MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2020 WAS A YEAR OF MANY UNFORESEEN EVENTS. DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE EXPERIENCED MANY CHANGES, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT DID NOT CEASE AT ANY TIME: THE PASSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO TRANSFORM PUERTO RICO. USING THIS AS A DRIVING FORCE, WE ESTABLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME A 12 MONTH EDITION OF THE PARACA FELLOWSHIP, 5 CIVIC ACTION #ENACCIÓN LABS AND THE #ESMITURNO CAMPAIGN, IN WHICH WE INSERTED YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMPACT THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. MPA'S GROWTH IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS A SIGN THAT PUERTO RICO HAS YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE TIRED OF BEING SPECTATORS AND ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT TO MAKE THEIR LIFE PROJECT, A PROJECT FOR PUERTO RICO.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHRISTIAN ARVELO FORTEZA, PRESIDENT
NATASHA DE LEÓN RODRÍGUEZ
GLENISSE PÁGAN ORTÍZ
NAYDA BOBONIS CABRERA
ALMA DÍAZ CARRIÓN
CRISTIAN MARTÍNEZ MEDINA, VICE PRESIDENT
BRAYAN ROSA RODRÍGUEZ
ANIBAL Y. LÓPEZ CORREA
MAYTE BAYOLO ALONSO, SECRETARY
DANIEL MATOS MELÉNDEZ, TREASURER
NATALIE CARRABALLO VÉLEZ
RAULUY SANTOS COLLADO
EMMANUELLI ALGARÍN CONCEPCIÓN
PARACA
PARACA INSERTS LEADERS WHO WORK IN PROPOSALS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF PUERTO RICO. WE BUILD A COMMUNITY OF EFFECTIVE AND SENSIBLE LEADERS THAT PROMISES TO SHAPE THE PROFILE OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SOCIAL LEADERS OF PUERTO RICO.
PANDEMIC PARACA
GROWTH DESPITE COVID
In 2020 we ran PARACa virtually, 100% of the participants received remuneration for their work and we inaugurated the first 12-month session in addition to the summer edition.
16 Internship Centers
29
$91,876
7,565
Agents of change
Value of resources obtained for their internship centers
Contact work hours
61 Projects managed
#ENACCIÓN
#ENACCIÓN WAS BORN TO GIVE SPACE TO THE LEADERS OF MPA TO IMPLEMENT SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS PUERTO RICO'S MOST URGENT MATTERS.
GENDER VIOLENCE
#ENACCIÓN ACHIEVEMENTS
Request for a municipal state of emergency in response to a sexual aggression case in Añasco.
LANDFILL CLOSURE
Research to identify recycling programs at the municipal level.
WORKFORCE SCENE
Presentation of the first investigation into the effect of quarantine on university students to the DDEC.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Creation of the Citizen Health Committee: A taskforce of public health professionals to recommend public policy on COVID-19.
THE ROLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ELECTIONS Production of a series of multisectorial analysis led by young professionals and university students.
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND IMPACT THE PROPOSALS OF THE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE POSITIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
1 DEVELOPMENT OF QUESTIONNAIRE FOR POLITICAL CANDIDATES ON PRESSING ISSUES
2
QUIZ ABOUT THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR AFFINITIES WITH THE ELECTOR
INCREASE POLITICIANS' ACCOUNTABILITY ON ISSUES RELATED TO GENDER VIOLENCE, WORKFORCE SCENE, ENVIRONMENT, AND EDUCATION.
3
POLITICAL ANALYSIS OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE EEC
46,830: REACH ON SOCIAL MEDIA
ANALYSIS-INTERVIEWS WITH ELECTED CANDIDATES: JOSÉ BERNARDO MÁRQUEZ- MVC JOSÉ VARGAS VIDOT- INDEPENDENT WILLIAM VILLAFAÑE- PNP MARÍA DE LOURDES SANTIAGO-PIP
FORUM OF AT LARGE CANDIDATES FOR THE LOCAL LEGISLATURE
24 THOUSAND VIEWS WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
JORGE E. BÁEZ PAGÁN (PNP) ADA ÁLVAREZ CONDE (PPD) MARÍA DE LOURDES SANTIAGO (PIP) ANA I. RIVERA LASSÉN (MVC) LISIE BURGOS (PD) JOSÉ VARGAS VIDOT (IND)
EVENTS
COVID did not stop the development of Agents of Change for Puerto Rico..
Series of Instagram Lives regarding the Covid-19 quarantine and: Public health Autism and its challenges Waste generation and recycling Challenges for college students Gender-based violence and hate crimes University of Puerto Rico's economic challenges Others: Challenges of the next elections in Puerto Rico The importance of demographics in Puerto Rico Second row against the Covid-19 Fundamental rights Women and politics in Puerto Rico The environment and society in Puerto Rico
CAFÉ CONCIENCIA
s t n e v E
One week after the earthquake What comes after the tents? Youth and the "stay at home" campaign The importance of a Social Task Force in times of Covid-19 Science and Politics Conversation: Implications and risks for internet voting New Civil Code: what can we do? Young people and the new electoral code Primaries: From outrage to participation Media, Influence and Violence "Café Conciencia Syracuse": Puerto Rican Students Association and Mentes Puetorriqueñas en Acción, a conversation about the Puerto Rican diaspora and its role with the island's social and political movements
FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS In 2020 MPA collaborated as fiscal sponsor of five organizations in projects aligned with a vision of a supportive, participatory and fair Puerto Rico. The initiatives with which we collaborate are strategic alliances that promote the development of conscientious, sensitive and effective leaders in the community, business and public sectors. In total, we manage funds totaling $422,199.
EARTHQUAKES BRIGADES 23
40
15
3
Volunteers mobilized
Mobilized professionals
Mental Health Professionals
Communities in the South
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