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Civil Rights (Santa Fe County)

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Increase participation of minority, low income and non-traditional audiences in Cooperative Extension programs in Santa Fe County. Participation of such audience will help to improve their economic and social wellbeing.

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"...And Justice for All" poster is displayed prominently in the County Extension Office.

Affirmative action statement and ADA statements have been included in flyers and mailed correspondence developed by the County Extension staff announcing upcoming programs and newsletters

A new ICAN nutrition educator was hired based on the EEO/affirmative action hiring guidelines set forth by NMSU.

ICAN programming continues to be offered at the Santa Fe WIC office in which over 50% of the participants are spanish-speaking only.

Chick embryology lessons were presented to four first grade classes from Ramirez-Thomas Elementary School with the classes consisting of "spanish speaking only" students. This included handouts as well as an in depth display board.

A Kitchen Creations Workshop series was offered in March and April 2011 in Santa Fe in which over 50% of the 15 participants were low income households. Five them being male.

A Kitchen Creations Workshop series was made available for 18 participants at San Ildefonso Pueblo during the month of December 2010.
Four of the participants were male.

One workshop with a PowerPoint presentation was given by the Home Economist on "Rules and Regulations of Food Processing" at the Indian Pueblo Small Farm Conference in Albuquerque. We had approx. 11 people attend the workshop

The 4-H Home Economist continued to provide Nutrition and Fitness programming once again during the 2010-2011 school year at Cesar Chavez Elementary School which has 2 classes of spanish speaking only students.

The 4-H Home Economist targeted previously underserved populations. Communication resulted in implementation of nutrition lessons for the aftercare program at Santo Nino Regional Catholic School and a new robotics curriculum for the sixth graders at Rio Grande School; two schools previously not served.


The Agricultual Agent co-presented a slide presentation on Hoophouse Management at New Mexico Pueblos and Community Agriculture Conference in April 2011 geared for pueblo native american and hispanic farmers.

An evening presentation on Soil Fertility was presented to seven members of the San Ildefonso Pueblo. All of these participants are involved in the Kitchen Garden project which is a part of the pueblo’s agricultural program. The agent also supported the supported the agricultural program by making recommendations on a regular basis on seed selection, pest control, irrigation and general management of the youth garden.

Six participants from a low-income housing community participated and completed a My CD program that was offered by the Home Economist at Santa Fe County Housing on Camino Jacobo. One of the participants was male.

The 4-H Home Economist continued the collaborative partnership between Santa Fe County 4-H and Girl Scouts. Two sewing programs and one camp were offered to various age groups. There were a total of 92 participants between the three events.
(Progress towards the short-term objectives.)
Permalink - Posted November 4, 2011, 9:59 pm
"...And Justice for All" poster is displayed prominently in the County Extension Office.

Affirmative action statement and ADA statements have been included in flyers and mailed correspondence developed by the County Extension staff announcing upcoming programs and newsletters

ICAN programming continues to be offered at the Santa Fe WIC office in which over 50% of the participants are spanish-speaking only.

Chick embryology lessons were presented to four first grade classes from Ramirez-Thomas Elementary School with the classes consisting of "spanish speaking only" students. This included handouts as well as an in depth display board.

A Kitchen Creations Workshop series was offered in April and May of 2010 in Santa Fe in which 60% of the 20 participants were hispanic, 2 of them were native american.

A food preservation workshop was made available for 17 participants at San Ildefonso Pueblo during the month of September 2010. Fiftteen of the participants were adults and two were children.

The 4-H Home Economist continued to provide Nutrition and Fitness programming once again during the 2009-2010 school year for at Salazar, Cesar Chavez and Agua Fria Elementary Schools for approximately 250 youth. The school populations contain over 90% hispanic youth with all of them qualifying for either free or reduced lunch.

A Hoophouse Construction Workshop was offfered at San Ildefonso Pueblo for the members of the tribe to learn the process of its construction and as a community event. Twenty-eight individuals participated in the project which was later used for teaching the tribal youth about gardening and marketing fresh produce at their local farmers market.

A Nutrition and Food Safety Workshop was presented by the 4-H Home Economist to a Girl Scout Troop in the Santa Fe Area.

A series of educational workshops were presented to youth at San Ildefonso Pueblo Day School by the 4-H Home Economist and the ICAN educator. The workshops consisted of money management, introduction to theater (via clowning) and nutrition and fitness.

The Agricultual Agent hosted a regional New Mexico Pueblo and Community Agriculture Conference in April 2010 geared for pueblo native american and hispanic farmers.


(Progress towards the medium-term objectives.)
Permalink - Posted November 1, 2010, 10:00 pm
"...And Justice for All" poster is displayed prominently in the County Extension Office.

Affirmative action statement and ADA statements have been included in flyers and mailed correspondence developed by the County Extension staff announcing upcoming programs and newsletters

An ICAN program educator was hired following EEO/affirmative action guidelines.

An office secretary was hired following EEO/affirmative action guidelines.

ICAN programming in spanish continues to be offered at the Income Support Division office as well as at the Santa Fe County Housing Complex. During this report year approximately 43 Spanish-speaking only participants graduated from the educational series.

Chick embryology was seven first grade classes consisting of "spanish speaking only" students. This included handouts as well as an in depth display board.

A Kitchen Creations training series for 11 participant at San Ildefonso Pueblo was offered during the month of July 2009.

The 4-H Home Economist provided programming once again during the 2008-2009 schoolyear for 38 spanish-speaking youth attending Ortiz Middle School on Nutrition and Fitness utilizing the Exer-games.

(Progress towards the medium-term objectives.)
Permalink - Posted October 31, 2009, 1:06 am
ICAN programming in spanish continues to be offered at the Income Support Division office as well as at the Santa Fe County Housing Complex. During this report year approximately 34 Spanish-speaking only participants graduated from the educational series.
(Progress towards the medium-term objectives.)
Permalink - Posted October 15, 2008, 7:37 pm
ICAN programming in spanish continues to be offered at the Income Support Division office as well as at the Santa Fe County Housing Complex. During this report year approximately 34 Spanish-speaking only participants graduated from the educational series.
(Progress towards the medium-term objectives.)
Permalink - Posted October 15, 2008, 7:37 pm
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