Perhaps it was fitting that the last event held at the Bridge on Southbridge Street was an act of building bridges among several disparate grassroots activist groups, representing disparate parts of the progressive community. That's exactly what happened July 15 at the Worcester Community United event, co-organized by Massachusetts Jobs For Justice's Central Mass. Regional organizer, Nelly Medina. The event drew more than 60 participants.
“The purpose of this gathering is to bring everybody who's doing the work within the grassroots community together,” says Medina, who is also the lead organizer for the Parents Union of Massachusetts and the mother of a 5-year-old. “There's a lot of division within the community, we want to change that. We're doing a lot of good work, but we're doing it separately. Some organizations don't get the support or the spotlight that they deserve.”