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Neighbors will be "Standing Out Against Racism" at Porter Square on Sunday again!
by raryals 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

Yes, it is a holiday weekend, one about freedom (and the greatness of this country), and a bunch of folks will be away, but... Why not show up to say this country must be free and fair for ALL before it will be truly great? Bring your family, your masks, your signs and join us (at a safe distance) at Porter Square - Sunday 10 am! There are other SOARCambridge https://www.facebook.com/Stand-Out-Against-Racism-108463260894680/ protests-Central Square Saturday, Mass Ave and Linnaean every night. Please join us! https://twitter.com/SOARCambridge

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What is open in Cambridge?
by raryals 05 Jul '20

05 Jul '20

>From CDD/Economic Department:*************************************What's Open? Interested in learning which Cambridge businesses and nonprofits are open or closed during the COVID-19 pandemic? We've created lists with help from local business associations and the Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition that are being updated frequently showing businesses that are open/closed, offering takeout/delivery/online sales, and which businesses are selling groceries. If you or a business you know is open in Cambridge, please contact Pardis Saffari at psaffari(a)cambridgema.gov. View Business List <https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=1ee01731e6654ed68cd4c083de72b707>View Nonprofit List <https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=8560b20148da4c9697c1ed2fb93797a6>-- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Great news
by Ruth Ryals 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

You can check out the livestreams below. And contribute to support the musicians and Club Passim, if you can. Ruth From: Club Passim <info(a)passim.org> Reply-To: <cindy(a)passim.org> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 1:49 PM Subject: Great news An update on our Spring Fundraiser Dear Friends, Thanks to the generous support of donors and members, we have some very exciting news to share. Please watch the video below from our Executive Director, Jim Wooster, and our Managing Director, Matt Smith: I cut the video saying they had met their fundraising goal to allow them to stay/persist! We'll continue to present high quality streaming shows, festivals, workshops and classes until we're all able to gather in person. Thank you so much for your support! The live concert experience is powerful and we're honored to be able to connect our community with this important music. If you didn't get a chance to give, we are still accepting donations and memberships at the links below. In case you missed any nights of the Passim Persists Festival or want to rewatch, click the playlist below to see performances by Dar Williams, Aoife O'Donovan, Peter Mulvey, Vance Gilbert, The Passim Staff, Margaret Glaspy, Erin McKeown, Rose Cousins, Ellis Paul and many more! This Sunday @ 7pm ET: Don't miss Summer BCMFest! Featuring fabulous Celtic music from Leland Martin Trio, Laura Feddersen & Friends, Jenna Moynihan & Màiri Chaimbeul and Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman More on Summer BCMFest Become a Passim Member Make a donation to Passim Click for Passim's live streams www.passim.org Share this email: 26 Church Street Suite 300 Cambridge, MA | 02138 US This email was sent to rryals(a)comcast.net. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.

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City of Cambridge Amends Temporary Emergency Restrictions on Public Meetings And Events
by Ruth Ryals 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

No surprise here. And I am not complaining. Other places should be doing the same, or a lot, lot more. From: Lee Gianetti <lgianetti(a)cambridgema.gov> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 2:01 PM To: <info(a)portersquare.net> Subject: City of Cambridge Amends Temporary Emergency Restrictions on Public Meetings And Events City of Cambridge Amends Temporary Emergency Restrictions on Public Meetings And Events Cambridge, MA, July 02, 2020 -- The City of Cambridge has announced that all City-sponsored community events, athletic events, events permitted for the use of City parks or other City-sponsored public gatherings will be cancelled through July 30, 2020 or postponed to a later date. All prior approvals for Special Events for the month of July are being revoked. This policy will be reevaluated at the end of July. Effective July 12, 2020, City sponsored youth sports activities that take place in City parks or other City athletic facilities are permitted, subject to obtaining a City permit, and further subject to complying with all COVID-19 requirements and guidelines concerning youth sports issued by the State, which include but are not limited to requirements concerning social distancing, hygiene protocols, staffing and operations, and cleaning and disinfecting. The meetings of the Board of Zoning Appeal, Conservation Commission, Historical Commission and Neighborhood Conservation Commissions, License Commission, Planning Board, Pole and Conduit Commission and Election Commission are authorized to be held. Meetings will continue to be held virtually by utilizing web based technology that will stream audio and video – whenever possible -- of the meeting. All meetings will allow for remote participation by the members of the public body. All other public meetings of City committees, advisory groups, community meetings and the like shall remain cancelled and postponed until a later date, unless a meeting is determined necessary by the City. All meetings of the City Council, including City Council Committee meetings, and all other City public bodies, boards and commissions that are governed by the state Open Meeting Law and transact official City business, other than quasi-judicial public bodies, boards and commissions, will follow the procedures defined in the City’s Amended Temporary Emergency Restriction on City Public Meetings, City Events, and City Permitted Events due to COVID-19, which is available on the City’s website. Members of the public are reminded that they should maintain social distancing of at least 6 feet from non-household members and should wear face coverings while outdoors. For more information and to sign up to receive updates on COVID-19, please visit the City’s dedicated information page: https://www.cambridgema.gov/covid19. For media inquiries, please contact Lee Gianetti, Director of Communications at 617-349-3317 or lgianetti(a)cambridgema.gov. ### This email was sent to info(a)portersquare.net City of Cambridge, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States Unsubscribe

