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Resident Spotlight: Elaine Donovan
Elaine Donovan Charlestown Substance Abuse Coalition (CSAC) A lot of the work Charlestown Substance Abuse Coalition does can be connected with Strategic Issue #2 around improving the coordination and...
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Making Healthy Connections
The Community Engagement and Membership Committee (CEMC) was created by BACH to address strategic health issues facing Boston. CEMC’s mission is to diversify community partnerships and increase...
View ArticleCommunity Grants In Action
Community Grants in Action: In May 2014 BACH completed a comprehensive two year Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) process, a citywide and neighborhood-level strategic...
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Resident Engagement
What Matters For Health A gathering on Tuesday, December 9th at Whittier Street Health Center commemorated the finale of What Matters For Health—an online game that provided an opportunity for people...
View ArticleBPHC and BACH Release Partnerships to Improve Community Health RFP
We are pleased to announce an exciting citywide initiative and funding opportunity for which BACH is partnering with the Boston Public Health Commission. This will result in significant public health...
View ArticleStand Against Racism
Join Boston Alliance for Community Health, South End Healthy Boston Coalition, and YWCA Boston as we take a Stand Against Racism. Flag Wars: Film Screening & Discussion This is one story about a...
View ArticlePaid Internship Opportunity
Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) In partnership with the Boston Alliance for Community Health (BACH) Boston Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) Community Engagement Summer Internship...
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Healthy Community Champions, Summer 2015
78 individuals from 9 different Boston neighborhoods and 12 neighborhood organizations have been recruited to participate as Healthy Community Champions, grassroots ambassadors and educators at the...
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Age-Friendly Boston Initiative
In late February of 2015, 100 residents gathered in the Great Hall at Quincy Market to kick-off the Age-Friendly Boston Initiative (AFB), a five-year initiative that challenges the city’s public...
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Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation
Affordable housing is a proven, effective platform for long-term success for children and families, and has a strong impact on both individual and community health. Not having enough money to pay for...
View ArticleTalk to Us
Boston Children’s Hospital is hosting meetings with Boston residents this summer. We want to hear from you! Your feedback is very important to help Boston Children’s plan future services and programs...
View ArticleBoston Children’s Hospital Community Health Initiative
During the summer and fall, Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) will be holding a series of community meetings to gather input from residents (particularly parents and youth) about what they see as...
View ArticleTrauma & Resilience
In May, BACH’s Community Investment Committee released a Request for Proposal to engage trauma organizations in an effort to move forward with Strategic Issues #3 identified in the Mobilizing for...
View ArticleSummit on Race & Equity
On May 16-17, Boston Alliance for Racial Equity (BARE), in collaboration with Governing for Racial Equity Alliance (GARE), the Office of Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston, held the city’s...
View ArticleNewsletter Spotlight: Mattapan
Food deserts are often defined as communities that lack access to fresh fruit, vegetables, and other whole foods. Mattapan is often referred to as a food dessert due to a lack of grocery stores and...
View ArticleNewsletter Spotlight: North Dorchester
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation was founded in 1979 to help address the problems of economic disinvestment, unemployment, crime, community tensions, and the shortage of quality...
View ArticlePolicy Alert: Sign On to Support the Prevention & Wellness Trust Fund
Sign On Today to Support the Prevention & Wellness Trust Fund (PWTF)! BACH is supporting the PWTF because it is key to achieving better health & eliminating health inequities. The PWTF is a...
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HCCs Bring New Enthusiasm to the Fairmount Greenway Efforts
The idea to create a Fairmount Greenway first emerged in 2008 and the Fairmount Greenway Task Force (FGTF) has been working on the project since then. The Fairmount Greenway Concept Plan was written by...
View ArticleCriminal Justice Reform is a Public Health Issue
BACH has committed to supporting and promoting the Jobs NOT Jail Coalition, whose goal is to redirect costly prison spending towards jobs, training and support for Massachusetts’ lowest income...
View ArticlePolicy Alert: Call your State Legislator Today to Support Criminal Justice...
You hear about “social determinants of health” a lot. This means, socio-economic factors and structural public policies are major reasons of a community’s health outcomes. In poorer neighborhoods and...
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