Vol. 53, No.12
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March 25, 2015
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Jeff Seymour Family Center Officially Opens by Arlene Bury El Monte
El Monte City School District officially announced the opening of the Jeff Seymour Family Center (JSFC) during the center’s recent open house. Located at the former Mulhall School site, 10900 Mulhall Street, the center exists to improve family conditions by providing community based services that address issues such as parenting skills, economic conditions, social services, health and wellness, and mental health. Jeff Seymour, the former EMCSD superintendent for whom the center is named, said, “The idea of bringing services that otherwise may be difficult to access and pay for to families for both good physical and mental health is the whole idea behind the center.” He went on to say,
“I’m thrilled about the naming of the center but the total collaboration of all these agencies for the good of our families is the most exciting part.” The JSFC serves students and families in the attendance areas covered by, but not limited to El Monte City Schools, El Monte Union High School District, Mountain View School District and the children and families serviced through the Department of Children and Family Services. The overarching goal of the center is to see that El Monte/ South El Monte children and families experience higher educational outcomes and improved safety and well being in order to realize their potential as contributing members of society. The
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center aims to do this by creating alignment of resources such that they are navigable, accessible and useful to the
El Monte/South El Monte said, “The Jeff Seymour residents. Family Center provides a Maribel Garcia, EMCSD wonderful opportunity to Jeff Seymour Center continued on page 4 Superintendent,
National Women’s History Project’s 35th Anniversary
Past or Current Resident
by Jo Anne Disney National
March is National Women’s History month. This year the National Women’s History Project celebrates its 35th anniversary. In honor of this special anniversary, they have chosen 9 incredible women who have and continue to make special contributions to the world. These remarkable women are: Delilah L. Beasley (1867-1934), who was an historian and newspaper columnist and the first African-American woman to be regularly published in a major newspaper; Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899-2005), who was a Mohegan medicine women, anthropologist, and Tribal Elder. “In 1931, she co-founded Tantaquidgeon Museum with her brother and father and it remains the oldest American Indian owned museum in the United States;” Eleanor Flexner (1908-1955), who was an historian and
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independent scholar whose “groundbreaking 1959 book ‘Century of Struggle: The Women’s Right Movement in the United States’ marked her as a pioneer in the field of women’s studies;” Polly Welts Kaufman (1929-Present), is a writer, teacher, and activist for equality; Lynn Sherr (1943-Present), who is a broadcast journalist and author who has received many awards, including “the George Peabody Award
in 1994 for ‘The Hunger Inside’ about anorexia;” Judy Yung (1946-Present) is an oral historian, author, and professor who is “best known for her groundbreaking work in documenting the immigration history of Angel Island and the life stories of Chinese American women;” Darlene Clark Hine (1947-Present), who is an historian and educator who is a “leading expert on the subject
of race, class, and gender in American society, and she is credited with helping to establish a doctoral field in Comparative Black History at Michigan State University;” Holly Near (1949-Present), is a singer, songwriter, and social activist who has brought historical and current events to light; and Vicki L. Ruiz (1955-Present) is an educator and pioneer of Latina
National Women's History continued on page 4