Sociedad Latina in the News
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Debate Heats up over School Reform By Joe Rowland, Neighborhood Network News, Dec. 17, 2009
We Three Kings By Renee Nadeau Algarin, Boston Herald, Jan. 7, 2010. Read the story.
Reasonable people can differ over whether they are wise men or not, but three pols showed up to help Mission Hill families celebrate Three Kings Day yesterday, on the 12th day of Christmas...Continue reading
Young rapper says Tobacco Road is dead end By Anumita Das, Boston Teens in Print, Sept/Oct 2009. Read the story.
Anthony Price, 18, of Roxbury, has a great ambition for his future, and says, "I am doing the footwork to make it happen right now." From the tender age of six, Price's dream has been to become a successful rapper, and The 84 Digital Media Contest, "Brand You," has become a significant step in fulfilling his aspiration...Continue reading.
Sociedad Latina Celebra Dia de la Hispanidad By Angel Alberto, El Mundo, October 22, 2009. Read the story.
Sociedad Latina (SL), entidad hispana con sede en Misión Hill, celebró el Dia de la Hispanidad con una serie de actos culturales en el salón de actos del Colegio de Farmacia de Massachusetts. Sociedad Latina se fundó en 1968 para brindarle apoyo académico y social a los jóvenes hispanos de la comunidad de Misión Hill...Continue reading.
Getting clear on health dangers By Meghan Irons, The Boston Globe, August 5, 2009. Read the story.
For the past several years, city youth groups from Mission Hill to Dorchester to South Boston have been urging neighborhood grocers such as Fuentes to stop using their storefronts to bombard the public with large ads that promote drinking, smoking, or other unhealthy habits.
Now, for the first time in Boston, store owners will be fined if they violate the city’s sign law....Continue reading.
Advocates: Program cuts creating ‘perfect storm’ for youth violence. By Colneth Smiley Jr., The Boston Herald, Sunday, May 17, 2009. Read the story.
Youth advocates are blasting the state Senate’s failure to renew funding for grants aimed at youth violence prevention, warning that the cuts will precipitate a “perfect storm” of youth problems, including a rise in crime, school dropouts and teen pregnancies.....Continue reading.
Three talented youth of Sociedad Latina in Mission Hill won Digital Media contest By TuBoston.com, May 12, 2009. Read the story.
Youth advocates are blasting the state Senate’s failure to renew funding for grants aimed at youth violence prevention, warning that the cuts will precipitate a “perfect storm” of youth problems, including a rise in crime, school dropouts and teen pregnancies....Continue reading.
Students push for social change and education By Jennifer Santos, Bulletin Newspapers, May 7, 2009. Read the story.
Local young activists are doing their part to advocate for changes to state and local laws they feel will improve life in the city. Davide Martinez, 17, of Hyde Park, Tatiana Cortes, 17, of Mission Hill, and Joseph Monge, 14, of Mission Hill, are youth community leaders for the organization Sociedad Latina. The group, established in 1968, works to empower Latino youths. The group has a three-pronged focus to its efforts: youth education, environmental action and curbing the use of tobacco....Continue reading.
Despite new money, state braces for summer job crunch By Michael Levenson, The Boston Globe, March 27, 2009. Read the story.
Officials anticipating a crush of teenagers looking for work this summer, as unemployment soars to its highest levels in more than a decade, are pumping $30 million, most of it in federal money, into programs to fund 10,000 summer jobs in 60 of the state's poorest communities over the next two years....Continue reading.
Students speak out on school budget crunch By St. John Barnard-Smith, The Bay State Banner, March 12, 2009. Read the story.
Boston public high school students gathered last Thursday to ask questions and trade ideas with Superintendent Dr. Carol R. Johnson to help find ways to bridge a $107 million budget deficit. About 250 students, teachers, Boston School Committee members, legislators and community organizers attended the event, held at English High School in Jamaica Plain. Members from the Hyde Square Task Force, Sociedad Latina, the Boston Youth Organizing Project (BYOP), the Center for Teen Empowerment and the Boston Student Advisory Council also attended the meeting....Continue reading.
Students voice concerns about budget cuts By Jenna Nierstedt, The Boston Globe, March 6, 2009. Read the story.
Angered and confused by inevitable school budget cuts, several hundred Boston public schools students gathered yesterday afternoon at English High School in Jamaica Plain to question their representatives and propose their own money-saving ideas.....Continue reading.
Letter to the Editor: Youths worked against Question 1 for good reasons. By Kayla Mendonca, Tatiana Cortes, Arthur Thomas, Joseph Monge, Janine Langston (The Youth Community Organizers of Sociedad Latina, Mission Hill), Mission Hill Gazette, December 12, 2008 – January 16, 2009. Read the story.
As young people who are not old enough to vote, we are excited about the outcome of Question 1. Although many of us are not able to vote, we felt that this issue was important enough to organize various events to educate our community on the many possible consequesnces of eliminating the state income tax....Continue reading.
