Puede Network

Sports & Movement: Within our Vocation core value lies our Puede Network soccer team, providing youth with a challenging and rewarding activity to build their athletic, social, and teamwork skills through safe and structured environments. This principle, emphasizing discipline, teamwork, and passion, empowers scholar-athletes to break cycles and achieve lifelong success, reducing delinquency. Targeted Vocation Skills: Teamwork Confidence Determination Self-regulation Risk-taking Transcending the field, these athletes actively shape their communities. They collaborate on projects that address shared goals, demonstrating the power of teamwork and social responsibility.

Family Focused Activities: Through our Aspiration core value, Puede Scholars and their families plan, execute, and participate in monthly community gatherings to celebrate birthdays, holidays, and cultural traditions. Parents of our scholars play an essential role in these gatherings by contributing food and time to ensure the events success. Potluck dinners, pizza parties, and taquizas (outdoor taco parties) are just some of the events that have been organized in the past with the aim to unite the families in our community, provide a space to share and celebrate the accomplishments of our scholars, and promote communication on issues that are affecting our community. These gatherings also teach our scholars about the traditions found within our Latino culture, such as honoring our roots which plays an essential role in our identities by enjoying traditional foodssuch as tacos, tamales, and carne asadaand participating in events such as posadas (a ritual re-enactment of Mary and Joseph's search for a lodging in Bethlehem). These celebrations including various diverse cultural festivities are vital to informing our youth and families of the history of the country we live in and instill an understanding of the opportunities were afforded in this country. Targeted Aspiration Skills: Sense of belonging Resilience Self-Motivation Perseverance Creativity

Service Coordination: Embodying our Community core value, Puede Network scholars are also involved in a number of service learning projects. As an eligibility requirement, they must fulfill 120 hours of community service a year. Our past service- learning projects have consisted of the Dallas Annual Luggage Drive, food pantry drives, community partner collaborations, neighborhood cleanups. By investing in their community, scholars cultivate a sense of ownership, transforming their neighborhoods with pride and respect. Empowered by this connection, they become agents of positive change, reducing delinquency, and fostering a lifelong commitment to making a difference. Targeted Community Skills: Peer Learning Empathy Social Consciousness Solution-Oriented Pride