A holiday appeal to help support professional journalism from local nonprofits Somerville Media Center and Somerville Wire (Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism) It’s tough to have a democracy without professional news outlets producing the carefully curated information people need to be engaged residents of their communities week in and week out. With major news corporations […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: NOVEMBER 29, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Donate to Somerville Media Fund, Affordable Housing at 299 Broadway, and More! ARTICLES LAST WORDS FROM ‘SANCTUARY CITY’ Artists Reflect on Immigration and Community Building OPINION: SOMERVILLE MEDIA CENTER SHOULD REMAIN IN THE HEART OF UNION SQUARE Mayor Emeritus and Former City Communications Director Call for Public Access Station to Be Allowed to Stay in […]
LAST WORDS FROM ‘SANCTUARY CITY’
Artists Reflect on Immigration and Community Building (Somerville Wire) – Sanctuary City, a ground-breaking art exhibit at the Somerville Museum, featured local artists working in exceptionally diverse media—from installations to comic books to pillows—with the goal of “creating more welcoming and safer environments for immigrant and refugee populations.” As the Sanctuary City exhibit came to […]
SUPPORT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN MASSACHUSETTS
This #GivingTuesday, Help BINJ With a Donation—Matched Dollar for Dollar Up to $1,000 With Giving Tuesday—the unofficial holiday dedicated to donating to nonprofit organizations—upon us, we thought we should address a much broader audience than we normally do in our big annual fundraising appeal for the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. So, we’d like to […]
OPINION: SOMERVILLE MEDIA CENTER SHOULD REMAIN IN THE HEART OF UNION SQUARE
Mayor Emeritus and Former City Communications Director Call for Public Access Station to Be Allowed to Stay in City-Owned Firehouse Today, the Somerville Media Center is operating under the threat of eviction from the City of Somerville. We believe this eviction decision needs to be, immediately, reconsidered and reversed. SMC, in its original form, as […]