Mayor Cooke visits Centro Rendu group
Published 2:14 pm Thursday, May 15, 2014
For the Reporter
Mayor Suzette Cooke visited the monthly gathering of the Centro Rendu Hispanic Advisory Team (HAT) on May 7 to discuss issues related to helping Latinos in South King County.
The Centro Rendu HAT group, which meets monthly, represents organizations serving Latino families in King County. Mirya Munoz-Roach, director of Hispanic outreach services for St. Vincent de Paul of Seattle and King County, leads the group.
The monthly gathering is held at Centro Rendu, the Latino Educational and Resource Center of SVdP, located inside its community thrift store in Kent.
HAT members include: YWCA; DAWN (Domestic Advocacy Women Network); Community Health Plans of Washington; Northwest Immigrant Right Project; Children’s Alliance; Children’s Home Society; Consejo Counseling Services; Department of Social and Health Services Division of Child Support; Law firm of Hanis, Irvine, Prothero; Multi-Service Center of Kent; Highline Community College; Washington State University; Mexican Folkloric Dance Group Tonantzin; Kent School District PASA representatives; Catholic Community Service; the Department of Labor & Industries; Mercy Housing; Neighborcare; CIS of Kent; and staff of Centro Rendu.
