{"id":23704,"date":"2020-01-23T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boys-girls-clubs-of-metro-denver.local\/?p=23704"},"modified":"2020-01-23T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T01:31:54","slug":"the-mythology-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/about\/news\/the-mythology-of-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Crear oportunidades de elecci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Erin Porteous, CEO<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Mientras reflexiono sobre el hecho de que somos\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tres semanas despu\u00e9s del a\u00f1o nuevo, he estado pensando en th<\/span><\/span>e concepto de resoluciones.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Si<\/span><\/span>\u00a0se necesita<\/span><\/span>\u00a021 d\u00edas<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>para formar un h\u00e1bito, t<\/span><\/span>gallina<\/span><\/span>h<\/span><\/span>osa<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span><\/span>w<\/span><\/span>trabaja todos los d\u00edas\u201d o \u201ccome m\u00e1s vegetales\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>o "guardar mi tel\u00e9fono una hora antes de acostarme"\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prometemos que m<\/span><\/span>si tengo m<\/span><\/span>hecho a nosotros mismos\u00a0<\/span><\/span>se mantienen, o no, a estas alturas del a\u00f1o.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sin embargo, lo que a menudo falta<\/span><\/span>\u00a0mientras nos castigamos por no seguir adelante, es el reconocimiento de que<\/span><\/span>\u00a0esto es\u00a0<\/span><\/span>verdaderamente\u00a0<\/span><\/span>todo en nuestras manos<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 si tenemos suerte.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ya sea que comamos sano o\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nosotros\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no, si vamos al gimnasio o no, si desconectamos nuestro\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tel\u00e9fono<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0o no lo hacemos.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tomar decisiones saludables, para muchos de nosotros, solo depende de nuestra voluntad y volici\u00f3n personal. no hay barrera\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aparte de nuestra propia motivaci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Yo se que dentro de mi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>propio\u00a0<\/span><\/span>norte<\/span><\/span>ei<\/span><\/span>barrio<\/span><\/span>, hay varios tendero<\/span><\/span>y<\/span><\/span>\u00a0historias,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dos parques,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Biblioteca<\/span><\/span>, un gimnasio<\/span><\/span>, y aceras y caminos seguros cuando salgo a correr un fin de semana largo.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nPor Erin Porteous, CEO<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Mientras reflexiono sobre el hecho de que somos\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tres semanas despu\u00e9s del a\u00f1o nuevo, he estado pensando en th<\/span><\/span>e concepto de resoluciones.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Si<\/span><\/span>\u00a0se necesita<\/span><\/span>\u00a021 d\u00edas<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>para formar un h\u00e1bito, t<\/span><\/span>gallina<\/span><\/span>h<\/span><\/span>osa<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span><\/span>w<\/span><\/span>trabaja todos los d\u00edas\u201d o \u201ccome m\u00e1s vegetales\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>o "guardar mi tel\u00e9fono una hora antes de acostarme"\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prometemos que m<\/span><\/span>si tengo m<\/span><\/span>hecho a nosotros mismos\u00a0<\/span><\/span>se mantienen, o no, a estas alturas del a\u00f1o.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sin embargo, lo que a menudo falta<\/span><\/span>\u00a0mientras nos castigamos por no seguir adelante, es el reconocimiento de que<\/span><\/span>\u00a0esto es\u00a0<\/span><\/span>verdaderamente\u00a0<\/span><\/span>todo en nuestras manos<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 si tenemos suerte.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ya sea que comamos sano o\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nosotros\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no, si vamos al gimnasio o no, si desconectamos nuestro\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tel\u00e9fono<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0o no lo hacemos.