LOCAL RESTAURANTS
El Kefón: Puerto Rican Restaurant
1836 Broadway
Lorain, OH
440-246-6396
Licha’s: Convenience Mexican Grocery Store
3045 Clinton Avenue
Lorain, OH
440-277-4442
LeLoLai: Cuban Bakery
1889 West 25 th Street
Cleveland, OH
216-771-9956
LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES
El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Inc.
1888 East 31st Street
Lorain, OH 44055-1892
Phone: (440) 277-8235
El Centro de Servicios Sociales, founded in 1974, is dedicated to enhancing the socioeconomic status of the Lorain County Hispanic community by the provision of advocacy and human services through programs such as employment and training, housing, youth, seniors, family violence, and mental health.
Hispanic Fund
The Hispanic Fund, founded in 1986, serves the following purposes: to support financially the activity of non-profit organizations that foster Hispanic concerns; to promote self-sufficiency and self esteem within the Hispanic Community; to exercise and promote Hispanic Leadership in meeting the changing needs and opportunities in the community; to improve the physical, economic, and educational conditions that affect the quality of life of Hispanics in Lorain County; and to promote a better understanding of the Hispanic culture.
http://www.peoplewhocare.org/page20442.cfm
Immigrant Workers Project
The Immigrant Worker Project (IWP) grew out of our dialogue between the growing Latino/a population of Ohio and various community leaders and activities in 1999. The Immigrant Worker Project is dedicated to the struggle for justice and human dignity for rural immigrant workers from Latin America. We are an organization that is working toward a future where Economic Democracy and Communities of Solidarity are achieved for rural immigrants in Ohio. By Economic Democracy we mean a participatory system in which workers have a meaningful voice in all structures of their economic existence. By Communities of Solidarity we mean communities where cultural diversity is embraced by institutions of faith, education, social services and health care. To obtain these goals the Immigrant Worker Project (IWP) empowers community leaders, creates structures for global education, and advocates for workplace justice.
http://www.iwpohio.org/
LOCAL RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Sacred Heart Chapel
4301 Pearl Avenue
Lorain, OH 44055
http://sacredheartchapel.org/english/
LOCAL PUBLICATIONS
El Latino Expreso
1657 Broadway
Lorain, OH 44052
latino@morningjournal.com
La Prensa: Ohio & Michigan's Oldest and Largest Latino Newspaper since 1989
http://www.laprensatoledo.com/
NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND ORGANIZATIONS
United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI)
USHLI is one of the most powerful, nationally and internationally recognized Latino organizations in the country by organizing and conducting nonpartisan voter registration and leadership development program in 40 states.
http://www.ushli.org/
Annual Northeast Latino Student Leadership Conference (NLSLC)
The mission of the Northeast Latino Student Leadership Conference (NLSLC) is to promote education, train a broad cross-section of present and future Latino leaders and to create a servant leadership community that values diversity, community, cultural pride, and empowerment. The NLSLC provides opportunities for advanced leadership skills development and promotes unity among Latino student leaders attending colleges and universities in the Northeast United States.
East Coast Chicano Student Forum Conference
The East Coast Chicano Student’s Forum is an alliance of Chicano and Latino organizations from East Coast colleges and universities. The ECCSF was established in 1972 through the efforts of a few dedicated Chicanos and Chicanas from Ivy League schools concerned with the conditions of Chicanos in higher education on the east coast. Among the issues which needed prompt addressing were curriculum matters, recruitment efforts and low retention rates that impeded the progress of a fast growing Chicano student population. When the organization first started it was composed of only Yale, UPenn, and Columbia. Now the ECCSF is a coalition of 22 schools with over 300 members and the numbers are growing.
Every year four ECCSF conferences are held to tackle issues pertinent to the Chicano community specifically and to the Latino community as a whole. One of the priorities every year focuses on recruitment strategies to increase the amount of Chicanos and Latinos applying to and matriculating in East Coast schools.
National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States working 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. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health.
http://www.nclr.org/
Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs (OCHLA)
The Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs provides leadership in addressing issues concerning Hispanic/Latino Ohioans. The Commission serves as a liaison between government and the Hispanic/Latino community in Ohio and advocates the development and implementation of policies and programs to address the needs of the Hispanic/Latino Ohioans, especially but not limited to education, employment, economic development, health and housing.
http://www.ochla.ohio.gov/ohla/ohla.htm
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH)
The mission of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) is to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive health care for Latinas, their families and their communities through education, policy advocacy, and community mobilization.
http://www.latinainstitute.org/index.html
back to resources |
