Our Family Has a New Home!

COMMUNITY SUPPORT EXPANDS IMMIGRANT POWER IN NEW MEXICO

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Encuentro team members posing in the new building while it is under construction
In 2021, Encuentro embarked on a journey to purchase and renovate a home of our very own. This new center in the heart of Albuquerque’s historic Barelas neighborhood is dedicated to shifting power and ownership directly into the hands of our Latinx immigrant community. Our recently opened space creates countless exciting opportunities for increased visibility, community building, and organizational impact.

We have an even bigger vision for the future and we need your help to get there!

History

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The new Encuentro building before renovations
The new Encuentro space mid-renovation
Four Encuentro team members painting interior walls in the new building
The new Encuentro building after renovations
Several team and community members at a rope cutting ceremony for the new building

Phase II

Preliminary architectural rendering of the Encuentro Phase II South Lot building complex
Preliminary rendering of the Encuentro Phase II South Lot.
Preliminary architectural rendering of the Encuentro Phase II South Lot building complex

Help us build the home health workforce in New Mexico!

The Home Health Aide (HHA) training center is an innovative solution to New Mexico’s growing demand for direct care providers. This new training center will allow Encuentro and our partners to help build the healthcare workforce by offering a home-based training setting where future providers can build their skills and obtain essential certifications.
Preliminary architectural rendering of the Encuentro Phase II South Lot building complex

The Momentum Builders Campaign

Between July 2022 and December 2023, Encuentro is partnering with our collaborators and supporters to raise 2.4 million dollars. These funds will enable us to expand our operations, grow our team, and provide more programming for our community. With funding from NM legislators (capital outlay), an anonymous funder, and the Cohen Foundation, capital fund raising for Phase II, the building of a Home Health Training Center, is complete.

If you are interested in supporting this project, contact [email protected]

Martha Hurtado and other community members sitting together at a table in the Encuentro space

“Encuentro has always felt like family. Now with this new spacious building comes the hope of Encuentro’s family growing even more and continuing to promote education on a larger scale in our community.”

- Martha Hurtado, Encuentro Board Member, and student

Two Encuentro community members sharing a hug

“From day one, Encuentro has been a place where I feel safe and surrounded by love. I can be myself, express myself in my own language and everybody understands my hopes, fears and the obstacles I have to overcome.

- Maria de Jesus Gallardo

An Encuentro team member at their desk in the new space

“This space represents power and ownership. When I see our students crossing the doors of Encuentro, I see their excitement of coming to, what they describe, is their second home. They love the classrooms and the spaces available to them to share in community.”

- Crimilda Andrade

    Encuentro Means Home…

    For our community, Encuentro is more than a building - it is a home away from home. This space honors and supports our immigrant families' lived experiences while amplifying stories, celebrating resilience, recognizing sacrifice, and elevating aspirations and dreams.

    Encuentro’s programs are now centralized in our new space, where we can now provide our immigrant community with resources, care, and safety.

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    A more efficient building with five classrooms for expanded educational capacity.
    Several people in seated in a computer lab watching a presentation
    A fully equipped computer lab that bridges the digital divide with 21 st century skills training.
    A large festive celebration full of Encuentro community members
    Over 2400 sq. ft for large group trainings, community events and rentals.
    Encuentro team members in a child nursery space
    Free onsite childcare to support working parents during our classes.
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    New opportunities for growth, including a Home Health Training Center in 2024.
    Several Encuentro community members eating outside on a patio
    Ample patio space for outdoor gatherings and celebrations.

      Your support allows us to provide our comunidad inmigrante with access to education and career development programs that strengthen the critical language, literacy, technology, and job skills needed to thrive in a 21st-century economy.

      All donations are used to support Encuentro's programs, staff, and students.


      Our Journey So Far

      Phase 1: Complete

      Our community’s support has allowed our team to purchase, renovation and move into our new building.

