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Food Desert Update: The McDonald’s Edition
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Voter suppression: DOJ taking action
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New SI voter participation analysis: severe disparities persist, lots of factors
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New research: Bike paths increase property values
16 November 2011 10:16 AM | No Comments
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Food Desert Update: The McDonald’s Edition
[UPDATE: Don't miss this: "Ronald McDonald brings his Friendship Adventure to Westfield's Highland elementary School," Masslive, 1/18/12] This invitation to... -
Voter suppression: DOJ taking action
“Under the Voting Rights Act, an election rule or practice that disproportionately affects minority voters is illegal — even if... -
New SI voter participation analysis: severe disparities persist, lots of factors
THE FACTS Predominantly White wards continue to vote at two-to-three times the rate of predominantly minority wards, reflecting severe and... -
New research: Bike paths increase property values
But what if you can’t get to the bike path from your property, even when you’re right across the street,... -
¡Democracy Fiesta! POSTPONED, BUT VOTE ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 20!
We are very sorry to have to reschedule this event. The new date will be in October as the general election... -
Local democracy initiative launched today
“This is not what we fought so long and hard for.” Gumersindo Gomez, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Veteran’s...
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70 Bikers/Walkers Turn Out For Environmental Justice Tour
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No CommentsWhat a turn out yesterday! (Photo gallery here.) Thanks to all our partners (special thanks to members of the Latino Youth Media Institute, who showed us where residents cross the tracks!), and to the Springfield officials who took a strong stand on behalf of... -
Cool new partners for July 19 Environmental Justice Bike Tour!
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsThis Environmental Justice Bike Tour had humble origins as a collaboration between SI and some teachers from The Springfield Renaissance School and other Springfield schools. Then we persuaded Heidi Garrett-Peltier from the UMass Political Economy Research Institute to ride with us and share her just-released... -
Environmental Justice Bike Tour: Tuesday, July 19th
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsSometimes the biggest things are the hardest to see. For me, environmental justice is about understanding the dramatic negative and disproportionate impact of the things around us that we tend to take for granted (highways, factories, school buildings, streetscapes, open space, retail, ads, etc.). What... -
MOCHA: Participant Evaluators & Coordinator Search
Posted on July 6, 2011 | No CommentsMen of Color Health Awareness (MOCHA) is transcending its original proposal to the MA Department of Public Health and becoming a real social movement. MOCHA uses an innovative and inclusive approach to engage men of color, and their families and friends, in the process of...