The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
The largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
National Council of La Raza
Raul Yzaguirre Building
1126 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. 202-785-1670
www.nclr.org
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.
National Office
2000 L Street NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:(202) 833-6130 TF: (877) LULAC-01 Fax: (202) 833-6135
www.lulac.org
La Alianza Hispana
La Alianza Hispana is a community based non profit organization serving the Latino community and all residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. The goal is to empower individuals and families, strengthen communities and develop leaders through high-quality education and social services, advocacy and community organizing. Our Services are culturally and linguistically appropriate, integrated and community centered. La Alianza believes in social justice as a means of creating a more egalitarian, participatory and peaceful society in which all members can realize their fullest potential.
409 Dudley Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
Tel. 617-427-7175 Fax. 617-442-2259 Email:
www.laalianza.org
HOPE Hispanic Office of planning and evaluation, Inc.
HOPE exists to improve the quality of life and to increase the number and range of opportunities for low-income and Latino individuals and families in Massachusetts.
165 Brookside Avenue Extension
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Tel: (617) 524 8888 Fax: (617) 524 4939
www.hopemass.org
The Latino After-School Initiative (LASI)
The Latino After-School Initiative (LASI) endeavors to create model after-school programs that identify youths’ skill strengths and learning styles, and build these skills through academic and vocational programming to stem poverty, school drop out rates, violence and hopelessness in the local Latino community. Youth will achieve mastery in a range of skills, improve overall academic achievement and significantly more will graduate from high school - qualified for life-long employment.
Latino After School Initiative (LASI)
c/o Child Care Resource Center
130 Bishop Allen Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-547-1063
www.ccrcinc.org
Hyde Square Task Force
Our mission is to develop the skills of youth and their families so that they are empowered to enhance their own lives and build a strong and vibrant urban community. All of our programs are developed by residents in response to community needs. Since its founding, the Hyde Square Task Force has developed on-going programs for youth and families that not only help them advance at school and in careers, but also help create positive relations and opportunities to take pride and action in our community.
375 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 524-8303
http://www.hydesquare.org/
Centro Latino de Chelsea
Centro Latino de Chelsea is a community-based human-services and education center that serves more than 5,000 Latinos and immigrants in Chelsea and Greater Boston every year. Centro Latino improves the quality of life of the community by helping people to increase their skills and knowledge, so that they may better provide for their families and contribute to their neighborhoods.
267 Broadway
Chelsea, MA 02150
(617) 884-3238
http://www.centrolatino.org/
Centro Presente
Centro Presente is a member-driven, state-wide Latin American immigrant organization dedicated to the self-determination and self-sufficiency of the Latin American immigrant community of Massachusetts. Operated and led primarily by Central American immigrants, Centro Presente struggles for immigrant rights and for economic and social justice. Through the integration of community organizing, leadership development and basic services, Centro Presente strives to give our members voice and build community power.
17 Inner Belt Road,
Somerville, MA, 02143
Phone: 617-629-4731, Fax: 617-629-2436
www.cpresente.org
LA VIDA INC
LA VIDA INC., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist the Hispanic Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Boston in caring for the spiritual and material needs of Greater Boston Hispanics and in promoting their participation and leadership in the Church.
40 Green St.
Lynn, MA 01902
Tel (781) 586.0193 Fax (781) 586.0196
www.la-vida.org
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
Puerto Rican community activists stared down Boston’s urban renewal bulldozers and began a long organizing campaign to gain control over the development of their South End neighborhood,“ Parcel 19.” Forming Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA—“Puerto Rican Renters in Action”), they developed Villa Victoria, a 435-unit, 1,100-resident, affordable-housing community—a turning point in Boston’s history of affordable housing, civil rights and community organizing.
405 Shawmut Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
617-927-1711
http://www.iba-etc.org
Casa Nueva Vida
Continues to be the only homeless shelter in Massachusetts with a completely bilingual staff, making us uniquely capable of providing a focused specialized package of services and programs to single Latina mothers and their children. Casa Nueva Vida’s mission is not solely based on providing safe, permanent and affordable housing for our homeless mothers and their at-risk children, but it also seeks to empower our residents to become independent of all forms of public assistance. All of our programs were created on the basis of the needs expressed by surrounding community members and shelter residents with the goal of accomplishing self-sufficiency.
53 Glen Road
P.O. Box 302115
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617.524.6332
fax 617.524.5889
http://www.casanuevavida.org/
Latin American Health Institute
LHI reaches healthcare professionals, para-professionals, and institutions through education, technical assistance, fiscal sponsorship, program oversight, and consulting services.
LHI offers an array of services and interventions to Latin American and other minority communities. Our programs are guided by the understanding that Public Health interventions that emphasize health promotion and disease prevention are the most important tools to reduce and eliminate disparities in health status.
95 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 350 6900
(617) 350 690 fax
http://www.lhi.org
Oiste
Oiste promote the principles and practice of democracy and to advance the political, social and economic standing of Latinos and Latinas in the state. We seek to reach these goals by impacting public policy through leadership development, civic and issue trainings, electoral reform and voter mobilization.
59 Temple Place, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 426-6633
(617) 426-0324
http://www.oiste.net
Los Niños de Leonardo y Meredith
A Massachusetts non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of children living in poverty. The organization is currently operating a free elementary school for 15 children living in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.
Los Niños de Leonardo y Meredith
P.O. Box 196
East Boston, MA 02128-0002
Anne Post (617) 567-1314
Philip Jordan (857) 919-0774
http://www.schoolforchildrendr.org
