Social Justice

Historic Franklin Park is about to get the attention it deserves and has been denied for generations

Action, Community, Currents, Imagine, Social Equity, Social Justice, Why

October 28, 2022 Post contributor:Jeffrey R. Porter, Mintz Jeffrey R. Porter This morning I was reminded by the Boston Globe that the City of Boston’s sale of the site of the former Winthrop Street Garage also yielded $28 million for Franklin Park in what may be one of the Walsh Administration’s greatest Environmental Justice achievements. …

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Wu Declares Heat Emergency, Opens 12 BCYF Cooling Centers to All Residents

Action, Community, Critical Factors, Currents, Disaster, Habitat, Headlines, Missions, RESOURCES, SDGs, Social Equity, Social Justice, Visions, Why

Wu Declares Heat Emergency, Opens 12 BCYF Cooling Centers to All Residentsby Patriot-Bridge Staff • July 20, 2022 • 0 CommentsMayor Michelle Wu declared a heat emergency in the City of Boston beginning Tuesday, July 19 through Thursday, July 21 due to the weather that is forecasted for this time period. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid …

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Wu Declares Heat Emergency, Opens 16 BCYF Cooling Centers to All Residents

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Wu Declares Heat Emergency, Opens 16 BCYF Cooling Centers to All Residentsby Patriot-Bridge Staff • August 4, 2022 • 0 CommentsMayor Michelle Wu declared a heat emergency in the City of Boston starting, August 4 through Sunday, August 7, due to the upcoming weather forecasts. High temperatures will reach into the 90s, with the heat index expected to reach …

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Wu, BPDA Introduce Policy To Promote Diversity Within Private Development Projects

Action, BRA, Community, Critical Factors, Currents, Rights, Social Equity, Social Justice, Views, Why

Wu, BPDA Introduce Policy To Promote Diversity Within Private Development Projectsby Patriot-Bridge Staff • August 18, 2022 • 0 CommentsMayor Michelle Wu and Chief of Planning Arthur Jemison announced last week that the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors will vote on a new policy introducing diversity, equity and inclusion into the review process for large …

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Out with the BPDA – The Bay State Banner

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Out with the BPDASal GiarrataniGrowing up in the South End and Lower Roxbury during the ’50s and ’60s, I remember well the planned destruction of numerous city neighborhoods that were deemed too far gone to save (“Is Wu still planning to close the BPDA?” Bay State Banner, Aug. 18).If memory serves me correctly, it was …

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Revolutionary War Campaigns | U.S. Army Center of Military History

Educational, HISTORY, Learning, MAPPING, Rights, Social Justice, Why

Boston, 17 June 1775 – 17 March 1776. On the night of 16 – 17 June 1775 about 1,200 men of the Colonial force besieging Boston moved on to the Charlestown isthmus overlooking the city and threw up entrenchments on Breed’s Hill. The British garrison reacted promptly to this threat. On 17 June 2,200 troops …

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