Falls this summer season. “It’s nice to see that range, particularly within the Hispanic neighborhood, is rising as nicely on the town.”
In July, the Hispanic Chamber is holding a flea market in Sioux Falls, and Latin neighborhood members have the chance to develop into distributors. The small print for which might be nonetheless being ironed out because the Chamber has had extra preliminary curiosity than they have been anticipating, Zamorano-Ocho mentioned.
“It’s fairly thrilling,” Zamorano-Ocho mentioned. “It’s means larger than we thought it might be.”
The group can also be looking for volunteers to assist with the flea market, and people can attain out by way of Fb.
Ultimately, the Hispanic Chamber plans to create workshops that can train Latino enterprise homeowners the best way to handle their enterprise and convey in additional income, in addition to maintain open homes for brand new companies in South Dakota communities.
Tackling challenges within the Hispanic Neighborhood
One of many main challenges for a lot of Hispanic enterprise homeowners and neighborhood members is the language barrier, the Hispanic Chamber mentioned.
“I had the benefit of understanding each languages,” mentioned treasurer Kimberly Avila Rivas, who was born and raised in Sioux Falls. For a lot of immigrants, discovering entry to English and enterprise programs earlier than coming to the USA might be troublesome, and that makes it tougher to run a enterprise right here.
“Due to my schooling,” Avila Rivas continued, “I understand how to seek out and be that useful resource for others… I had many alternatives, and I need to proceed to assist different folks within the Hispanic neighborhood have those self same alternatives.”
Zamorano-Ocho mentioned one other drawback they’re seeing within the Hispanic neighborhood is enterprise retention, particularly after so many companies closed completely throughout the pandemic. Earlier than beginning the Chamber, the founders labored with the Dream Coalition, supporting Latino companies that didn’t qualify for COVID-19 funding.
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The group defined how the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce might presumably assist remedy a few of the points occurring within the bigger neighborhood.
“Proper now, there’s a scarcity of sources reminiscent of Spanish security coaching,” Zamorano-Ocho mentioned, “and that’s one thing we might help with, for instance. We have to work on maintaining these subcontractors and their companies open on the similar time, which may then assist with demand for laborers and the scarcity of houses in the neighborhood.”
Zamorano-Ocho additionally mentioned the Hispanic Chamber desires to make lodging for Hispanic enterprise homeowners who would possibly work in eating places or building. They may not have the time to attend occasions and seminars on rising a enterprise throughout the work day, so the Chamber will maintain occasions that alter for schedule wants.
How others can become involved with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
As a result of the Hispanic Chamber continues to be getting began, the founders are ready on getting the suitable funding by way of sponsors and donations earlier than going forward with a few of these larger concepts.
As of now, there are 9 companies within the Chamber, however most of them are owned by the founders. People who find themselves involved in turning into a member can be a part of on-line. As of now, there’s additionally not a value to affix the Hispanic Chamber, however there will probably be sooner or later.
“We’re looking for an inexpensive resolution to assist these companies develop with out having them stress concerning the worth or about not having the ability to get the help they want,” mentioned Hispanic Chamber Vice President Jose Arreola. “We wish everybody to have the ability to really feel included.”
A part of their job will embrace touring and advocating for folks across the state and hopefully get different neighborhood leaders to affix in.
“I believe with beginning the primary official South Dakota Hispanic Chamber, it’s going to open so many doorways for different teams–different communities–and encourage them to do that as nicely,” Arreola mentioned. “And selling our communities–it’s our aim. It’s what we do.”
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The Top 5 Quotes from Mike Gundy’s Post-South Dakota State News Conference
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STILLWATER — Mike Gundy’s Cowboys are 1-0, and they beat a team that hasn’t lost in nearly two years to get there.
Oklahoma State beat South Dakota State 44-20 on Saturday in Boone Pickens Stadium. Here are five things OSU’s coach said after the game. A video of his full news conference is below.
1. On the Bow Show
Alan Bowman was perhaps as good as he has been in an OSU uniform on Saturday.
OSU’s quarterback threw for 267 yards, three scores and no interceptions while completing 74% of his passes. He didn’t complete more than 70% of his passes in any game last season.
Gundy was pleased with Bowman’s ability to spread the ball to the Cowboys’ various weapons — guys such as Ollie Gordon, Brennan Presley, De’Zhaun Stribling and Rashod Owens.
“Alan, I think, was good from a mental standpoint from what I heard on the headphones,” Gundy said. “Made decisions in what we asked him to do, and his grade in that area, I think, will be really high. That’s where he can help himself and help our team — if he can get the ball distributed to the people that we have because most of what we do is run-pass options.”
2. Colorado-North Dakota State Score Raised Gundy’s Anxiety
This is actually the second time this week a Dakota school faced a Big 12 school — the other instance was much closer.
