tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48271824083722112052024-03-13T00:59:52.504-07:00PALABRANational Compadres Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06827892488257033249noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827182408372211205.post-60847225734959417802014-01-07T07:03:00.004-08:002014-01-10T09:57:17.634-08:00MONTOYA FAMILY MEMORIAL for SACRAMENTO ARTIST AND POET Maestro JOSÉ MONTOYA<div _mce_style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">
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and Catholic Ceremony, Dolores Huerta, Luis Valdez,Edward James Olmos,
Paul Chavez, Arturo Rodriguez, National Compadres Network/Circulo de
Hombres, Malaquias Montoya, Joe Montoya, Jr, Culture Clash members,
Vincent Montoya, Cesar E. Chavez Chapter AGIF Color Guard, Royal Chicano
Air Force, Poets Lorna Dee Cervantes and Ana Castillo, Daniel Valdez,
Danza Azteca, and Mariachi Zacatecas</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">On
Thursday, January 23, 2014, the children of José Montoya, Sacramento
educator, artist, poet, and activist who died after a courageous battle
with cancer, at the age of 81 on September 25, 2013, will host an
evening of tribute through dance, song and poetry at Sacramento’s Crest
Theater. The public commemoration of his life will include tributes by
the legendary Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of
America and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom; Paul Chavez,
son of Cesar E. Chavez and President of the Cesar Chavez Foundation and
Arturo Rodriguez, President of the United Farm Workers of America; Luis
Valdez, founder of El Teatro Campesino and writer and director of Zoot
Suit and La Bamba; and Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning
actor Edward James Olmos. Montoya, 2002-2004 Poet Laureate of
Sacramento and <i><span style="font-style: normal;">hailed as the godfather of Chicano poetry will also be commemorated by </span></i>American
Book Award recipients, Lorna Dee Cervantes and Ana Castillo, and the
National Compadres Network will announce the José Montoya<i> “</i>La
Cultura Cura” Scholarship for Higher Education. Several family members
will present including Jose’s brother, artist Malaquias Montoya, and
sons-Joe Montoya, Jr., founder of Sacramento’s Poetry Unplugged, Richard
Montoya, Culture Clash co-founder and actor, and Vincent Montoya, </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">musician, singer, and songwriter. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Montoya,
professor emeritus of Art Education at CSUS was born in New Mexico, but
grew up in California’s Central Valley. He entered San Diego City
College as an art student shortly after the Korean War and later
transferred to the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA.
He graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in 1962 and began his career as a
teacher at Wheatland Union High School in northern California, until he
earned his M.A. degree in 1971 at California State University
Sacramento. He then taught for over 27 years in the Department of Art
Education at CSUS. Montoya is the author of three collections of
poetry, including the highly acclaimed <i>In Formation: 20 Years of Joda. </i> Montoya coined the phrases, <i>“la cultura cura”</i> or <i>“culture heals”</i> and <i>“la locura cura”</i> or “<i>craziness heals</i>”
as a way to explain the unconventionally successful creativity of the
RCAF, the Royal Chicano Air Force, a group of Chicano artists - mostly
professors and students- that he co-founded and lead for decades and who
were and still are prolific Sacramento artist activists devoted to
advancing social justice through visual and performing arts. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This
free, public event planned in Sacramento is the only Montoya-family
produced tribute event that will honor the memory of Montoya and his
contributions in all of the many worlds in which he served including his
early years in New Mexico, California’s Central Valley, the US Navy,
his college life, teaching, the arts, and his activism. Doors open at
6:00 PM and seats are first-come, first-served.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">In support of the Montoya Family, the National Compadres Network has
offered to alleviate the high flow of communications to the family.
Please submit your interest in attendance or your kind message by
sending your response to this<a href="mailto:diane@nlffi.org" target="_blank"> email</a> or this blog. Tel. (831) 205-1822. We will collect this information
and provide to the family on your behalf. Thank you for this kindness.</span></span></div>
National Compadres Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06827892488257033249noreply@blogger.com0Sacramento, CA, USA38.5815719 -121.4943996000000138.1842559 -122.13984660000001 38.978887900000004 -120.8489526tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827182408372211205.post-83524031703975960872013-12-20T09:42:00.000-08:002013-12-20T09:43:14.849-08:00A Memorable Year, Thank you<span style="font-size: large;">Dear Friends, Supporters and Families,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The
National Compadres Network (NCN) ends the year hitting a high note. We
recognize how the organization grows with the insight of elders that
have been supportive since its inception. We also acknowledge your
partnership as crucial in facilitating what we do. THANK YOU. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maestro
Jerry Tello continues to impact communities throughout the country in a
profound manner. He consitently reminds us that our healing and
development will come from individual healing and inter-connectedness.
