Announcements

NEWS BLAST - AVANCE’s Unlocking America’s Potential Project (UAPP) ANNOUCES 4 NEW PARTNER SITES. 

We are pleased to announce AVANCE has chosen the 4 re-grant partner sites from the submitted proposals in response to the recent RFP.  Please see below for the locations:

Family Partnership Center – Bradenton, Florida

El Buen Pastor Latino Community Services – Winston/Salem, North Carolina

Casa Guanajuato Quad Cities – Moline, Illinois

Ready by Five – Yakima, Washington

AVANCE appreciates the time and effort to all those who submitted proposals. 

For more information call Ruth Dreher, Assistant Project Manager/Research Analyst, at 210-270-4630 X668.

Click on picture below to view Univision News Clip:  

AVANCE Univision News Clip March 28, 2011

 AVANCE took part in the global web-cast on the Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Summit on March 28th.  The Summit drew attendance from over 195,000 viewers from across the globe and AVANCE was one of the 1,300 viewing sites.  On that same day President Obama held a town hall on Latino Education in Washington DC.  This event was broadcast live and also streamed over the Internet.  These events are part of the White House Initiative on Hispanic Education – to promote awareness on the plight of educational problems facing the Latino community, to start a dialogue and find solutions to the high drop out rates amongst Hispanic students.   

AVANCE was featured in the news by several media outlets that covered the events.  Above is the video clip from Univision and AVANCE President and CEO, Rick Noriega,  was also featured as part of the LEAD’s White House Forum on Obama’s Call to Action.  The culmination of these events brought attention to problems facing the Hispanic Community and set the stage to getting America back on track as a leading country in Education. As of 2008 America ranked 18th.

If you have an interest and commitment to educational issues that impact Latinos then you’ll want to attend the LEAD Summit on Monday, March 28th.

AVANCE, Inc. is hosting a Town Hall viewing of the College of Education at California State University San Bernardino’s 2nd Annual Latino Education and Advocacy Days Summit (LEAD).

If you cannot attend the LEAD Summit in San Bernardino, you can attend a virtual viewing of the Summit – live – right here in San Antonio at AVANCE, Inc. National Headquarters. 

Please join AVANCE, Inc. on Monday, March 28th, to hear from key stakeholders: teaching professionals and educators, researchers, academics, scholars, administrators, independent writers and artists, policy and program specialists, students, parents, families, civic leaders, activists, and advocates.  To learn more and register click here.

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AVANCE-Houston’s Ketelsen and Jensen Drive Head Start centers received the very coveted National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation in January.   This is the third accreditation for AVANCE-Houston.  The prestigious recognition bestows upon AVANCE a mark of excellence.  Less that 10% of the preschool programs in the country have received the NAEYC accreditation.  The accreditation sets the bar for all AVANCE chapters and affirms that AVANCE is among the top Early Childhood Education Programs in the nation.  Congratulations to AVANCE-Houston for a job well done.   To learn more click on the article below.

Houston Banner article 2/10/2011

Taylor Lee Moreno, AVANCE - El Paso Executive Director

EL PASO – AVANCE, Inc. welcomes Taylor Lee Moreno as the new Executive Director of the El Paso Chapter.  Taylor has worked for AVANCE for the last year under her previous title as Assistant Director. 

Rick Noriega, AVANCE, Inc. President and CEO, expressed his delight to learn the El Paso Board  appointed Ms. Taylor as their new Executive Director.   “Taylor has worked tirelessly to make AVANCE-El Paso a leading agency in early childhood education and we are truly blessed to have her join our team of exceptional leaders.  AVANCE, Inc. is driven to create a world where families reach their full potential and with the addition of Ms. Taylor we are another step closer to our vision becoming a reality,” said Mr. Noriega.

Taylor comes to AVANCE with almost six years of work in the government sector.  Taylor previously held the position of Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator for the City of El Paso where she assisted with the review and analysis of public policy issues and legislative proposals that affected the City of El Paso and its daily operations.  Prior to her work at the City, Taylor spent over four years in Washington, DC working for Congressman Silvestre Reyes as the Senior Legislative Assistant. While on Capitol Hill, her main areas of expertise included immigration, homeland security, US-MX border policy, education and healthcare policy. 

Taylor is currently an active member of the Junior League of El Paso and a member of both the Women’s Fund of El Paso and Braden Aboud Foundation Board of Directors.  Raised in El Paso, Taylor received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of Arizona. 

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 AUSTIN– AVANCE, Inc. welcomes Sofia M. Casini as the new Executive Director of the Austin Chapter.  Ms. Casini comes to AVANCE-Austin with over 10 years of leadership working within immigrant and refugee communities both nationally and internationally.  Ms. Casini served most recently as Area Director of Refugee Services of Texas in Austin providing family wellness programs and other support services to legal international refugees.  We welcome her to the AVANCE family! 

Austin Chapter Executive Director Sofia Casini with AVANCE CEO Rick Noriega