CommUNITY en Acción
Mission statement: As business and civic leaders, we are united in our purpose to improve the lives of El Paso’s Latino Community by instilling pride and providing leadership. We prioritize the issues impacting our community and proactively come up with solutions to promote the culture, education, social and economic well-being of all our Latino Community.
El Paso Center for Children.
Created from the merger of St. Margaret's Orphanage and the Southwestern Children's Home. see Activists tab of Women to Research page for: Drury, Kathleen M (later Mrs. Victor Moore) administrator of the Southwestern Children’s Home.
Family Service of El Paso current name of El Paso social organization that began in 1893
This organization has had many names over the century:Ladies Benevolent Association, Family Welfare Association, Sunshine Day Nursery, Travelers Aid, Pleasant View Home. A related organization was Associated Charities, started in 1915.
The language used to speak of homeless people has definitely changed over the years and to find the articles, you will have to use terms in use over the past decades. You can search the names of the various organizations now known as Family Service of El Paso (see sources up the page)
After searching historical newspaper articles, use the Vertical Files (pamphlets, photos, letters, etc.) at the Border Heritage Center in the Main El Paso Library branch.
Lions Club
After searching historical newspaper articles, use the Vertical Files (pamphlets, photos, letters, etc.) at the Border Heritage Center in the Main El Paso Library branch.
National Council of Jewish Women El Paso Section involved in many civic organizations including the Lighthouse for the Blind
Names to research on Women Activists: Hedwig Schwartz, Mrs. I.B. Goodman, Fannie Zlabovsky
Our Lady's Youth Center co-founded by Tula Irrobali and Father Rahm in 1953.
We have mentioned this center in our article on Father Rahm but perhaps there is also a story on Tula Irrobali? See Athletes for more sources. The center continues today so check for newspaper articles and also visit the Center and ask if they have any type of archives or displays.
Salvation Army
After searching historical newspaper articles, use the Vertical Files (pamphlets, photos, letters, etc.) at the Border Heritage Center in the Main El Paso Library branch.
United Way of El Paso County -- begun in 1923 as the Community Chest. Longtime director Deborah Zuloaga, various other people we've written about were involved in this organization
After searching historical newspaper articles, use the Vertical Files (pamphlets, photos, letters, etc.) at the Border Heritage Center in the Main El Paso Library branch.
Note details that might seem insignificant at first glance, in case one finds other information later.
Women's information is often found through researching the men in their lives (i.e. husband, fathers, etc.) so the notes here might only state that Mrs. X was married to Mr. X who was important for some reason, but in researching him, there might be information about his wife found later.
Research full text of local newspaper articles back to 1881 in this database available to EPCC users and in person in EPCC Libraries: