Amanda Weber is a PhD student in the Counseling Psychology Department at Boston College. She was matched with DSNI as an intern for this school year as coursework (called "First Year Experience" at BC). Today is the last day of her internship. This post reflects her experiences working at DSNI.
Read MoreStarting this Fall, DSNI’s Community Land Trust will be featured in Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s exhibition series “By the People: Designing a Better America,” which highlights socially responsible design and explores the challenges faced by urban, suburban and rural communities across the country.
The exhibition demonstrates how design can address the world’s most critical issues and can help save what is authentic and essential for communities to thrive. The Community Land Trust, which was created under the vision of development without displacement, is recognized as one of the nation’s most successful urban community land trusts and the only project from Boston to be featured.
“We’re honored and excited to be included in this exhibit and have the opportunity to share our story,” said Executive Director Juan E. Leyton. “At DSNI, we encourage our residents to work together to lead the planning and designing of their own life solutions, and we’d love to inspire others around the world to do the same.”
Twenty-five years ago, Dudley residents were able to establish community control over a critical mass of abandoned land within what is known as the Dudley Triangle. The Dudley Neighborhood Inc. Community Land Trust plays a crucial role in preserving affordable housing and providing residents with a way to control the development process in the neighborhood.
“By the People: Designing a Better America,” features design solutions that expand access to education, food, health care and affordable housing; increase social and economic inclusion; offer improved alternative transportation options; and provide a balanced approach to land use between the built and natural environment. It will be exhibited from Sept. 30 2016 to Feb. 26, 2017 at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.
JOB OPENINGS at CWK Companies:
Fresh Food Generation:
Catering prep:
- PT prep-staff in kitchen for catering -- schedule changes weekly
- Qualifications: driver's license, alignment with FFG mission, independent worker, familiarity with food industry business.
Apotheker's Kitchen:
chocolate prep assistant
- PT - Monday and Friday
- detail oriented, interested in pastry or chocolate a plus
Baja Taco Truck:
- PT - in kitchen - manager to run the kitchen prep for tacos, burritos etc. Monday and Wednesday evenings
- FT - on truck - flexible schedule, drivers license, on-truck employee to load up truck in morning, cook and sell on the truck during the day, and clean up back at the kitchen at the end of the day. Customer Service oriented, independent, experience in fast-paced environment.
Dining Car:
Truck Manager
- FT - on truck - customer service oriented, independent worker, experience in food industry, experience in fast-paced environment, ability to drive stick
On-Truck Employee
- PT or FT - on truck - customer service oriented, independent worker, experience in food industry, experience in fast-paced environment
For many, coming up:
demo and farmer's market positions -- customer service, friendly, personable, drivers license preferable. This can be PT or FT, with multiple companies.
CWK Affiliates:
Bushel & Crumb
- 5 hrs. every other Wednesday night mid-June through mid-October. $15/hr. Located in Milton, not super accessible by T, so best if they have their own transportation.
Contact Roz Freeman at roz@commonwealthkitchen.org or the Commonwealth Kitchen at 617-522-7900 for more information.
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative I 550 Dudley Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 I phone: 617-442-9670 I email: urbanvillage@dsni.org I DONATE
