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Freedom House is a nonprofit community-based organization in Roxbury, Massachusetts (a neighborhood of Boston). Freedom House is located in an area sometimes referred to as Grove Hall that lies along Blue Hill Ave. at the border between the Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. Although it was historically identified with Roxbury, Freedom House currently refers to itself as being located either in Dorchester or in Grove Hall.MissionThe mission of Freedom House is to promote economic self-sufficiency and social justice for residents in historically underserved neighborhoods through targeted educational development, increased civic and political engagement and progressive cultural advocacy.HistoryFreedom House was founded in 1949 as a center of civil rights and advocacy for Boston's African American community. The founders were the social workers (and married couple) Otto P. Snowden and Muriel S. Snowden. The initial goal of Freedom House was to centralize community activism in the fight for neighborhood improvement, good schools, and harmony among racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Roxbury (a neighborhood of Boston), Massachusetts. Criticized in the 1960s by black militants for taking a "self-help" approach to racial equality, Freedom House re-examined its mission, and went on to play an increasingly critical role in the struggle for civil rights in Boston, especially during the period of desegregation of Boston's public schools.
Our various programs offer volunteers the opportunity to share their lives with older persons and to offer service to their community. Opportunities also exist for volunteers to share their leadership skills, talents and expertise with our organization through membership on our Board of Directors and Committees: Fundraising/Event, Program, and Finance.
Since the first graduating class in 1880, Girls' Latin School and Boston Latin Academy graduates have loyally supported the school through student recruitment, career mentoring, service as administrators and faculty, friendraising and fundraising. Many Boston families have multiple graduates of Girls' Latin School and Boston Latin Academy in various generations.
Freedom House has a rich history of addressing social justice issues such as poverty, access to a quality education and racial discrimination in Boston's inner city neighborhoods since its founding. Freedom House has provided leadership, continuity and results for 63 years as it strives to open the doors of opportunity to all – regardless of race, class, and gender – through educational programming, civic engagement, and community resources.
Brookview provides women and children experiencing homelessness with a safe place to live and programs to build self-esteem. These families practice the skills necessary to thrive as active and integral members of their community and, by so doing, improves the community for all of us. Brookview House provides services to more than 350 moms and children per year. When families graduate from the program – they remain in stable homes; their kids stay in school and thrive. *92% of moms maintain housing long-term. *88% of youth program participants graduate high school.
Annual Report: https://drive.google.com/a/projectrightinc.org/file/d/0B9VNEOgS_DtIY05yTTdVVHplU0U/view?usp=sharing In 1991, eight (8) entities within Grove Hall (three neighborhood resident groups, a church and four service organizations) came together to form a collaborative to address the issue of violence within the Grove Hall neighborhood of Roxbury and North Dorchester. They established Project R.I.G.H.T. (Rebuild and Improve Grove Hall Together) to increase the capacity of neighborhood resident groups and community based organizations to prevent crime and violence within Grove Hall. In 1994, Project R.I.G.H.T. was incorporated and became a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization. Project R.I.G.H.T., Inc. is also known as Project RIGHT, Inc. and PRI. Since its inception, PRI has worked on public safety, violence and substance abuse prevention, electoral advocacy, and housing and economic development issues through grass roots models of sustainable resident and youth organizing. Our resident leadership has prioritized that we work on long-term solutions to some very complex and controversial social issues. PRI has formed very strong and unique collaborations, with strong resident leadership, that network and plan community-driven actions to solve problems impacting their neighborhood. At present, there are over forty (40) organizations represented in the collaborative. PRI places a priority on increasing the number of residents involved in neighborhood associations, block watches and tenant associations within our target area. We identify resident leadership on unorganized streets to assist them in organizing their streets. Through our support and technical assistance, resident based entities have expanded their outreach efforts, grown organizationally, and worked more pro-actively in partnership on public policy issues, neighborhood concerns and housing/economic development within Grove Hall. PRI has developed a very diverse support network for resident based groups, youth, community based organizations, merchants and faith based institutions by providing them with assistance in advocacy, leadership development, organizing, fundraising, public safety, economic and housing development, substance abuse prevention and evaluation. Our day-to-day work involves training and supporting emerging and existing leadership by providing an inclusive network for resident led organizations to engage in community building and human development efforts.