These teachings, remain the basis of our work as we work to re-connect
the elders, adults, and young people. The growing invitations to support
local and national efforts, such as La Cultura Cura (Transformation
Healing) philosophy, extends within organizations, communities, and
systems throughout the nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reflecting
on the past year, we remain very grateful for the guidance and support
of so many elders, but we will especially miss the presence of Maestro
José Montoya. His teachings, poetic verses, music, and humor will live
on but his voice will leave a noticeable void. NCN is eternally grateful
for his support; we thank his familia for sharing him with us
throughout the years. ¡Un million de gracias!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There
are many people who make NCN such a promising organization. I would
like to take this moment to thank the team for their hard work and
sacrifices. We will highlight members of our staff and partners in our
2014 newsletters so that you too can see who these people are, and what
talents each contribute to make NCN a thriving and growing organization.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As
the year closes, we would like to extend our collective best wishes to
all. We hope the holidays and the celebrations of the new year brings
you, and all those who surround you, happiness and prosperity in amounts unimagined.</span></div>
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National Compadres Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06827892488257033249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827182408372211205.post-45795639922208638272013-10-22T06:57:00.000-07:002013-10-22T06:57:15.200-07:00Fall News: Keeping the Circle-- A Tribute to Maestro Jose Montoya<style>
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the incredible response NCN is receiving throughout the country. Communities have increased their
understanding of the Latino community and are responding by offering support
that builds on gifts that our mothers, fathers, and families possess. La Cultura Cura (Transformational Healing)
provides communities with the foundation to help families address long held pain
so that the beauty of our families can surface.</span><br />
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NCN at conferences and convenings. Mario
Ozuna-Sanchez & Ozvaldo “Ozzie” Cruz traveled to Boston and Baltimore to
inform practitioners who seek to include young men in prevention and
intervention efforts. Maestro Jerry Tello and Juan Gomez informed foundations
and systems leaders on the benefits of using asset-based culturally responsive
approaches will enhance the outcomes they seek to achieve in communities in
Colorado. Maestro Samuelin Martinez and
Baba Arnold Perkins (Brotherhood of Elders) attended the statewide Boys &
Men of Color Camp held in the California Sierras to reflect our shared mission to
make sure our boys and young men see themselves as blessings to all of us and remind
them that we will walk with them in their journey towards manhood. Finally, I traveled to Washington DC to attended the national
convening hosted by the National Institute of Health to better understand the
involvement of fathers during pregnancy and first year of their child’s life
and continue to serve on the Positive Youth Justice Initiative that will
illuminate the many ways that California’s systems and resources can be
deployed to achieve better life outcomes than the investments in incarceration
have given the constituents of the state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maestro José E. Montoya was man who reminded me that the
greetings and social graces that my family taught, that were rooted in our
Mexican traditions, had a place in this country, our country, too. His
contribution to NCN as a board member was central to making sure that the
organization worked in service to the community. His unrelenting advocacy for young men, adult
men and families that were pushed to the margins of society has been a driving
force of our work. His presence in the
Círculo helped center work that each man must endeavor to do so that his
children, family, and community benefit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mstro. José Montoya’s teachings are overwhelming to capture
in this short note. He reflected what a
man that worked in service to others looked like, his time with El Círculo often
came at the expense of his family, and he taught us to sit humbly so that we
could learn from each other while honoring the four cardinal directions
representing the children, women, elders and ancestors, and men all living on . His music, art, and prose, were modern day
examples of Chicano Flor y Canto. He
created the NCN’s noble challenge to push
the movement forward for the benefit of others.
