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Leaders of Tomorrow 2019

2019, Education and Youth /

The Leaders of Tomorrow is a leadership camp for Latino teens from the age of 13 to 17. The goal of this 4-day program is to empower
students to become leaders in their
communities. The camp takes place at Macalester College and includes speakers, workshops, and activities to develop leadership qualities and advocacy skills.
In 2019, HACER held two Leaders of Tomorrow camps, each four days long. The first camp had 16 participants and the second camp had 10 participants.

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Talking it Through

2019, Education and Youth /

In the fall of 2019, Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) put on
a program called Talking it Through, which was aimed at creating a dialogue between police officers and
Latino/a youth. HACER was motivated to create this program to address the hostility between the police and
people of color and the profiling and discrimination from police officers that affect nonwhite people. Since we
are a Latino organization, we chose to focus this project on Latino and Latina youth. The project involved two workshops: One informative session in which the youth participants could learn from police officers, lawyers, psychologists, and other community workers about their rights when interacting with the police and the services and resources that are available to them; as well as one interactive session in which the youth and police officers could talk about their perceptions and experiences in a safe environment. The outreach for this project was
difficult, as getting youth, especially those who have had problems with the police, to attend a workshop and
speak with police officers, is not easy. However, the youth, police officers, and other who attended all came
away with new and valuable knowledge. HACER learned a lot about how to conduct a program such as this and is now looking to replicate and improve on the program.

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Learning-By-Doing

2019, Public Health /

Many Latinos, especially more recent immigrants, benefit from a healthier lifestyle in their country of origin. There they ate more natural, less processed foods and had more physical activity in their daily lives.
However, as these immigrants adapt to the mainstream U.S. culture, they often adopt a less healthy diet
and a more sedentary lifestyle. Additionally, the language barrier many Latinos face can limit their access to the healthcare system because they have a limited ability to communicate their needs clearly with their doctors and other healthcare providers. To address these challenges and improve the health of Latinos, Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) developed a pilot research and outreach project with the Latino community of St. James, MN, called Learning by Doing. This project involved in-depth interviews with nine Latinos residents of St. James and then two interactive nutrition workshops conducted in Spanish. The project was highly successful, and the results have encouraged HACER to expand the program to other Latino communities.

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