Category: Equity

MetroCommon 2050 Comic: Equity of Wealth and Health

Posted on September 2, 2021 at 5:20 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Health, equity, and prosperity: there are three strands of a single system, braided tightly together. Read this new original comic by Dorchester’s Ludgy Jean-Baptiste to learn and share the basics. This comic was created as part of MetroCommon 2050 and is free for use by planners, policy-makers, and others to use as a tool to […]

MetroCommon 2050 Comic: Inclusive Growth and Mobility

Posted on August 12, 2021 at 1:27 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

How does the way our region gets around affect us as people? Get the whole (illustrated) story with this new, original piece by local graphic novelist Anna Christine. This graphic story was created to help community members relate their own lives to some of the issues around land use and transportation. This comic was created […]

Request for Information: Digital Navigators

Posted on August 9, 2021 at 3:41 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Request for Information: Digital Navigators The Metropolitan Area Planning Council issued a Request for Information (RFI), looking for organizations that could host or supervise a team of “Digital Navigators.” About 20% of households in Massachusetts Gateway Cities do not have internet access at home, while 30% lack access to computing devices. When households do have […]

Boston Kicks Off New Electric Vehicle Car Share Program

Posted on June 15, 2021 at 12:24 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Boston Kicks Off New Electric Vehicle Car Share Program

Posted on June 14, 2021 at 12:17 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Boston Kicks Off New Electric Vehicle Car Share Program Affordable EV car sharing program, ‘Good2Go,’ launches with four locations, reducing GHG emissions and opening up income-tiered program to community BOSTON – On June 5, Roxbury neighbors joined Nuestra Comunidad, E4TheFuture, the City of Boston, MAPC, and other partners for a celebration at Bartlett Station in […]

Solar Energy and Equitable Development: Turning Brownfields to Brightfields

Posted on May 27, 2021 at 10:59 am. Written by Guest Author

Guest post by Adi Nochur, Deputy Director of Capacity Building, Groundwork USA With support from EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Groundwork USA and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) are collaborating to explore Brownfields to Brightfields (B2B) as a strategy to revitalize polluted land, to promote solar energy, and to advance equitable community […]

Video: Climate Resiliency and Racial Justice

Posted on May 26, 2021 at 10:53 am. Written by Elise Harmon

On Tuesday, May 25, MAPC held the second event in our Accelerating Climate Resiliency Speaker Series. Every other month, we’ll bring experts and practitioners from across the country who can speak to the ways that they are perceiving and advancing resilience. In “Climate Resiliency and Racial Justice,” Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and […]

Announcing MetroCommon May

Posted on May 4, 2021 at 10:14 am. Written by Elise Harmon

MetroCommon 2050 is the next land use and policy plan for the people who live and work in Greater Boston. At its core will be bold, actionable recommendations. These recommendations – especially for state and local government – will play a critical role in reaching our goals in the next 10, 20, and 30 years. […]

MAPC Awards $400k in ‘Accelerating Climate Resiliency’ Grants

Posted on May 3, 2021 at 10:50 am. Written by Elise Harmon

Video: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Women in the Workforce

Posted on April 2, 2021 at 1:03 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women in the workforce are both severe and lopsided in comparison to men. For women of color, who make up a higher percentage of essential workers, job losses are even worse. Addressing this “she-cession” will take a focused effort across sectors: government, business, advocates, and academia must all […]