El Proyecto
de las Rosas began classes in English as a Second Language in
Tipton and Woodville, two farming communities in the Central
Valley of California in October 2006. These communities are
located in one of the most underserved areas of California. The
Proyecto is located on South Smith Road on Tipton. For more
information, call (559) 752-4603.
Established
in 1994, the Learning and Loving Center was founded as a response to the
need in the Morgan Hill community to empower immigrant women to learn
English and encourage women to use their gifts and talents in building
relationships among themselves, their families, and the community. (Morgan
Hill is a city south of San Jose that is still agricultural but which
is also now experiencing a housing boom and becoming a bedroom community
for the Silicon Valley)
The
Center endeavors to work with women for change through education, and
to support them in the process. Daytime classes strive to increase literacy,
teach computer skills, improve and enrich the lives of the students empower
women to achieve higher education and better jobs, improve health care,
and improve self-esteem for a brighter future for themselves, their families,
and their communities.
The
roots of Presentation High School are deeply planted in the heritage
and
ministry of the Sisters of the Presentation. Strengthened and challenged
by that heritage and dedicated to the ministry of secondary education,
the Sisters of the Presentation responded to the needs of the rapidly
growing and developing Santa Clara Valley. In 1962, Presentation High
School, a Catholic four year high school for young women, was opened.
Built in the Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose, the first seventy
students
graduated in 1966. Since then, over 4,000 young women have benefited
from the excellent education provided at Presentation High School
and
they have become productive, vital, and ethical members of their communities,
work places, and families.
Presentation
Center is a retreat and conference facility nestled in the Santa Cruz
Mountains just a half-hour drive from downtown San Jose and the Silicon
Valley. The Center directly promotes all forms of life within the environment
but in a special way addresses human needs by helping people discover
God in themselves, the natural beauty of their surroundings, and in the
goodness of those around them. Whether guests come to participate in a
formal retreat experience or to spend time alone in the quiet beauty of
the mountain atmosphere, they experience a respite from the stresses of
society.
The
Reverend Glenda Hope, a Presbyterian minister, is the founder of SafeHouse.
As the founder/director of San Francisco Network Ministries, she has worked
in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco since 1972. During those years,
she came to know many prostituted women and a few women who had made it
out of "the life," creating new lives for themselves. All of these women
said that the number one need of women seeking to leave prostitution permanently
is a safe, supportive place to live, where they can work on transforming
their lives. In January 1998 San Francisco Network Ministries and the
Sisters of the Presentation opened SafeHouse. Given the need to protect
the anonymity of the residents of SafeHouse, no photographs are used in
any type of informational or promotional materials.
The Lantern
(La Linterna) Center for Hospitality and Education opened in
October 2006 to provide English and computer classes, as well as
hospitality, for men and women in the immigrant community of San
Francisco’s Mission District.
It is located
at 3106 Folsom Street (cross street Cesar Chavez). For more
information call Sister Maire Sullivan, PBVM, at (415) 401-7379.