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tomar decisiones saludables, para muchos de nosotros, solo depende de nuestra voluntad y volici\u00f3n personal. no hay barrera\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aparte de nuestra propia motivaci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Yo se que dentro de mi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>propio\u00a0<\/span><\/span>norte<\/span><\/span>ei<\/span><\/span>barrio<\/span><\/span>, hay varios tendero<\/span><\/span>y<\/span><\/span>\u00a0historias,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dos parques,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Biblioteca<\/span><\/span>, un gimnasio<\/span><\/span>, y aceras y caminos seguros cuando salgo a correr un fin de semana largo.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nEste no es el caso\u00a0<\/span>universalmente\u00a0<\/span>a trav\u00e9s de\u00a0<\/span>Colorado<\/span>, donde 12% de ni\u00f1os viven en la pobreza<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>Ciertamente no es el caso para muchos de nuestros ni\u00f1os y familias del Club.<\/span>\u00a0en el \u00e1rea metropolitana de Denver<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>M\u00e1s del 90% de nuestros ni\u00f1os del Club provienen de familias que viven en el nivel de pobreza o por debajo<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Esto significa\u00a0<\/span>a menudo apenas se mantienen a flote financieramente<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Tambi\u00e9n significa que m<\/span>ning\u00fan<\/span>\u00a0cara comida\u00a0<\/span>inseguridad<\/span>\u00a0y<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>vivir en<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>barrios que carecen\u00a0<\/span>transporte confiable y\u00a0<\/span>lugares seguros\u00a0<\/span>jugar al aire libre<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>reciente\u00a0<\/span>reporte<\/span>\u00a0publicado por la Fundaci\u00f3n Annie E. Casey<\/span><\/a>\u00a0comparti\u00f3 que c<\/span>Ni\u00f1os que viven en \u00e1reas de pobreza concentrada\u00a0<\/span>adem\u00e1s\u00a0<\/span>carecen de acceso a experiencias de clase de calidad, es menos probable que tengan alimentos saludables y buenos\u00a0<\/span>m\u00e9dico<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>atenci\u00f3n, y a menudo se enfrentan a una mayor exposici\u00f3n a ha ambiental<\/span>zarzos<\/span>\u00a0Y el\u00a0<\/span>reci\u00e9n publicado<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00cdndice de oportunidades para ni\u00f1os\u00a0<\/span>2.0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>muestra que\u00a0<\/span>esta falta de oportunidad\u00a0<\/span>por \u00faltimo\u00a0<\/span>acaba equivaliendo a una menor esperanza de vida.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Entonces el\u00a0<\/span>salud\u00a0<\/span>y bueno<\/span>–<\/span>ser\u00a0<\/span>de<\/span>\u00a0muchos\u00a0<\/span>Columna<\/span>ni\u00f1os orados<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>y familias<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>tiene muy poco que ver con la elecci\u00f3n. La resoluci\u00f3n de comer m\u00e1s alimentos saludables es imposible sin una tienda de comestibles cercana que tenga existencias.\u00a0<\/span>Fresco\u00a0<\/span>Produce. Una resoluci\u00f3n para entrar en sh<\/span>el mono se cae cuando no hay lugares seguros para caminar, correr o jugar.<\/span>\u00a0Y una desintoxicaci\u00f3n digital es\u00a0<\/span>irrelevante<\/span>\u00a0cuando la factura del celular de la familia a veces\u00a0<\/span>deber<\/span>\u00a0Vamos\u00a0<\/span>no pagado.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

En<\/span>\u00a0Boys & Girls Clubs, sabemos que entender las necesidades de la comunidad es donde comienza nuestro trabajo. No es sorprendente:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>investigar<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>espect\u00e1culos\u00a0<\/span>ese<\/span>\u00a0cuando el filantr\u00f3pico<\/span>, sin \u00e1nimo de lucro<\/span>\u00a0y los sectores gubernamentales invierten en comunidades de alta pobreza, podemos transformarlas en lugares de oportunidad.<\/span>\u00a0Nuestra\u00a0<\/span>Club de ni\u00f1os y ni\u00f1as Jack A. Vickers en el Centro Nancy P. Anschutz<\/span><\/a>\u00a0cuenta exactamente esta historia<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

