Arcola center brings people together
By Meg Thilmony
Sunday November 25, 2007
Robert K. O'Daniell
Eighth-grader Arturo Moreno gets help from Shannon Phillips on his geology homework at Mi Raza, a Hispanic community center in Arcola.
ARCOLA – "Mi raza" translates literally to "my race" in Spanish, but at Arcola's Mi Raza Community Center, it's easy to see why it's loosely understood as "my people."
"It's pulled people together," said Amanda Minor, administrator at the Douglas County Health Department. "It's a community center."
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