G4G Twin Cities + Centro Tyrone Guzman Playground and Garden Clean Up

Join G4G Twin Cities as we volunteer to support Centro Tyrone Guzman with a  Playground and Garden Clean Up Event.

Location:  1915 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Date:  Saturday,  July 10, 2021

Time: 9am-12pm

Additional details:  We will be helping clean up their Siembra playground and gardens.  Weeding, trash pick-up, etc.  Water and tools provided.  Enter the parking lot on 19^th street, close to the corner of 19^th street and Chicago Avenue.

We hope you can join us!

G4G Twin Cities Team

Here is  more information on the great work of Centro Tyrone Guzman:

Centro Tyrone Guzman is a non profit serving the Latine community in the Twin Cities.  Our goal is to decrease the opportunity gaps that affect Latines in the areas of health and education. Latine youth in Minnesota have the lowest rates of on-time high school graduation. And life expectancy for Latine population continues to decrease – from 81.8 to 79.9 years in 2020.

 To address these disparities, we offer educational workshops and programs where families learn about nutrition, healthy relationships, leadership and advocacy.

 Centro Tyrone Guzman was founded in 1974 by Marcela Lucero Trujillo—who was a writer, poet, linguist, activist, and professor of Chicane Studies at the University of Minnesota. She and a group of young volunteers from the Chicanes Vencerán group started Centro Tyrone Guzman to support Latine mothers and their children. Her passion and commitment was crucial to start our organization. 

 We continue her work, with programs that range across the lifespan of our program participants. Pregnant moms, children, youth, parents, caregivers and elders participate in educational and leadership workshops; and receive resources, information and support.