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AVANCE
Education
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
file Avance
AVANCE
Family Support and
Education Programs
August 16, 1996
National Board of Directors
Chairperson
Ms. Melanie Verveer
Dave Ellis
Vice President
Deputy Assistant to the President
Health, Environment and Safety
Tenneco, Inc
and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Vice Chairman
David M. Brush
Washington, D.C. 20500
Retired President
The General Foods Fund, Inc
Dear Ms. Verveer:
Treasurer
Dennis Sena
Vice President & Trust Officer
First Interstate Bank of Texas
I want to thank you for meeting with Mary Alice Cisneros, Margarita Roque and
Secretary
me on Thursday, July 18, 1996, regarding the Avance Family Support and
Ralph Jackson, O.D.
Education Programs. I would also like to thank you for the kind words of support
Owner
Family Optical
expressed on behalf of the First Lady. Her commitment to Avance is appreciated
Immediate Past Chair
and will truly aid in our organization's expansion not only within the United States
Jose H. Medellin
Owner
but neighboring countries in Latin America.
San Antonio Press
William Acosta, MSW, JD
Developments have occurred which I would like to share with you as I believe they
Children and Family Advocates
will lead to a more productive White House meeting in November. Since we last
Raul Almaguer
Bank One
met, a preliminary training budget has been submitted for consideration by the
OAS Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM). If approved, the allocated
Hope Andrade
The Domestic Agency
funds would enable groups from OAS Inter-American Commission member
Mike De La Garza
countries in Central America and Brazil to participate in a training institute hosted
H-E-B
by Avance. The training would allow 16 to 24 individuals from Central America
Jane Delgado, Ph.D.
and Brazil to learn more about the Avance model, philosophy and curriculum. The
National Coalition
Health and Human Services
institute is tentatively scheduled to be held in September of 1996 at our National
(COSSMHO)
Headquarters in San Antonio, Texas and will coincide with the first anniversary of
Michael J. McKenzie
First Interstate Bank
the United Nations Beijing Conference on Women's Issues.
Inez Ramirez, Ph.D.
Community Health Care Training
It is our desire that by enabling participating OAS countries to witness first-hand
Michael Romaine, Ph.D.
the Avance program, they will return in November with a stronger commitment to
Zale Foundation
the implementation of our organization's program within their country. The
Armando Solis
training initiative will also allow the attending representatives to share the
KVDA 60
information they learn with the 36 Latin American countries representing the Inter-
Eve Weiss
Hasbro Children's Foundation
American Commission of Women (CIM).
HONORARY MEMBERS
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., F.A.A.P.
I thank you once again for your support and will continue to keep you abreast of
Harvard Medical School
new developments.
Urie Bronfenbrenner, Ph.D.
Cornell University
Sincerely,
Blandina Cardenas-Ramirez, Ph.D.
University of Texas
at San Antonio
Heather Weiss, Ph.D.
Harvard Family Research Project
Gloria G. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
NATIONAL PRESIDENT/CEO
President/CEO
Gloria G. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
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AVANCE-NATIONAL OFFICE
AVANCE-SAN ANTONIO
AVANCE-HOUSTON
AVANCE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
301 S. Frio, Suite 310
435 S. San Dario
2001 Rainbow
1205 Galveston
San Antonio, Texas 78207
San Antonio, Texas 78237
Houston, Texas 77023
McAllen, Texas 78501
(210) 270-4630
(210) 431-6600
(713) 923-8008
(210) 618-1642
FAX # (210) 270-4612
FAX # (210) 431-6607
FAX # (713) 923-1819
FAX # (210) 618-1698