Author: Dominique Rouge
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Boston Teens Gather to Talk Arts, Activism, and Social Change
“‘Woke’ means to have a moral center. It’s the idea that you care about others. It’s to be selfless, and to think about people other than yourself,” said Alexis Maxwell, a junior at Boston Arts Academy, at a weekly Teen Council meeting hosted by the Boch Center. The Boch Center, a non-profit organization focused on…
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New beginnings at ‘The Vagina Monologues’
Photo by Dominique Rouge This week, women across America performed The Vagina Monologues, a play that gives voice to several women’s accounts of sexual trauma. Since 1996, the play has sought to spark awareness for new narratives of female sexuality and empowerment. A particularly notable performance took place at Haley House Bakery and Cafe,…
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Recovery is Real: Florette Willis and the future of Mental Health Advocacy
On February 2, the mental health advocacy coalition Bringing Back Boston held a ceremony to honor Florette Willis at the Museum of Science. Willis serves as the first Director of Diversity and Inclusivity for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Massachusetts. Willis’ goal is to to expand the accessibility of mental health services in…
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Badly Needed T Renovations Bogged Down by Backlog
If the MBTA, Greater Boston’s public transit system, shut down for a year, the state would lose $11.4 billion. That amount would come from residents’ time lost travelling, their effort spent maintaining a car, and a rise in the number of injuries and fatalities. Yet the Massachusetts state budget only devoted $2.4 billion to transportation…
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Inclusivity and Immediacy: The 2018 Cambridge-Boston Women’s March
Lorraine Doyle has protested for women’s rights in Cambridge for 56 years. “For me, protesting is a lifelong event,” Doyle said. “It is every chance to go further with my cause. Women first, men second. They don’t like it, they can step aside. It’s time. That’s really how I feel. I am an arch-feminist…