Community

Our strategic planning recognizes the brilliance in each of our members to guide our collaborations forward in real-time, always adapting to the moment of what is needed, when, where, and how. We operate much differently than a typical non-profit which allows for our authentic and emergent style. 

Using a community-driven, peer-to-peer learning model, we engage experts in our own community to share information that supports us in addressing our needs holistically, so that we can interrupt the cycles of intergenerational and acute trauma that are persistent within our community. 

Construyendo Poder Retreats (CPR) is designed to build collective strength and wellbeing in Immigrant families, by working directly with family, friends, and neighborhood caregivers in our community. We provide free, accessible, and culturally relevant practices that support our physical and mental health under conditions of extreme chronic stress, and education to navigate political landscapes such as Know Your Rights pieces of training and community resource navigation. In this way, we build health equity from within, since we can never rely on equity to come towards our community from the outside. As we build within ourselves and our community, we are able to strengthen our relationships and better support the children in our care.