Collaborators
City Life/Vida Urbana -- A grassroots community organization committed to fighting for racial, social, economic justice, and gender equality by building working class power. They promote individual empowerment, develop community leaders and build collective power to effect systemic change and transform society.
Eastie Farm — An organization dedicated to improving food access and community resilience through the development of interactive urban agricultural spaces.
The East Boston Museum's — An organization with the mission to honor and preserve the rich and diverse history of East Boston for current and future generations
East Boston Community Soup Kitchen -- Provides free meals and a sense of community to those affected by hunger, homelessness, and difficult life circumstances.
East Boston Social Center -- Is a multi-service agency incorporated in 1918, it provides childcare, after-school programming, recreational programming for the elderly, and community space for numerous advocacy, self-help and community groups.
Centro Presente -- Is an organization that focuses on organizing around immigrant rights, worker rights, civic engagement, and self-sufficiency of the Latino immigrant community.
Friends of the East Boston Greenway: An organization of residents who serve as stewards of the East Boston Green Way, an open space which residents can use for a range of recreational activities.
Golden Stairs Immigration Center: Honors the proud history of East Boston as a vital immigrant community, by providing life-changing legal services to vulnerable non-citizens.
GreenRoots: A community-based organization dedicated to achieving environmental justice and greater quality of life through collective action, unity, education, and youth leadership across neighborhoods and communities.
N.U.B.E. (Neighbors United for a Better East Boston): an organization that develops abundant leaders who support social transformation and shifting political power. Our leaders organize and advocate for inclusive democratic processes and just public policies to create a vibrant economy and environment for all East Boston.
No Eastie Casino: A grassroots group of neighbors comprised of a diverse cross-section of citizens from the historic neighborhood and beyond opposed to a casino at Suffolk Downs.
ZUMIX empowers young people to build successful futures for themselves, transforming lives and community through music, technology, and creative employment.
Cultural Heritage Sites of East Boston
Lightship “Nantucket”: Nantucket Lightship No. 112 is a designated a National Historic Landmark. For 39 years it served to guide transoceanic shipping to and from U.S. east coast ports, it was often the first symbol of America encountered by thousands of immigrants.
