My name is Fran *Frannie* Collazo. I am a Photographer, Model and Activist. I have been
involved with the LGBTQIAA+ community for nearly half my life. I have been part of protests
and marches in the Boston and New York area since I was 17 (I’m now 37).
Lowell, MA – THRIVE Communities is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. The Lowell-based organization was selected from a total of 630 applicants during a competitive review process. It will receive $300,000 over ten years ($30k/year).
Community Teamwork, Inc. is requesting proposals from contractors to complete installation of an egress stair addition at a multifamily in Lowell.
We are excited to be celebrating our three “Champions of Community Action”, Richard Chávez, EVP, Enterprise Bank, Cathy Mercado, Executive Director at the Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership, and Stacey Thompson, Lowell School Committee Member and Director of Learning and Workforce Development at the Lowell Community Health Center, tonight at our SOLD OUT Spring Celebration.
Governor Maura Healey speaks during an aordable rental housing awards ceremony held at 733-735 Broadway on May 18, 2023. The housing development is one of 27 across the commonwealth to address the state’s housing crisis. From left, Undersecretary Jennifer Maddox and Lowell City Manager Tom Golden. MELANIE GILBERT — LOWELL SUN
On a recent day in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, a steady stream of people came through the front door of the nonprofit Immigrant Families Services Institute where they were directed to take a number and head to a waiting area. More than a thousand Haitian refugees in just the past three weeks have come there seeking help, said executive director Geralde Gabeau.
May marks the 59th year since the Community Action Network of Community Action Agencies was established to help American families and communities overcome obstacles to poverty.
About 76% of people who have experienced homelessness in the last year are newly unhoused, according to the Central Mass Housing Alliance