In Dorchester, our aim this year is to reach out to local organizations and find ways to collaborate, with the mindset that there is power behind numbers. We have a group of ten youth organizers that are enthusiastic about using the arts as a vehicle to reach the goals they have set for the 2013 – 2014 work year. Our newest initiative is the opening of B 4 Studios, B 4 the Change. Teen Empowerment and The Record Company have combined efforts to open a fully functioning record label at Balfour for youth and worked by youth! Studio time is every Thursday from 4 to 6pm. To schedule studio time, please contact Samantha @ 617-427-1599 or @ [email protected]. We are looking to develop initiatives and contribute to other initiatives via avenues that highlight the strengths and talents of our community. Last year, our youth organizers worked on the theme “Cage.” The group’s focus was on the internal and external forces that fuel the critical issues that young people face in their community. Through many discussions, we realized that these issues are all connected and feed into each other. A cycle is created that gives the sense of feeling stuck—or caged. Internal forces are factors such as individual behaviors and external forces are factors such as systems and social beliefs. The issues we identified as most pressing are: violence, drug and alcohol abuse, police/community relationships, communication, lack of jobs, teen pregnancy, and access to quality education. Our goal this year is to connect people and work together towards fixing these issues. We believe the first step is to talk to our community. While all of our events and projects will ask us to think deeply about the issues that our community faces daily, we are also interested in learning about the strengths and talents of our community. We aim to build relationships between people and organizations. We cannot change our community alone, and everyone’s participation is essential to build a better and safer community.
WCACs activities include street outreach, workshops, support groups, case management, individual counseling, referrals, and HIV counseling & testing. These activities focus on increasing self-esteem and feelings of self-worth in women whose lives have often been written off by both society and themselves. This sense of worthiness translates into feelings of power and self-determination resulting in women being receptive to information, support and connections to overcome their many challenges and transform their lives.
The Bible is the inspired Word of God. Our God is One, but manifested in the Father, in the Son, and the Holy Ghost. (3 in 1...Same Spirit but manifested 3 different ways) The words God, Father, Spirit are pronouns. You may be a child, a friend, a spouse, a sibling, a judge....but these are just pronouns. You have a name! His name is Jesus. The only name given under heaven for which men might be saved. Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam’s transgression and fall, sin came into the world. Salvation is the gift of God to man through faith in Jesus Christ. The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced, produces eternal life. Baptism in water is by immersion, is a direct commandment of our Lord, and is for believers only. The Baptism in the Holy Ghost is a gift and is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues. We believe in sanctification, which is living a life of holiness. Healing is the privilege of every member of the Church today provided through Jesus’ death on the Cross. Jesus will return and “. . . The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air . . .” (1 Thess. 4:16–17).” The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is eternally lost and, therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting.
We are an after school program primarily and a martial arts academy second. We meet daily from 3:30 to 6:30 pm. When the kids come from school we provide them with a healthy snack and then start the homework and tutoring sessions that last for an hour and a half. After homework is completed we start the martial arts class which is Taekwondo which also last for an hour. During this time they are learning discipline, honor, respect for all life, health and fitness and self defense. We are more than an afterschool program, we are a surrogate family who takes a personal interest in each child. Our goal is to keep them out of the streets so they can become productive citizens.
