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Jenni Rivera Visits La Posada

Jenni Rivera Donates $10,000 to La Posada - Click to Enlarge This holiday season, excitement ran high at La Posada when Jenni Rivera, called the queen of banda music, paid a personal visit to the residence. After touring the affordable housing program for single mothers and their children run by New Economics for Women, Jenni donated $10,000 and pledged her ongoing support.
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Jorge Jackson Scholarship Recipients Announced

Congratulations to the 2009 Jorge Jackson Scholarship Recipients.

Elda Santos   Diana Escobar
Elda Santos   Diana Escobar
     
Milagro Rauda   Fernando Rodriguez
Milagro Rauda   Fernando Rodriguez
     
Victor Aguilar   Go Bruins!
Victor Aguilar    

Foreclosure Prevention

Over 250 people attended the NEW Home Rescue Fair on June 27, 2009 in Panorama City, California. The Alliance for Stabilizing our Communities organized the event to help provide local residents with the tools and resources they need to make informed decisions. Participants were invited to bring their loan documents and other financial information to get advice in English and Spanish from industry experts. NEW will be following up with attendees.

Celebrating Legacy of Family to support La Posada

On May 14, 2009, NEW honored five remarkable women.
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Dennis P. Zine Community Center GroundbreakingDennis P. Zine Community Center Groundbreaking

On September 11, 2008, Los Angeles City Councilmember Dennis Zine, representatives from New Economics for Women and the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, along with community leaders from Canoga Park celebrated the groundbreaking for the third and final phase of the Tierra Del Sol Redevelopment Project - a much anticipated Community Center!
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NEW Teaches Homeownership at La Raza ConventionNEW Teaches Homeownership at La Raza Convention

The National Advocacy Group La Raza adds a focus on health such as dietary
and lifestyle issues to its familiar concerns such as jobs and immigration.
LA TImes - La Raza Convention adds Focus on Health July 10 ,2006

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  Media & Awards

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Leticia Andueza
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(213) 483-2060 x310


NEW to Purchase 100 SFV Foreclosed Homes

As the Los Angeles based member of a national consortium, New Economics for Women (NEW) will be receiving HUD funds to purchase, repair and sell one hundred (100) foreclosed properties in the San Fernando Valley…The Neighborhood Stabilization Funding will help make dreams come true for many families in San Fernando Valley,” commented NEW Executive Director Maggie Cervantes.
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NEW awarded Bank of America Neighborhood Builders GrantNEW awarded Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Grant

Kim Baldonado, Anchor Reporter KNBC 4; Maggie Cervantes, NEW, Janet Lamkin, Bank of America State President & Councilman Ed Reyes at the Bank of America Awards Ceremony on Oct. 28, 2008 at the Los Angeles River Center

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation recently recognized NEW along with the Chrysalis Center, Inner-City Arts and Para Los Niños as its 2008 Neighborhood Builders. The award comes with $200,000 in unrestricted grant funding as well as sponsorship of the executive director and an emerging leader from the organization to participate in a leadership development program sponsored by Bank of America for nonprofit leaders across the country and London.

New Economics for Women - Bea Stotzer InterviewInterview of NEW Board President Bea Stotzer by Telemundo 52

November 2007 - Spanish
Running Time: 3:28
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New Economics for Women Awards,
Recognition, Councils & Commissions


The trailblazing work of New Economics for Women has not gone unnoticed. NEW has received awards and recognition at the local, state and national level.
Awards, Recognition, Councils & Commissions

LA Housing Department Wins 2007 HOME Excellence Award for Tierra Del Sol

On November 16, 2007, the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies presented the 2007 HOME Excellence Award to The Los Angeles Housing Department for its role in financing New Economics for Women's Tierra Del Sol project. This is the third recent award for Tierra del Sol, following the Charles L. Edison Tax Credit award and recognition as Best Family Development by Affordable Housing Finance Magazine.

Tierra wins Edson Tax Credit Excellence AwardTierra wins Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award

Tierra del Sol was named among the winners in the 12th annual Charles I. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards. These national awards are presented to the most outstanding Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties in four categories Metropolitan/Urban, Rural, Senior and Special Needs properties. Tierra del Sol was the winner in the Metropolitan/Urban category.
Tierra wins Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award Press Release

Tierra chosen Best Family Development by Affordable Housing Finance MagazineTierra chosen Best Family Development
By Affordable Housing Finance Magazine


Tierra del Sol was named best family development in the Affordable Housing Finance magazine's 2006 Reader's Choice Awards for the nation's best affordable housing developments. Tierra del Sol was profiled in the magazine's August 2006 and December 2006 issues.
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Six Dreamers Find a HomeSix Dreamers Find a Home

When NEW Economics for Women, or NEW, the developer of Tierra del Sol, began accepting applications, it set off a stampede.
More than 1,000 families applied for the 119 apartments. Today there are 600 families on the waiting list...
Los Angeles Times - Excerpts from “Six 'Dreamers' Find a Home”, August 29, 2005

Club Med of Affordable HousingClub Med of Affordable Housing

A first-of-its-kind, $53 mil apartment complex that combines homes with a charter elementary school opened Thursday as "the Club Med of Affordable Housing"...
Los Angeles Daily News - "School-house project comes to fruition", October 20, 2005