Guided by the principles of asset-based development and popular education, ANDARES mobilizes individuals, organizations, and institutions to realize their potential for community change through collaboration and partnership building.

Our Core Programs

  • Collective Action

    We engage with communities to develop leadership capacity, identify needs and assets, and address areas of common interest. We collaborate with partners to engage the Latinx community in programs and policies. In our work we use methods such as photovoice, community asset mapping, digital storytelling, and arts, to facilitate critical reflection and action planning.

  • Connecting Communities

    We facilitate access in the Latinx community to resources, information, and knowledge. This involves developing leadership capacity and connecting communities with agencies and organizations at the county and state levels.

  • Economic Inclusion

    ANDARES works to foster equitable access to economic resources and opportunities in the Oregon Latinx community. To do this our work focuses on removing barriers for economic wellbeing and implementing programs to develop financial skills, micro-enterprise incubation, and community participation in local economic development planning and implementation.

Our Projects

  • Comunidad y Empleo

    Economic Inclusion

    With the support from NW Oregon Works we are facilitating access to the employment-related services and opportunities offered through WorkSource Oregon and its centers in Benton and Lincoln Counties. In Benton County, we are focusing our work in Corvallis, Philomath and Monroe, and in Lincoln Counties in Newport and Lincoln City. Our strategies include guided tours and different kinds of educational activities to increase preparedness for employment. Read here a note on this project.

  • Nuestras Voces

    Collective Action

    With the support of the Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, ANDARES is working with youth and families in eliciting experiences, values, attitudes, and policy recommendations regarding alcohol and drug use. To do this, we are following a participatory action research approach that uses art as a form of expression, accompanied by group conversations on the meanings behind the art pieces, and by presentations on key topics related to alcohol and drug use. We are doing this project in the city of Albany, Linn County.

  • Compartiendo en Comunidad

    Collective Action

    As part of our strategic effort to work in rural communities where the Latinx immigrant population encounters barriers to access resources, we are working in Harrisburg, Linn County, on projects related to strengthening a sense of community through group conversations around food and other forms of cultural and artistic expression. Through these conversations, people recognize and celebrate their own skills, values, and strengths in general, as well as identify areas in the community that present opportunities for improvement. We are supported in this work by Linn County Public Health.

  • Caminos de Prosperidad

    Economic Inclusion

    ANDARES is implementing a micro-enterprise incubator for the Latinx community in Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties. The incubator has the goal of supporting entrepreneurs through learning resources as they take the first steps necessary to create a business. In this work we collaborate closely with the LBCC Small Business Development Center. As part of this project, we supported the Las Doñas del Sur Collective in their successful application to the City of Corvallis South Corvallis Food Hub grant.

  • Conexiones

    Connecting Communities

    As part of our work in Harrisburg, OR, we are developing an innovative program to connect the local Latinx community to the system of resources. In a group setting, we facilitate conversations leading to describing the community, identifying strengths, and jointly determining the resources that are needed. The group then coordinates with organizations to bring those resources to the community. This project is funded through a Delivery System Transformation (DST) pilot project grant from IHN-CCO.