The MDDC is an independent agency, funded by the federal government, dedicated to empowering people with developmental disabilities and their … Read more
South Shore Community Action Council
South Shore Community Action Council (SSCAC) works to alleviate poverty, create opportunities, and increase the financial stability for low-income people … Read more
About Fresh
About Fresh is on a mission to strengthen communities by getting fresh food to the households that need it most. … Read more
Greater Boston Food Bank
Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England and among the largest food banks in … Read more
Project Bread
Project Bread connects people and communities in Massachusetts to reliable sources of food while advocating for policies that make food … Read more
Yesenia Jimenez
Originally from South Central Los Angeles, CA, Yesenia moved into the Ramona Gardens Housing Projects in Boyle Heights, CA, where her pursuit for social justice grew. Yesenia attended Pasadena City College where she gained an Associates Degree in humanities and interned with the City College’s Cross-Cultural Center, she later transferred … Read more
Courtney Colwell
Courtney graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in political science and minors in economics and social policy. At Hopkins, Courtney served as a Research Assistant in the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab, where she conducted research on post-secondary pathways for low-income youth in Baltimore. She … Read more
Children’s Health Watch
Children’s HealthWatch (CHW), headquartered at Boston Medical Center, is a nonpartisan network of pediatricians, public health researchers, and children’s health … Read more
Community Servings
Community Servings was founded in 1990 by a diverse coalition of AIDS activists, faith groups, and community organizations to provide … Read more
Laura Harker
A native of Beaufort, North Carolina, Laura graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012 with a degree in health policy and management. As an advocate for health equity, Laura was a lead organizer for the annual Minority Health Conference, served as health chair for the … Read more
Daniel Cohn
Hailing from Northfield, Ohio, Dan graduated from the University of Rochester in 2012 with a degree in health, behavior & society. He interned with various local public health agencies and nonprofits where he worked on healthy food access, HIV/AIDS testing, syringe exchange, and childhood obesity prevention programs. He also conducted … Read more