Time: 9:00am-2:00pm
Location: Perkins Community Center (155 Talbot Ave., Dorchester, MA)
Join us to learn everything you need to know about home buying and home owning in one day! Great classes plus an Expo Hall with Lenders, Foreclosure Counselors, Realtors with Foreclosure listings, plus raffles and much more!
Seminars include:
- How to Buy a Foreclosed Property – 9:00am-9:45am
- Mayor Menino introduces the city’s new triple decker program at the Expo – 11:00am-11:45am.
- NEW Triple Decker Program for Homebuyers – 12:00pm-12:30pm
- NEW Triple Decker Program for Homeowners – 12:30pm-1:00pm
- Financial Assistance - 1:00pm-1:45pm
- How to Reduce Your Mortgage Payment – 9:00am-9:45am
- How to Hire a Contractor – 10:00am-10:45am
- BHC’s Home Repair Programs – 1:00pm-1:45pm
To register for EXPO workshops, contact The Boston Home Center at 617-635-4663 or visit www.bostonhomecenter.com.
Application Deadline: March 21, 2012
The Commonwealth Seminar is now accepting applications for the Spring 2012 class! The Commonwealth Seminar is an intensive training program focused on teaching diverse leaders how the Massachusetts Legislature really works. Top state legislators, legislative staff, media members, and administration policymakers will introduce student leaders to the Legislature and state government generally. By giving an insiders’ view of the process, our goal is to encourage diverse leaders to become effective advocates and to pursue careers in public service.
The Spring Seminar will take place over five consecutive weeks beginning Thursday, April 5th. There will be an optional State House event on the morning of March 29th. The seminar will be held on the following dates and times:
Optional Date:
- Thursday, March 29, 9:00 a.m. – meet at State House Café.
Core Dates:
- Thursday, April 5th (5:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) at MAPC
- Friday, April 13th (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) State House Room 437
- Friday, April 20th (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) State House Room 437
- Thursday, April 26th (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) State House Room 437
- Friday, May 4th (9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) State House Room 222 – Seminar and graduation
Optional Date: Participants are encouraged to come to a briefing and press conference on youth violence to get hands-on experience understanding advocacy around the budget.
You should be able to participate in at least 4 core sessions to make it worthwhile to apply. In addition, on your own time, you will be expected to meet with your legislators or their staff members.
Who Should Apply?
The Commonwealth Seminar is a privately funded program with a mission of opening the doors of the State House. Our target audience is leaders from communities of color, immigrant communities, and others working to directly benefit those communities. You should be prepared to make a compelling argument in the application about how you fit into the target audience.
We are looking for leaders who meet those criteria and who have a proven track record of leadership in their communities. We place a high value on creating a seminar class that is diverse racially, ethnically, and geographically. Successful candidates for the Commonwealth Seminar will have a basic understanding of state government and a clear desire to use the skills learned through the seminar to make positive change.
Acceptance to the seminar is on a competitive basis, and Commonwealth Seminar staff and advisers will make all final decisions about the makeup of the seminar. We hope to make those decisions within one week after the deadline to apply.
For more information, please click here.
Time: 9:00am-4:30pm
Location: Fenway Community Health (1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215)
“The Community Summit will be a day of workshops for anyone who has ever wanted to stop violence in our community and become a change-maker. It will feature a range of workshops that address violence prevention and self-care. We even have workshop led by ARTOVOTION Instructors, poets and authors Liz Gray and Ashley-Rose that uses poetry as a means of peacemaking and therapy. The Summit is appropriate for people of all genders and sexual orientations, and will have workshops applicable to service providers, community members, and violence survivors. We would love to see you there.
Join us for a day of exploration, discussion, and empowerment to prevent violence in our community, featuring workshops including:
- Consent is Sexy: Improving Relationship Communication - Betsy’s Friends, Simmons College
- Building Resilience - Eleanor Chin, Clarity Partners Coaching and Consulting
- Take Control: Self-Defense Techniques – IMPACT Boston
- Creating a Culture without Domestic Violence – The Network- La Red
- The Power of Poetry- Ashley-Rose Salomon and ARTOVOTION
This event is free, but space is limited. Lunch will be provided. Please wear comfortable clothing in order to participate in active workshops. For more information and to register, please click here.
