An Evening of Dreaming

This outdoor event kicks off a community campaign to build a new home for Centro Hispano. Come for the community picnic and live music, and as a bonus take a tour of the site and look at architect renderings of the new building. RSVP required; register here. Learn more at micentro.org.

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press release: 4:00-6:00 PM, Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 810 W. Badger Road (Behind Centro in the back parking lot.)

Join us for the Kickoff of campaign CENTRO, a $15 million campaign to build a safe, strong and sustainable home for the Latinx community in Dane County.  

Featuring: An update on the campaign; community picnic; live music; family activities.

Come learn about our plans, see renderings of the new building, actively help us shape our future, and celebrate with us in community.

Free and open to the public. Registration is required. T-Shirts are available for purchase, please contact Jamie at jamie@micentro.org to send additional sizes if you purchased more than one adult or one youth shirt.

Program

3:45 PM-4:15 PM: Registration

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Event Program

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Activities, Food, Music and Dancing

Activities

• Music by Grupo Rebulú
• Tie dye with the Centro Team
• Oral History Booth with the Wisconsin Latinx History Collective
• Art Installation with Rodrigo Carapia
• Photobooth courtesy of Celebrations Entertainment
• Face Painting with Gilma Arenas
• Kids Activities with Rissel Sanders (MMSD Play and Learn)
• A chance to win a Centro Tshirt
• Latinx Superpower identification with Esperanza
• Small Bites and Refreshments courtesy of Canteen, Alice Good and Paradise Island

Parking will be available at the following locations: Park Bank: 2401 S. Park Street; Madison College Goodman South Campus: 2429 Perry Street; Joining Forces for Families: 125 W. Badger Road

Estás invitado a soñar en grande con nosotros acerca de nuestro nuevo hogar en Evening of Dreaming en Septiembre 28 a las 4pm. El evento de este año será el inicio de CENTRO, una campaña de 15 millones, con el fin de construir un nuevo hogar para la comunidad Latinx en Dane County que sea seguro, fuerte y sostenible ahora y en el futuro. Conoce más acerca de la campaña aquí.

CUÁNDO: Miércoles, Septiembre 28, 4-6pm,

DÓNDE: Centro Hispano de Dane County, 810 West Badger Road, Madison WI (El evento será en el lote trasero, en Hughes Place entre Cypress Way y Park Street).

Habrá un picnic comunitario, música en vivo y divertidas actividades para que disfrute toda la familia. También tendrás la oportunidad de aprender más acerca de lo que el nuevo CENTRO tiene para ti, conocer los planos del edificio y hacer un tour al nuevo lugar.

Este es un evento para toda la familia, gratuito y abierto al público con una donación sugerida. Por favor regístrate para asistir abajo.

Programa

3:45 PM-4:15 PM: Registro

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Programa del Evento

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Actividades, Comida, Música y Baile

Actividades

• Música por Grupo Rebulú
• Teñido de Camisetas con el equipo de Centro
• Cabina de Historia Oral con Wisconsin Latinx History Collective
• Instalación de Arte con Rodrigo Carapia
• Cabina de Fotos, cortesía de Celebrations Enertainment
• Pinta Caritas con Gilma Arenas.
• Actividades para Niños con Rissel Sanders (MMSD Play and Learn)
• Oportunidad de ganar una Camiseta de Centro.
• Identificación de Superpoderes Latinx con Esperanza.
• Bocadillos y bebidas cortesía de Canteen, Alice Good and Paradise Island 

El estacionamiento estará disponible en los siguientes lugares: Park Bank: 2401 S. Park Street; Madison College Goodman South Campus: 2429 Perry Street; Joining Forces for Families: 125 W. Badger Road

more on the campaign: Centro Hispano of Dane County (Centro) has received a $1 million grant from CUNA Mutual Group’s Foundation, for campaign CENTRO. The campaign aims to raise $15 million to build a new home for the Latinx community on Madison’s southside and seed expansion of the organization’s workforce and educational programs.

Centro hopes to complete the campaign by the end of this year. The investment from the Foundation is the largest ever received by Centro from a corporation. The organization has raised over $11 million so far to its goal.

“This investment is meaningful to us on several levels. It shows the trust CUNA Mutual’s Foundation has put in Centro. It’s a testament to our long history and to their unwavering commitment to supporting the Latinx community. We are deeply grateful,” says Karen Menendez Coller, Centro’s Executive Director.

Next year Centro will celebrate 40 years of supporting the Latinx community in Dane County. The organization offers free bilingual youth programs, workforce development, family wrap-around support, and community engagement strategies. Centro sees 6,000+ individuals, fields 10,000+ calls, and offers more than 20,000 hours of programming a year.

The organization has grown significantly over the last 10 years to keep pace with the growing needs of the Latinx community, the fastest-growing ethnic and minority group in the city, county and state according to the 2022 Census. There are now 300,000 Latinos in the state, an increase of 46.8% since the 2000 Census. Centro provides support to four times more people than it did ten years ago and all programs currently have a waitlist - the organization is stretched to its maximum capacity.

“CUNA Mutual is committed to putting equity into action in all of the communities we touch and serve,” said Cedric Ellis, Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Services Officer for CUNA Mutual. “We are so excited for this opportunity and we look forward to seeing all the good works Centro will accomplish with an improved facility and additional resources.”

Centro’s new facility is part of an innovative collaboration with the City of Madison. The organization will trade its current facility for a larger, more accessible plot of land nearby. The city has purchased a property at 833 Hughes Place to combine with city-owned properties at 837 Hughes Place and 2405 Cypress Way to help create new facilities on the block.

Centro expects to double the number of youths in its afterschool programs, support at least 1,000 more individuals annually, and develop a full bilingual nursing career pathway by 2030.The organization will be hosting a community campaign kickoff on September 28th at 4pm with tours to the site of the new building.

Learn more about the campaign/make a gift or pledge: www.micentro.org/our-new-home