In the Press
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Tanya Gonzalez, Sacred Heart Center Executive Director, received a student award for Public Service from VCU’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs in Spring 2017. Read Wilder School Honors Outstanding Students on VCU’s website.
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by Vanessa Remmers, Richmond Times Dispatch Maricela Lopez gripped the deck of the small boat with white knuckles, the waves of the James River…read more.
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Sacred Heart Center offers help to mothers and children
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by Tina Eshleman “A banner in front of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in South Richmond holds special significance for Yanet Amado, a 21-year-old, Mexican-born Virginia Commonwealth University student who”…read more.
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U.S. citizenship is goal of students
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By Sarah Vogelsong of the Progress Index Chesapeake Bay Foundation engages a group long overlooked in regional environmental advocacy efforts: Hispanics… …Last week, together with 15 leaders in Central Virginia’s Hispanic community SHC spent a fall afternoon on the James River with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation discussing ways to get involved in restoring the James […]
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by Ana Martinez Among the thousands of volunteers across Virginia who came together on Clean the Bay Day, this year there was a big presence from the Hispanic community. Like every year… read more.
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by Jackie Kruszewski, Tina Griego, Jack Cooksey Sacred Heart Center was mentioned in this Richmond Magazine article along with many other great local nonprofits. Read about it here.
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By Steve Neill Of The Catholic Virginian The multiple problems Hispanic immigrant teenagers face when they arrive in the United States are the subject of an ongoing dialogue initiated by the Sacred Heart Center. Four individuals who work with the Chesterfield County and… read more.
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by Tina Griego It was not until 2011 that Mary Wickham became aware Richmond had a significant Latino population. The latest census data had just come out, showing that the number of Hispanics in the city had more than doubled in 10 years to roughly 13,000 people…..read more
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