Educational Programs
Never Stop Learning
Understanding the value our community members place on education, OLA regularly provides educational programs for children, teens, and adults through such offerings as arts and empowerment workshops, our Conversation Café, and the OLA Media Lab.
Youth Programs
At OLA we know that the key to creating social change that includes young people is to ensure they are their own agents of change.
They must be the actors and leaders, not the spectators and followers.
OLA provides periodic in-school and after-school empowerment workshops, holds youth dinners facilitated by college-aged Latino students, and organizes educational forums.
OLA also houses a scholarship fund for students planning to further their education after high school.
Learn English or Spanish
Spanish and English are the two main languages spoken on the East End.
OLA’s Conversation Café programs are online and/or in-person mini-courses (usually six sessions long and offered in the fall) designed to help us all communicate better with each other and enrich our daily lives with the freedom and opportunities that speaking another language brings.
Arts Workshops
Providing high-quality arts workshops in Spanish and English is vital to helping to ensure that Latino community members have access to professional artists and art spaces and opportunities to explore the arts.
OLA regularly offers unique and inspiring visual arts, theater, and movement workshops for children, youth, and adults in partnership with local East End arts institutions and professional artists.
OLA’s Media Lab teaches Latino youth filmmaking skills.
OLA TV and Radio
We invite you to visit our YouTube page for informational videos on a variety of subjects as well as episodes of our LTV show Conversations with OLA/Conversaciones con OLA, featuring interviews in Spanish and English with community leaders, activists, writers, exemplary young people, and others.
For delicious recipes and lively conversation, see Sabor con OLA, our LTV cooking show, also on our YouTube channel.
To learn more about adolescent mental health concerns and resources, please join Executive Director Minerva Perez as she interviews teens, parents, and mental health care professionals in a three-part series on public radio station WLIW.
For Teens
Upcoming and Past Programs
Sun, Jun 02GDC Roller Skate RinkJun 02, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PMGDC Roller Skate Rink, 102 3rd St, Greenport, NY 11944, USA
Wed, Feb 07George Costello MemorialFeb 07, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PMGeorge Costello Memorial, 102 3rd St, Greenport, NY 11944, USA
Tue, Jan 16Riverhead Free LibraryJan 16, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PMRiverhead Free Library, 330 Court St, Riverhead, NY 11901, USA
Multiple DatesThu, Nov 16Epic Martial ArtsNov 16, 2023, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PMEpic Martial Arts, 75 Main St, Sag Harbor, NY 11963, USA
Sat, Jun 10Southampton Arts CenterJun 10, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PMSouthampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Ln, Southampton, NY 11968, USA
Mon, Aug 15Bridgehampton Community HouseAug 15, 2022, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PMBridgehampton Community House, 2368 Montauk Hwy, Bridgehampton, NY 11932, USA
Multiple DatesThu, May 26OLA OfficesMay 26, 2022, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PMOLA Offices, 2 Newtown Ln, East Hampton, NY 11937, USA
Wed, Apr 13SouthamptonApr 13, 2022, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMSouthampton, 100 Church St, Southampton, NY 11968, USA
Sat, Nov 03Flanders Community CenterNov 03, 2018, 10:00 AMFlanders Community Center, 655 Flanders Rd, Flanders, NY 11901, USA
For Children
Upcoming and Past Programs
Multiple DatesMon, Nov 06Epic Martial ArtsNov 06, 2023, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMEpic Martial Arts, 75 Main St, Sag Harbor, NY 11963, USA
Thu, Feb 27The Watermill CenterFeb 27, 2020, 5:30 PMThe Watermill Center, 39 Water Mill Towd Rd, Water Mill, NY 11976, USA
Wed, Mar 01Bridgehampton Child Care CenterMar 01, 2017, 4:00 PMBridgehampton Child Care Center, 551 Sag Harbor Tpke, Bridgehampton, NY 11932, USA
For Adults
Upcoming and Past Programs
- Sun, Jun 02GDC Roller Skate RinkJun 02, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PMGDC Roller Skate Rink, 102 3rd St, Greenport, NY 11944, USA
Tue, Jan 30Online ConferenceJan 30, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PMOnline Conference
Thu, Jul 07Online EventJul 07, 2022, 6:00 PMOnline Event
Multiple DatesMon, Jun 06OLA OfficeJun 06, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMOLA Office, 2 Newtown Ln, East Hampton, NY 11937, USA
Tue, Jan 25East Hampton LibraryJan 25, 2022, 6:00 PMEast Hampton Library, 159 Main St, East Hampton, NY 11937, USA
Tue, Nov 09Hampton Bays Community CenterNov 09, 2021, 7:00 PM – Dec 14, 2021, 8:15 PMHampton Bays Community Center, 25 Ponquogue Ave, Hampton Bays, NY 11946, USA
Thu, Apr 25Christ Episcopal ChurchApr 25, 2019, 6:00 PMChrist Episcopal Church, 5 Hampton St, Sag Harbor, NY 11963, USA
Thu, Dec 06Springs Elementary SchoolDec 06, 2018, 6:00 PMSprings Elementary School, 48 School St, East Hampton, NY 11937, USA
Tue, Sep 26BridgehamptonSep 26, 2017, 7:30 PMBridgehampton, 2350 Montauk Hwy, Bridgehampton, NY 11932, USA
Tue, Sep 13La Fiesta Radio StationSep 13, 2016, 4:00 PMLa Fiesta Radio Station, 3075 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779, USA