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Turning Outward: Community Conversations in East Boston, MA and Long Beach, CA

What kind of community do you want to live in? What would it take to build that?

Natalie Perez of The New England Aquarium and Emily Yam of Aquarium of the Pacific were on What’s up Eastie reporting on community conversations in two neighborhoods: East Boston (Natalie) and Long Beach (Emily). Community members Jane, Matt (on the phone), and Sebastian joined us to listen to the reports and respond.

To learn more about the New England Aquarium’s work in East Boston under the CASL (Community-Aided Science Literacy) program, you may contact Natalie Perez directly (nperez@neaq.org).

And you can learn more about community and resiliency work at The Aquarium of the Pacific here.

East Boston Greenway

How can the East Boston Greenway make us a more cohesive community? How can it connect the inner harbor to bodies of water further north? Can it be a source of economic activity? How about connecting other municipalities in the region? What exciting activities are in store along the Greenway this Summer? Listen to Gretchen Robinkin, Chris Marchi, and Mary Ellen Welch from the Friends of the East Boston Greenway answer these and other questions on What’s up Eastie?

Contact information for the Friends of East Boston Greenway:

WEBSITE: Friend of the East Boston Greenway
EMAIL: eastbostongreenway@gmail.com
PHONE: 617-417-2093
FACEBOOK: FRIENDS OF EAST BOSTON GREENWAY
TWITTER: @EASTIEGREENWAY
INSTAGRAM: @EASTIEGREENWAY

Journalism + the Latino Community

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Why is journalism ineffective today, at least the way it is being practiced? Why especially so in the Latino community? Listen to Luis Bravo (Editor, El Heraldo Latino), a thirty year veteran of journalism, along with Jordan Frias (President of the New England Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists), tackle these questions on What’s up Eastie?

Get in contact with Luis Bravo: perfilespubg@aol.com

Thank you, Brittany Thomas, of Zumix Radio for translation support.

Fighting Hunger + Addiction

The East Boston Community Soup Kitchen‘s Sandra Nijjar, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center‘s Joanna Cataldo, Project Bread‘s Maura Ackerman, and Karen a currently homeless person who visits the soup kitchen regularly, joined me today on What’s up Eastie? to discuss hunger alongside the social defects that lead to hunger, and the actions they are taking to combat both hunger and its root causes.

Listen to the conversation:

How you can get involved:

Project Bread’s Walk of Hunger is coming right up on May 6, 2018.
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is the coming Saturday — a great day to get rid of prescription drugs that are risky to keep in the house.
The soup kitchen is looking for assistance in many areas. Reach out to Sandra if you are interested in volunteering.

Youth on Gun Control + Climate Action

Thanks to school vacation week, some young people–Dawry (Radio DJ & Youth Leader, Zumix Teen Council), Jasmine, Zumix Radio participant, Manuela (Radio DJ & Youth Leader, Zumix Teen Council), & Dublus “Dubs”, Intern, Zumix Radio)–were able to join me on the radio today. They have fresh and interesting perspectives on gun control and climate action, so…

Take a listen:

Suffolk Downs Redevelopment

Tom O’Brien, HYM Investments

Tom O’Brien of HYM Investments, the Suffolk Downs developer, was on Zumix Radio on Wednesday April 11.

Listen to the show:

Displacement

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City Life/Vida Urbana‘s Andres Del Castillo joined me on What’s up Eastie? to discuss displacement in East Boston, and CVLU’s fight against it. You can email Andres at andres@clvu.org, or call him at 617-524-3541 x304.