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Celtics Coach Brad Stevens: ‘Last Year Was No Fault of Kyrie’

Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens refuses to blame Kyrie Irving for last year’s failed season. “I like Kyrie and I wish him well,” said Stevens, speaking at a fundraiser in Boston at the Celtics practice facility. “Last year’s season didn’t go the way that we wanted it to, but that’s not on one person. That’s the responsibility of the whole…

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Climate change and poverty are complex problems. These solutions aim to address both.

Massachusetts — like most places — has a problem when it comes to climate solutions. The state has just a few years to drastically slash emissions and that means it needs more of everything, fast: more heat pumps, more electric vehicles and EV chargers, more solar panels. Just to get those things installed and working will require massive numbers of…

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COACH DOC RIVERS AND COACH BRAD STEVENS HOST 8 TH ANNUAL ABCD HOOP DREAMS AT TD GARDEN

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August, 7 2018 Contact Colneth Smiley Desk: 617.348.6224 Cell: 617.872.9435 colneth.smiley@bostonabcd.org   Coach Doc Rivers and Coach Brad Stevens host 8 th Annual ABCD Hoop Dreams at TD Garden Boston Businesses Play B-ball to Benefit Programs for Boston’s At-risk Youth Boston Sportswriter Bob Ryan moderates private Q & A with Doc & Brad   (BOSTON, MA)…

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COACH DOC RIVERS RETURNS TO BOSTON! ABCD’S 7TH ANNUAL HOOP DREAMS AT TD GARDEN

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Colneth Smiley ABCD Desk: 617.348.6224 colneth.smiley@bostonabcd.org or Courtney Mercier TD Garden Desk: 617.571.8680 cmercier@tdgarden.com   Coach Doc Rivers Returns to Boston! ABCD’s 7th Annual Hoop Dreams at TD Garden   Celtics Head Coach Brad Stevens, Attorney General Maura Healey & Others Participate in Corporate Fundraiser for ABCD’s WorkSMART Initiative to Keep Teens in School  …

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Congratulations to our 2019 graduates

Anticipation fills each corner of the room as streamers hang next to banners that read “Congratulations Graduate” behind balloons with “Class of 2019” written on them. Family members sit in the audience as they anxiously wait for their graduate to come out. All of their hard work, sacrifices and choices have led to this moment – Graduation Day! Getting to…

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Doc Rivers, Brad Stevens Host Hoop Dreams

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 Contact Colneth Smiley Desk: 617.348.6224 Cell: 617.872.9435 colneth.smiley@bostonabcd.org ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS 7TH ANNUAL HOOP DREAMS AT TD GARDEN Hosted by LA Clippers Coach Doc Rivers, Celtics Coach Brad Stevens and Boston Sportswriter Bob Ryan Corporate Fundraiser Benefits ABCD Youth Service Programs For the seventh consecutive year, ABCD presents Hoop Dreams at TD Garden, inviting corporate sponsored…

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Drew: It’s critical to bring back the Child Tax Credit now

What kept low- and moderate-income families with children afloat in 2021 as COVID-19 variants battered their world and soaring prices bore down on them? The Child Tax Credit. Throughout 2021 this lifesaving program based in the IRS provided families with a monthly payment of $300 per child under age 6 and $250 for each child ages 6 to 12 years…

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Energy efficiency partners to showcase equity in action at Riley House Senior Housing 

WHO: ABCD and energy efficiency partners Eversource, Maloney Properties, Paradigm Energy Services, Planning Office for Urban Affairs, Verizon, their leadership, public officials, residents of Riley House Senior Housing and community members WHAT:  Engagement event and site visit demonstrating ABCD’s Climate, Equity & Impact work with our energy efficiency partners through the Low-Income Energy Affordability Network (LEAN) and Mass Save® programs at this 40+…

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Event makes holidays happier for struggling families

ABCD’s south end neighborhood center distributes donated toys to underserved children Part of the ABCD Winter Fund campaign to help low income families in greater Boston A special room in a South End brownstone has just the toy to put a smile on the face of a child. Action for Boston Community Development, or ABCD, is helping Yvette, a Northeastern…

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Failure to Fund Successful Health Services Program Leaves 30,000 Vulnerable Residents, Communities of Color Without Vital Care

On March 29, 2022, ABCD—Action for Boston Community Development—received the shocking news that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Population Affairs, was terminating funding of the anti-poverty organization’s Title X Family Planning program as of March 31, 2022. For more than 50 years, in collaboration with a vital community health center network, ABCD has done an…

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