By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer for PCA “Our system of government has never been automatic. If we want our children to grow up in a true democracy, – not just one with elections, but one where every voice matters and every vote counts, we need to nurture and protect it. Today the responsibility falls to all of us.” – …
Every year, to bring our community together and celebrate the holiday season, we host our Holiday Posada. It is a joyous occasion where we open our doors all day to share food and gather with our community. Local parents, childcare providers, community partners, and community members bring dishes to share that are traditional to their holiday celebrations. While we are …
By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer for PCA This blog was originally written in Spanish My washing machine is broken! And now…, who is going to help me? My mom? My uncle? The pawn shop? A car title loan that will charge me an outrageous interest rate and cause me even more headaches? It is just when the refrigerator or …
More about Educadores Para los Niños del Futuro, PCA’s Home-Based Child Care Provider Network Fostering the long term development and success of our children starts with supporting the educators who care for them一 child care providers. While providers typically operate out of a center, many individuals (particularly women of color) provide child care directly out of their private homes throughout …
By Zully Rodriguez This article was originally written in Spanish. The fall is here, back to school starts at 3… 2… 1! The classrooms are full again! After 2 school cycles with only partial in-person classes, the time to go back and test what we learned is here. The final months of in-person instruction last school year served, among other …
By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer for PCA This article was written originally in Spanish. A little over a year after the pandemic shutdowns and after most of us put our lives on hold, we are entering a new post-pandemic phase. Now that we are returning to a period of normalcy, parents can take care of themselves and restore …
By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer, Partnership for Community Action As we look back at the past months when our kids went back to in-person instruction, we can see that we learn to cope with the uncertain results and benefits of the return to school. When the state announced that children could return to in-person instruction by April 5 2021, …
As COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up across the nation and infection rates decline, schools are beginning to fully reopen. Re-entry plans vary widely from state to state, but in New Mexico, schools are preparing to return to in-class instruction by April 5th. What does this mean for families in New Mexico? Students will return to in-person learning at public and charter …
By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer, Partnership for Community Action With an education crisis in the State of New Mexico that has lasted at least a decade, and a pandemic that has forced our students to deal with problems ranging from internet access, to the fact that they are having to face education alone from home, we must ask ourselves: …
By Zully Rodriguez | Community Organizer, Partnership for Community Action Normally, the return to school is accompanied by funny memes where parents are happy to leave children at the school door and run towards freedom, while the teacher is left crying with the task of dealing with a lot of kids bursting with energy for the next six hours. But …