El Centro Hispano recognizes Durham Tech with 2022 community award

El Centro Hispano recognized Durham Technical Community College with the 2022 Gilbertson-Clark Visionary Award during a gala celebration on June 25.

El Centro Hispano is a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen the Hispanic/Latino/Latinx community through education, economic development, community health, community support, and civic and community participation.  

Durham Tech has partnered with El Centro for more than 10 years.

“Durham Tech has had a long-standing partnership with El Centro and received the award for the College’s commitment and leadership in supporting and implementing the vocational classes for El Centro’s workers, and other initiatives related to the Community Health Workers, and Durham Tech’s Mobile Health Lab,” said Dr. Constanza Gomez- Joines, Executive Director of the Center for the Global Learner at Durham Tech.

The Gilbertson-Clark Visionary Award is the top honorary award presented by El Centro Hispano to a community collaborator who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to strengthening the Latino community. 

Dr. Tara Fikes, Vice Chair of the Durham Tech Board of Trustees, accepted the award on behalf of the College. 

For more information, contact Desiree Towson, M.S., Communications and Public Relations Coordinator, at allisontowsond@durhamtech.edu.