by Web Admin | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog, News & Updates
Dear Friends,
What a way to begin La Alianza’s next chapter in our new location! On May 20th over 400 community members, 20 event sponsors, 30 in-kind donors and local businesses joined us to fill our new space with love and encouragement. Many generations of La Alianza supporters were standing with us, including our intrepid founder, Frieda Garcia. Frieda’s vision 45 years ago still guides and grounds us today–La Alianza is here to improve the lives of Latinos and other communities every day.
We were honored to witness a moving speech from Mayor Marty Walsh; a call to action from our lead sponsor Guardian Health’s CEO, Jose de la Rosa; a beautiful bilingual message of support from Secretary Alice Bonner of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; family caregiver testimony from Fernandito Bosa (El Mundo Boston and El Planeta Media Boston) and Rafael Torres (President of Don Quijote Tours); as well as a deeply moving blessing from Pastor Samuel Acevedo of Congregación León de Judá. The always vibrant Alberto Vasallo III, President and CEO of El Mundo Boston, served as Emcee, making this a truly special event. The energy from this event will fuel our work in the future!
We want to extend our gratitude to our wonderful in-kind donors, local businesses and community partners. Boston Police Department’s Ice Cream Truck served up some yummy fun; City Fresh Foods, El Oriental de Cuba, Fair Foods, Olive Garden, Stop & Shop and Yely’s Coffee Shop fed 400 with nutritious and culturally appropriate food; Perfectly Balanced Life and Yvette Cajigas were on hand for yoga, massage and relaxation; Walgreens provided health screenings; Gian Carlo Buscaglia and The Latin Swing Group entertained us; and SnapChef, Year Up and many of our sponsors were on hand to talk about educational and job opportunities in our community.
I’m happy to share with you that we exceeded our goal of raising $45K for our 45 years! Please scroll down to see the list of our generous sponsors. Every dollar raised will go directly to support our mission of providing advocacy, education, social and public health services to Latino and other communities in Greater Boston. With the ongoing commitment from our supporters, our doors will welcome people-in-need today and for the next 45 years.
Thank you for standing with La Alianza Hispana.
With heartfelt thanks,
Marisol Amaya-Aluigi
Executive Director
by Web Admin | May 24, 2017 | Blog, News & Updates
May 24, 2017
While the President is on his first international trip, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its budget proposal on May 23, 2017.
Entitled “The New Foundation for American Greatness”, the budget proposed $670 billion in defense discretionary spending and $560 billion in non-defense discretionary spending in 2018. Over the next 10 years, it hopes to balance the budget with a $3.6 trillion in spending reductions. As proposed, there is $54 billion in reductions to non-defense discretionary spending for FY18.
The $54 billion in reductions comes from cuts and changes to Medicaid, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), student loans, Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Programs. The budget also assumes savings from the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Other cuts come from changes in the federal retirement system, which accounts or the largest area of savings. The proposal eliminates the cost-of-living-adjustments (COLA) for employees in the Federal employee retirement system (FERS and the Civil Service Retirement System (SCRS) COLA by .5 percent among other things. These cuts alone would save $4.1 billion in 2018.
The proposal also includes $2.6 billion in infrastructure, technology, and personnel to begin the President’s plans for the U.S.-Mexico border. Also included is six weeks of paid parental leave for mothers and fathers in the federal workforce.
The text of the proposal says that it will eliminate ineffective programs.
The proposal cuts the Department of labor by 2.4 billion dollars.
OMB Director Mick Mulvaney speaking on the budget Tuesday recognized that Congress may create a final budget that does not contain everything this proposal has included. He said. “If congress has a different way to get to that endpoint, God bless them, that’s great… do I expect them to work with the administration on trying to figure out places where we’re on the same page? Absolutely.”
Julian Martinez
Washington, DC
Lindsey Lucente contributed to this article.
