In light of devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Foundation announced the creation of the Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund Sept. 29.
As the price to purchase and rent in Boston and surrounding neighborhoods skyrockets, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh is working to combat the rise in unaffordable housing. As part of his plan, Walsh announced the Intergenerational Homeshare Pilot, a program to place grad students in low-cost housing by allowing them to rent one room in the houses of older homeowners.
More than 100 people gathered Saturday in the name of replacing Columbus Day with “Indigenous People’s Day.” They stood in the afternoon heat outside the Park Street Station in downtown Boston to march and listen to speeches.
More than 7,000 entrepreneurs, innovators and students gathered in Boston this week for the Forbes Under 30 Summit, where some of the most prominent millennial minds shared their ideas, philosophies and visions for the future.
“Being in the festival is a big thing for me, especially because it’s held once a year, and you can get Indonesian food, of course, and meet new Indonesian people,” said Dhanni Setyaming, a member of the Indonesian Community of New England (ICONE), one of the groups that sponsored the event.
Hundreds from across the state gathered at Boston Common Saturday, for Children’s Services of Roxbury’s (CSR) attempt to break the Guinness world record for the largest human peace sign.
The New England Indonesian Festival will return to Copley Square Saturday. Since its start in 2013, the festival has brought together thousands of New Englanders to celebrate and learn about Indonesian culture.
Boston was one of more than 160 cities worldwide to host The World’s Biggest Eye Contact Experiment, which was organized through Facebook by an Australian social movement called The Liberators International.
Hundreds of people gathered on Boston Common Sept. 16 to protest President Donald J. Trump’s recent actions to roll back DACA, which protected undocumented individuals who were brought to the United States as children.
