Latinos

OLA, an advocacy group that supports Latino residents on eastern Long Island, met with Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney and judges from the New York state court system earlier this month to discuss how to best serve non-native English speaking residents navigate the justice system.

OLA of Eastern Long Island reports that the number of wage theft cases among the Latino community has skyrocketed this year.

OLA of Eastern Long Island is staffing up with two new lawyers to grapple with government-backed bans on incoming migrants, and to provide legal assistance for asylum seekers.

“Chisme” is the name by which the Salvadoran artist José Campos, known in the art world as “Studio Lenca,” decided to call a collection of life-size wooden figures representing Latino immigrant workers.

Hundreds attended a wake and prayer service at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Riverhead to honor and remember Sister Margarita Smyth, whose indomitable spirit, tenacity and devotion touched the lives of many throughout the region, igniting a flame that It will continue to burn for generations to come.

Planning is underway to establish the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington D.C.

The schools’ plans to open were delayed until at least next year without financial assistance from the state General Assembly. The school could eventually educate 770 students from Danbury.

The Latino Cannabis Association launched this month to help members who grew up in over-policed neighborhoods get licenses to enter the cannabis business with help from grants and social justice programs.

Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island will offer free COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots on Wednesday, Jan. 5, at the Children’s Museum in Bridgehampton and at the Montauk Playhouse to get more Latino parents and kids vaccinated.

OLA of Eastern Long Island will hold two events next Wednesday — at the Montauk Playhouse and at the Children’s Museum in Bridgehampton.