ASPIRA, Inc. of New Jersey
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
ASPIRA, Inc. of New Jersey Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-01
Abstract
“The ASPIRA Association, a 501(C)(3) organization, is the only national Hispanic organization dedicated exclusively to developing the educational and leadership capacity of Hispanic youth… ASPIRA has been working at the grass-roots level to provide programs that encourage Hispanic students to stay in school, prepare them to succeed in the educational arena, develop their leadership skills, and to serve their community… The ASPIRA Association is a confederation of ASPIRA statewide...
Dates:
1967 – 2003; Majority of material found within 1996 – 2000
Grissele Camacho-Pagan Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2006-04
Abstract
Grissele Camacho-Pagan was a member of the Puerto Rican Bar Association, a founding member of Latinas United for Political Empowerment (L.U.P.E.), the President of Hispanic Bar Association from 1985 to 1986, and the Vice President of the Hispanic Association in 1984. Her papers include the constitution and by-laws of the Puerto Rican Bar Association and the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey. Membership lists, correspondence, minutes, brief history, newsletters of the HBA comprise the...
Dates:
1974 – 2006, undated
Hilda A. Hidalgo, PhD - Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2009-02
Abstract
Community activist, LGBT advocate, educator, social worker, and Rutgers professor. Cofounder of both the Experimental Master of Social Work for Bilingual/Bicultural Hispanics and of the
Master in Public Administration for Hispanic Administrators at Rutgers, the State University of New
Jersey. The bulk of the collection is comprised of academic writings, including numerous articles for
publication, monograph manuscripts, a doctoral dissertation, speeches, keynote addresses and case
studies....
Dates:
circa 1920s - 2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1999
Maria Vizcarrondo Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-05
Abstract
Maria Vizcarrondo is the first woman and Latina to become the President and CEO of the United Way of Essex and West Hudson. She became the Executive Director of ASPIRA, a community organization whose goal is to develop a younger generation of Latinos leaders. As the Essex County Coordinator for the Latinos for Clinton/Gore Organization, she was responsible for registering new voters and targeting the Latino vote in support of Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign. The Maria Vizcarrondo Papers...
Dates:
1979 – 1993; Majority of material found within 1986 – 1993
Maxine Lisboa Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2016-02
Abstract
Maxine Lisboa was researching the history of ASPIRA, Inc. for her doctoral dissertation. She has donated her research materials, which contain information regarding the ASPIRA Association and its involvement with Puerto Rican and Latino youth. Items include annual reports, financial statements, publications and correspondence from 1956 to 2007 that encompass all affiliate chapters with a particular focus on New Jersey and New York. In addition, there are also newspaper articles and studies...
Dates:
1956 – 2007; Majority of material found within 1970 – 2004
Sigfredo Carrion Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2014-04
Abstract
Sigfredo Carrion attended Rutgers – Newark, where he co-founded the student organization, Puerto Rican Organization (P.R.O.). He was actively involved as a community activist in Newark, where he served on the People’s Committee, one of the negotiation committees that met with Mayor Gibson at the on-set of the 1974 Newark Puerto Rican riots. The collection consists of 14 photographs of ASPIRA’s lead poisoning screening campaign and clothing drive in 1971.
Dates:
1971