Crowd roar halts free expression at school board meetings

Boston Globe, August 8, 2011

The following is a letter to the editor submitted by Sociedad Latina Youth Leaders.

BANNING ALL kinds of expression, even clapping, in Boston School Committee meetings might be going too far, but our experience at the March meeting discussed in your article makes it clear we need new rules (“Panel wants its meetings polite,’’ Page A1, Aug. 1).

As youth community organizers at Sociedad Latina, a youth development organization in Roxbury, we are active in the schools and run our own education reform campaign. We went to the budget meeting prepared with research and speeches, as we always do, to present our demands to the School Committee. Full letter here.

Summer Seedlings program at Simmons

Boston.com, August 2011

A video slideshow of Sociedad Latina's Summer Splash, an end of year celebration for the Summer Seedlings Program.

Reporte recomienda inclusión multicultural en salones de clases de Boston

El Planeta, August 19, 2011

Entre más conocimiento to los maestros tienen sobre el origen y cultura de sus estudiantes, más grandes son las probabilidades de garantizar el éxito academic de los estudiantes, dicta un análisis compuesto recientemente por centros que abogan por la comunidad latina en Boston. Full story here.

Alexandra Oliver-Davila on Perfil Latino

School's Out

Mission Hill Gazette, August 19, 2011

Courtesy Photo SCHOOL’S OUT Mayor Thomas Menino (third from left) visits the conclusion of Sociedad Latina’s Summer Seedlings Program alternative summer school on Aug. 10 at Simmons College. The seven-week course included traditional school classes along with such features as hip-hop dance and video production. Joining Menino are (from left): Desirae Simmons, Simmons’ associate director for undergraduate service-learning; student Carlos Bello; student Kris Edler; Simmons College President Helen Drinan; and Sociedad Latina Executive Director Alexandra Oliver-Dávila.