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OLA Celebrates 20 Years Of Advocacy On East End

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OLA core team members, from left, Minerva Perez, Jessica Tovar, Andrés Espinosa, Wally Ramírez, Alma Tovar, Erika Padilla and Sandra Dunn. Missing is Christine Velia. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

OLA core team members, from left, Minerva Perez, Jessica Tovar, Andrés Espinosa, Wally Ramírez, Alma Tovar, Erika Padilla and Sandra Dunn. Missing is Christine Velia. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Alma Tovar, OLA's outreach coordinator and transportation advocate, helps a client and cancer survivor with a haircut. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Alma Tovar, OLA's outreach coordinator and transportation advocate, helps a client and cancer survivor with a haircut. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Sandra Dunn and Minerva Perez. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Sandra Dunn and Minerva Perez. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

OLA holds a leadership dinner for Shinnecock and Latino youth. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

OLA holds a leadership dinner for Shinnecock and Latino youth. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Teens share information about the OLA Project Hope text line. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Teens share information about the OLA Project Hope text line. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Children participate in a Project Hope activity. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Children participate in a Project Hope activity. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

OLA helped deliver food to families in need during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

OLA helped deliver food to families in need during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Children participate in a Project Hope activity. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Children participate in a Project Hope activity. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

OLA assists with illegal eviction cases across the East End. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

OLA assists with illegal eviction cases across the East End. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Minerva Perez, left, during an OLA Latino Diversity training and communication workshop with law enforcement. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Minerva Perez, left, during an OLA Latino Diversity training and communication workshop with law enforcement. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Minerva Perez

Minerva Perez

Isabel Sepulveda-de Scanlon, Sandra Dunn, Minerva Perez and Mollie Cohen represent OLA at the inaugural Hamptons Pride Parade in East Hampton. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Isabel Sepulveda-de Scanlon, Sandra Dunn, Minerva Perez and Mollie Cohen represent OLA at the inaugural Hamptons Pride Parade in East Hampton. COURTESY MINERVA PEREZ

Erika Padilla, the legal administrative assistant for Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island, visits the East Hampton Town Justice Court every Monday morning to help members of the Latino community. LORI HAWKINS

Erika Padilla, the legal administrative assistant for Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island, visits the East Hampton Town Justice Court every Monday morning to help members of the Latino community. LORI HAWKINS

Over the last 20 years, OLA's impact has been felt in myriad ways across the East End.

Over the last 20 years, OLA's impact has been felt in myriad ways across the East End.

authorMichelle Trauring on Jul 26, 2022
Every Monday morning at East Hampton Town Justice Court, Erika Padilla sits, listens and waits — her presence offering a familiar face that the Latino community can rely on to... more

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