By Natalie Gross Latino Ed Beat Sixty black and Latino boys spoke to Boston school officials last week about issues they feel might be holding them back at school. Segregation, high suspension rates and teacher diversity were at the…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunded: Providing young, poor Chilean music students a chance to make music in Boston
Jul 6, 2015, 3:55 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Help Chilean music students attend festival in USA For 3 years, Natalie Young has been professor of horn at the University of Talca in Talca, Chile. Her final goal before leaving the country is to help…
Fitness, General, Women
Spotlight Non-profit: Unique program makes gym membership affordable for low-income women
Jun 25, 2010, 9:49 AM 2
LatinaLista — One of the surest ways for overweight people to start losing weight is to join a gym. Where else is there ready access to fitness equipment, professional guidance and emotional support? But gym memberships can be costly,…
Education, General, Health, Nonprofit, Parenting, Women, Youth
Spotlight Non-profit: La Alianza Hispana partners with Greater Boston Latinos to strive, excel and achieve
Apr 9, 2010, 12:02 PM 0
LatinaLista — Everybody needs to start somewhere. La Alianza Hispana (LAH), Inc. of Greater Boston strives to do that for their local Latino community. Begun in 1968 by Ana Maria Rodriguez, a teacher of English as a second language…
Business, Economy, Language
Boston makes learning English a city-wide project
Jun 30, 2008, 5:39 PM 0
LatinaLista — One fallacy of the illegal immigration debate is that undocumented immigrants don’t want to learn English. Across the country there are stories of how undocumented immigrants are so desperate to learn English that they will work all…
