More Than a Gut Feeling: The Real Value of Family and Community Engagement
City Connects evaluation team member Eric Dearing, PhD, associate professor of applied and developmental psychology at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education, […]
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City Connects Community Partner Meeting and “Shared Accountability”
Thanks to all of our community partners who joined us today for our annual gathering! We had a rich discussion about using […]
City Connects Poster at APA Meeting
City Connects team member Michael Capawana, a Counseling Psychology graduate student in the Lynch School of Education, is presenting a poster at […]
Report Gives Massachusetts “D” Grade on Youth Physical Activity
A new report from the Boston Foundation and NEHI, a nonprofit, independent health policy institute, handed out grades to Massachusetts across a […]
Cradles to Crayons Donates Leap Pads to City Connects Schools
City Connects believes that all children can learn and thrive in school if their non-school needs are addressed. A critical partner in […]
Community Partners Health & Wellness Breakfast: Video Posted
Over on our YouTube channel, we’ve posted video of the speakers’ presentations from our May 11 community breakfast, where the topic was […]
Community Partner Breakfast: A Focus on Health & Wellness
Today, City Connects hosted our annual spring gathering of community partners. The meeting, “Creating Dynamic School Partnerships to Increase the Health and […]
Emerson Students Meet the Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters were in town last weekend and put on a show for fifth graders from Roxbury’s Emerson Elementary at the […]
City Connects 2010 Annual Report Published
We are happy to announce the publication of our 2010 Annual Report, The Impact of City Connects. Again this year, our report […]
ReadBoston & Farragut Elementary Celebrate African-American Heroes
Our last blog post described Sacha Pfeiffer’s interview on WBUR with Rick Weissbourd, the founder of ReadBoston. This literacy initiative has offered […]