Nature and Purpose
For over thirty years, in partnership with Latino youth, the mission of Sociedad Latina has been to enhance the overall health and wellbeing of the Latino community by delivering programs that encourage community leadership through educational attainment, cultural identity and continuation of traditions.
Sociedad Latina is now committed to serving both Latino youth, the fastest growing youth population in Massachusetts, and youth from the surrounding communities of the Greater Boston Area. Our non-profit agency directly serves 3,500 young people each year through programs that are predominately led by Youth Leaders. Sociedad Latina fulfills its critical mission by combining direct services. Advocacy and information/referral assistance -- literally providing a human resource center for Boston's youth, particularly those of Mission Hill/Roxbury.
Today our vital out-of-school time programs offer tutoring, academic enrichment tailored to literacy and math, youth development trainings, mentoring and safe social/recreational activities and services with the ovreall goal of helping even the most at-risk youth make healthy choices, graduate from high school and develop higher education goals.
Current programs include:
- Mission Enrichment Program (MEP) offers after-school and summer activities reinforcing appropriate values, literacy and whole-brain learning for middle-school students from three local middle schools.
- Sonic Life is dedicated to developing youth skills through hands-on training in music that encourages self-expressions and at the same time widens the scope of career possibilities available to them.
- Health Careers for Youth provides a venue where youth can acquire job readiness skills, educational support, and career exploration for the health care sector.
- Unique Rhythm Program combines dance with health education in fitness and nutrition as it promotes cultural identity and pride through music and performance.
- Viva La Cultura is an one-on-one literacy, cultural pride, and mentorship program for girls ages 10-14.
- Mission Possible consists of both an evening tutorial and college access program for our high school youth leaders. These programs provide academic and college preparation support.
- Youth Community Organizing program focuses on building the community organizing skills of youth ages 14-18 so that they are able to identity the issues that affect their communities, research those issues, and then educate and organize community members and officials
Tasks
PULSE students can be involved in the Mission Enrichment Program, the Mission Possible program, or the Sonic Life program. The PULSE students will have the unique opportunity to work with high school and middle school students. The PULSE students will develop meaningful relationships with children, serving as mentors, program leaders, and supervisors of middle school in the MEP program. PULSE students will also have the opportunity to develop field trips and are encouraged to lead trips to their own campus. The MEP program also offers enrichment clubs such as music, dance, art, or international sports, which are led by consultants but rely on PULSE students to encourage and teach the children.
PULSE students who choose to serve with our Mission Possible program will work with our high school youth leaders by providing academic support as well as college preparation support and guidance.
PULSE students will also be responsible for participating in the development of Sociedad Latina's hands-on learning activities and for creating awareness of higher education goals in the program. PULSE students will be responsible for monitoring behavior, modeling appropriate values, and adequately disciplining students when necessary.
PULSE students interested in music education, who play one or more musical instrument, or are acquainted with musical production and recording may choose to assist with leading music club activities or youth music instruction classes. PULSE students can even take part in planning and coordinating music programming activities.
Time Requirement
Sociedad Latina asks that PULSE students work two days per week for a total of 8 hours. These hours could be scheduled any time Monday-Thursday from 2:30-8:00 pm. The option for Friday and Saturday service is possible dependant on program scheduling.
Supervision
The education team will directly supervise PULSE students by providign adequate support and supervision. Each PULSE student will take place in an organizational and program specific orientation. Supervisory check-ins will be conducted in both a one-on-one and group setting.
Supervisors
Nicole d'Avis
Jimmy Wyman
Dinanyili Paulino
Alexandra Oliver-Dávila
Address
1530 Tremont Street
Roxbury, MA 02120
(617) 442-4299
www.sociedadlatina.org
Council Member
Esthephania Gomez