Hispanic Roundtable of South Sound Una fuerte comunidad latinx A strong Latinx community President : Bill Fishburn (Department of Health) Vice President : Kathy Baros Friedt (Retired Executive) Treasurer : Lola Flores (Department of Ecology) Secretary : Sara Peté (Timberland Regional Library) Board M embers : Rafael Estevez (DCYF), Theresa Kimball (Consultant), Sherry Sullivan (CIELO), and Dianna Torres Angulo (Comcast)
Vision/M ission • Vision • Una fuerte comunidad latinx/A strong Latinx community • M ission • Strengthening the Latinx community through partnerships, education, community building, and cultural representation
HRT BOARD PRESIDENT Bill Fishburn is the current President of the Hispanic Roundtable. Bill has been an active volunteer in our community since 1996, and he began working with us in 2008 as a representative of the Intel Corporation, where he worked until 2016 in various roles. Bill currently works at the Department of Health in Information T echnology. He is a father to three, a grandfather to one, and a husband of almost 30 years.
HRT BOARD VICE PRESIDENT Kathy Baros Friedt has been involved with the Hispanic Roundtable for 15 years! She’s been part of leadership planning for the annual Latinx Y outh Summit through all those years and been VP for the last several. Reinforcing the importance of supporting Latinx students and families so they receive services, feel safe, and flourish in our community is of paramount importance! Kathy was an executive in state government for 30 years. Subsequent to retirement she expanded her presence in many community roles, including Strengthening Sanctuary.
HRT BOARD TREASURER Lola Flores was born and raised in Guadalajara, M exico. She has a Bachelors degree in Biology and a M aster in Environmental Studies from the Evergreen State College. She works at the Department of Ecology managing stormwater grants to help restore Puget Sound. As a member of Oly Embrace, Lola also participates in local activism and community engagement. She enjoys hiking the PNW magnificent trails and jogging. Lola has lived in the area for over seven years with her husband and their two girls.
HRT BOARD SECRETARY Sara Peté has been involved with the HRT and the Latinx Y outh Summit planning committee for all fifteen years she has been at the Olympia Timberland Library. Her current position is Senior Librarian - Adult Services. Sara and her staff will happily visit you and your organization to let you know all about the many hidden (and free!) treasures of the Timberland Regional Library – including downloadable ebooks, eaudiobooks, emagazines, free online classes, streaming video, and much, much more. Sara will begin a new position at the Washington State Library in mid-July.
HRT BOARD M EM BER Rafael Estevez has over 20 years of active military service coaching, mentoring and counseling soldiers and their families. He earned his graduate studies in Psychology with a concentration in M arriage and Family Therapy (M FT) from Brandman University. He has a great passion for providing client-centered, strengths-based, cognitive behavioral services with a personal commitment to cultural sensitivity. Estevez also provides equine assisted psychotherapy to veterans, soldiers and their family members of all ages at Four Star Farm, with a short-term goal of getting EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) model certification.
HRT BOARD M EM BER Theresa Kimball has been an HRT Board member since 2007. She is co-founder of RALL Y Collective Impact group serving students and parents in five counties, retired from 36 years of higher education and advocacy for low-income and students of color.
HRT BOARD M EM BER Sherry Sullivan has been with the board of HRT for 5 or 6 years. As board chair of CIELO, she represents HRT's close ties with CIELO and its long-time educational, mental health, and advocacy services to the Latinx immigrant community in the South Sound area. Now retired from teaching, Sherry taught at South Puget Sound Community College for over 20 years.
HRT BOARD M EM BER Dianna T orres Angulo is a first-generation mujer of M exican decent who has a passion for Organizational Health and elevating the representation of Latinx students in Bachelors, M aster, and Doctorate degree programs. She was the first Latina to achieve a M anager position with Comcast's Washington State Sales Call Center and most recently achieved the highest Employee Engagement scores amongst her West Division Sales and M arketing M anager peers. She founded DL TA INC to help the Latinx community gain knowledge an insights on how to help elevate their representation in Fortune500 companies and higher education.
History • 2002 – 15 people from M ason and Thurston County • 2003 – First Latino Y outh Summit; website created • 2005 – Partnerships w/community colleges and universities • 2007 – Incorporated as 501(c)(3) • 2014 – First scholarship partnership (SPSCC) • 2016 – Second scholarship partnership (UW) • 2016 – First Trust Building Potluck, Speakership • 2017 – Know Y our Rights partnerships • 2018 – Community Summit
Key Objectives Education Partnerships • 9-12: Latinx Y outh Summit • Latinx and Latinx ally community groups, agencies • 7-8: J unior high College Bound partnering • ESD113, schools and colleges • K-6: Under development • Local law enforcement agencies • Library system Una Fuerte Comunidad Latinx Cultural Representation Community Building • Speaker series at TRL focused on Latinx • Trust building potlucks with faith issues/ authors communities • Represent diversity of Latinx cultures at L YS • Know Y our Rights events • Community Summit
Key Objective: Partnerships CIELO Gala Washington State Coalition for Strengthening Sanctuary Language Access M ason County Sheriff’s Breakfast
Key Objective: Partnerships
Key Objective: Education Latino Educational Achievement Project photos from: Latinx Y outh Summit 2016 Evergreen State College with Las Cafeteras
Key Objective: Community Building First Thurston County Trust Building Potluck, 2016 Third Thurston County Trust Building Potluck, 2018
Key Objective: Cultural Representation Author: Reyna Grande Author: Prof. Paul Ortiz Author: Kathleen Alcala
Calls to Action • Become a member today by completing the form at http:/ / hispanicroundtable.org/ wp/ donate/ member ship/ • Paper Forms: mail to Hispanic Roundtable, PO Box 6368, Olympia WA 98507 • (Dues are $25/ year for individuals, sliding scale for organizations and agencies) • Express an area of interest by the end of this month and help us create ‘Una Fuerte Comunidad Latinx’ • Send an email to president@hispanicroundtable.org and let us know what skills you want to share • Take it Easy: make a donation to the Hispanic Roundtable at http:/ / hispanicroundtable.org/ wp/ donate/
Calls to Action • Volunteer at this year's Latinx Y outh Summit on November 22 at St. M artin's University • Become a 2019 Latinx Y outh Summit Sponsor • Keep your eye out for next year’s Community Summit – June 2020 – exact date TBA!
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