To live in Lowell is to appreciate its rich history, educational environment, and the diversity among cultures and nationalities. Striving to provide more opportunities to the community and with the certainty of education being the foundation for success and social growth, a group of enthusiastic Hispanics began gestating the idea of creating an organization focused on fulfilling the needs for identifying and integrating the Latinx population so they can have active participation in the Greater Lowell. 

The sense of urgency for a local organization focused on the Latinx population became prominent in Fall 2018, after meetings were hosted to start mobilizing and creating more awareness on the subject. As a response, on December 15, 2018, Latinx Community Center for Empowerment (LCCE) Executive Director, Luz Vasudevan and President, Diego Leonardo undertook the responsibility for making this idea a reality when LCCE was founded.

LCCE’s Timeline:

• January 2019 – Sunday meetings were held to consolidate LCCE as a reliable non-profit organization and to define LCCE’s mission, objectives, and work plans. 
• September 7, 2019 – Community Language Program began providing Basic and Advance English classes for Adult Learners. Saturdays (September-December) from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, and Basic Spanish Classes for Adult Learners. Saturdays (September-December 2019) from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. 
• October 22, 2019 – LCCE is incorporated as a not-for-profit Massachusetts organization, receives Tax Identification from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and The Cambodia Mutual Assistance Association (CMAA) officially becomes LCCE Fiscal Agent.
• November 8, 2019 – First Community Fair: “Meet Your Neighbors.” Over 25 businesses and organizations from Lowell expressed their commitment to strengthening the relationship and becoming active voices for the socio-economic development of the Latinx community in Greater Lowell.
• October 14, 2022 – First Hispanic and Latinx Festival of the city of Lowell, to celebrate the national Hispanic Heritage Month at our festival. The festival will feature a fun-filled day of activities at the North Common Park on Saturday, from 1pm-8pm. The Latinx and Hispanic Community of Lowell.
• January 20, 2023 – Lowell Latinx Archive, is a project seeking to provide visibility to Lowell’s Latinx stories through the collection of oral histories and photography, as well as the creation of community building events (e.g., photo exhibitions, panels, etc…). The Latinx Community Center for Empowerment requests $15,000.00 to support UMass Lowell and Middlesex Community College student compensation, material costs, honoraria for speakers, and project/program leadership compensation.  

Latinx Community Members of the city of Lowell and sourinding cities with latinos populations. 

•  Workforce Development – This program improves job prospects through weekend English classes, resume workshops, job searches, and mock interviews. Our Saturday classes enhance vocabulary, cultural understanding, and media skills for career growth, held at our facility from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Community Events – Our second most important program has become our community events, where we showcase and provide a platform for Latinx talent.
• We partnered with E Para Todos, the Spanish program of Entrepreneurship for All, and hosted them in our facilities their Pitch Contest. During the Pitch Contest, early-stage Latinx entrepreneurs gained valuable exposure and feedback on their business ideas. Seven entrepreneurs participated in the contest and around 75 community members showed support. Some of our past events include: Meet Your Neighbor and Friends of Planet Earth.
• Civic Engagement and Education – This program focuses on the Latinx first and second-generation immigrant community. Currently, the Latinx population presents low voter turnout as well as poor participation in other civic activities, which allows for scant Latinx representation in the decision-making process in the City of Lowell. Our program also seeks to educate the immigrant Latinx population as well as other immigrant communities about their rights and duties.cvLegal clinics educate and inform marginalized immigrant communities about their rights. Through the clinic, community members will have access to a free legal consultation and learn about current issues that concern immigrants.
• Financial Education Program – LCCE educates the community about how to make better financial decisions. As part of our Financial Education program, we are developing our own Community Financial Symposium in partnership with some of our local banks. In our April 2020 survey, about 32% of our Latinx responders expressed interest in family and personal finances. Our Financial Symposium seeks to expose them to the various financial programs offered by our banks and help them choose the correct one for them.

We primary focus in the lowell area and we hope to expand to predominant latino communities in massachusetts and national

Short-term allow latinx members to find their place in the community and make their voices heard by civically activating the votes and engaging other members to advocate for latino issues. Long-term become a technical school that can provie an advocacy arm to integrate latino representation in positions of power and leadership.

Grants, donations, festival as a fundraiser and fee per services.

We use language as a systematic means of conveying our feelings, sharing ideas and experiences. We use language to feel represented; to communicate our thoughts; to be a voice in our community, for our community. In 2013, the American Community Survey (ACS) reported 380 languages spoken during the sample period (2009-2013), in the United States only. At a local level, while English is spoken by 60% of Lowell population, 43.8% of Lowellians reported speaking non-English languages, including Khmer (12%), Spanish/ Spanish Creole (11%) and Portuguese (6%). Despite studies demonstrating a wide range of benefits of bilingualism or