border eco magazine march 2015

CONNECTING SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

4th Annual First Things First Celebrates The Young Child

Spelling Bee8

People that Echo Patagonia Creative Arts Joe Grinders6 12 17

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CONTENT6 People that “Echo” Judge Mary

Helen Maley

7 Circles of Peace- Taking A Stand on Domestic Violence

8 Schools/ Spelling Bee 2015 Winner

10 First Things First Celebrates the Young Child

12 Creating Critical Thinkers

15 Patagonia Creative Arts

16 One of Our Own/Nailea Leon

17 Business-New Kid On The Block “Joe Grinders”

18 Teen Anonymous

21 ASUME USA

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For our March editorial we are featuring a leader who has played a very important role within our com-munity. Judge Mary Helen Maynard Maley who works for the Santa Cruz County Justice Court. She has served for 21 years as a judge, and it the presiding Judge of the Jus-tice Court. Judge Maley arbitrates disputes, advises counsel, jury, litigants, and court personnel in the handling of civil, criminal and traffic cases. She reviews cases on pro-tective orders and landlord tenant disputes. She establishes rules of procedures on behalf of the law and superior court.

Besides serving as a judge, she is an active community leader. She served as mentor and teacher for the Arizona Supreme Court New Judge Orientation. Judge Maley is the founder of a non-profit organi-zation Circles of Peace. She is also a member of ZONTA International Service Club. It is an international organization of professional work-ing towards advancing the status of women through advocacy and com-munity service. She is a member of the Nogales Lions Club, Santa Cruz County Community Foundation, and a member of the Women’s Club.

“Even though I am not a native No-galian, I have always felt welcomed into the community,”said Judge Maley. I love the people of Nogales, the weather, scenery, mountains, culture, open spaces, and ranches. I simply love the community. My goal is to help improve our commu-nity by helping increase job opportu-nities and transportation services for our area.

Judge Maley plans to continue within the judicial system as a mediator for the Supreme Court. She also plans to dedicate more time working with Circles of Peace. “I plan to spend more time with my family and enjoy life,” said Maley. I plan to continue working towards improving our community.

I am grateful to all those individuals who inspired me to become the person I am today. My parents played a huge role. They were excellent role mod-els. My father incredible work ethics and sensitivity to people inspired me to pursue a career in law. My mother was an extremely active community member she gave so much to her community, which inspired me. I am deeply thankful to court staff, judges, and friends for their support and patience. I am grateful to Sister Guadalupe Jurado for her helping me renew my faith

Another important figure who in-spired me was Dr. Linda Mills, Vice-Provost of New York Universi-ty. Through her studies, I was able to learn about the importance of restorative justice. While serving as a judge, I realized how unique each case is. We felt it was important to establish an organization focused on helping victims, perpetrators and their families restore their lives.

According to Judge Maley, “People who want to change or improve their community have to realize it take action and participation.” It is import-ant to take part in the change, not only for ourselves but for our future generations. Being of service to others helps you grow as an individ-ual. Community service is not only fun but also very rewarding.

“Changing the Community Through Experience”- People That Echo Judge Mary Helen Maynard Maley

“Changing the Community Through Experience”-Judge Mary Helen Maley


Circles of Peace celebrated its 10th anniversary on January 29, 2015. It is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, Ar-izona Department of Health approved Behavioral Health Organization. Circles of Peace is one of the first Domestic Violence treatment and prevention programs that uses a restorative jus-tice circle approach.

This non-profit organization started in 2004, when Judge Mary Helen Maley (Santa Cruz County Justice Court), in collaboration with Dr. Linda Mills (New York University’s Center on Violence and Recovery), decided to develop a program that would meet the needs of underserved families victims of vio-lence in Santa Cruz County in a holis-tic, culturally sensitive manner.

Judge Maley convened a diverse group of fifty community leaders from law enforcement, health, social ser-vices and faith based communities to start this program in the county. As a result, “Circles of Peace” was established providing services to families affected by domestic violence. Circles of Peace has also helped to mobilize the community into taking action around the issue of domestic violence. Circles of Peace now represents a model for discussion and replication across the nation.

