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Subject: BernCo Media Advisory: White House Initiative Announcement

 

 

Contact: Catherine Lopez | cathylopez@bernco.gov | O. 505.224.1641 | C. 505.259.0312

www.bernco.gov      

 

BernCo Announces

White House Initiative

Family Engagement Program

 

 

WHO:       Commission Chair Art De La Cruz; Dr. Peggy Chavez; community leaders and children

WHEN:     Friday, Jan. 15, 2016

                 11 a.m.

WHERE:   Westside Community Center

                  1250 Isleta Blvd. SW

 

 

In October 2014, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics launched a national call for “Commitments to Action.”

 

President Obama challenged the public and private sectors to make meaningful and quantifiable contributions to expand and support the educational outcomes and opportunities for the Latino community.

 

Bernalillo County resident Dr. Peggy Chavez submitted a proposal and was the only New Mexican accepted out of the 150 Commitments to Actions selected.

 

Bernalillo County is establishing a pilot program to implement Dr. Chavez’s educational initiative.

 

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About Bernalillo County

Bernalillo County is 1,160 square miles and is New Mexico’s most populous county with 673,000 residents. Bernalillo County government provides a wide range of public services to residents who live in the city and to the 114,000 residents who live outside the city limits in the unincorporated areas of the county.  Bernalillo County employs approximately 2,400 people and has an annual operating budget and capital investments of more than $500 million. Elected officials include five county commissioners, assessor, clerk, probate judge, sheriff and treasurer.