100% Cultura! A 100% Mural Celebration

You’re invited June 25th to an inspiring community celebration in Española, part of the 100% Rio Arriba initiative to ensure vital services for all families.

by Dominic Cappello

June 14, 2022

Across 15 counties, 100% New Mexico initiatives are bringing stakeholders together to celebrate culture, collaboration and caring. In beautiful Española, the 100% Rio Arriba initiative is launching its second 100% Mural Project, as an opportunity for community members to come together and unite in the mission of strengthening vital family services for thriving.

The 100% Rio Arriba initiative is a groundbreaking strategy that lifts all residents up, with local projects that strengthen medical care, behavioral healthcare, food security programs, affordable housing, transportation, parent supports, early childhood learning programs, fully-resourced community schools, youth mentor programs, and job training.

At the first 100% Regional Summit, held in Northern New Mexico June 8th, change agents from across ten counties came together to share their plans for building the services shown to heal and empower families and communities. Summit participant New Mexico State Senator Leo Jarmajillo shared:

The summit brought together so many leaders from across northern New Mexico to not only share ideas but to also build and strengthen relationships. I’m committed to working with agencies, community leaders, and every New Mexican to ensure that 100% of our state has access to the ten vital services for surviving and thriving! I am looking forward to strengthening the work in Rio Arriba and Los Alamos Counties.

Mission: The 100% New Mexico initiative is dedicated to ensuring that 100% of families can access ten vital services crucial for their overall health, resilience, and success. This university-sponsored endeavor necessitates the local implementation of evidence-based strategies encompassing both community and school-based service hubs, aiming to prevent the most pressing and costly public health and safety challenges, including adverse social determinants of health and adverse childhood experiences.

Dominic Cappello

Cappello is a New York Times bestselling author and TEDx Conference curator with decades of experience advocating for health, safety and education. He has a Master of Arts in Liberal studies with an emphasis on Language and Communication from Regis University. He worked for the New Mexico Department of Health Epidemiology and Response Division and the New Mexico Child Protective Services Research, Assessment and Data Bureau, where he co-developed the Data Leader for Child Welfare program, which he implemented in New York City, Connecticut and New Mexico.

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