Coalición Fortaleza is hiring an IDA Program and Resource Coordinator and a Cultural Community Organizer.
Apply by June 30th.
Cultural Community Organizer
This full-time position is dedicated to serving the Latinx families of Southern Oregon impacted by the Almeda Fire by:
Individual Development Account Program (IDA)
and Resource Coordinator
This 1.0 FTE position is dedicated to serving the Latinx and families of Southern Oregon impacted by the Almeda Fire by:
🌿 Climate Survival Youth Fellowship 🌿
We are excited to be launching the first-ever Climate Survival Youth Fellowship, running 5/7/2022 - 6/11/2022, in partnership with People's Hub!
This program is designed to strengthen our powerful young people in the Rogue Valley between the ages of 16-22 to grow their climate leadership! Accepted participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for successful completion of the program!
INFO: bit.ly/PHcsyf22
🌿 Climate Survival Youth Fellowship 🌿
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
For young climate survivors of the #AlmedaFire,
ages 16-22, who want:
• Emergency and emotional preparedness skills
• Knowledge and materials to build an emergency prep kit
• Opportunities to engage in the local Solidarity Economy
rebuilding efforts
• Collective strategies to increase neighborhood resilience
• Community Advocacy and public speaking skills
• $1,000 dollar stipend, certificate of completion
• And more!
The Vision
To see our Latino/a/x community of the Rogue Valley prosper. We work to create a future where every Latino/a/x voice can be heard and where Latino/a/x people can thrive with dignity, peace and justice. No solutions about us without us.
The Purpose
We believe that by fostering long term disaster resiliency and financial autonomy we can create a path for strengthening Latino/a/x families’ well-being in the face of climate change. Therefore, we are seeking to restore the Latino/a/x and indigenous communities and neighborhoods in the form of resident-owned communities (ROC’s), cooperative housing models or other permanent housing solutions to grow our autonomy, restore our social capital, and ensure a long-term solution to the housing and climate crisis that disproportionately threatens our BIPOC communities.
The People
We are a Latino/a/x (hispanic/latino)-led, inter-generational coalition of community members, leaders, volunteers, and organizations in the Rogue Valley. We represent a mixed-status, working-class community with deep roots here. We are of many ages, abilities, faiths, and cultural backgrounds. We have decades of experience responding to exploitation, discrimination, environmental injustice, racism, poverty, and housing inequality. We are experts in our fields of supporting the economic liberation of Latino/a/x communities.
What We Do
The Team
Celines Garcia
Lead Cultural Community Organizer
Diana Ramos Alonzo
Administrative Coordinator
Diana Ramos Alonzo serves as the Administrative Coordinator for Coalición Fortaleza. In 2010, Diana emigrated from México along with her family and currently resides in Southern Oregon. She is a proud immigrant, mexicana, woman, and first-generation college graduate.
She has served in different leadership roles such as Interim President for the Latino Student Union at SOU, the 20-21 Multicultural Affairs Senator for ASSOU, as well as Social Media Coordinator for Project de la Raíz. Her work is dedicated to the empowerment of the Latinx community, centering advocacy for women and youth.
Diana is also a multi-medium artist, her work ranges from sculpture to painting. Her artistry is often inspired by social issues and each piece aims to uplift the voice of the community she represents. She believes that art can be a powerful tool to fight for justice and positive change in her community and in the world. Diana received her Bachelor's degree in Spanish with a minor in Art from Southern Oregon University.
Erica Alexia Ledesma
Executive Director
Consultants
Dani Leonardo
Communications Consultant
Karen Carnival
Administrative Consultant
Board of Directors
Niria Alicia
Teresa Cisneros
Rose Ojeda
Judith Corona
Ana Byers
Updates
Keep an eye out for updates on what we're up to here!
Housing is a Universal Right, not a privilege - May 20, 2022
No matter how much housing continues to be treated as a privilege and commodity, Housing is a human right.
Climate Ready Neighborhoods - March 23rd, 2022
Our goal? To build climate resilient neighborhoods to ensure the survival and perseverance of our future generations.
Nourishing Our Roots in 2022 - January 26th, 2022
We look at how during the winter season the trees return their focus to the roots to tend to their foundation. We remember the moments in 2021 where our roots were fortified and just about every one of those memories involved gathering with our community.
“Why don’t we just buy our neighborhoods back?” - December 14th, 2021
What would you do for the places you love? We’ve sat with this question for the past 13 months and have been moved to tears by the bravery, loyalty, love and commitment that everyone on our team has demonstrated this past year.
We Are Coalición Fortaleza - Introductory Newsletter, November 3rd, 2021
The story of Coalicion Fortaleza is simple.We do this work for the love of our land, our people and the future generations of all life.
About the Almeda Fire
Articles and other media regarding the Fires that swept through our communities in September of 2020
Articles
Wildfire Took These Families' Homes, Here's Why They Stay - NY Times
September 8th, 2021
Interactive Almeda Fire commemorative walk begins -KTVL
September 8th, 2021
Months into Wildfire Recovery - OPB
February 21, 2021
When Oregon’s Wildfires Swept Through My County, Mutual Aid Brought Us Together - Vogue
December 22, 2020
Urban wildfire: When homes are the fuel for a runaway blaze, how do you rebuild a safer community? - Seattle Times
October 4, 2020
How Southern Oregon Communities are Working to Build Back Better After the Almeda Fire - Medium
September 16th, 2020
Television & Other Media
Brief But Spectacular take on surviving a wildfire - PBS NewsHour
Jocksana is interviewed about her and her family's experience
November 12th, 2021
Remembering the Big Fires One Year Later - iJPR
Erica, Niria, Teresa interviewed with other community members
September 8th, 2021
The Almeda Fire One Year Later - SOPBS Local Focus
Niria is interviewed with other community members
September 7th, 2021
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Coalición Fortaleza, 1515 S. Oakdale Avenue, Medford OR 97501
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