nuestro club\u00a0<\/span>es en<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>una zona que sol\u00eda ser el hogar de<\/span>\u00a0Centro comercial Holly Square<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0en el noreste de Park Hill. El acebo, como\u00a0<\/span>eso\u00a0<\/span>era<\/span>\u00a0ampliamente conocida,\u00a0<\/span>era una fuente de\u00a0<\/span>vecindario<\/span>\u00a0orgullo, particularmente por\u00a0<\/span>afroamericano<\/span>s<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>En su punto alto<\/span>\u00a0en las d\u00e9cadas de 1960 y 1970<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>las empresas eran\u00a0<\/span>pr\u00f3spero,<\/span>\u00a0y el<\/span>\u00a0acebo era\u00a0<\/span>El h<\/span>tierra y<\/span>\u00a0alma de la comunidad<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Sin embargo,\u00a0<\/span>unas d\u00e9cadas despu\u00e9s<\/span>, el Holly se hab\u00eda deteriorado ante las tensiones raciales, la pobreza y los problemas de pandillas<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 que culmin\u00f3 en un bombardeo relacionado con pandillas en 2008<\/span>, que dej\u00f3 el centro comercial en ruinas.\u00a0<\/span>Muchos de nuestros futuros miembros del Club se enfrentaron a la violencia.\u00a0<\/span>en su barrio\u00a0<\/span>casi a diario.<\/span>\u00a0No hab\u00eda opciones saludables para hacer<\/span>\u00a0aparte de simplemente tratar de mantenerse a salvo.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pero a trav\u00e9s de alianzas innovadoras y un proceso informado por la comunidad<\/span>\u00a0(que no fue sin\u00a0<\/span>significativo\u00a0<\/span>subidas y bajadas)<\/span>, el acebo pas\u00f3 por un renacimiento<\/span>, a partir de 2009<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Dirigido por el\u00a0<\/span>Conservaci\u00f3n de Tierras Urbanas<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>trabajando con<\/span>\u00a0la fundaci\u00f3n denver<\/span>Programa de Fortalecimiento de Barrios,\u00a0<\/span>el Proyecto de Reurbanizaci\u00f3n del \u00c1rea de Holly (HARP) transform\u00f3 a Holly nuevamente en<\/span>\u00a0un centro de la comunidad. Anclado por el\u00a0<\/span>Club de ni\u00f1os y ni\u00f1as Jack A. Vickers en el Centro Nancy P. Anschutz<\/span><\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0tambi\u00e9n incluye una biblioteca p\u00fablica, un centro de recreaci\u00f3n,\u00a0<\/span>un\u00a0<\/span>espacio de reuni\u00f3n al aire libre<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>y el Centro de la Esperanza<\/span>, que opera un programa de servicios preescolares y vocacionales.<\/span>\u00a0Donde antes no hab\u00eda otra opci\u00f3n, ahora podemos decir con confianza que\u00a0<\/span>el<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>miembros de la comunidad, familias y ni\u00f1os en Northeast Park Hill han\u00a0<\/span>oportunidad<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>prosperar.\u00a0<\/span>Y<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>nosotros\u00a0<\/span>se sienten honrados y agradecidos de ser parte de esa historia.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I<\/span>t's\u00a0<\/span>una historia que se repite a lo largo de muchos de nuestros\u00a0<\/span>Club\u00a0<\/span>barrios\u00a0<\/span>Al invertir en los Clubes,\u00a0<\/span>proporcionar<\/span>e nuestros ni\u00f1os del Club<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>con<\/span>\u00a0apoyo acad\u00e9mico, tutor\u00eda, deportes, excursiones,\u00a0<\/span>experiencias al aire libre, programas de liderazgo y servicio comunitario.\u00a0<\/span>mientras t<\/span>\u00e9l<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>suerte<\/span>est<\/span>\u00a0entre nosotros podemos elegir nuestras resoluciones,<\/span>\u00a0nuestro trabajo en Boys & Girls Clubs\u00a0<\/span>foco<\/span>est\u00e1 en<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>crear activamente<\/span>ing el\u00a0<\/span>oportunidad<\/span><\/i>\u00a0para elegir<\/span>\u00a0- haciendo<\/span>\u00a0Seguro que nuestro Club<\/span>\u00a0ni\u00f1os\u00a0<\/span>tener\u00a0<\/span>los recursos que necesitan, la confianza para hacer realidad sus sue\u00f1os y una comunidad que los apoya en su camino.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Erin Porteous, CEO As I reflect on the fact that we are\u00a0already\u00a0three weeks into the new year, I\u2019ve been thinking about the concept of resolutions.\u00a0If\u00a0it takes\u00a021 days\u00a0to form a habit, then those\u00a0\u201cwork out every day\u201d or \u201ceat more vegetables\u201d\u00a0or \u201cput my phone away one hour before bed\u201d\u00a0promises we may have made to ourselves\u00a0are either […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ceo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23704"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23729,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23704\/revisions\/23729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}