Where to Go from Here Depends on Accepting Where We Are Now
Finally, Donald Trump is gone. Joe Biden will be our new President, and a woman, a black woman will be our VP. While there is cause for celebration, there is also cause for concern, as well. Yes, the game show host and his clown show have been evicted but not before that parting shot, the…
Shelter guests will begin to receive COVID-19 vaccines in late December, early January
Vaccines against COVID-19 produced by Cambridge-based Moderna should start going to shelter guests at Pine Street Inn as early as next week or the first week of January. Pine Street Inn President Lyndia Downie said Massachusetts is one of the few states that is prioritizing shelters for the unhoused in its rollout of a vaccine.…
“They Were Locked In, We Were Locked Out”: A Story of Lockdown and Homelessness in Harvard Square
It was 22 March 2020. There were about 12 of us living in the shelter. Saturday morning was our last day there. We had no place to go. It would be my first day outside with nothing open, no restrooms, no place to sit and have a hot cup of tea, it really was hard…
Cambridge-Based TabletConnect Helps Families Worldwide Communicate Face-to-Face During COVID-19
In the early days of pandemic-era social distancing, Steven Trambert realized his family had a serious problem. His 96-year-old grandmother had been in the hospital and, given the high risks of infection facing the elderly, she was suddenly off-limits. His family had no way of getting in to see her face-to-face or, due to her…
Don’t Lose The Message
In our first issue back, I wanted to thank folks for supporting us during quarantine because of COVID-19, but because of recent events I find myself angry as many people do and need to address it. You’d have to be in a coma to not know what I’m talking about: the murders of Breonna Taylor…