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Statement from ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler on the 2024 Election

Dear ABCD community, By now, we have all been able to take in the results of the 2024 elections and can all agree that this was an unprecedented campaign and it is an historic moment. It shines a stark light on our country’s divisions—but it also reveals many strengths. We revere the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of…

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Pressley Visits ABCD Head Start in Jamaica Plain, Highlights Threat of Project 2025 to Early Education

During National Book Month, Pressley Toured ABCD and Read to Head Start Children Project 2025 Would Eliminate Head Start and Deny 11,000 Massachusetts Children Childcare Access and Other Services BOSTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, visited ABCD Jamaica Plain Head Start & Children’s Services to highlight the threat of Project 2025 to early education in…

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Brockton Native Noel Gourdin to Perform at the 2024 Community Heroes Celebration

98.1 FM Urban Heat Check out R&B singer-songwriter and Brockton native Noel Gourdin (20:22 to 30:22) on Urban Heat discussing his upcoming appearance at the 2024 Community Heroes Celebration on November 1st! https://fb.watch/voYEhClDKu


Special program in Boston trains residents to become solar workers

Timothy Edwards uses a power drill to fasten the array frame together as Narkeisha Gilbert and Lhoucine Bouhaddou hold it in place during the solar technician training class. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Instructor Carlos Antunes watched as his students, wielding power drills and socket wrenches, assembled metal racks on the floor, then mounted four large solar panels on them. “Don’t forget your…

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All Things Considered – Enrollment in Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) begins October 1st, 2024


‘Survivor’ stories connect Southie, Fields Corner

In 1993, just a few days before Christmas, 15-year-old Louis D. Brown was killed in a crossfire, while crossing Geneva Avenue near Fields Corner Station. A high school sophomore looking forward to college, he was on his way to youth meeting organized by Teens Against Gang Violence. Almost thirty-one years later, in time for International Peace Day on September 21,…

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In Boston, home energy bills are among the highest in the nation

While the pain is widespread, low-income families are paying an even higher percentage of their household income to power their homes. When it comes time to pay bills each month, Latoya Blue has to decide: how much can go to food and rent, and how much for heat and electricity? She needs to keep things consistent at her Hyde Park…

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Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll at ABCD Hoop Dreams to support Boston youth

WHO: ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler, Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens, sports columnist Bob Ryan, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, event co-chair Merchant Resource Group CEO Peter Damato, and ABCD youth program participants and families.    The lineup includes returning teams Vertex Pharmaceuticals, No Books No Ball (two teams), and for the first time as…

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Celebrates MBTA’s New Income-Eligible Reduced Fare Program

Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng, ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler, and Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) Chief Operating Officer Michael Cole joined community leaders, elected officials, advocates, and stakeholders at Malden Center Station on the Orange Line in Malden to celebrate the launch of expanded access to reduced fares for income-eligible riders,…

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Low-income T riders can now apply for reduced fares

Massachusetts residents with an income below 200% of the federal poverty level can now apply for reduced MBTA fares under a new program launching this week. MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng celebrated the income-eligible reduced fare program in Malden on Tuesday, saying that the cost of transportation can be a barrier for many people. “Public transit is a lifeline for many people…

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