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Oberlin Latino Alumni Association


Overview
(OLAA) was approved by the Executive Board in spring 1993 as the Alumni Association's fifth self-defined group. It serves to foster communication and community on issues of interest among Latino alumni and students; to provide representation of Latino alumni and voice for Latino issues and concerns in the Alumni Council and in the College as a whole; and to increase and retain the number of Latinos in the Oberlin College community as students, faculty, and staff. A representative serves on the Alumni Council.

Starting in the Summer of 2005 OLAA has begun outreach activities and is active again. We are looking for Alumni to serve on the executive board of OLAA.
 
Events
 
News & Notes
JOIN THE OLAA LISTSERV

OLAA is excited to announce the new listserv, available to all who join using the instructions below.

To SUBSCRIBE to the newsletter, please send an email message to majordomo@venus.cc.oberlin.edu. Please leave the subject line blank.

The body of the message should contain this line:
subscribe oberlinalumni_latinoassociation

Users should not have anything else in the body of their
message and should turn off/eliminate all signature information.

To UNSUBSCRIBE to the newsletter, please send an email message to majordomo@venus.cc.oberlin.edu. Please leave the subject line blank.

The body of the message should contain this line:
unsubscribe oberlinalumni_latinoassociation

As mentioned above, users should not have anything else in the body of their
message and should turn off/eliminate all signature information.

THE OBERLIN LATINO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (OLAA)
Charter


Founding Committee:
Beatriz Valdes Malaver '85 Co-chair
Ricardo Oquendo '81 Co-chair
Randy Belcher-Torres '74 Treasurer
Francisco Dominguez, Jr. '89 Secretary
Roberto Santiago '85 Newsletter Editor

Name:
We are formally requesting recognition as an affiliate group of the Oberlin College Alumni Association operating under "The Oberlin Latino Alumni Association" name.

Purpose:
1) Foster communication and community on all issues of interest among Latino alumni and Latino students.
2) Provide representation of Latino alumni and voice for Latino issues and concerns in the Alumni Council and in Oberlin College as a whole.
3) Increase and retain the number of Latinos in the Oberlin College community as students, faculty, and staff.

Membership:
Membership is open to all interested alumni who wish to be included. Our officers are selected on an annual basis by a steering committee, which is open to all interested persons.

Plans for the next year:
1) Develop a mailing list with the purpose of networking.
2) Meet with senior staff to work on the increase and retention of Latino students, faculty, and staff in Oberlin College.
3) Work with the Development Office staff on increasing the donor participation rate among Latino alumni.
4) Work with student groups on campus to have informal discussions on issues affecting Latino alumni and Latino students.
5) Celebrate a Latino alumni reunion regularly.
6) Develop winter term projects, summer internships, job employment and housing for Latino students.
7) Produce and distribute a regular newsletter describing our activities.

Approved 3/13/93
Executive Board

 
Questions/Comments
If you have any questions/comments, please email: Jose Melendez
 
Contacts

Title Name E-mail Address

Chair - Chicago, IL

Jose W. Melendez '01

ObieLAA@gmail.com

Steering Committee Members

El Paso, TX

Francisco Dominguez '89

Lansing, MI

Raquel Olivo '99

Lexington, VA

Lorriann Olan '87

Los Angeles, CA

Ana Maria Alvarez '99

New York, NY

Maria Orengo '81

Tucson, AZ
William Masson '04

Washington, DC

Elio Trabal '04



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