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Haverhill Latino Neighborhoods: Acre, Lower Highlands, Mount Washington

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Oct. 14, 2021
Population: 38130
transportation housing voting rights diversity affordable
Cultural or Historical Interests
Ethnic Groups, Immigration status, Laguage
Community Activities and Services
Haverhill Latinos
Community Needs and Concerns
Keep Latino neighborhoods together
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Methuen/Lawrence

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Sept. 13, 2021
Population: 79165
housing healthcare voting rights mental health affordable
Cultural or Historical Interests
Spanish speaking, immigrant status, arts
Community Needs and Concerns
Merrimack Valley Hispanic Community
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South Medford - Tufts Park

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Sept. 5, 2021
housing diversity crime suburban affordable
Community Needs and Concerns
South Medford is/was a diverse area that struggles with commute/transportation issues and, being in the shadow of Tufts, serves as a crossroads for a lot of different communities of people.
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Chelsea, Revere, Everett, East Boston Senate District

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 24, 2021
housing voting rights diversity mental health education
Cultural or Historical Interests
Immigrant community from central and south America
Community Activities and Services
Use of La Colaborativa's services
Economic or Environmental Interests
Gernerally lower socio-economic status.
Community Needs and Concerns
Community united by need for increased investment in public transportation, education, housing, and local job opportunities.
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Community of Martha's Vineyard

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 11, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
The island is Native American territory (two indigenous tribes - , Wampanoag tribe in Aquinnah & Wampanoag tribe in Chappaquiddick), there is indigenous housing in Aquinnah, Significant historical Black and immigrant populations Methodist Society Campground Meeting Association (historic district) Ink Well (previously segregated portion of the island) Languages - Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin, French Predominately retiree population High immigrant population (seasonal workers as well as year round residents), multiple generations of undocumented immigrants in need of protection and services.
Community Activities and Services
One Island w/ six towns and different policies impacts health, policing, etc Steamship Authority connects the island to urban areas on the Cape (Falmouth) Non-profits cover Cape and Islands but service don't always cover both Regional Hospital services entire island and works with Steamship Authority (Falmouth) All boards that provide services are almost exclusively run by white people. This map includes the lower portion of Falmouth, so the water around Cape Cod had to be selected to make the area contiguous.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Ensuring wind energy companies and Cannabis companies are hiring local residents, As an island community the climate crisis and rising tides are an important concern, Renewable energy and accompanying workforce are concerns for the island, Representation and concerns for high immigrant workforce, Increased housing costs have impacted the low-wage workforce housing, Large agricultural industry on island
Community Needs and Concerns
Growing concerns over homelessness given above concerns re housing costs
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Cleghorn Neighborhood - Fitchburg

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 11, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Twenty years ago, the city of Fitchburg worked with the community to do a housing redevelopment project. This community was historically working class French-Canadian, and has now changed and has a significant Latinx population.
Community Activities and Services
St Joseph's Catholic Church. The Cleghorn Community Center. Restoration Recovery Center.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Another area of concentrated poverty and low-income people. Lots of residents employed in food services, manufacturing, healthcare (CNAs).
Community Needs and Concerns
Aging housing stock. Eviction and housing stability. Community disinvestment.
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North of Main Neighborhood - Fitchburg

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 11, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Diverse, has 30 to 40% minority population, with a majority of them being Latinx. Has an aging population of homeowners, people who were in the neighborhood before it began this process of disinvestment. There are newer, younger families coming in and purchasing homes.
Community Activities and Services
Fitchburg State University. YMCA. Senior center. Fitchburg Art Museum. The police department and fire department are in this neighborhood. Fitchburg's principle commercial corridor. City Hall.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Concentration of low-income people and poverty, Fitchburg's highest concentration of people who haven't completed a high school diploma. This area was significantly impacted by the last recession. For a significant period of time, there were a lot of vacant homes. Lower housing prices. Aging housing stock. Municipal disinvestment; five to ten years ago Fitchburg could not afford to keep the lights running in this neighborhood. Times when Department of Public Works has started to repair sidewalks but never finished. This area is in transition right now, there are investors going in and taking advantage of low housing prices and trying to flip houses.
Community Needs and Concerns
Large revitalization projects will impact this area for the next few years. Current investments in the area include a new City Hall, affordable artist housing, the University is investing in the community.
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French Hill - Leominster