The Bible is the inspired Word of God. Our God is One, but manifested in the Father, in the Son, and the Holy Ghost. (3 in 1...Same Spirit but manifested 3 different ways) The words God, Father, Spirit are pronouns. You may be a child, a friend, a spouse, a sibling, a judge....but these are just pronouns. You have a name! His name is Jesus. The only name given under heaven for which men might be saved. Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam’s transgression and fall, sin came into the world. Salvation is the gift of God to man through faith in Jesus Christ. The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced, produces eternal life. Baptism in water is by immersion, is a direct commandment of our Lord, and is for believers only. The Baptism in the Holy Ghost is a gift and is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues. We believe in sanctification, which is living a life of holiness. Healing is the privilege of every member of the Church today provided through Jesus’ death on the Cross. Jesus will return and “. . . The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air . . .” (1 Thess. 4:16–17).” The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is eternally lost and, therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting.
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MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Black Economic Justice Institute, Inc. ( BEJI) is to advocate, educate, and assist Boston’s communities of color in securing sustainable jobs, and /or creating our own businesses. We will also educate our community about the importance of civic engagement and how it affects our neighborhoods when we don’t get involved with the political process. VISION We envision the existence of wealth building jobs, businesses of our own, schools where we teach our children about their culture and history, home ownership and safe neighborhoods. GOALS To organize and mobilize communities of color around matters pertinent to the improvement of our quality of life by ensuring that our voices are heard and we are part of the development and planning that goes on in our community.
Freedom House is a nonprofit community-based organization in Roxbury, Massachusetts (a neighborhood of Boston). Freedom House is located in an area sometimes referred to as Grove Hall that lies along Blue Hill Ave. at the border between the Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. Although it was historically identified with Roxbury, Freedom House currently refers to itself as being located either in Dorchester or in Grove Hall.MissionThe mission of Freedom House is to promote economic self-sufficiency and social justice for residents in historically underserved neighborhoods through targeted educational development, increased civic and political engagement and progressive cultural advocacy.HistoryFreedom House was founded in 1949 as a center of civil rights and advocacy for Boston's African American community. The founders were the social workers (and married couple) Otto P. Snowden and Muriel S. Snowden. The initial goal of Freedom House was to centralize community activism in the fight for neighborhood improvement, good schools, and harmony among racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Roxbury (a neighborhood of Boston), Massachusetts. Criticized in the 1960s by black militants for taking a "self-help" approach to racial equality, Freedom House re-examined its mission, and went on to play an increasingly critical role in the struggle for civil rights in Boston, especially during the period of desegregation of Boston's public schools.
Freedom House has a rich history of addressing social justice issues such as poverty, access to a quality education and racial discrimination in Boston's inner city neighborhoods since its founding. Freedom House has provided leadership, continuity and results for 63 years as it strives to open the doors of opportunity to all – regardless of race, class, and gender – through educational programming, civic engagement, and community resources.
WCACs activities include street outreach, workshops, support groups, case management, individual counseling, referrals, and HIV counseling & testing. These activities focus on increasing self-esteem and feelings of self-worth in women whose lives have often been written off by both society and themselves. This sense of worthiness translates into feelings of power and self-determination resulting in women being receptive to information, support and connections to overcome their many challenges and transform their lives.
Based at Massachusetts General Hospital and led by a team of Harvard Medical School faculty members, The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds is a web-based resource that educates parents and other caregivers about the psychological development and emotional well-being of children, adolescents and young adults who struggle with behavioral, emotional and/or learning challenges. The Clay Center features the expertise of its nationally-recognized doctors who create engaging and educational mental health content delivered in a wide variety of multimedia formats, including blogs, audio podcasts, online videos, interactive social media and live online discussions. The content from The Clay Center encourages resilience in individuals and families while increasing the awareness of mental health disorders. To explore our full library of content, visit us at www.mghclaycenter.org. We also invite you to "Like" our page and follow us on Twitter (@MGHClayCenter) and LinkedIn. The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds complies with Mass General's guidelines for social media participation, which can be accessed here: http://www.massgeneral.org/notices/socialmediapolicy.aspx The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Founded in 1999, The Greenwood Shalom Tutoring and Summer Enrichment birthed with a $5,000 Shalom grant and $2,000 from the Black Church Capacity Fund. One year later Greenwood Shalom became a participating site for the Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston's Victory Generation after School program and expanded enrollment to include children in kindergarten through eighth-grade. This affiliation was important for Greenwood Shalom as it identified with the purpose of BMA’s Victory Generation – for Boston’s youth to "explore and thrive in a nurturing atmosphere of academic excellence where they feel understood and know that the very best is expected of them." To that end, the BMA (and now Greenwood Shalom) is "declaring the victory" for all of their children, to demonstrate confidence that they can face any challenge and reach their full potential - academically, socially and personally.
