KC nonprofit to send handwritten notes, care packages to NEMS
KANSAS Town, Mo. — Susana Elizarraraz is carrying out her portion to guidance learners following Manuel Guzman was killed in a stabbing at Northeast Center Faculty.
For Elizarraraz, Guzman’s loss of life hits closer to home.
“I dwell and grew up my entire everyday living in the northeast, it can be quite varied [and] extremely wealthy,” Elizarraraz, the deputy director of Latinx Schooling Collaborative stated.
Elizarraraz transformed professions to make an effects in kids life and to encourage and empower Latinos.
“I’m a previous instructor. I was a sixth-quality instructor at Gladstone,” Elizarraraz said. “It feeds into NEMS, I’m a former student at NEMS. Like I have mentioned, I’ve lived my lifetime in the neighborhood, educating and serving my community is actually vital to me.”
The news of Guzman’s loss of life traveled promptly to Latinx Education and learning Collaborative, which is just a couple of blocks away from the school.
“My husband explained to me and I straight away begun to cry. What I advised him was that we weren’t working quickly plenty of,” she explained. “When we glance at the feeling of belonging in faculties, regretably a lot of of our students never sense like they do. Persons are actually shedding their life as a consequence of our colleges being places wherever learners don’t sense safe and sound.”
Elizarraraz is aware there has been fast support presently at the university.
However, she designs to mail hand created letters of support and care packages to the school.
“Just a way so that pupils and teachers know men and women love them [and] treatment about them,” she mentioned. “I consider it is time for the neighborhood to choose an active role in our students’ life.”
Letters and donations can be sent to the Latinx Schooling Collaborative at 2203 Lexington Ave in KCMO.
Elizarraraz states this is an hard work to support therapeutic and it is not intended to minimize what has transpired.
She can also be contacted at [email protected].