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Read Our Annual Report MERRIMACK VALLEY IMMIGRANT & EDUCATION CENTER Merrimack Valley Annual Report Immigrant & Education Center Fiscal Year 2019 (MVIEC) Students and volunteers thank 439 South Union St. Lawrence MA, 01843 the Cummings Foundation. 978-683-7316 Board of Directors Laurie Mancinelli Chairperson Anne Moriarty Vice Chairperson Judy and Karen attend Cummings Foundation reception. Deb Mangano Dear Friends, Treasurer Natasha Tenenbaum The Merrimack Valley Immigrant and Education Center (MVIEC) was one of 100 local Secretary nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through the Cummings Foundation’s “100k for100” Program. Our organization was chosen from a total of 574 applicants James M. Bowers, Esq. during a competitive review process. MVIEC will use the grant money to provide Robert O’Koniewski,Esq. low-income Immigrants with ESOL and Workplace Education classes to support them Ying Schmitt Bopea Sok in their quest to be gainfully employed and achieve citizenship status. Vina Troianello Representing MVIEC, Executive Director ,Judy Chmielecki, and Program Coordinator, Judy Chmielecki Karen Sheridan, joined approximately 300 guests at a reception at the TradeCenter Executive Director 128 in Woburn to celebrate the $10 million infusion into Greater Boston’s nonprofit sector. Mission Statement Our vision for the Merrimack Valley Immigrant & Education Center continues to fo- The Merrimack Valley Immigrant and Education cus on the underserved and struggling population of the Merrimack Valley. This past Center is a multi-service year, MVIEC has helped hundreds of Immigrants to improve their English language, organization serving writing, and social assimilation into the community and workforce. Through many Immigrant and generous grants and donations, we have successfully completed our 32nd year of Refugee families serving hundreds of residents in becoming productive members in their new through outreach and educational communities. programs, in order to assist them in We have many success stories, but that of Tuyet Luong is one that reflects our agen- becoming productive cy’s journey from the Asian Center to today as the Merrimack Valley Immigrant and Members of the Education Center. (see Tuyet’s story on page 2) Community. Thank you for your support! Judy Chmielecki Page 2 Merrimack Valley Immigrant and Education Center WORKPLACE ENGLISH Tuyet Our English Communication for Employment Classes Performing (ECE), funded by the City of Lawrence CDBG Grant, At Elders Christmas consist of 60 hours of instruction. The syllabus includes Celebration language skills through topics such as: evaluation of work skills, career exploration, completing a job application, resume writing, interview preparation, communication at work, and cultural norms of the American workplace. Students also explore job training opportunities and attend job fairs. Fifteen years ago, a shining light entered the Asian Center of Merrimack Valley (which later became the Merrimack Valley Immigrant and Education Center). Tuyet Luong enrolled her son, Leonard, in the Center’s Preschool Program and a relationship began that continues to this day. Tuyet was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1966. Her father worked as an interpreter for the American and South Vietnamese Armies during the war. When the Communists took over and unified Vietnam in 1975, he was forced to leave the country. Tuyet, her mother, and siblings were not able to leave Vietnam until 1990, when they joined her father in Lawrence. Tuyet entered Lawrence High School and graduated after 1½ years of study. She went on to the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where she met her CITIZENSHIP husband who had been a “Boat Person” leaving Vietnam as a young child. After graduating from The Center’s Citizenship Preparation Classes teach college, Tuyet and Dat Nguyen married. American History, Government, and the responsibility of Tuyet worked as a care manager and CNA Citizenship. In addition to Citizenship Classes, we assist (Certified Nursing Assistant) at a home care participants with all aspects of completing the agency and Dat worked as a mechanical Citizenship process, including the application, interview, engineer.The couple have 2 children: Leonard, and exam. We also facilitate new voter registration. 18, a student at the University of MA, Lowell, Elected officials are invited to speak to our classes. studying engineering and Isabel, 14, a student at Central Catholic High School. Both Leonard and Isabel have participated in MVIEC’s Youth Writ- ing Program They are also accomplished violin- ists. Tuyet’s musical talent as a singer and gui- tarist enriches MVIEC’s many gatherings and celebrations. She also entertains at her Temple and at community events. Tuyet and her husband have worked very hard through much adversity. They are proud of their native Vietnamese culture and have embraced the place they have chosen to call home. It has been such a privilege for me to have met this extraordinary woman. (Interviewed by Audrey Rubin, MVIEC volunteer) MVIEC Serving the Immigrant Community Since 1987! Page 3 ELDER OUTREACH PROGRAM ENGLISH CLASSES (ESOL) Our Elder Outreach Program is a critical gateway of services for the Vietnamese, MVIEC continues to be a leader in providing English for Chinese, Cambodian, and Hispanic Elders Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Our classes of the Merrimack Valley. Our advocates begin at the most basic levels with learning the alphabet work at educating elders on medical fraud, and phonics. The upper level works on conversation, health benefits and financial literacy. Our grammar, sentence structure, reading, and writing skills. bi-lingual and bi-cultural Outreach Workers also help elders navigate the Medicare and Medicaid arena. YOUTH WRITERS’ WORKSHOP In Our Youth Writing Program, students in the 7th-12th grades participate in a summer twelve session writing workshop and monthly workshops throughout the school year. They are exposed to various types of writing through exploration of ancient history, poetry, and mythology. At the end of the program, the students choose several of their works to be published in our an- nual MVIEC Review. FRIENDS OF MVIEC FUNDERS Sisters of Charity Anonymous Mr & Mrs. Benincasa Abbot & Dorothy H. Stevens Foundation James Bowers, Jr. Artemas W. Stearns Trust Jackie Buck Rogers Family Foundation Staff of Merrimack Valley Clarie Cavanaugh Josephine G Russell Trust Immigrant & Education Judy Chmielecki Juliann Chmielecki ECCF Greater Lawrence Summer Fund Center Ms. Sara Dilg City of Lawrence/CDBG Grant Barbara Ippolito State of Massachusetts, ORI Grant Judy Chmielecki Saul & Betty Jaffe Salem Five Executive Director Tom Lam & Ye Thu Ky The White Fund [email protected] Roberta Liss Yen Lu Jeanne D’ Arc Credit Union Karen Sheridan Laurie Mancinelli Margaret CollinsTrust Nick & Deb Mangano Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation Program Coordinator Frank & Debra McKernan [email protected] Anne Moriarty & James Kachulis Charles Pringle Foundation SHINE Certified* Robert O’Koniewski Charlotte Home Tang Tran Vo Agnes Lindsay Trust Mayra Garcia Rachel Voiland National Grid Administrative Assistant Ying & Joe Schmitt Karen Sheridan DCU for Kids Bopea Sok Pentucket Bank Natasha Tenenbaum Demoulas Foundation Muoi Lam Vina Troianello Lawrence Cultural Council Vietnamese/Chinese Fresh Pond Trust Outreach Worker Edward Vo Ash Charitable Foundation [email protected] Caroline Webber Cummings Foundation SHINE Certified* Sonary Ngov Jeff Roberts Nikki Toeur Ethel Schuster Richard & Kathleen Blain Cambodian Outreach Worker Robert & Ching Kirk [email protected] Cheng Sam Nancy Woolford Kimberly A. Whitworth Jane Coe Grant Writer Trinh Chau [email protected] Germaine T Vo North Parish of North Andover *SHINE (Serving the Health information Needs Of Elders) program provides no cost health insurance information, counseling and assis- tance to MA Medicare recipients and their caregivers. .
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