By Dalinda Ifill-Pressat The YMCA International Learning Center in Woburn, MA offers free morning and evening English classes to immigrants seeking to learn English in efforts to better their lives. The program is designed not only to teach English, but also equip attendees with knowledge on community, health, finances and the workplace environment. Classes are held from […]
Boston Rally Promotes Science, Lashes Out At Trump
By Corallys Plasencia Bostonians, along with thousands of other supporters spanning several cities around the world, gathered to celebrate Earth Day with one goal in mind — to celebrate scientific knowledge. The March For Science movement was created as a way for people to express their concerns that the Trump administration is ignoring, or in some […]
Walk Raises Awareness About Global Clean Water Crisis
Video By Deborah Cardoso By Dalinda Ifill-Pressat Imagine having to walk 2.5 miles the next time you want a drink of water. That’s what millions of women and children in developing countries have to do each day and participants at the BU UNICEF Water Walk demonstrated that by walking a 2.5 mile loop along the Charles […]
Sanctuary Restaurant Movement Slowly Catching On in Mass.
(Source: Sanctuary Restaurants; Infographic by Corallys Plasencia) By Vishakha Mathur In light of President Trump’s rhetoric against undocumented immigrants, the Sanctuary Restaurant movement is gaining ground throughout the country. In Massachusetts 11 out of 15,131 eating and drinking places have declared themselves as sanctuary restaurants. They are part of some 370 restaurants, across 35 US states, […]
Party Raises Money, Awareness About Neglected Problems Facing Syria’s Refugee Children
Video by Temi Adeleye By Mukala Kabongo The Mawada Initiative held its first Healing Colors Gala this past weekend at the Exchange Conference Center in the Seaport District in Boston to highlight some of the more neglected problems of the Syrian crisis. The organization, which attempts to raise public awareness around mental health and educational challenges within refugee […]
Undocumented Students ‘UNITE’ at Emerson College
(Video by Mario Zepeda) By Melody Keilig (Interviews conducted by Nyan Lynn) A student group at Emerson College is working to help and protect undocumented students in the wake of the Trump administration’s efforts to increase deportations. The student group Understanding National Immigration Through Education (UNITE) was created in 2013 to rally around immigration […]
MBTA Proposes to Eliminate Weekend Commuter Rail Service
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Big Sister Fashion Show Inspires Confidence In Little Sisters
(Video by Nyan Lynn, Temi Adeleye, and Melody Keilig; Edited by Nyan Lynn.) By Melody -Joy Keilig The Big Sister Association of Greater Boston held its annual fashion show at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, to raise money for the organization. Project Role Model featured young girls and their mentors walking down an illuminated runway with cameras […]
Strong Bond Keeps Big Sister/Little Sister Relationship Going
By Melody Keilig At nine years old, Ashlyn Medina was looking for a big sister. The qualifications she laid out were simple: she wanted someone that would do anything fun with her, ranging from trips to the library to skiing and other athletic activities. Her only condition was to have a sister that loved Chinese […]
Gladys Vega Helps Unite the Undocumented in Chelsea
For Gladys Vega, work at the Chelsea Collaborative doesn’t end when she leaves the office. (Video by Nyan Lynn) By Melody Keilig If there is one thing that Gladys Vega wants the Latino immigrant community of Chelsea to know, it’s their basic human rights. Vega, executive director of the Chelsea Collaborative , has been with the organization […]