As the final drummings “Nuestro Viaje” faded from the Puerto Rican Afro Carribean Cultural Center Hall on the 17th of August our official summer camp season came to an end. Cuyantes, throughout the days via our circle practice, brought to us by our mentor Sayra Pinto, shared their successes and struggles, cried, lifted up, honored new friendships and celebrated one another. Throughout the artistic art gallery showcase, they sold their art and one Cuyante left with $110.00 for the art work...
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Holyoke Selected as a Finalist to Receive Up to $732K from Bloomberg Philanthropies for Public Art Project: El Corazón de Holyoke / The Heart of Holyoke
July 18, 2018 – Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced that Holyoke has been selected as a finalist in the running to receive up to $732K as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, a program that aims to foster creative collaboration, address civic issues, and support local economies through public art. More than 200 cities applied, and Holyoke, along with 13 other cities, has been invited to submit a full proposal.
“Bloomberg Philanthropies’ recognition of Holyoke’s project as a finalist in...
Nueva Esperanza Inc Names Nelson Roman Executive Director
HOLYOKE — Nueva Esperanza Inc. (NEI) board of directors named Nelson Rafael Roman executive director of Nueva Esperanza’s community, property and cultural development corporation. First appointed interim director in June of 2017, Roman previously worked at Lorraine’s Soup Kitchen & Pantry in Chicopee Mass. Prior to that, he was associate director of operations at the LightHouse Personalized Education for Teens Center in Holyoke. Nelson’s story of overcoming obstacles of homeless, poverty, HIV and discrimination as an openly Gay male have...
UCONN People Empowering People Program Coming to Western Mass
Contact: Nelson Rafael Roman, Executive Director, Nueva Esperanza NelsonRoman@nuevaofholyoke.org
Phone: 413-437-7666: www.nuevaofholyoke.org
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Contact: Brian Bass, Director of Organizing and Coalitions, MA Parents United: brian@maparents.org
Phone: 413-363-9873: www.maparents.org
UCONN People Empowering People Program Coming to Western Mass
Worrying about problems in your community? Help change them! Turn your concern for children into action! Learn the skills to make this happen. The UCONN People Empowering People Program is coming to Springfield, and Holyoke, Mass this spring.
Nueva Esperanza, in collaboration with...
Movement for Justice in El Barrio’s Organizing Symposium: Community & Movement Building for Justice
Movement for Justice in El Barrio’s Organizing Symposium:
Community & Movement
Building for Justice
with Representative Juan Haro
Saturday, April 21, 2018
12:00-6:30 P.M.
Morgan Elementary School,
596 So. Bridge St., Holyoke, MA
Free Organizing Symposium, lunch & snacks provided
Everyone welcome: REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY 4/19/18
Childcare provided if requested with registration
(CLICK HERE TO REGISTER)
Movement for Justice in El Barrio is an immigrant, women and people of color-led grassroots community organization that fights for dignity and against displacement in East Harlem, NYC.
Movement for Justice in El Barrio was named “Best Power...
Nueva Esperanza announces campership fund for (HIV/AIDS) impacted youth
NUEVA ESPERANZA ANNOUNCES CAMPERSHIP FUND FOR YOUTH WHOSE PARENTS ARE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS OR ARE LIVING WITH DISEASE THEMSELVES
Holyoke – Children living with HIV/AIDS in Western Massachusetts experience a hard time as they struggle to have a care-free childhood. This disease’s physical afflictions, financial struggles, difficult treatments, and rampant stigma can be devastating to a child’s life. However, there is a new campership program that will serve as an alternative for children infected or affected with HIV/AIDS, created by Nueva...
Nueva Esperanza presents: MassCircles Circle Process Training
March 8, 9, 10, 11, 2018 8:30 am – 4:30 pm *Attendance Required At All Four Days*
ONLY 20 SPOTS AVAILABLE!
What is Circle Process? Circle process is a community governance process that has multiple applications as well as serious implications for management and organizational development practices.
How is this model different? Our model is rooted in indigenous governance practices and further informed by the fields of organizational development, leadership development, Critical Race Theory, indigenous theories, Black Feminist Thought, and popular education. Who is teaching this process? Sayra...
Holyoke Community Toy Drive & 3 Kings Day Event!
As we prepare for the Holidays season, we know that Thanksgiving for a lot of our families is a difficult time, we will be working with and providing 30 families with individuals from PR their full meals.
We are preparing and hosting a Toy Drive, in order to make the Latinx Holiday Tradition of 3 Kings Day a HUGE Event for kids and need and especially the youth that is coming from the island of Puerto Rico. Nueva Esperanza along with...
Nueva Esperanza Inc’s – 35th Annual Meeting 2017
On November 16th, 2017, Nueva Esperanza held its 35th Annual Meeting! Board members, Community Partners and Members all came together and celebrated Nueva Esperanza’s organizational, fiscal, and operational growth; shared its final and approved Mission and Vision; reviewed its programming; revealed and welcomed the Interim Executive Director and voted in one new Board Representatives to replace one outgoing Board members.
The Board member Juan Sanchez opened the event with a welcoming to all guests. Guests in the audience of about 100 people...
It takes a village.. Thank you!
It takes a village, Nueva Esperanza would like to thank individuals and groups who have decided to donate directly to Nueva Esperanza to help us through this time of intense work and support our mission and programming we are doing.
This generosity began with a woman who came in yesterday and said I want to donate directly to your organization. “Earlier today I also donated to the Puerto Rican relief fund but you too are important,” she said. Furthermore, Nueva Esperanza...
