The Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN) announced today, Apprentice Learning (AL) of Jamaica Plain, has been selected as a finalist for the 2021 Nonprofit Excellence Award in Innovation. The winners of the Nonprofit Excellence Awards will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony, MNN’s 2021 Nonprofit Excellence Awards: Celebrating Idealism…
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Postal Employees Will Celebrate Memorial Day Post Offices across the commonwealth will be closed on Monday, May 31, as our employees pause to celebrate Memorial Day. Street delivery on Monday will be limited to guaranteed overnight parcels and there will…
Safety Guidelines Issued to Parishes of the Boston Archdiocese
Special to the Gazette Given the new State of Massachusetts protocols that go into place on May 29, the following guidance is issued for the parishes of the Archdiocese of Boston General guidelines As of May 29, vaccinated people are…
It Is Time! Tuesday Walking Group Returns
Special to the Gazette The walking group would gather every Tuesday morning at 9 AM at the entrance to the Arboretum. Named the “Tuesday Walking Group”, we walked those paths for the last half dozen years marking the changing seasons. …
Mayor Kim Janey Names Stephanie Garrett-Stearns Chief Communications Officer
Mayor Kim Janey announced today that she is appointing Senior Advisor Stephanie Garrett-Stearns as Chief Communications Officer. She will serve as lead communications strategist and advisor for the Janey administration, guiding a dynamic team of press, digital media, speechwriting and…
Forward Fund Grants $250,000 to Nonprofits and Activists Fighting for Racial Equity
Responding to a collective re-traumatization that communities of color have faced in the wake of the trial of Derek Chauvin and the ensuing recent incidents of racialized violence, 50 nonprofit organizations and individual organizers in Massachusetts have each received $5,000…