{"id":33802,"date":"2023-04-21T23:18:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T05:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/100-san-juan-summit-draws-lively-crowd\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:13:45","slug":"100-san-juan-summit-draws-lively-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/100-san-juan-summit-draws-lively-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"100% San Juan Summit draws lively crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Dominic
Dominic Cappello addressed the packed conference room at Farmington Municipal Schools administration building. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The conference room at Farmington Municipal Schools was filled with representatives from service agencies and concerned citizens on Friday, April 21, for the 100% San Juan Summit.<\/p>\n

Dominic Cappello, who created the organization 100% New Mexico<\/a> about four years ago along with Katherine Ortega Courtney, said the idea was to help counties in New Mexico build their vital services unit.<\/p>\n

As a co-director with Courtney, Cappello said they began with three counties and now have 17 involved in the initiative. \u201cWe\u2019re getting emails everyday from all counties asking us how do it, how do we build it \u2013 how do we make it happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

They work on the county model.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think of San Juan County as its own country \u2026 that will provide its own services, develop its own economy, become robust and take care of its people,\u201d Cappello said.<\/p>\n

The summits held around the state are a key element to get people out meeting others who want to organize and make a difference. This is the third 100% San Juan Summit. \u201cThis is a big deal for us,\u201d Cappello said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will tell you this, when you gather a hundred people together for a summit, you start making change,\u201d Cappello said. He said when you bring people into the same room from different sectors they begin talking, which often doesn\u2019t happen in the real world out there.<\/p>\n

Cappello was in Roswell last week for a summit that drew a crowd of 150 people. \u201cThey are inspiring. To me, these are magic,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are for people who want to do the right thing but need a framework.\u201d<\/p>\n

The co-authored book by Courtney and Cappello, \u201c100% Community,\u201d<\/a> is free to download on the website and two books: \u201cDavid, Age 14\u201d and \u201cAnna, Age Eight,\u201d co-authored by both, tell the stories of vulnerable youths and parents who have fallen through the cracks in rural and urban America.<\/p>\n

Cappello, who worked in child welfare with Courtney in Santa Fe, said they saw so many problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cFamilies without services, kids who were traumatized \u2026 and what we also saw were no solutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Everyone wanted someone else to \u201cfix it,\u201d according to Cappello. He said they worked at this for a decade \u201cbrainstorming\u201d and finally persuaded lawmakers to create the Anna, Age Eight Instit<\/a>ute, who is part of New Mexico State University, Cappello\u2019s employer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just decided that enough is enough. Let\u2019s start doing things and stop complaining and start fixing,\u201d Cappello said.<\/p>\n

Cappello addressed the room, stating that \u201cour schools can be hubs, a PMS hub, a rural hub, that can be great. And remember, if you can\u2019t have every single service in your hub, you have what\u2019s called navigators.\u201c<\/p>\n

He said when you get every city and town involved, you\u2019ll have a \u201cseamless county system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cappello said they plan to use technology and the internet to help get the word out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can put so much online we can make sure we get rid of the digital divide. But at the end of the day, we\u2019re just neighbors helping neighbors helping neighbors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

One of the attendees, Perla Wahoske, manager of WaFd Bank in Farmington, expressed her concern that maybe everybody (agency) would want to be the one-stop shop or hub for services. Cappello assured her that they would \u201ccope with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kathy
Kathy Price encouraged agencies to work together using all available resources. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Kathy Price, a member of the 100% San Juan Core Team, told the crowd, \u201cWe have pockets of great stuff, but we don\u2019t have it systemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that when connections are made they must lead to more than temporary fixes. She said their mission is to \u201censure trauma-free childhoods resilient families, and well resources communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Price acknowledged the efforts of Flo Trujillo, president of Northwest New Mexico Arts Council, who said to her, \u201cHey, I got some money. Let\u2019s do a mural.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we did a mural project in downtown on in the alley between The Ark and Connect Space. A video showing the process of creating the mural was shown.<\/p>\n

The goal of 100% San Juan is to make services that are available for everyone within the borders of the county \u2013 easy to find.<\/p>\n

For more information, go to 100%nm.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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