Add Nicole Freedman’s name to the list of high-level city officials who live in Jamaica Plain decamping for elsewhere.
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Daniel Pérez Lacera, center, hugs his children (Lyric, 8; Lanaedjah, 7 and Daniel, 5, at his last JP Neighborhood Council meeting on Dec. 23, 2014. Credit: Chris Helms
Daniel Pérez Lacera, who was serving his second stint on the JP Neighborhood Council, resigned to make his move to North Carolina permanent.
A pastor and minister of music for First Baptist Church were among those who traveled from Boston to Ferguson, Mo. to protest the police killing of Michael Brown.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, a longtime Jamaica Plain resident, is leaving her post atopthe city’s Public Health Commission for a job with the Kellogg Foundation.
Tuesday is Women’s Equality Day, which celebrates women in the U.S. winning the right to vote. It won’t surprise you to know that JP has long been a hotbed of activism on behalf of women’s rights. Here are a few feminist forebears with ties to JP.
Tweeps — If you’re into Jamaica Plain history, there’s a new Twitter account you have to follow.
