Meet New CCI Members -
Everardo and Tomasa Fonseca
Everardo and Tomasa Fonseca live in
Marshalltown with their three daughters. They moved to Iowa in 1995
after living in Schuylar, Nebraska. Tomasa is a counselor for the
Family Education Center in a local elementary school and Everardo
is a Quality Control Inspector at the Swift packing plant in Marshalltown.
In their spare time, they study English, participate in church activities
and attend their daughters' school activities. Both Tomasa and Everardo
served on the temporary organizing committee to form Latinos en
Acción de CCI. In August 2003, Tomasa was elected chair of
the chapter and Everardo was elected Treasurer.
What do you like about living
in Iowa?
We like Iowa because our family can
make a decent living and live peacefully. Iowa is a very calm and
homey state. Our daughters love the schools and we feel like they
are getting a good education.
Why did you get involved with
CCI?
We got involved because we think CCI
has a good mission that impacts the community in a positive way.
We were impressed that the organization wanted to know more about
our concerns and the problems in the Hispanic community. We like
taking part in solving these problems and feel good about having
an organization of 2,100 members and staff backing us up.
What do you like about being a
part of CCI?
The most exciting part about being
members of CCI has been getting to know other people. We like to
share our ideas and concerns and learn how we can solve problems
together. Because CCI is a diverse group of people from different
backgrounds, we can learn to understand what the overarching problems
are from different points of view. We care about the issues facing
all CCI members because we see that we are all brothers and sisters
and are concerned about the welfare of everyone.
What do you think is the key to
the success of CCI?
The people. Not much can be done as
individuals, but as a group we can knock down all sorts of barriers
and solve many more problems. The reason why Latinos en Acción
de CCI has been so successful is because we are united and organized.
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