Community development -- Massachusetts

Scope and Contents This collection contains documentation of the intiatives, programs, and projects developed and implemented by the Cooperative Artists Institute (CAI) and its predecessors - Black Music Industry, Inc. (BMI) and Music & Art Development, Inc. (MAD) - between 1968 and 2017. The majority of the collection focuses on the history of CAI, including such long-term, multifaceted, and large-scale programs as Tribal Rhythms, the Peace Drum Project, and the Partnership for Whole School Change, as...

Overview "This thesis proposes an online platform, called PlaceBase, that provides a space for community activists [in Boston] to reach out to community members with information and questions, installing the platform within communities for easy participation. Response data is then archived and the community may analyze that data in different ways, easily putting together reports to hold larger development or planning entities accountable for community wants and needs. This thesis outlines how the...