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COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE
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MES DE LA HERENCIA
PUERTORRIQUEÑA
Editors:
Blánca Vazquez & Teresa Santiago
Typography & Design: Blánca
Vazquez
Institute For The Puerto
Rican / Hispanic Elderly
Twenty-First Anniversary
Gala, October 6 , 2000:
(left) Nereida Andino, VP, Chase Manhattan Bank;
Ana
Maria Perera, co-publisher of TEMAS magazine;
Lolita de la Vega, founder and
publisher of TEMAS;
and Daisy Esposito, President The Bravo Group.
(right) Lynda Baquero, anchor and reporter, NEWSCHANNEL 4
and
Gala Master of Ceremony; Walter Mercado, IPRHE 2000 Honoree;
Teresa Santiago, Chairperson, IPRHE Board; and
Suleika Cabrera Drinane,
Founding Executive Director, Institute for the
Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly.
Founded in 1979 by concerned community
leaders, The Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, Inc., is a
non-profit organization which serves over 140,000 seniors a year by providing
bilingual/bicultural direct services and referrals as well as access to
entitlements and benefits. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of the
Puerto Rican/Hispanic elderly. The Institute advocates, trains service providers
and distributes information on issues affecting the Puerto Rican/Hispanic
elderly. Through the Hispanic Senior Action Council, the Institute fosters
senior citizen self-help efforts in the New York City area. The Institute has
grown into the premier multi-purpose, multi-program multi-service organization
serving Latino seniors on a national, state and city-wide level with networks of
agencies and groups dealing with the aging. The Institute also serves as an
important resource to non-profit organizations, government agencies, and
businesses. In addition, it has established linkages with other states, Puerto
Rico, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean and South Americans countries
for distribution of information and access to benefits and programs for the
elderly and their families.
The Institute provides technical assistance to other organizations and agencies,
Hispanic and non-Hispanic, which serve the elderly. These services include
organizational development; culturally-responsive service delivery; and the
development of materials and translations in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean,
and Haitian for service to Hispanic and other ethnic/racial senior communities.
The Institute has four subsidiaries: El Cemi Houses; Institute Home Care
Services; Licensed Institute Home Health Attendant Program; and Clinic Nueva
Esperanza. It co-sponsors the Benefacio Cora Texidor Housing Development Fund
which provides housing for seniors. The Institute publishes a quarterly
newspaper, El Pregonero and a Directory of Service Providers To Hispanic and
Other Ethnic/Racial Seniors in New York City, as well as "Recortes," a
monthly newsclipping service.
Comité Noviembre
Day Of Community Service And Social Responsibility
Sunday, November 19, 2000
For the past five years, Comité Noviembre has
set aside the Sunday before Thanksgiving as a day of community service and
social responsibility in commemoration of November 19th, traditionally known as
Puerto Rican "Encounter" Day. During this day, people participate in
several volunteer efforts that aid the Puerto Rican community and its
organizations. The purpose of the day is to show the spirit of commitment and
the power of action. Over the past years, this event has been a great success
and organizations throughout the city have benefited from this collaboration,
including homeless and battered women’s shelters, and senior centers as well
as individual families. The goodwill and generosity that has been generated from
this effort has been tremendous.
Community service and social responsibility are the strongholds of the Puerto
Rice community. Throughout the years our experience has shown us that when we
dedicate ourselves to improving the quality of life of those around us, we build
a more unified and stronger society.
To this end, Comité Noviembre has made this project an annual event. This year’s
Day of Social Responsibility and Community Service will take place on:
Sunday, November 19, 2000
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue
(Bet. 104th and 105th Streets)
New York, NY 10029
11 AM To 5 PM
Comité Noviembre urges you to participate in this day by donating clothing and coats (specifically for women and children), toys, non perishable foods, blankets, and toiletries. The proceeds gathered from this effort will be distributed by Comité Noviembre during the week of Thanksgiving to homeless and battered women’s shelters as well as to AIDS hospices, senior citizens centers and individual families. Please join us on November 19th and live the spirit of commitment and the power of action!
Table Of Contents
Message On Behalf Of Comité Noviembre 2000
Comité
Noviembre - Fifth Annual Gala
Gala
Foto Album (PuertoRicans.Com)
History And Mission
About The Poster
About The Artist
Sponsors
Comité Noviembre 2000 Spokesperson Dave Valentín
Celebrities Come Out For
Comité Noviembre
Celebrando lo Mejor De Nuestra Comunidad
ASPIRA Of New York, Inc
Exceptional Puerto Rican Youth
Comité Noviembre
Scholarship Program
Eugenio María de Hostos
Community College
Puerto Rican
Legal Defense and Education Fund
Taíno: Ancient Voyagers
Of The Caribbean
El Museo Del Barrio
New Boricua Books
National Congress For
Puerto Rican Rights
History Revealed:
FBI Releases Files On Independence Movement
Las Carpetas: The Book
Institute For The Puerto
Rican / Hispanic Elderly
Day Of Community Service And Social Responsibility
Vieques And The U.S. Military:
The Struggle Continues
Intergenerational Message
From Vieques
In Memoriam Adelfa - Vera
Puerto Rican Nacionalista
In Memoriam - Paul Ramos Health Care Advocate
Comité Noviembre de New
Jersey, Inc
New
Jersey 2000 Honorees
Poster 2000
Poster 1992
Comité Noviembre - 1999
Copyright ©Comité Noviembre 2000 / Reprinted With
Permission