More to read:
https://federalnewsradio.com/budget/2017/05/trump-releases-final-2018-budget-proposal-touts-3-6t-in-spending-cuts-over-10-years/
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3728848/White-House-Budget-For-FY2018.pdf
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/334768-here-are-the-66-programs-eliminated-in-trumps-budget/
by Web Admin | May 1, 2017 | Blog, RFP/RFQ
SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc.®
Cultivating America’s Greatest Resource: People
100 East Royal Lane Suite 130 • Irving, Texas 75039
Request for Proposal: Multifunction Copier/Scanner/Printer Lease and Managed Print Services
Date of Commencement: June 26, 2017
Date of Completion: June 30, 2017
Released: May 1, 2017
Deadline for Responses: June 5, 2017
Inquiries and proposals should be directed to:
Keith A. Overton, CPA, CF
aoverton@ser-national.org
p: 469-549-3657 | f: 469-549-3687
VIEW FULL RFP
A. Purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP)
SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc. (SER) is presently seeking competitive bids from vendors able to provide MULTIFUNCTION COPIERS and MANAGED PRINT SERVICES.
B. Who May Respond
Vendors providing Multifunction Copiers and Managed Print Services may apply.
C. Services Solicited in this RFP
We are seeking a thirty-six (36) month lease with the capability to be awarded annually over the period commencing on or about June 26, 2017. A service agreement, priced separately, should be considered in the winning bid. Approximate total number of copiers included in this request are not to exceed twenty-one (22). During negotiation this copier number may increase or decrease at the discretion of SER-National.
The winning bidder should be able to deliver to our locations the following or similar models with comparable capabilities:
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- Ricoh Aficio MP C4503 (1)
- Ricoh Aficio MP C2551 (2)
- Ricoh Aficio MP 301SPF (19)
Minimum requirements for all desktop multifunction copier/scanner/printer/fax machines:
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- Must be from the same manufacturer and operate in a manner similar to one another.
- Shall be capable of producing double-sided prints/copies.
- Rated at a speed of 30 prints per minute (ppm) and faster are required to have the capability of printing on stock ranging from 20 lb. Bond to 110 lb. index, on sizes letter (8 ½ x 11), legal (8 ½ x 14) and ledger (11 x 17).
- Shall have an automated stapling system, capable of stapling a minimum of 20 sheets of 20 lb. paper.
- Shall have full offset stacking and finishing (stapling only) capabilities.
- Shall possess an automated document feeder, with a minimum capacity of 50 sheets of 20 lb. bond paper.
- Shall be capable of enlarging documents in preset increments to a minimum of 200%.
- Shall be capable of reducing documents in preset increments to a minimum of 64%.
- Shall have zoom capabilities from 64% to 200%.
- Shall be capable of scanning. Identify whether or not scanning is an optional feature and delineate all functions of this feature. If optional, identify all costs (i.e. equipment, software, installation, etc.) and technical requirements necessary to the operation of this feature. Identify all formats available (e.g. PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, etc.)
- High volume multifunction devices in should be able to have Job Accounting to monitor usage.
VIEW FULL RFP
by Web Admin | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog, News & Updates
From our friends at BankWork$
SER Friends:
We had an awesome BankWork$ graduation yesterday. 32 dedicated students from Fort Bend & Houston graduated from this 8 week intensive program. As you can see by the pictures, we had a lot of excited graduates eager to get started in their banking career. The graduation was followed by a hiring event which resulted in 5 on the spot job offers including one of our students (pictured below with her daughter and husband) receiving an offer as a Branch Manager! Banking partners ready to hire included BBVA Compass, Wells Fargo, Capital One and Bank of America.
Nory Angel
Executive Director and CEO
SER-Jobs for Progress, Houston
by Web Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog, News & Updates
From our friends at HNBA…
I write to update you on a new initiative that the HNBA launched today with our Immigrant Legal Defense Task Force. Below is our announcement on the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund which will provide $500 grants to help offset the cost of legal representation on immigration cases. In addition, our Task Force website now provides the following FREE resources:
- Immigration training materials (free webinars);
- Analysis of the recent Executive Orders related to immigration by the HNBA Amicus Brief Committee; and
- Access to our pro-bono services directory.
http://hnba.com/immigrant-legal-defense-task-force/
Please feel free to share the information with community organizations and those immigrants that may benefit from the grants.
by Web Admin | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog, Event, News & Updates
SER Jobs for Progress National, Inc.
Annual Conference
April 5-7, 2017
Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
650 S. Griffin St.
Dallas, TX 75202
For more information please visit: https://ser-national.org/event/annual-conference/
