Mar 29, 2024
A Podcast on Gentrification Creates and Strengthens a Community
A local podcast on gentrification is starting conversations and building community in Brockton.
Tag: Healthy Neighborhoods Study
Jan 18, 2024
The Beloved “Bomb Shelter” Brings a Threatened Community Together
The Healthy Neighborhood Study initiative is helping to revitalize New Bedford by celebrating its rich cultural history.
Oct 28, 2022
New Study Reveals Community Ownership over Urban Development Linked to Greater Physical and Mental Health
“Widespread gentrification and neighborhood changes are clearly impacting the health of longtime residents,” said Reann Gibson, an HNS Research Scientist at Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). “Decades of redlining and racism have affected communities of color, and now gentrifying development is threatening these neighborhoods all over again. The study’s findings are yet one more reason why people must have power over the changes that could profoundly alter their communities.”
Apr 02, 2021
Resident Researchers Find Data-Driven Solutions, Unexpected Friendships, and Opportunities To Heal From Within
Resident Researcher, Carl Baty, shares how the Healthy Neighborhoods Study is turning research into action and disagreements into long-lasting friendships in his community.
Nov 17, 2020
How to Move Beyond Environmental Justice as a Trend
I grew up in communities that needed environmental justice the most. I also lived in neighborhoods that already had the resources and ability to make change. Still, I didn’t understand the difference or know what the environmental world called the movement until later in life. I could only connect the dots when I had more access to education and a framework for understanding the issue.
Jul 21, 2020
A Participatory Action Research Field Guide from the Healthy Neighborhoods Study
This Field Guide describes how the partners in the Healthy Neighborhoods Study do research in 9 communities in Greater Metropolitan Boston. The project uses the Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, which is grounded in the idea that the people who are most impacted by a problem are in the best position to understand and solve that problem. After years of research together, we wrote this guide for other communities interested in Participatory Action Research.
Feb 12, 2020
Research from the Ground Up
CLF’s Healthy Neighborhoods Study is powered by resident researchers, who play a key role in designing and conducting the study and in sharing it with their neighbors. Cliff Bennett, JoAnn Diaz, and Mela Miles, part of the research team on the ground in Roxbury, discuss what the survey means for their community.
Jan 13, 2020
Organizing for Healthy Housing
A shared understanding of the challenges created by gentrification help Lynn residents come together and fight for healthy housing.
Dec 16, 2019
Researchers Bring the Power of Data Home
CLF’s Healthy Neighborhoods Study shows that health goes beyond one’s diet or exercise regime. A healthy community has engaged, active residents who believe they can influence changes in their neighborhood that directly impact their lives. In 2018, our data found that health is linked to social support, housing stability, and even civic engagement and community… Continue reading Researchers Bring the Power of Data Home
Dec 16, 2019
What Does It Mean to Use Research for Action?
We know that where you live matters for your health. Our community partners understand this firsthand because they live it every day. This past summer, the communities that participated in our Healthy Neighborhoods Study – Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, New Bedford, Fall River, Brockton, Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan – turned that research data into action by sharing the results to make a difference where they live.
