Action for Boston Community Development
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Freedom House, Inc. records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: M016
Overview
Freedom House was founded in 1949 by African American social workers Otto P. and Muriel S. Snowden. It grew out of their initial community organizing with the Council on Community Affairs of Upper Roxbury (1947-1949). The initial goal of Freedom House was to centralize community activism in the fight for neighborhood improvement, good schools, and harmony among racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Otto Snowden was the Director of St. Mark Social Center when he...
Dates:
1941-2004; Majority of material found within 1949-1986
Office of Community Affairs records
Collection
Identifier: A085
Overview
In 1982, Vice President John A. Curry reorganized the existing Office of Community Development into the Office of Community Affairs. Placed under the direction of Joseph D. Warren, the Office of Community Affairs' primary mission was to respond to the concerns of Northeastern University's neighbors. Additionally, the office administered several community outreach programs, such as the annual Thanksgiving food and Christmas toy drives and a scholarship program for Boston Housing Authority...
Dates:
1967-1989; Majority of material found within 1982-1989
Roxbury Multi-Service Center records
Collection
Identifier: M109
Overview
RMSC is a social service agency modeled after the 19th century settlement house where all client services were located under one roof. It began as a three-year demonstration project in 1964 to provide services to the Roxbury and North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. From its inception, the mission of RMSC has been to offer programs and services designed to empower the residents of Roxbury and North Dorchester to become economically and socially self-sufficient. RMSC was originally funded...
Dates:
1965-2002
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- Community development, Urban -- Massachusetts -- Boston 2
- Academic achievement -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African American neighborhoods -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African American youth -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African Americans -- Political activity 1
- African Americans -- Relations with Jews 1
- African Americans women political activists -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Boston (Mass.) -- Economic conditions 1
- Boston (Mass.) -- Race relations 1
- Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions 1
- Busing for school integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Civil rights -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community and college -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community development -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community life -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community mental health services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community relations 1
- Crime prevention -- Citizen participation 1
- Crime prevention -- Youth participation 1
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services) -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Day Camps -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Emergency housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Gang prevention -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Housing rehabilitation -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Legal assistance to the poor -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Mission Hill (Boston, Mass.) -- Social conditions 1
- Neighborhood -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) -- Social conditions 1
- School integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Sex instruction -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Social service -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Student housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Urban beautification -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Urban homesteading -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Urban youth -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Youth development -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1 + ∧ less
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