Eat for Equity-Boston is happy to announce our latest fundraising community dinner, which will support Community Change, Inc. and its 45+ year mission of educating and organizing for racial equity in the Boston area. CCI is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote racial justice and equity by challenging systemic racism and acting as […]
Eat for Equity Boston is happy to announce our latest fundraising community dinner, which will support Prison Book Program and its 40+ year mission of sending free books to inmates all over the country. Originally organized by the Red Book Store Collective in Cambridge in 1972, the PBP first concentrated on distributing progressive literature. As […]
After a summer hiatus, Eat for Equity Boston returns on Sunday, September 23, to help raise money for Proyecto Doctoritas, a community health project in Guatemala. Proyecto Doctoritas (“Project Little Doctors”) seeks to improve the overall health of El Triunfo, a rural village in eastern Guatemala, while also educating and empowering young women. In 2010, a group of students […]
Eat for Equity was featured on GOOD recently – and we’ve partnered with GOOD Maker to host a challenge for YOU! Share a recipe and tell us how you plan on sharing the meal with your community; the top voted idea will get $500 to make your idea happen. The more delicious the recipe and the […]
To kick off 2012, we are hosting an Eat for Equity in support of Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), an organization focused on providing Central American farming families with training and infrastructure needed to preserve the world’s tropical forests while overcoming poverty. Since 1997, SHI has grown organic vegetable gardens and provided farmers with important tools, […]
Happy 2011 to you all! We’re starting the new year off right, with 3 (count ’em: THREE) Eat for Equity dinners scheduled over the next few months. As you may or may not know, 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, celebrated March 8 all over the world to recognize the economic, political and social achievements […]
Join us on Saturday, October 9 at Eat for Equity: Pakistan! Your supper money will benefit the International Rescue Committee and its continuing efforts to provide relief to Pakistan during its flood crisis. You’ll feast on… Aalloo Gobi (cauliflower with potatoes) Dal Palak (lentils with steamed spinach) Chickpeas with tomatoes Samosas (veggie) Chicken curry Rice […]
Dear Friends, This time we’re bringing Eat for Equity a little closer to home. We’ve selected an American organization for this month’s dinner. Pretty Bird Woman House, located in the Standing Rock reservation of South Dakota, provides emergency shelter and advocacy support for women who have been victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. The […]
After last month’s successful dinner for Partners in Health & Oxfam’s relief efforts in Haiti, Eat for Equity’s Boston contingent is organizing its next event for Friday, March 26th. This dinner will benefit Support for International Change http://sichange.org/, an organization which provides HIV-related services to rural communities in Tanzania. SIC organizes HIV awareness campaigns, trains […]
Despite the chilly weather late last month, we had a great turn out and raised close to $500 for Partners in Health and Oxfam America. Thanks for all of your generosity! Eat for Equity goers enjoyed: Stewed Fowl, Soup Joumou, Diri ak djon-djon, Fried Plantains, Pikliz, Pane Patate, and Cremasse (which many of you described as tropical […]
