Check out Ivis Rodriguez and Danny Franco at the Mexican Consulate this morning! Hope's Seminole State Scholarship recipients have been at the Mexican Consulate's financial education events all week, giving information about the center, our programs and DACA requirements. Great job Ivis and Danny and thank you! ¡Miren a Ivis Rodriguez y Danny Franco dando [...]
We hope you enjoy it! You can read it one of two ways. (If you're still on our site's front "home" page, you'll first need to click the black "Read More" box below). To read a PDF of the newsletter, click here: April 2015 Newsletter To read as a digital "flipbook" version, click the newsletter front [...]
Enjoy music, dancing, games, and delicious food from different countries at our Annual Kermes Spring Festival this Saturday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. here at Hope. The festival is a fundraiser put on by our Sin Fronteras Youth Group to help fund Hope's summer Kids Camp for elementary school children. You can [...]
Our citizenship program is so proud of two of our students who reached milestones this week. Gisela Soler (at right), who attended our citizenship preparation classes taught in English, passed her test and interview and became a U.S. citizen. And Maria Isabel Ramirez passed the test in Spanish, which she prepared for at Hope in [...]
A crowd of about 400 people gathered at Hope on Sunday, March 1, 2015, for an immigration rights rally and to hear Congressman Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a nationally known immigration advocate. Sister Ann Kendrick led a ritual of solidarity while images of butterflies — symbolizing transformation — and farmworker symbols were held high by our youth. The [...]
We will not have any parking onsite for the event this Sunday featuring Congressman Luis Gutierrez. This map shows three nearby parking lots that are available for our use. "Parking 1" will have a Hope van providing shuttle service to the Center.
Hope CommUnity Center Welcomes Luis Gutierrez, Immigration Activist and U.S. Representative from Illinois, at 1 p.m. this Sunday, March 1. Come out to show your support for DACA and DAPA, the Executive Actions of President Obama that protect parents and children from deportation. Gutierrez has been fighting for immigration reform in Washington D.C. and will [...]
Nuestro Conferencia de Prensa del 17 de Febrero fue un gran exito! Univision, Telemundo, Infomas, Fox, y los canales 2 y 9 estaban aquí escuchando presentaciones de Sister Ann, José Luis Martínez de Mi Familia Vota, y unos miembros de nuestra comunidad. El alivio migratorio que hemos estado esperando se ha retrasado un poco hoy, [...]
