ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) has hired Kathleen Donahue as Chief Financial Officer. Kathleen has 15 years’ experience of not-for-profit financial experience. Most recently she was the controller with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She has held a variety of leadership positions in organizations including City Year, the Community Builders, and Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. Kathleen is the former board…
Action for Boston Community Development welcomes Raeann Whalen as Special Projects Director. Reporting to the CEO, she focuses on advancing the organization’s key strategic initiatives and priorities. Ms. Whalen was COO at Housing Families and has held senior positions with ReSurge International and UTEC. She has 15 years of nonprofit experience in operations, fundraising & development and cross-functional team management….
Ron Marlow has joined ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) as Director of Workforce Development and Alternative Education. He comes to ABCD with a wealth of experience, most recently as Vice President for Workforce Development for the National Urban League in New York. Marlow has held senior leadership roles with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, MassHousing,…
ABCD has promoted Shayla Nazaire to the position of Controller. Shayla holds a B.S. in accounting and information systems from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, She spent 5 years with KPMG, LLP as an audit senior associate where she specialized in not-for-profit accounting and Uniform Guidance Audits. In 2014, she joined ABCD as budget manager. Along with the organization’s budget…
BOSTON — Millions of Americans are struggling to afford food. Think about that. Millions of people in the United States right now might not know where they’ll get their next meal. The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified inequities facing some marginalized groups. It’s also brought many people into food pantries for the first time. Boston 25 News anchor Kerry Kavanaugh got an…
Marian Young, an older homeowner living in Dorchester, first started having trouble with her utilities back in 2010. After accumulating several unpaid heating bills totaling roughly $5,000, Marian’s gas service was shut off. Then, in 2020, the oil furnace providing heat to all three units in her triple-decker failed. Without the money to replace it, she turned to space heaters…
Check out the scenes from the September 21, 2022 event at the TD Garden parquet. The Hoop Dreams annual fundraiser took place on September 21st, 2022, benefitting the ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) through a tournament on the legendary TD Garden parquet. The event was founded by Doc Rivers, and this year Brad Stevens, the Celtics President of Basketball…
In the nine months that the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the U.S., the most vulnerable Americans have struggled to keep up with monthly expenses. Eight million Americans have fallen into poverty since May, and today, there are 10 million fewer employed people than there were before the pandemic. By quickly passing the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, Congress was able to stave off…
An advocacy group for low-income residents in Greater Boston said Tuesday that the ongoing partial government shutdown is taking a devastating toll on millions of Americans who depend on federal food and housing aid. In a statement, Action Boston for Community Development, or ABCD, said the shutdown has hit the nation’s most vulnerable residents with “life-threatening hunger and hardship, with funding running…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2020 CONTACT: Lee Phenner 339.368.1140 ABCD EMERGENCY FUND HELPS MEDFORD RESIDENTS PAY RENT DUE TO HARDSHIP CAUSED BY COVID-19 CRISIS Partnership with the City of Medford and funding through the Community Preservation Act will sustain tenants at risk of homelessness (BOSTON, MA) – ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development), in partnership with the City…