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Neighbors for Neighbors (NFN - neighborsforneighbors.org), a soundboard for voices and a springboard for action, connects people who live, work, and serve in your Boston neighborhood. Our objectives include:
-making it easy for neighbors to come together through an online portal so that we may do things together offline
-empowering those who are here so that they may share, and to provide a place for people to listen
-moving people past discussion, through action, produce results
-celebrating our collective power and collaborative spirit. Read more
Berklee College of Music, producers of the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, just posted this on their website:
Due to weather conditions, we regret to announce that all Saturday festival activities are CANCELLED. The Friday night concert at the Berklee Performance Center will still be held as planned.
Following the fabulous and fun South End unveiling and silent auction event last Thursday, the extremely stylish 100% cotton T shirts are now available for purchase on the CitySquares website!!!!
These hip student designed t-shirts are available in two styles and various sizes and can be yours for the low price of $20 +shipping and handling. The beauty of that $20 dollars in that 100% of it goes to the CommuniTee Art Project. If you are not sure at this point what in the world CommuniTee is here’s the cliff notes version for your reading enjoyment… Read more
This is something I got from Joseph Porcelli in Jamaica Plain. He's the organizer for the Nametag Project:
Dear Friends,
Nametag Day at Fenway Park will be on Sunday July, 15. Our goal is to distribute 40,000 nametags to those attending the game and passersby. We are doing this to encourage people to get to know their neighbors, to talk to each other, and because it's a freakin' cool idea, nobody has done it yet, and will be a blast. Read more
You care about the schools, businesses, and non-profits that make up your community. The decisions you make when you shop have a direct impact on the communities in which you live. When you shop at participating businesses with your Boston Community Change card, a portion of each transaction is returned to you as a cash rebate and a portion is directed to support the local Main Street organization and a nonprofit or school of your choice - encouraging you to shop locally and share locally.
Cards are FREE at www.bostoncommunitychange.org
Project Kite is an outdoor public art installation and benefit by Jessica Watkins and sponsored by Ministry of Art and Place and River of Life Church to promote the awareness of female infanticide and feticide in India. Read more
Women Outdoors, Inc.
55 Talbot Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
www.women-outdoors.org
Email: ,
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 24, 2006
To: Press
Contact: Lisa Vaas, 617-477-9779
Women Outdoors is coming (back!) to the Greater Boston Region
Women Outdoors, a non-profit organization dedicated to promote wilderness activities and competency in the out-of-doors, is excited to announce the re-establishment of a chapter in the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1980, Women Outdoors provides women with a structure for a national network of women who work and play in the outdoors, and encourages women to develop an integrated, environmentally conscious lifestyle and to support policies that preserve the earth’s natural resources and promote a strong environmental ethic. Read more
A while ago I started up a Flickr group for my Exploit Boston event calendar+internet radio website. We're up to 77 participants who share photos taken around the greater Boston area. If you'd like to join us, sign up on the group's page at Flickr.
The latest five photos appear on the homepage of Exploit Boston and in a Flash badge at Bostonist.com. There's also a new "event photo spotlight" at EB. The first three spotlights are: Day Without Immigrants from Sushiesque, 2006 Boston Marathon Photos from Andy Carvin, and Zombies in Davis Square from Aero Racer E. Read more
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