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- ACE staffer joins state Climate Change Committee 1:41pm Jun 18
- YouthShines Art Auction coming up! 4:18pm May 27
- Congratulations to Michelle McGruder 5:51pm May 21
May 27, 2009 On June 3, the South End/Lower Roxbury Youth Workers Alliance (YWA) will host its annual fundraiser, the YouthShines! Art Auction, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Ben Franklin Institute at 41 Berkeley Street in Boston...
May 23, 2009 Today, we'd like to share with you the final recipient of ACE's 2009 Environmental Justice Awards. Thanks for your hard work Michelle...
May 21, 2009 Last night, hundreds of ACE supporters celebrated with us at Jammin' for Justice 2009. Thank you to everyone for helping to make the event a great success! We'll share photos soon; in the meantime, congrats to Ian for receiving an EJ Award...
May 17, 2008 ACE’s annual celebration and fundraiser, Jammin' for Justice, is this Wednesday, May 20. Members and supporters will be sharing our 15th Anniversary with delicious food, a live band, silent auction and many projects on display...
May 4, 2009 The Patrick administration announced today in Dudley Square that it was providing stimulus funds for extensions of the Silver Line bus to Mattapan and South Station...
April 30, 2009 What a busy couple of months it's been! There has been a lot of work going on at ACE that we'll update you on soon. In the meantime, here are some wise words for you to enjoy, adapted from a speech of our previous Director Penn Loh at his farewell party on March 4.
March 9, 2009 Come down to the State House today and grab a cookie to benefit the MBTA. T riders are doing our part to raise money for public transit - now, will legislators take action? Bake Sale for the MBTA Monday, March 9, 2009 3:30 to 5:00 p.m....
February 23, 2009 At a press conference on Friday, Governor Patrick announced a broad set of goals for transportation funding and reforms...
February 20, 2009 At last week's MBTA Board Meeting the Massachusetts Transportation Secretary James Aloisi, Jr. offered a grim look at where the T is headed...
February 11, 2009 In the afterglow of a historic inaugural, it's tempting to view the necessity of fighting for Civil Rights as an archaic call to arms...
February 9, 2009 We are pleased to announce that effective today, ACE has a new Executive Director! Please read on to hear from our outgoing Director, Penn Loh, and our incoming Director, Kalila Barnett.
January 16, 2008 Thanks to the work of groups like the Boston Workers’ Alliance (BWA), Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) reforms are beginning to take shape in Massachusetts...
December 26, 2008 Thanks to your support, it's been a fun and productive year at ACE. Together, we have made great strides for environmental justice in the Boston area and beyond. To learn more about our work, please sign up for our e-newsletter. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season...
December 12, 2008 With the holiday season in full swing, wouldn't it be nice to get all your gift shopping done and do good at the same time? For the person on your list who seems to have everything, why not consider giving an ACE Gift Membership...
December 5, 2008 Did you know that asthma is more prevalent in New England then anywhere else in the country? Or that African Americans who were born in the U.S. are three times more likely to develop asthma then African Americans born outside the country...
December 2, 2008 The Energy Empowerment Coalition met on November 25 at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall to rouse community support for more programs to address the Commonwealth’s energy needs this winter and in the future...
November 24, 2008 It concerns us greatly that Governor Patrick has announced drastic cuts in the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA), the program in the Energy and Environmental Affairs office that helps industries reduce and eliminate their use of toxic chemicals and processes...
November 18, 2008 The Globe's Green Blog recently highlighted a study touting the health benefits of community green space. The study suggested that parks, trees, and landscaped areas in a neighborhood can help reduce residents' risk of heart attack and stroke...
November 14, 2008 A warm thank you to everyone who came out and made ACE's Annual Meeting a blast this year. It was great to see so many members and supporters and be able to share this work for environmental justice - we wouldn't be able to do it without you...
November 13, 2008 Tonight, ACE's own Carlos Moreno will receive the prestigious National Conservation Achievement Award, also known as the "Connie Award," in Washington D.C...
November 11, 2008 You’re invited to ACE's Annual Meeting tomorrow! Each fall members, staff, supporters and youth come together to celebrate the achievements of the past year and decide on the environmental justice work for the next year...
November 10, 2008 We're pleased to announce that our very own Penn Loh was recently honored with an EPA New England Merit Award. Penn has been at ACE since 1996 and has provided us with strong visioning and guidance in his most recent role as Executive Director...
November 6, 2008 Check out these videos of young environmental justice organizers created by the 1000 Voice Archive and the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative. The videos feature four young organizers explaining how they realized their calling to fight for environmental justice...
November 3, 2008 As we all know, tomorrow is Election Day (finally)! We urge everyone to come out and make your voice heard in what may be one of the most important elections of our time...
October 30, 2008 This November, our communities face the threat of an ill-conceived proposal to repeal the state income tax...
October 31, 2008 Wishing all of you a happy and safe Halloween! Thank you for your support of environmental justice. Remember, nothing is scarier than passing up your chance to vote on Tuesday. We urge everyone (costumed or not) to please vote NO on Ballot Question 1...
October 27, 2008 Election Day is only a week away, and while most of the attention is focused on the presidential race, on November 4, Massachusetts voters will weigh in on three ballot questions...
October 24, 2008 The Town Meeting on Public Transportation, sponsored by On the Move (OTM): The Greater Boston Transportation Justice Coalition, addressed issues of the MBTA’s staggering debt...
October 23, 2008 ACE and other environmental groups are concerned that the Patrick administration may lift the decade-long moratorium on new incinerator capacity in Massachusetts when it revises the state’s Solid Waste Master Plan...
October 22, 2008 Over the course of a month this summer, three pedestrians were struck and injured by cars along Washington Street between Dudley Square and Melnea Cass Blvd. These tragedies are common and indicative of the unsafe conditions that traffic congestion creates in Dudley Square...
October 21, 2008 The financially strapped MBTA is planning an $1.2 billion expansion of the Silver Line bus that would connect the Waterfront and Washington Street routes with a tunnel under the city...
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