In 2023, 900,000 households in Massachusetts, about 34 percent of the state’s population, experienced food insecurity. According to the Greater Boston Food Bank, nearly half of adults in Boston are...
Each year, more than 49,000 lives are lost to suicide across the United States, representing one death every 11 minutes, leaving behind loved ones, families, and communities. Suicide Prevention Month...
Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, observed on August 21, aims to raise public awareness about the dangers of fentanyl and promote preventative strategies, all while educating the public and...
The Council adopted a resolution this week supporting the New Madinah Community Development Project in Roxbury. The New Madinah Project is a mixed-use development proposed by the Society for Islamic...
On Wednesday, the Council passed a resolution recognizing September as National Recovery Month. National Recovery Month, celebrated in September of each year since 1989, is a national awareness...
The City Council voted on Wednesday to recognize August 28 as Emmett Till Day in the City of Boston. Although the circumstances surrounding Emmett’s death are the reason most people know his name, the...
During this week’s Council meeting, the Council adopted a resolution calling for the Boston Public Health Commission to declare a public health emergency relative to the closing of Carney Hospital...
“I can’t think of a more proper time to use the term Living Legend than in describing Dr. Holland,” Councilor Worrell stated, while thanking Dr. Albert D. Holland for a career of “stepping up” for the...
In a vibrant display of cultural appreciation, the Council adopted resolutions recognizing significant national celebrations from around the world. This year, the Council recognized Independence Days...
Melvin Herbert King, known to many as Mel King, was born on October 20, 1928 in the South End neighborhood of Boston. He is one of eleven children to parents Ursula and Watts King, immigrants from...
The National Fitness Campaign (NFC) is an organization which works with municipalities, schools, and sponsors across America to plan, design, fund and activate healthy communities and schools of the...
This month, the Council recognized the birthdays of two monumental figures whose contributions have profoundly shaped our world: James Baldwin and Marcus Garvey. James Baldwin, born on August 2, 1924...
Massachusetts is home to the largest Cabo Verdean population in the United States, with many well-known Cabo Verdeans in fields such as the arts, medicine, academia, public health, education, non...
Barbara Rhodes, a Children’s Librarian for the Boston Public Libraries in Jamaica Plain for 30 years, passed away on May 21, 2024 at the age of 68. At a board meeting on May 16, 2024, while Barbara...
Steward Health Care System, LLC (Steward) is an integrated healthcare system and one of the nation’s largest private for-profit healthcare networks, owning over 30 hospitals in nine states, including...
This week, the Council declared June 26, 2024 as “#55 Bus Day” in the City of Boston. The 55 Bus Coalition – a grassroots community advocacy effort led by the Fenway Community Development Corporation...
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19 commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, marking the arrival of Union soldiers in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to announce the emancipation of enslaved...
The Friends of Grove Hall Branch Library have proposed renaming their second floor community space after Mamie (Mimi) Jones. Born May 4, 1947, Mimi was an outstanding student who was already deeply...
World Refugee Day is an international day designated on June 20 by the United Nations to honor refugees — including asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, and returnees — by...
Edward Joseph Soares was a businessman in Roxbury and Ralph Brown was a businessman in Dorchester. Soares sold scented musk oil and other novelties at Dudley Station on Washington Street. Brown sold...
Flag Day is celebrated every year on June 14 in remembrance of the adoption of the flag of the United States in 1777, as it is a national symbol of patriotism and freedom. In 1775, the “Grand Union”...
The Boston workers of East West Manufacturing are scheduled to lose their jobs on June 21, 2024 without severance pay or support for re-employment. East West Manufacturing is a design, manufacturing...
Vitiligo is a long-term skin condition characterized by patches of the skin losing their pigment, affecting approximately 1% of the global population, irrespective of sex, race, or age. Despite its...
Pride Month is observed in June to celebrate joy in the LGBTQIA+ community, to honor the vital contributions LGBTQIA+ people make, and to recognize the historic and ongoing struggles the LGBTQIA+...
This week, the Council adopted a resolution to support increasing diversity and expanding opportunities for Boston municipal employees of color. In 2022, the Boston City Council enacted the Fair...
This week, the Council went on record in support of H.4356, an act promoting housing opportunity and mobility through eviction sealing. Over one million evictions have been filed in Massachusetts over...
Establishing parentage is the process of determining the legal parents of a child. Massachusetts is the only New England state that has not yet updated its parentage laws to ensure clear and equal...
Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May to honor more than one million American military personnel who made the supreme sacrifice while serving in the U.S. military. On Memorial Day, we...
Just days before Memorial Day, the Council adopted a resolution in support of the “Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion (VSAFE) Act.” Veterans often become targets of scammers, with fraud particularly...
National EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week was created in 1974 to celebrate and honor the significant contributions of EMS providers in safeguarding the health, safety, and wellbeing of their...
