SUCCESS STORIES

Survivors of domestic violence link research with community organizing to help reform New York City Family Courts that have failed to protect women and children.  The research revealed systematic bias and an indifference to domestic violence in families. Continue Reading »

SUCCESS STORIES

Massachusetts activists have helped increase access to housing and jobs for ex-offenders by reforming the state’s criminal record system. Continue Reading »

GMA Foundations hosted a briefing highlighting the progress of the asset building movement in Massachusetts.

The June 2nd briefing featured consultant Christine Robinson, one of the pioneers of the foundation asset development movement, Monalisa Smith, a vice president at Citizens Bank, the lead funder of Greater Boston Interfaith Organizations’ “From Debt to Assets Program”, and Angela Brown, Senior Program Officer of the Hyams Foundation and a member of the Asset Development Commission for the State of Massachusetts. Continue Reading »