Celebrating La Colmena 🐝 aka The Beehive with some amazing community folk 🐝 💛

#TeamFall was honored to attend @lacolmenanyc’s 4th Annual Gala. A great night celebrating community, resilience, and the partnerships that continue to move Staten Island forward.

🎨 Today join us for Community Mural Paint Day! Sunday, May 18, 2025, from 1–3 PM at 235 Port Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY. All are welcome—painting is first come, first served! 📍 Register at bit.ly/WelcomeMural

🐝7/7 Thank you to all of our Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze sponsors for your commitment and support.

🐝6/7 We were proud to honor Robinson Iglesias, Esq. as our 2025 Contributor of the Year for his outstanding generosity and unwavering support.

🐝5/7 We were proud to honor Elizabeth Lopez Ramirez as this year’s Legacy Award Honoree for her remarkable impact and unwavering dedication to community. Thank you for your years of service with our organization. Your commitment has helped shape our mission ✊🏽.

🐝4/7 We are proud to share a video of Fatima Saavedra, our Domestic Worker of the Year. She is a fierce caregiver and advocate, who continues to inspire change and uplift women in our community every day 💐.

🐝3/7 We’re proud to share the Gala tribute video for our Day Laborer of the Year, Pascacio Sanchez Lopez a powerful recognition of his hard work, leadership, and unwavering commitment to his community.

🐝2/7 Thank you to La Colmena team and everyone who made the gala so special. It was great to be surrounded by people who support Staten Island’s immigrant community.

🐝1/7 Thank you Assembly Member Karines Reyes, R.N. for being Keynote Speaker of La Colmena’s 4th Annual gala and congratulations to Amanda Farías for being the Champion of the Year.  Let’s keep the buzz going!

🐝Here's our welcome video that kicked off our 4th Annual Gala in style. “This is La Colmena and we are just getting started.”

Huge shoutout to La Colmena 🐝 aka The Beehive for a magical 4th Annual Gala Night! ✨We were thrilled to be part of it. #GalaNight #CommunitySupport #ThankYou 🐝

Today, La Colmena joined the LUCHA coalition to announce a historic $30M investment in NY’s Latino communities. A major victory for equity, inclusion, and collective power. TY AM Amanda Septimo & AM Assembly Member Karines Reyes, R.N. for your leadership! ¡La LUCHA sigue! ✊🏽

3/3 We also hosted a vibrant Community Mural Paint Day, where the community came together. It was wonderful to see the many children that came -- we hope that years from now they can look back and say they were part of this.

2/3 In anticipation we hit the streets of Port Richmond! We were out putting up flyers for our upcoming Mural Unveiling Celebration 🎨.

1/3 We are extremely proud of partnering with JM Custom Art Studio, Community Health Center of Richmond & NYCSmallBiz to bring the “Welcome to Port Richmond” mural to life!

La Colmena brought the community together for the PATH event, filled with music, games and unity! Through Partners Against the Hate (PATH), in partnership w/ Claudio Iván Remeseira, we continue raising awareness & standing strong against hate crimes in NY.

🎉Congratulations to our Deputy Director Arlette Cepeda for being awarded the "Spirit of Ubuntu" by the Bonner Network.