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So much of that assistance is offered at their community center, located at 3216 W. Van Buren St. in Phoenix. "Sometimes, you have to remember when you tell them to take a deep breath, you need to take one too," she says. "When they step through the doors, we want it to feel like family," explains Marissa Calderon, the associate director of family empowerment at Chicanos Por La Causa."To empower families - we want to create spaces and provide opportunities for empowerment both for our youth and for individuals and their parents, their families," she explains.
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