What’s Happening at TSNE

Third Sector New England is pleased to share with you news of interest to our clients, projects and community.

• Director of Programs Deb Linnell will be stepping down at the end of May. Join us in saying goodbye to her as she moves on to her next venture. 
• Congratulations to the Conn. Network to Abolish the Death Penalty on the recent repeal of the death penalty in Connecticut!
• Learn more about the executive transition with client Carson Center for Human Services in The Westfield News.
• Wendy Roy, of NonProfit Center tenant NESCAUM, has just published a children’s book entitled It’s POWERFUL to be a GIRL!
• Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood was profiled in Boston magazine.
• The LGBT Aging Project was one of 6 nonprofits selected for the highly competitive 2012 Social Innovators awards.
• NonProfit Center tenant Let's Get Ready wins $500,000 in the American Giving Awards.
• Third Sector New England restructures programs.
• The New York Times online blog recently featured tenant More Than Wheels.
• Anne Marie Hunter, of Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence, was recognized as an Unsung Heroine by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.
• Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood successfully lobbied Scholastic to pull coal industry-funded curriculum.
• The Diversity & Inclusion Initiative is renaming the program in a way that clearly states the ultimate vision: The Inclusion Initiative
• In a recent podcast for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, TSNE Executive Director Jonathan Spack discusses the assumptions that guide the work of advocacy and social services organizations.
• Teen Voices, former DII grantee, was named as one of the top 10 best nonprofits for an internship in 2011.  
• Communities for Restorative Justice Receives Challenge Grant 
• The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC)  has honored Voices From Inside with a Gold Star Award for excellence in community arts and culture.
• Future Chefs was recently featured in edibleBoston.
• Congratulations to Sarah Cleto Rial of My Sister’s Keeper, a fiscal sponsorship project, who is being honored for her work in the Sudan with the prestigious Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award.
• Fiscal Sponsorship project Diploma Plus announces its new executive director.
• BodyByBrandy4Kidz has been chosen as a Champion in Action by Citizens Bank.
• Future Chefs was one of 5 nonprofits selected for the highly competitive 2011 Social Innovators awards.
• The Access Project was featured in The New York Times in an article about medical credit cards.
• YogaHope was recently featured on New England Cable News for its work to bring yoga to homeless shelters, substance abuse treatment centers and other places where women can benefit from the stress-reducing and life-centering practice.

Press Room

For press inquiries, please contact Jonathan Spack at 617.523.6565, or email info@tsne.org.