The efforts of our success are built on the foundation Maestro José
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buenos días le de Dios y Dios se lo pague.</span></div>
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National Compadres Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06827892488257033249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827182408372211205.post-22333174133865669372013-09-08T08:39:00.001-07:002013-09-08T08:41:37.029-07:00Benefit Performance: VALLEY OF THE HEART BY LUIS VALDEZ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: 14pt;" title=""><span style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="">National Compadres Network partners with El Teatro Campesino, </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title=""><b>September 20, 2013</b>, 8:00pm</span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" title="">! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title="">El Teatro Campesino announces the first production of the new play “<span style="color: #ab5467;" title="">Valley of the Heart</span>” written by Founding Artistic Director, acclaimed American playwright and father of Chicano Theatre,<b> Luis Valdez. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title="">Special Feature: Meet Jerry Tello, Director of the National Compadres Network </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title="">and Luis Valdez</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title=""> for a Q & A after the show. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO3F4FkfebBU0v8VWob8cEqz9z-OJUsMqzp3IWsLZ46CuMbITscZltSZ5CUfDjByl-joAreFd2LquFPSxibe5ZvTjOx_UGJUW4pqeoyBnSkqQ4fCpxEQwMlAkrl9Wck5QmcnjsOVhSO4/s220/Jerry+pic+1+LR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDO3F4FkfebBU0v8VWob8cEqz9z-OJUsMqzp3IWsLZ46CuMbITscZltSZ5CUfDjByl-joAreFd2LquFPSxibe5ZvTjOx_UGJUW4pqeoyBnSkqQ4fCpxEQwMlAkrl9Wck5QmcnjsOVhSO4/s220/Jerry+pic+1+LR.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;" title="">"<b>Valley of the Heart</b>"
is a love story, the dramatic interaction of two share cropping
families – the Yamaguchis and the Montaños - during the trying days of
World War II. From the foothills of Northern California’s Santa Clara
Valley, “the Valley of the Heart’s Delight,” in 1941 to Heart Mountain
Internment Camp in Wyoming in 1945, this “memory play” is about the
marriage and ultimate survival of Teruko “Thelma” Yamaguchi and Benjamin
Montaño, and the birth of their son in camp. “Valley of the Heart” is
described by the playwright as a “kabuki corrido.” The staging of the
play will draw from conventions of the Japanese theatrical style while
also invoking the music of the Mexican popular ballad to tell the tale
of these two cultures weaving together to form the fabric of America. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;" title="">This
heartfelt piece is a clear demonstration of how art cultivates
understanding of the human experience, induces compassion, while
reclaiming the memories of several cultures during trying times. “Valley
of the Heart” is a timely piece and powerful tale that brings social
healing via the arts. The National Compadres Network partners with El
Teatro Campesino to sponsor this presentation as a parallel community
effort.</span><br />
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<span class="cc-var" style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title="">8:00 PM to 10:00 PM PDT</span> <br />
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<span class="cc-var" style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" title="">705 Fourth Street<br />San Juan Bautista, CA 95045</span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;" title=""> </span></div>
National Compadres Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06827892488257033249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827182408372211205.post-39009499917123011232013-07-24T14:42:00.003-07:002013-07-24T14:44:09.892-07:00CARPOOLING: Hombres Retiro August 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those men registered for the Circulo de Hombres 25th annual retreat, here is a place to connect with others traveling to the event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please respond to this blog by offering or requesting a ride share. State your general location and which weekend of your travels, and only the information you want public.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for working together in the spirit of Hombres Nobles.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to verify a registered participant, have questions or concerns regarding payments and general event info, please connect with Diane at 831.205.1822 or email: diane@nlffi.org</span> </span><br />
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<br />National Compadres Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06827892488257033249noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827182408372211205.post-11941945775542802013-06-12T21:02:00.001-07:002013-06-13T11:09:04.487-07:00San Benito High, Hollister Youth Alliance: Indian Canyon Retreat<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In many Native American cultures, the youth participated in a Vision Quest/Retreat to symbolize their rite-of-passage ceremony. Traditionally, these rituals have been performed to mark significant life transitions or changes. Generally speaking, they are seen as both personal and collective events that are guided and witnessed with the community, and often involve the “quester” spending time alone in nature in search of a personal vision that becomes a vision to support the entire community. The youth participating in the Joven Noble program will participate in the retreat to symbolize the completion of their participation in the program and to reflect on how the lessons that they have learned throughout the year will help improve themselves and their community.