The Collaborative Bulletin is created by Jasmine P. Corena & Likhi Rivas

Message from the CEO

March was filled with exciting programming and services, including the Luck of the Collaborative event on March 18th. The event was a huge success, with 220 families participating and 40 vendors showcasing job information, healthcare, children’s services, public safety, and more.

In addition, the Community Builder project is organizing the Economic Summit on May 17th, with the goal of completing a People's Economic Plan. More information about this event will be available soon.

The Orale and Planet Baby programs teamed up to provide COVID information and vaccines, and the Orale and CWOP programs have since ended. These projects provided COVID information and testing to over 6,756 farmworker families. Despite the end of funding for these programs, WMCC remains committed to offering services to the farmworker community.

Finally, the Community Builders Project's big initiative, The 3 EEE's (Empower, Educate, and Elevate), has seen strong participation from the community and remains a cornerstone of our efforts.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter!

Perfecto Munoz, Chief Executive Officer.

WMCC Monthly Recap

Community Builders: Power to the People Economic Plan

We welcome the community to attend Community Builder’s meetings as they allow the community to make their voices known and stand together. This past Community Builder’s meeting, the City of Modesto joined us to discuss the Annual Action Plan Amendment. The city wants input from community members on how to distribute the funds amended.

The Community Builders Project has decided to create its own Economic Plan with community members. Facilitator Karlha Davies will support community members in developing, The Power to the People: Economic Plan inspired by San Bernardino County community members.

This tool will help community members understand socio-economical and socio-political terms that put into perspective the needs of the West Modesto community.

Inspired by The People’s Dictionary.

The Luck of the Collaborative

The Luck of the Collaborative Resource Fair was a success! Thanks to the support from staff, volunteers, and other organizations we were able to serve 220 families from the community. We hope you were able to enjoy a little bit of all the resources that were made available!

If you would like to leave feedback on the event, please email lrivas@westmodestocollabortaive.com.

Planetbaby! x ÒRALE

ÒRALE and PlanetBaby! have come together to bring resources to expecting mothers and guardians of babies up to a year old! We invited a nurse educator to discuss the importance of vaccines for children, their benefits, and the consequences that may come if vaccines aren’t given. It was an informative and fun time as Monica made her delicious pozole and there was activities for children such as face painting, goodie bags and PPE kits to stay protected!

WMCC Program Spotlight

The ÒRALE project was created with the purpose of overcoming COVID-19 disparities by providing mobile testing sites, mobile vaccine clinics, personal protective equipment, and information on the COVID-19 virus.

We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to bring these resources to the community. COVID-19 was a huge obstacle that we as a community faced. With programs like ÒRALE, we were able to educate, vaccinate and provide testing for 6,756 individuals.

Huge thank you to the nurses from Golden Valley Health Centers and OptumServe health services! As well as our Project Coordinators Reyna Perales, and Likhi Rivas who carried out this project!

Community Spotlight

Meet our racial equity and social justice consultant Karlha Davies, Founder of Korazón.io, “the place where heart meets community!”

Karlha is the driving force behind our Community Builders Initiative aimed at bridging the equity gap between our BIPOC monolingual speaking and local leadership systems of bureaucratic oppression.

As a first generation, daughter of Mexican immigrants, Karlha leans on her divine connection talents and passion to empower, educate and elevate the voices of impoverished, vulnerable communities of color.The Community Builders aka Charlas Comunitarias civic engagement initiative is based on the following strategies:

• Empowering residents to rectify injustices to achieve equal opportunities in 
• Educating residents on the structures of power and how to navigate the system of white supremacy and white privilege.
• Elevating the voices of residents by inviting courageous and compassionate conversations aimed at finding equitable solutions for where residents are thriving not simply surviving in their everyday living conditions.

You can learn more about Community Builders on our website or listen in to our podcast Vibin’ with West Modesto on KCBP 95.5 FM or through Anchor.

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Have something to share? For inquiries please email our Communications Coordinator: Jasmine P. Corena

jcorena@westmodestocollaborative.com

AARP Tax Aide:

AARP is providing support with taxes every Monday at the King Kennedy Memorial Center from 10am to 3pm till April 17th. The last day is coming up, so take advantage of this opportunity! This service is also available at the following locations:

• Stanislaus Veteran Center, 3500 Coffee Rd, Suite 15, Modesto, CA; Saturdays from 10am to 3pm
• Turlock Public Library, 550 North Minaret Ave, Turlock, CA; Wednesdays from 12pm to 3pm

For more information, visit AARP's website.

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Vibin' with West Modesto

West Modesto Community Collaborative and The Community Builders Project present Vibin' with West Modesto! The groovin' podcast is here to Empower, Elevate and Educate the community on the different resources offered, upcoming events, and what West Modesto Community Collaborative is doing in your community!

In the latest episode, we learn about the West Modesto Community Collaborative's California Mortgage Relief Program. We sat down with staff Reyna and Elsa to discuss the program and get to know the project coordinators at WMCC.

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