ABOUT US
Mission
Telpochcalli Community Education Project (Tcep) mobilizes youth and adults for social justice work by building individual capacity, collective power, and mutual responsibility through culturally relevant and community-directed education, leadership development, and organizing.
Vision
The Telpochcalli Community Education Project (Tcep) is a non-profit organization focused on creating social change in Little Village and sorrounding communities. Its overall vision is to build the capacity and participation of community residents “in the formation of a more united, educated, safer, and to be a socially prepared community, through a community cultural center directed by the residents themselves", through educational, recreational, and cultural activities.
History
Telpochcalli Community Education Project (Tcep) is a nonprofit organization located in the Little Village/South Lawndale community of Chicago’s west side. The organization was founded in 1998 by a group of parents and teachers committed to address the lack of social, cultural and educational resources available to families in Little Village and Telpochcalli School. In 2002, Tcep formally organized as a nonprofit community-based organization.
Tcep provides the opportunity for education and empowerment, enabling participants to take action to change their communities for the better.

Ollin Youth group in Chalk It OUT!

Parent leaders in the Para Ti Mujer Conferece
NUESTRAS RAICES | NUESTRA FUERZA
Maria Velazquez
Executive Director
Nacho Gonzalez
Board Chair
Yesenia Lopez
Vice Chair
Maria Trujillo
Board Treasurer
Maria Cedeño
Board Member
Susan Mullen
Board Member
Lizbeth Sanchez
Board Member
Jessica Vargas
Board Member
Leadership Team