RESEARCH IN ACTION
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health recently published the country’s first peer-reviewed study on street outreach worker programs. The study finds that using street outreach workers is an effective strategy in youth violence prevention and intervention. Continue Reading »
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: The Nation
Amy Dean reports on community/labor coalitions that have taken a leadership role in promoting green jobs in Boston, Atlanta, Albuquerque, Seattle and Portland.
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Featuring Boston’s Green Justice Coalition members including Community Labor United, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Neighbor to Neighbor, the Chinese Progressive Association, and City Life Vida Urbana, all grantees of the Herman and Frieda Miller Foundation.
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
In 2003, a group of girls in the Dorchester area of Boston complained that women were demeaned and disrespected by talk and lyrics on local radio shows. They began GRLZ Radio, based at St. Mary’s Women’s and Children’s Center. Teen girls from this mostly minority neighborhood learn radio technology and develop content relevant to their lives.
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Featuring GRLZ Radio, a grantee of the Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation, the Charles Hayden Foundation, the Clipper Ship Foundation and the Rutland Corner Foundation.
