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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CELEBRATING CENTRO ROMERO ON THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY
WHEREAS, Centro Romero is a community-based, not-for-profit organization that serves the communities of Edgewater, Rogers Park, and Uptown on the northeast side of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Centro Romero was founded in 1984 by Daysi J. Funes and Jose Manuel Ventura to meet the needs of the rapidly increasing Latino immigrant and refugee populations; and
WHEREAS, Centro Romero was named in honor of Archbishop Oscar Romero, a Salvadoran Roman Catholic cleric who was killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador in 1980 for his outspoken defense of the human rights of his native Salvadorans during its long civil war; and
WHEREAS, the mission of Centro Romero is to empower those with the fewest options in the immigrant and refugee community by developing and strengthening the family unit, fostering community leadership, and providing quality social and adjustment services; and
WHEREAS, Centro Romero's Family Services Program is comprised of services that promote the development of healthy families; and
WHEREAS, Centro Romero's Youth Program allows children between the ages of 6 through 13 to attend an intensive age-specific after-school project that includes academic support, tutoring, recreational activities, and field trips to museums, and older youth attend the BRAVE program, a violence prevention initiative; and
WHEREAS, Centro Romero's Domestic Violence Project serves women with individual counseling and group support; and
WHEREAS, Centro Romero has been able to help more than 10,000 family members benefit from accessing public benefits programs; and
WHEREAS, Centro Romero's Legal Services Program served more than 10,000 clients with immigration and naturalization issues, helping them become Legal Permanent Residents, and citizens and processing renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); and
WHEREAS, Centro Romero's work in the Adult Education P...
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