by Alexander Morales | Jun 25, 2024 | Advocacy, In the News, News
As the pandemic unfolded back in 2020, we saw how the lack of information about COVID-19 in Spanish impacted our Latino communities. Updates were slow and confusing. There was also a lot of misinformation coming out, that made it more difficult to know how to best...
by Alexander Morales | May 28, 2024 | Advocacy
Since 2019, El Centro has been a proud grantee partner of Community Catalyst in their Community Voices for Medicaid Initiative The initiative sought out how to increase education about the Medicaid program and elevate the voices of those most impacted by it, at the...
by Alexander Morales | Aug 31, 2023 | Advocacy, Civic Engagement, In the News, News, People
‘We Have The Same Right To Fight For Our Lives As Anyone’ Explaining the many barriers that Latino immigrants face in accessing healthcare here in Kansas City and across our nation is complex and not always an easy story to tell. There are many layers to...
by Alexander Morales | Aug 16, 2023 | Advocacy, Civic Engagement, Events, In the News, News, People
By Erica Andrade, President and CEO of El Centro As I sit at the annual UnidosUS 2023 conference listening to the theme “The Power of Us”, I can’t help but reflect on all the issues our Latino communities have been through these last few years. Although...
by Alexander Morales | Jun 2, 2023 | In the News, News, People, Press Releases
El Centro, a not-for-profit corporation whose mission is strengthening communities and improving lives of Latinos and others through educational, social, and economic opportunities, announced today that Erica Andrade has been appointed as CEO, effective July 1. After...
