By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer It’s the last day of the Summer Cultural Dance Camp at Utopia Dance Company in Lawrence, and students are learning Bomba, a style of dance that originated in Puerto Rico. “There’s no right or wrong in Bomba,”...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer This fall, new data on the challenges and opportunities surrounding the technology workforce on the North Shore of Massachusetts will be released by the UMass Donahue Institute. The study, largely funded by the...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer On a late-spring evening in Boston, nearly 200 youth performers stepped onto the stage of the Boch Center Wang Theatre. If they were nervous, they didn’t show it. Instead, in front of an audience of thousands, they...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran Reed and Louise Valleau partner with ECCF to offer scholarships to graduates of ABC of Andover program Reed and Louise Valleau were taking a drive when they heard an episode of the Ezra Klein Show podcast focused on student loan debt, and in...
New data, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll keynote and stories of collaboration all highlights of the night By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer In Essex County, cross-sector collaboration is helping residents secure living-wage advanced manufacturing jobs...
With strong ties to ECCF’s work, former Salem mayor returns to region to elevate community and collaboration Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, former mayor of Salem, will serve as keynote speaker for Essex County Community Foundation’s State of Essex County event,...
Center for Effective Philanthropy VP Grace Nicolette highlights positive post-COVID changes By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF COMMUNICATIONS WRITER Recent research by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) reveals that foundations are working differently than they...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Across the country, funders and foundations are exploring effective ways they can support closing the gap between those with access to digital technology and those without it. The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer A successful, collaborative digital equity program piloted in Essex County is now being used as a model to expand work to connect residents with devices, broadband access and training across the state. The pilot, a...
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Recent data from The Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University reveals that while many Essex County residents still lack access to broadband, some communities are faring better than others when it comes...
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