<br /><br /><b>About Indian Canyon</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Indian Canyon is the only land continuously held by the </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ohlone people, the first inhabitants of the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas. Indian Canyon is the only federally recognized “Indian Country” along coastal Northern California From Santa Barbara to Sonoma. In order to provide a place for Indigenous people who need land for ceremony, Indian Canyon hosts over five sweat lodges, beautiful arbor area for gatherings, and offers a round house area (site for our future traditional Village House) for special events. In addition to offering 30-40 areas for individual prayer and ceremony. Indian Canyon provides research and exchange opportunities for students and interns from throughout Northern California. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Canyon, including Coastal Live Oak, Madrone, Buckeyes, Sycamore, Pine and Cottonwood, Deer, Red-tail hawks, Stellar Jays, Owls, Hummingbirds, Foxes and Coyotes, along with the occasional visiting Condors (during ceremony visiting from Pinnacles Park who are reintroducing Condors to the area). Located south of Hollister, this private remote Canyon may be visited by invitation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to the Hollister Youth Alliance at San Benito High School for providing this inspirational experience to ten youth ages 12-17 years of age. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mario Ozuna-Sanchez </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Senior Program & Training Specialist<br />National Compadres Network/ National Latino Father and Family Institute</span></span><br />
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<br />National Compadres Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06827892488257033249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827182408372211205.post-32796611666214066022013-06-12T14:24:00.001-07:002013-06-12T14:26:15.863-07:00Thank You From Maryland!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzQvJkakXLsl7FTifrWrutWenw2fNCUVNs9D6K9dyzeRH_PW5f4HR_U8cJM4SpD_PfQB0LPjsGucQ501lIYjbHgppmxKE_nD-6QioN97wzzz6VvRDCctbK7OMp-WpqBNiCnY4Hxd0uLA/s1600/jovennobletrianinginMontgomerycountymaryland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzQvJkakXLsl7FTifrWrutWenw2fNCUVNs9D6K9dyzeRH_PW5f4HR_U8cJM4SpD_PfQB0LPjsGucQ501lIYjbHgppmxKE_nD-6QioN97wzzz6VvRDCctbK7OMp-WpqBNiCnY4Hxd0uLA/s1600/jovennobletrianinginMontgomerycountymaryland.jpg" height="297" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In March of 2013, Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Health and Human Services took a major step in strengthening it's youth violence/ gang prevention and intervention efforts by training twenty Street Outreach Network workers--a cadre of prevention/intervention workers that engage and work with high risk, and gang involved youth, and provide them with positive, life-affirming activities. <br /><br />The Montgomery County Department of Recreation Wheaton Sports Academy staff (a high school based prevention program that engages students in positive, life affirming activities, and the front-line staff from two Youth Opportunity Centers were trained in the Trauma-informed, Evidence Based Joven Noble Curriculum. <br /><br />This training and certification could not have taken place at a more important time for the county, as many of the programs listed have experienced a significant spike in serving younger aged youth that have experienced multiple traumas in their lives. Most importantly, we believe that providing such a training for our front-line staff helps to set the standard for what all our prevention and intervention programs should have in place to best serve children and youth in the community. We look forward to work closely with NLFFI/NCN as the county continues to improve its service delivery to children, youth, and families for our diverse populations and we give special thanks to Maestro Jerry Tello! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Luis Cardona</span></span> <br /><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator</span></span> <br /><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services</span></span> <br /><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">401 Hungerford Drive, 5th Floor</span></span> <br /><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Rockville, MD 20850</span></span> </span></span>National Compadres Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06827892488257033249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827182408372211205.post-5464991456195641652013-06-12T14:13:00.003-07:002013-06-13T11:49:42.792-07:00Sacred Fatherhood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sacred Fatherhood<br />
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<b>Making a Commitment to the Children</b></div>
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As we approach Fathers Day, I want to begin by acknowledging the
fathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, compadres, mentors and others
who have chosen to carry the role of loving, guiding, protecting and
supporting children of the world. We also recognize that being an
honorable father requires more than contributing to the birth and/or the
raising of a child, but also the support and respect of the child's
mother and in the traditional way, the honoring of all our relations. </div>
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first step of being a responsible father is showing up, being present
and recognizing that the most powerful lessons the child will receive
from us, as men, is our example of how we carry ourselves. Yes, how we
treat their mother, grandmother, other men and women, other children and
how we walk and handle the challenges in our lives.</div>
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For
this reason, 25 years ago, a circulo of men began a journey and
commitment of first, healing ourselves and then making a commitment to
heal, nurture, guide and protect the next generations as a way of
shedding the baggage and growing the blessings.</div>
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With
that in mind we'd like to challenge fathers, grandfathers, uncles,
mentors to sign on the National Compadres Network's FATHERHOOD PLEDGE
making a public commitment to be the best man that you can be in
support of the children and all our relations. This also recognizes that
we are all learning, healing and growing and need our own support to
