by csjadmin | Oct 13, 2021 | Archive, Justice for Immigrants, News, Story of The Month
Read the article at: https://thepublicsradio.org/article/new-bedford-voting-districts-redrawn-to-shift-power-toward-black-and-hispanic-voters CSJ has been working on helping to draw more equitable districts and the ideas is gaining traction. New Bedford is served by...
by csjadmin | Sep 17, 2021 | Archive, News
https://www.heraldnews.com/story/lifestyle/2021/09/16/tess-curran-states-covid-19-remains-public-health-threat-fall-river/5719244001/
by csjadmin | Aug 18, 2021 | Archive, News, Story of The Month
The Coalition for Social Justice’s Summer 2021 interns recently had a lesson on using art to communicate about issues we have been working on and wrote the following poems. On housing (adapted) There once was a renter named Emily Whose landlord had no...
by csjadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | News
“[A]ctivists with a coalition called Drawing Democracy are advocating for draft district boundaries based on new population estimates and resident feedback, including in Fall River. Jaidyn Appel from the Coalition for Social Justice, which is working with the...
by csjadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | Housing, News, Transportation
“It’s not just renters who could be pushed out the door. Diana Painter is deputy director of the Coalition for Social Justice in New Bedford. She says that as the rail line barrels toward completion, corporate investors are buying out longtime homeowners,...
by csjadmin | Jul 27, 2021 | Housing, News
Housing is an issue we are continuing to follow and stay engaged on. New Bedford eviction actions mount as legal services languish...