Senator Jack Reed, EPA and Restore America’s Estuaries Announce Grants for Coastal Conservation and Restoration Rain Location: Blackstone Valley Visitor’s Center, 175 Main St., Pawtucket 02860 Events will highlight local work to restore clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems, with a tour of Pawtucket’s new Tidewater Landing development. Contact: Thomas Ardito […]
Comings and Goings … Libby Gets the Permanent Label; Brown University Prof to Lead Heterodox Academy Betsy Libby The Maine Community College System named Central Maine Community College interim President Betsy Libby to the permanent presidency of the Auburn-based community college. Libby had become interim president of the campus in summer 2020. Political theorist and […]
STATEMENT ON ATTORNEY GENERAL’S APPROVAL OF TRANSPORTATION & CLIMATE BALLOT QUESTION Proposed Initiative Petition Would Worsen Climate, Equity and Transportation Crises BOSTON , September 1, 2021 — As the extreme weather across Massachusetts and beyond makes clear, we face a climate crisis that threatens our Commonwealth. Severe storms, flooding, drought and dangerous heat affect us […]
Justice for Housing, Inc, Jamaica Plain-Based Organization Awarded Inform, Influence, and Impact Grant Boston, MA – Justice for Housing, Inc, a Jamaica Plain-based organization, was recently awarded the Inform, Influence, and Impact Grant. The grant, awarded by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute (LDBPI), seeks to provide survivor led organizations with financial support for operating and program expenses, and/or […]
Pawtucket Library 13 Summer Street Every other Saturday, Starting September 11, 2021 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Children’s Library Caidin Activity Room Families and their children are invited to a special Bilingual Story Class. This is a FREE program for children ages 3 to 6 and their parents/caregivers. It will be held every other Saturday (September […]
Friends, In Massachusetts, we know the power of a high-quality education. We boast the nation’s top K-12 test scores along with the world’s top universities. Our education system is also the engine that powers our state’s continued economic growth. But beneath the surface, it’s clear that our kids’ opportunities still depend on the color […]
September Events at Linden Place Mansion Summer is ending but educational and entertaining programs continue throughout the month. From speciality guided tours to our social justice film series with Rogers Free Library, there are so many reasons to come to Linden Place and learn something new. Linden Place’s Slave Trade History Walking Talk & […]
SEPTEMBER 11TH Colony House Bell to Ring in Honor of September 11th Newport, RI (September 2021) The Newport Historical Society is honored to announce that on September 11th, 2021 the bells of the Colony House will be rung to mark the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, and the lives lost that […]
