Category Archives: In the News
Megan Dickerson: All Saints Day
Yesterday, at the Haunted Hutchings mini-block party, I hung out with 300 of my Dorchester/Roxbury neighbors. Parents met over apple cider and cookies. Kids played with spooky steam from the laundry vent next door. Families posed in a DIY photo … Continue reading
Mission Moment: Entrepreneurship in Grove Hall
This week’s Mission Moment comes to you from The Laundress. And Niecy’s Nest. And Fly Syndicate. And 15 other Grove Hall start-up ideas. On Saturday, October 13th, more than 100 people came together at Prince Hall on Washington Street in … Continue reading
Mission Moment: Shared Philanthropy
I don’t know if I’ve ever been more pleased to share a mission moment. This week’s is about genius, big and small. When I say “big,” genius, I mean genius on the macro level. Enter my friend and a colleague … Continue reading
Mission Moment: We’re All in This Together
This week’s mission moment doesn’t come from me at all. It comes to you from Bill Clinton and Alice Stein. (If you ask Alice, my guess is this is the first time she’s found herself paired with Bill Clinton.) I … Continue reading
Reflections from the Marketplace
The following is a letter I received from Pastor Michael Mather of the Broadway United Methodist Church. Pastor Michael attended one of Boston Rising’s Marketplaces held in the days following tragic shootings in the neighborhood. This was Pastor Michael’s powerful … Continue reading
Mission Moment: Network Building in Grove Hall
This week’s mission moment comes straight from Grove Hall itself. And it took a whole day. On Tuesday, Boston Rising launched a network-building initiative in Grove Hall for the summer. Our goal is to talk to at least 1500 residents … Continue reading
Mission Moment: We’re all in this together
Today’s mission moment comes to you from Afghanistan. No, I didn’t travel there as with Cuba. Indeed, the furthest I have been lately is Washington, DC. But that is part of the mission moment. Even in places as far away, … Continue reading
Tiziana Dearing: Our Loss in Wealth Shows We’re All in This Together
Originally published in the Huffington Post If you live in America, and not under a rock, you probably heard that the Fed announced earlier this week that U.S. wealth fell nearly 40 percent from 2007 through 2010. To be more … Continue reading
Mission Moment: Music of the Rising Class
This week’s mission moment starts with one of those sentences you didn’t really ever think you’d write. I heard an interview with black rapper Ice T on NPR yesterday. The interview was about a new documentary he has done on the history of the art … Continue reading
Cyndi Suarez: Poor Economics – Imagining An Equitable World
Years ago, I participated in a workshop where United for a Fair Economy, a Boston-based nonprofit that supports social movements for greater economic equality, led an exercise about the distribution of wealth in the United States. It was simple and … Continue reading