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Through community
organizing and leadership development help develop leaders who will
bridge the differences, develop better resources, engage people and
bring community together.
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Provide leadership
development and training to promote interpersonal relationships and
job opportunities. Through partnerships with local education
institutions, provide students with referrals to programs such as
ESL, technical programs, to help them excel, find better jobs, seek
higher education, empower themselves, and become self-sufficient.
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Provide the community
with referrals, support groups and advocacy in the areas of
education, health, employment and training, youth services, energy
assistant, housing, domestic violence, elderly & immigration
issues, and others.
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Advocate for the
recognition, pride and respect of the growing number of Brazilians
living in Hartford, their customs, culture, traditions, and
ethnicity in order to help transpire role models and new leaders to
emerge.
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Build alliances and
partnerships with other organizations in the fight for
discriminatory practices in the workforce.
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Recruit volunteers to
help promote leadership and community development.
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Arrange internship
opportunities to students pursuing undergraduate and graduate
schools in the areas of human services, and social work -community
organization, policy planning, group work, and others.
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Present weekly/monthly
professional and educational workshops to inform and empower the
community.
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Provide a biweekly
newsletter to notify the Brazilian community about the organization’s
development as well as issues such as health, education, immigration,
and etc.
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Organize an bi-annual
international conference to bring Brazilians professionals and
community leaders to expose their ideas and projects to better help
the immigrant community.
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Promote leadership
development by encouraging and supporting outside ideas and projects
that will enhance the social, financial, and cultural lives of the
community.
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