BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Andre Silva
Vice President: Betsy Keady
Treasurer: Anne Broholm
Secretary: Ana Cerveira
Honorary Member
Attorney Frederick Q. Watt
Board Members
Ronald Borges
Tina Borges
Laurie Bullard
Robert Caldas, D.O.
John Carlos Melo
Antonio Oliveira
Jeffery Pellitier
Jose Rapoza
Jennifer Velarde
“We try to be the voice of those who are vulnerable in order to help them overcome their challenges and become active members of our society.”
LIZ LOZADA
At-risk Youth Case Manager
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Pandemic, RMV Regulations Force 24 year-old Mini-Bus Business to Close
By Kiernan Dunlop, Standard-Times
NEW BEDFORD — At the beginning of March, business was so good for Anna Rodriques that she and her husband considered buying a new house. Now Rodriques doesn’t know how she’s going to pay her bills and finds herself going to food pantries to help make ends meet.
Newly Naturalized Citizens Vote in New Bedford Despite Confusion from Federal Agency
By Kiernan Dunlop, Standard-Times
NEW BEDFORD — Not even confusion over the location of his polling place could dampen Adilson Cabral’s excitement on Tuesday.
Cabral, who came to the United States over 18 years ago from Cabo Verde, was voting in his first U.S. election after becoming a naturalized citizen in September.
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