Circles of Peace also provides counseling services to perpetra-tors of domestic violence.The pro-gram has served more than 400 hundred individuals throughout its 10 years of service to Santa Cruz County. Circles of Peace provides services to approximately 40 individ-uals per year within their Domestic

“Circles of Peace Taking A Stand On Domestic Violence”

Violence Program. The Pretrial Services Program provides services to more than 100 defendants, referred by the courts since 2013. Circles of Peace has other programs such as: the Domestic Violence Offenders Treatment, Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Education, Parenting Education, Underage Drink-ing Prevention Program and Pretrial Services.

Circles of Peace Restorative Justice Programs give victims a chance to meet and communicate with the offender the real impact of their crimes has on them, and their fam-ilies. It holds offenders accountable for what they have done. It helps offenders take responsibility for their actions. For offenders the experience can be challenging as it helps them understand how their actions have consequences. Government and private research studies have demon-

strated restorative justice reduces recidivism up to a 14% compared to the traditional model.

Circles of Peace is supported through the generous financial assistance of: Cenpatico of Arizona, The Santa Cruz County Court, The Santa Cruz Com-munity Foundation, The United Way of Santa Cruz County and The Gebler Foundation. It has a staff total of 4 em-ployees , which includes Roxana Gon-zalez Clinical Director, Sonia Sanchez, Prevention Coordinator, Ana Karen Lopez Behavioral Health Technician, and Blanca Acosta Executive Director. Circles of Peace can utilize the support of the community, through donations and volunteers. “Volunteers can help us meet our service goals, and touch the lives of many individuals and families we serve,” said Blanca Acosta Executive Director for Circles of Peace. If interested in becoming a volunteer or donating to Circles of Peace please contact us at: [email protected] or

(520) 281-0493/(520) 281-0579 Circles of Peace

404 W. Crawford St. Nogales, Arizona 85621

Blanca Acosta Executive Director

Group facilitators


The winner and runner up for the Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee for 2015 are:Winner Ashley Avila (Desert Shadows Middle School / NUSD District Winner)Runner-Up Mathew Gray (Coati-mundi Middle School)Students will then compete at state Spelling Bee in Phoenix, Arizona. The Spelling Bee Con-test is scheduled for Saturday, March 21st, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. It will be aired on the Arizona PBS Station. Anyone interested in attending the Spelling Bee it will be held at: 555 N. Central Ave., 6th Floor. For more information on the Spelling Bee visit their website at: www.spellingbee.com

Winner of the Spelling Bee Contest Ash-ley Avila from Desert Shadows Middle

School accepting her award

Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee-2015

Winner-Ashley Avila from Desert Shadows Middle School / NUSD District Winner)

Runner-Up Mathew Gray (Coatimundi Middle School)

Runner- Up Mathew Grey with his father and Superintendent Alfredo Velasquez


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First Things First held their 4th Annual Celebrates The Young Child event in Nogales, Arizona at the Quality Hotel Americana on Saturday, February 7th. First Things First opened their doors to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Organizations that participated in this event were Child-Parent Centers, Inc., Child & Family Resources, Inc., Kid’s House Montessori Daycare & Preschool, Mariposa Family Learning Center, Mariposa Com-munity Health Center - Happy Smiles, Mariposa Community Health Center - WIC, Nogales Family Resource Center, Rio Rico Family Resource Cen-ter, Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District No. 35, Smart Kids Preschool, Sonshine Chris-tian Preschool, St. Andrew’s Preschool & Child Care Center, Child Care Health Consultants, Santa Cruz County Superinten-dent of Schools’ Office, and the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Santa Cruz.Each of the participating orga-nizations had fun filled, age-ap-propriate activities for children ages birth to five. Children and their parents had an opportunity to enjoy a variety of activities focused on child development. Parents had an opportunity to learn strategies on helping their children learn and thrive. Santa Cruz Regional Partner-ship Council Director Francisco J. Padilla helped coordinate this successful event. “ This is an opportunity for parents to learn about activities they can recre-ate at home with their children to assist them in their devel-

opment,” said Padilla. It contin-ues to be a very successful event where many local community or-ganizations who work with chil-dren birth to five have an opportu-nity to reach chil-dren and families providing them with information on the services they offer in San-ta Cruz County. Approximately 300 community members par-ticipated in the event with a total of 30 exhibitors.The event in-cluded many activities such as hand painting, dress ups, make a Valentine, and creating different projects that help them learn and have fun at the same time. They were also provid-ed them with healthy snacks free of charge.First Things First is a statewide organization dedicated to helping children from birth to five receive quality healthcare, education and family support so that all chil-dren are prepared to succeed in school and in life.

