{"id":51137,"date":"2017-03-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-curacao-honors-the-immigrant-community-with-the-my-voice-matters-mi-voz-cuenta-wall\/"},"modified":"2017-03-03T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T16:03:10","slug":"curacao-honra-a-la-comunidad-inmigrante-con-el-muro-mi-voz-cuenta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/curacao-honra-a-la-comunidad-inmigrante-con-el-muro-mi-voz-cuenta\/","title":{"rendered":"Curacao Honors the Immigrant Community with the &#8220;My Voice Matters&#8221; (Mi Voz Cuenta) Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 3, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0In an effort to continually leave a positive imprint within the communities it serves, <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> and its <i>Curacao Contigo<\/i> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> with You) platform have created a wall called &#8220;<i>Mi Voz Cuenta<\/i>&#8221; (<span class=\"xn-person\">My Voice Matters<\/span>), to send a message of hope and optimism to the entire immigrant community. With this initiative, children and their families will express, through drawings and phrases, the pride they feel for their roots, for all the sacrifices they have made to live in this country, and how the current anti-immigrant climate is affecting their lives.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg6cb6left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg6cb6left\" title=\"Curacao\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Curacao\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/474345\/Curacao_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>To participate in the &#8220;<i>Mi Voz Cuenta<\/i>&#8221; wall, children and families living in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> can bring their drawings to the <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> store in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Gate<\/span> located at 8618 Garfield Avenue, starting today until <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 22<\/span>. Another way to be a part of this dynamic project is to attend the free painting workshops instructed by recognized muralist Gushsan on the following dates:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">March 11<\/span>, from <span class=\"xn-chron\">11 to 1 pm<\/span>, at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> store in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Gate<\/span> (8618 Garfield Avenue). <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">March 18<\/span>, from <span class=\"xn-chron\">11 to 1 pm<\/span>, at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> store in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Gate<\/span> (8618 Garfield Avenue).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;One of <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao&#8217;s<\/span> main commitments is, and has always been, to improve the lives of children and their families, and we have done so with donations, scholarships and other programs,&#8221; says <span class=\"xn-person\">Carla Dodds<\/span>, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Advertising at <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span>. &#8220;Today we&#8217;re very happy to be able to be part of their lives and to see our community is uniting and expressing freely through this wall.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, to make this initiative reach the largest number of children possible, <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> and <i>Curacao Contigo<\/i> (#CuracaoContigo) will invite students from <span class=\"xn-location\">South Gate<\/span> and nearby schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to participate in the painting workshops, and will donate <span class=\"xn-money\">$1,000<\/span> to the school that brings together the greatest number of children to help create the <i>&#8220;Mi Voz Cuenta&#8221;<\/i> wall. <\/p>\n<p>The check donation will be presented during the unveiling event of the wall, which will be approximately 7-by-20 feet, and will take place on <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 23<\/span> at the same store in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Gate<\/span>. The artist Gushsan, together with several of the participating children, will present the wall and share the meaning of their drawings with all attendees. <\/p>\n<p>The <i>&#8220;Mi Voz Cuenta&#8221; <\/i>wall is an initiative that does not end in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>. It will have national reach and even travel to The White House, where it will showcase the strength and unity of the Latino community. <\/p>\n<p><b>About <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> <br \/><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icuracao.net\/Community.aspx#.WE8uwlxRHfN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Curacao<\/a> is a rapidly expanding chain of department stores. Focused on the Hispanic market, <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> is among the top 100 stores of household appliances and electronic products in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, with 12 stores spread throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Phoenix<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Tucson<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Las Vegas<\/span>. The Curacao Children&#8217;s Foundation is dedicated to supporting families and children with scholarship and different programs. <\/p>\n<p><b>About <i>Curacao Contigo <br \/><\/i><\/b><span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> has been supporting the community with different programs and initiatives for over 40 years. Now, thanks to the <i>Curacao Contigo<\/i> (#CuracaoContigo) platform, it will intensify its assistance to the Hispanic community and to all the communities it serves, offering more opportunities to start a credit history, more donations to schools and local organizations, scholarship programs for low-income students, as well as different initiatives related to immigration, such as talks, events and free counseling offered by experts. Today as always, in all moments of life, <i>Curacao Contigo<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/474345\/Curacao_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/474345\/Curacao_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 3, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0In an effort to continually leave a positive imprint within the communities it serves, <span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> and its <i>Curacao Contigo<\/i> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Curacao<\/span> with You) platform have created a wall called &#8220;<i>Mi Voz Cuenta<\/i>&#8221; (<span class=\"xn-person\">My Voice Matters<\/span>), to send a message of hope and optimism to the entire immigrant community. 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