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We Fight & We Win: A Historic Day for Immigrant Workers
After a decades long fight for immigrant rights, today we celebrate a historic victory with the passing of the driver's license bill - The Work and Family Mobility Act - with a veto-proof majority in the Senate and the House! This will enable all residents to apply...
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The Evolution of a Housing Crisis
Photo by Gabriela Maria Cartagena Amid unprecedented housing security and economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of families in our community have struggled to remain housed over the last two years. With the ongoing gentrification of...
Conversational Volunteers Needed!
When it comes to learning a new language, conversation is a key factor to success but one that is the least accessible to new language learners. La Colaborativa's Cafecito Hours create a risk free, safe space for our ESOL students to practice their English in a...
Keeping Warm in Winter
PHOTO BY DARLENE DEVITA This January, Chelsea and much of the Northeast has faced bitterly cold winter weather, leaving the most vulnerable in our community at the greatest risk. Many of our community members find themselves struggling to pay their heating bills as...
This is Chelsea’s Emergency Room
Tanairi Garcia looked around the lobby of the food pantry which had closed for the evening with a sigh: "This is Chelsea's emergency room. We call it a food pantry, but this is an emergency room." Tanairi is La Colaborativa's Food Pantry Director and spends her days...
La Colaborativa Represented in Mayor Michelle Wu’s COVID-19 Advisory Committee
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,...
2021 Bright Spots Created by Chelsea Youth
It’s been an especially hard year for young people in our community who faced remote learning, quarantining, and fear and anxiety about the pandemic. Their lives changed overnight and have yet to return to normal. La Colaborativa has stayed connected to these young...
Gladys Honored by Boston Business Journal and Eastern Bank
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...
Holiday Food and Toy Events
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...
La Colaborativa Supports Local Women to Open Childcare Co-Op
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...
Rewriting the Chelsea COVID Story
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...