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Press Conference for Unlocking America’s Potential Project
AVANCE, Inc. National held a Press Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, June 21st to announce the official launch of the
Unlocking America’s Potential Project (UAPP), a $12.6 million grant
funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to expand AVANCE’s Parent-Child
Education Program (PCEP) throughout communities across the country.
Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro
– both strong supporters of AVANCE - joined AVANCE Board Chairman Dean
Aguillen and President and CEO Richard J. Noriega to remark about how
educational attainment programs, like AVANCE, directly align with
ensuring the country’s economic competitiveness and national
security. With this grant, AVANCE is well-poised to make a
strategic and long-term impact in the economy by providing low-income
parents and their children the tools they need to be successful in
school and ultimately secure higher paying jobs.
Attending
the press conference will be Elida Galindo, an 1973 AVANCE graduate who
will share her story about being 18 years old, a single mother with
three children, living on welfare. She had no job, no money, and
no education. Then AVANCE came knocking on her door.
“AVANCE changed my life. They taught me to be a better mother and
helped me get my GED. I was able to go to college and my dream
came true, I became a Nurse. If everyone was encouraged like I
was, then the world would be a better place and everyone would say, ‘Oh
yes, I can do it,’ and when you feel better about yourself, you make
your children feel better about themselves, and they say, ‘If Mom can
do it, then I can to.’ ”
AVANCE ranks #10 in Hispanic Business Magazine’s “Top 25 Nonprofits”
AVANCE, Inc. (National Office) – Reclaiming the Ten Spot
San
Antonio, TX – (May 13, 2011) – AVANCE, Inc. just moved up two notches
to reclaim the number ten spot in Hispanic Business Magazine’s 2011
list of “Top 25 Nonprofits.” This is the fourth consecutive year the
San Antonio-based national organization has been recognized for its
work assisting Hispanic communities.
“The
past two years have been challenging for AVANCE, but also the most
rewarding,” said AVANCE’s President and CEO, Rick Noriega. “Our
team, the AVANCE family, has worked tirelessly to keep us on track and
we are honored to be amongst some of the finest of who’s who in the
Hispanic arena.”
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