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 11, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
A large Latinx population of Leominster, a majority is Puerto Rican and Uruguayan populations. There is also a significant Brazilian population in Leominster.
Community Activities and Services
The Spanish American Center, Catholic Charities works in that area, St Cecelia is a large Catholic Church in the area
Economic or Environmental Interests
A lot of plastics and other manufacturing. Lots of the Latinx population is employed in food service, manufacturing, healthcare (lots of CNAs).
Community Needs and Concerns
Leominster is gateway city, so wages are lower here and there is less state attention. The state's economic focus is around Metro Boston, so less resources flow out to this part of the state.
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Mattapan

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
The neighborhood is primarily West Indian/Caribbean/Black with many nationalities, very diverse area. There was a "white flight" around the 1970s/80s. There is a sizable Haitian population. Speak American South, Caribbean English, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish. A lot of seniors live in the 200 block.
Community Activities and Services
Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Association operates in this area, and is a fairly new organization (about 3 years old). Caribbean Festival, churches and church activity, Voice of the Gospel Church. ABCD, Mattapan Health Center, Mattapan MBTA are in area services. Mattapan Farmer's Market, Mattapan Food and Fitness coalition, Edgewater Neighborhood. Shopping at Star/Shaws on River St. Library on Blue Hill Ave. The Mildred Avenue school has been a place where voting occurs. There's a pilot school where the community gathers as well.
Economic or Environmental Interests
There is a lot of construction in the community, and concern about the Mattapan MBTA, with people concerned about it being a for gentrification. Many work outside the community. Air quality, heat spots, lack of trees on the street, underutilized parks and green spaces. Issues of healthcare and low wage jobs.
Community Needs and Concerns
More playgrounds. Safety but no increased police presence. Jobs. Low income/affordable housing, stop displacement. More fun activities for teens and seniors. Support for youth. Job opportunities, better jobs. Need investments in formal, community areas. Environmental improvements like the Neponset River. Park maintenance. Quality grocery stores. Need better traffic control, W Selden St is Blue Hill Ave Bypass, hear cars speeding by all hours of the day.
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Immigrant community Fall River

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Fall River has a history of large immigrant communities of Portuguese descent (the Azores, mainland Portugal) and of indigent recent immigrants and their families (immigrating within the last 25 years). Beginning in the early 1980s, a Cambodian refugee community came to Fall River, hosted by several churches, particularly St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Immigrant communities are growing from Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador (a mixture of Hispanic populations). Each year, particularly May-September Portuguese feasts and festivals hosted by churches and social organizations are very common. The Catholic Church is still a central institution and hosts cultural events throughout the year.
Community Activities and Services
The Portuguese community gathers at church (the Catholic Church) and among social/cultural/sports clubs, especially the Portuguese men. The yearly feasts and festivals are a large social space among the Portuguese. Kennedy Park and The Gates are also sites for Portuguese festivals/events. Boys & Girls Club and the YMCA are also widely used among the community, particularly the Y. Battleship Cove attracts some tourists, with the waterfront area. The Buddhist Temple hosts a New Year's Celebration around the Lunar New Year.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Factories/manufacturers still employ a percentage of Fall River residents, along with the service industry and health care facilities (St. Anne's and Charlton Memorial). Also, Bristol Community College is located in Fall River. Many from the Portuguese and Brazilian communities work in infrastructure (road construction, landscaping) and/or cleaning services.
Community Needs and Concerns
Fall River is not a large city (90,000 population), but is represented at the Congressional level by two Congress people.
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Leominster, Fitchburg (twin cities)

