Longtime community leader and lawyer Herb Gleason participated in one of NPi’s earliest community dialogues in December 2008 alongside Bay State Banner founder, Mel Miller, and Codman Square Health Center founder, Bill Walczak. This dialogue focused on Boston’s unique social justice history, paying particular attention to the community health center movement as well as...
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In November, Carrie Fitzimmons of The Cloud Foundation participated in NPi’s dialogue on innovative youth programs and initiatives to speak about the Boston 100K ArtScience Innovation Prize. The Cloud Foundation aims to foster confidence and hope in urban teens through artistic creation and cross-cultural expression. The ArtScience Prize provides opportunities for teens to develop...
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On August 6th, 2009, Dave McLaughlin, Joseph Porcelli, and Doris Sommer participated in NPi’s community dialogue, “Building Community Online and Offline” at City Year. In this video, taken shortly after the event wrapped up, we asked Dave and Joe to share their thoughts on the conversation that had just taken place. NPi’s next community dialogue...
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The New Prosperity Initiative interviews Bill Walczak of Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Codman Square Health Center serves as a resource for improving the physical, mental and social well-being of the Boston community. The Health Center was conceived by a group of neighborhood activists in the 1970s, including co-founder Bill Walczak, who...
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Thanks to everyone who made it out to our event earlier this month, “Building Community Online and Offline” at City Year’s headquarters in Boston. Speakers at this event were Dave McLaughlin, Executive Director of Boston World Partnerships; Joseph Porcelli, Founder and Chief Neighbor at Neighbors for Neighbors; and Doris Sommer, Faculty Director at Cultural...
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With its roots firmly set in both the American Civil Rights Movement and Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Young People’s Project (YPP) promotes social justice using math literacy. Its programs have spread nationwide, teaching high school students to teach themselves and instilling in college students the value of giving back. YPP’s philosophy is that in math...
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Learn more about FAMILY Movement and its vision to empower young moms, women, and men in homeless shelters and transitional living by providing self-worth and family values. Click here to read NPi’s separate, full interview with Lakenya Johnson. If you value this content, please consider making a donation. We aim to keep our content...
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Thanks to everyone who made it out to our event last week. Our speakers Hilary Allen of the Boston Center for Community & Justice; David Crowley of Social Capital Inc.; and Kaia Stern of the Pathways Home Project at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School shared stories...
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Watch Bill Walczak, CEO of Codman Square Health Center and Co-Founder of Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, Massachusetts speak about Busing in Boston in the 1970s and it’s lasting impact today. From NPi’s December 11, 2008 event Community Building in Boston: Leaders Share Their Stories held at the Boston Public Library. Video by Nishima Chudasama.
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Thanks to everyone who turned out (in spite of the rain) for last night’s event at the Boston Public Library. Video by Nishima Chudasama. We enjoyed hearing our three speakers Herbert Gleason, lawyer and former corporation counsel for the City of Boston, 1968-1979; Melvin B. Miller, Editor and Publisher of the Bay State Banner; and...
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