El Viento

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The Mission of El Viento came about in much the same way El Viento as an organization was created through a vision and through networks of individuals, corporations, and foundations who shared that vision. The Mission matured through active dialog among friends and from the experiences of similar organizations such as the I Have a Dream Foundation. Indeed, the Eugene Lang dream and promise to a group of Harlem kids twenty years ago helped to define the El Viento Mission. In 1997, mindful of the "Lang Promise", a group of local Orange County citizens came together in an effort create a program for the unique needs of a very special Orange County community Oak View in Huntington Beach. The promise of these community minded individuals was similar to that of Eugene Lang; stick with the El Viento program for the next eight years and you will have all of your expenses paid to attend one of the Coast Community College District colleges. Today, as El Viento enters its seventh school year, we have five groups of students in the program for a total of over 100 students. The first group, which is now in the tenth grade has been with the program since 1997. The parents and students of the first group have been profoundly affected by the El Viento experience. The second group is now in the eighth grade, the third group is now in the sixth grade, the fourth group is now in fifth grade and the fifth group of 25 students is in the fourth grade...

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