
{"id":1375,"date":"2007-11-29T08:13:13","date_gmt":"2007-11-29T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2007\/11\/29\/carrboro-nonprofits-host-community-open-house\/"},"modified":"2007-12-02T10:51:17","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T18:51:17","slug":"carrboro-nonprofits-host-community-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2007\/11\/29\/carrboro-nonprofits-host-community-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrboro nonprofits host community open house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/pb265281resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/pb265281resized.jpg\" height=\"195\" width=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Photo by Robert Dickson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Executive Director of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty Stephen Dear (second from left) shows visitors around the nonprofit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Susan Dickson<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Community leaders, elected officials and members of the public filled the Douglas Building Tuesday evening for the first joint open house of all five of the building\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The open house was hosted by the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, El Centro Latino, El Futuro, Joint Orange Chatham Community Action-Building Futures Youth Center and People of Faith Against the Death Penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s amazing now is that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re totally nonprofits in this building,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Chris Moran, executive director of the Inter-Faith Council. IFC helps meet basic needs for individuals and families by providing shelter, food and other services.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Douglas Building \u00e2\u20ac\u201c on Main Street in Carrboro \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is owned by the IFC; the other organizations have moved in over the past several years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The energy is really great in this building,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Moran said, adding that having the different organizations under one roof makes services more readily available for some clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Clients go back and forth between services,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the open house received a map outlining the services in the building and a raffle ticket for a door prize that they could turn in if they visited each of the different organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We just want people to come and see what we do,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Kristin Lavergne, community services director for IFC. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Especially our neighbors.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>In El Centro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s offices, pictures and posters detailing the organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s programs scattered the walls. Other organizations passed out literature detailing different services, while visitors snacked on food donated by local restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>In the JOCCA-Building Futures Youth Center, staff provided information on the organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weatherization programs, youth programs and more.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Dear, executive director of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, said the open house was a good opportunity for people to get to know his organization and learn about the program, which aims to mobilize faith communities to work to abolish the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Johanna Cabeza, program director at El Centro, said a lot of people don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know about El Centro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s different programs, such as computer classes, GED classes, after-school programs, interpretation services and more. El Centro provides varying services to the local Latino community.<\/p>\n<p>El Futuro, which provides bilingual treatment for Latinos with mental health and addiction illnesses, opened up its offices and therapy rooms to the community as well, and board members and staff were on hand to answer questions and talk with visitors.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 El Centro Latino, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcentrolatino.org\">www.elcentrolatino.org<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifcweb.org\">www.ifcweb.org<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 El Futuro, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/elfuturo-nc.org\">elfuturo-nc.org<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pfadp.org\">www.pfadp.org<\/a>; and<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 JOCCA-Building Futures Youth, call 969-6900.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Robert Dickson Executive Director of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty Stephen Dear (second from left) shows visitors around the nonprofit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office. 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