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Apr 6, 20225 min read
At Mattapan farm, Mayor Wu announces new urban agriculture office
By Seth Daniel, Reporter Correspondent February 24, 2022 View article on the Dorchester Reporter site Mayor Michelle Wu announced the new...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
Climate Prep Week 2021- Intersections of Climate Change, Public Health and Community
Panel hosted by Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) on September 27, 2021 A virtual panel discussion with several...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
BOLD MOVES: HOW GENERATIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR CHANGE
Our communities, our institutions, and the world around us are struggling to respond to major challenges. Solutions to environmental,...
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Apr 6, 20225 min read
Sargent Students Team Up with Iraqi Peers to Find Solutions to Health Inequities
Virtual exchange program hosted by nonprofit United Planet is designed to promote cross-cultural communication Article from BU Today This...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
Lunch & Learn: Creating Safer Communities for Walking + Biking
Hosted by the Brigham Health - The Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation The event comprised of important discussions...
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Apr 6, 20227 min read
What Happens When the Community Collects the Data?
Residents are recruited to conduct an annual study that examines community change and health in nine Massachusetts communities. What did...
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Apr 6, 20227 min read
Should Boston have a junk food tax? Here’s what the candidates for mayor said
Article written by Boston.com As the race of Boston’s next mayor picks up, the list of questions Boston residents have for the candidates...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
‘No human should be without food’: Farmers market in Mattapan providing free, healthy meals for kids
BY KEKE VENCILL July 10, 2021 BOSTON (WHDH) - A farmer’s market is working to bring healthy and affordable — and in some cases free —...
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Apr 6, 20222 min read
T-Talks offer an alternative approach to community engagement
Article written by Rachel Fitctenbuam, Mass Mobility Building on over ten years of youth-led work supporting Mattapan’s residents in...
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Apr 6, 20222 min read
Reimagining Fiscal Sponsorship in Service of Equity
Blog post by TSNE In April, TSNE and the National Network of Fiscal Sponsors hosted a conversation to explore how fiscal sponsors could...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
WTS San Antonio Region - "From NIMBY to YIMBY: Getting to Yes!"
MFFC's Executive Director, Shavel'le Olivier, speakers on a panel about transportation. View the video below (start at minute 39) Women...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
Collaboration for Community Health Racial Equity Shared Learning Session
Health Care for All and the Children’s Mental Health Campaign shared their next policy and advocacy learning session on racial equity in...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
Mattapan to get mini-forest with berry and nut trees; East Boston to get new community farm
By adamg on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 10:48am The Boston Public Facilities Commission this morning approved handing over a quarter-acre parcel...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
The Mattapan Food & Fitness Coalition: A Community Group Making a Difference
https://www.neponset.org/watershedwednesday/ Mattapan Food & Fitness Coalition (MFFC) Executive Director, Shavel'le Olivier, presented...
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mffcweb
Apr 6, 20223 min read
MBTA, Boston seek federal funds to put bus lanes in center of Blue Hill Ave.
By Adam Vaccaro Globe Staff,Updated August 31, 2020, 6:21 p.m. A rendering shows how new dedicated bus lanes might look on Blue Hill...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
Black Boston: Building Healthy Communities
Hosted by WBUR City Space + Boston University Boston is home to some of the country’s leading community health centers and partners...
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Apr 6, 20222 min read
NACTO x BBSP Bike Share & Cities for Cycling Virtual Roundtable: The Community Videos You Must See
by: Farrah Daniel, Better Bike Share Partnership Writer Cascade Bicycle Club BBSP and the National Association of City Transportation...
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Apr 6, 20224 min read
In A Time Of Uncertainty, Bostonians Embrace Their Community Gardens
Article written by Liz Neisloss via WGBH In Dorchester, where the clatter of a passing train gives way to the scrape of a rake, the...
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Apr 6, 20223 min read
Communities of color hit hardest by heatwaves
Article written by Reann Gibson via The Boston Globe Communities of color in Boston are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic —...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
I'm Hungry Food Panel Recording
Exciting news, 158 people registered for AARP MA's June 20, 2020 "“I’m Hungry” A Panel Discussion on Food Insecurity in the...
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