EL CENTRO de la RAZA | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT BUILDING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY NOW ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SUCCESS STORIES building unity CONTENTS LETTER from the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD PRESIDENT PARENTCHILD+ PROGRAM Success Stories Emily Estimad@s Amig@s, ParentChild+ Program 1 2019 marked the end of an amazing decade, thanks to you. Whether you are a long-time Emily used to be quiet and timid, but her Letter from the Executive Director supporter or had recently heard of us, you inspire the “Beloved Community” with your self-confidence skyrocketed after her and Board President 2 commitment, generosity, and selflessness. When we reflect on the past year, we recognize that enrollment at José Martí Child Development you have helped improve our communities in significant ways by: Our Services | Our Outcomes 3 Center. JMCDC teachers helped Emily make • Earning a place in North American history after our main building was announced on the this transition by establishing a routine, National Register of Historic Places because El Centro de la Raza is rife with cultural, social, Our Mission 4 befriending her classmates, and reading and political significance. books about feelings and emotions. By the Success Stories • Expanding our culturally responsive programs and services to South King County, where time Emily graduated from pre-school, Financial Empowerment Program 5 56% of King County’s Latino community lives. her social/emotional development and • Extending aging services, support, outreach, connection, and social engagement all day Success Stories academic performance were outstanding. for isolated seniors known as the El Centro de la Raza Senior Hub. José Martí Child Development Center 5 She recognizes and makes sounds of all • Serving as a national example of affordable housing development, made possible by the letters in the alphabet in both English Our Place in History 6 the Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Award for Plaza Roberto and Spanish, and she knows numbers Maestas-Beloved Community. 1-100. By sounding out the letters, she is Building the Beloved Community Gala 7 • Amplifying the voices in our communities through outreach and education efforts for beginning to read words, including the Census 2020 and this year’s critical elections. Success Stories names of all of her classmates! Emily’s What a year of accomplishments you helped us earn! We invite you to read more about Robotics Program 8 first language is Spanish, but she can your accomplishments in this 2019 Annual Report. As you read, you will see how your understand and speak English at the same Success Stories compassion has helped program participants to establish a precedent for building assets proficiency level. Emily likes to converse in Labor Standards Outreach & Education 8 to combat intergenerational trauma and poverty, to accessing culturally relevant tools for English and enjoys reading stories in both attaining their fullest human potential, and setting comprehensive life-changing opportunities Success Stories English and Spanish. in motion for 21,324 individuals and 7,824 families across King County through our 43 Benefits Enrollment Navigation 9 She started Kindergarten in programs and services. September 2019. Success Stories About $8 billion over three years will be cut from Washington State’s budget, which causes RFM Scholarship Recipient 9 uncertainty in our communities. One thing we know is that when we can come up with winning solutions, struggling families can begin to save and invest in their children’s futures. You have 2020 Projected Budget 10 always provided inspired us to think bigger. Together, we are unstoppable and will never stand Our Highlights 11 down from empowering and defending our community members. Nuestra Comunidad 13 Respetuosamente, Established in 1972 14 Ways to Get Involved 14 Mil Gracias to Our Funders & Donors 15 Mil Gracias to Our Staff & Volunteers 30 ESTELA ORTEGA ROXANA AMARAL Executive Director Board President 1 | EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 2 our programs/services our mission We build the self-sufficiency of our community members El Centro de la Raza (The Center for People of All Races) is a voice and a hub for the Latino community so that they can reach their fullest human potential. in Seattle and Martin Luther King, Jr. County through our 43 programs and services for low-income children, youth, families, and seniors of all backgrounds. We work to achieve equitable social and economic justice for all peoples and empower them to be fully involved in our community. CHILD & HUMAN & EDUCATION & HOUSING & ADVOCACY & YOUTH EMERGENCY ASSET-BUILDING ECONOMIC COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SERVICES PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZING PROGRAMS & SERVICES | SEATTLE (S) & FEDERAL WAY (F) .......... An array of services, Frances Martinez Bilingual education Mixed-use Activities include: including bilingual Community Service and skill-building development to voter as well as EARLY LEARNING HOME VISITING PROGRAMS early childhood Center provides programs are provide affordable census outreach Parents as Teachers (F) | Bebes! - BSK (F) | Bebes! - HOPE (S) | ParentChild+ Program (F,S) development and services to meet available to build and transitional and education, learning, after- the immediate credit, start a housing options, Sensitive Locations, .......... Emergency Safety school mentoring needs of hunger, business, learn the retail and office CHILD & YOUTH PROGRAMS and tutoring, homelessness, English language, space, and event Planning, Know Your Open Doors Youth Case Management (F) | Marijuana Youth Prevention & Education Program (F) social justice, civic and public benefits. and own a home space for rent. Rights trainings, engagement and for the first time. and bilingual Plaza Roberto Maestas After School Program and Summer Learning Program (F,S) community advocacy, legal clinics. Hope for Youth Cultural Enrichment & College Readiness Program (S) and the arts. Youth Job Readiness Training (S) | Luis Alfonso Velásquez After School Program (S) José Martí Child Development Center (S) | Hirabayashi Place (S) | Robotics Program (S) .......... HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT our outcomes Centilia Cultural Center (S) | Commercial & Tenant Space (S) 2019 DEMOGRAPHICS El Patio Apartments & ECR Transitional Housing (S) | Plaza Roberto Maestas Apartments (S) .......... HUMAN & EMERGENCY SERVICES Smoking Prevention and Policy Program (F) | Veterans Outreach Program (F,S) TOTAL TOTAL Food Bank (S) | Eviction Prevention (S) INDIVIDUALS FAMILIES Labor Standards Outreach & Education (S) | Senior Hub – Nutrition and Wellness Program (S) SERVED 2019: SERVED 2019: Benefits Enrollment Navigation (F,S) | Community Connectors (S) 21,324 7,824 Bilingual Legal Clinics (S) .......... ASSET-BUILDING PROGRAMS Unidos in Finance (F) | Unidos @ Work (F) | ESL Classes (S) | Lending Circles (F,S) Business Opportunity Center (F,S) | Financial Empowerment (F,S) AGES FAMILY SIZE First-Time Home Buyers Program (F,S) | United Way of King County Tax Prep Site (F,S) 0–5 years old: 16% 1–2 Members: 57% .......... • • 6–13 years old: 9% 3–4 Members: 28% ADVOCACY & COMMUNITY ORGANIZING • 14–17 years old: 7% • 5–6 Members: 13% • 18–24 years old: 9% • 5+ Members: 2% Emergency Safety Planning, Know Your Rights Trainings, & Sensitive Location (F,S) • 25–64 years old: 42% • Census Outreach (F,S) | Voter Registration & Education (F,S) | Volunteering (F,S) • 65+ years old: 12% Comadres Monthly Support Group (S) | Monthly Tenant Meetings (S) | Environmental Justice (S) • Undisclosed: 5% FAMILY MEMBERS • Single Person: 29% | Two Parent: 27% ETHNICITY Single Parent: 13% Latino/Latina: 58% | Non Latino/Latina: 42% Other: 21% | Undisclosed: 10% 3 | EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA 2019 ANNUAL REPORT | 4 OUR PLACE We share SUCCESS STORIES El Centro de la Raza’s IN HISTORY rich stories & walk the same hallways as the trailblazers who BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CENTER/ JOSÉ MARTÍ CHILD l Centro de la Raza is historically known as the Beacon Hill School. occupied this FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTER The building’s architecture was ahead of its time. However, its limited building in 1972. Rosa Early Learning Graduates capacity could not accommodate the growing student population at the .......... time, and the school was forced to relocate. At the same time, cultural Visit our website to Rosa enrolled in our Business Opportunity José Martí Child Development Center and political factors limited people of color’s access to education and register for Café con Center program with hopes to launch her (JMCDC) graduated 100 children from other critical community resources. El Centro de la Raza food cart business. She attended the series of pre-school. We honored them at a special EPresident Nixon was in office and his administration redirected funds to first Thursday of each business development workshops where she dinner where JMCDC staff, teachers, and supporting the war effort. There was no longer a commitment to the War on month at 8 AM. learned the process of starting a business. families celebrated this great milestone. Poverty. Students at South Seattle College, whose English as a Second Language Upon completion of the program, she wanted The students worked hard all year long and classes were defunded by the administration, then took action. What that looked to increase her credit score, and El Centro de made outstanding progress in all areas of like was a peaceful multiracial occupation of the abandoned Beacon Hill School. la Raza had another program