4th Annual First Things First Celebrates The Young Child “Community Event”

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Sacred Heart Catholic School is a parish school in Nogales, Arizona that began its Catholic educational histo-ry in 1910. It was closed in 1998, and was re-established in 2001.Sacred Heart Catholic School is a hidden gem filled with the most amazing teachers, parents and students. Everyone that becomes a member of Sacred Heart Catholic School becomes a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic School family. Sacred Heart Catholic School is part of the Diocese of Tucson.

It is a Catholic educational institu-tion, with a mission to communicate knowledge, build character, impart the understanding, and the strength of people founded within the family, community and church. Sacred Heart Catholic School educational goal is to cross the boundaries of objective knowledge in order to create critical thinkers rooted in spirituality. The pillars of Sacred Heart Catholic School are faith formation and academic rigor. Sacred Heart Catholic School is devot-ed to the personal development of its students in a traditional Catholic envi-ronment; by setting high standards of academic excellence, cultivating spiri-tual growth and encouraging them to become lifelong disciples in faith.

In 1910 Father Louis Duval, the pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, established a parochial school in connection with Sacred Heart Par-ish. The building cost $13,000.00 to build. The school was staffed by nuns from the Sisters of St. Dominick. For the ensuing years the school was operated by the Adrian Dominic Sisters of Michigan, the Sisters of Mercy and the Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate. The school was closed and re-opened several times during those years and is now a Pre-K through 8th grade school (Chronicles of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Vol. I, 2003).

Sacred Heart Catholic School is a non-profit, 501 (C) 3 organization. Sacred Heart Catholic School is funded through the collection of tuition and associated fees, Title I, Title II, Title III funding through the Nogales Unified School District #1, SCVUSD# 35, an active Parent Teacher Committee, an active advisory board, grants, dona-tions, numerous fundraisers, parish,

and diocese subsi-dies. “Without the assistance of the fam-ilies, the PTC and the advisory board the school would have a difficult time meet-ing its day to day functions. However families, the PTC and advisory board are a force to be reckoned with ,” said Vanessa Rothstein Sacred

Heart Catholic School Principal.

Sacred Heart Catholic School serves students of “Ambos Nogales,” Rio Rico, and Sahuarita. Students arriving from China are enrolled at SHCS. Currently, SHCS has a student population of 211 students. The population is primarily Hispanic and serves students from all economic brackets. Families seeking a well-rounded academically rigorous education that encourages spirituality, faith, hope, charity and service will find these qualities at SHCS. Sacred Heart Catholic School is different from other schools as they strive to bring out the best in every person who walks into their school. “ We are a family who cares for one another and supports one another in good times and in bad. We celebrate with our families and stand by them in prayer in their hour of need. We welcome you to visit our campus to feel the warmth and spiri-tuality within our school,” said Principal Rothstein.

Furthermore, community members are welcome to volunteer, read to the students, attend school fundraisers, bring their expertise to the school by addressing students in their areas of

“Creating Critical Thinkers Rooted In Spirituality”


expertise, allowing students to tour their business’, etc. The foundation of SHCS is faith formation and academic rigor; students attending SHCS are here because their families want their children to grow up immersed in their religion and the values and morals associated with a Catholic identity. Be-cause of this, the students tend to start school in preschool or kindergarten and remain at SHCS through eighth grade becoming a family. The teach-ers are dedicated to nurturing each student in order for him/her to attain their highest potential; addressing the whole child, body, mind and soul.

“When I first made the transition from public school to Catholic school I really wasn’t sure what to expect. What I have found here is a beautiful tapestry woven of a myriad of threads includ-ing rigorous academics, kindness, spirituality, family, faith and hope, said Principal Rothstein.

