Barbara Chambers Children's Center, Exterior
Attached to Next Step Public Charter School (formerly the Wilson Center), Barbara Chambers Children's Center operated as part of the Wilson Center until a change in management, and eventual dissolution of the Wilson Center, in the early 2000s. The center continues to operate out of its original building, providing early education programs for the community's children.
Latino Heritage Tour: Wilson Center: The Wilson Center acted as an incubator for a variety of Latino social programs throughout the 1970s and 80s, launching services that continue to support Hispanic culture and life in Mount Pleasant today.
In 1968, Reverend Antonio Welty reopened the former National Presbyterian Church (where President Woodrow Wilson preferred to worship while in the White House) to Hispanic community members. Two years…