continue on this path so if we can be of any support to you please
contact us.</div>
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personally on this father's day have the blessing of my three children
and others that see me as their father or their uncle and a 2 year - 4
month old granddaughter that is bringing me a whole new series of joys
and challenges. But she knows when I ask her "How much does Tata love
you?" she answers as she opens her arms wide open " Tata loves me this
much" with a big smile on her face that she is loved. At the same time,
at the end of her visiting for the day, I am<i> exhausted</i> and it's
in these moments that I really appreciate my daughter and all the
mothers and grandmothers of the world who carry a heavy load but in
spite of everything give us men a space to learn and grow and be or
become the fathers and grandfathers that the children need us to be.</div>
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Blessings to all and Happy Fathers Day,</div>
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<b>Jerry Tello</b>, </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Director</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, National Compadres Network/</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">National Latino Fatherhood & Family Institute</span></div>
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Building Up the Joven Noble in Maryland</h2>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joven Noble training was provided to three major components
of Montgomery County's Positive Youth Development Initiative that
provides prevention and intervention services to high risk and gang
involved youth. The three programs that participated in the training
were the following: </span><br />
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<li style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Department of Health and Human Services </span></li>
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<li style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Street Outreach Network that engages and provides services to gang involved youth throughout the county. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These
services are intended to help gang involved youth heal from a life of
violence, as well as intervene in cycles of violence that the youth are
exposed to. </span></div>
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<li style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The
Montgomery County Department of Recreation Sports Academy Program that
works in school settings to engage high risk youth in positive youth
development programming that focuses on sports programs, but also
encompasses academic enrichment, and life skills. </span></li>
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<li style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Lastly,
the Crossroads and Up County Youth Opportunity Centers managed by
Identity Inc., that provides a wide array of healing services to
adjudicated and gang involved youth in the county. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Those
services include: case management, mental health services, gender
specific positive youth development youth groups, leadership
development, job development, parental supports, recreational services,
and tattoo removal services. The Joven Noble training was sponsored by
these three agencies. All three programs stand committed to be a part
of the National Compadre Network's mission of addressing the needs of
youth of color and look forward to a long term relationship. We
especially want to thank Jerry Tello for providing such an amazing, and
sacred training as we move forward to implement the strategies taught
from the training. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span><em>This training represents a part of the Healing Generations project under NCN's National Boys and Men of Color Network.</em></span> </span></div>
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-<i>Luis Cardona</i></div>
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</span><span><strong></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Regional representative for NCN and a nationally recognized expert in violence
intervention and prevention services. was also provided as part of the
Healing Generations project under NCN's National Boys and Men of Color
Network.</span></span></div>
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<span _mce_style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Silver Star Youth Program" shows that Xinachtli Rites of Passage Curriculum Passes with Flying Colors. </span></h3>
<span _mce_style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The girls at Rancho Cielo Campus, Silver Star Youth Program are no strangers to helping their</span> community. In February 2013, the girls created 18 scarves and attached an inspirational message for the Women Alive Program, a women's shelter in Salinas, CA. The scarf-making was incorporated in the Xinachtli Rites of Passage Curriculum.</span><br />
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<span _mce_style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: Century Gothic,ITC Avant Garde,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rancho Cielo is a 100-acre ranch in the foothills of Salinas, with an
educational component, vocational training, and recreation for at-risk
youth and first-time youth offenders giving them an opportunity to
redirect their lives. Although our first students arrived on campus in
2004, the program has already demonstrated success, as measured by a 73% recidivism reduction rate.</span><br />
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Cielo has been incorporating the La Cultura Curriculums since 2011,
including Joven Noble, young men's curriculum. Congratulations! </span> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">Una Sangre y Un Amor (One Blood, One Love)</span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">Reflective thoughts on the National Compadres Network
Gathering of Elders</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">A few months back I sat in a meeting at The California