According to Principal Vanessa Roth-stein, “Many of our students are children of Sacred Heart alumni, who found Sacred Heart ingrained in their hearts. The people here are amongst the kindest, hardest-working people that I have ever met; united in making Sacred Heart a very special school and personally I feel that they have suc-ceeded.”

Currently Sacred Heart Catholic School employs twelve (12) teachers, five (5) instructional aides, three (3) office personnel, one (1) principal and two (2) maintenance staff employees.

Twenty-three peo-ple are employed at SHCS. Teachers there want to share their knowledge and their Catholicity. The stu-dents learn about respect, to themselves, their peers, teachers, parents and authori-ty. From an early age students are taught about service to others and works of mercy.

Each year the Parish finds families in need, SHCS adopts these families during the holidays. Each classroom helps to provide these families with everything from basic necessities, meals, clothing, blankets, toys, etc. for the holidays beginning with Thanksgiving. The schools Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts also provide families throughout the year donations of food and other necessities among other things.

This past year a school in Nogales, Sonora reached out to SHCS asking if the school could help provide gifts for students at their school and food for their Christmas party. Without even sending a message home to parents, students and a few of the parents who graduated from SHCS collected toys and food for the entire school for their Christmas party. In addition, students contribute to the Cross Catholic Outreach Project – World Food Day, which occurs every October raising money to help feed hundreds of needy chil-dren around the world. The students participate in the Jump for Heart program to help raise funds for heart disease and raise over $5,000.00 annually to support St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital among a myriad of other services to the local and global community.

SHCS students are currently working on raising funds for Jump Rope for Heart (American Heart Association), Pennies for Patients (Leukemia Asso-ciation) and the St. Jude Math-A-Thon (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital). The school recently applied for a grant through the U of A Cooperative Exten-sion Program to build a greenhouse at our middle school and welcome community expertise. The Parent Teacher Committee will be hosting the Annual Produce Italian Dinner Dance on February 14th, tickets are $25.00 per person. Businesses can purchase a table for 8 at $700.00, which includes an open bar and 10 days of free adver-tising on a digital billboard in Nogales, Sonora. The advisory board is working on the Annual Roping event and Ker-mes, which takes place in April. Please contact the Sacred Heart School office for information on any of these events.

The State of Arizona allows Arizona taxpayers to assign their Arizona tax dollars (liability) to the Catholic Tuition Support Organization. By doing so community members, through CTSO, can assist families from K-12 who do not have the means to pay for private education. Scholarships are 100% awarded on a need-base. Scholarships are awarded regardless of race, creed, gender, ethnicity, etc. At Sacred Heart Catholic School 63% of the students are on scholarship, with 94% of the students qualifying under the USDA free/reduced lunch guidelines. An assignment of your Arizona State tax liability to CTSO/Sacred Heart Catholic


School would greatly assist students and their families to continue their education in a Catholic environment.

Any business, non-profit organization or government agency can visit the school office at 207 W. Oak Street, Nogales, Arizona. The school is open to partnering with businesses’ and pro-grams in order to further our efforts of service to the community and to expand our growing school commu-nity. For more information contact the school at : (520) 287-2223

The curriculum at SHCS is aligned with both the AZCCSS and the Diocese of Tucson standards. The academic pro-gram consists of:· Religion *Afterschool Program: (Chess, Music, Club Invention (STEM), Drama)· Sacrament of Reconciliation *Summer School: (Camp Invention (STEM), Catapult, Dance, Film Program, Chess, Art)· Sacrament of Holy Eucharist *Sports: (Boys- Basketball, Soccer, Baseball/ Jr. Olympics - Girls – Volley-ball, Basketball, Soccer, Jr. Olympics)· Sacrament of Confirmation *Altar Servers – Male & Female· English Language Arts *Readers at Mass· Reading/Literature *Boy Scouts· Phonics *Girl Scouts· Spelling· English Grammar· Writing· ELL – Structured English Immer-sion· Science· Social Studies· Art· Gifted Education· Special Education· Catapult - Remedial Education· Hands-on Equations· Computers· Library· Physical Education


workshops for kids as well as adults. They pro-vide ceramics instruc-tion, adult theater group, reading programs and a 100-seat theater (Tin Shed Theater) that houses our newest addition, the Tin Shed Cinema.

