Mixteca’s Quinceañera

Friday May 15th, 2015Smack Mellon Art Gallery

92 Plymouth St Brooklyn, NY 11201

#MixtecaXV

MIXTECA’S QUINCEAÑERA

6PMCocktail Reception

7PMWelcome & Award Ceremony

Immigrant Rights Advocate of the Year Award presented to Council Member Carlos Menchaca by Scott Stringer, New York City Comptroller

Educational Advocate of the Year Awardpresented to Lic. Josefina Vázquez Motaby Jaime Lucero, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Health Advocate of the Year Awardpresented to Amb. Sandra Fuentes-Berainby Larry McReynolds, President NYU Langone and Lutheran Medical Center

8PMFiesta and Special Musical Guest

Event Program

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Tonight’s Supporters

Padrinos/Madrinas de Brindis

Padrinos/Madrinas de Mariachi

Padrinos/Madrinas de Copas

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Padrinos/Madrinas de Postre

Silent Auction Supporters

Carlos Valverde

Tepeyac Grocery

Randy Peers

Catering by Black Ant

Photobooth and Event Photography by Alejandro Barragan Iliana Ortega

Music by DJs Digital Gauracha


Welcome To Our Quinceañera

This beloved Mexican “Quinceañera” tradition

is a joyful occasion and rite of passage of young

women into society. In this spirit, Mixteca now

celebrates 15 years of immigrant services and

advocacy in Brooklyn. We wish to highlight our

renewed leadership and continued commitment

to our roots and decades-old trajectory. Indeed,

Mixteca’s founder, Dr. Gabriel Rincón, began

envisioning a stronger and healthier Mexican

community ever since his arrival from Puebla in

the eighties. Thanks to his dedication and passion,

today Mixteca enjoys a 30 year legacy and remains

a courageous voice of this vibrant community,

composed mainly of recent and second-generation

immigrants, people whose journey has taken them

away from a beautiful and impoverished moun-

tainous region in central Mexico to the sunny hills

of South Brooklyn and Sunset Park. The Statute

of Liberty directly faces the communities of this

corner of our great city, as if watching over to

ensure they take the right steps in order to fulfill

the dreams they had upon leaving their

homelands: a better life, more opportunities, a

system that works for all, an education, dignity,

equality, fairness, rights.

Yet, as our work at Mixteca has shown over the

years, none of the goods of a democratic society

are attainable without hard work and leadership.

While the neighborhoods we serve have long been

attractive enclaves for recently-arrived immigrant

families, today we are confronted with

gentrification, higher costs of living, and limited

access to services that threaten Brooklyn’s

immigrant identity.

These and other external challenges are paired

with an equally threatening reality from the inside.

Years of screening for preventable diseases at

Mixteca have also revealed the underlying truth

of domestic violence and oppression in our

immigrant families. For this reason, the recent

incorporation of Mixteca into the New York

Women’s Foundation strengthens our position as

a household name for immigrant empowerment,

and will allow us to build on our legacy of

promoting women’s leadership and

entrepreneurship. Mixteca has raised red flags on

domestic violence for years, and in 2012 created a

program to confront it. Now we are in a better

position to address the problem while


consolidating a safe haven and resource hub

for immigrant families.

Like the New York Women’s Foundation, Brooklyn

Community Foundation, the New York

Immigration Coalition, and many other institutions

know, investing in Mixteca is an impactful way

to give back to the community and take a strong

stance to ensure that immigrant families in need

have a trusted venue to articulate their dreams of

finding an easier passage into full-blown civic and

social participation. You can contribute in different

ways, through financial or in-kind donations,

by volunteering, and participating with us in this

journey of immigrant enfranchisement in New York

and beyond.

We thank you for joining us on this special evening

and look forward to celebrating the next 15 years

together.

