{"id":4,"date":"2015-09-24T17:16:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T00:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2018-05-18T10:33:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T17:33:27","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome  &#8211;  Bienvenido"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cpb-row  pad-bottom gutter single\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2106\/2015\/12\/portrait-Aug2007-Webpage.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-50\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2106\/2015\/12\/portrait-Aug2007-Webpage-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"portrait-Aug2007-Webpage\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2106\/2015\/12\/portrait-Aug2007-Webpage-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2106\/2015\/12\/portrait-Aug2007-Webpage.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><span>The Latino Community Studies and Outreach (LCSO) initiative is an effort of Washington State University Extension to increase its outreach and service to the growing Latino community in the state of Washington.\u00a0 Our website will provide you information and resources in regards to the Latino community\u2019s situation, needs, issues and contributions.\u00a0 Our mission is to assist Latino families improving their lives and support their growth and contributions to the community and the state.\u00a0 LCSO also provides opportunities to WSU Extension educators and other service providers, and scholars on best practices reaching out and communicating cross culturally with the Latino population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Our areas of focus include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a7<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span>Latino small business.\u00a0 Latino small businesses are an important component in Washington State\u2019s economy and researching and supporting these entrepreneurs will help the state\u2019s economic growth.\u00a0 We provide training and information to Latino small business owners and prospective ones.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a7<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span>Cultural competency working with Latino families and communities.\u00a0 Many organizations, agencies, and institutions have little or no experience working with Latinos audiences and need the tools and skills to effectively interact and serve Latino families.\u00a0 We provide training to entities and individuals to better understand and work with the Latino population.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a7<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span>Latinos in agriculture. \u00a0This includes partnering with WSU Extension programs, organizations, and agencies to assist Latino small farmers to be more successful and sustainable farmers.\u00a0 We offer information and education to Latinos involved in agriculture.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a7<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span>Leadership.\u00a0 Latinos are underrepresented in leadership positions.\u00a0 Our newest component is a multicultural leadership training for Latino college students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Please contact us for further information about what we do and how we can be of service to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2106\/2015\/12\/clip_image002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-52 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2106\/2015\/12\/clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"clip_image002\" width=\"195\" height=\"54\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/jose-garcia-pabon\/\">Jos\u00e9 L. Garc\u00eda-Pab\u00f3n, Ph.D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"ES-BO\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Associate Professor and Specialist<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Garciajl@wsu.edu<\/p>\n<p>425-357-6008<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Latino Community Studies and Outreach (LCSO) initiative is an effort of Washington State University Extension to increase its outreach and service to the growing Latino community in the state of Washington.\u00a0 Our website will&amp;hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1332,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/latinocommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}