Endowment whose purpose was to build bridges across the various communities of
color. Among those communities represented were the African, Native, and
Latino. This was the preliminary conversation that would ultimately result in
this past weekend’s two-day retreat at which seven representatives across three
generations from the aforementioned communities came together to begin the
process of forming a collective agenda and action plan geared towards building
unity amongst people of color and acquiring power as a collective. With
the vision of Baba Arnold Perkins and Maestro Jerry Tello and the support of The
California Endowment, specifically Sandra Davis, Sandra Witt, and Lauren
Valverde, what started as an ambitious yet commonly sensible idea came to
fruition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">We sat in a circle that enclosed an altar containing items
from the various cultures and experiences represented in the room. There was a
wooden talking stick, actually a branch that survived a severe fire, being
passed around as we each introduced ourselves and described what we felt about
the convening as sage smoke sat motionless in mid-air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">After lunch, each community gave a presentation on its
history and culture taking feedback and questions at the end from the
others. Though time and flow limited the equity in this process, it did
ignite inclusive dialogue around often avoided truths as each community discussed
the misconceptions, mis-education, misunderstandings that it held against the
other communities. This dynamic was explored through the lens of the
incarcerated, which provided a different context. The bonds and
disconnections between the various peoples of color, accessorized with
historical social and domestic misinformation and trauma were a recurring theme
throughout the weekend. The day ended with a powerful drumming circle, a
concert of the three sounds and rhythms of the respective communities.</span></div>
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around the next steps filling the room. The sense was that there was more
building required internally before this circle could move towards a solid
collective action step. <b>There were several partnership and
collaborative opportunities that came up including; 1) bridge building between
Building Healthy Community sites i.e. Sacramento & Stockton, Oakland &
Richmond, etc. 2) one similar retreat per six months with the next one being
held in Oakland 3) formation of an advisory committee within the circle and 4)
collaborative efforts on the upcoming Boys and Men of Color Summer Camp.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">As you can imagine, if I could only scratch the surface of
the energy, power, and magnitude of the moment, I would consider myself an
extraordinary communicator. I think that successfully creating an
environment where men from three different generations and cultural communities
who know little to nothing about each other can become almost immediately comfortable
enough within themselves and with each other to be completely vulnerable and
transparent with their own pain, trauma, faults, and truths represents an
immeasurable revolutionary milestone. The moment defied all that the world,
including those in attendance was/is being taught to believe about masculinity
and willingness to expose injury as it relates to men of color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">In all honesty, there were obviously kinks in this process
that can and will be ironed out in the future, as most of the kinks were logistical;
time and agenda management to be specific. With as much experience, data,
technology, and training that medical professionals have with relation to
delivering babies, in the moment of labor there are still things that
happen which completely conflict with the plan and process. In these moments,
it becomes the responsibility of the doctor to adjust accordingly in a manner
that is patient, considerate, compassionate, and respectfully delicate with the
nature of the process. This retreat delivered a new life into the world. It may
very well be a funny looking baby (whom we cannot determine who it resembles)
at birth but with the nurturing and cultivation from this community at large,
it can certainly grow and develop into the internally and externally beautiful
being that many funny looking babies become.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Gothic";">This retreat represented a shift in
thinking, functionality, and understanding across four communities and three
generations and the potential of a cultural revolution. The sense was that we
witnessed something that was difficult to wrap one’s mind and words around but
quite naturally wrap one’s spirit around. I was honored and blessed to be
present with “All My Relations”. "Ashe."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #548dd4; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Isaac Alvarez Cardenas is
a member of the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Qua-wheel-tek-can) Nation, a Native American Indian, son of an Apache
mother and a Coahuiltecan father, raised in the inner city west side of San
Antonio, Texas. Mr. Cardenas married to his wife Sylvia for 34 years, and is a
father and grandfather of two young adult sons, Michael Isaac White Cliff and
Jason Adam Black Cliff, wife Marissa and Grandchildren Nicholas and Kylee
Anabella Cardenas. Isaac is currently working as Director of Programs for the
American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM) “Rites of
Passage Program”. He was also involved in the conceptualizing, of the Avance’s
“Fatherhood” project in 1988 bringing male involvement to San Antonio. Mr.
Cardenas is a graduate with a Masters degree in Science, Psychology Counseling,
at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. Isaac is also a
Mental Health Psychotherapist working with AIT-SCM’s “Healing the Wounded
Spirit” and other Mental Health Clinics in the city. Isaac designed a program
providing services for Native American Indian, Alaska Natives and Pacific
Islanders that is culturally inclusive for mental health programs and treatment
centers. Isaac is also the prayer and spiritual leader for the, Coahuiltecan Nation.
