Posts in Locales
Getting it Together in Franklin Park: The Past and Future of a Boston Landmark (Event Video)

Ethan Carr believes Franklin Park is one of the great urban parks in the world. Generations of Bostonians have loved this landscape and invested it with many diverse memories and meanings. Today the park is at a turning point. Mayor Wu has approved an Action Plan to guide its future, and the city and its partners have proposed new multi-million dollar construction projects. In this talk he argues that the time is right to consider the past, as well as the future, of Franklin Park.

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50 Years of Joyful Resistance: the History of CLVU (Event Video)

In this presentation City Life/Vida Urbana (CLVU) shares its rich history of organizing in Boston to build the power of working class and BIPOC communities to fight for systematic change. Founded in 1973, and currently located in The Brewery, City Life is known for its anti displacement organizing, fighting unscrupulous landlords; defending families from foreclosures and evictions.

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