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Black News Hour: Meet Shavel’le Olivier, executive director of Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition
By Tiana Woodard Globe Staff,Updated July 22, 2022, 6:13 p.m. Shavel'le Olivier of the Mattapan Food & Fitness Coalition.NILE SCOTT...

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Jul 24, 20222 min read
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Mattapan residents want transportation issues up high in development sessions
By Seth Daniel, Reporter Correspondent [Dorchester Reporter] July 22, 2022 With the help of a celebrated former Boston Transportation...

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Jul 24, 20224 min read
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2022 Social Innovator Showcase!
MFFC is grateful to be a part of the 2022 Social Innovation Forum (SIF) Accelerator Cohort working on sharing our story with the world....

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Jul 3, 20221 min read
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Lunch & Learn: Redefining Access in BIPOC Communities to Heal from the Impacts of COVID 19
Moderator Damien Leach, MPH, Youth and Community Engagement Project Manager, MGH Panelists Kareem King, Director of Community Engagement...

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Jun 8, 20221 min read
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Basic Black: Food justice in the community
By Basic Black May 13, 2022 A community garden and farm in an urban neighborhood. Food has always been a part of culture and identity...

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Jun 7, 20221 min read
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#73 How Community Development Can Promote Equity
A podcast hosted by Justin Milner, Laudan Y. Aron June 1, 2022 Equitable community engagement and development can seed systems change...

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Jun 7, 20221 min read
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Black History and Health
An event hosted by students at Northeastern University View the recording here

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Apr 6, 20221 min read
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Advocates celebrate Neponset River's new "Superfund" status
March 17, 2022 Taken from the WBUR website Hosted by Tiziana Dearing, Walter Wuthmann, Hannah Chanatry The Neponset River running between...

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Apr 6, 20221 min read
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Lower Neponset River placed on Superfund priorities list
Article by Gintautas Dumcius, Managing Editor, Dorchester Reporter March 14, 2022 From left to right, at the Harvest Bridge over the...

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Apr 6, 20223 min read
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Boston bolsters urban agriculture and access to healthy food
GrowBoston: Office of Urban Agriculture aims to increase local food production throughout the city Article from Boston.com By Morgan...

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Apr 6, 20222 min read
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The 2021 Moving Together Conference
Session 1C – Transportation Equity at the Neighborhood Level - Mattapan Equity in Mobility Track This session highlights three community...

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Apr 6, 20221 min read
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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, 20225 min read
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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
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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, 20221 min read
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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, 20225 min read
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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, 20221 min read
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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
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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, 20227 min read
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‘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, 20221 min read
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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
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