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Cambridge Fire Department to Resume Residential Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Detector Inspections
by Ruth Ryals 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

From: Lee Gianetti <lgianetti(a)cambridgema.gov> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 12:13 PM To: <info(a)portersquare.net> Subject: Cambridge Fire Department to Resume Residential Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Detector Inspections Cambridge Fire Department to Resume Residential Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Detector Inspections Cambridge, MA, July 02, 2020 -- The Cambridge Fire Department will resume inspections to ensure compliance with MGL Ch. 148; Sec. 26F and 26F ½ effective Monday, July 6, 2020, for properties that will be sold after July 8, 2020. All residential units to be inspected must be vacated by all occupants prior to the inspection being conducted. The member of the department conducting the inspection will wear a mask. A single owner or owners’ representative may accompany the firefighter conducting the inspection and must also wear a mask. All appointments and payments for inspections must be made on-line using the Cambridge Fire Department web site. https://firepermits.cambridgema.gov/selfservice#/home The fee(s) for the inspections are as follows: $50.00 for a single dwelling unit $100.00 for two dwelling units $150.00 for three to six dwelling units $500.00 for seven or more dwelling units In accordance with the Executive Order issued by Governor Baker on March 20, 2020 residential units sold from that date forward must now be inspected by the fire department. For properties sold between March 20, 2020 and July 8, 2020 the Fire Prevention Bureau should be contacted to schedule the appointments. For questions regarding smoke detector/carbon monoxide detector inspections, please contact the Fire Prevention Bureau at FPrev(a)cambridgefire.org or call 617-349-4918. For more information and to sign up to receive COVID-19 and reopening updates, please visit the City’s dedicated information page: https://www.cambridgema.gov/covid19. ### This email was sent to info(a)portersquare.net City of Cambridge, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States

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Communal Reading of Frederick Douglass’s Speech and the U.S. Declaration of Independence on July 2
by Ruth Ryals 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

Contact: Muna Kangsen, Manager of Communications, Programs, and Events. Ph. 857-235-9809 or mkangsen(a)cambridgema.gov For Immediate Release Communal Reading of Frederick Douglass’s Speech and the U.S. Declaration of Independence on July 2 Cambridge, MA, June 28, 2020 -- The Cambridge Public Library will host a virtual communal reading of Frederick Douglass’s speech, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July, and the U.S. Declaration of Independence, on Wednesday, July 2, at 5:30 p.m. The virtual event is co-sponsored by the Office of Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui and City Manager Louis A. DePasquale. Community members are invited to sign-up to read excerpts from both or to view and listen to the reading. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July is a speech that abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass gave at an Independence Day celebration in Rochester, New York on July 5, 1852. Douglass, who had escaped slavery in 1838, was invited to speak in Rochester by the Women’s Abolitionist League of Rochester, New York. The U.S. Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The Preamble of the Declaration lists inalienable rights, and the main document, a list of grievances for which the 13 colonies wanted independence from Great Britain. The U.S. Declaration of Independence did not address slavery and its claims of inalienable rights did not extend to slaves. When the document was adopted, slavery was legal in all colonies and many of the signatories of the Declaration were slave owners. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July highlighted the contradictions of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. In the speech, Douglass laments that the rights so eloquently espoused in the Preamble of the U.S. Declaration of Independence did not apply to slaves. In Douglass’s view, the 4th of July is not a day worthy of celebration for the slave because it is “...a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.” 168 years after Douglass gave his speech, the rights and privileges of citizenship remain elusive to many Black Americans. Community members interested in participating in the program are welcome to register. Community interested in reading excerpts may indicate so using the dropdown menu on the registration form. Contact: Muna Kangsen, Manager of Communications, Programs, and Events. Ph. 857-235-9809 or mkangsen(a)cambridgema.gov -###- About the Cambridge Public Library: At the Cambridge Public Library, we welcome all, inspire minds and empower community. We support a Cambridge where everyone has equitable opportunities to learn, people live their best lives, and democracy thrives. During the COVID-19 health crisis we are offering holds pickup service and a variety of online and virtual programs and services. Source: >From Library of Congress, Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress Sellman, James Clyde, 1999. Frederick Douglass in Africana Encyclopedia (Vol. I, 627 – 629), New York, New York, Basic Books United States Archives, America’s Founding Documents

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Whole Foods employees push to wear BLM masks
by Comcast 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

Whole Foods regional managers are meeting with protesting workers tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:00. Community supporters are showing up then in support. Join in, if you wish-River Street Whole Foods.

