June 12, 2021:
This article reflects on the research conducted by a conservation nonprofit group which explored tree canopy across different neighborhoods.Dr. Estrella-Luna states, “the folks most marginalized — people of color, immigrants and low-income people — have the least access to anything green”.
A cool idea for low-income urban areas hard hit by warming climate: More trees Read More »
Neenah Estrella-Luna, PhD, of Mutual Aid Eastie and Luz Zambrano of the Center to Support Immigrant Organizing and Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, talk about grassroots efforts to strengthen response to COVID-19 in the part of Boston with the highest rate of infection.
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Representative Adrian Madaro nominated Dr. Estrella-Luna to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women’s Commonwealth Heroine Class of 2021 for her remarkable achievements and commitment to furthering social,  environmental, and racial justice in East Boston and the Commonwealth.
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Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna, a member of the Massachusetts State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and Lauren Sampson, a staff attorney with Lawyers for Civil Rights, talk about recommendations to strengthen protections for water and sewer access, especially for renters. Read the full report here. Read the memo of my original research that informed this report here.
Stronger Protections Needed for Water Access Read More »
May 26, 2022
East Boston has been one of the areas hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic with the second-highest rate of infection in the city, according to health officials. Several non-profit groups like Mutual Aid Eastie, are now stepping up to help residents deal with things like food insecurity.Â
Read and/or listen below: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/coronavirus/east-boston-non-profit-provides-free-meals-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/2131442/.
East Boston Non-Profit Provides Free Meals Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Read More »
September 10th, 2019
I can’t blame students for taking advantage of the opportunity to find housing that’s less expensive off campus. … That’s happening because the city created and made decisions 20 years ago, and then kept making those decisions in the last 10 years, that now we have to suffer.
EASTBOUND AND GOWN: AS STUDENTS DISPLACE LONGTIME EAST BOSTONIANS, A COMMUNITY WELCOMES NEWCOMERS BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME CONCERNS
29 August 2019:
Dr Estrella-Luna is appointed to the Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights.
Read below: https://www.usccr.gov/press/2019/08-29-SAC-Appointees-Press-Release.pdf
May 23, 2019
Dr Estrella-Luna is one of several faculty members scheduled to present at the 2019 TEDxSalemStateUniversity event. The event’s theme is “Mindfulness and Transformation.
Read below:Â https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/salem-state-announces-lineup-second-tedx-event
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