Empowerment at the PARK Family Festival, "Nuestra Salud, Ambiente y Futuro"
REY LEON
Greetings friends, colleagues and neighbors,
I write to you to share that Valley LEAP is reviving the planning meetings for the Empowerment at the Park Family Festival, "Nuestra Salud, Ambiente y Futuro/Our Health, Environemnt &future"! We have it planned for Saturday, November 2 from 12 to 4pm at Dicky Park.
Last year it was a huge success and we expect it to be so again this year, hopefully even better. In 2012 we served ofver 200 families mostly from the Lowell Community with differnt services including basic vaccinations, free clothes, a Participatory Action Research excercise, free immigrant legal counsel, nutrition education, cultural medicine via the Calpulli Ceremony and Danza, Enetertainment with the children bailet folklorico and our local neighborhood band, BASURA! Numerous other booths provided community health and wellbeing information and healthy food and fresh drinks, not talikin about the hot dogs but damn were they good! Thanks Chef Ernie!
This year we want to have more of the same and beef up the career fair portion as well as the environmental health 411 including smart growth, regional transportation, bike infrastructure and many other things that at onset are boring but with the right platica it can become as entertaining as your favorite novela!
Orale, Iam hoping you will be interested in joining the committee to make this years EMPOWERMENT at the PARK, a greater success for the Raza's health, wellbeing and self-determination!
What do people think about Tuesday meetings at 6PM? Ofcourse, at Chicano Youth Center. Please advise.
REY LEON
Valley LEAP
REY LEON
Agenda: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
WELCOMING/INTRODUCTIONS
I. Background of Empowerment
a. Last year we had 138 sign ins but over two hundred participants. 37 people filled out their sheets to participate in raffle. 17 organizations set up shop to create awareness on their respective issues, campaigns. We had 6 entertainment venues and blessings from the Danza Azteca. This included 2 Bailet folkloricos, 1 DJ, 1 band, 1 flute player and the guerrilla drummers. Over 300 hotdogs and waters were given away, clothes was dontated for those who found something they liked. at least 10 raffle prize winners and tons of smiles!
b. To improve on
i. iMPROVED Sign in system to miss less attendees
ii. Program w sheet to verify booth visitations
iii. Evaluation for partner orgs and participants
iv. Develop program with letter size sheet, first page-flyer cover page; second page-program; third page-both verification initial sheet/raffle ticket proof form; fourth and last page on back side of foldable is an evaluation on festival i.e. best most useful information, favorite entertainment, health screening?, new thing learned, will follow up with an org? etc.
II. Organizing Plan (Choose leads)
Team leaders for each topic to obtain contact in the respective area. Contact name, org/business, phone, e-mail, mailing address. The first round will consist of leads gathering info to potential participating resource providing agencies/orgs. Second round we will mail/e-mail logistics: flyer, info booth form, invitation/donation request letter. Leads will have their name next to area.
a. Education (any volunteers?)
i. Academic programs
ii. Fresno City
iii. CSU Fresno
iv. Fresno Pacific University
v. UC Merced
vi. US Dept. of Ed. – Civil Rights
b. Health (Clinica Sierra Vista)
i. Screenings
ii. Education
iii. First 5
iv. Childrens Health Inst. - CSUF
c. Nutrition
i. Anti-Obesity
ii. Healthy activities
iii. Fresh & Healthy food promotion
d. Environment (REY LEON)
i. River conservation and recreation (REI)
ii. Water education
iii. Green Jobs
iv. Air quality
v. Housing
e. Employment
i. Unions
ii. Intermediary employers
f. Social Services/Advocacy (ERNIE PEREZ)
i. Immigration
ii. Renter rights
iii. Anti-bullying
g. Entertainment/Activities
i. Basura Band
ii. Barrio Arts Collective
iii. Soccer activity
iv. Native American Flute
v. Bailet Folklorico
vi. Danza Azteca
III. Review logistics
a. Info booths form
b. Flyer
c. Etc…
IV. Announcements and adjourn
REY LEÓN
Executive Director
Valley LEAP
"Working with Valley Communities to Achieve Environmental & Climate Justice"