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City of Cambridge Begins Accepting Applications for $10, 000 Covid-19 Emergency and Recovery Grants for Nonprofits
by Comcast 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

________________________________ From: Lee Gianetti <lgianetti(a)cambridgema.gov> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 12:30:04 PM To: rryals(a)comcast.net <rryals(a)comcast.net> Subject: City of Cambridge Begins Accepting Applications for $10,000 Covid-19 Emergency and Recovery Grants for Nonprofits Contact: Lee Gianetti, Director of Communications lgianetti(a)cambridgema.gov For Immediate Release City of Cambridge Begins Accepting Applications for $10,000 Covid-19 Emergency and Recovery Grants for Cambridge Nonprofit Organizations Cambridge, MA, July 1, 2020 -- The City of Cambridge's Community Benefits Advisory Committee is now accepting applications for $10,000 grants for up to 100 eligible nonprofit organizations.  Grant applications are due by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 10. Grants agreements will be awarded to provide services to vulnerable Cambridge residents during the COVID-19 emergency and recovery that respond to the needs identified in the Cambridge Community Needs Assessment and subject to the requirements of the Community Benefits Advisory Committee Ordinance, Municipal Code Chapter 2.127. Cambridge nonprofit organizations can apply online at https://www.cambridgema.gov/NonProfitGrants.<http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=iNz98fGjAij26T-2FVbfVb…> To be considered for this funding, each entity must meet each of the following eligibility criteria: * Is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization or, if not a 501(c)3, has a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. It is preferred that a fiscal sponsor be based in Cambridge, but not a requirement. * Has a location in Cambridge that serves Cambridge residents. * Is able to expend the funds within 6 months of entering a grant agreement with the City * Is addressing one or more of the needs from the Cambridge Community Needs Assessment that are a direct result of, or have been intensified by, the COVID-19 pandemic. These needs include Affordable Housing and Homelessness; Financial Security; Mental Health: Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse; Food; Civic Engagement and Social Capital; Education; Employment; Safety; Transportation; Arts, Culture, and Recreation; Health; and Built and Natural Environment. There is no added eligibility benefit to organizations that will address multiple needs. The Community Benefits Advisory Committee acts on the Guiding Principles for Community Benefits Funding, adopted by the Cambridge City Council, and makes recommendations to the City Manager for the approval of grant awards with nonprofit organizations to deliver services.   Questions regarding the application or application process can be sent to communitybenefits(a)cambridgema.gov<mailto:communitybenefits@cambridgema.gov>. ### This email was sent to rryals(a)comcast.net City of Cambridge, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States Unsubscribe<http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=iNz98fGjAij26T-2FVbfVb…>

