On Monday, December 6th our Chief Operations Officer Dinayili Paulino was selected as a member of Boston's COVID-19 Advisory Committee by Mayor Michelle Wu. La Colaborativa's success in mobilizing to ensure all members of our community have access to testing,...
Gladys Vega has been selected as one of Boston Business Journal’s 2021 Power 50: The Movement Makers. This group is made up of individuals in the Greater Boston business community who look to the future and take a stand and actionable steps to create change. Gladys...
The holiday season is fast approaching and La Colaborativa is continuing our tradition to provide meals and gifts to families in our community to make the season bright. Thanksgiving dinner signup is open now and dinners will be distributed Tuesday, November 23rd at...
The pandemic threw many families into crisis, as they navigated the impossible balance between staying healthy, keeping food on the table, and caring for their children. With school and daycare shutdown, parents relied on a haphazard patchwork of childcare from...
PHOTO BY NATHAN KLIMA FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE This time last year, Chelsea was making national headlines as a COVID-19 “hotspot” with the virus spreading ferociously through our city and leaving no family untouched. Now, Chelsea is again making front page news as...
We were proud to welcome the New England Patriots Foundation and Bank of America to Chelsea this week and receive their donation of $50,000 for our Survival Center programs. La Colaborativa was recently named a "Community Captain" and honored at Gillette Stadium. To...
In the last six months, Chelsea has officially transformed from the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts to a leader in vaccination rates statewide. Among the 20 cities targeted by the Vaccine Equity Initiative, Chelsea ranks #1, outpacing vaccination...
La Colaborativa youth and families gathered to shine a light on Chelsea’s rat problem this week at city hall, calling on local officials to do more to improve housing conditions for our families. Housing resources should focus on addressing rat infestations and other quality of life issues, instead of evicting families.
With the extreme housing crisis threatening the stability of thousands of local families, La Colaborativa has had to get creative and implement new tools for tenants to assert their rights and remain in their homes. One of those tools is the tenant self-inspection,...
In a world that went virtual almost overnight when the pandemic hit, La Colaborativa staff, youth, and volunteers have remained consistently present in our community - meeting our members face-to-face on the streets, outside their homes, at our food pantry, and in our...