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POM VIRUS SPREADING IN LONG BEACH, CA!!

October 13, 2016 by Richard R. Ramos Leave a Comment

Here’s a testimonial from one of our nonprofit organizations we support on the impact POM is making in Long Beach, CA:
 
“Last year, Richard Richard R Ramos trained a large group at CentroCHA. Parents on a Mission Centro CHA Training
Jessica and her husband started teaching POM to parents in Long Beach and from those classes, grew the idea of “Safe Passages”. Parents in the POM classes self organized themselves, and started positioning themselves along the school routes (and the local park next to the school) in an attempt to stop any gang violence and encourage kids to get to class. POM Training Centro CHA
CentroCHA then got funding to expand “Safe Passages” into a pilot program. Results thus far:
– kids are able to get to school safely with less bullying (or getting beat up) by others
– the high school is reporting increased attendance
– less interaction/ harassment from truancy officers
 
Before “Safe Passages” began, kids were coming home scared to walk to school or were getting jumped. They were also pretending to walk to school and then not going inside and skipping class to smoke pot in the park next to the school.
 
Those that were skipping have had pretty horrible experiences with truancy officers and local police, being slammed to the ground, slammed against a wall,put in cuffs for a while, or brought to juvenile detention for gang injunctions.
 
The POM parents have organized themselves for Safe Passages so that this is no longer happening and kids seem to respect the parents doing it since it is out of love or it’s one of their mothers. LBPD is supporting the initiative and interactions with truancy officers have changed tune.
 
All from a parent idea in a POM class! 🙂

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The POM Virus is Spreading!!

October 6, 2016 by Richard R. Ramos Leave a Comment

img_0111Parents on a Mission is on fire in California and the State of Colorado! Or, as I like to say, “the POM virus is spreading and infecting families everywhere!”

Over the past few months we have had the opportunity to train more POM leaders. Recently we conducted our first Bi-lingual POM training in Santa Ana, CA and are excited to hear the results as we continue to increase our services to the Spanish speaking community.

In addition, we trained more POM Leaders in Denver, Pueblo, & Aurora, Colorado serving “reentry” youth & families as they pre1ae0ff7b-9d57-484d-8b31-ffc5ad9cc405pare to re-connect with loved ones being released from incarceration. But, the virus isn’t only spreading out in the community, but is spreading within the prison as well.

img_0130I had the opportunity to visit FIVE State Prisons in Colorado to speak with incarcerated mothers and fathers who are either currently participating in POM classes or have enrolled to participate in their respective facilities. With this strategy incarcerated families are better prepared for family reunification when both parents–those in the neighborhoods and those incarcerated–are learning the same the principles on parent leadership.img_0129

The Latino Coalition continues to support the work of local faith & community based nonprofits serving families living in marginalized communities. As we seek and anticipate more Federal , State, and Corporate funding we look forward to providing additional resources, funding and leadership that gives more “voice” and influence to these hard working organizations making a difference and lasting, positive transformation.

 

 

 

 

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More From Bakersfield on POM & Life Transformation

July 8, 2015 by Richard R. Ramos Leave a Comment

 

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The Lerdo Facility in Bakersfield, CA just continues to blossom with testimony after testimony of changed lives through our POM curriculum. Above is one of our recent graduates, Osvaldo Lozano, just released from Lerdo. Below is the story as related to me via our Garden Pathways POM teacher Dyann:

Richard:

“Also you will find a picture of Osvaldo Lozano who completed POM while at Lerdo. He said we could share his story with you . He is doing well , working , just purchased his own vehicle and wife is expecting their first baby son end of the month. He shared with Fanny and I how much POM impacted his life and showed him a deeper appreciation of what it entails to become a father. He has been very involved throughout pregnancy and can’t wait to be in the delivery room to see his son born.  Just thought to share how POM changes lives. He also said he would be willing to share his testimony with you. Attached you can see pictures of Osvaldo (at his sons baby shower), vocational training and he giving back through community service. If you would like I can make arrangements to get you a POM Lerdo picture as well.  Enjoy!!!”

WOW!! It just doesn’t get any better than that! My hat’s off to the POM leaders from Garden Pathways, Dyann & Fanny. Garden Pathways is a great nonprofit organization, under the leadership of Karen Goh & Juan Avila, serving Kern County youth & families. Below are more pictures of Osvaldo with other recent Lerdo POM graduates (The lovely lady in green is Fanny, one of our POM instructors).

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Parents on a Mission Training for Centro CHA

March 2, 2015 by Richard R. Ramos Leave a Comment

POM Training Centro CHAIn January this year staff members from our Long Beach sub-grantee, Centro CHA, were trained as Parent Leaders to implement our “Parents on a Mission” (POM) curriculum in the Long Beach community. POM is a six-week course that empowers parents as leaders in their homes, thereby winning the loyalty of their children and preventing them from joining negative lifestyles.
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