Social Media In Dorchester - 0 views
website: http://mydorchester.org/ Social Capital Inc. (SCI) was founded in 2002 in Woburn, MA. After initial success in Woburn, SCI developed plans to expand to other local communities. In 2004, S...
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Youth Essay Contest - 0 views
Library Supports Community - 0 views
The KROC CENTER! A hidden gem in Dorchester - 1 views
LINK: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/boston/dorchester/gallery/inside_kroc_center/ http://www.use.salvationarmy.org/use/www_use_BostonKrocCenter.nsf/vw-dynamic-index/F51F686F3C902AED8525...
Example of Civic Engagement - 1 views
LINK: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/dorchester/2013/08/hold_in_dorchester_a_slaying_youth_is_remembered_through_art.html This week I chose an article that reminded me of this weeks readings...
Dorchester teens arrested after shooting, chase in Roxbury - 2 views
I thought this article was interesting because it speaks about the 3 teenagers who shot another teen last week and led the Boston Police on a while car chase, thanks to members of the community who...
Dorchester boy honored at White House - 1 views
Power of the Media - 0 views
http://www.dotnews.com/2013/play-ball-overwhelming-response-news-little-league-theft This story goes to show the power media outlets have. Thousands of dollars worth of baseball equipment was stol...
Activist reaches out to male relatives of homicide victims - 0 views
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This article is about Milton Jones of dorchester a member of the Louis D Brown Peace Institute who currently wants to help males of homicide victims learn to cope with the loss of a family member.
Neighbors press city to deal with traffic concerns in fields corner - 0 views
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This article is about the neighbors in the fields corner section of dorchester reaching out to city hall to deal with the issue of constant traffic congestion caused by the trucks making deliveries to the fields corner shopping center.
Monitoring youth online behavior - 2 views
In my internship site in the Aspire program, there has been an ongoing issue with children using their phones to send sexually explicit material to other students. This raises red flags for the ch...
Session 2- GBIO - 3 views
http://www.gbio.org/ The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization is a group that very much mirrors the IAF. It was established to traverse the divisions of class and race in Boston. Centralized ...
Mother Creates change since 1993. Change takes time! - 0 views
LINK: http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/09/26/a-grieving-mother-fights-for-peace-in-boston/ This source is about a woman who's son was killed in 1993 and since then she has been creat...
Gathering youth to face serious issues head on! - 0 views
LINK: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/dorchester/2013/11/hold_grand_opening_of_teen_empowerments_b4_studios_set_for_t.html http://www.teenempowerment.org/programs.html Teen Empowerment is ...
Taking teens off the street one at time! - 0 views
LINK" http://dorchesteryouthcollaborative.org/ DYC is a local community organization in Dorchester. This organization is multi-racial and multi-lingual. The purpose of this program is to create a ...
The YOUTH are speaking up!! - 0 views
LINK: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/boston/dorchester/2013/09/27/getting-out-the-vote-with-boston-youth/WeJOLzD65wqhgLifU6DzEL/pictures.html?pg=5 I found this article to be very interesting! It t...
College Bound Dorchester - 0 views
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I found out about this group while looking at Kaitlyn's post regarding the Boston Youth Service Network. This organization is one of the many in the BYSN. They do great work trying to keep kids (of all ages) in school and on an educational path, with college as a goal. I wonder how many UMass students have come through their program.
Evans Street block party helps neighbors reclaim their identity - 2 views
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Often the area that I live in in Dorchester is stigmatized as a place of crime, a dangerous place to live. This is a community group that is determined to redefine the community (ROC)
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