LAYC Corporate Partners
The Latin American Youth Center has formed partnerships with some of the largest companies in the country. Their support of our programs is integral to the success of LAYC, and we thank each corporate partner for being a good neighbor and a supporter of youth development. Check back regularly for updates.
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:27 |
 Photo by World Vision
Executive Director, Lori Kaplan, lead the visit along with LAYC's Chief Operating Officer, Sandy Gutierrez, and Deputy Education Director, Mike Leon. The visitors got to hear from two LAYC participants, Nehmas Arno and Armeyas Gurmesa, who take part in World Vision’s Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) at LAYC- LAYC is a partner is delivering this program. YEP is World Vision’s signature
project in the US with the purpose to inspire under-served youth and give them the tools to become advocates of positive change in their communities.
Nehmas Arno is from the Dominican Republic, and through LAYC programs has learned to speak English and make a difference in his community. After leaving his home country and struggling to fit in, he says YEP and LAYC helped him to know who he is. He has also been inspired by his peers, “The way the youth get together and get engaged has changed me,” Nehmas said.
Armeyas Gurmesa came from Ethiopia in 2009 with his family, speaking no English. He enrolled in school, and soon came to LAYC where he met Ama Bentsi-Enchil. Ama is co-trainer for World Vision’s YEP in the D.C. area. She recognized Armeyas’ potential, and told him how he could help other students at LAYC with math and science. She then encouraged him to participate in YEP. “This story is not just mine. It’s all of my friends',” said Armeyas.
After hearing these stories, Stearns said that World Vision has learned the importance of addressing all the needs of people living in poverty: needs for food, water, shelter, clothing, and safety. Without access to those essentials he said, “They’ll always be in poverty… It’s a holistic approach to poverty where you have to get at the root causes, and there isn’t just one.”
He offered praise for LAYC’s work, saying, “What’s great about this work that you’re doing is that it has so many dimensions to it. People can come here and find a way to put their whole self together.”
The partnership between LAYC and World Vision is helping youth like Nehmas and Armeyas develop their support networks. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 11:30 |
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Monday, 17 May 2010 14:34 |
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The Latin American Youth Center’s (LAYC) Fiesta 2010 was a huge success this year, thanks in large part to the event’s many corporate sponsors. Below are the companies and individuals that helped make Fiesta 2010 one of LAYC’s best events ever.
 
 
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Best Buy
Citigroup
Comcast
DANYA International
Radio El Zol 99.1FM
HSCB Bank USA, N.A.
Industrial Bank
Klein Hornig, LLP
MCN Build, LLC
Royal Bank of Scotland
Volkswagen Group of America
Wachovia
Washington Gas
Wells Fargo
Individuals
Alan Abramson & Alex Wilson
Heleny Cook & Dick Hall
Diane Cottman & Cristina Encinas
Lynn & Rodney English
Teresa Grana
Mary D. Janney
Julie Jensen
Susana Martinez
Mario & Dana Morino
Maggie Prieto & Mark Michael
Fernando Rivas
Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:18 |
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 11:39 |
 Art + Media House Director Marie Moll updates Target's Donovan Charles about arts education at LAYC. LAYC would like to thank corporate partner Target for its continued support of the Art + Media House (AMH). Target's Senior Community Relations Specialist Donovan Charles dropped by the house recently to take a tour and learn more about the great programs that AMH offers.
"What has been so great about support from Target is that it has been so consistent," Art + Media House Director Marie Moll said. "They have been supporting us from the beginning and have really helped the house become what it is today."
 Marie and Arts Coordinator Ronald Chacon tell Donovan about AMH's mural project. On his tour, Mr. Charles learned about the murals that AMH participants helped create across the city, the call boxes in Columbia Heights that participants refurbished to provide information about the community's history, and the leadership component that AMH offers to all youth who participate in its programs.
"Support of the arts on small and large scales is very important to the communities that we work in," Mr. Charles said. "Target continues to be extremely proud of the partnership that has formed with the Art + Media House." |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 16:11 |
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Wednesday, 30 September 2009 14:16 |
 LAYC staff and volunteers from Capital One. The Latin American Youth Center would like to sincerely thank the representatives from Capital One who took time out of their schedules to pick up a brush and help repaint the LAYC Teen Center. Four volunteers opted for jeans and t-shirts instead of their usual business attire and painted almost the entire Center!
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Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 14:08 |
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LAYC would like to express its sincerest thanks to corporate partner Best Buy for the generous support that it is providing to the Center for the second year in a row!
Support from Best Buy will fund collaboration between the Center's Art + Media House and Advocacy Division that will teach youth leadership skills and provide them with advocacy training. This knowledge will be developed through the lens of art, as a means of healthy self-expression and a tool for extending their education by exploring community issues.
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Last Updated on Monday, 12 October 2009 14:08 |
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