Colorado beat North Dakota State 31-26 in a game that went down to the final play. Gundy said he didn’t watch that game, as Gunnar Gundy and the Emporia State Hornets opened their season at the same time. (Gunnar led the Hornets to a 30-14 victory.) But Gundy said when he saw the score, it was a little anxiety-educing considering South Dakota State beat North Dakota State 33-16 last season
“My anxiety went up when I saw that score,” Gundy said. “I can’t remember — I was afraid to look it up — but I think this team beat (NDSU) by three or four touchdowns last year (17 points). I’m not sure. And I’m not taking anything away from North Dakota State. They do a great job. But when somebody sent me the final score, my anxiety went up a little, I will have to admit.”
3. ‘Average’ Running the Ball
OSU ran for 3.3 yards a carry Saturday, but Gundy said he wants about a yard more.
Gordon eclipsed 100 yards against a Jackrabbit team that gave up just 89.6 yards a game last season. Still, the Cowboys didn’t exactly gash South Dakota State on the ground. Gordon had four rushes of 10 or more yards but none longer than 12 yards.
“I thought we were average running the ball today,” Gundy said. “Now, they play good defense. They always have, and they understand principals of inside leverage. Ya know, ‘I’m gonna take the run away. I’m not gonna let this guy block me, and then I’m gonna rally late and defend the pass.’ They’re really good at it. That’s why hardly anybody scores on them in their games. I didn’t think we ran the football as well as we should’ve, in my opinion. …
“We ran the ball OK today, but that’s not good enough.”
4. QR Codes
Who would have thought that a little sticker would cause such a stir.
OSU announced earlier this month that the Cowboys would wear a QR code on the backs of their helmets that links to the team’s general NIL fund. Shortly before kickoff, a release was passed around the press box announcing that the NCAA was blocking OSU from slapping the stickers on its helmers based on a rule.
When news first came out about the QR codes, everyone seemingly had an opinion about it. Then when they were banned, it kicked up the storm all over again.
Gundy said word got to him Tuesday or Wednesday.
“They called me and said the NCAA had met and said it was a uniform violation and that it was punishable by the players being suspended if we put the QR codes on the helmets,” Gundy said. “Now, I read the rule, I think it’s judgmental based on if it ever went to a court of law. It’s pretty vague. All we’re trying to do is the most we can do to maximize our players’ opportunities with fans across the world that don’t have a chance to be involved if they’re not local. …
“They said it was a uniform violation. I don’t agree with that, but what I didn’t want to do is take a chance on them trying to drop the hammer on a player because that wouldn’t be fair to the player. Now, if it was me — if they were gonna drop the hammer on me — I don’t care. I would’ve wore it. But I don’t want a player to get penalized for something like that, so I just said it’s not worth it. I don’t know what authority they have anymore, but I don’t want to take a chance on them trying to penalize a player for something that we could avoid.”
5. Depth
The Cowboys didn’t clear the benches Saturday. Bowman played the entire game, and fans kept asking on social media why Gordon was in during the fourth quarter. Still, the Cowboys were able to use quite a few guys just naturally against a good team.
OSU’s participation chart shows that 62 players saw game action against the Jackrabbits, something Gundy said is a good thing on a few fronts.
“I think that’s important,” Gundy said. “We talked about it all through the offseason that we have a number of players on both sides of the ball that have some sort of experience that can get in and play. And in my opinion, the area you really improve in is when you get in the game and play. Practice is great, but it’s not the same. The more reps we can get players in, it does two things. One, it shows us who they are. And two, it gives us a chance to evaluate them and keep the other guys fresh. So I was pleased with the number of players we were able to get in.”
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Videos: Gundy, Players Recap Win against South Dakota State
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STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State football team beat South Dakota State 44-20 on Saturday to start the season 1-0. After the game, Mike Gundy, Ollie Gordon, Alan Bowman, De’Zhaun Stribling, Collin Oliver, Korie Black and Trey Rucker met with reporters to recap the game.
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South Dakota State vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State live stream (8/31/24): Watch college football, Week 1 online
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The South Dakota State Jackrabbits face the No. 17 Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 (8/31/24) at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Fans can watch the game with a subscription to ESPN+.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: NCAA Football, Week 1
Who: South Dakota State vs. Oklahoma State
When: Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 (8/31/24)
Where: Boone Pickens Stadium
Time: 2 p.m. ET
TV: N/A
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Live stream: ESPN+
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Here’s a college football story from the Associated Press:
Y’all ain’t played nobody!
It might as well be college football’s slogan. Debates about strength of schedule are part of the fabric of the sport, like marching bands, cheerleaders and tailgating.
With the size of the College Football Playoff tripling in size from four teams to 12 this season — including seven at-large bids — expect the arguments over the relative difficulty of teams’ schedules to increase exponentially.
The posturing and politicking has already begun.
“This is the NFL of college football in my mind,” Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said during Big Ten media days. At Southeastern Conference media days, the NFL was also invoked when the topic steered to schedules.
“As coaches we want to play the best. People forget that when you’ve spent time in the NFL, every week was like that,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “So when Texas and Oklahoma came into the conference, every schedule was going to get harder.”