Church fete fit for a king. By Colneth Smiley, Jr., Boston Herald. January 6, 2008. Read the story.
More than 250 Roxbury residents and volunteers gathered at Mission Hill Church yesterday to celebrate Three Kings Day - a Latin-American and Caribbean holiday tradition of gift-giving and family gathering....Continue reading.
Celebration fit for 'Three Kings'. By Tania deLuzuriaga, Boston Globe. January 6, 2008. Read the story.
The children came for the toys, the games and the music, but their parents brought them for something more - their culture. More than 250 people gathered at Mission Hill Church yesterday for the 17th annual Sociedad Latina Three Kings Day celebration....Continue reading.
Boston youth speak to city council on harmful storefront advertising. By Scott Wachtler. December 13, 2007. Read the whole story.
According to research compiled by the non-profit youth organization, Sociedad Latina, 75 percent of teens visit a convenience store at least once a week. Even before entering the store they are confronted with advertising for harmful and unhealthy products. Rafael Feliciano, Joanna Beatty and Kayla Olmo, youth community organizers from Sociedad Latina joined the standing room only crowd as they hosted a hearing in the Boston City Council chambers on the issue....Continue reading.
Addressing storefront signage issues. By Greg St. Martin, Boston Metro. December 10, 2007. Read the whole story.
A youth group today will request the city revise its laws governing signage in storefront windows, claiming an abundance of cigarette, alcohol and junk food advertisements in their neighborhoods is harmful to kids. Sociedad Latina, a Mission Hill-based youth organization, has spent months studying the prevalence of those types of ads in each of the city’s neighborhoods....Continue reading.
Sociedad Latina celebrates graduations. By Christy Pardew, special to the Mission Hill Gazette. May 18, 2007. Read the whole story.
During this graduation season, Sociedad Latina is celebrating the success of nine remarkable Youth Leaders who will graduate from high school next month. Seven of those youth will go on to college this fall, many attending area schools.... Continue reading.
College students spring into community service. By Megan Jicha, Boston Globe. March 10, 2007. Read the whole story.
Youth NOISE for street peace. By John Ruch, Mission Hill Gazette. February 23, 2007. Read the article (PDF).
Mission Hill teens kick off Youth NOISE to fight rising crime rate. By Tony Lee, Metro Boston. January 31, 2007. Read the whole story.
Hailed by Mayor Thomas Menino as a “great example for our city,” a group of Mission Hill youths met last night with elected officials, community leaders and police to address a recent surge in youth violence and frigid relations with law enforcement.The kickoff event for Youth Neighborhood Outreach for Inner Street Empowerment (Youth NOISE) stands as an important step in an ongoing struggle.... Continue reading.
Youths Make NOISE to Silence Fears. By Peter Gelzinis, Boston Herald. January 31, 2007. Read the whole story or see the PDF of the news article.
Asked what he wanted people to understand about the debut event for Youth NOISE (Neighborhood Outreach for Inner Street Empowerment), Levon Harewood spoke softly but firmly. “This is our idea,” he said, “no adults told us to do this. And we’re running it....” Continue reading.
Teens reach out for help against violence. By April Simpson, Boston Globe. January 30, 2007. Read the whole story.
Some Boston youths, tired of violence epitomized by a large fight after school last month, took the initiative of going to police. Now, an officer patrols the area. And the teenagers have come up with a bigger idea: Why not have a regular meeting, so young people can bring their concerns to city officials and police?... Continue reading.
Celebrating a heritage of the Three Wise Men. By April Simpson, Boston Globe. January 7, 2007. Read the whole story.
Yesterday, [Karla] Acevedo joined more than 60 young people in an event to keep the tradition alive. Acevedo, a junior at Boston College, volunteered at Sociedad Latina's 16th annual Three Kings Celebration at Mission Hill Church in Roxbury. Speeches were given in Spanish and English; dancers performed salsa and hip-hop... Continue reading.
Llegando lejos. El Planeta. 10 al 16 de Agosto de 2006. Lee el artículo.
No es muy común que un joven de Boston tome un papel importante en la legislación nacional. Pero eso fue lo que precisamente logró Luis “Andy” Rivera, un residente de Mission Hill quien participó en el simposio nacional “Tobacco Free Kids” (jóvenes sin tabaco) en Washington, D.C., a finales de julio...Sigue leyendo.
No match for kids. By Jack Encarnacao, Boston Globe. February 27, 2005. Read the whole story.
When he strolled into the Brigham Circle 7-Eleven one afternoon last April, Ronald Chang looked for all the world like a typical 17-year-old cruising for junk food. Cruising more slowly than most, true, and spending an inordinate amount of time eyeing the display ads posted through the store.Soon, he settled on a small bag of Skittles, paid the cashier $1.48, then stepped out onto Huntington Avenue. Where he had his eureka moment.... Continue reading.