Urge City Council: Make Forest Grove a Sanctuary City
Take action today!
This past Monday evening, a powerful representation of Adelante participants, staff and other community members testified and bore witness in support of declaring Forest Grove a Sanctuary City. We packed City Hall!
Now we need to bring this effort home by flooding the City's email box with our strong support for a Sanctuary City declaration.
A vision and a partnership
How the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary (SNJMs) helped us grow
In February of 2002, a group of twelve immigrant Latina women came together to create change in our community with the guidance of Bridget Cooke and Sister Barbara Raymond of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary (SNJMs).
Through their work with the Latino community at Centro Cultural, Bridget and Barbara found that Latina women faced very unique challenges.
Together, they began to hold weekly meetings where these women could share their stories and dreams while developing skills. They called their group Adelante Mujeres, Spanish for “women rise up, move forward.”
Read more to see how the SNJMs helped make Adelante's vision a reality.
Thank YOU!
Thank you for your year-end gifts!
As we look ahead to the new year upon us, our hearts are full of gratitude.
Because of you, Latino preschoolers are getting a strong start to their education while their moms achieve their dreams of going back to school. Latino families in our community are thriving.