Community Education | La Paz Chattanooga

COMMUNITY BUILDING
& EDUCATION

La Paz provides a wide variety of educational support and wealth building opportunities for our local Latino students, families, and small businesses. The topics range from career skills to civic education. We also provide community classes focused on cultivating and retaining elements of Latin American culture within our city.

Career Readiness & Workforce Development

ENL classes in partnership with Chattanooga School of Language
Digital skills classes in partnership with Tech Goes Home

Small Business Support

Fundamentos Empresariales, a cohort-style 12-week class to equip entrepreneurs with essential skills and knowledge to grow and sustain their small business.
Monthly Business Seminars, offered for burgeoning entrepreneurs or those with a business idea who want to take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey.

Student Development

In an effort to champion equitable access to education opportunities, La Paz offers a cohort-style program, Avanzando Through College, for first-generation Latino college students in their first or second year of college with an aim to provide skills, knowledge, and networking opportunities.

Arts & Culture Classes

In collaboration with local nonprofits, we provide community building and cultural cultivation opportunities:

Ballet with teacher Andrea Solis Tankersley
Pottery classes Scenic City Clay Arts
Exprésate cultural dance with the Pop up Project
Roads to Reading, a literacy initiative promoting reading skills in locally spoken Mayan languages in partnership with Chattanooga 2.0.

Community Building,
Outreach & Access

Our Community Engagement efforts shape supportive relationships in ways that are culturally respectful and relevant to their overall health.

Cafecito Entre Nosotras, a monthly gathering for Latina women to build community and learn about local resources
Convivio Comunitario, our annual potluck with an aim to foster cross-cultural connection with both community members and non-Latino supporters

Claws & Paws Mobile Vet Clinic, offering low-cost pet vaccines and services to community members for their furry friends

ENTRE NOSOTRAS

Asset & Wealth Building

We partner with Latino professionals and small business owners to offer financial literacy education as it relates to wealth building and smart money decisions. Topics include:

Banking & credit
Life insurance & estate planning
Homeownership & tenant best practices

Civic Education

Know Your Rights in partnership with TIRRC and Tennessee Wage & Labor Division. Topics include tenant rights, labor rights, and local policy changes affecting immigrant communities.
Voter education (Nuestras Voces), in partnership with Chattamatters, WTCI and WUTC and focused on educating young voters and future voters in our region.
School choice info sessions

HEALTH

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