Eduardo Penaloza

Executive Director

Board of DirectorsRodrigo Camarena, Board ChairpersonAndres Sada, Board Vice Chairperson

Myra Aguilar, Board TreasurerLeticia Suarez, Board Secretary

Enrique Deolarte, Board MemberCarlos Valverde, Board Member

Magdalena Levy, Board MemberImanol Erquiaga, Board Member

StaffEduardo Peñaloza, Executive Director

Evelyn Camarillo, Health PromoterSaira Camarillo, Program Assistant

Nurys Angomas, Bookkeeper


Immigrant Rights Advocate of the Year Award:

Council Member Carlos Menchaca


Immigrant Rights Advocate of the Year Award Presented by:

Scott Stringer, New York City Comptroller

to

Council Member Carlos MenchacaDistrict 38 Council Member

New York City Council Member Carlos Menchaca

is Chair of the Committee on Immigration and

a member of the LGBT Caucus. He authored,

introduced and passed legislation to create the

first municipal identification card program in New

York City, and worked to secure funding for the

largest public defender program for undocumented

immigrants in the nation. Carlos represents an

incredibly diverse district of front-line communities

in New York: a large Chinese and Latino immigrant

population, the second largest public housing

development in the City, and a waterfront

community heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

After a successful first round of Participatory

Budgeting last fiscal year, Carlos plans to bring a

broader vision of participatory democracy to this

diverse district by encouraging community

involvement in the entire budget, legislative,

and policy making process.


Educational Advocate of the Year Award:

Lic. Josefina Vázquez Mota


Educational Advocate of the Year Award Presented by:

Jaime Lucero, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

to

Lic. Josefina Vázquez MotaBusinesswoman and Politician

Josefina Vázquez Mota was the first woman in

charge of the Mexican Secretary of Education

(2006-2009) and also the first woman designated

as Secretary of Social Development (2000-2006).

In both positions she actively promoted the

development and recognition of the Mexican

community in the United States through

cross-border initiatives aimed at empowering

Mexican families. During her time as Secretary

of Social Development (SEDESOL) she

dramatically enhanced the 3x1 Immigrant’s

Program, a government initiative aimed at

fostering growth of remittance-receiving regions

in Mexico. When she arrived to SEDESOL this

initiative congregated 20 active organizations. At

the end of her tenure, almost 1000 organizations

were involved in the program. Ms. Vázquez Mota

served as a member of Congress (2009-2011) as

her party’s leader and became the National Action

Party’s (PAN) presidential candidate in the 2012

Mexican elections.

Throughout her exemplary career, Josefina

Vázquez Mota has promoted the development

of Mexico and the Mexican communities in the

United States. Her most recent book, Nuestra

oportunidad. Un México para todos (Our

opportunity. A México for everyone) is an inspiring

dialogue with 22 leaders of the Mexican diaspora.


Health Advocate of the Year Award:

Amb. Sandra Fuentes-Berain


Health Advocate of the Year Award Presented by:

Larry McReynolds, President NYU Langone and Lutheran Medical Center

to

Amb. Sandra Fuentes-BerainConsul General of Mexico in New York

As a career diplomat, Sandra Fuentes-Berain

ascended the ranks of the Foreign Service until

she was appointed Ambassador in 1988 when

she served as Consul General in Hong Kong. She

has served as Mexico’s Head of Mission to the

European Union and Ambassador to Belgium and

Luxembourg, Canada, France and The

Netherlands; as well as Consul General in Milan,

where she headed the Office for the Promotion of

Businesses between Mexico and the European

Union. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she was

Director General for Europe, Director General for

Asia/Pacific and Adviser to the Minister. As an

acknowledgement of her remarkable career as

a member of the Mexican Foreign Service, the

President of Mexico granted Ambassador Sandra

Fuentes-Berain in 2012 the lifetime rank of

Ambassador Emeritus.

As Consul General of Mexico in New York,

Ambassador Fuentes-Berain has worked to

formalize and institutionalize the Ventanilla de

Salud (Window of Health Program), an umbrella

initiative that links entry-level, health-related

services for immigrants and operates in all 50

Mexican consulates in the US. Under her watch,

this public-private collaborative of multinational

breath is now a signed Memorandum of

Understanding that amalgamates the will of the

most outstanding health institutions for the sake of

underserved immigrant communities nationwide.

We AreMixteca Organization, Inc.


About Us Our Mission: To empower the Mexican and Hispanic immigrants by providing access to services that enhance their quality of life and allows them to reach sustainable social and economic development.

To write about the birth of Mixteca Organization,

Inc. is to place ourselves within the history of the

HIV/AIDS awareness services in the United States.

