What are people saying about us?
Check out what different people have said or written about us and where we've been out and about in our extended community!
Surveys and Needs Assessments
“Community Needs Assessment of the International District Albuquerque, NM,” Linda Stone MPH, May 2023
Essays and Academic Research
“Associations between depression and diabetes among Latinx patients from low-income households in New Mexico,” Social Science & Medicine, January 2023
Erik Erhardt, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Lidia Regino, Daniel Perez, Elaine L. Bearer, Janet Page-Reeves
“How New Mexico’s Community Health Workers Are Helping to Meet Patients’ Needs,” The Common Wealth Fund, Case Study Primary care for Low Income populations, February 2020
Sarah Klein, Martha Hostetter, Roosa Tikkanen, Douglas McCarthy
“Community Health Workers and Family Medicine Resident Education: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health,” Family Medicine April 2016.
Kate McCalmont, MD; Jeffrey Norris, MD; Agustina Garzon, MD; Raquel Cisneros, MD; Heather Greene, MD; Lidia Regino; Virginia Sandoval; Roberto Gomez, MD; Janet Page-Reeves, PhD; Arthur Kaufman, MD
"Constructing the Conspiring Community: Using Practices of Invitational Rhetoric to Create Sustainable Solutions to Community-Identified Needs," Dr. Sarah Upton, University of New Mexico, July 2014. Dr. Upton spent several months with us in 2014 performing research for her doctoral dissertation.
"Health Disparities and Structural Violence: How Fear Undermines Health Among Immigrants at Risk for Diabetes," Dr. Janet Reeves-Page, et al., Journal of Diabetes Research and Practice, 2013.
"An Integrated Approach to Diabetes Prevention: Anthropology, Public Health, and Community Engagement," Dr. Janet Reeves-Page, et al., Qualitative report, 2013.
Blogs, Community Members, and Community Groups
“Little-known health workers, coming soon to a hospital near you,” Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer, Association of American Medical Colleges, December 2018
"From Abandoned Lot to Community Building Ground," Leah Roco, July 2014. Photographer Leah Roco documents the ongoing progress of the La Mesa Garden Park.
"A Better Block for Burque," Urban ABQ, December 10, 2013. Urban ABQ gave us a nice mention in their discussion of organizations working for urban renewal.
"Feeding East Central," Leah Roco, July 2013. Photographer Leah Roco describes and reflects on our Community Food Co-op.
"Investing Social Capital," Leah Roco, June 2013. Photographer Leah Roco documents the groundbreaking of the La Mesa Neighborhood Garden Park.
"ECM and Casa Shalom," Tillers and Travelers, March 10, 2013. Impressions of our ministry from The Hollands, ‘a full-time Internationally touring family based in the US via Australia.’
"East Central Ministries in Albuquerque - Following Jesus in the Real World," Gladys Ganiel, Building a Church without Walls, February 13, 2013. Dr. Gladys Ganiel, author of The Deconstructed Church, visited us and wrote a blog post about our ministry.
"Giving Time. Giving Hope," Creating Healthy Smiles for Your Life with Dr. Michael R. Thompson, Winter 2012. The office of Dr. Michael R. Thompson, DDS, included a story of their experience volunteering at One Hope Centro de Vida in their patient newsletter.
"Building the Kingdom of God," Fr. Brian's Sabbatical, January, 2011. Father Brian, Rector of St. Michael's and All Angels, visited us during his sabbatical and reflected on our community development work.
"Ollas, Seedlings, and More," Gardening in the Ghetto, May 27, 2011. A nice review of our Growing Awareness Urban Farm.
"Our Projects," Albuquerque ACHIEVE, November 10, 2010. ACHIEVE published a write up of their collaboration with us in building our Creation Park.
"East Central Ministries does it all..." Youth Food Action Project, October 12, 2010. A nice summary of Growing Awareness.
"Living out Good News in Albuquerque: East Central Ministries," Classis Red Mesa, August 2007. Classis Red Mesa published a nice profile of us in their August 2007 newsletter.
"Ollas: Vessels of Hope in Albuquerque's International District," Berea College Alumni. Anna K. Orberg of Berea College Alumni profiles Growing Awareness.
News
"BOB: Community Pick: Maggie Hart-Stebbins," Alibi, April 3, 2014. County Commissioner Maggie Hart-Stebbins picked Growing Awareness as the Best Urban Farm in the Alibi's "Best of Burque" series.
"Doctor May Know Best, but Sometimes Patients Know Better," National Journal, March 13, 2014. The National Journal profiled our clinic, One Hope Centro de Vida, and its community-driven model.
"East Central Ministries' farm rehabilitates area, supports neighborhood programs," Albuquerque Journal, April 21, 2013. The Albuquerque Journal profiled our urban farm, Growing Awareness.
"Students' Viral Video," Albuquerque Journal, March 31, 2012. The Albuquerque Journal published a story about a parody music video made by UNM medical students to raise funds for One Hope Centro de Vida.
"East Central Ministries awarded $30,000 grant," Albuquerque Journal, June 28, 2010. A story on the grant that funded our Creation Park.
"Digging Community Gardens," Mid-Region Council of Governments of New Mexico, January 22, 2009. A report from "The Buzz Around Community Gardens" meeting, which John attended to discuss Growing Awareness.
Videos
Upside Down Community, July 6, 2014. John preached a sermon at First Unitarian Church in Albuquerque.
"Community Garden and Urban Farming," Landscaping the Southwest, June 13, 2014. This episode of Landscaping the Southwest featured Growing Awareness and the La Mesa Garden Park.
"La Mesa Garden Park," ABQ Involved, May 1, 2014. ABQ Involved produced this video overview of our La Mesa Garden Park Project.
"Pathways Navigator Stories: Lidia Regino," February 7, 2014. Lidia, Director of One Hope Centro de Vida, recounts some stories of patients in the clinic to other members of the Pathways to a Healthy Bernalillo County network.
"Container Gardening with an Olla," July 3, 2013. User "dryheatgarden" made this video showing how to use our ollas in a container.
Rotary Club of Albuquerque, January 23, 2012. The Rotary Club of Albuquerque documents their collaboration on the establishment of One Hope's dental clinic.
"East Central Ministries in Albuquerque," Con Alma Health Foundation, October 13, 2011. Con Alma created a snapshot video profile of our organization.
"Community Gardening Voices in Albuquerque," Breaking Ground ABQ, December 7, 2010. Breaking Ground featured us in this video about community gardens in Albuquerque.
Podcasts
"Episode #48: Clay Pot Irrigation with Larry Sallee," Agroinnovations, April 15, 2009. Our Board member Larry Sallee was featured on the Agroinnovations podcast to talk about clay pot irrigation and our ollas.
Books
The Deconstructed Church: Understanding Emerging Christianity, by Gerardo Marti and Gladys Ganiel, April 22, 2014. Co-author Gladys Ganiel visited East Central Ministries during the research stage of this book, and the book includes a discussion of our ministry.