TESTIMONY
Testimony by Ana Salgado, Mental Health Coordinator at Mixteca, on Supporting Latin and Indigenous Communities
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6 min
Ana Salgado testifies on behalf of Mixteca, an organization serving Latin and indigenous communities in Sunset Park and greater New York City. She emphasizes the importance of funding for Mixteca to continue providing essential services to immigrant communities. Additionally, she translates testimony from Elsa Samaniello, a participant in Mixteca's Telar program.
- Salgado requests capital funding to expand and continue delivering culturally competent services.
- Elsa Samaniello shares her experience with the Telar program, which has helped her start an artisan candle business.
- Both speakers stress the need for investment in small business programs and organizations like Mixteca to support entrepreneurial women in the community.
Ana Salgado
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One of our chair, member Felix and committee members of the New York City Council.
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I'm Anna Sargaro, mental health coordinated mistake.
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Organization, I appreciate your time and honor to have the opportunity to testify before you today, representing Mr.
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An organization dedicated to serving Latin and indigenous communities in Sunset Park, Sunset Park, and greater New York City.
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We recognize the profound challenge of our immigrant and indigenous community encounter with a longstanding commitment to adding our immigrant community and responding to the humanitarian crisis of newly arrived asylum seekers, we take a stance at the forefront of community based support.
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Today, I'm here to introduce our workforce development program, Telar, means striving to education, leadership, and access to resources.
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The large was established with the aim of empower our community with the skills, resources, and tourism society to a stranger their socioeconomic well-being through education, entrepreneurship and career guidance, considering the onset of the asylum seekers humanitarian crisis and the labor surely experienced by our our immigrant community during the COVID 19 pandemic.
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Telar and the birth to keep immigrant communities with interpersonal sheep.
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Skills to navigate challenging times.
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As a coordinator and facilitator of the law, I have the privilege of closely working with participants, understanding their stories and their motivations for joining the program.
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And overwhelming 19% of participants enrolling the program are an employee seeking skills and resources to secure a source of income for themselves.
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Unemployment percent challenge in any context, but it becomes even more intimidated in a city like New York.
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Now for its resilience yet more than by high cost of living.
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That Latin community tireless strips to confront economic challenge And by supporting miss Leika, we can provide families and communities with the mean to overcome obstacles and brighter future.
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Thank you.
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Then there is an example, a program that works to connect social support, education, workplace, preparation, career.
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It's important to mention to mention all these areas because it's the war that can be accomplished when the organization and the community have the support and inversion from the city.
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To do the work.
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In considering resources allocation, I implore you to prioritize funding for mistake We are a frontline organization vital in providing sessions and sessions services to our own midrand community.
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Your support is essential in obtaining capital funding to expand and continue delivering culture and competent service.
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Including Telar.
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Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
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I will read the translation of Elsa's This is Simone.
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Good afternoon.
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I'm a Robin members of the New Year City Council.
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My name is Elsa Samaniello, community leader, activist, and participant in the Telar Group.
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I'm here because I want to share with you how important it has been for me, my family, and my colleagues to participate in this program.
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The lad is giving me the tools that I need to start my own artisan candle business.
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I learn how to make them.
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I learn how to present my business, and I'm learning about business about our business planner regulations and consumer protection in your city.
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I know that I still have a long way to go, and I still have to continue learning many things but I consider myself an entrepreneurial woman and tell her give me give me bold.
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The strength to believe that I can do it and the tools to make it real.
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I know that programs like these are only possible with your support and the support of many.
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We need investment and small business program and investment in Miselda, and similar organizations that provide support to me, my family, and my other colleagues in the Telagroup, entrepreneurial woman, want to get ahead.
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Thank you.