Forum Public Allies, Class of 2007-2008
Building Leadership in New Mexico
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Fifteen Young Adults
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Ten Partner Organizations
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Ten Month Intensive Training and Mentorship Program
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Four Pillars of Success: Leadership Training,
Community-Based Organizations, Leadership Coaching, Team
Service Projects
- 2007 Forum Public Allies
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Nandi Baldwin - Laguna
Education Foundation
The
Laguna Education Foundation actively explores the
unique educational needs of native people and seeks to
provide the necessary resources to support life long
learning opportunities for tribal members of Laguna Pueblo.
Miriam Esparza -
Enlace Comunitario
Enlace Comunitario
promotes systemic change, and the empowerment and
participation of the Latino immigrant community in the
process of that change. Enlace Comunitario works with
Latino immigrants to eliminate domestic violence and
strengthen their community.
Shayna Lewis -
Youthworks!
!YouthWorks! is a non-profit dedicated to addressing the
need for effective youth development, youth employment
programs, and youth leadership in the Santa Fe area.
Cornelius Mackey -
Southwest Youth Services
Southwest Youth Services
provides positive youth development programming through
educational, health & wellness and youth leadership
components in partnership with American Indian communities
and organizations.
Matthew Martinez -
Native American Community Academy
The Native American
Community Academy (NACA) mission and goals support a
school environment that promote students’ academic, social,
emotional success while preparing students for college,
life, leadership within their community by drawing upon
strengths of language and culture.
Kenneth Montoya -
Youthworks!
!YouthWorks! is a non-profit dedicated to addressing
the need for effective youth development, youth employment
programs, and youth leadership in the Santa Fe area.
India Nixon - South
Valley Academy
South Valley
Academy is a public charter high school located in
the heart of Albuquerque’s South Valley. Our mission is to
prepare young people to become lifelong learners in a small
school setting.
Edgar Ortiz - Santa Fe
Civic Housing Authority
The mission of the Santa Fe Civic Housing Authority is to
improve the living environment in the City of Santa Fe by
creating and sustaining safe, decent and affordable housing
that fosters stability and increased self-sufficiency for
people with low-incomes.
Elisa G. Pintor - El
Centro
El Centro works with Latino immigrants and allies to advance
immigrant’s rights. We envision a city, state, and a nation
where immigrants can become a collective, conscious, free
and powerful force dedicated to the promotion of human
rights.
Jonathan Riley -
Southwest Youth Services
Southwest Youth Services
provides positive youth development programming through
educational, health & wellness and youth leadership
components in partnership with American Indian communities
and organizations.
Donna Romero - Dragon
Farm
Dragon Farm serves as an educational model of sustainability
for the students at South Valley Academy as well as the
people of the community. Dragon Farm educates students and
community members on how to empower themselves by living a
sustainable way of life.
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2008
For information
on the Forum Public Allies project, contact Celestina Garcia
at:
celestina@nmforumforyouth.org.
