Tag Archives: Organizing

Orientation Retreat Voter Registration Drive

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Rebecca Herst

To start off their Community Organizing Fellowship year, the new Fellows participate in a 5 day long orientation retreat. This year, they took action together and were part of a a voter registration drive with the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee … Read More

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Importance of alumnus work highlighted in New York Times

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Rebecca Herst

Dan Gelbtuch (JOI 07-08) and the teens he works with as part of Youth Force at the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation have been working hard on the issue of youth jobs for months.   Click here to read recent coverage … Read More

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Alumni Organize Interfaith Efforts in Foreclosure Crisis

Posted on January 11, 2010 by joinadmin

As this article shows, members of interfaith organizing efforts in Boston are having a national impact as they fight not just to save their own houses but to make sure that policies are put in place to prevent foreclosure on … Read More

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