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Efforts underway to support local artists through economic development work. Latinx population, some Haitian-Creole population, growing Hmong population. English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Hmong are top languages.
Community Activities and Services
There's a bus line that serves North Central Mass, but it is very sporadic. Fitchburg Art Museum, attractive destination for folks, could be cultural nucleus for the city.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Higher concentrations of extremely low-income individuals in the area surrounding downtown Fitchburg. There is an effort underway right now to do economic development there. North of Main is the project focused on revitalization of the area through arts, culture, and other mechanisms; involves the university. The largest employers in the region are the hospitals, largest is UMass Memorial. Other large employers are Fitchburg State University, ARC, and manufacturing industry, especially plastics (but manufacturing is dying off). Tourism in surrounding areas and in Leominster, especially from apple picking.
Community Needs and Concerns
Downtown Fitchburg had the lowest levels of participation, higher levels of COVID-19 infection. Transportation is sparse. Access to employment opportunities that yield family sustaining wages, specifically for undereducated residents. Lack of affordable childcare options. Housing costs and instability.
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POC Small Businesses - West Springfield

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Latinx, Pakistani, Indian, Iraqi, other POC communities. Lots of Asian and Italian communities around Elm St. Majority latino's from Puerto Rico.
Community Activities and Services
The Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts is located in this area. Josiah Day House Museum; Urgent Care venue.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Working class. Lots of POC-run small businesses. Many low income state housing places and many multifamily houses. Is known for having working class and Middle class latinos. It has one of the poorest zip code in the state. Many undocumented families move to the north end because felt welcoming and closer to home.
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South Side Waltham

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Growing Mexican, El Salvadoran, Ugandan, and other populations. Black and brown with a sizeable Asian population. Predominantly working class and below the AMI. Large immigrant population. Religious (Christian Catholic) community. Many families with children in the public school system.
Community Activities and Services
50+% ELL population in public schools, majority of which comes from this region. Many of the community members live and spend time in the parks located here.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Working class, largely in service-based industries (e.g., landscapers, food servers, carpenters, laborers, contractors). Many lost jobs due to COVID.
Community Needs and Concerns
Housing insecurity. Food security is a major issue -- stand in the same food lines. Need ELL support; need more public WiFi/access to the Internet; housing affordability issues, with many paying 50+% of their income for rent. Concerns about access to public transportation: many take public transit, and have had to fight to have food lines accessible to them.
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South End - Springfield

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Mixed community. Latinx, African American and Italian American Community. Lots of Small businesses like Pizza shops and Bodegas. Italian Community Center and Italian Catholic Church. MGM Casino, Rescue Mission Homeless Shelter
Community Activities and Services
This community has a big public housing. South End Community Center that has a park, where lots of kids play. South End Middle School. First Cemetery in Springfield
Economic or Environmental Interests
Low income community and Working Class.
Community Needs and Concerns
Known to have an Asthma Problem
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Charles Street AME

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Hibernia Hall is a historical location close to our neighborhood. Charles Church AME is a historical church in Boston. Large Cape Verdean Community. Different languages, Spanish and Portuguese. Large immigrant population, large African American community.
Community Activities and Services
Schools, supermarkets, health center, restaurants, churches, libraries, parks. Church/Charles Street AME. Court system. Roxbury and Dorchester.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Supermarkets, retail, schools, food banks. Uber, lyft transportation. Concerns of crime, air pollution, and noise level. Concerns of how the criminal justice system disrupts/intersects with success to housing, jobs, and stabilization of community
Community Needs and Concerns
More jobs, low income and affordable housing, safe places to socialize, more after school options for kids
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New Bedford Hispanic Community

