March planned for August honors one right, gathers forces across new political landscape
The overturning of Roe v. Wade last month adds an element of urgency to events planned for Aug. 20: a parade and “conclave” celebrating women’s suffrage for which marchers are urged to “Gather! Unite! Rejoice! Revolt!”
Sports facilities for girls are ‘basic and broken,’ and players seek equity out of inventory order
A report identifying what each recreational field in Cambridge is used for and how they’re equipped to do it is expected to reveal that girls’ sports are still undervalued – proving what seems known universally.
Solutions for improved girls’ athletic facilities will take strength, perseverance and teamwork
Female athletes themselves are the best advocates for equity in sports. Let’s support them! Ask them what they need. Progress is possible – just look at U.S. Soccer’s new, fairer contract policies, brought on by generations of talented young women demanding change.
A league of their own, finally a field of their own, but girls’ athletic facilities don’t compare to boys’
The new Glacken Field is fantastic, while the girls’ softball field of Danehy 3 – which some nickname “the frozen tundra” – is poorly thought out and bad for weather, drop-off and physically challenged family members. It’s still a man’s world, and our sports facilities are a place where young boys and girls learn that lesson very early.
Upcoming History Cafe will pose the question: Washington slept here, but who made his bed?
Although George Washington and his contemporaries in military and political leadership are widely recognized and lauded for their accomplishments, it was the vast legions of ordinary people, women and Blacks chief among them, who fueled the engine of Revolution in Cambridge and beyond.
EmpowHer science competition during Covid added an element of connection amid isolation
With its second year shaped by the Covid-19 pandemic, the MetroHacks EmpowHer competition helped teens interact over science, technology, engineering and math topics while school was remote and they weren’t seeing peers face-to-face.
A Women’s History Month trio led by ‘Unrest,’ with more Mészáros, Poitier, Cage and Travolta
These looks at what’s on the big screen in the coming week include three works by or about groundbreaking women, including Ida Lupino, Harvard alum Jennifer Brea and Jamie Babbitt, as well as repertory fare from The Brattle and Somerville Theatre and reviews of “Fresh,” “Compartment Number 6” and “The Adam Project.”
Attend meetings on Cambridge Street’s future, handling homelessness, golf course and more
Public meetings this week look at getting bike lane advice and finding solutions for homelessness; the aftermath of a student protest and appointing a permanent superintendent; and the future of Cambridge Street; and getting town-gown reports from Harvard, Hult, Lesley and MIT.
Elow is sworn in as permanent leader of police, first woman and Cambridge-born in the role
Christine Elow, who has been acting police commissioner since Aug. 21, was sworn in as permanent commissioner Monday in a private ceremony at the Cambridge Police Department, City Manager Louis A. DePasquale said.
Period Equity Bank provides take-home products in an expansion of work by Bowman for students
Free menstrual sanitary products can now be taken home by students through family liaisons, nurses or The Spot Cambridge, a clothing swap, through a Period Equity Bank program, School Committee vice chair Manikka Bowman said Tuesday. The products are also given out at school resource and community fairs.
