Community Profile – Fairmont Indigo Collaborative, Boston MA

Community Profile – Fairmont Indigo Collaborative, Boston MA

The Fairmount Indigo CDC Collaborative (FICC) is a group of three community development corporations (CDCs) in Boston whose environmental justice communities are served by the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line: Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, and Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation. FICC's collective mission is to strengthen vibrant, sustainable neighborhoods united by this rail line. The Collaborative's work revolves around bringing climate justice and health equity to the Fairmount corridor through…
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Introducing the Summer of 2022 Community Engagement Interns!

Introducing the Summer of 2022 Community Engagement Interns!

Written by Makayla, Marina and Gina Hi everyone! We are the 2022 MassEnergize Community Engagement interns for this summer: Marina, Makayla, and Gina! (We are not super photogenic over Zoom, but then again, who is?) Marina is a rising sophomore at Tufts University in Medford, but she is working remotely with us from Brazil. As a sailor of ten years, Marina grew up surrounded by water sites. However, in the last few years, she began…
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Using Social Media for your Climate Outreach

By MassE Intern Gabe Rosenbloom How often do you use social media? Well, I guess “use” is a funny word. Instead of “using” social media in the form of posting, I often find myself spending time on social media gazing at what others have posted. Whether it’s my own OCD or the beauty of what social media can do, I always feel compelled to go through everything I have missed from the prior day. Although,…
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