Two-Day Kick-off
Event | November 1-2, 2013 | Zona del Sol
Community Center
The
public is invited to a two-day kick-off event that seeks to create a broad
community conversation and ongoing work to improve quality of life in southwest
Santa Fe. Events will be held at the Zona del Sol Community Center at 6601
Jaguar Drive, across from the Southside Library on November 1-2,
2013.
What: Community Conversation on Improving
the Quality of Life in SW Santa Fe
When: Friday, November 1, 8:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday,
November 2, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Friday, November 1st will feature a series of panels and
community discussions focused on improving quality of life in Southwest Santa
Fe.
Saturday, November
2nd will
be a Community Fiesta starting with a free breakfast and listening session at
9:30 a.m. which will be followed by information tables and fun free activities
for the whole family. Activities include a mariachi band, Zumba class, cooking
demonstrations and more.
Where: Zona del Sol
Community Center
6601 Jaguar Drive, across from the
Southside Library
Santa Fe,
NM
Topics covered will
include:
·
Immigration: Pasado, Presente &
Futuro
·
Health Care
and Healthy communities
·
Education:
Child and Teen Wellbeing
·
Economy,
jobs and business
·
Transportation, Housing and
Infrastructure
·
Access to
Healthy Foods
·
Juvenile
Justice and Youth series
·
Role of
Faith Community and Non profits
Participants will
have an opportunity to learn about options under the Affordable Health Care Act
and sign up for health care plans. The city will be giving away recycling bins
to city residential customers and reusable grocery bags. Voter registration will
be available. Numerous community service organizations will be on hand to
provide information about the services they offer and other services available
to the community.
"Access to quality
public education, healthcare, good jobs, better nutrition and a safer Southside
community can no longer be met with hurdles or delays. We need a new definition
to what constitutes ‘care’ and this must include full access to these basic
rights--as well as our best effort to provide timely and responsive action for
the best outcome. Our Southside citizens deserve nothing less," said City
Councilor Carmichael Dominguez.
"I'm proud to join
this collaborative effort to address the needs of working families and find
homegrown solutions that strengthen and empower our local communities. Utilizing
models that have been successful in other underserved areas in New Mexico, this
initiative will bring together government leaders, non-profits, businesses, and
faith-based organizations to help improve the quality of life throughout Santa
Fe," said U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich.
“When the community
comes together as friends and neighbors to find innovative solutions to the
challenges that face our families, there is no limit to what we can achieve. I
look forward to the engaging discussions that this important event will foster
and the ideas that will be put forth to address the key issues that impact
families every day in an effort to build a stronger community in Santa Fe,” said
U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján.
The event is
sponsored by:
City Councilor
Carmichael Dominguez, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s office, U.S. Congressman
Ben Ray Lujan’s office, Santa Fe Community Foundation, New Mexico Health Equity
Partnership, La Familia Medical Center, The Interfaith Leadership Alliance,
Somos Un Pueblo Unido, Health Action New Mexico, SFPS Superintendent Joel Boyd,
Santa Fe Community College, Envision Santa Fe, Santa Fe Prevention Alliance,
United Church of Santa Fe , The Food Depot, City of Santa Fe Children and Youth
Commission, Santa Fe County Community Services Department, Christus St. Vincent
Regional Medical Center and Chainbreaker Collective.
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