Centro CHA is a Long Beach-based Latino/a/x nonprofit social service agency formed in 1992. The non-profit serves to advance and advocate for the well-being of underrepresented low-income Latino/a/x children, youth, and families in the City of Long Beach. Jessica Quintana is the organization’s long time Executive Director. PalacioMagazine.com conducted a Zoom interview with the Centro…
Latino economic power will be the agenda for the first summit on the subject in Long Beach on November 13, 2018. A wide range of leaders from education, government, nonprofits, as well as neighborhood leaders will gather at the Long Beach Convention Center to, as the organizers describe, “shift the community’s focus from disparities to…
20th Annual Nuestra Imagen Awards 2017 September 29th, 2017 5:30pm – 9:30pm Long Beach Convention Center, Pacific Ballroom 300 E. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 HONOREES Mayor Dr. Robert Garcia City of Long Beach, California EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY HONORARY IMAGEN GALA AWARD Marine Safety Chief Gonzalo Medina, City of Long Beach, Fire Department EXCELLENCE…
Jessica Quintana, Executive Director of Centro CHA, reminds me of another community organizer I had the honor to work with during 1968-69. Evelina Lopez Antonetty was a civil rights activist who fought battles with the Education establishment on behalf of parents and children of the Bronx. Like Jessica Quintana, she was dogged in her determination…
Mayor Robert Garcia joined West Long Beach Community leaders to launch the Safe Passages Program. The program employs Community Safety Ambassadors to monitor key high risk corners on Santa Fe Corridor before, during, and after-school commute times. The Tesoro Foundation awarded 330,000 dollars for 2 years to the West Long Beach Safe Passages program which…