🎶 Celebrating 20 years of music, culture, and community! 🎶The Tito Puente Latin Music Series returns this summer for its 20th season, bringing free live Latin music to parks across Boston.Created in honor of the legendary Tito Puente, the six-concert series has spent two decades filling Boston neighborhoods with the sounds of salsa, Latin jazz, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and more. We a...
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Now Enrolling!Our nationally accredited bilingual Early Education Program is now enrolling children ages 4 months to 5 ½ year. Located in Boston’s South End, our program provides high-quality early learning in a diverse and nurturing environment.With healthy meals, a sliding tuition scale, and fully renovated facilities, we are committed to giving every child the best start in life....
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On July 22, 2025, IBA will break ground on a transformative redevelopment of Casas Borinquen, one of the original residential developments that make up Villa Victoria in Boston’s South End. This exciting milestone marks the beginning of a thoughtful and deeply impactful rehabilitation project that will preserve and modernize 36 affordable housing units across nine historic brick buildings and deve...
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📌 Para leerlo en español, vaya al centro de la página. ⬇ Deslice hacia abajo ⬇ Here you'll find answers to some common questions. If you don’t see your question here, feel free to contact us — we’re always happy to help! What is the IBA Financial Empowerment Program?The Financial Empowerment Program supports participants in one-on-one financial coaching and group financial education cla...
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A Pivotal Moment for La CASA Campaign: A Home for Community Empowerment, Arts, Culture, and Social Change In an inspiring act of generosity and vision, philanthropic leaders Barbara and Amos Hostetter have pledged a $1 million challenge gift to the capital campaign for La CASA: The Center for Arts, Self-Determination, and Activism. This remarkable gift arrives at a critical juncture, as the camp...
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Earlier this summer IBA’s Early Education Program (EEP) was filled with joy and pride as parents, families, and our special guest, Marie Joelle Auguste, Boston Universal Pre-K Family Engagement & Comprehensive Services Manager, gathered to honor our students graduating from pre-school! Before stepping into their new lives as kindergartners, our graduates dazzled everyone with a beautiful performan...
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Last month, IBA announced the launch of the Moonshot Home Buyers program, a community-focused initiative designed to support individuals on their journey to homeownership. As part of the launch we welcomed 10 enthusiastic IBA affordable housing residents into the program, ready to begin their path to owning a home and securing their financial future. The Moonshot Home Buyers program is dedicated ...
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The Journey of Growth at IBA’s Expanded Early Education Program It’s a vibrant world at IBA’s newly expanded Early Education Program. Our doors officially opened to the public this past September, and we celebrated this momentous occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 14, 2023. With 2024 well underway, we’re excited to share with the community the inspiration behind the program’s ex...
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IBA’s Commitment to Ending Hunger Food insecurity is a pressing issue that affects Boston’s most vulnerable residents – but this is not a new problem for the city. As the Harvard Political Review points out, this issue goes hand in hand with systemic discrimination, which has historically limited the access to fresh produce and created food deserts for Black and Brown communities across Massachus...
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Eastern Bank Foundation honors Vanessa Calderón-Rosado of IBA with 2023 Social Justice Award Energy and inspiration were in the air as hundreds of community and business leaders recently came together for the annual Eastern Bank Foundation Celebration of Social Justice to honor Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, chief executive officer of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), and her team with the 2023 Soc...
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