It should be noted that Mr. Cardenas has chosen to reside in the inner city,
working with high-risk, minorities, children, families, and youth for over
twenty years. The purpose, to strengthen the family, and community by
providing, culturally competent, mental wellness, information, education,
spiritual support, health, parenting, social, emotional enlightenment.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we approach 25 years of
gathering in Circulo I reflect on who my path lead me <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">to meeting<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jerry
and accepting his invitation to the first “Circulo de Hombres” gathering in
November of 1988, at San Antonio de Padua mission in Jolon, California. I
arrived at the Monterrey California airport, in a suit expecting to attend a
fatherhood male involvement conference. I waited outside and Mr. Manuel Mena
and Ed Duran picked me up and quickly realized I was overdressed for the event.
The drive took me through the fields, passing field workers bent over
harvesting the crops then a prison what a contrast, which reminded me of home
in Texas. Almost an hour into the journey to Jolon, I thought where this place
is, and then heard Manuel ask Ed, “Where do we exit?” and he replied “I don’t
know, there is suppose to be a sign that will say Mission San Antonio”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t feel alone, all three of us were
entering an unknown journey on a less traveled path, “Look there’s the sign,
get off here”. We turned off and began to climb the mountain, passing small
farms and ranches along the rolling hills of golden grass and lonely oaks, as
the sun began to set we arrived at the gate of Fort Hunter Legget, and the
military guard asked us where we were going also for insurance and registration
of the vehicle, that took me back to my United States Marine Corps service as a
military police, we journeyed on passing an obstacle course, tanks, helicopters
and other military ordinance. I thought now is this event going to be in a
barracks? On the left side of the road a sign appeared Mission San Antonio,
this was truly surreal I really felt at home, it reminded of our missions and
my people back home in San Antonio, TX.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Passing the Church façade little did I know, that after this first
experience, I would be returning to this sacred place for twenty-five more
years</span><span style="color: #548dd4; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">.
</span>On the flight home I felt the Creators guiding the decision that I would
start my own Circulo de Hombres (Circle of Men) and to ask the elders of our
Coahuiltecan nation to begin to provide social and cultural services for
father’s and their families, under the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish
Colonial Missions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next year our Hombres Circulo (Men’s
Circle) will also celebrate 25 years; it has been a great trek with the Circulo
de hombres, National Compadres Network (NCN) and our local NCN of San Antonio. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the Director of programs for
the American Indians in Texas at The Spanish Colonial Missions and Texas
regional representative for our chief editor Jerry Tello and Dr. Ricardo
Carrillo with their authored curriculums have made it possible to train many
practitioners in San Antonio, Bexar County, and in the state Texas. AIT-SCM has
been able to spread the teachings for Joven Noble (Noble Youth), and other
related curriculums, in local San Antonio school districts along with our many
partners that include Southwest Keys Program Inc, Peace Initiative Inc.
National Urban Indian League and University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio, just to name a few that are working with us in the same areas and
share the same philosophies in community healing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 10;"></span>Our own San Antonio Fatherhood
Campaign under the direction of Mr. Frank Castro for the last 12 years. San
Antonio fatherhood Campaign in San Antonio, an idea with the vision of a
handful of men concerned with Latino/Chicano and Native American Indian fathers
quickly developed into an organized community campaign to promote responsible
fatherhood to fathers of all ages.<span style="background: #001145; color: white; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the programs I was able
to design with the support of the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish
Colonial Missions,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(AIT-SCM) has been
providing culturally-based services to Latino and Native American Indian youth,
adults, children, and families in the inner-city Westside of San Antonio, Texas
for over 12 years. Violent crimes: including gang violence, intimate partner
violence, child abuse, and crimes against victims have been of great concern in
our community. Many mental health care systems and social service agencies are
faced with the dilemma of treating people of color with little or no
information on how to handle the cultural and ecological aspects of their
communities. There is a great need in our community to provide mental health
psychotherapy, counseling, and support groups for victims of violence that have
multicultural sensitivity and vision. A program that offers a process of
support and education which promotes a sense of awareness, belonging, and an
enhanced self. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 15 week course, of character
development curriculum for male and their families, uses a process that
includes practical elements related to culture, education, learning, identity
development, male/female relationships, racism, oppression, substance abuse,
domestic violence, political/community involvement, and planning for the future
as a basis for manhood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">AIT-SCM’s “Healing the Wounded Spirit”
Programs provide counseling and support groups to nurture and heal the wounded
spirit of individuals and families needing mental wellness. Historically,
Native American Indians and other Indigenous native people have used the forum
