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Our chapter was just published in a new volume Exploring Equitable Community-Campus Relationships, edited by Karla Bird, Suchitra V. Gururaj, Sara B. Moore, Andrea Robles, and Cindy Vincent Claar (Routledge, 2026). I’m proud to have co-authored chapter 14 with Zoë Ackerman, Joceline Fidalgo, Minnie McMahon, and John Smith. Our chapter is titled: “Navigating Power, Equity,Continue reading Book chapter published in Exploring Equitable Community-Campus Relationships
I had the opportunity to help support the Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network to advocate for state funding. The Network testified at the state house for S.1010 / H.1576. Check out this article in Bay State Banner: https://baystatebanner.com/2025/07/03/new-legislation-aims-to-create-more-permanently-affordable-housing-in-mass/ Below is the testimony I submitted on June 25, 2025. Testimony in support of S.1010 /Continue reading Greater Boston CLT Network advocating for state funding of permanently affordable housing
Check out this article on Mutual Aid Eastie: https://eastboston.com/coordinating-mediating-and-empowering-mutual-aid-eastie-lends-a-hand/ (published July 8, 2025, written by Anna Hu). I was interviewed and quoted and the author referenced our report Mutual Aid Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Robert “Bob” Terrell passed on January 29, 2025. Nearly 100 of his colleagues, friends, and students gathered on April 23 at Tufts University (and online) to celebrate and continue his legacy. As many noted, Bob would not have wanted an event to glorify him as an individual. Rather, this event allowed for people to connectContinue reading Celebrating and Continuing Bob Terrell’s Legacy
Check out this new podcast featuring the panel on Mutual Aid — Lessons from East Boston from October 3, 2024. This panel shared findings from our May 2024 report Mutual Aid Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Thanks to Cities@Tufts and Shareable for turning the panel into this episode! Panel: Isabella Buford (Tufts UEP), Paulina CasasolaContinue reading Podcast: Mutual Aid — Lessons from East Boston
Check out the new report Cooperatizing Boston: Advancing Municipal Support for Worker Ownership, just released by the Center for Economic Democracy’s Solidarity Economy Initiative. I helped advise this project and its main author Erwin Li, who is a recent master’s degree graduate of Tufts Department of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning. The project wasContinue reading Report Launch: Cooperatizing Boston
Our final report is now released — Mutual Aid Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strengthening Civic Infrastructure in East Boston through Community Care.Continue reading New Report — Mutual Aid Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strengthening Civic Infrastructure in East Boston through Community Care
Nuestro informe final ha sido publicado — Lo que la pandemia del COVID-19 nos enseñó sobre el apoyo mutuo: Cómo fortalecer la infraestructura cívica en East Boston mediante el cuidado comunitario.Continue reading Nuevo informe — Lo que la pandemia del COVID-19 nos enseñó sobre el apoyo mutuo: Cómo fortalecer la infraestructura cívica en East Boston mediante el cuidado comunitario
By Gaston Neville Introduction Many universities collaborate with their local communities through research and outreach programs aimed at addressing systemic inequalities present within their local community. Very few, however, overcome the challenges of universities dominating the agenda and reinforcing hierarchies of knowledge and resources. The Co-Education/Co-Research (CoRE) model attempts to transform the unequal power dynamicsContinue reading A Non-exploitative Community-University Partnership? A Case Study on the Co-Education/Co-Research Model (CORE)
It’s finally published! Check out this article I co-wrote with Neenah Estrella-Luna and Katherine Shor and published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Climate Resilience and Climate Justice. This piece draws on the work that Neenah and I did for Barr Foundation on Lessons from the Pandemic and the Americorps-funded work that KatContinue reading Article Published: Pandemic Response and Mutual Aid as Climate Resilience