The organization sus-tains itself through annual fundraisers, paid pro-gramming, community donations and annual grant writing campaigns. It receives it funding support through grants from United Way of Santa Cruz County, The Com-munity Foundation of Southern Ari-zona, The Patagonia Regional Com-munity Foundation, Harris Foundation, US bank and the Arizona Commis-sion on the Arts. Its donors include the Patagonia/ Sonoita Rotary, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors along with private donors.

PCCA is always looking for artists to teach their art form to kids and adults. They are always in need of volunteers for kid’s classes as well

as their after school programs. They accept art supply donations and monetary donations of any amount is always helpful. Another way to help support PCAA is to attend the-ater performances and workshops.

PCCA offer the underserved popula-tion of Santa Cruz County the oppor-tunity to experience all aspects of art- visual, literary and performing at little to no cost using the best pos-sible supplies with the most talented teaching artists within the commu-nity. They have 8 part-time paid artists, 1 part-time director, and over a dozen volunteers. If interested in finding more about classes being offered, volunteer opportunities or upcoming events contact us at: (520) 394-9369 or [email protected]

The Patagonia Creative Arts Associa-tion was founded in 1998. It provides free and low cost art education classes and workshops to children and adults. The organization has been in operation since 1999. The organization was started by local women from Patagonia, Molly Phinny and Gail Jacobson. Their goal was to start a small art center with edu-cation in mind. PCAA serves school aged children and adults in Eastern Santa Cruz County including Patago-nia, Elgin, and Sonoita.

PCAA offers multiple programs throughout the school year and summer. Their most popular after school program for 9-16 year olds is their theater-based program, Club Theater. They also offer an after school mixed media art class for 5-13 year olds called Art Makers. PCAA has an art and theater based summer program as well as ongoing

Patagonia Creative Arts Association

Patagonia Creative Arts Center

Clay Class for the Patagonia Montessori Class

List of class being offered at the center

Montessori class fully engaged in the class


A Cochise College student Nailea Leon of Rio Rico, Ar-izona was recently nominated as one of the recipients of the 2015-All Arizona Academic Teams. She will receive a tuition waiver to complete her bache-lor’s degree at one of the state’s public universities. She is major-ing in journalism and media arts at the Santa Cruz Center. She plans to transfer to Arizona State University to pursue a career in news reporting.

Leon stays active and involved at the Santa Cruz Center

through her work-study hours and volunteer opportunities. She also has an internship with a our local magazine.

“I plan to continue my ed-ucation in journalism to fur-ther my knowledge and better understand my career,” she said. “I want to be a broadcast journalist, working for a nation-al or local TV station. I want to travel and inform people about what occurs in the world. I’m aiming big; I don’t plan to settle for anything small,” said Nailea Leon.

Since 2012, Leon has volunteered with Team Anonymous, a weekly teen support program that

offers activities and resources for troubled youth. She currently holds 3 jobs. She is a journalist for Border Eco, a work study student for Cochise College, and an employee of Avalon Organic Gardens & Ecovillage. She is a true inspiration to her peers. We wish her the best from Border Eco, Magazine.

“One of Our Own”

A real goal-getter!


Joe Grinders is the New Kid On the Block in Rio Rico, Arizona. For peo-ple living in the area they would have to travel to Nogales for filling their prescriptions, fueling or a fast food lunch. This is no longer the case, Joe Grinders is a one stop shop. It opened it doors 3 months ago. It has a pharmacy, mini mar-ket, gas station and Joe Grinders. Joseph Coil is the business owner. He wanted to offer customers living and working in the Rio Rico area, fresh gourmet sandwiches.

“I enjoy eating submarine sand-wiches but it was very inconvenient to have to travel to Nogales to have a Subway sandwich,” said Mr. Coil. This is the main reason why I wanted to open a Joe Grinders in the area. Joe Grinders offers a wide selection of food to our customers in Rio Rico from break-fast, soups, burritos, chicken pot pie, and gourmet sandwiches.

We currently have 4 employees and sell an estimate of 500 sand-

wiches a day. According to Jo-seph Coil, “although we barely opened our doors 3 months ago, we have been ex-tremely successful we have a high volume of customers coming in for gourmet sandwiches.”

