El servicio de autobús en las rutas 23, 28 y 29 de MBTA es gratuito desde ahora hasta marzo de 2026, pasando por Roxbury y Dorchester, conectando a los pasajeros con cuatro estaciones: Ruggles, Jackson Square, Mattapan y Ashmont. Por otra parte la MBTA informó que a partir del próximo 4 de septiembre dará inicio el programa de tarifas reducidas…
The MBTA today announced that it is expanding access to reduced fares for income-eligible riders beginning Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The online application is simple and can be completed in English, Spanish, Portuguese, simplified Chinese, Haitian-Creole, or Vietnamese. The launch will also include the availability of in-person support at five locations around the MBTA service area in partnership with Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) and the Massachusetts Association for Community Action (MASSCAP) network.
More workers in the pipeline will help fill over 200,000 vacant positions in Massachusetts (BOSTON, MA) – ABCD is excited to announce that it has been awarded nearly $700,000 from the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Emergenging Adult Reentry Initiative to expand and support its BRIDGES Returning Citizens Center (BRCC) — a specialized career center which offers employment and training services to individuals…
For Boston-area renters, high rental prices, low availability and a rising cost of living are some of the challenges that can stand in the way of stable housing. And those issues have had an outsized impact on Black and Latino renters, who are also more likely to face discrimination from real estate agents and landlords, according to a 2020 study from Suffolk…
ABCD Board Chair Sean K. Daughtry, who serves in a public sector seat representing state Rep. Christopher Worrell, will serve another term in the wake of the elections of new officers at the organization’s annual meeting in June. A resident of Roxbury, Daughtry joined the board in 2013 representing the NAACP Boston Branch. He is the senior director of Analytical Sciences…
Landing the right internship can be a crucial stepping stone of any college career – but for students still figuring out how to navigate the professional world, finding the right one requires a number of moving pieces. This summer, nine Emmanuel students are taking a different approach to an internship through the College’s Leslie Ferrick McCafferty Career Center, which connects them…
Getting a summer job used to mean scooping ice cream at the mall or working the drive-thru at Burger King. Then came the Great Recession, followed by a rush for teens to spend their summers padding their college résumés with coding and language camps. That changed again when the world closed for COVID-19, and then reopened. Not all adults returned…
“It was the best job I ever had,” raved ABCD WorkSMART student Kalil Nevils during remarks at the program’s year-end celebration. Members of the 2023/2024 WorkSMART cohort celebrated their accomplishments and shared their talents at the ABCD Thelma Burns Building. The event kicked off with a barbecue, a bracelet making activity and fellowship with community members, family and ABCD Youth…
The Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Board of Directors elected new officers at the June 2024 annual meeting. ABCD’s tripartite board consists of individuals from the private sector, public sector and from low-income Boston neighborhoods. Leaders from each of these groups collaborate to respond to the needs of underserved neighbors in Boston and the Mystic Valley. ABCD President and…
Biotech leader Sean K. Daughtry re-elected as board chair (BOSTON, MA) – The Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Board of Directors elected new officers at the June 2024 annual meeting. ABCD’s tripartite board consists of individuals from the private sector, public sector and from low-income Boston neighborhoods. Leaders from each of these groups collaborate to respond to the needs…
