La Alianza Hispana (Boston, Mass.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
La Alianza Hispana records
Collection
Identifier: M055
Overview
La Alianza Hispana was begun in 1968 by Ana Maria Rodríguez, teacher of English as a second language at the Winthrop Elementary School in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Noticing the impoverished conditions of her Latino students, Rodríguez, along with fellow teacher Betsy Tregar, started meeting at Denison House in Roxbury with Latino parents to begin addressing their needs. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Latino community of Boston became very active in the city's civic, social, and...
Dates:
1960-1999; Majority of material found within 1975-1995
Roxbury Multi-Service Center records
Collection
Identifier: M109
Overview
RMSC is a social service agency modeled after the 19th century settlement house where all client services were located under one roof. It began as a three-year demonstration project in 1964 to provide services to the Roxbury and North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. From its inception, the mission of RMSC has been to offer programs and services designed to empower the residents of Roxbury and North Dorchester to become economically and socially self-sufficient. RMSC was originally funded...
Dates:
1965-2002
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- Academic achievement -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Adult education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African American neighborhoods -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African American youth -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Busing for school integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community development -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community mental health services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Crime prevention -- Citizen participation 1
- Crime prevention -- Youth participation 1
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services) -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Education, Bilingual -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Emergency housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Gang prevention -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Services for -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions 1
- Housing rehabilitation -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Human Services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Legal assistance to the poor -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Puerto Ricans -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Puerto Ricans -- Mental health services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Puerto Ricans -- Social conditions 1
- Sex instruction -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Social service -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Urban beautification -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Urban homesteading -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Vocational education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Youth development -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1 + ∧ less
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