Tag: macsa
Tamale fest raises funds for Latino programs
Three years ago, CARAS—the Community Agency for Resources, Advocacy and Services—first opened its doors in Gilroy to offer assistance to the Latino community. The nonprofit organization picked up where MACSA—Mexican American Community Services Agency—left off when it closed its downtown Gilroy office.
MACSA leader did all she could to ‘keep things afloat’
The former CEO of the Mexican American Community Services Agency who is accused of skimming money from employees’ retirement savings will argue she was doing “everything she could to keep things afloat” while working for the nonprofit organization which once ran a charter school in Gilroy.
DA: Felony grand theft charges for MACSA leaders
Two former leaders of the Mexican American Community Services Agency who allegedly used employees’ retirement savings for school supplies, a salary raise, a YMCA membership, food from local supermarkets, computers, office supplies and other general operating costs are being charged with felony grand theft and could face up to three years in prison, Santa Clara County's District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced Thursday morning.
