103-04 39th Ave.
Corona, NY 11368
251 West 14th Street
New York, NY 10011
Agency Contact Name
Carlos Hernandez
(212) 633-7108
AsocTepeyac@tepeyacny.org
Nature and Purpose of Agency
The center works with Latino immigrants advising them on labor
rights, immigration, tenant-landlord cases as well as coordinating
cultural events. Tepeyac is devoted to inform, organize, and
educate Mexican and Latino immigrants and their families about
rights, resources, develop community leaders and organizations.
Tasks Available for Students
Human Rights - Immigration
This person will be in charge of a campaign development for the
immigrant legalization. Requirements: Knowledge of Word, Excel,
Internet and emails.
Human Rights - Laboral
This person will be in charge of the development of the labor
clinics and orient clients about laboral laws. Requirements:
Knowledge of Word, Excel, Internet and emails.
Marketing - Public
Relations
This person will work with the development director. Duties:
develop a public relations strategy to contact and invite elected
officials, institutions, celebrities and stakeholders to Tepeyac
programs and events. Send letters, e mails, and information to
stakeholders regard to Tepeyac's events. Time: at least 10 hours a
week.
General - Database Management
Internet/Volunteer
Good communication skills, both oral and written, are necessary as
are interpersonal skills. The ability to positively interact
effectively with staff, and volunteers. Knowledge in Microsoft
applications, ACCESS, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint is
required. Position Description: Establish a working database on MS
Access with information of corporation contacts. Work with
Corporate Relations Manager and other Marketing Volunteer Team to
implement the sent out mass regular mail and emails. Run an
orientation session tutoring users on how to work the database.
Maintain and update the database two times a week. Train user team.
Hours: at least 8 hours p/w Commitment: at least two months.
Cultural development - Event Planner
Internship
Help organize Antorcha Guadalupana Mexico – New York. This person
will work with the cultural events coordinator and work closely
with the development director to coordinate sponsors. Duties:
Assist to coordinate the logistics of the event; arrange meetings
with participants, and contact partner organizations that welcome
the torch in every state. Visit and register groups of participants
in the five boroughs. Produce informational material of the events
including flyers, posters, press releases, etc. Hours: Monday to
Friday (occasionally Saturdays and Sundays).
Education - Computer Literacy
Program
The Computer Literacy Program is intended to help Latino immigrants
to learn how to use computer and information technologies as tools
for self-improvement. The computer instructors will be
responsible for teaching 4 hours a week for periods of seven weeks.
Topics to be taught are Computer Principles, MS Word, MS Excel, MS
Power Point, , MS Access, AutoCAD, Hardware, Photoshop,
Illustrator, Premier, Dreamweaver, programming C#, Networking.
Instructors are required to speak Spanish, as classes will be
conducted in Spanish, so this could be an opportunity for
volunteers to practice Spanish as a second language.
Education - English
The English Program is seeking Volunteer English Teachers who can
commit to teaching 4 hours a week for a 12-week course. We are also
seeking volunteers to participate in our Conversation Partnership
Program. They will practice conversation with our intermediate and
advanced students for 1-2 hours a week possibly in exchange for
help with Spanish. Experience teaching and Spanish proficiency are
not required, but are preferred. Teachers are needed throughout the
five boroughs and in the Tepeyac offices on 14th Street. By
joining the English Program as a volunteer, you will be involved in
a project that both equips Latino immigrants with practical English
skills and empowers them by educating and informing them of their
rights and resources.
Education - GED
The GED program is looking for teachers to tutor in grammar,
literature and arts, math, science and social studies. Each
subject will be taught in Spanish, as the students will be taking
the exam in Spanish. The GED teachers will be responsible for
teaching 4 hours a week for periods of 10 weeks, in order to
prepare the students for their GED exam.
Education - After School Program,
Corona (Queens), South Bronx
The program works with school age children in New York City. The
program concentrates on the human, social and academic development
of children and youth.
Finding Our Roots offers support in the following areas:
Academic
Tutoring in English and Spanish, helping the children with their
homework and working on any problems they may have in reading,
writing and math.
Cultural Artistic
In this program the children learn about the roots of their
parent’s country and strengthen their cultural identity through the
study of the history, the folkloric ballet and manual arts.
Physical Education
In order to achieve the holistic development of the students, the
program has included courses provided by the Asociación Tepeyac
soccer school to help the development of the children’s physical
skills.
The After School Program is seeking Assistants who can commit to
help with the development of the program in the afternoon from 4
p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.
Agency Directions
We are located on 251 West 14th Street in Manhattan;
Take train A, C or E to 14th Street