Our lunch menu is affordable and ev-erything we offer is homemade. The bread is made fresh daily. We also have day specials. Joe Grinders is open from Mon- Fri from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come try our delicious gourmet sand-wiches.

New Kid On The Block-Joe Grinders

One Stop Shop in Rio Rico

Joe Grinders offering fresh gourmet sandwiches

Joe Grinders offering a variety of fresh made food

Great customer service


Team Anonymous is a local youth program serving the community for over 7 years. The founder of Team Anonymous, Danna Gallardo, invites young people to join the youth group. The youth group is focused on helping young people achieve their full potential. The whole idea is to help encourage young peo-ple to challenge themselves and achieve their goals. Danna Gallardo is the Juvenile De-tention Education Director of Santa Cruz County. She was the individ-ual who spearheaded the idea of Team Anonymous. She noticed a high recidivism among juveniles in detention. She then began to ask young people, what were the rea-sons for them returning to the sys-tem. She found many of responses were associated to not having a positive place for young people to socialize. As a result, she felt it was important to have a place where young people are encouraged to succeed. From that moment forward, she established “Team Anonymous” a group of young people who have an opportunity to engage in posi-

tive activities and proj-ects. Establishing the youth group was no easy task but through hard work, dedication, and support from many others. It was excellent opportunity for young people to learn about themselves, their families and community. Young people learn about how their choices affect their future. They also learn about the

importance of community service.This local youth group has been running for 7 years and still count-ing.The group has regular meetings every Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the former juvenile detention on Hohokam Dr. now known as the “Team Anonymous Center.” Dinner and transportation are provided along with educational presen-tations from local and non-local organizations. Over the past seven years, Team Anonymous and its members have made it a point to give back to their community. They have accomplished many projects within Santa Cruz County, such as restoring the Beck Street Park, and they have been helping with filling sandbags for many of our local residents during the rainy season. “Team Anonymous is a helping hand for whoever needs it,” said Dana Gallardo. Recently in December, the group held a mentoringship workshop provided by a local community outreach organizations in Phoe-nix, Arizona known as Az

Common Ground. The group wel-comed back Az Common Ground for the third time, their workshop took place at the Team Anonymous Center on December 30, 2014 from 9:00a.m-4:00 p.m. The co-found-er of Az Common Ground Frantz Beasley and his team Kevin Smith, Shontel Lege, Linh Lam, offered a wonderful workshop about making life choices. Az Common Ground and its members focus was focused on helping individuals who were coming out of prison, with criminal or felony backgrounds get back to leading normal, healthy, and productive lives. The organization is focused on helping these indi-viduals with finding housing, and employment.The workshop was very insightful as it helps young people see how their decisions affect their future. It helps them see things from a dif-ferent perspective. The workshop helped in many ways to teach young people the importance of thinking things thoroughly before making a decision that can have a long-term consequences.It was an eye opener for the 31 participants who attended the

“Team Anonymous Making A Positive Impact”

Team Anonymous Logo

Frantz Beasley giving a presentation on negative influences


workshop. The presenters shared their own personal life experiences, in hopes of making an impact on the choices young people make. Their goal was to help young people avoid making the same mistakes they did. The ba-sic theme of the workshop is teaching young people, how to avoid negative influences. Teen Anonymous provides an array of workshops, presentation and community service projects that help influence young people in a positive way. “We are always looking for more young people to join our group,” said Dana Gallardo. If interested in joining Teen Anonymous please contact us directly at: [email protected]

Team Anonymous Youth Group


La Associación de la Superación por México y Latinoamerica iniciara en EE.UU. concretamente en Nogales, AZ el proximo 21 de Enero, 2015. Este Programa se llevara a cabo el Tercer Miercoles de Cada mes una las 10 a.m. en el Consulado General de México en el marco de la Ventanilla de Salud, y con la colaboración de la Procuraduría del Condado de Santa Cruz.

