Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen (EBCSK) was forced to stop serving hot meals on Tuesdays from the basement of the Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Paris Street. Instead, staff handed out grocery…
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Guest Op-Ed: Juneteenth to July 4th — The Promise Matters
By Phil Giffee This weekend, we rightfully celebrate the human centered principles upon which our nation was founded, but it is also a moment for reflection, confession, justice and eventually, healing. But healing cannot happen with words alone, that is…
East Boston Organizations get Some Resiliency Fund Dollars
East Boston organizations that have shifted focus to helping residents during the COVID-19 pandemic have received additional grant money from the Boston Resiliency Fund last week. Mayor Martin Walsh announced the fund’s Steering Committee distributed $826,000 in funding for three…
ICA Cancels Usual Summer Programming, Extends Community Food Distribution Through September
Since opening in July 2018, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Watershed on East Boston’s waterfront has hosted a resident artists and their work for the summer season. While the ICA named artist and sculptor Firelei Baez as its resident…
Resiliency Fund: Eastie Organizations Teaming up to Deliver Food and Services
Three East Boston organizations that have teamed up to deliver food and goods to the neighborhood’s most vulnerable residents were part of the latest round of Boston Resiliency Fund grant money distributed last week. With money from the city’s fund,…
Veronica Robles Cultural Center Helps With Relief Efforts
Just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Veronica Robles moved her popular Cultural Center from McClellan Highway into its new digs at the former Meridian Street Library. However, once the virus spread through Eastie and quarantine and social distancing put an…
Eastie Nonprofits Benefit from Boston’s Resiliency Fund
Several East Boston nonprofits that are helping residents or providing assistance to the city or state during this COVID-19 pandemic were recently awarded grant money through the city’s Boston Resiliency Fund. Last week Mayor Martin Walsh and the Boston Resiliency…
ICA, Eastie Organizations Partner for Month-Long Food Donation Initiative
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) has partnered with several East Boston organizations–East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC); East Boston Social Centers; Maverick Landing Community Services; Eastie Farms; Orient Heights Housing Development; and Crossroads Family Center–on a month-long food donation initiative for at-need communities in…
Piers Park Sailing Center Releases its Annual Report
This week the Piers Park Sailing Center (PPSC) released its annual report that highlights the neighborhood sailing program’s accomplishments and partnerships in 2019, as well its goals for 2020. “As the year comes to a close, we are reflecting back on…
A Year in Review, a Look Back on the Events and Stories of 2019
On Tuesday night the final seconds of 2019 will tick away and East Boston residents will join the world community and look to a new year with optimism and hope. In this small community the year was filled with stories…