McCall Neighborhood Center

The McCall Neighborhood Center is honored for being selected to receive the 2024 Humanitarian Award from the El Paso Branch NAACP. "The commitment to our community inspires us all." Thank you for going above and beyond!

Congratulations to Board Member Karen Linen🎉🎉 Well deserved!!!

Congratulations to Board Member Maurean Simmons🎉🎉 Well deserved!!!

Congratulations to Board Member Anna Howell🎉🎉 Well deserved!!!

Phenomenal Juneteenth breakfast celebration at the McCall Neighborhood Center featuring Keynote Speaker Mr. Carl Dwyer, President, El Paso Branch NAACP!👊🏼🎤 Thank you to everyone who attended!!

This past Thursday people had the opportunity to sit down and talk with mayoral candidate Renard Johnson.

Board member Karen Cooper-Linen, panelist for the 'Voter's Turnout Discussion' during this past weekend’s ' Texas Democratic Convention. Thank you for all you do!!!

Special Thanks to the El Paso Buffalo Soldier Motorcycle Club for participating in the Ceremony. Saturday, 8AM at the McCall Neighborhood Center - Meet us there for this brief, but important ceremony in celebration of our Freedom.

Join Us Wednesday! "Good Neighbor Interpreter" Volume 2 Launch

Please join us on Wednesday, June 5th at 5:30 PM to celebrate volume two of the Good Neighbor Interpreter’s publication! Family, friends, and featured artists are invited to read the new issue hot off the presses and honor the students who created this special edition of one of El Paso’s most historic newspapers.

This is a casual event and we will have light refreshments available.

Event Details:
“Good Neighbor Interpreter” Vol. 2 Release Party
Wednesday, June 5 at 5:30 PM
El Paso Museum of History
510 N Santa Fe Street

Happy Birthday to Board Member, Immediate Past President, Doris Taylor!!!! 90 years young🎂 Thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate this special day with her!!!!

We are excited to invite you to our Juneteenth Celebration & Breakfast Program! Tickets are $15. You must have a ticket to attend. Get with any one of our Board Members to purchase tickets.

Last night the McCall Board of Directors presented Mr. Tay Cunningham with a plaque in appreciation for the amazing mural he painted of The McCalls!! God has blessed you with great talents! Thank you again!

The Spring 2024 Journalism Camp is in the books!! We had such a great time. The students were wonderful! Thank you to El Paso Museum of History, Borderzine and City Representative Chris Canales, District 8!!!

Spring Journalism Camp Day 3📸🤳

Day 2 of the Spring Journalism Camp📚✏️

The first day of the Spring Journalism Camp is a wrap📝

Calling all High School Students in the El Paso, Texas area!! The Good Neighbor Interpreter Journalism Camp is back due to popular demand ‼️ Hope to see you all there🖊️✏️📝Here is the link to apply:

Link to apply: https://forms.gle/AysZaV2f6sFp8y6B8

https://elpasomatters.org/2024/02/18/pioneer-black-general-edward-greer-100th-birthday/

El Paso celebrates 100th birthday of trailblazing Army general Edward Greer enlisted in a segregated Army in World War II, and fought in Korea and Vietnam. He became one of the Army’s first Black generals.

https://borderzine.com/2024/02/what-weve-lost-since-the-miss-black-el-paso-pageant-ended-in-2018/?fbclid=IwAR1o8RipSEKcFLMQ1VIShzd83TK7oeM4GRewiq_Un0O2tTftnc3OOHLfXdw_aem_AYvaAoz-lRwvPn2Spclt0yB0ZUp17yRV1swbS1H9dDJXZU6YtrgQyxSI6Y8EKCaJpLs

What we’ve lost since the Miss Black El Paso Pageant ended in 2018 I never imagined myself as the type of girl to compete in beauty pageants. I never really liked being in the spotlight. However, from an early age, my mother just knew that one day I would be a contestant in the Miss Black El Paso pageant, walk across the stage, accepting my crown and sash. We argue...