El programa consiste en 26 temas de Desarrollo Personal que nos ayuda-ran a reconocer y reenforzar nuestras cualidades, asi como tambien poder reconocer, aceptar y fortalecer nues-tras debilidades. Algunos de los temas seran: Educación del Carácter, La Responsabilidad, La Familia, La Madu-rez, El Dialogo, La Libertad, Los Ideales, La Educación de la Voluntad, El Amor, El Sentido de la Justicia, la Amistad, La Constante Superación, La Cortesia.

Creo en este programa, porque estoy de acuerdo en que la superacion y nuestro desarrollo personal no tiene limites. Superarse es crecer, desarrol-

larse en forma continua, realista y de manera integral (fisico, afectivo, social, economico, estetico, intellectual, moral y spiritual).

Sabemos que los seres humanos no somos perfectos, pero somos capac-es de mejorar nuestro caracter, y de desarrollar al maximo nuestras capaci-dades innatas. Capacidades que estan en potencia, y esperando para ser de-sarrolladas. Todo esto con el fin de ser mejores personas, y como consecuen-cia mejorar todo nuestro entorno.

Agradezco a las personas que estan haciendo esto posibles: ASUME, A.C. y su president Vanessa Slim, al Marco Lo-pez, ex mayor de Nogales, Az. a la Sra. Esther Melendez Lopez por inivitarme y por llevarlo a cabo, al Sr. George E. Silva por permitirme participar en este nuevo proyecto como parte de SC-CAO, al Consul Jaime Paz y Puente por adoptar este nuevo proyecto y abrir las puertas del Consulado General de Mexico una vez mas, a Cecilia Navarro

por ceder el espacio en el marco de la Ventanilla de Salud, a la Sra. Lorenia Vasquez de ASUME, Sonora por llevar-lo a cabo en esta primera etapa.

Este programa es gratuito y abierto a la comunidad, y de antemano les doy las gracias por correr la voz. Deseo agradecer tambien a ambas comuni-dades por su confianza en estos ulti-mos 3 años en las que llevamos a cabo el Ciclo de Conferencias relaciondas sobre el “Abuso,” y por dos años las clases para padres.

Para obtener más información sobre estos talleres gratuitos por favor pón-gase en contacto con Nidia Solorzano al (520) 375-7780 o por correo elec-trónico a: [email protected]

ASUME A.C. U.S.

The Association of Advancement for Mexico and Latin America Program will be launching in the U.S. The program will initiate in Nogales, AZ on Wednes-day, January 21, 2015. The program is free and open to the public. It will take place every third Wednesday of each month from 10:00 a.m. at the Nogales Mexican Consulate. The program is be-ing offered through a series of courses offered by “Ventanilla de Salud” form Mariposa Community Health Center in collaboration with the Attorney of Santa Cruz County.

The program consists of series of 26 courses for personal development. The courses are to help individuals recog-nize and reinforce their qualities as well as their weaknesses. Some of the topics that will be discussed through this series are: character education, re-sponsibility, family issues, maturity, es-tablishing dialogues, freedom, ideals,

empowerment, love, sense of justice, friendship, overcoming obstacles, and the importance of courtesy.

The program objectives are to help participants overcome obstacles, and improve their well-being through personal development. It aims to help individuals learn techniques that will help them overcome obstacles, focus on their goals, and develop continu-ously. We know human beings are not perfect, but we all have the capability to improve.

Through these courses attendees will have the opportunity to learn about more about themselves and how to improve on their capabilities. The main objective is to help individuals im-prove their quality of life.

Special thanks to the following peo-ple and organizations who made this possible: ASSUME, AC and their pres-

ident Vanessa Slim, the Marco Lopez, former Mayor of Nogales, Mrs. Esther Melendez Lopez for inviting us to take part in this project, and Mr. George E. Silva for his continuous support. This new project is part of SCCAO, Jaime Paz y Puente for adopting this project and allowing us to use the Mexican Consulate to host this program, special thanks to Cecilia Navarro and Ms. Lo-renia Vasquez, that helped us to carry this program in Santa Cruz County. The program is free of charge and open to public. We wish to thank both commu-nities for their support within the last three years in, which have helped us provide courses on the prevention of abuse, and parenting classes for over 2 years.

For more information on these free workshops please contact Nidia Solor-zano at (520) 375-7780 or via email at: [email protected]

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