|
 | |
Mi Casa's CEO/Executive Director, Christine Marquez-Hudson, was featured on the Rocky Mountain PBS program Colorado Quarterly - The State of Philanthropy on November 4, 2011. Click here to view the episode.
| |
|
|
 | |
In anticipation of President Obama's visit to Denver in September 2011, The Denver Post did a story about Mi Casa's stimulus-funded project, Denver Green Jobs Initiatiave, to train 500 residents of northeast Denver for jobs in sustainable construction, renewable energy, and efficiency. Click here to read it.
| |
|
|
 | |
Mi Casa and Executive Director Christine Marquez-Hudson were featured recently in the New York Times in a piece about the benefits to business when companies partner with nonprofit, charitable organizations - even in a rough economy.
| |
|
|
 | |
The afterschool programs for youth and families at the Mi Casa Neighborhood Center (located at Lake Middle School) were mentioned in a recent article in EducationNews Colorado about enticing students to walk and bike to school.
| |
|
|
 | |
Mi Casa's Executive Director, Christine Marquez-Hudson penned a guest commentary that was recently featured on The Denver Post's website reflecting on the alarming achievement gap between white and minority students and the closely related problem of the digital divide.
| |
|
|
 | |
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was recently in Denver and visited Mi Casa and the Denver Green Jobs Initiative - a DOL-funded project in the 80205 zip code to provide job training, supportive services, and job placement assistance to unemployed and disadvantaged residents.
| | | ... more info |
|
|
 | |
Christine Marquez-Hudson, Mi Casa's Executive Director, was recently featured on KGNU's program Dot Org. Click here to listen to the story, which aired in May. KGNU is an independent, noncommercial, community-supported radio station heard in Denver and Boulder on 88.5 FM and 1390 AM. | | | ... more info |
|
|
 | |
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) has chosen Mi Casa as one of this year’s NCLR Family Strengthening Award winners. NCLR received many applications from NCLR Affiliate partners in 16 states, and following review by two different committees, Mi Casa was selected as one of just three recipients of the award for running exemplary programs dedicated to strengthening Hispanic families. | | | ... more info |
|
|
 | |
Executive Director, Christine Marquez-Hudson, was recently interviewed for an article in the Denver Business Journal about mutually beneficial ways that nonprofits and businesses can collaborate to achieve their goals. Reporter Jodi Torpey points out the current business environment has caused companies to rethink the benefits of multifaceted partnerships with nonprofit organizations. | | | ... more info |
|
|
 | |
Mi Casa's Executive Director, Christine Marquez-Hudson, was featured on Colorado Matters on Colorado Public Radio on Friday, April 9. Christine discussed the recent grant Mi Casa received to provide green jobs training to residents of Five Points, one of the poorest areas of Denver. | | | ... more info |
|
|
 | |
Check out this video that appeared recently on CBS4 News about Mi Casa's Green Energy & Construction training program and one of our graduates currently employed as a PV installer at Simple Solar. | | | ... more info |
|
|
 | |
Senator Mark Udall visited Mi Casa Resource Center recently to meet with students in Mi Casa’s Green Energy & Construction training program and discuss ways the government can promote renewable energy projects to get more unemployed Coloradans back to work.
Senator Udall met with students enrolled in Mi Casa’s training programs and held a town hall meeting with Mi Casa students, staff, trainers, and community partners. Several people told Senator Udall about their difficulty finding work and asked him what the federal government is doing to create jobs on a large scale. | | | ... more info |
|
|