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
The primary language is Spanish and also some Kiche of the Guatemalan indigenous community. Every September there is a celebration for Salvadoran Independence Day in Riverside Park. New Bedford has experienced recent immigration from Guatamala and Honduras and El Salvador and Dominican Republic. Puerto Ricans also came in larger numbers after the hurricane. There is a mixture of status, with undocumented (Central Americans) and citizens (Puerto Ricans).
Community Activities and Services
The Hispanic community of New Bedford gathers in the 48 Hispanic churches of the City; sports fields such as Ashley Park on Rivet St, Mt. Pleasant St baseball field, park at Presidential Heights, and baseball fields of Buttonwood Park and the soccer fields of Riverside Park; and bars. House parties also occupy social time concentrated in public housing around the City. This community also has a Mexican restaurant, a Dominican food store, Price Rite and Seabra where a lot of Hispanics shop. There are a lot of beaches in the area where Hispanic people go. In the north of New Bedford we go to the Market Basket, Elizabeth Restaurant, La Raza, etc. Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Antonio churches.
Economic or Environmental Interests
The Hispanic community works in factories and fish houses of the New Bedford port. Hispanic women tend to work as CNAs, housekeepers, and in supermarkets. Substandard housing is a concern among the Hispanic community, with poor conditions of rodents and code violations. Overcrowding is common in housing units. There are constant complaints about working conditions and the environment of the fish houses.
Community Needs and Concerns
Lack of access to needed services due to language barriers is a big problem. Lack of interpreters in all sectors (ex. waiting for over an hour for an interpreter in medical settings; being turned away from municipal services because of lack of interpreters; being told they cannot access job training programs or access to Dept of Children and Family Services due to lack of interpreters or Spanish speaking social workers. A general lack of access to health insurance due to immigration status. Mental health and substance abuse are also major concerns of this community, related to substandard living conditions and the acculturation stress (stress of living as a Hispanic in the US).
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Hyde Park/Cleary Square

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Community Activities and Services
People in my community (Hyde Park) gather in Cleary Square where many shops and restaurants can be found. There's also a library, community center, and YMCA in the Square as well. We mainly use the MBTA.
Economic or Environmental Interests
A lot of people in my community own/work at small businesses, restaurants, or retail stores.
Community Needs and Concerns
Parts of Hyde Park have been bunched up into Mattapan when redistricting happens, so it would be nice if Hyde Park could still stay separate.
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Bowdoin Geneva

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
English, Cape Verdean Immigrants
Community Activities and Services
Target, McDonalds, health clinic
Economic or Environmental Interests
Unemployment problem, Boston Downtown area, Fields Corner
Community Needs and Concerns
Access to city government info, housing, jobs
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Chinatown, Bay Village, South End

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Chinese Diaspora, urban geography (part of neighborhood character), working class/lower income relative to adjacent areas. This was once a continuous community with a lot of Chinese residents as well as Latinx and Black residents. There still are a lot of concentrations of Chinese residents and some Latinx residents.
Community Activities and Services
City Hall geographically near, BPL Chinatown, Tufts Medical. Variety of community-based businesses and organizations contribute to social fabric. People all through Chinatown and the South End come to Chinatown for service, groceries, and participation in anything.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Mostly lower-income residents who are in service industries and other kinds of low wage work. Working-class elderly. A lot of air quality concerns, heat islands, flooding. Most egregious urban heat island in Boston, most polluted area of city (heavily impacted by turnpike), little greenspace.
Community Needs and Concerns
Chinatown-Bay Village heavily impacted by gentrification, environmental pressure, and need for more equitable public and social health infrastructure. A lot of common economic justice (worker rights, affordable housing, opportunities for home ownership, workforce investment, etc) and immigrant rights issues (including language access).
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Charlestown Subsidized Housing

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Mixed ethnicity, still relates to Chinatown, 100 Ferrin elderly housing that's primarily Chinese
Economic or Environmental Interests
Public housing community
Community Needs and Concerns
Mishawum and Charles New Town large public housing units
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Brockton Ward 6

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Mixed neighborhood language also mixed young, Religious groups, Cape Verdean
Community Activities and Services
Church, houses, outdoor venues Uber, Bat, train, walking
Economic or Environmental Interests
Mostly wage earners. City, medical, hospitals, schools. Unemployment. Run down parking lots, empty buildings. Poor lighting/traffic lights need upgrade. Poor intersections in heavy areas need improvement.
Community Needs and Concerns
Needs improved shopping plazas, sidewalks. Trees, access to walking is dangerous. Need more folks to come out to vote.
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Roxbury

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
African American, Latinx, mixed age groups, English is predominant language. Many religions; people of different, diverse backgrounds; Black, Latino, Asian, immigrant Europeans; we share history as poor/working people; old and young, documented and undocumented; people with creativity
Community Activities and Services
Health center; Latin Academy concerns about test admissions; community wanted to expand Roxbury health services. People gather at Nubian Square, at shopping centers, libraries, open-public parks and sprinklers, schools, and restaurants. People use public transit and cars to access services.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Local bodegas, restaurants, auto-shops, public transit, public safety; city of Boston workers, parks, janitor services; lots of worry about asthma and gun violence
Community Needs and Concerns
Concern over displacement, being priced out of homes. We need more money funding for programs and capital projects. We need better jobs, workfore development, access to fairlending, and targeted public health initiatives.
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Diverse Community of Fields Corner

