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MISSION
The Center's mission is to provide a safe and supportive environment to connect day workers and employers with dignity. In addition, the Center strives to empower day workers and improve their soci-economic condition through fair employment, education, job skills training, and community service. The Center also supports advocacy efforts on issues that affect day workers.
Learning new skills From resume writing to sewing, workers at the Center have the opportunity to pick up new skills, which can help them in getting a job or creating their own businesses.
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Job Skills– Resumes, interviewing, and networking were the focus of a job skills presentation in August by Alexandra Lyons. Carmen Zarate kindly provided translation as Alexandra showed participants different approaches to resume writing and offered assistance to them on their own resumes. She also went over how to prepare for a job interview and shared sample questions. On networking, she explained several different ways to connect with people who can be of assistance in a job search. "Networking," she told the group, "just means meeting people."
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Tutoring – This summer, Cesar and Daniela, the children of one of the workers, Eloisa, met twice a week with Gail Nyhan, who tutored them in reading. The sessions ended before school started to give the kids a break. At the last meeting, Gail took the kids to Deer Hollow Farm. |
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Sewing - One of the day workers, Ricardo Palacios, teaches sewing Mondays and Thursdays, from 10AM to 12PM. A sewing machine repairman in El Salvador, Ricardo has helped students in the class make curtains, bedspreads, clothing, Halloween costumes, and lingerie. These classes were made possible by a grant from the Self Development of People.
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Handicrafts - The amazing Inez Alvizar has been teaching handicrafts Tuesdays from 12:30PM to 2:30PM. Inez is an expert in event planning, including creating decorations and pinatas, catering, table setting, flower arrangements, and invitations. Her class has created toilet-top covers and, using embossing over aluminum, book covers. The Center is considering selling these works of art online on Etsy.
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Fair Housing Workshop - Project Sentinel gave workers an overview of tenants' rights, explaining federal- and state-protected categories, such as race or color, which landlords cannot use in deciding who to rent to. Sentinel went over how fair housing agencies investigate claims of discrimination, what the outcomes of an investigation might be, and what to do if you receive an eviction notice. |
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Human Rights Workshop - The Center for Employment and Training offered a presentation on the rights and responsibilites of immigrants. The program reviewed how to protect yourself and your family in case of any abuse by authorities. |
by the numbers
January 1 to June 30, 2011:
- 190 new workers came to the Day Worker Center
- 227 new employers joined the existing group
- 2857 placements made for workers
- 6 workers found permanent jobs through the Center
- 35 workers per day took our ESL classes
- 6,945 hours were put in by our volunteers
a model for others Day workers from Santa Cruz and San Rafael visited with us this summer to find out about how we operate. Both cities are setting up their own day worker centers and are looking to our example to learn how we distribute work, how we recruit employers, and how we handle a variety of other issues.
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