Questions? Contact Amanda Escamilla at 617.927.6273, or Kendra Moore at 617.927.6134.”
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Location: Northeastern University, Curry Student Center (Boston, MA 02115) MAP
In the face of a protracted economic downturn and pervasive unmet needs, social change agents must also navigate an increasingly complex array of social impact funding models. What frameworks can they use to determine which funding approaches are best aligned with their intended social impact? This full-day conference will engage social change agents from diverse sectors and disciplines in thoughtful conversations about funding social impact in the new economy. Panelists will examine a variety of models from innovative grant making and social justice philanthropy to market-oriented solutions including domestic microfinance, social enterprise, and social impact bonds.
Who Should Attend?
Nonprofit leaders, funders, social entrepreneurs, researchers, faculty, students, and others who share an interest in investing or securing resources for social impact.
Conference Schedule and Agenda
Click here for the most up-to-date schedule and speaker list. Speakers are being added daily, so please check back frequently.
Registration
Registration for this event is free of charge and includes a continental breakfast. To register, please click here.
Presented in partnership with
Associated Grant Makers and
the Learning by Giving Foundation
Sponsored by the Arthur K. Watson Charitable Trust
| March 21, 2012 | | April 11, 2012 | | April 25, 2012 | | May 9, 2012 | | May 23, 2012 | | June 6, 2012 |
Time: 10:00am-3:00pm (Launch event 10:00am-12:00pm)
Location: 31 Liverpool Street, East Boston, MA 02128
“We are writing to invite immigrant organizers and leaders to participate in CSIO’s (English) Grassroots Leadership Institute, a series of 5 workshops designed to help participants with strategies and tactics to develop grassroots leadership in organizing and in organizations. We recently completed our pilot Institute in Spanish, in which 40+ Latino organizers and more advanced leaders participated. We are now offering it in English.
We invite you to attend an event on March 21 that will both celebrate the graduation of the Latino participants from the Spanish Institute and launch the upcoming English Institute. Participants from the Spanish Institute will talk about the impact of the Institute on their work and solidarity, and we will present information on the English Institute and register participants on-site.
Who Should Participate:
We are targeting the sessions to immigrant organizers who are trying to develop community leadership in their community/labor organizing work, and in their organizations. We are also inviting immigrants who are more advanced leaders in grassroots groups – experienced in community struggles, members of Boards of Directors, etc. who do the work of organizational planning, facilitation, campaign development, etc. and could benefit from the sessions. These sessions are NOT geared toward grassroots leaders who have not had experience working in the above topics – facilitating meetings, taking part in organizational and membership development processes, developing the framework of campaigns, etc.
Participants in the Spanish Institute of 2011-12 came from Centro Communitario de Trabajadores (New Bedford), Codman Square NDC, Alternatives for the Community and Environment (ACE), City Life/Vida Urbana, Neighbor to Neighbor Lyn, Worcester, Springfield and Boston, LatinoAmericanos Unidos en Somerville, Neighborhood United for a Better East Boston, Alcanzando Logros Para Hispanos Ahora (Agencia ALPHA), Ex-prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA), East Boston Ecumenical Community Council, United for a Fair Economy, Boston Tenant Coalition, Dominican Development Center, Community Training Assistance Center, Regional Environmental Council (Worcester), Metrowest Worker Center, and Allston-Brighton CDC.
Directions:
Via MBTA: Exit from Maverick Station (blue line) and turn onto Sumner Street. Walk four blocks on Sumner Street (passing Paris, Havre y London Streets) until you arrive at Liverpool Street. (If you hit Bremen or Orleans Street you’re going the wrong way!). Take a right onto Liverpool Street and 31 Liverpool Street is on the block past Maverick Street on the right.
By car from Boston (through the Callahan Tunnel/Route 1A north): Immediately after exiting the tunnel, take your first right onto Porter Street (it comes up fast, before the Airport exit). Go on Porter Street for 3 blocks and take a right onto Chelsea Street. Go 5 blocks on Chelsea Street and take a right onto Maverick Street. Go 4 blocks and take a right onto Liverpool Street. 31 Liverpool Street is on this block on the right.
