By Alex Venancio, Cat Trudell, Deborah Cardoso3/31/17 A crowd gathered at Emerson College’s Paramount Center in downtown Boston on Tuesday, to rally in support for art funding in Massachusetts. MASSCreative, an organization that aims to bring awareness to the arts, organized the Arts Matter Advocacy Day. They organized the event at the theatre, before marching to the State House […]
South End Anti-Hunger Director Worries About Budget Cuts
(Video by Mukala Kabongo and Dalinda Ifill-Pressat) By Mario D. Zepeda Rhonda Dickson said she’s never been more concerned about the financial stability of social service programs in Massachusetts, such as WIC – a special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children. For 40 years, Dickson, the director of WIC in Boston’s South End, has helped low-income families get […]
Artists Paint With Ink Guns At Boston Tattoo Convention
By Catherine Trudell 3/27/2017 The buzz of tattoo machines fills the air of a conference room at the Hynes Convention Center on Sunday, as ink enthusiasts pile in for the final day of the 2017 Boston Tattoo Convention. “My friend and I were just hanging out and decided we’d go and get a couple jammers,” said Taylor […]
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 […]
Non-Profit Art Studio is one of the Largest Employers of Boston Teens
(Video by Deborah Cardoso) By Alex Venancio and Deborah Cardoso Music is blaring as Boston teens are hard at work, buzzing around easels, letting their creative juices flow. Artists for Humanity (AFH) employs more than 270 of the city’s youth, as a way to keep the students involved and keep art alive within the community. “We […]
Program to Alleviate Tension Between Police and Communities Launches in Boston
By Dalinda Ifill While conflict between police and the communities they serve intensifies across the nation as a result of the publicized killings of unarmed black men and women, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is launching a program that may help alleviate some of that tension. The “Bigs in Blue” program launched in Boston […]
First in the Nation Program
at Boston Medical Center
Prescribes Food For Better Health
Latchman Hiralall and volunteer Josh Babbin spoke on the necessity and functionality of BMC’s Preventive Food Pantry. (Video by Mukala Kabongo, Mario Zepeda, and Dalinda Ifill)
By Dalinda Ifill
The Preventive Food Pantry at Boston Medical Center offers healthy food options to battle poor nutrition in low-income patients. For 15 years the pantry served as a pivotal resource, providing healthy groceries for BMC patients at no cost. It is the first of its kind in the country.
Patients receive dietary prescriptions from their primary care physicians. These prescriptions are a list of healthy food items recommended to maintain a proper diet based on the patient’s medical condition. For patients who are not able to afford their recommended dietary items, the Preventive Food Pantry accommodates their dietary needs.
Dietetic technician Latchman Hiralall operates the food pantry. His team of volunteers works directly with the primary care physicians at BMC to customize groceries for patients.
Patients are allowed access to the food pantry twice a month. They are provided with a cart of canned and boxed groceries, fruits and vegetables for their particular diet. During the holidays special items such as turkeys and other staples are offered. Food items are disseminated in quantities to serve a patient’s household in an effort to promote a healthier lifestyle for their families.
The award-winning, privately funded, Preventive Food Pantry at BMC operates year-round, Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It services more than 7,000 patients each month.
A Look at the Art of the Christian Science Mother Church in Boston
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( 360 shot of the Christian Science church extension | Photo : Vishakha Mathur )
By Corallys Plasencia
The mother church for Christian Scientists all over the world is in Boston and it is there that this religion showcases its appreciation for art and architecture. The 14.5-acre site in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood was designed in the 1960s by the firm I.M. Pei & Partners.
It includes a large administration building, a colonnade, the Mary Baker Library with its Mapparium (a globe of the world that you can walk through) and a huge reflecting pool and fountain. Christian Scientists came from many different backgrounds and religious denominations and they applied church styles they were familiar with to the design of this church, according to Skyler Sackett, a tour guide at the church.
Here are some details about the original building and the church extension, completed in 1906.
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 […]