Massachusetts Advocacy Center
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
Citywide Educational Coalition records
Collection
Identifier: M130
Overview
In 1972, Mary Ellen Smith, Hubert Jones, Francis Parkman, Clyde Miller and other citizens, parents, and community activists met to find a way to participate in the process of choosing a superintendent of the Boston Public Schools. The Coalition sought input from large numbers of neighborhood residents and organizations to help develop "Community Agenda for the Boston Public Schools," an outline of questions and issues to use during the interview process. Although unsuccessful in choosing a...
Dates:
1972-2001
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- African Americans -- Education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Boston (Mass.). -- Race relations 1
- Busing for school integration -- History 1
- Civil rights -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community organizing -- United States 1
- Discrimination in public schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Education -- Parent participation -- United States 1
- Education, Bilingual 1
- Education, Urban -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Educational change -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Educational equalization -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Ethnic festivals -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Hispanic American youth -- Mental health services 1
- Hispanic Americans 1
- Magnet schools -- Massachusetts 1
- Massachusetts (State) -- Politics and government 1
- Minorities -- Education 1
- Parent-teacher relationships -- United States 1
- Public schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- School choice -- History 1
- School improvement programs -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- School integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- School management and organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Special education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Special education -- Parent participation 1
- Students -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- United States -- Race relations 1
- Vocational education -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Women political activists -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1 + ∧ less
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