Two guests at the opening of the Villa Victoria Cultural Center smiling for the photographer.

1986

The man's name tag reads "Newell Flater." The woman is Ynes Cindy Samon (?). She is an Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción board member. They are in attendance at the ceremony that marked the opening of the Villa Victoria Cultural Center. Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, led by Jorge Hernandez, purchased a former church on West Newton Street in Boston's South End and renovated it into a cultural center and performing arts venue for the city's Hispanic community. The Center was renamed the Jorge N. Hernandez Cultural Center in honor of Hernandez, who died just a few weeks after this inaugural ceremony.