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COVID-19 and community updates

Canal Alliance is addressing the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Marin’s Latinx community
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Interview with “Promotores de Salud”, Oscar and Ricardo

We interview Oscar and Ricardo, who work with us as "promotores de salud," or community health promoters. Oscar and Ricardo connect with people in the community to provide essential educational tools and materials during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Interview with Michael Gomez, Canal Alliance UP! High school Program Supervisor

As we celebrate the graduation of our UP! College and High school graduates, we sat down with Michael Gomez to talk about what it means for him to see his students graduate and go off to college.
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Air Gallegos, Director of Education & Career, talks about supporting UP! students to access online learning

Air has been leading our Education and Career programs since January. As we celebrate the graduation of seven UP! seniors all bound for college, we sat down to talk about Canal Alliance’s youth education program in the time of COVID.
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Child Abuse Prevention and Foster Care Awareness

Like many of the crucial services that Canal Alliance provides, child abuse and neglect prevention is a key aspect of our work with clients. As part of our mission to help Latino immigrants and their families break the generational cycle of poverty, we see first-hand how this issue can undermine
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Q & A with Marin County Children and Family Services

To learn more about Marin County Children and Family Services (CFS) programs, we talked to Adrian Hernandez, Child Welfare Worker II-Bilingual, Leslie Fields, Recruitment & Support Specialist and Paul Booth, Resource Family Approval Manager.
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Stories from the Front Lines pt.1

Pricilla Melo, Canal Alliance Intake Specialist, talked to us about her experience since the COVID-19 crisis started and how her role supporting clients and community members has shifted during shelter in place.
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Stories from the Front Lines (Cristina Sosa)

Cristina Sosa, Canal Alliance Intake Specialist, talked to us about her experience since the COVID-19 crisis started and how her role supporting clients and community members has shifted during shelter in place.
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Canal Alliance serves as a critical bridge of communication to the Latino immigrant community

The coronavirus pandemic has intensified long-standing inequities caused by language barriers, underscoring challenges that non-English speakers face accessing critical information during public health emergencies.
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Latino business owner in Canal neighborhood receives grant

Thanks to Omar’s persistent advocacy for Latino business in the Canal, business owners like Enrique received a grant through the Small Business COVID-19 Disaster Relief Fund launched by the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce (SRCC).
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