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Appreciation of the Vietnamese community, the ethnic diversity, the local businesses. Huge Vietnamese population, area now called Little Saigon, there are also many Cape Verdeans, Haitians & some Latinx too.
Community Activities and Services
Fields Corner shops and library. Hemenway Park. MBTA: Fields Corner, Shawmut stations. Dorchester Art Project. Shopping center, town field, Ronan park, T station, boys & girls club, family & youth center, restaurants, bars.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Lack of tree cover. Auto emissions from 93. We live in a heat island, the lack of trees is astounding & makes it extremely difficult to get relief from the heat & humidity, certain streets have no trees at all. We are in a climate emergency & not enough is being done to address it. Also the garbage & lack of composting creates lots of rats & mice in the neighborhood, folks leave scraps of food out everywhere thinking to help the animals but it doesn't.
Community Needs and Concerns
Politicians should know that people want to be able to stay in Dorchester. We need more housing at all price points. So there is a big divide between those on the 'hill's vs those us who aren't. And the places w/ money are Popes Hill, Jones Hill, Ashmont Hill, Codman Hill, Neponset Hill, Savin Hill have all the best everything. The amount of new housing being built is not for us, we can't afford these bright, shiny, new apt/condos. They have to consider where the people who live in apt building or triple deckers are not making six figure salaries & can't manage moving when rents get jacked up either. Housing is a human right.
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POC community in Chicopee

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Holyoke has the biggest latino community in Western Mass, Chicopee has a growing latino community in the area that borders with South Holyoke. The majority of the immigrants here are from the Caribbean and age approximately 30-45 years old. Many Catholic churches; lots of Latinx moving here and building communities; growing poc community in general; 4A has Latinx; Chicopee has a big Russian community; Chicopee Falls is mostly African American; middle/working class People in this areas are not political motivated. don't feel the need to engage in any race due to not be or feel represented. or feeling that no matter what they do it won't change things.
Community Activities and Services
This two communities are 5 minutes away. They share the same language, religions and ethnicity. The community visits the same health center for health care. Supermarket where a lot of different poc communities shop This latino community has grown in the last 10 years. Chicopee has around 7% latino. people of color started to move to this community and becoming homeowners for the last 10 years.
Economic or Environmental Interests
There's a big Low income community that lives at public housing. The Latino working class from NYC and other State are moving and buying houses in this areas.
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Chelsea community

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 10, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Much of Chelsea and this region use social services such as food distribution, immigration support, emergency housing support, housing case management, and workforce development services.
Community Activities and Services
Much of Chelsea and this region share Latin American culture and history. Shared language and immigration status.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Much of Chelsea and this region have a high percentage of residents that work in the food service and hospitality industries. Many part-time and seasonal employees. Generally low-income community. Many are forced to sublease because they cannot afford rent in now-gentrified neighborhoods. Located next to the airport, the Tobin Bridge, and home to the New England Produce Center and Salt Piles, and houses 100% of Logan Airport's Jetfule, so there are thousands of trucks going in and out of our city each day bringing necessities to the rest of Massachusetts. This all contributes pollution and diesel particulate matter into our air, and affecting our resident's health outcomes.
Community Needs and Concerns
The community is united by its need for affordable housing, rent control, increased social services, and increased funding for public infrastructure and education. Community was particularly impacted by community spread of COVID-19. Chelsea has the highest asthma hospitalization rates in the state, and amongst the highest rates of heart disease, stroke, and chronic illness.
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Vietnamese Community (Randolph, pt 2)

