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Melissa Azofeifa
Sep 23, 20243 min read
On the Silver Screen: Latino Film Festival hits the North Fork
North Fork Arts Center in Greenport (Photo credit: Jeremy Garretson) Right in time for National Hispanic Heritage Month, Organización...
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Sheryl Nance-Nash
Sep 19, 20246 min read
Latino Young Professionals of East End aims to build community, provide guidance
Latino Young Professionals of the East End co-founders Nicole Velez, left, Jonathan Lopez and Daniela Chavez. Credit: Morgan Campbell As...
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Tara Smith
Sep 18, 20243 min read
Housing and immigration advocates oppose Riverhead rental restrictions
Wally Ramirez, of OLA of Eastern Long Island, at Riverhead Town Hall on Wednesday. Immigrant advocates oppose a town bill that would...
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James Lane Post
Sep 17, 20243 min read
OLA Presents 21st Annual Latino Film Festival Of The Hamptons
A still from the film "Daughter of Rage." Heroism, strength, and resilience form the conceptual and thematic core of three feature-length...
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Beth Young
Sep 13, 20243 min read
OLA Film Festival Expands in Partnership with NFAC
Heroism, strength, and resilience form the conceptual and thematic core of OLA of Eastern Long Island’s annual Latino Film Festival of...
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Thema Ponton
Aug 6, 20243 min read
East Hampton community members say repeated power outages posing health, safety risk
OLA of Eastern Long Island, a primarily Latino focused organization, has stepped in to help find a solution, holding a meeting Wednesday...
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Olivia Winslow
Jul 23, 20244 min read
East End group answers 'desperate need' for helping youth with mental health challenges
Luna Paucar was in her freshman year at Boston College last fall when her social anxiety became too hard to ignore. “Entering college was...
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Jack Motz
Jul 17, 20245 min read
East Hampton Mobile Home Park Residents Left in the Dark
Jhonny Castillo and Paola Castro are among the residents of the East Hampton Village Manufactured Home Community who attended a...
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Ana Borruto
Jun 23, 20243 min read
OLA of Eastern Long Island listed in state budget for first time
Teens can call or text the Youth Connect helpline at (631) 810-9010 to anonymously speak to a trained crisis counselor in either English...
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Christine Sampson
Jun 12, 20243 min read
In State Budget, a Win for OLA
The organization announced Friday that it has now "secured a place in the New York State budget," with the State Legislature allocating a to
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27East
Jun 9, 20243 min read
OLA Secures Place in NYS Budget for $50,000,
For the first time in its 22-year history, OLA of Eastern Long Island has secured a place in the New York State budget, ensuring the...
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27East
Apr 18, 20241 min read
Welker Honors Perez for Work With OLA
At the April 9 meeting of the Suffolk County Legislature, all 18 legislators celebrated their respective nominees honoring Champions of...
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Michelle Trauring
Apr 2, 20243 min read
OLA and Whitmores Partner To Offer Free Financial Literacy Pilot Program for Workforce
When Mariah Whitmore reads the marketing materials from her 401K provider, her eyes glaze over. And so, when the partner at Whitmores —...
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27East
Mar 24, 20242 min read
OLA’s Pachanga 2024 Features All-Women Performers
OLA of Eastern Long Island (Organización Latino Americana) is changing up its annual Pachanga this year by featuring Lulada Club, a...
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27East
Mar 17, 20242 min read
Financial Literacy Series Continues for East End Workforce
The two remaining financial literacy workshops organized through a partnership between OLA (Organización Latino Americana) of Eastern...
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Cailin Riley
Mar 6, 20244 min read
League of Women Voters Event on Saturday Will Shine Spotlight on Equal Rights Amendment, Which Will Be on the State Ballot in November
To say there is a lot at stake for voters across the country this November would be an understatement. While a high-stakes presidential...
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27East
Mar 4, 20243 min read
OLA Youth Connect Gets Program Director
Staff Writer on Mar 4, 2024 OLA of Eastern Long Island (Organización Latino Americana) has announced it has hired Anastasia Gochnour as...
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James Lane Post
Feb 11, 20243 min read
OLA Of Eastern Long Island Joins Organizations At Governor Kathy Hochul’s Latino Roundtable
OLA’s Executive Director Minerva Perez with Governor Kathy Hochul. Courtesy Office of the Governor OLA of Eastern Long Island’s Executive...
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Matthew Chayes
Feb 5, 20247 min read
Long Island's foreign migrants taking low-wage jobs to survive — most off the books
Women migrants on Long Island are finding employment in cleaning, babysitting, washing hair at beauty parlors, doing nails at salons...
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OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jan 30, 20242 min read
OLA Counsel To Receive Award From Bar Association
Staff Writer on Jan 30, 2024 Wanda Sánchez Day, general counsel and senior policy counsel of OLA of Eastern Long Island, will be honored...
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