Health, Housing And Social Services Working Group

CRECIENDO JUNTOS – GROWING TOGETHER

Community Services Working Group

The Community Services Working Group was opened to everyone interested in addressing the human services needs of the Spanish-speaking population in Charlottesville/Albemarle.

The CSWG worked on many projects, from organizing help fairs and advocating on behalf of improved interpreter services at UVA Medical Center, to offering cultural sensitivity trainings. It also served area service providers and volunteers as a forum and opportunity for networking. The working group welcomed new members as well as ideas or suggestions for projects related to its mission.

The group has been disbanded until someone offers to reactivate and coordinate it.

Martha Trujillo will coordinate planning for the annual help fair, in October 2009, which will be done largely by telephone, email and in meetings during the months immediately preceding the event. For more information about this initiative and/or to become involved in it, please contact Martha Trujillo at 434/972-1703 or mtrujillo@unitedwaytja.org

Next CJ Annual Help Fair: Saturday, October 24, 2009
from 2 - 4 pm at the Word of Faith Church
(next to Albemarle High School and close to many Latino neighborhoods)