PROGRAMS
¡Juntos hacemos la Fuerza!
Fuerza is the youth leadership committee of Juntos. Founded in 2011 by student leaders from South Philadelphia, committee members address issues of education, labor, and immigration from a youth perspective.
If you are a Latinx immigrant youth in Philadelphia and want to find out more, you can come to our weekly meetings on Wednesday afternoons at 4pm @ 600 Washington Ave (2nd floor of the Saigon Maxim Shopping Center).
For more information contact our Youth Coordinator at 215-218-9079 EXT. 3 or email her at guadalupe@vamosjuntos.org
Arts and Culture
Developing the agency of community members, youth leadership and cultural pride is a central element of Juntos' work in Philadelphia's Latinx immigrant community. Since 2012, Juntos has implemented an arts-integrated social justice practice to offer after-school workshops, arts-builds, and community celebrations to our larger community as part of our effective strategy to build critical awareness, resiliency, and expression. Over the last few years, participants have worked with local teaching artists to create socially minded art for local actions and rallies as a way to reflect lived experiences and resistance against problematic mainstream narratives, current events, and legislation. Through art, we engage community members to lead the conversation around issues of immigrant rights, criminal justice, and other issues of inequality.
Please contact our Executive Director Erika Guadalupe Nunez at lupita@vamosjuntos.org if you are interested in becoming involved or facilitating a arts-integrated workshop for Juntos.
Solidarity Bank
Juntos’ Solidarity Bank is a member-led initiative to get food and other resources to our underserved immigrant families in Philadelphia. Led by the incredible chingonas on our Women’s Leadership Committee and Jazaret, one of our three Fuerza Youth Ambassadors - we have built a relationship centered food and resource initiative that is informed by member experiences. Every Thursday from 12PM-2PM you can pick up food and diapers at our office located at 600 WASHINGTON AVE.