Lydia Lopez, one of 22 health promoters for CORE/El Centro's Proyecto Salud, talks about how being a health promoter has changed her life and the hundreds of individuals she has worked with. The many programs Proyecto Salud has to offer helps to explain her enthusiasm and why it has healed so many in the Latino community. To read more about it, go to: "Proyecto Salud", The Milwaukee Obesity Project: A Journalism Initiative by the Graduate School at Marquette University.

Ana Paula Soares Lynch, Program Co-Director/Co-Founder and Health Promoter's Project Collaboration Specialist and Stephanie Calloway, Food and Environment Health Coordinator for Proyecto Salud dicuss health promoter programs that educate Milwaukee community members on how to combat food inequality and educate about food and health injustice. To learn more, go to this ten minute video by John Sonn: "The Culture of Food: Food Justice in Milwaukee's Latino Community", The Milwaukee Obesity Project: A Journalism Initiative by the Graduate School at Marquette University.

With nearly 30% of Latinos obese and 64.5% overweight nationwide, Sarah Khan, MS, MPH, PhD, an assistant scientist in the department of Family Medicine's Integrative Medicine Program, is leading a public health research project to document the nutritional environment in one South Milwaukee neighborhood. Partnered with CORE/El Centro and Walker's Point Community Health Clinic, the project focuses on collected data from 225 patients and evaluates the avaliability and price of fresh and packed foods in the zip code 53204. Assisting her is Sephanie Calloway, MS from CORE/ EL Centro. To learn the results of the project, go to "Sarah Khan Leads Project to Evaluate Nutrition in South Milwaukee", July 27, 2010, Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Commissioner of Health, Bevan K. Baker, launched the annual National Public Helath Week Campaign and recognized Proyecto Salud, a joint project of CORE/El Centro and Aurora Walker's Point Community Clinic, with the Milwaukee Health Department commissioner's Community Award of Excellence 2010 for their outstanding contributions toward protecting and improving the health of Latino residents. For more information, click here for the press release.

Sister Madeline Gianforte shares her views and experience with Reiki energy work on PBS's episode, "Reiki and the Church" on 2/12/10 with correspondant Kim Lawton. This segment of their series, "Religion and Ethics", looks at the controversy in the church about the healing powers of Reiki. Sr. Madeline also shares about the mission of CORE/El Centro. Click here to view her interview.

 RADIO MILWAUKEE 88.9 COMMUNITY INITIATIVE CAMPAIGN:

CORE/El Centro was chosen to be highlighted by  RadioMilwaukee, 88.9 on 11/17/09, throughout the day, as one of their 50 Non-Profit RadioMilwaukee Community Initiative Campaign Partners that make a difference in Milwaukee. Non-profits were chosen for their qualities in promoting volunteerism, contributing and offering service opportunities with other community organizations.Click here to hear Madeline and Jayne talk about what CORE/El Centro has to offer its community.

"The Chicago Mexican consulate developed a new collaboration called Ventanilla de Salud, or health window, with CORE/El Centro and Aurora's Walker's Point Community Health Clinic in which basic health checks and referrals to community centers are done from a van. The Ventanilla program was devloped by the Health Initiative of the Americas, a research and advocacy center at the School of Public Health at University of California, focusing on migrant health issues. To learn more:"Chicago Mexican Consulate Sets up Health Initiative for Immigrants". August 11, 2009, JSOnline.

Stephanie Calloway, a CORE/El Centro employee, shares her 2-year Public Allies story sharing that she had no idea what impact learning a second a language would have on her community. To listen to her interview, click here.

Jayne Ader is the co-founder and co-executive director of CORE/El Centro and Melinda Hughes is the Program Director for the Healing Center. The two organizations offer integrated therapies such as counseling, massage and reiki to survivors of sexual assault and trauma. Kathy, who asked us not to use her last name, is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who has participated in a number of therapies at the HealingCenter. They spoke with Bonnie North in an interview that first aired in May. "Alternative Therapies for Sexual Assault Victims", August 5, 2009, WUWM.

CORE/El Centro and West Allis Health Department Health Promoters collaborate with the help of The Wisconsin Department of Health Services to support community-based interventions that close racial and ethnic heath disparities to improve access to health care in communities of color. To learn more:"Promoting Health in the Community", July 20, 2009, JSOnline

Madeline Gianforte, co-director of CORE/El Centro, sees no conflict between the vows she took as a Catholic Sister of St. Agnes and her role as a master of reiki, a Japanese healing practice, but her church does. Find out what Annysa Johnson says, "Reiki Causes Catholic Unease", May, 09, 2009, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Movement classes at CORE/El Centro chase away the winter blues and increase energy levels, improve sleep pattern bio-rhythms and decrease depression. Read more: "CORE/El Centro: Keeping Milwaukee Moving and Healing This Winter", January 2006, Riverwest Currents

CORE/El Center offers a variety of options to help sexual assault victims rebuild their lives. Click here to find out more: "Healing the Whole Person", December 2005, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
 

Alan Eisenberg summarizes CORE/El Centro’s collaborative programs and its co-founders', enthusiasm. To learn more, go to:
"CORE/El Centro Wants to Heal All", December 2005, Conquistador

A $10,000 donation is presented to CORE/El Centro's staff for its C.O.R.E. Integration Program by Raejean Kanter, acting Executive Director, of Forest County Potawatomi Community Foundation. To read more, go to:  "Potawatomi Presents Grant to CORE", August 2005", Urban Circle of Voices

CORE/El Centro offers complementary care for poor and immigrant residents. Find out more: "Hands on Healing", October 2003, JS Online.