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‘City As Canvas: Above The Free Walls’ by Director Weiying Huang Wins Best New England Documentary Award

Boston, Oct 27, 2021, — Chinese filmmaker Weiying Olivia Huang(pictured above) won the Best New England Documentary award at the Shawna Shea Film Festival (SSFF) for her documentary film ‘City as Canvas: Above the Free Walls.’ The SSFF is an independent international film festival established in 2012 by the Shawna E. Memorial Foundation Inc. to… Continue reading ‘City As Canvas: Above The Free Walls’ by Director Weiying Huang Wins Best New England Documentary Award

WFG’s Jan Zhuang Recognized As One of America’s Top Financial Security Professionals 2021

JOHNS CREEK, Ga., Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — World Financial Group Insurance Agency, LLC (WFGIA) and Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (TFA) are pleased to announce that one of their top independent agents and representatives, Jan Zhuang, Ph.D., CFP® and Executive Vice Chairperson, has been recognized as one of the top-ranked advisors in the United States… Continue reading WFG’s Jan Zhuang Recognized As One of America’s Top Financial Security Professionals 2021

Public Citizen Applauds Fossil Free Finance Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) today introduced the Fossil Free Finance Act, which requires the Federal Reserve to regulate financial institutions’ contributions to the climate crisis. The impacts of climate change, along with the necessary transition to a clean energy economy, pose systemic risk to… Continue reading Public Citizen Applauds Fossil Free Finance Act

Dr. Zhenya Zhu is Remembered by MIT ERL Community

By MIT Earth Resources Lab, Feb. 19, 2021 Dr. Zhenya Zhu(October 10, 1945 – January 29, 2021), a beloved member of our ERL community for more than 30 years, recently passed away from complications during a medical procedure.  We are all deeply saddened by this unexpected news. Zhenya was a Research Scientist at ERL from… Continue reading Dr. Zhenya Zhu is Remembered by MIT ERL Community

1199SEIU Healthcare Workers Endorse Michelle Wu for Mayor of Boston

Boston, Sept. 23, 2021, – 1199SEIU United Healthcare workers proudly announced today their endorsement of Michelle Wu for Mayor of Boston at Grove Hall in Dorchester. Wu joined homecare workers at a personal protective equipment (PPE) drive after the announcement to lift up the priorities experiences of a workforce who have largely been invisible as… Continue reading 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers Endorse Michelle Wu for Mayor of Boston

MA National Guard Expands School Transportation Mission to Alleviate #DriverShortage

Boston, Sept. 17, 2021 — As part of its ongoing effort to support school-age children and their families, the Massachusetts National Guard will expand its school transportation mission to 5 additional communities. In response to requests for assistance by local government officials, the Guard will begin service in Brockton, Framingham, Holyoke, Quincy, and Woburn. This… Continue reading MA National Guard Expands School Transportation Mission to Alleviate #DriverShortage

Michelle Wu Advances to Boston Mayoral General Election on Nov 2

Sept. 14, 2021, Boston, — Michelle Wu declared victory Tuesday evening in the Preliminary Election of the Boston Mayor’s race, having brought together a citywide multigenerational, multicultural, multiracial coalition to fight for bold, urgent leadership for the city of Boston. The daughter of immigrants and a BPS mom, Wu ran on her track record of… Continue reading Michelle Wu Advances to Boston Mayoral General Election on Nov 2

President Biden Commemorates the 20th Anniversary of 9-11

By President Biden On this 9-11 like every 9-11, I’m thinking about my friend Davis who I grew up with in Delaware. On this day 20 years ago, he and his family had just passed the first year without their youngest of three sons Teddy who died in a boating accident at age 15, and… Continue reading President Biden Commemorates the 20th Anniversary of 9-11