Annie E. Casey Foundation
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carmen A. Pola papers
Collection
Identifier: M159
Overview
Community activist Carmen A. Pola was born Carmen A. Villanueva Garcia in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, in 1939. In 1955 she moved to the continental United States with her family, settling briefly in the Bronx, New York, before moving to Oakland, California, where the family worked in agriculture. In 1960 she married Juan Pola, and they have five children. While in California, Pola became involved in community activism, participating in a number of grassroots organizations concerned with...
Dates:
1970-2006; Majority of material found within 1975-2000
Persistent Poverty Project records
Collection
Identifier: M127
Overview
The Boston Foundation was created in 1915 as the Permanent Charity Fund by brothers Charles E. and Charles M. Rogerson to relieve hardship in Boston brought on by World War I. After the war, the Fund expanded its scope of activity to include community activism and involvement on a wider scale. In 1964, Albert Stone, Jr., left the Fund $20 million in his will, allowing the Fund to support special projects in Boston neighborhoods in addition to its other grant-making activities. In 1985, the...
Dates:
1985-2002
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- African Americans -- Massachusetts 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions 1
- Asian Americans -- Massachusetts 1
- Asian Americans -- Statistics 1
- Coalitions 1
- Community organization 1
- Community power 1
- Education, Bilingual 1
- Ethnic festivals -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Families at risk 1
- Hispanic American youth -- Mental health services 1
- Hispanic Americans 1
- Hispanic Americans -- Massachusetts 1
- Massachusetts (State) -- Politics and government 1
- Minorities -- Education 1
- Poor families 1
- Poor whites 1
- Poverty 1
- Poverty -- Psychological aspects 1
- Poverty -- Research 1
- Single mothers -- Massachusetts 1
- Single parents -- Massachusetts 1
- Single-parent families 1
- Urban renewal 1
- Women political activists -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1 + ∧ less
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