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Demystifying DACA: Become an Ally for your Immigrant Neighbors
Check out this webinar recording explaining the recent updates regarding DACA…
A Global Pandemic: What Does Coronavirus Mean For Our Neighbors?
In times of great crisis or disruption in society, those who often go overlooked or are under-represented can easily fall more deeply into that same hole. The great strength of those who come from an under-resourced situation is that they are resilient, fighters, and madly creative.
Mamas Changing The Narrative of Their Community
In response to the Solidarity staff not being able to carry the responsibility of this year's Christmas Festival, Martha & Mamas De Maple stepped up to host one of the first parties to unite Garnet & Maple families together. This event stood as a bridge between to neighborhoods that traditionally have been rival gang communities. The Maple & Garnet neighborhood often are defined by the NOISE of negative labels and unfortunate events.
If one never personally experiences the community, this NOISE has the potential to become a false narrative of a neighborhood.
Read how Martha's & Mamas De Maple's invitational spirit and heart of hospitality helped lift a community party above the NOISE allowing the neighborhood to be viewed as the TREASURE that it is.
An Unlikely Perfect Pair
Viviana grew up in the Solidarity programs and was used to being a mentee, but for the first time she was asked to become a mentor. As she engaged her mentee, Viviana discovered they had a common story that allowed her to honestly say to her mentee, "You are not alone."