OLLAS 20th Anniversary

2023 marked the 20th anniversary of UNO’s Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS)! Two decades ago, in November of 2003, OLLAS was established with the support of UNO faculty, staff, and students as well as the metropolitan community. Since then, OLLAS has been a leader in education, community engagement, and community-based research on topics that impact tens of thousands of residents in the city, state, and nation. Today, they are the only academic unit within the University of Nebraska system dedicated to the research, teaching, and community engagement of the Latino community and Latin American Nations in the state.

In the words of Dr. Cristián Doña-Reveco, OLLAS Director, “OLLAS is definitely one of UNO’s gems.”

	Dr. Cristián Doña-Reveco, Special Remarks - Speech
	Dr. Lourdes Gouveia, Re-imagining Ollas at 20!
	Dr. Jonathan Bejamin-Alvarado, 20th Year Video

OLLAS Anniversary Exhibition - UNO Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections

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Get to know our OLLAS Alumni:

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Please visit and explore the different things OLLAS has been able to acomplish these past 20 years! We can't wait to see what the future brings us!

OLLAS Reports:

2023 - Community and Network Responses for Assisting Mobile Vulnerable Populations

2022 - Vulnerable, yet Resilient: The Impact of Covid-19 on Latino-Owned Businesses in South Omaha

2021 - The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Immigrant Populations on Nebraska and Omaha: Evidence from the 2015-2019 American Community Survey

2014 - A Demographic Portrait of the Mexican-Origin Population in Nebraska

2010 - The Omaha Site: Migrant Civil Society Under Construction Series on Latino Immigrant Civic Engagement

2008 - Nebraska’s Immigrant Population: Economic and Fiscal Impacts OLLAS Report No. 5

2002 - The Integration of the Hispanic/Latino Immigrant Workforce State of Nebraska Mexican American Commission Project Report

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OLLAS Blogs:

2022 - “The Greatest Path to Acceptance is to Know We Exist:” Capturing Narratives of Sexually Diverse Latinx in Nebraska

2021 - The Significant Contribution of Latin American and Caribbean Immigrants to Nebraska’s Economy Should not be Ignored

2019 - Why Latino College Students’ should Play to their Strengths for College Success

2018 - Immigrant Nebraska-- Because we forget, we must tell the story all over again

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OLLAS Signature Events:

ArteLatinX

Cinemateca

Visit: Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies (JOLLAS)