OLA in the News

“Trust is a key factor” in the efforts to help victims of wage theft, said Erika Padilla, a legal advocate employed by OLA. “A steep rise...

Published December 5, 2023 at 11:11 AM EST OLA (Organización Latino Americana) of Eastern Long Island reported that the number of wage...

Michelle Trauring Across the East End, some teens are living silent stories. In their world, they are stressed about grades, a breakup, a...

OLA of Eastern Long Island has announced the hiring of Lucía Damerau as director of Immigration Legal Services, Wanda Sánchez Day as...

“You don’t want to be associated in the Christmas Story with the innkeeper who boxed out the Holy Family and forced them to have the...

Proposed changes to assess English-language skills worry some who have passed By Olivia Winslow Andrés Espinosa's hopes and dreams were...

By Cailin Riley on July 19, 2023 For more than 20 years, OLA — the Latino-focused advocacy nonprofit that serves eastern Long Island —...

Wanda Sánchez Day, left, and Lucía Damerau, attorneys hired by OLA of Eastern Long Island. Courtesy photos: OLA OLA of Eastern Long...

Southampton Press Editorial Often, great things come from modest beginnings. What started out 20 years ago as a small advisory board to...

By Vera Chinese and Michael Gormley Immigration advocates gathered outside the Suffolk County Legislature Tuesday speaking out against...

By Alek Lewis Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. File photo: Alek Lewis Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar extended and expanded the...

By Jean-Paul Salamanca An East Hampton-based Latino advocacy group will use a grant funded by Suffolk's opioids lawsuit settlement with...

OLA lanza encuesta para visibilizar la agresión sexual contra menores y los obstáculos que se encuentran en la búsqueda de justicia Según...

OLA Launches Survey to Improve Reporting Processes for Child Victims of Sexual Assault At age 7, Isabella Martinez was quiet, until she...

By Craig Schneider Katie Horan, health teacher at Dodd Middle School in Freeport, teaches breathing exercises during a class earlier this...

By Cailin Riley October 18, 2022 When Emily Lupercio was going through what she called her own “mental health journey” during her junior...

OLA of Eastern Long Island will hold its first-ever Youth Summit for young people ages 14 to 22 on Monday, Aug. 15 at the Bridgehampton...

July 18, 2022 OLA of Eastern Long Island and Quail Hill Farm have begun their third summer of collaboration to make sure that families...

OLA staff members are celebrating 20 years of working for a more equitable East End for Latino immigrants. Here they are pictured at the...

Minerva Perez, seen here at Organizacion Latino-Americana's Pachanga in June, is the group's executive director. Durell Godfrey By...