by ndemars | Mar 22, 2021 | COVID-19 News, Local Media, News & Announcements, Press Release
COLUMN IN THE SALEM NEWS By Stratton Lloyd and Michelle Xiarhos Curran SEE ORIGINAL COLUMN IN THE SALEM NEWS HERE. Prior to the arrival of COVID-19, some parts of Essex County were thriving. The overall unemployment rate – which had been declining steadily since the...
by ndemars | Mar 19, 2021 | News & Announcements, Press Release, Racial Equity
To our ECCF family and friends, Since the start of the COVID-19 health pandemic, expressions of xenophobia and anti-Asian sentiment have run rampant and gone largely unchecked across the country. Racism towards Asians, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders is real. I...
by ndemars | Mar 9, 2021 | COVID-19 News, News & Announcements, Press Release
ECCF announces new Food Systems Resiliency Partnership Grants Danvers, MA — Food insecurity is among the challenges most exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief organization, Essex...
by ndemars | Mar 3, 2021 | News & Announcements, Press Release, Racial Equity
Danvers, MA — A 13-member committee made up of a diverse cross-section of local leaders is joining Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) – a nonprofit serving the 34 cities and towns of Essex County – in implementing a new strategy designed to advance racial...
by ndemars | Mar 1, 2021 | Local Media, News & Announcements, Press Release, Small Business Resiliency, Systems Philanthropy
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY NORTH OF BOSTON MEDIA GROUP By Beth Francis Strolling down Massachusetts’ Main Streets now looks very different than it did a year ago. Foot traffic is down. Online shopping and curbside pickup have largely replaced local, in-person...
