by Frank Conte In 2016, Sandra Nijjar found herself without a job, a stark challenge for a resident where the cost of living in Boston increases every day. But unemployment wasn’t an obstacle. If there was not a job out there for her, Nijjar decided to create her own dream…
Posts published in May 2020
MEMORIAL DAY 2020WE – IN THE ITALIAN AMERICAN ALLIANCE –BOW OUR HEADS IN MEMORY OF ALL AMERICANS WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN TIMES OF WAR.In a more quiet corner of American History, Italian Americans have made valuable contributions to the United States, In all times of trouble, we were always there…
BOSTON – Saturday, May 23, 2020 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) this weekend will distribute the first half of the 20,000 care kits assembled over the course of this week to various community outreach partners, meal sites, and testing sites in Boston,…
The Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center explores the history of data and cartographic manipulation in “BENDING LINES: Maps and Data from Distortion to Deception,” which opens in a digital-first format on May 27th, 2020. These links are being made available for you to preview the exhibition. Please note…
With the unemployment rate now at 14.7% due in large part to the coronavirus, WalletHub today released its report on the States with the Biggest Increases in Unemployment Rates, along with accompanying videos, to illustrate which areas of the country have been most and least impacted by COVID-19’s assault on jobs. This…
More than 1 million meals served at youth sites; over 60,000 meals served at adult sites BOSTON – Thursday, May 21, 2020 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced various City of Boston milestones in meal distribution, including more than one million free meals served to youth across 68 sites…
BOSTON – Thursday, May 21, 2020 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Resiliency Fund Steering Committee today announced over $875,000 in grant funding from the Boston Resiliency Fund that will support 19 organizations working to help individuals most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the first round of…
Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts highlight Kennedy’s support amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in video with President Rich MacKinnon WATERTOWN, MA –– Today the Professional Fire Fighters for Massachusetts (PFFM) endorsed Congressman Joe Kennedy III in his bid for U.S. Senate. Representing 12,000 firefighters across the state, PFFM is the 33rd…
Return to “modified status quo” insufficient to protect human life, says leading labor group “Life and death policies on workplace safety should be driven by data, science, and worker voices, not just by CEOs.” – Darlene Lombos, principal officer, Greater Boston Labor Council BOSTON, MA — The Massachusetts economy needs a…
Boston – Rising above challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School (MPTVHS) has launched a new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) initiative, Cardinal Works, to provide advanced programming and robotics skills to Boston Public School students. Cardinal Works is based on the Beaver Works Summer…