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Fwd: [Porter square] Re: [ACN] Fwd: Kendall Roof Garden Plant Give-Away - Thursday, July 2
by raryals 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: John Hawkinson <jhawk(a)alum.mit.edu> Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [Porter square] Re: [ACN] Fwd: Kendall Roof Garden Plant Give-Away - Thursday, July 2 To: raryals <raryals(a)gmail.com> Or perhaps Alex since Heather is only forwarding Alex's email. jhawk raryals <raryals(a)gmail.com> wrote on Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 20:25:46 EDT in < CANCjpgTsP5KAh40ubQvinNbHgOicb8M3-FbiEozzyfzJmBa+FA(a)mail.gmail.com>: > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:25:46 -0400 > From: raryals <raryals(a)gmail.com> > To: PSNA <portersquare(a)googlegroups.com> > Subject: [Porter square] Re: [ACN] Fwd: Kendall Roof Garden Plant Give-Away > - Thursday, July 2 > Resent-From: <jhawk(a)alum.mit.edu> > Sender: portersquare(a)googlegroups.com > In-Reply-To: <CANCjpgSCbiZ= U_-GY9DG3fBWAPLCxK3MSOgB7JMf1YngA9aDUQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Message-ID: < CANCjpgTsP5KAh40ubQvinNbHgOicb8M3-FbiEozzyfzJmBa+FA(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > > > I know only what is in Heather’s email. Contact Heather for any more > > details. > > Ruth > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: Heather Hoffman <heather.m.hoffman.1957(a)gmail.com> > > Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 6:06 PM > > Subject: [ACN] Fwd: Kendall Roof Garden Plant Give-Away - Thursday, July 2 > > To: East Cambridge Planning Team < > > east-cambridge-planning-team(a)googlegroups.com>, CResACore < > > cambridge-residents-alliance-core+noreply(a)googlegroups.com>, Association > > of Cambridge Neighborhoods < > > association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods(a)googlegroups.com> > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: Alexandra Levering <alevering(a)cambridgeredevelopment.org> > > Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 5:03 PM > > Subject: Kendall Roof Garden Plant Give-Away - Thursday, July 1st > > To: Heather Hoffman <heather.m.hoffman.1957(a)gmail.com> > > > > > > Hi Heather, > > > > I hope you are doing well. I am working to organize a Roof Garden Plant > > Give-Away with Boston Properties this *Thursday, July 2nd from 1 pm - 6 > > pm*. This will be an opportunity for the community to come and take > > plants before the Roof Garden is under construction. > > > > I know this is a bit last minute, but BP received their demo permit > > yesterday, and are already planning to start construction early next > > week, so we have to act fast! > > > > To make it a safe event during COVID, I am scheduling 1*5-minute > > timeslots *for individuals or households to come and dig up plants. > > Visits will be limited to 30 minutes and people will need to bring their > > own tools and containers. > > > > Getting to the Roof Garden - Visitors should use the Broadway side > > elevator/stairwell. The other elevators/stairs are locked. Boston > > Properties will provide parking vouchers for the Green Garage for people > > who drive. Visitors should park on the 5th Floor for the easiest access. > > > > I was hoping you would be able to help me get the word out. I'd love it if > > you could post this on the ECPT listserve and other East Cambridge > > community groups you think would be interested. There are a limited number > > of timeslots, so it will be first come first serve. > > > > Click here to register for a timeslot. > > <https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040449ABAE2BA5FF2-kendall> > > > > THANK YOU! > > Alex > > > > -- > > *Alexandra Levering*, Project Manager | Cambridge Redevelopment Authority | > > P. 617.492.6800x13 | M. 203.921.8022 > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Association of Cambridge Neighborhoods" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to > > association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods/CA… > > < https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods/CA… > > > . > > -- > > Ruth Ryals > > raryals(a)gmail.com > > > > -- > Ruth Ryals > raryals(a)gmail.com > > -- > View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/portersquare/topic-id/message-id > > -- > To post to this group, send email to portersquare(a)googlegroups.com > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/portersquare > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Porter Square Neighbors Association" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/CANCjpgTsP5KAh40ubQvinNbHgOi… . -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: [ACN] Fwd: Kendall Roof Garden Plant Give-Away - Thursday, July 2
by raryals 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

I know only what is in Heather’s email. Contact Heather for any more details. Ruth ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Heather Hoffman <heather.m.hoffman.1957(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 6:06 PM Subject: [ACN] Fwd: Kendall Roof Garden Plant Give-Away - Thursday, July 2 To: East Cambridge Planning Team < east-cambridge-planning-team(a)googlegroups.com>, CResACore < cambridge-residents-alliance-core+noreply(a)googlegroups.com>, Association of Cambridge Neighborhoods < association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods(a)googlegroups.com> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alexandra Levering <alevering(a)cambridgeredevelopment.org> Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 5:03 PM Subject: Kendall Roof Garden Plant Give-Away - Thursday, July 1st To: Heather Hoffman <heather.m.hoffman.1957(a)gmail.com> Hi Heather, I hope you are doing well. I am working to organize a Roof Garden Plant Give-Away with Boston Properties this *Thursday, July 2nd from 1 pm - 6 pm*. This will be an opportunity for the community to come and take plants before the Roof Garden is under construction. I know this is a bit last minute, but BP received their demo permit yesterday, and are already planning to start construction early next week, so we have to act fast! To make it a safe event during COVID, I am scheduling 1*5-minute timeslots *for individuals or households to come and dig up plants. Visits will be limited to 30 minutes and people will need to bring their own tools and containers. Getting to the Roof Garden - Visitors should use the Broadway side elevator/stairwell. The other elevators/stairs are locked. Boston Properties will provide parking vouchers for the Green Garage for people who drive. Visitors should park on the 5th Floor for the easiest access. I was hoping you would be able to help me get the word out. I'd love it if you could post this on the ECPT listserve and other East Cambridge community groups you think would be interested. There are a limited number of timeslots, so it will be first come first serve. Click here to register for a timeslot. <https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040449ABAE2BA5FF2-kendall> THANK YOU! Alex -- *Alexandra Levering*, Project Manager | Cambridge Redevelopment Authority | P. 617.492.6800x13 | M. 203.921.8022 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Association of Cambridge Neighborhoods" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods/CA… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/association-of-cambridge-neighborhoods/CA…> . -- Ruth Ryals raryals(a)gmail.com

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