Reaching out to Latino Community

Hey Flavs!

I hope you all had a great weekend!
I did some more research on the Latino Outreach Project. It seems like it is hard to get adults involved (as I mentioned earlier there are a bunch of programs for kids). Supposedly there have been a few attempts to get them more involved, but nothing has worked very well, supposedly. I have heard comments like "they are too proud" but also learned something new, that I think is the cause for them not wanting to be involved: Many are illegal immigrants. They work 2 or 3 jobs and don't have time, or are afraid to sign up for anything "official" like an ESL class,or attending community events.
As far as illegal immigration goes, we all know that this is not only a political problem, but also economic, because businesses in PC are obviously hiring illegal immigrants.
I am very much in favor of trying to do something for the Latino Community. When we did our little exercise at the last meeting, all of you were so excited about PC's community: "quality people," "quality liefstyle" etc. So what about that part of our community? Are they taking part in all the free events that we are so excited about?

At Aspen Villas, one of the affordable housing complexes in town, they have done a lot of outreach, together with city departments, for example with the Police. Maybe we can learn from them and implement a program like that at many of the other apartments where mostly Latinos live.
Let me know what you think about this.

Many thanks, Johanna