Cultural Organizations (Annotated Links)

Aisling Irish Community Center, www.aislingcenter.org
Nippon Community Center, www.nipponcc.com
Westchester Accueil, www.westaccueil.org
National Italian American Foundation, www.niaf.org
United Slovenian American League, www.slovakinfo.com
Portuguese American Community Center, www.ypacc.com
African American Men of Westchester, www.aamw.com
United Jewish Federation of New York in Westchester, www.ujafedny.org
Asian American Community Organizations http://www.westchestergov.com/asianamerican/LeftSideLinks/communityorgs.htm
Chinese School of Southern Westchester, www.westchestergov.com
Indian American Cultural Association of Westchester, www.westchestergov.com
Japanese American Learning Center, www.westchestergov.com
Korean American Association of Westchester, http://www.westchestergov.com/asianamerican/Korean/communityorgskr.htm
Westchester Filipino-American Society, www.westchestergov.com
American Jewish Committee/Latino Jewish Alliance, www.ajc.org
Huxaia Chinese School at WCC, www.hxny.org
Ukrainian American Youth Association, www.cym.org

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Schools

Northern Westchester Chinese School, www.nynwcs.org
Portuguese: Joấo de Deus School, www.ypacc.com
Polish Saturday School c/o Church of St. Casimir, www.saintcasimir.org
Chinese School of Southern Westchester, www.csswny.org
Huaxia Chinese School at WCC, www.hsny.org

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Children and Youth

• Day Care

Child Care Council of Westchester, www.childcarewestchester.org
RSHM Life Center, www.rshmlifecenter.org
Westchester Community Opportunity Program, www.westcop.org

• Youth Groups

Carver Center www.carvercenter.org
National Italian American Foundation, www.niaf.org
African American Men of Westchester, www.aamw.com
United Jewish Federation of New York in Westchester, www.ujafedny.org
Neighbors Link, www.neighborslink.org
Westchester Community Opportunity Program, www.westcop.org
Ukrainian American Youth Association, www.cym.org
Westchester Library System, www.westchesterlibraries.org

• After-school

Carver Center www.carvercenter.org
RSHM Life Center, www.rshmlifecenter.org
Yonkers Public Library, www.ypl.org
Westchester Library System, www.westchesterlibraries.org

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Community Based Organizations

• Family Services

  Dominican Sisters Family Health Services, www.dsfhs.org
  Westchester Jewish Community Center, www.wjcs.com
  Family Service of Westchester, www.fsw.org
  Westchester Community Opportunity Program, www.westcop.org

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Medical

Hudson River Health, www.hrhcare.org
Phelps Memorial Hospital, www.phelpshospital.org
Blythedale Children’s Hospital, www.blythedale.org
Westchester Community Opportunity Program, www.westcop.org
St. Joseph’s Medical Center, www.saintjosephs.org
Open Door, www.oormedical.org

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Housing

RSHM Life Center, www.rshmlifecenter.org

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Service Referral

Westchester Library System Resource Directory for Immigrants, http://www.wlln.org/;
Guía de Recursos para Inmigrantes de Westchester, http://www.westchesterlibraries.org/recursos/; http://www.wlln.org/spanish/browsesp.html
Office for Hispanic Affairs, Westchester County, http://www.westchestergov.com/hispanicaffairs/
Oficina de Asuntos Hispanos, http://www.westchestergov.com/AsuntosHispanos/
Westchester Jewish Community Service, www.wjcs.com
United Jewish Federation of New York in Westchester, www.ujafedny.org
Indian American Cultural Association of Westchester, www.westchestergov.com
Korean American Association of Westchester, http://www.westchestergov.com/asianamerican/Korean/communityorgskr.htm
Westchester Filipino-American Society, www.westchestergov.com
Southern Westchester BOCES, www.swboces.org

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Translation

• Online Translation Tools:

  Babelfish (Alta Vista): Translates English into: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, http://babelfish.altavista.com/
  
  FreeTranslate.com: Translates English into: French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, http://www.freetranslation.com/
  
  InterTran: Translates English into: Filipino (Tagalog), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Swedish, Welsh, http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran
  
  Prompt: Translates English into: French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, http://www.translate.ru/eng

  Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library The Portal is a free, digital library of close to 600 resources relating to the use of language access services in social services and public safety agencies. The Portal includes legal guidelines, service models, master contracts for service providers, hourly translation and interpretation rates for different languages, pay differentials for multilingual staff, and sample translated documents. These documents are searchable by state, language, service area or by keyword. Initial documents within our digital library were obtained through extensive research and through the contributions of practitioners from various agencies and levels of government. http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf

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Publications/Websites for different languages/Media

Links to Newspapers Online:
	Numerous links to newspapers, magazines and news sites in English, by country.
	Links to world newspapers by region.
	Search for newspapers by city and country.
Chinese Newspapers Online:
	Internet media and services company for Chinese communities worldwide, offering global Chinese-language content, commerce and community services to four localized websites targeting China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and expatriate Chinese in North America.
	Including china.com, hongkong.com and taiwan.com, Internet company hosts content, community and ecommerce throughout Greater China.
	Highlights international, economic, and political news, with special emphasis on US, Canadian and Chinese communities, with local news from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and Southwest Asia.
French Newspapers Online:
	One of the most widely read newspapers in France.
	Popular daily newspaper in France.
	English language newspaper covering France and the rest of the world.
German Newspapers Online:
	German newspaper with news on politics, economics and sports, and special columns about travel and Berlin life.
	Links to German newspapers and magazines.
	http://www.noows.de
Italian Newspapers Online:
	One of Italy's best known daily newspapers.
	A daily Italian newspaper.
Jamaican Newspapers Online:
	Major Jamaican daily newspaper
	Established Jamaican newspaper
Japanese Newspapers Online:
	Offers news in English on a variety of subjects, such as life in Japan, business, culture, and the job market.
	Popular Japanese-language newspaper that covers news, sports and culture.
	Covers domestic and international news with some content available in English.
Latin American Newspapers Online:
	Published by Florida International University, Pulso offers news from all over Latin America. Also available in English.
Mexican Newspapers Online:
	A Mexican daily that also offers content in English.
Pakistani Newspapers Online:
	Urdu newspaper
Portuguese Newspapers Online:
	Links to news stories
	National weekend newspaper of Portugal in English
South American Newspapers Online:
	International, domestic and financial news from Argentina.
Spanish Newspapers Online:
	One of Spain's largest national newspapers.

  

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Search Engines

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Advocacy/Leadership

Hispanic Women Leaders of Westchester, www.100hispanicwomen.org

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