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 5, 2021
Cultural or Historical Interests
Large Vietnamese community, connected to Vietnamese community in Dorchester and growing community to Brockton (closest Vietnamese community and church to these areas) Family ties within these communities Strong religious community
Community Activities and Services
Saint Bernadette Parish Church, serves American (English mass, primarily white), Haitian and Vietnamese communities, serves 600 people within the Vietnamese community Along North Main St there are a lot of Vietnamese businesses (grocery stores and restaurants). On South Main St there is also Chùa Liên Hoa Temple. Bus Route 240 along N Main St
Economic or Environmental Interests
More affordable housing within Randolph (as opposed to other areas around Boston such as Dorchester), close enough to access public transit into Boston
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Vietnamese Community (Randolph)

Fall River Saint Anthony of Padua community

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 5, 2021
healthcare gun control education elderly affordable
Cultural or Historical Interests
We are very culturally rooted and celebrating our religious festivities is something that we are really proud of. We celebrate the Holy ghost and are very faithful and devoted to this spiritual belief. We organize dinners and sell tickets all year long to help our church. Also, when someone in our community is in need we organize events to help one another. We use the Band Club and Don Carlos Club to gather and celebrate our special occasions like birthdays, first communions, graduations, etc.
Community Activities and Services
My community is made of people that immigrated here in the late 70's from a small town in Sao Miguel Azores called Agua Retorta. We all attend Saint Anthony of Padua church located on Bedford St because most people lived around the area of the church. There is still a big portion of our community that lives in this area, including myself. We shop all over the city but we mostly love to shop in small markets that have the Portuguese products like Portugalia Marketplace, Chaves Market, Amaral's market.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Our residents are employed in several places, some even owe their own small businesses. We are very hard workers and most men work in construction and landscape. Women work on manufactural industries, small businesses, restaurants, etc. Most of the members of our community's are home owners. Some own multi family homes others own single family homes.
Community Needs and Concerns
What our community see's as major needs is more employment for young adults. More support for people suffering from mental health issues and affordable or free healthcare specially for the elderly. We also worry about our children and their education. Our schools need to keep the good teachers and offer better paying jobs. Also, college education needs to be free
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African-American community in Fall River

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 5, 2021
transportation housing healthcare mental health gun control
Cultural or Historical Interests
The black community is growing significantly in Fall River. We are spread all over the city, mostly in the center and south end of the city. We only have one black church in the city, Bethel AME church and only a few of us attend the church services
Community Activities and Services
People in my community gather in different locations. At family and friend's houses, at public parks, beaches, etc. We shop at places like Walmart and Price Rite. We access healthcare at Health First and Charlton Memorial or Saint Anne's Hospital
Economic or Environmental Interests
Most of our community is employed in different sectors of the city but a good majority is unemployed. Some of us work at Walmart and Amazon. Some in small local businesses
Community Needs and Concerns
Our city officials do not represent our community. For the first time in the last local elections we had a black city council be elected. For the first time. We need our city to represent who we are, the diversity that exists in Fall River
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Cambodian Community in Fall River

Massachusetts Communities of Interest
Danger: REPORT Aug. 5, 2021
transportation housing diversity education affordable
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is made of Cambodian's that live a little bit all over the city of Fall River. We arrived here in the early 80's and most of us came as refugee's. St. Luke's church was our home and that community welcomed us. Rev. Jim Hornsby accommodated many in his home until we were settled (children's in school, adults with jobs and apartments). In the beginning it was very hard for us because we didn't feel very welcomed by the community and it was hard to get a job or find an apartment for our family.Until today, our community is very rooted in our traditions and culture.We have a dance group with 15 elements that performs in cultural and private events. Some speak English but most Khmer.
Community Activities and Services
People in my community gather at Church (St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Fall River) and at the Buddhist Temple. Wedding celebrations are done at the Temple. We also use social clubs in Fall River to celebrate special occasions (graduations and birthday's) such as the Liberal Club. For healthcare services we mainly use the Health First medical center and Saint Anne's Hospital. My community shops in two local supermarkets that sell Asian food, one located on Pleasant St (Flint area) and one located on Quequechan St. Some of us have cars but some of us depend on our family and friends to get around or on public transportation.
Economic or Environmental Interests
The Cambodian community is mostly employed locally by owning their small businesses (nail salon's). Some work in other cities and carpool with

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