      Our Journey So Far

      Phase 1: Complete

      A large reception room in the newly renovated Encuentro building
      Our community’s support has allowed our team to purchase, renovation and move into our new building.
      Special thanks to the following honorees and sponsors who made the completion of Phase 1 possible:

      Location Name

      Sponsor

      The Gathering Place – Our Building
      The Joseph Gorvetzian and Nancy Croker Family
      Joseph Gorvetzian and Nancy Croker
      The Beatriz Mitchell Home Health Classroom
      Carl C. Anderson Sr. & Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation Logo
      The Patricia & Hugo Bonilla Computer Lab
      Comcast logo
      The Dolores Huerta Citizenship Classroom

      18 Jewish Families of New Mexico
      The Anixter Family
      Shana and Mark Baker
      The Bernstein Rimson Family
      Sandra, Tim, Jonah & Lilly Ortsman Butler
      Center for Educational Initiatives
      Emily Driver Moore
      Renia Ehrenfeucht and Brent Morris
      Andrew Gans and Ronnie Chavez
      Eva Lynn and Leo Gans and Family
      The Gutow Family
      David and Tracy Idinopulos
      The Painter-Rudd Family
      Jeff Spiegel and Katie Gardner
      The Tarica Whooley Family
      The Trojahn and Gupton Families
      Marc Powell and Pamela Weese Powell
      The Wells Moller Family

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      El Rincón de Sabor Kitchen
      In memory of Eleanore M. Radoslovich and Isidora M. Badua
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      Location Name

      & Sponsor

      The Gathering Place – Our Building
      The Joseph Gorvetzian and Nancy Croker Family
      Joseph Gorvetzian and Nancy Croker
      The Beatriz Mitchell Home Health Classroom
      Carl C. Anderson Sr. & Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation Logo
      The Joseph Gorvetzian and Nancy Croker Family
      Comcast logo
      The Dolores Huerta Citizenship Classroom

      18 Jewish Families of New Mexico
      The Anixter Family
      Shana and Mark Baker
      The Bernstein Rimson Family
      Sandra, Tim, Jonah & Lilly Ortsman Butler
      Center for Educational Initiatives
      Emily Driver Moore
      Renia Ehrenfeucht and Brent Morris
      Andrew Gans and Ronnie Chavez
      Eva Lynn and Leo Gans and Family
      The Gutow Family
      David and Tracy Idinopulos
      The Painter-Rudd Family
      Jeff Spiegel and Katie Gardner
      The Tarica Whooley Family
      The Trojahn and Gupton Families
      Marc Powell and Pamela Weese Powell
      The Wells Moller Family

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      El Rincón de Sabor Kitchen
      In memory of Eleanore M. Radoslovich and Isidora M. Badua
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      Thank you for your support!

      The Home Health Aide (HHA) training center is an innovative solution to New Mexico’s growing demand for direct care providers. This new training center will allow Encuentro and our partners to help build the healthcare workforce by offering a home-based training setting where future providers can build their skills and obtain essential certifications.
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      Help us continue to make a difference.

      In addition to room sponsorships and naming opportunities*, there are many ways you can help propel Encuentro forward.

      For more information about giving to the Capital Campaign, contact [email protected]

      *Each space will be named by Encuentro’s students and staff to honor key contributors to our mission. Sponsors will be recognized with a plaque in their designated room.

      We have a big vision for this new space, but we need your help to get there.
      We have the following sponsorship opportunities available:

      The Larry Moore ESL Classroom 

      $50,000 sponsorship available

      The Cesar Chavez Financial Literacy & Small Business Classroom

      $50,000 sponsorship available

      *La Guarderia Child Care Room

      $50,000 sponsorship available

      *TBD Playground

      $50,000 sponsorship available

      *Tu Voz Digital Community Journalism Recording Studio

      $25,000 sponsorship available

      *Pathway Navigators Office

      $25,000 sponsorship available

      The Andrea Plaza Founding Director’s Office

      $30,000 sponsorship available

      For more information, contact [email protected].

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