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...
La Colaborativa recently brought the community together at City Hall to protest and demand equal access to economic stimulus dollars. Below are images from Darlene DeVita that capture this powerful day.
When COVID hit our city last year, people in the Latinx community were among the first to loose their jobs. Now, as the job market begins to reopen, many of those same people are not going back to their old positions. In part, this is because many of those jobs paid...
La Colaborativa has worked tirelessly to get the vaccine to every member of our community. While most Chelsea residents have been fully vaccinated, there are still many who have not because of mistrust of the vaccine. However, in a recent study conducted by our...