News and Media
In the News: Southcoast voting districts in play with eye on racial equity
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...
Covid 19 Remains Public Health Thread in Fall River
https://www.heraldnews.com/story/lifestyle/2021/09/16/tess-curran-states-covid-19-remains-public-health-threat-fall-river/5719244001/
Social Justice Poetry
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 accountability...
“‘It splits their power’: Why some think Fall River should have one congressmember, not two”- The Herald 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 Drawing...
“South Coast Rail Brings Access to Boston and Concern about Housing Costs”- WCAI
"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, marking a...