In the mid-1990s, information about AIDS was

on the rise, but in immigrant and underserved

communities —particularly Hispanic ones—

levels of HIV/AIDS infection was still rampant.

New York City had, and still does, one of the

highest number of Hispanics infected with

HIV/AIDS. In 1991 Dr. Gabriel Rincón bears

witness to the lack of information available in

Spanish and decides to take action by organizing

talks about HIV/AIDS, its risks, forms of

prevention, and treatment. In 2000, together with

Facundo Méndez and Alejandra Rodríguez, Dr.

Rincón formalizes his outreach activity and obtains

nonprofit status for an organization united under

one mission: To empower the Mexican and

Hispanic immigrants by providing access to

services that enhance their quality of life

and allows them to reach sustainable social and

economic development.

A New House with a Widened Scope

Today Mixteca provides hundreds of immigrant

families and adults with HIV/AIDS testing and

education, preventative health services, English

classes, adult and computer literacy, certification

courses, talks on nutrition, immigration,

entrepreneurship and leadership. In 2012 we

expanded our programming to include Domestic

Violence awareness education and screenings.

Most recently Mixteca has continued to explore

the empowerment of women and families through

the generous support of the New York Women’s

Foundation and partners dedicated to the integral

development of communities and families.


Our Impact in 2014

Access to Health Care: Our Access to Health

Care Program is an array of direct services which

uses the lay health promoter model. Mixteca has

successfully adapted this model, originally used

in small villages across Latin America, to tap into

social networks within the immigrant community to

share life-saving health information and resources.

HIV/AIDS Prevention, Counseling and Testing:

Our HIV/AIDS Prevention, Counseling and Testing

Program brings lifesaving information to the

community and builds awareness. Mixteca health

promoters have been trained by the New York City

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to offer

confidential HIV rapid testing and counseling.

Domestic Violence Awareness, Prevention and

Support: Through this initiative we seek to increase

awareness that domestic violence is a crime for which

there are laws and resources in this country; challenge

community norms that perpetuate or tolerate gender

violence and link individuals/families in need of

domestic violence support and services to culturally

sensitive resources.

Linked:+300 immigrant adults

to low cost health care

Distributed:+10,000 pieces

of health literature and condoms to the community

Conducted:+40 DV assessments

and delivered intervention to individuals/families


Informed:+700 adults

on a variety of health topics

Educated:30 parents

about nutrition and healthy lifestyles

Provided:+4000 screenings

to over 500 adults

Reached:+40 women

in our women’s health workshop series

Reached:150 adults

through our workshops that encouraged prevention/testing

Provided: +300 screenings

(HIV) and counseling sessions

A total of:+100 community members

attended our Women’s Health Conference at Our Lady of Perpetual Help RC Church

Distributed:+4000 health

brochures and palm cards at Mixteca, health fairs, and through local partnerships

Reached: +150 individuals

through our in house domestic violence info workshops

MIXTECA

INDUSTRY CITY IS PROUD TO SUPPORT

I N D U S T RYC I T Y.CO M

Where Makers & Innovators Meet

Are proud to support:

MIXTECA ORGANIZATION

for XV years of service & leadership to the Mexican immigrant community of New York

Lic. Ana Madrid de Valverde

Lic. Mario Valverde Rojo

Lic. María Esther Ochoa Ramos

Arq. Carlos Valverde Rojo

APEM Foundation

Congratulates:

Mixteca Organization, Inc.

&

Josefina Vázquez MotaAmb. Sandra Fuentes-Berain


for their commitment to educate, inspire, and cause a noticeable improvement in the life, education, work and personal finances of our

fellow Mexicans

This ad was paid in full by members of the Board of Directors of APEM

Mayra Hernandez Gonzalez

is pleased to support

Mixteca Organization

on 15 years of community service and leadership of the Mexican population of New York

&

Congratulates the Honorees for their tireless effort to empower the immigrant communities of the tri-state region

Lic. Josefina Vázquez Mota Amb. Sandra Fuentes-Berain


Congratulationsto tonight’s honorees

Your commitment to linking Mexican and

Latin American immigrants with vital medical services benefits

countless individuals and families

Congratulations to Mixteca

Organization on your

15th Anniversary celebration.

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