3 Steps to Achieve Housing Justice For All
Ending Homelessness
Turning this point in time into a moment in time when we achieve housing justice for all COVID-19 has pushed an already under-resourced and overstretched shelter system to the brink.…
Teacher Externships show educators how to deal with the next generation of health and cybersecurity threats
Preparing Youth to Succeed
During our Teacher Externship, educators from Boston Public Schools across all levels of education listened to and engaged with employees from several STEM-based companies. The event itself was split into…
6 Highlights from Mass STEM Week 2020
Preparing Youth to Succeed
This STEM Week we allowed more students than ever to “See themselves in STEM”. Despite the pandemic, we persisted harnessing the T in STEM to provide a multitude of programs…
How Nonprofits Are Sparking Statewide Change
Ending Homelessness, Moving Families Out of Poverty, Preparing Youth to Succeed, Supporting Young Children
Over a third of early educators in Massachusetts rely on public assistance to make ends meet. These preschool teachers, family child care providers, and infant/toddler caregivers are teaching the state’s…
A Year Of Uniting – Celebrating Partnership
We want to spend the last few weeks of 2019 celebrating you – the people and partners who stepped up to help us think differently, try new approaches and never…
Is Your Company Facing A Skills Gap?
Moving Families Out of Poverty
Behind the headlines of a strong job market stands the threat of a skills gap. The mismatch between what the job market needs and the skills of underemployed workers represents…
The Empowered Librarian
Preparing Youth to Succeed
United Way has played a big part in empowering teachers. That’s why we helped design and plan the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Externship, held in Boston this past August. In…