Ten Puerto Rican families have already relocated to New Haven in the wake of recent devastating earthquakes.
Meanwhile, back on the island, the work of rebuilding two years after Hurricane Maria continues, led in part by a woman-led participatory design and planning nonprofit called La Maraña.
In an email press release sent out on Monday, the New Haven Latino Council announced that 10 families impacted by recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico have moved to New Haven in the past few weeks.
“Puerto Rico needs our help again” after New Haven helped raise roughly $130,000 for Hurricane Maria relief in 2017, the press release reads, “and New Haven for Puerto Rico (#NH4PR) is preparing to heed the call.”
The NHLC’s new fundraising campaign seeks to raise money to stabilize arriving families through housing assistance and social services, funnel funds and resources to local relief efforts in Puerto Rico, and support advocacy work at the federal level on behalf of Puerto Rico.
Click here to read the full press release.
At the top of this article, click on the video to watch a short documentary about La Maraña. Director/Producer Ambika Samarthya-Howard describes the group as “a woman-led, participatory design and planning non-profit that promotes the inclusion and empowerment of Puerto Rican voices in the design and creation of our cities and communities.
“The video shares story on how the organization has engaged communities in the creative processes, and planted seeds for long-term civic empowerment through physical,tangible projects by launching a community participatory recovery project.”
