GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Boston Globe

This week the youth empowerment and advocacy group Hyde Square Task Force released survey data that reported tensions between Boston youth and MBTA police officers. The survey data was presented at a press conference attended by the Transit Police Chief.

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Featuring Hyde Square Task Force, a grantee of the A.C. Ratshesky Foundation, Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation, Herman and Frieda L. Miller Foundation, the Schrafft Charitable Trust, the Foley Hoag Foundation and Ludcke Foundation.

RESEARCH IN ACTION

The Detroit-based chapter of Restaurant Opportunities Center United wasted no time after its founding to get its story out. It issued the most comprehensive report on labor practices in Michigan’s restaurant industry. 

The bottom line: The industry has too many bad jobs and is not on its best behavior when it comes to respecting worker rights under the law. Continue Reading »

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The New York Times

The New York Times features a unique collaboration between City Life/Vida Urbana , Boston Community Capital and Harvard Law School that is helping families impacted by the foreclosure crisis. Through advocacy and post-foreclosure negotiations, a number of families in working-class neighborhoods of Boston are able to stay in their homes and rent or buy back their foreclosed properties.

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Featuring City Life/Vida Urbana and Boston Community Capital, grantees of the Herman & Frieda L. Miller Foundation.