Community Circles | Circulos Comunitarios

UPDATE 4/20/2012: We regret to inform you that La Conexión de las Américas will be closing soon due to financial struggles. We are exploring possibilities for this program to continue within another organization, so that this important work will live on even though our organization will not. We have not yet set a final date for the program. Please check back to this page for updates about where and when the program might continue, which we will post here as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

ANUNCIO 20/4/2012: Lamentamos informarle que La Conexión de las Américas va a estar cerrando, a causa de desafios financieros. Estamos investigando la posibilidad que este programa podría seguir dentro de otra organización, para que el trabajo importante sigue, aunque nuestra organización no puede seguir. Todavía no hemos programado una fecha final para el programa. Por favor visite esta página para anuncios de dónde y cuando el programa podría seguir, que vamos a poner aquí los más pronto posible. Muchas gracias por su comprensión.

Community Circles encourage community engagement, build leadership capacity and organize for positive change in the Latino community through connecting people to each other, resources, education and training. Community Circles consist of weekly discussion and action circles where Latino community members get to know each other, learn about resources available in the Twin Cities, and organize for positive change.

Each Community Circle is focused on a theme chosen by La Conexión participants such as “Family,” “Community,” “Immigration,” “Health,” “Leadership,” and “Education.” Over a three month period, participants will meet together weekly to get to know each other, share resources, and receive theme-related and leadership training. Using their newly gained knowledge and resources, participants will design and implement a “Community Action” project to engage the larger community in the circle’s theme.

To determine the topic for our pilot circle, we conducted a survey based on community interest to include over 100 members of the Latino community. The results were two main interest areas: Immigration and Health & Wellbeing. Top areas of interest within those categories included: Human Rights and Changes in U.S. Immigration policy and Mental Health and Access to Health Insurance. We are currently conducting two focus groups within the Latino Community to gather input and determine which topic will be the focus of our first Community Circle. We expect to begin our Pilot Circle by mid-November.

Want to know more?

Email circulos@americas.org or call (612)276-0788
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