Informes

Wednesday March 26th 2025

In This Informes:

HADS International Women’s Day - Coatlicue
Abriendo Puertas Kick Off
New Hire Meet and Greet
Cesar Chavez Committee in Grand Rapids MI Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Frida Kahlo Art Exhibit

HADS International Women’s Day - Coatlicue

MNC Healthy Aging and Disability Services (HADS) celebrated International Women’s Day with a morning workshop focused on “Coatlicue,” an important deity in Aztec mythology

HADS Participants choose flower petals they like for the natural mandala

The natural mandala brings together art, nature, and reflection

The session focused on analyzing the structure of flowers and their scents

MNC has a collaboration with UCSF’s Weill Institute for Neurosciences Memory and Aging Center

On March 8, MNC Healthy Aging and Disability Services (HADS) honored and celebrated International Women’s Day. MNC’s collaboration and partnership with UCSF’s Weill Institute for Neurosciences Memory and Aging Center, had their staff lead a morning workshop focused on “Coatlicue,” an important deity in Aztec mythology. Coatlicue symbolizes creation, destruction, and the duality of life and death—she is the earth mother goddess associated with fertility, rebirth, and the continuous cycle of existence.

In addition to exploring Coatlicue’s significance, the workshop highlighted the meaning and history of Women’s Day. The main activity centered around flowers—participants analyzed their structure and engaged in a sensory exploration of different scents.

To conclude the day, everyone collaborated in creating a natural mandala using flower petals and leaves, bringing together art, nature, and reflection.

Story by:

Claudia Perez-Vaughan

Activities Coordinator for MNC Aging & Disability Services

claudia.pvaughan@mncsf.org Tel: 415-206-7759 ext: 2460

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Abriendo Puertas Kick Off

Abriendo Puertas sessions are back and better than ever for parents!

Parents quickly connected with each other at the Kick-Off session

Participants learn to become powerful advocates for themselves and their families

We kicked off our very popular Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Series at our beautified Family Engagement Room at MNC Alegria Campus. Abriendo Puertas is a nine-session series and the first evidence based bilingual parent curriculum created by parents with the tools to build parent leadership skills, promote family well-being, help parents prepare children towards school readiness and become strong and powerful advocates in the lives of their children and to preserve family culture. Parents are taught they are their child’s first teacher.

We started with 12 participants and since this series is very popular, we offer two groups on different days. It was a wonderful starting session as parents quickly connected with the other parents and had some time for themselves as we also provided childcare and breakfast. The participants said they are eager to come back for the next sessions and thanked MNC Early Care and Education for this great opportunity!!!

Story by:

Efrain Sandoval

Fatherhood and Family Engagement Coordinator

efrain.sandoval@mncsf.org Tel: 415-206-7752 x 2050

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New Hire Meet and Greet

Welcome MNC Inspiring Success New Hires!

We welcome Claudia Aguilar, Dante Johnson, Donna Luo, Emani Perkins, Gabriela Leon Medina, Hector Amaya, Idette Lopez Franco, Jordan Slocum, Katie Brady, Lidiia Byzina, Matt Ramos, and Megan Luevano to MNC Inspiring Success!

The “CEO Meets and Greets MNC New Hires” sessions are a great way for new hires to meet their CEO directly to express expectations, reasons for joining MNC and ask any questions that come to their mind on MNC’s future plans or our work culture. Richard is always happy to share his thoughts and provide answers and transparency. We look forward to meeting even more new hires and welcoming them to MNC Inspiring Success. Thank you to Human Resources Staff Paula Ayala, Erica Divinagracia, and Trewen Wong for facilitating these important meetings to bring MNC staff closer together. This one, like all of them, was driven by great curiosity questions on careers and pathways. Another group with mission passion welcomed to MNC.

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Cesar Chavez Committee in Grand Rapids MI

Celebrates 25th Anniversary

It was a beautiful 25th Anniversary of the Life and Legacy of Cesar Chavez

Thank you to Lupe Ramos Montigny and the Chavez Committee for celebrating Cesar’s legacy bigger and better than any city in the country

MNC CEO Richard Ybarra remarks this event was like “déjà vu all over again” while recalling the 100s of times he was in similar situations with Chavez across the country

Over 800 students and adults, led a rally and social justice march on Cesar Chavez Avenue

Grand Rapids Michigan celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Life and legacy of Cesar Chavez on Thursday, March 13th. MNC CEO Richard Ybarra, Chavez’ son in law and long time personal assistant and manager, was guest of honor, sharing his insights the legendary Latino leader. During the 26 hour visit, Ybarra had a dinner meeting with the Chavez Committee, along with Congresswoman Scholten, Mayor LeGrand, Commissioner Womack and over 800 students and adults led a rally and social justice march on Cesar Chavez Avenue. That was followed by a Community Unity Session at The Potters House of over 700. In his remarks Richard addressed Cesar’s impact and relevance today. For him it was “déjà vu all over again”, recalling the 100s of times he was in similar situations with Chavez across the country. He praised Lupe Ramos Montigny and the Chavez Committee for celebrating Cesar’s legacy bigger and better than perhaps any city in the country. “If we had groups like yours in every state, there would be national holiday in Cesar’s name.” The experience was a moment of rejuvenation as well as remembrance of his time with Cesar.

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Frida Kahlo Art Exhibit

MNC Excelsior Campus celebrates Women's history month with portraits of Frida Kahlo

This activity was great for hand eye coordination and sorting buttons helps with classification skills

In celebration of Women's History Month MNC Excelsior Campus decided to learn about Frida Kahlo and create an art exhibit. The children spent an extended period of time in small groups to create a portrait of Frida Kahlo. This activity strengthened their hand and eye coordination as well as their classification skills by sorting buttons from large to small and colors. This activity enhances the children's creative thinking skills and encourages them to work collaboratively!

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits (self-portraits) and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. She was inspired by the country's popular culture; she employed a native folk art style to explore questions of identity postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. Her paintings often had strong autobiographical elements and mixed realism with fantasy.

Story by:

Janice Garcia

Campus Supervisor at MNC Excelsior Campus

janice.garcia@mncsf.org Tel: 415-469-2162

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Auditorium Rental

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