Please contact You can call us at 617-742-5165 or CSIO@TSNE.ORG to RSVP for the Launch Event or to discuss the Institute in more detail.”
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Location: State Street Financial Center
Join MBHP as we honor the years of service provided by Lowell L. Richards, III. More details, including sponsorship opportunities, will be available in June, and invitations will be sent one month before the event.
Keynote Speaker: Aaron Gornstein, Undersecretary, Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Time: 8:00am-3:00pm
Location: Costa Park (Walnut & Shirley Avenue, Revere, MA 02151)
The City of Revere, Chelsea Neighborhood Devel-opers, JetBlue Airways, and KaBOOM! have joined together to fund a new playground for Costa Park. YOU can help build the playground and show your support for local children and safe play-spaces!
Prep Day 1: Mon., June 18th – 30 volunteers
Prep Day 2: Tues., June 19th – 30 volunteers
Build Day: Wed., June 20th – 150 volunteers!!!
Food & Prizes & Fun for ALL!
Volunteers handling tools must be 18 or older. Youth 14 to 17 can help with side projects. There will be on-site activities for children all day long. Also looking for Build Captains.
To sign up, contact:
Rachel Meketon
RMeketon@ChelseaND.org
(617) 889-1375 ext. 11
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Location: 2 Clock Tower Place, Maynard, MA 01754
Join MAPC on March 13 for a discussion on the crucial role that transportation plays in the economic development of Greater Boston.
Investment in transportation is vital to economic development and quality of life in the Commonwealth, yet the Massachusetts transportation system is struggling under the burden of billions of dollars of debt and deferred maintenance. Recent proposals by the MBTA to drastically increase fares and cut service are only one symptom of a larger problem.
Speakers include:
- Michael Sullivan, Maynard Town Administrator and former Mayor of Holyoke
- Scott Weiss, Managing Director of Commercial Development, the Gutierrez Company and vice chair of the 495/Metrowest Partnership
- Stephanie Pollack, Associate Director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University and a leading voice on transportation policy and finance
Breakfast will be served at the event.
This event is co-sponsored by the Minuteman Advisory Group on Interlocal Coordination (MAGIC). the 495/MetroWest Partnership, the 128 Business Council, the MetroWest/495 TMA, the Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Lexington Chamber of Commerce.
For more information, contact Jessica Robertson at jrobertson@mapc.org or 617-451-2770 x 2016.
Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
Location: Metropolitan Area Planning Council (60 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111)
Join us to discuss the MetroFuture vision for an equitable region, learn how we are doing in achieving this vision, and discuss potential policy “levers” to move the region in the direction we all want it to go. MAPC Policy Analyst Jessie Grogan, will present the findings of MAPC’s first regional indicators report, the State of Equity and lead participants through a discussion of potential policy, funding, and programmatic changes that could be made at the state or local level to help us achieve a more equitable region. This is one of a number of workshops MAPC is planning to ensure that our policy recommendations reflect the diverse perspectives of the many residents of Metro Boston. Please share your thoughts and perspectives on the policy recommendations. What recommendations should MAPC act on first? What are the most important? What are your suggestions to help improve the state of equity in Metro Boston? Join us for a stimulating conversation and let us know what you think.
RSVP here.
Time: 10:00am-11:00am
Location: The Somerville Community Growing Center (22 Vinal Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143)
Learn about some delicious local food production in Somerville and join Friends of MetroFuture for a morning tour with Chris Mancini of Groundwork Somerville! Every year Groundwork Somerville and the Somerville Community Growing Center host a Maple Syrup Boil Down to celebrate the culmination of their efforts to collect syrup from local Somerville maple trees. At this event, you will learn how syrup gets from the tree to your plate, the logistics of managing an urban sugar bush, and how to tap a tree with experienced city syrupers from Groundwork Somerville. Test your tastebuds comparing Somerville, New Hampshire, and Corn-based Maple products. Take a stab at boiling, or just watch and learn as sap from local trees is boiled down into pure maple syrup over a warm, wood fire.
Download the flyer here. Read a blog post here. RSVP here.
|
|
Calendar RSS Feed
Recent Comments