Please join us for the next HFWG meeting Tuesday, April 19th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Western Ave Community Center, 600 N. Western Avenue, Bloomington, IL 61701.
If you would like to add something to this month’s agenda, please email the group by the end of the week.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Please join us for the next HFWG meeting tomorrow Tuesday, March 15th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Western Ave Community Center, 600 N. Western Avenue, Bloomington, IL 61701.
The Agenda is as follows:
I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Announcements
III. Committee Reports from Chairs
IV. Voter’s Guide
V. Future Meeting/Agenda Items
We look forward to seeing you there!
Please join us for the next HFWG meeting Tuesday, March 15th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Western Ave Community Center, 600 N. Western Avenue, Bloomington, IL 61701.
If you would like to add something to this month’s agenda, please email the group by the end of the week.
We look forward to seeing you there!
NORMAL — An estimated 20 percent of McLean County residents older than 5 years old have some form of a disability.
The county’s Hispanic population has grown by 129 percent since 1990, while the roots of the county’s black community date back to 1840 — a mere decade after the county was formed.
Those facts and figures were among those revealed Tuesday night at the Normal Public Library’s Community Room during a panel discussion on the sometimes overlooked minority segments of the local population. The program, titled “Hidden McLean County” and presented by the McLean County League of Women Voters, aimed to shed light on the concerns and issues facing the black, Hispanic and disabled communities and how they can be addressed… For the full article click here.
The League of Women Voters of McLean County is hosting ”Hidden McLean County” on Tuesday, January 25, 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Normal Public Library (206 West College Avenue, Normal, IL). The program will feature speakers and community leaders discussing the African-American, Hispanic, and disabled communities. Speakers for each of these groups will discuss the experiences that people from each group have had in our community. The presentations will include statistics and personal stories and will be followed by time for questions and answers. Speakers include:
The program is free and open to the public. Click here for a flier: http://www.lwvmclean.org/hidden_mclean_county.pdf
The end of 2010 was a time of transition for the Hispanic Families Work Group (HFWG) as we looked for a new Executive Board to help us redefine the group and what we would focus on in the years to come. On behalf of the Board and the Nominating Committee I am very happy to announce and introduce the new HFWG Executive Board for 2011-2012 (HFWG Board Biographies):
The new board has a lot of new ideas so please keep connected and involved – they are an amazing and energetic group of community leaders. HFWG will continue to do the things we do well in networking, collaborating and communicating together, but we will need your help as we start focusing on issues important to our Hispanic community: education and economic development.
I would also like to thank the outgoing HFWG Executive Board: Deborah Halperin (Vice-chair), Maureen Sollars (Secretary), Laura Grant (Treasurer), and Karen Major (Ex-Officio) for all their hard work and leadership over the past couple of years. In addition to devoting hundreds of hours to this organization, they have been instrumental in the many successes we have had since 2008:
All the outgoing board officers have expressed their commitment to the organization and you will see many of them on our new committees and in leadership roles. Lastly, thank you to the Nominating Committee: David Im, Dick Folse, and Maureen Sollars for their hard work these past few months. For everyone else, please continue to follow us on our website and on facebook and we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting in February at Western Ave Community Center (Bloomington, IL).
Thank you,
Alex Cardona, Ex-Officio (Chair 2008-2010)
Radio Latina (88.1FM) is hosting Latin Dancing (Salsa, Merengue, Bachata) with DJ Alex Parra this Saturday, December 4th 7pm – 11pm at the Young Main Lounge (Memorial Center, 104 E University St.) on Illinois Wesleyan University campus (Bloomington, IL). Sponsored by State Farm Bank® and supported by the HFWG, all proceeds from the dance go to support Radio Latina – Students: $3 and Adults: $5. Come out and support your only local music radio show in Bloomington-Normal that is 100% in Español.
For more information click here for their poster: radio_latina_poster_with_event or on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118701714859944&ref=mf.
For all you who couldn’t attend our HFWG meeting last Tuesday (11/16) here is a survey version of our discussion from last week. Your participation in the planning process is important to the future of the HFWG so please complete this short survey by November 30, 2010:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K5SQ3ZN
This short survey should take less than 10 minutes of your time and your answers will be confidential. At the end of next week we will send out the collected responses from the survey and the meeting in preparation for our December meeting which will be held at Western Ave Community Center (600 N. Western Avenue, Bloomington, IL 61701.) on Tuesday, December 14 from 5:30-6:30. If you have any questions please contact us at hispanic.families.work.group@gmail.com.
The November HFWG Meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 16, 2010 from 5:30-6:30pm and will be held at Western Ave Community Center, 600 N. Western Avenue, Bloomington, IL 61701.
This meeting is a follow-up to the October meeting held on 10/20 – we will review the ideas and projects suggested and review nominations for the board.
Agenda
We hope you can attend and feel free to bring a friend or someone you think could benefit from our group.
Thank you for all your help in scheduling the next HFWG meeting. The meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 20, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the McLean County Health Department (200 W Front St, Bloomington, IL 61701) on the 3rd Floor in Room 322.
We will be discussing the future of the HFWG and we really need your input as a community leader and member - even if you have never attended a meeting or it’s been a long time since you last attended one. This is your opportunity to voice your opinions concerning the Hispanic and Latino community and help decide the direction of this organization for years to come. We would like to have as many people attend this meeting as possible so please invite or bring anyone you think should attend this meeting.
