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Alec Baldwin Hosts Event For East End Immigrant Advocacy Group
The fundraising reception preceded a showing of "The Silence of Others" in East Hampton, during the Hamptons International Film Festival.
EAST HAMPTON, NY — Actor Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria hosted a fundraiser for Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island, a not-for-profit agency committed to promoting social, economic, cultural, and educational development within Long Island's East End Latino and Hispanic communities.
The reception was held on Oct. 7 in the private home of a couple from Spain, prior to the screening of "The Silence of Others" at the UA East Hampton Cinema.
OLA and the Hamptons International Film Festival partnered on the selection of the documentary, which was presented in Spanish with English subtitles.
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The Baldwins and their youngest child joined the reception "to express support and to learn more from present board members and our general counsel as to the initiatives that OLA is taking to protect and celebrate the East End community, inclusive of its Latino members," OLA Executive Director Minerva Perez said in a release.
Photos courtesy Tom Kochie for OLA of Eastern Long Island.
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