Instituto De Educacion Popular Del Sur De California

“A copy of the 990 is reviewed and approved by the president of the board prior to filing. The entire board then is emailed a copy of the 990 prior to filing. The 990 is formally presented at the following board meeting.”

“Each director, principal officer and member of committee of derectors-delegated powers annually signs a statement which afirms such person has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, has read and understands the policy, and has agreed to comply with policy.”

“The board approves the compensation of the executive director based on funding.”

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“Other program services 4: education, literacy and parents engagement:idepsca's education, literacy and parents engagement is achieved mostly through aprendamos. The aprendamos program has exceed our expectations in the educational outcomes it has achieved for participating families and youth in pico union, westlake in providing quiality summer school programming with little to no funding.furthermore, we have been able to train over 80 young educators in popular education to teach in aprendamos from many universities (including uc santa cruz, ucla, azusa pacific university, usc) that are partnering with us so that their students receive creditos and experience while providing their services to aprendamos as volunteers.parents were engaged through our aprendamos program in three models of education throughout the grant period: after scholl, before school and summer school. In each of our models, we engaged and trained an average of 60 parents were consistent in attending leadership that provided them with the necessary training and tools to become advocates in the lives of their children, elementary, middle and high school youth in the pico union neighborhoods by effectively impacting their educational outcomes as 75% of parents become active agents within their school site and district.the project manager of aprendamos has worked to consolidate the deucation department and maintain the aprendamos program doors open year round, but we have not achieved the objective of hiring education department director to oversee the education curriculum in all of our projects. Nonetheless, our focus on aprendamos in pico union and westlake neighborhoods has helped us strengthen our work with families and children in one are, upon removing our organizing efforts in pasadena through la escuelita and apple program. New partnerships with best start la and para los nios have increased our education program capacity and sustainability. Aprendamos has been able to operate programs from gratts primary center, glays elementary, esperanza elementary, koreatown immigrant workers alliance (kiwa), and ambassador school of global education.fortifying partnerships with our local aclu chapter exceed our expectations, through this partnership idepsca has been involved in creatiing popular educatio-based curriculum for now your rights trainings to protect immigrant families. Idepsca has reached hundreds of community members outside of our constituency in baldwin park, pomona and long beach, although the coalition is based in los angeles. These neighboring communities are seeking our support in using our coalition-organizing model to initiate similar efforts in grassroots organizing toward policy change. Altogether idepsca was able to serve over 400 clients in the present fiscal year.additionally, because of a partnership with the los angeles water and power department, this year the program has developed and implemented a curriculum on water awareness and conservation that has extended beyond the classroom. Through a relationship developed with the mountains recreation and conservation authority (mrca), aprendamos youth and families participaded in a junior naturalist program and helped to create two murals on the issue of water conservation. Other program services 5: popular communication and technology:idepsca continues promoting the use of technology as means for critical analysis for social change and to develop alternative, community based media outlets. Idepsca's strategy its been advancing towards new social media in the hands of low-wage workers and other community members. The strategies have been effective as a point of reference and , also as bridging the gap between the technology divide and the workers. Throughout the process of reflection, dialogue and action idepsca's the popular communication team (pct) continues using and advancing in the use of diverse media tools: cell phones, video, audio, radio, newspapers, and other grassroots communicat”