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Advocates Say City-Run Homeless Facility Not Enough To Keep People Sheltered for this Winter
The City of Cambridge plans to keep its temporary emergency homeless shelter in operation for the next 20 months, though housing advocates say the city’s inability to expand the shelter’s capacity will leave more people sleeping outside this winter.
Cambridge War Memorial Recreation Center
The city of Cambridge opened an emergency shelter in its War Memorial Recreation Center
As Winter Approaches, Cambridge Homeless Shelters Reevaluate Their Options
Homeless shelters in Cambridge are grappling with their fall and winter operations as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll in Massachusetts.
Cristina Jiménez Calls for Community Activism in 2019 Robert Coles Lecture
Jiménez received the 13th annual Robert Coles “Call of Service” Award at First Parish Church in Cambridge for co-founding United We Dream, an advocacy group for young immigrants.
Risa Mednick
For the past ten years, Mednick has been the executive director of Transition House, an organization that offered the first shelter for domestic violence victims on the East Coast. She said in an interview that her leadership experience qualifies her for the City Council race and has shaped her platform, which centers around bringing more equity to the city.
Saez Addresses Economic Inequality, Advocates for Wealth Tax in Kennedy School Talk
Economist Emmanuel Saez proposed tax reforms to alleviate America’s wealth disparity in a lecture on economic inequality at the Harvard Kennedy School Monday evening.
Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded to Harvard Professor Michael Kremer
Economics Professor Michael Kremer ’85 won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences along with two MIT professors for their work on developing an experimental methodology for alleviating poverty around the world.
Barbara Schaal Discusses Artificial Selection at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Schall’s talk, entitled “An Evolutionary Journey through Domestication,” drew on her work as a biology professor and dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.