After Fernando's trip to Colombia in August, Beyond the Wall's board of directors decided to take a couple of weeks to prepare many events and contact support members in order to successfully complete the mission in El Talon this coming December. Adriane Norman, Marketing Director for Beyond the Wall, contacted Jennifer Parra, Senior Advisor for ColSA- UCF (Colombian Student Association at the University of Central Florida) in order to reach some sort of partnership. Luckily, Jennifer showed complete support for Beyond the Wall, and an alliance was immediately created. On September 1st, 2011, Fernando Nunez Esquiaqui, Director of Beyond the Wall, officially presented himself to all the ColSA members and board at their first general meeting; the result was positive feedback and support from everyone. Luckily, Beyond the Wall has reached an agreement with this organization, and the following events will be organized by ColSA in order to support the Beyond the Wall Campaign:
- Sunday, November 20th, 2011: Soccer Tournament at UCF
- Sunday, November 20th, 2011: ColSA Party at Gloria's Cafe-Orlando
Aside from the two events mentioned above, ColSA will support Beyond the Wall with packing and presentations/events not organized by them. The best part of this alliance is that beginning in January 2012, the proper planning will begin to organize a summer 2012 distribution/educational trip to El Talon with ColSA members.
This partnership will be growing within the next couple of months, and Beyond the Wall would like to thank the board members of ColSA-UCF for all of the support: Jennifer Parra, Jessica Barreto, Alanna Sanz, David Echavarria, Alexandra Ruiz, Jenny M. Garces, Favian Torres, and Santiago Duque.
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