For 25 years, Big Turtle Village has provided safe, nurturing, and culturally grounded experiences for youth throughout Greater New Haven

As a bilingual program, we help children discover who they are and who they can become through leadership development, cultural pride, arts, music, outdoor adventure, and community connection.

Every child deserves a place to belong, grow, and thrive. Big Turtle Village creates that place.

Junta for Progressive Action is the oldest Hispanic, community-based nonprofit organization in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1969, frustrated with the disinvestment and social abandonment of communities of color , Puerto Rican community organizers founded Junta as an advocacy hub to address the needs of Greater New Haven’s first-generation migrants. Over the past 52 years, Junta has grown to offer no-cost social services, legal services, first generation services, adult education, and youth programs to over 2,000 low-income individuals annually.