December 1, 2009

Dear Friends:

This letter is to inform you that Centro Macehualli is undergoing a tremendous funding crisis! Since 2003, the Centro Macehualli has worked to protect the most vulnerable population, migratory workers and their families. Centro Macehualli continues to empower migratory residents to advocate for human rights and dignity in the most anti-migratory worker state in the United States, Arizona.   At this time we are respectfully requesting your help to keep the Centro Macehualli’s doors open by making your tax deductible donation by visiting our website: centromacehualli.org, go to Support and click on the Donate Button or mail your check to Centro Macehualli, P.O. Box 5118, Phoenix, AZ 85010.

During this holiday season we are selling virtual tamales that can be bought by going to shop.centromacehualli.org. Corn has sustained our communities for hundreds of generations. It is in this way that we are asking you to assist our Centro Macehualli during these difficult time. 

Centro Macehualli, the only grassroots organization in Phoenix and Arizona to have successfully established a self managed center.  The Centro Macehualli has been a pivotal hub of activities for the betterment of the neighborhood and community.  By sponsoring English as a Second Language classes, computer classes and other informational workshops on different topics, the community has flourished and stabilized.

Further, Centro Macehualli has become a place for diverse communities such as university students and interfaith congregations to come together with workers and dialogue to create new understandings of the situation and condition of migratory families

Centro Macehualli cannot do it alone, Together we can make it happen. The vision of a community center benefits everyone. Stand up and be counted as a visionary!

Sincerely,

Salvador Reza        Sylvia Herrera, Ph.D.   

Salvador Reza          Sylvia Herrera, Ph.D.

Coordinator Capital Campaign Advisor

Thank you for visiting our website and showing interest in our new and exciting project:

 The Macehualli Community Campus.The Macehualli Community Campus.                  

The Tonatierra Community Development Institute seeks to geographically expand its community programs by establishing a physical location in a new building with available leasable office space, in north-central Phoenix area.

There exist ongoing and unmet needs in the north-central Phoenix area community that could be served by the Tonatierra Community Development Institute. A new built Macehualli Community Campus facility would make office space available for Tonatierra and also make additional lease spaces available for complementary service providers that would help support the community mission spearheaded by Tonatierra. Some of the complementary and needed services that Tonatierra could help provide through the new Macehualli Community Campus could include but not limited to:

Community Outreach Services

Medical Counseling and Advocacy

Urgent Care Medical Services

Diabetes Education and Assistance

Bilingual Speech Pathology Evaluation and Services

Audiology Testing and Services

Bilingual Academic Testing

Dental Health Services

Immigration Assistance Services

Childcare Assistance

Economic Assistance and Counseling

Taxpayer Assistance and Education

Tonatierra Community Development Institute
P.O Box 5118
Phoenix, Arizona 85010
info@centromacehualli.org