Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition Honored for Outstanding Work

Denver, CO - The Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition received an Outstanding Asset Builder Award at a statewide summit hosted by Assets for Colorado Youth in Copper Mountain on April 4-5. The Coalition was honored for its outstanding work in promoting positive youth development by infusing developmental assets into its effective parent advocacy programs.

Elvia Lubin, member-at-large of the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, accepted the award. Other representatives attending the ceremony from the Coalition were Bernadette Sisneros, trainer in the Coalition's program, Las Madres, and Patsy Roybal, Coalition board member.

Said María Guajardo Lucero, executive director of Assets for Colorado Youth, "This statewide organization, made up entirely of dedicated volunteers, embraces the framework of the developmental assets and integrates it into effective programs for parents."

The Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition is dedicated to improving the quality of education for Latino youth. The Coalition has created a number of successful programs that have taken hold in schools and communities across Colorado. Last June, the Colorado Department of Education partnered with the Coalition to open the Center for Effective Parent Involvement in Public Education in northwest Denver.

Assets for Colorado Youth (ACY) is a nonprofit organization that champions positive youth development by increasing developmental assets in youth. Developmental assets are a research-based set of opportunities, values and positive relationships that all young people need in their lives to succeed.

For more information, visit the ACY Web site: www.buildassets.org, or call
the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition: 720-890-0123.

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