01 · Roxbury's center
Nubian Square
A bus hub and a place to gather, at the heart of Roxbury.
Community organizingLegislative relationshipsUrban planning
From the block to the State House.
Giovanny Valencia organizes residents and works with legislators, so what a neighborhood needs makes it into the plans and the laws that shape it.
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01 — The work
The laws that shape a neighborhood are written on Beacon Hill. Giovanny organizes the people who live with those laws, and brings them into the room with the legislators who write them.
02 — The city
Decisions start far away.
The State House writes rules for every neighborhood at once. Most residents never see the room where it happens.
03 — The district
Every district has a legislator.
Knowing them and their staff, and showing up with a clear ask, is how a neighborhood gets heard.
04 — The neighborhood
One neighborhood, one voice.
Residents, businesses and nonprofits, organized around what they agree on.
05 — The block
It starts at the door.
Knocking on doors and talking with neighbors. Every campaign begins here.
06 — The plan
Everything starts with a plan.
01Community organizing
Door to door, block by block: residents who know what they want.
02Coalition building
Tenants, small businesses, churches and nonprofits behind one ask.
03Community engagement
Meetings and listening sessions, in the languages people speak.
04Urban planning
Zoning, land use and housing, read for what they mean on the ground.
05Testimony and hearings
Residents ready to speak at City Hall and the State House.
06Legislative relationships
Working with legislators and their staff on the bills that shape neighborhoods.
Massachusetts State House · Charles Bulfinch, 1798 · dome gilded 1874
Simplified drawing · not to scale
07 — Neighborhoods
Every block is different.
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02 · John Eliot Square
Roxbury
Historic hills, triple-deckers and the churches of John Eliot Square.
03 · Orange Line and the Southwest Corridor
Jackson Square
Where Jamaica Plain meets Roxbury, rebuilding around the station.
04 · Triple-deckers
Dorchester
Boston's largest neighborhood, block after block of three-family homes.
05 · Blue Hill Avenue
Mattapan
The trolley, Blue Hill Avenue and a strong Haitian community.
06 · Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
Hyde Square, the Latin Quarter and rents that keep climbing.
07 · The gate on Beach Street
Chinatown
Dense, close to downtown and under steady development pressure.
08 · Cleary Square
Hyde Park
Quiet streets and a busy square at the city's southern edge.
08 — Practice
From the door to the State House.
- A
Door knocking
One-on-one conversations with residents about what they need.
- B
The community meeting
Where one ask is agreed, and the coalition behind it is built.
- C
The legislator's office
Where the ask meets the people who can act on it, and their staff.
- D
The hearing room
Where residents testify, and a bill becomes the law they live with.
09 — Contact
Start a project.
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