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October 2023 Newsletter

*Sent on October 8, 2023*

Established in 2007 as a public, non-profit organization, the Latino Leadership Council seeks to advance cultural strength, leadership and well-being within the Latino Community.

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Join Us!

Don't forget to join us Monday, October 9th from 4:00-5:00PM for our virtual community meeting!

Hear from Yasmin Martinez, CA Lead Organizer for United We Dream, a national organization helping with many resources and supports for DACA and other programs.

Click HERE to join the meeting via Zoom

If you have resources to share, please share at the meeting or email to Outreach Coordinator, Crystal Lopez for inclusion in the next newsletter or to be shared on our social media pages.

Thank you for joining us!

Our 9th Annual Forum was a success! We had three amazing presentations on the decisions that perpetuate inequities in healthcare, strategies to reduce them, and practices to apply these strategies to education and other system services. In addition to our presentations, we celebrated our Quetzal Award winners on stage for continuing to uplift the Latino community. We would like to thank everyone for joining us at our forum this year!

Quetzal Award Winners

At our 9th Annual Forum on the Latino Community, Where's the Evidence? Challenging our Decision-Making Paradigms, we bestowed our Quetzal Awards on 4 individuals in the fields of HEALTH, EDUCATION and YOUTH who are going above and beyond to support our Latino communities.

To read the Quetzal Award winners' bios, visit:

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Round-Up at BriarPatch

We have exciting news to share!

BriarPatch Food Co-op has selected the Latino Leadership Council to be the recipient of their monthly Round-Up-at-the-Register program.

That means every time you shop at the Auburn or Grass Valley Co-op, you can give back to local Latino communities when you check out! Just tell your checker that you want to round up. It’s that simple!

Learn more: https://briarpatch.coop/

Client Impact

Mauricio came to us seeking help to be a more stable, healthier person for his partner and baby. Mauricio struggles with mental health and anger management issues which have made it difficult for him to be the parent and provider he wants to be. Recently, Mauricio has been making positive changes and getting the help he needs, including signing up for parenting and anger management classes and going back to school. He had also been struggling with reliable transportation; however, we were able to provide Mauricio with a bike donated to us by Lighthouse Counseling & FRC and he is so grateful to now have a reliable means of transportation.

"Thank you for your support and encouragement in helping me to be a better man, father and partner. I'm young and still have much to learn, but I'm so grateful for all my Promotor's hard work in getting me connected to the services I need to reunite with my partner and baby and helping me finally get my own reliable form of transportation. This bike has allowed me to get to and from work, school and even help with groceries."

More client impact stories

LLC Smythe Academy Health Fair

LLC Chapa-De Health Fair

Nutrition and Cooking Event

Last month, we hosted our first in person nutrition and cooking event since Covid. Many attendees regularly attend our virtual nutrition education classes and were so excited to get together in person. Attendees brought some delicious appetizers to share and then went over the class topic, "How to Improve the Immune System," before making Tortilla Soup and raffling some baskets with cooking utensils.

Mami y Yo Calendar

Entre Amigos Kitchen

For our September Entre Amigos virtual cooking class, youth learned how to make shrimp ceviche. Many of them expressed this being their first time making a meal with seafood and were so excited to learn about the different ways to cook and eat shrimp!

Youth Events Calendar

Entre Amigos Round1

Entre Amigos took 15 youth to Round1 in Roseville. They were all so excited to get together after school and see friends they don't usually see at school. They enjoyed a few rounds of bowling and were helping each other to improve their technique. Some went to play arcade games and went home with some cool prizes!

Community Resources and Events

Below are some links from our partners and community members. If you have any resources for the Latino community you'd like for us to share, please email us.

Free Liver Cancer Education Webinar With A Hispanic Doctor 10/12/23

FREE groceries at Parkside Church of the Nazarene in Auburn every 2nd Wednesday of the month

FREE anonymous drop-off of unused or expired medications and vaping devices

Placer County Lotus Behavioral Health Crisis Center Brochure

To see a full list of all Latino Leadership Council general program flyers and resources, visit https://www.latinoleadershipcouncil.org/program-information-pdfs.

You Can Support Us in Various Ways

Shop or donate through our partners:

Support the Latino Leadership Council by donating a vehicle through CARS. Your car will be picked up and towed away at no charge to you.

Support the LLC by purchasing items from our First 5, You th and Ge neral client Wishlist's on Amazon.

Support the Latino Leadership Council by purchasing items on our Walmart registry created from our clients' needs.

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