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Dorchester Food Co-op – a model for community ownership in a neighborhood...
At first glance, the Dorchester Food Co-op could be any other business in a wave of gentrification hitting the majority low-income, Black and Brown neighborhood of Dorchester in Boston. But co-op...
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Boston campus contraception vending machines promise contraceptive access but...
Read this story in Spanish. A student group at Boston University went viral last spring after it successfully lobbied the school to install emergency contraception vending machines on campus. But, as...
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Our Bodies, Ourselves Today continues to fight for reproductive health...
Read this story in Spanish. Knowledge is power. With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, reproductive justice advocates say a source that provides accurate and trustworthy information is needed now more...
View ArticleLas máquinas expendedoras de anticonceptivos en Boston University enfrentan...
“Nuestro objetivo es crear un sentimiento de empoderamiento”. Un grupo de estudiantes de Boston University se hizo viral en redes sociales después de implementar en sus instalaciones una máquina...
View ArticleOur Bodies, Ourselves Today continúa luchando por la alfabetización de la...
“No podemos cambiar las leyes. No estamos en el Congreso. Pero, respondemos a las leyes cambiantes y brindamos información para que puedas tomar la mejor decisión para ti”. El conocimiento es poder....
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How free meal programs in the Boston area are helping to ease food insecurity
When the clock strikes 4:45 p.m., children in the after-school program at the American Chinese Christian Educational & Social Services, or ACCESS, in Chinatown race to a counter outside of their...
View ArticleThis nonprofit in Jamaica Plain is pushing to change the healthcare industry...
Nutrition is important, but could food actually serve as medicine for people with chronic illnesses? Community Servings, a nonprofit organization located in Jamaica Plain, thinks it can. Community...
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Boston-area farmers find solutions for unusually warm winter
On a sunny February weekend in Somerville’s historic Armory building, the Winter Farmers Market is in full swing. Every Saturday from November to April, the community gathers here to stock up on food...
View ArticleLocal organizations offer climate education for Boston-area kids
In East Boston’s Jeffries Point neighborhood, just two blocks off the East Boston Expressway, an unexpected spot of green stands out against the area’s urban landscape. The Eastie Farm, a community...
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