A mutual aid network in Boston is on a mission to uplift unhoused individuals where it matters. Warm Up Boston, founded in 2020, provides meals, clothes, harm reduction equipment and funds directly to unhoused people in Boston. Twice a week, Warm Up Boston holds distributions to donate supplies, one in Downtown Crossing and one that.
On a rainy Saturday in January, dozens of families gathered at the public library in Taunton, Massachusetts for a drag queen story hour hosted by local queen, Monica Moore. In a flowy purple gown and long blonde tresses, Moore began reading a picture book as the young children sitting on the colorful rug listened intently.
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How The Local Black Lives Matter Movement Has Evolved
How The Local Black Lives Matter Movement Has Evolved
Activists march at a rally to defund the Boston Police Department, May 31, 2021
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How The Local Black Lives Matter Movement Has Evolved
At almost every Black Lives Matter protest she has organized in Boston, activist Monica Cannon-Grant repeats the same demand to the crowd: âDon t just come to the rally, go home, eat a cheese sandwich and check off the box that says I marched and rallied with the Negroes and do nothing.
Since last summer s protests over the police murder of George Floyd produced headlines, activists have continued their work behind the scenes on community organizing, preventing violence, charity fundraising and meeting with lawmakers.
Updated: 6:47 PM EDT Apr 17, 2021 People in Boston are demonstrating in protest of the death of Daunte Wright, the victim of a police shooting in Minnesota.Hundreds of people gathered in Nubian Square in the city s Roxbury neighborhood on Saturday for a rally and march.Meanwhile, protests of Wright s death continued in the Minneapolis area for the sixth straight night.Another curfew went into the effect in Brooklyn Center, where the shooting took place, at 11 p.m. local time Friday night until 6 a.m. Saturday.Demonstrations were mostly peaceful throughout Friday night, but the Minnesota National Guard was called in an hour before the curfew went into effect to start dispersing the crowds.Officials say at least 100 people were arrested.