Laura Wenzel

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  www.palanteprogram.org/board.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/19/2008    Last Visited: 12/19/2008  

  Laura Wenzel Founder Pa'lante 919 619-1023

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  www.wchl1360.com/details.html?id=5892 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/22/2008    Last Visited: 2/22/2008  

  That's Pa'Lante founder and director Laura Wenzel.She says the young people in her organization get to give back to the community, while also enhancing their own skills and self-images at the same time.

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  www.independenttribune.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=C - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/18/2007    Last Visited: 3/18/2007  

  Laura Wenzel, a Carrboro resident and WCOM volunteer who directs the Pa'lante Inc. nonprofit, agreed to produce a show with Martinez.
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  "I liked the fact that it was Jose Manuel's idea and not some public health professional's idea," said Wenzel."It's coming from someone experiencing the need for the program, rather than someone who is (only) studying the need."
  
  The volunteer-driven station is based in a less-than-glamorous corner of a one-story brick building on North Greensboro Street.Wenzel and Martinez have not yet found an underwriter for their program, and therefore are paying for promotional material out of their own pockets.
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  Wenzel said she and Martinez want to encourage Latinos to incorporate more exercise into their lifestyles as well.
  
  But she explained that these ideas are just beginnings, and since many Spanish-speaking health experts work in the area, she and Martinez look forward to having them on the show.

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  www.newsobserver.com/news/story/814258.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/6/2007    Last Visited: 12/6/2007  

  CHAPEL HILL - The youth members of Pa'lante, a local program whose aim is to empower Hispanic teens and families, invite the public to join in a Hispanic holiday celebration after the Chapel Hill-Carrboro holiday parade Saturday.Homemade Hispanic food, pinatas and games will be available on the grounds of WCOM, the radio station at Weaver and North Greensboro streets in downtown Carrboro."The youth and their families have been working on making pinatas since Thanksgiving, and we have some beautiful ones to raffle off," said Director Laura Wenzel."This week, we're going to be busy making treats like empanadas, pupusas and Salvadorean holiday bread," she said.

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  radiopalante.org/support.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/18/2008    Last Visited: 2/18/2008  

  Please contact Laura Wenzel at 919 619-1023 or director AT radiopalante.org
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  If you can help, please contact Laura Wenzel, Director at (919) 619-1023 or director AT palanteprogram.org.Thank you very much!
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  The Peoples Channel To learn about how your business can be recognized on Radio Pa'lante, please contact Laura Wenzel at 919 619-1023 or director AT palanteprogram.org

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  psdr3.org/services/earlychildhood/ - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/25/2008    Last Visited: 10/25/2008  

  Laurie Wenzel, Director

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  2003 Hospitality Network | N.C. Center for Nonprofits - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/22/2003    Last Visited: 10/19/2003  

  Laura Wenzel of Pa'Lante, a Hispanic teen program in Orange County (919-967-7565, palanteprogram@aol.com), is interested in staying Thursday night in the home of someone who lives local to the conference.She doesn't smoke and gets along with all kinds of pets. (posted 8/22/03)

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  Chapel Hill News | Snapshots - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/7/2005    Last Visited: 4/29/2005  

  CARRBORO - Laura Wenzel, director of the Latino youth outreach group Pa'lante, stood back from the wall and tried to envision what it would look like after it was painted.
  
  A pattern of rectangles in various sizes and shapes had been lightly penciled in on the surface, and a dozen cans of paint in a rainbow of colors stood on the dropcloth at her feet.Nearby, three teenaged members of Pa'lante were busy setting up the organization's computer system.
  
  "OK, let's go with light purple here," Wenzel said, indicating one of the rectangles."Dark purple here.
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  "In that case, you're a writer," Wenzel said."Here.Write."
  
  She handed him a pencil and sent him to the wall to mark each rectangle with the name of the color designated for it.
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  "It just makes a lot of sense to join together," Wenzel said.
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  Wenzel and Mitchell issued a call for help in early December to come up with the $6,000 needed for their deposit and two months' rent.The public responded, Wenzel said.The organizations were able to secure the property, and they began moving in.
  
  With a lot of effort and elbow grease from Wenzel, Mitchell and the kids in the programs, the place began its transformation from the tattoo parlor it had been to the teen space it will be.
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  Wenzel was in almost constant motion: directing the painting, joining the fund-raising conversation, welcoming Lynden Harris from The ArtsCenter, who was meeting with members of the group to organize a theatrical project.
  
  She pointed to a popcorn popper sitting on a counter.
  
  "That's a metaphor for us right there," she said.

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  DTH Online - Achievement gap persists - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/28/2005    Last Visited: 3/28/2005  

  But Laura Wenzel, director of the Pa'lante Program - an organization in Carrboro centered on Latino teens - said the focus of the talks has been too narrow.
  
  Wenzel said any discussion on the gap must include socio-economic class.
  
  "That's a whole issue that people don't like to discuss," she said - adding that when the district holds its public meetings, it needs to keep working parents' schedules in mind.
  
  "They are not going to be able to say to their boss, 'Oh, I need a couple of hours to go to this meeting,'" she said.
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  Wenzel also pointed out that the district needs to be aware of the different needs of black and Latino students as they work to close the gap.
  
  "Its like comparing apples and oranges," she said.
  
  Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

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  DTH Online - City briefs - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/19/2005    Last Visited: 4/19/2005  

  Aldermen will hear a presentation from Pa'lante Director Laura Wenzel and receive the groups' funding requests at their 7:30 p.m. meeting today at Carrboro Town Hall.

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