OLA in the News

OLA of Eastern Long Island has announced the hiring of Lucía Damerau as director of Immigration Legal Services, Wanda Sánchez Day as...

Returning for its 20th year, Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island’s annual Latino film festival will feature films from Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Canada, that focus on adventure, strength and inspiration. This year’s festival also marks the greatest number of films OLA has ever shown, and includes two U.S. premieres and one New York premiere. The tradition provides a welcome reprieve from the challenges the local Latino community faces and the is

Adventure, strength and inspiration form the conceptual and thematic core of four feature-length films and one animated short film from Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Canada that OLA (Organización Latino Americana) of Eastern Long Island will screen during its annual Latino Film Festival of the Hamptons, celebrating its 20th anniversary, September 14 to 17. All films are in Spanish with English subtitles. “We are thrilled to host two U.S. premieres and one New York p

“You don’t want to be associated in the Christmas Story with the innkeeper who boxed out the Holy Family and forced them to have the...

Proposed changes to assess English-language skills worry some who have passed By Olivia Winslow Andrés Espinosa's hopes and dreams were...

For more than 20 years, OLA — the Latino-focused advocacy nonprofit that serves eastern Long Island — has been working to support,...

Wanda Sánchez Day, left, and Lucía Damerau, attorneys hired by OLA of Eastern Long Island. Courtesy photos: OLA OLA of Eastern Long...

Southampton Press Editorial Often, great things come from modest beginnings. What started out 20 years ago as a small advisory board to...

By Vera Chinese and Michael Gormley Immigration advocates gathered outside the Suffolk County Legislature Tuesday speaking out against...

By Alek Lewis Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. File photo: Alek Lewis Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar extended and expanded the...

Riverhead Central School District Board of Education Vice President Laurie Downs resigned Tuesday. Credit: Morgan Campbell   A Riverhead school board member, who faced backlash for saying she feared her district would become like Brentwood because of its large Latino population and gang violence, resigned Tuesday.  Laurie Downs, vice president of the Riverhead school board, said her resignation is effective immediately after her March 18 comments sparked rebuke within the edu

An East Hampton-based Latino advocacy group will use a grant funded by Suffolk's opioids lawsuit settlement with major drug companies to...

Because of the Ellen Hermanson Foundation grant "OLA has been brought into a circle of support along with some of the most amazing...

OLA lanza encuesta para visibilizar la agresión sexual contra menores y los obstáculos que se encuentran en la búsqueda de justicia Según...

OLA Launches Survey to Improve Reporting Processes for Child Victims of Sexual Assault At age 7, Isabella Martinez was quiet, until she...

Katie Horan, health teacher at Dodd Middle School in Freeport, teaches breathing exercises during a class earlier this month. Credit:...

October 18, 2022 When Emily Lupercio was going through what she called her own “mental health journey” during her junior year of college,...

Organización Latino Americana (OLA) of Eastern Long Island is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Founded in 2002, the nonprofit...

OLA of Eastern Long Island will hold its first-ever Youth Summit for young people ages 14 to 22 on Monday, Aug. 15 at the Bridgehampton...

July 18, 2022 OLA of Eastern Long Island and Quail Hill Farm have begun their third summer of collaboration to make sure that families...