April 2017 – Invisible Boston

April 28, 2017

Scientist Eats 120 Habaneros For A Year Of Free Burritos

Uncategorized

El Pelon Taqueria runs the contest each year at its Peterborough Street location in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. (Video by Deborah Cardoso) By Deborah Cardoso There’s hot and then there is 120 habanero peppers hot. Philip Delaney, a scientist at Nano Terra, Inc. in Cambridge, knows how hot that is after eating 120 habanero peppers in one […]

April 28, 2017

Bicyclists Rally in Boston to Make Roads Safer

Public Safety/Health

By: Temi Adeleye The Boston Cyclists Union held a rally in Copley Square to highlight safety hazards on Boston roads. Cyclists rode around the Public Garden several times. More than 100 local cyclists came out to the demonstration to spread awareness about an issue they feel is extremely important. The event started with a brief address by the Boston […]

April 28, 2017

Boston Rally Promotes Science, Lashes Out At Trump

Social Issues

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 […]

April 27, 2017

When Voices Meet: A Story of Unity, Racial Harmony, and Hope

Arts

By Alex Venancio Musician and music therapist, Sharon Katz, was born into the apartheid era of South Africa’s history. In 1992, she formed the country’s first, multicultural, 500-member children’s choir to unite people through music and expression. “I made up my mind from a very, very early age that I was going to try to […]

April 24, 2017

Walk Raises Awareness About Global Clean Water Crisis

Social Issues

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 […]

April 21, 2017

Sanctuary Restaurant Movement Slowly Catching On in Mass.

Social Issues

(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, […]

April 20, 2017

Party Raises Money, Awareness About Neglected Problems Facing Syria’s Refugee Children

Social Issues Uncategorized

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 […]

April 13, 2017

A look at Iranian immigration to the US since Trump.

Religion

Fargol Dyrud is Iranian woman who came to the United States in 2013 when she was 23 years old. She found her loved one and got married to her American husband last month. But her parents could not come and attend her wedding because of President Trump’s executive orders. It has made her scared that […]

April 10, 2017

Undocumented Students ‘UNITE’ at Emerson College

Social Issues

(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 […]

April 7, 2017

Bridging the College Campus/Religious Divide

Religion

Emerson College’s new director of religious and spiritual life talks about the challenges of helping students find spirituality on campus. (Video by Vishakha Mathur) By Corallys Plasencia At many college campuses in liberal Boston there are few, if any signs, of religious life. But that doesn’t mean students aren’t seeking answers to some of life’s […]