Industrial remnants and artistic creation—two things you may not associate with each other that when paired, create a social phenomenon called Arts and Scraps. Arts and Scraps is a nonprofit organization in Detroit’s eastside, a location conducive to acquiring plenty of industrial scrap materials. Arts and Scraps reclaims and reuses materials that would otherwise...
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This is the fourth in a series of podcasts from NPi’s community dialogue featuring three Boston-based social justice organizations. In this edition, Hilary Allen (Community Engagement Manager at the Boston Center for Community and Justice, David Crowley (President and Founder of Social Capital Inc.), and Kaia Stern (Director of the Prison Studies Project/Pathways Home) discuss...
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The Tamworth Community Nurse Association is a nonprofit organization in the rural town of Tamworth, New Hampshire. It provides residents free health services, such as dressing changes, medical equipment loans, and flu clinics. TCNA provides local care that may otherwise require an expensive hospital visit, as well as care typically not covered by insurance.
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This is the third in a series of podcasts from NPi’s May 2009 community dialogue featuring three Boston-based social justice organizations. In this edition, Hilary Allen (Community Engagement Manager at the Boston Center for Community and Justice, David Crowley (President and Founder of Social Capital Inc.), and Kaia Stern (Director of the Prison Studies Project/Pathways...
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This is the second in a series of podcasts from NPi’s May 2009 community dialogue featuring three Boston-based social justice organizations. In this edition, David Crowley (President and Founder of Social Capital Inc.) and Kaia Stern (Director of the Prison Studies Project/Pathways Home at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at...
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Throughout the 17 years he has worked on homelessness issues, Joe Finn has focused much of his energy on the expansion of permanent supportive housing opportunities for individuals, including the chronically homeless, the most difficult segment of the homeless population to serve.
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After speaking with Joe Finn, President and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, about MHSA’s history, current work, and the Housing First movement, I sat down with more MHSA staff to ask some of the bigger questions about what it is like working on such a cause as ending homelessness every...
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Together with Cloud Foundation founder, David Edwards, Carrie has led the creation of the Boston 100K ArtScience Innovation Prize, an urban teen empowerment program that provides learning opportunities through the development of breakthrough ideas in arts and design at the frontier of scientific knowledge.
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This podcast is features three speakers from NPi’s May 2009 dialogue. You’ll hear Hilary Allen from the Boston Center for Community and Justice; David Crowley from Social Capital Inc.; and Kaia Stern from the Prison Studies Project/Pathways Home at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice each describe their organizations and speak...
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The Notre Dame Education Center (NDEC) has been a place of hope for South Boston residents since it opened its doors in 1860. Started by a group of nuns called the Sisters of Notre Dame, the center began as a free high school for girls. While the school closed in 1992, the sisters remained...
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