The debates aren’t just about which conferences are the best. With super-sized conferences of 16-18 teams, the differences in strength of schedule within leagues can be significant.
The CFP selection committee uses a strength-of-schedule rating provided by SportSource Analytics that includes components such as wins and losses, scoring differential and game location.
Balancing who you played with how you played will be harder than ever.
“There’s a weight on the committee that’s new. I want to see how the committee processes that,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said during spring meetings. “And my encouragement is that this, ‘Well, we have an undefeated team so they’re in’ is not the standard. It never was the standard. Obviously, that stirred up controversy last year.”
Toughest schedules in the Power Four
There are dozens of data-based rating systems to measure the relative strength of college football teams, and all have some type of schedule-rating component.
The AP took three systems — ESPN’s SP+, FEI and KFord Ratings — and averaged their strength of schedule rankings for all 134 Bowl Subdivision teams to determine where each Power Four team’s schedule ranks nationally (all games, not just conference games, are factored in).
Using those projections, SEC teams on average will be facing the toughest schedules this season.
The average strength-of-schedule ranking among the 16 SEC teams is 11.2, from Florida (a unanimous No. 1 among all three systems) to Missouri at 36.7.
Half the teams in the SEC have schedules with an average national ranking of 10 or better, including No. 1 Georgia at 3.7. No. 11 Missouri is the only SEC team with an average schedule-strength ranking below 25.3.
Rating the rest
The Big Ten, now including Southern California, UCLA, Oregon and Washington, is next with an average strength-of-schedule ranking of 26.9 among its 18 teams.
Purdue’s 7.7 average ranking is the highest followed by No. 23 USC at 9. Big Ten favorite No. 2 Ohio State’s average is 34. No. 3 Oregon’s is 26.7.
The ACC and Big 12 are about the same. The 17-team ACC has an average strength of schedule ranking of 49.9. The 16-team Big 12′s average ranking is 47.3.
Assessing strength of schedule
Straight up rankings can be deceiving. How to quantify the difference between facing the sixth-ranked schedule and 26th?
Brian Fremeau, the creator of FEI, does it three ways, asking three questions: How many games would an elite team lose facing a particular schedule? How many would a good team lose? How many would an average team lose?
AP used FEI’s strength of schedule ratings based on good teams in its composite rankings, since good teams are going to be the ones in the CFP race.
Based on FEI projections, the difference between playing Georgia’s schedule (rated 3.4 among the hardest in the nation) and Ohio State (34) is about one more loss for a good team against the Bulldogs’ slate. The difference between Alabama’s schedule and Big 12 favorite Utah’s is about two losses for a good team against the Tide’s.
If these schedule strength projections held — they will change throughout the season — it would then be reasonable to compare an 11-1 Utah to a 9-3 Alabama.
Reasonable to compare doesn’t necessarily mean the one with the tougher schedule should automatically be ranked higher.
“I don’t judge a team on its schedule. I judge a team on how it performs against a schedule, or my system does. And that is a little more of a nuanced take then, ‘Well, we played a tougher set of opponents than you did, therefore, we’re better,’” Fremeau said. “There’s a bit of a balancing act between the two.”
Intraconference debates
The SEC and Big Ten are both bigger and division-less for the first time. That necessitated new tiebreaker procedures to determine which teams qualify for conference title games featuring the top two teams in the standings.
Within the guidelines is an acknowledgment that the rigor of conference schedules will vary when teams are playing barely half the league. After head-to-head and record vs. common opponents are used to break ties, both leagues go to results that favor the team that fared better against the better conference opponents they play.
The ACC, a year ahead of the the SEC and Big Ten in abandoning divisions, has a similar nod within its tiebreakers to strength of schedule.
ACC Associate Commissioner Michael Strickland said the conference used 10 years of data that measures the success of its football teams to help create a new schedule rotation that would be competitively balanced. But the ACC also to had weigh travel now that Stanford, California and SMU are members, as well as protecting some traditional annual rivalries.
The ACC’s fourth two-team tiebreaker is combined winning percentage of conference opponents.
“Our head football coaches suggested that we insert that during our review process,” Strickland said.
The CFP choices
The CFP field announced Dec. 8 will be comprised of the five highest-ranked conference champions, regardless of league, and seven at-large selections. There is no limit to the number of at-large bids a conference can receive.
The most interesting comparisons for the CFP selection committee might end up being between the many conference rivals that do not play each other in the regular season.
What to do with a 10-2 Missouri and a 9-3 Alabama (composite strength-of-schedule ranking, 9.3)? Or Iowa (37) at 10-2 and Michigan (16) at 9-3? Over in the ACC, what would happen while assessing a 10-2 Virginia Tech (68) and a 9-3 Florida State (30.3)?
“Especially when we’re picking (seven) teams now, we’re looking at the loss column with a bit more scrutiny,” Fremeau said. “They’re going to be debating teams like that with a one or possibly two-game difference in record, but a comparable difference in expected schedule rating and they’re going to have that debate about which one they value more.”
(The Associated Press contributed to this report)
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