of the “Talking Circle” to educate, counsel, and gain wisdom, as well as to
celebrate the sacred interrelationship that we all share with one another and
with our world. </span></span></div>
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methods of providing counseling and support groups by sharing cultural
traditions and life ways to help individuals achieve and maintain balance and
harmony in their lives. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Talking Circles” and other indigenous healing strategies such as
storytelling are designed to include physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual
aspects of each indi</span>vidual as a basis for direction. The counseling is based on the
utilization of the reflection process of teaching and guidance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In closing I look forward and see the next
generation of storytellers and helpers continuing the work in community healing
and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>invite you visit our website:
www.aitscm.org</span></div>
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Vida Academy Charter High School is one of the original charter
districts in the state of Texas. Por Vida, which translates to "for
life," defines our commitment to our students - to educate young adults
and provide them with knowledge, self-respect and skills that will be
with them for life. When our students graduate from one of our schools,
they know they will not be forgotten and that they will always have our
resources to support them in their life path.</span></span><br />
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Por Vida Academy Charter High School in San Antonio Texas, home of the
‘Mighty Jaguars’ we are constantly striving to meet the needs of our
students while thinking out of the box. One way that we are doing this
is through our Joven Noble program</span></span></div>
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‘Student of the Week’ is nominated then voted on by the teachers,
support staff and administration. Selection of ‘Student of the Week’ is
based on the criteria of attendance, academic achievement in one or more
classes, leadership amongst the student population, resilience factors
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pictures included are from the AIT-SCM Rites of Passage Trip on
December 14-16, 2012 at the Land Heritage Institute in San Antonio, TX.
It was a beautiful thing to see a Circulo hecho de Hombres y Jovens con
Nobleza. Of the 37 gathered there with AIT-SCM, Por Vida Academy
Charter High School was proud to represented by 23 participants, 13 of
them being high school students grades 9-12.</span><br />
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our Joven Noble program our purpose is to help families with issues and
concerns that encompass the parents and children, especially
children/teens that have encountered trouble in school or delinquency
and believe that healing can be done for the body, mind and spirit. The
program provides a structural environment, through physical activity,
life skills curricula, counseling and mentoring that help families to
strengthen their family environment as we promote education to help
break the cycle of poverty. </span></span><br />
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retreat was the conclusion of a semester where our Joven Noble students
made a positive impact in our High School. In this past first semester
we were able to have Circulo 2 times per weeks with two groups of young
jaguars. One of the ways we improved on the culture of our overall
student population was through ‘Student of the Week.'</span></span></div>
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of The Week’ is an honor that is bestowed upon an individual who has
succeeded in specific areas at Por Vida Academy Charter High School.
The recognition of ‘Student of the Week’ in its very essence is used as a
tool not only in Positive Modeling but also is used as a dynamic of
Youth Leadership. The student body that we serve is a ‘Hard To Reach’
population, which in many cases has had academic deficiencies. That
being said when we recognize a ‘Student of the Week’ amongst their peers
in an assembly format we are able to highlight the Successes of a
student who is achieving excellence.</span></div>
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our Joven Noble program we urge the students to adopt the concepts of
the Joven Noble and be able to ‘integrate’ these concepts into all
aspects of their lives. So far in the Fall semester of 2012 there have
been12 students who have been awarded student of the week. Of those 12
students 8 of them are participants and members of the Joven Noble
program. Being awarded ‘Student of the Week’ also makes a student
eligible for ‘Student of the Semester’. That being said, the ‘Student
of the Semester’ was also awarded to a student who is a member of the
Joven Noble program.</span></div>
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addition, we would like to give a special thanks to Martha
Briones-Barnes who is the founder of Full Force Foundation. Mrs. Barnes
and her organization donated eight $100 gift cards to our Joven Noble
participants who received the 'Student of the Week' honor. Mrs, Barnes
and her organization champion of the cause of youth work in the
community and we are honored that she was able to give these diligent
students recognition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(NCN) is a not-for-profit organization
that was formed in response to local and national requests to address
the growing needs of the Latino community and communities of color, with a primary focus on
providing services to boys and men of color. NCN has a cadre of nationally
recognized leaders in many fields that provide consultation and
technical assistance locally and nationally, guides and assists in the
development of local “circulos” and provides training service
providers in a number of culturally competent curriculums addressing a
variety of issues to include family violence, gang violence, teen
pregnancy prevention, teen fatherhood, Latino Male Youth Rites of
Passage, Fatherhood literacy, fatherhood parenting and other areas. </span><br />
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