
Raising Your Inner Voice with Jay Foss – Episode 7, Accessibility for Children with Disabilities
Raising Your Inner Voice with Jay Foss is focused on how we can be better. In this week’s episode of Raising Your Inner Voice, Jay takes an honest look at how families with disabilities are blazing ahead and teaching the rest of our community what it means to live in a world of achievement and life purpose. O. Sophia Johannson,

Raising Your Inner Voice with Jay Foss – Episode 6, Death During COVID
Raising Your Inner Voice with Jay Foss is focused on how we can be better. In this episode, Jay discusses grief (can there be good grief?) and how to deal with all of death (from grieving our former lives to the literal death of a loved one) with psychiatric nurse practitioner Anita Pandolfe Ruckman at A Tender Place in Rockport

Raising Your Inner Voice with Jay Foss
Raising Your Inner Voice with Jay Foss is focused on how we can be better. Better for our neighbors and better for ourselves. Episode 1 – How Chive Sustainable Events & Catering Inspires You to Be Better Episode 2 – It’s the journey, not the destination. In this podcast, Jay takes calls from John, Dana and Amy while exploring the

Queer and Trans Cosplayers: “We’re Here, We Exist”
by Joey PhoenixImage: Brandon the Shapeshifter (Left), Lee Clever (Right) Content Warning: Sexual Harassment, Transphobia, HomophobiaClick here for a list of North Shore LGBTQIA+ Resources The world of Cosplay is one that allows you to temporarily become someone else. Individuals can don costumes, put on fanciful makeup, and embody characters from all branches of culture, be it popular or not.

EmVision Productions: Shifting the Narrative with #StayHopeful
by Joey PhoenixImages by EmVision Productions What do you have to look forward to? What allows you to stay hopeful when the world is turned upside down? In May of this year, minority-led EmVision Productions released a limited series of videos called #StayHopeful. The series features eight people: an artist-entrepreneur, a student government candidate, an activist-entrepreneur, an author, a hip

Distributing the Tools of Protest
Image Credit: Emily GoldhammerStory by Joey Phoenix A little over a year ago I spoke down with Social Interventionist and Street Muralist Cedric Vise1 Douglas to talk about how street art creates bridges between the public and the issues that are relevant to their community. This month, Cedric’s ongoing Street Memorial Project is finding new relevancy, but the meaning is

Las organizaciones latinx en Massachusetts se unen para mantener la cultura activa a través de Cadencia Latina
Boston, 26 de mayo de 2020 – Las principales organizaciones latinas con sede en Massachusetts lanzaron hoy Cadencia Latina, una serie de eventos virtuales que apoyan a los artistas de Boston con raíces latinoamericanas y amplifica su presencia en el escenario virtual. Con la colaboración de Amplify Latinx, Hyde Square Task Force y el Boston Latin Quarter, Cojuelos’ Productions y

Amplify Latinx announces Cadencia Latina in collaboration with Agora Cultural Architects, Cojuelos’ Productions, Hyde Square Task Force and Latin Quarter
Photo Credit – Fabiola Mendez Music Boston, May 26, 2020 — Leading Latinx organizations based in Massachusetts launched Cadencia Latina today, a series of virtual events that support Boston performers with Latin American roots and amplifies their footprint in the virtual stage. With the collaboration of AmplifyLatinx, Hyde Square Task Force, and Boston’s Latin Quarter, Cojuelos’ Productions and Ágora Cultural

North Shore Pride Announces 2020 Virtual Pride Parade and Festival
After difficult deliberation, North Shore Pride’s Board of Directors has decided to cancel the in-person 2020 North Shore Pride Parade & Festival events (originally scheduled for June 25th-28th) due to public safety concerns around COVID-19. In the days following the cancellation, North Shore Pride also announced a new Virtual Pride Parade and Festival to occur in its place. “While we

North Shore Womxn Writers Show What It Means to Write Like a Girl
by Joey Phoenix February is Womxn* in Horror Month and FunDead Publications is hosting their annual event, Write Like a Girl III this coming weekend on the evening of February 22nd at 7:30 pm at The Witch House in downtown Salem. This year’s authors include Cat Skully, Nancy Brewa-Clark, Morgan Sylvia, Lauren Devora, and RC Mulhare. The intros and outros





