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Bronxfree Press JULY 6 - JULY 12, 2011 • VOLUME 2 - No. 27 The FREE PRESS the community’s bilingual newspaper BRONX el periódico bilingüe de la comunidad The Grace-ful Graduates LAS ALUMNAS DE DISTINCIÓN P3 JULY 6, 2011 • the bronx free press • www.thebronxfreepress.com The Long Reach of Grace Story by Adrian Cabreja Photos by Leo Sorel “I’m very proud,” said Eddie Sánchez. He spoke with affection as he stood beside the elegant woman in white. The couple was beaming, and stood close together as they waited for the ceremony to begin. But this was no wedding. These two are already married. “It’s never too late to get an education,” said his wife, Rebecca Sánchez, whose broad smile was infectious. She would know. Grace Outreach is the only tuition-free GED program She is 56 years old, and she designed specifically for women in the South Bronx. was graduating. Grace Outreach es el único programa de GED gratuito diseñado Finally. específicamente para las mujeres en el Sur del Bronx. Sánchez, and her beaming husband, were one of the 140 women and their families in attendance in a packed Una búsqueda por la gracia – y la graduación auditorium at Immaculate Historia por Adrian Cabreja estaban casados. Concepción en el este de la Calle 151 en el Bronx Conception School on East Fotos por Leo Sorel “Nunca es tarde para conseguir una educación”, este pasado jueves, 23 de junio para sus ejercicios 151st Street in the Bronx this dijo su esposa Rebecca Sánchez, cuya amplia de inicio. past Thursday, June 23rd for “Estoy bien orgulloso”, dijo Eddie Sánchez. sonrisa era contagiosa. Era una distintiva – y distinta – clase their Commencement exercises. Habló con afecto mientras se paraba al lado de Ella sabría. graduándose. It was a distinctive – and la elegante mujer en blanco. Ella tiene 56 años, y se estaba graduando. Compuesta completamente de mujeres, de distinct – graduating class. La pareja estaba brillando, y estaban parados Finalmente. varias edades y orígenes, los logros presentados Composed entirely of women, cerca mientras esperaban por la ceremonia que Sánchez, junto a su brillante esposo, era una fueron mucho más allá que los grados otorgados. of varying ages and backgrounds, comenzara. de las 140 mujeres y familiares que asistieron a Grace Outreach, una organización sin fines see GRACE p10 Pero esto no era una boda. 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Nunca he eventos. partes de matemáticas en el examen. educativo de GED sirviendo a mujeres de bajos estado en drogas fuertes, pero si vendí para La meta es proveer un apoyo comprensivo Inscribieron a De Jesús en un programa recursos del Sur del Bronx. vivir”. a los estudiantes y graduandos cuando intensivo de matemáticas. Desde enero hasta Desde su fundación, más de 600 mujeres Cargos por drogas se convirtieron en cuatro comienzan el colegio, entrenamiento vocacional han recibido sus grados. abril de este pasado año, tomó clases de sentencias de cárcel separadas para Lois, y nuevas carreras. matemáticas todo el día. La mujer en Grace Outreach tiene muchas abarcando sus años de adolescencia. Su última La adquisición del GED, argumenta Andrew Tomó el examen una cuarta vez y lo aprobó, diferentes razones de no haber terminado su sentencia, la cual duró dos años, terminó en Rubinson, director ejecutivo en Grace Outreach, escuela superior. Algunas de las estudiantes el 1998, cuando tenía 21 años. Rápido luego es transformadora y de largo alcance. teniendo una puntuación de 70 puntos sobre el fueron victimas de violencia domestica. Otras de llegar a la casa bajo libertad condicional, “Estamos aquí para celebrar”, explica punto para pasar en matemáticas. eran madres solteras que encontraron difícil el se enteró que estaba embarazada de su hija Rubinson, “y un mejoramiento que contribuirá a Ahora se prepara para caminar con sus encontrar el tiempo para seguir una educación Ariyanna. la construcción del Bronx”. compañeros graduandos. mientras también atendían a sus niños. “Me di cuenta que finalmente era tiempo de La oportunidad para estas mujeres, explica Cuando se le preguntó como encontró la Algunos eran simplemente estudiantes cuyas enderezar mi vida”, dijo ella. él, para ser más económicamente seguras resistencia para tomar el examen una cuarta necesidades no eran vistas por los modelos Un amigo la introdujo a los programas de persiguiendo su educación y adquiriendo vez, ella señala hacia sus hijos y dijo, “ellos son educativos existentes, y quienes no eran Grace Outreach, Grogan firmó cuando llegó el un entrenamiento real de trabajo, crea un mi resistencia”. animadas ni motivadas para permanecer en la tiempo de la inscripción. nuevo modelo para el éxito y rompe ciclos de Para hacer el día aun más memorable, esta escuela. Y a pesar de la introducción de nuevas desesperación. es la segunda graduación en la familia hoy. Tradicionalmente, las probabilidades estaban tensiones en su vida en ese momento, Los 13 experimentados empleados de Grace Jalah, su hija de 6 años, se gradúo de Jardín en contra de ellas. incluyendo el diagnóstico de cáncer de su Outreach, incluyen tutores y maestros. La Infantil en la mañana. “Orgullosa”, dijo la Los vecinos del barrio de Mott Haven, uno padre, y las luchas personales de su hija con la organización no cobra por la matrícula, y trabaja pequeña niña, cuando se le pregunta como se de los distritos más pobres del Congreso en escuela, Grogan no fue disuadida. de cerca con sus estudiantes para prepararlos la nación, ha tenido históricamente un bajo siente acerca de su madre. “Orgullosa”, vuelve Aprobó el examen de GED luego de dos y darles una fuerte fundación en matemáticas, a decir. promedio de graduación. meses con los instructores de Grace Outreach. lectura y escritura. También busca reconocer Esta no era una ceremonia típica. Y obtuvo un total de 2,500 puntos, 250 puntos áreas especificas de debilidad académica, las De Jesús desea continuar una carrera en Las mujeres de Gracia han enfrentado por encima del punto para pasarlo. cuales para algunos individuos, podría haber grandes obstáculos para conseguir una Ella reconoce a sus seguidores, incluyendo llevado a previos fallidos intentos en obtener el psicología y especializarse en psicología de educación, las clases de reto que lo hacen, en su familia, y los maestros y empleados en GED en otras instituciones. adolescentes. Y ella no está sola mirando hacia muchos casos, imposible. Grace Outreach la ayudaron a enfocarse. Ivy de Jesús, de 37 años residente del Bronx delante. “Yo veo a personas y les digo, ‘estoy de quien creció en Co-op City con sus padre Muchos de sus compañeras ya han Lois Grogan, una madre de 34 años, creció regreso en la escuela y ellos dice, ‘así es”, dice puertorriqueños, es otra orgullosa graduada en comenzado a tomar pasos definitivos para en East River Houses en East Harlem y ahora ella. “Y ahora, con mi GED, ellos dicen, ‘eso es blanco. nuevos futuros. Veinte de las graduadas han vive en el Bronx River Houses en la Calle 174. lo que está sucediendo’”. Pero su historia, como las otras, es un poco aplicado y fueron aceptados en universidades. La vida de Grogan, ella es la primera en Aunque Grace Outreach comenzó más complicada. Armados con su GED, muchos de los decirlo, ha sido difícil: pobreza, niñez dolorosa, principalmente en el 2004 como un centro De Jesús tomó el examen de GED tres veces estudiantes están buscando nuevos trabajos y drogas, cárcel. educativo de GED, se ha expandido y fracasó cada vez.
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