Annual Report: https://drive.google.com/a/projectrightinc.org/file/d/0B9VNEOgS_DtIY05yTTdVVHplU0U/view?usp=sharing In 1991, eight (8) entities within Grove Hall (three neighborhood resident groups, a church and four service organizations) came together to form a collaborative to address the issue of violence within the Grove Hall neighborhood of Roxbury and North Dorchester. They established Project R.I.G.H.T. (Rebuild and Improve Grove Hall Together) to increase the capacity of neighborhood resident groups and community based organizations to prevent crime and violence within Grove Hall. In 1994, Project R.I.G.H.T. was incorporated and became a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization. Project R.I.G.H.T., Inc. is also known as Project RIGHT, Inc. and PRI. Since its inception, PRI has worked on public safety, violence and substance abuse prevention, electoral advocacy, and housing and economic development issues through grass roots models of sustainable resident and youth organizing. Our resident leadership has prioritized that we work on long-term solutions to some very complex and controversial social issues. PRI has formed very strong and unique collaborations, with strong resident leadership, that network and plan community-driven actions to solve problems impacting their neighborhood. At present, there are over forty (40) organizations represented in the collaborative. PRI places a priority on increasing the number of residents involved in neighborhood associations, block watches and tenant associations within our target area. We identify resident leadership on unorganized streets to assist them in organizing their streets. Through our support and technical assistance, resident based entities have expanded their outreach efforts, grown organizationally, and worked more pro-actively in partnership on public policy issues, neighborhood concerns and housing/economic development within Grove Hall. PRI has developed a very diverse support network for resident based groups, youth, community based organizations, merchants and faith based institutions by providing them with assistance in advocacy, leadership development, organizing, fundraising, public safety, economic and housing development, substance abuse prevention and evaluation. Our day-to-day work involves training and supporting emerging and existing leadership by providing an inclusive network for resident led organizations to engage in community building and human development efforts.
A primary goal is assisting low and moderate income families and senior citizens to obtain affordable rental housing.QGHC pursues this goal through direct property development and ownership,property management,arranging and providing financing for affordable housing. Mission Statement Quincy Geneva housing Corporation is a non-profit organization serving residents with the greatest need in the Grove Hall Area through the development of social, economic and housing opportunities. Specifically, our mission entails: Providing affordable rental homes through renovation and new construction. Preserving the supply and quality of affordable rental housing Encouraging and assisting local commercial development. Developing economic and employment opportunities Supporting residents with social and family service programs. Improving residents quality of life and ensuring public safety Vision Statement We envision a diverse self-sustaining community where housing opportunities, business enterprises, and employment opportunities exist and can be grasped by the residents in our service area. Value Statement We promote leadership and empowerment of our diverse population through participation and inclusion in the process of membership and responsible decision making.
The PWSC is a program of Cooperative Artists Institute (CAI), a nonprofit organization founded in 1970. CAI's mission is to harness the power of the arts to overcome family and community fragmentation. The inability of America's schools to face the ordeal of making needed changes is one of this nation's largest sources of family and community fragmentation. This is why in 1999 CAI formed the PWSC, to work with grade schools and college schools of education to develop a strategy to face this challenge.