Our Programs
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
This program improves job prospects through weekend English classes, resume workshops, job searches, and mock interviews. Our Saturday classes enhance vocabulary, cultural understanding, and media skills for career growth, held at our facility from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Our second most important program has become our community events, where we showcase and provide a platform for Latinx talent.
We partnered with E Para Todos, the Spanish program of Entrepreneurship for All, and hosted them in our facilities their Pitch Contest. During the Pitch Contest, early-stage Latinx entrepreneurs gained valuable exposure and feedback on their business ideas. Seven entrepreneurs participated in the contest and around 75 community members showed support. Some of our past events include: Meet Your Neighbor and Friends of Planet Earth.
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION
This program focuses on the Latinx first and second-generation immigrant community. Currently, the Latinx population presents low voter turnout as well as poor participation in other civic activities, which allows for scant Latinx representation in the decision-making process in the City of Lowell.
Our program also seeks to educate the immigrant Latinx population as well as other immigrant communities about their rights and duties.
Legal clinics educate and inform marginalized immigrant communities about their rights. Through the clinic, community members will have access to a free legal consultation and learn about current issues that concern immigrants.
The clinics will be held in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Khmer and it’s in partnership with our board member, Daniela Marquez Albert, Esq. from Elyon Legal PLLC, Clarissa M. Kalil, Esq. from the Law Offices of Clarissa M. Kalil: Immigration Law Firm, and the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association (CMAA).
FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
LCCE educates the community about how to make better financial decisions.
As part of our Financial Education program, we are developing our own Community Financial Symposium in partnership with some of our local banks. In our April 2020 survey, about 32% of our Latinx responders expressed interest in family and personal finances. Our Financial Symposium seeks to expose them to the various financial programs offered by our banks and help them choose the correct one for them.
