United South End Settlements
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Frieda Garcia papers
Collection
Identifier: M222
Abstract
Frieda Garcia is a community activist and leader who has worked primarily in Boston's South End and Roxbury neighborhoods since the mid 1960s, when she first settled in Boston. She initially found work under Hubie Jones, who became a mentor, at the Roxbury Multi-Service Center. A few years later, in 1969, Jones urged her to become a part of a new organization that was forming to meet the needs of Boston's growing Hispanic community. Garcia became the first director of the resulting...
Dates:
1886-2022; Majority of material found within 1963-2014
United South End Settlements records
Collection
Identifier: M126
Overview
United South End Settlements is a non-profit social service agency located in the South End of Boston, Massachusetts, whose mission is to foster well-being, nurture personal growth and development, build a sense of community, and maintain an environment where all can thrive. In 1950, five settlement houses (South End, Lincoln, Hale, Harriet Tubman, and Ellis Memorial) and the Children's Art Centre, agreed to share their resources and formed the Federation of South End Settlements. In 1960,...
Dates:
1891-2010; Majority of material found within 1980-2005
Filtered By
- Subject: South End (Boston, Mass.) X
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- Adult education -- United States 1
- African American women artists 1
- Art Therapy -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Children's art -- Exhibitions 1
- Community centers 1
- Community development, Urban -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community-based social services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Development projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Dominican Americans -- Massachusetts 1
- Education, Bilingual 1
- Education, bilingual -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Employment training -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Hispanic American women 1
- Hispanic Americans 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Massachusetts 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Literacy 1
- Lodging-houses -- Massachusetts 1
- Minority artists -- United States 1
- Multiculturalism 1
- Neighborhoods -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Non-profit organizations -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Older people -- Education 1
- Older people -- Recreation 1
- Older people -- Services for -- Massachusetts 1
- Outdoor recreation -- Management 1
- Recreation 1
- Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Roxbury (Mass.) -- Social Conditions 1
- Social Services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Social Settlements -- Massachusetts 1
- Social work administration--Massachusetts 1
- Urban Renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Vocational education -- Programs 1 + ∧ less
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