Garcia, Frieda
Person
Found in 4 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
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
Natalie Ammarell papers
Collection
Identifier: M189
Overview
Natalie Ammarell earned her Master's degree in Urban Affairs at Boston University in 1973 and her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems at Fielding Graduate University in 1999. From 1972 to 2002, Ammarell worked as an organizational consultant with a special focus on Boston-area community-based human service organizations.
Dates:
1967-2008; Majority of material found within 1981-2000
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
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- Hispanic Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston 2
- South End (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Adult education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Adult education -- United States 1
- African American women artists 1
- Art Therapy -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Children's art -- Exhibitions 1
- Community centers 1
- Community centers -- Massachusetts -- Children and Youth 1
- Community development, Urban -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community mental health services 1
- Community organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community-based social services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Deinstitutionalization 1
- Development projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Dominican Americans -- Massachusetts 1
- Education, Bilingual 1
- Education, Bilingual -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Education, bilingual -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Employment and training 1
- Employment training -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Fund raising 1
- Hispanic American women 1
- Hispanic Americans 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Massachusetts 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Services for -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions 1
- Human Services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Human services -- Administration 1
- Human services -- Economic aspects 1
- Human services -- Evaluation 1
- Human services -- Massachusetts -- Management 1
- Literacy 1
- Lodging-houses -- Massachusetts 1
- Minority artists -- United States 1
- Multiculturalism 1
- Neighborhoods -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Non-profit organizations -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Nonprofit organizations 1
- Occupational training 1
- Older people -- Education 1
- Older people -- Recreation 1
- Older people -- Services for -- Massachusetts 1
- Organizational consultants 1
- Organizational effectiveness 1
- Organizational resilience 1
- Outdoor recreation -- Management 1
- Program development 1
- Program evaluation 1
- Puerto Ricans -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Puerto Ricans -- Mental health services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Puerto Ricans -- Social conditions 1
- Recreation 1
- Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Roxbury (Mass.) -- Social Conditions 1
- Social Services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Social Services -- Massachusetts -- South End (Boston) 1
- Social Settlements -- Massachusetts 1
- Social justice -- United States 1
- Social settlements -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History 1
- Social work administration--Massachusetts 1
- Strategic planning 1
- Urban Renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Vocational education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
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