Rosie's Place Fall Newsletter 2018

FALL 2018 Legal Services Grow to Meet Guests’ Evolving Needs Q & A with Our New Legal Program Manager Our President on Why We Accept No Government Funding

NEWS

Tiernan Memorial Dedication October 6 Our New Holiday Card Features a Holiday Shopper and Her Dog Join Us at Funny Women…Serious Business October 16

Rosie’s Place Strives to Meet Guests’ Growing Legal Needs

JENNIFER HOWARD LEGAL PROGRAM MANAGER

Jennifer Howard has spent her career promoting the welfare of women. During law school and in her first jobs, she worked to protect the legal rights of women who were victims of domestic violence.

Most recently, Jen was on staff at Northeastern Law School in their Domestic Violence Institute’s Legal Assistance to Victims Project. There she brought first year law students into the community to provide pro bono services and, she says, “to teach them how to listen, understand a woman’s story and identify issues that can be addressed.” Jen joined Rosie’s Place this past spring, at a time when guests’ need for legal services has never been greater.

What brought you to Rosie’s Place?

I was drawn to the holistic approach here. At Rosie’s Place, we focus on people, not problems.

I’ve had 20 years’ experience working with women with multiple levels of trauma, and I’ve learned to use a wide lens to consider the problems women come to talk about and to think broadly about strategies to help them achieve their goals. The legal solution may meet a very small part of their overall needs. At Rosie’s Place, we are able to provide wraparound services. We can be flexible and respect what a guest wants to talk about.

What will be your focus in the Legal Program?

Historically, the Rosie’s Place Legal Program has focused on breaking down the barriers preventing women from finding legal answers and gaining access to legal advice. That remains my number one goal and focus. At the general advice and referral clinics we offer, we can create a safe space for a guest to unpack what’s going on in her life. It gives us a chance to see if our range of legal clinics– housing, immigration, CORI, family law, debt–or other in-house or external assistance is needed, and to help connect her with the right resources.

Are guests presenting any new, pressing needs?

In my time here I have noticed each of the clinics running at capacity most every time they are offered.

On the housing front, we have seen a growing number of guests with active Section 8 vouchers who are facing possible homelessness because their voucher may expire before they are able to find an affordable apartment. Our on-site immigration attorney has been meeting a large number of women with questions about gaining asylum, probably because in Greater Boston, few free immigration programs are able to meet the greater demand. Some of this influx flows from recent decisions announced by Attorney General Sessions.

Even though Rosie’s Place has recently doubled the number of immigration consultations available each week, the need for asylum representation still far outweighs the resources available.

How else are changes in immigration policy affecting our guests?

It’s heartbreaking, but some guests won’t go to court for a restraining order in domestic violence cases because they are afraid of being picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Another guest wouldn’t call the police for help with mental health services for the same reason. We have to tell guests that, in some cases, the threat is real: ICE could detain them. We try to present a realistic idea of what can happen and help a guest weigh her risks. We can accompany women to court to help them stay calm, but we cannot change what may happen there.

“Our Legal Program is a critical component of the advocacy and direct services we offer poor and homeless women,” says Rosie’s Place President Sue Marsh. “On urgent issues like housing, immigration and child custody, poor women need the special expertise and skills of our team. As a community center, we want to be sure that our guests can get help with a range of needs, and legal help is one of the most important.”

Our Legal Program staff (see Q & A on this page) oversees the services of well-known community agencies and pro bono providers and provides direct assistance, as well. They direct a program that has grown to now offer six different clinics addressing issues that are of primary concern to our guests: housing, immigration, criminal offender record information (CORI), debt and family law. A general advice and referral clinic, conducted by our staff, is held twice weekly.

According to Legal Program Manager Jennifer Howard, this clinic provides a safe, confidential space for a guest to express her needs, and is a good first step to help her determine if she has an actual legal issue, get some initial advice and then plan what to do next.

“We are seeing a bit of panic from guests, who have been feeling that they can’t trust that the government resources they’ve come to rely on will still be there for them,” Jen says.

Housing, immigration, CORI and debt clinics run on a set day every week. The family law clinic is held once a month, as is the CORI clinic conducted by Ropes & Gray. The consistency of the schedule makes it easier for guests to access help at reliable times.

A spectrum of services The Legal Program has for many years brought top legal practitioners on-site to provide the best possible help to guests.

Greater Boston Legal Services offers direct legal assistance on housing and family law matters, including evictions, divorces and child custody issues. Rosie’s Place has recently doubled the Irish International Immigrant Center’s hours so they can provide more guests with a range of services on immigration matters, from applying for

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Finally, volunteer attorney Liz Baum assists staff in the general advice and referral clinic.

The Legal Program also serves residents who utilize our satellite location at Franklin Field (a housing development in Dorchester), offering weekly general advice and referral clinics and Know Your Rights presentations on topics such as leases and family law.

They also host talks outlining their services from various local legal service providers, such as Casa Myrna and Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee.

In an effort to provide vital information to the community, the Legal Program recently developed and distributed to local organizations a series of three 30-40 second animated vignettes that convey

Our Legal Program is a critical component of the advocacy and direct services we offer poor and homeless women. As a community center, we want to be sure that our guests can get help with a range of needs, and legal help is one of the most important.

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An ever-changing political environment can cause our guests’ lives to become even more uncertain. Access to health care and other benefits has become more complicated, immigration policies have changed and deportation looms for women we serve from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Sudan. Locally, the threat of eviction due to rising rents and utility bills is a constant reality for our guests. As a result of this growing need for a legal approach to these issues and more, Rosie’s Place continues to refine the mission and expand the scope of our Legal Program.

- Rosie’s Place President Sue Marsh

citizenship to gaining legal status in the U.S. In the Ropes & Gray debt clinic, a team of volunteer attorneys work with women to help them get a handle on what they owe and to develop strategies for payment. The CORI clinics help guests obtain and assess CORI reports and petition to administratively seal applicable records.

important messages for guests and others concerned about their rights as immigrants.

Using minimal words to convey the message, the videos cover “Right to not open the door without a warrant,” “Right to remain silent,” and “Make a safety plan.” You can view the videos on the Rosie’s Place YouTube channel.

Susan’s Story Susan first came to Rosie’s Place looking for a home about 10 years ago, and we’ve seen her frequently ever since. Over the years, she’s visited our food pantry, taken classes in the iPad lab, received care from the Wellness Center, and attended weekly domestic violence and self-esteem groups offered by our Advocacy department. “Women don’t realize how much help they can get here.” she says, “It’s been so important to me.”

About three years ago, Susan, who emigrated to the United States as a student from Zimbabwe, went to a local lawyer for help with her green card. She had never received renewal paperwork and wanted to make sure she was still eligible to work. That attorney started reinstatement proceedings and Susan received a work permit while her application was pending. Then the Department of Homeland Security discovered the South American lawyer was not licensed to practice in the U.S. and sued her and confiscated her client files.

Confused and afraid, Susan turned to the Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC) attorney who was on-site each week at Rosie’s Place. She first told Susan where she could retrieve her confiscated documents, which was a great relief. The lawyer was able to learn that Susan hadn’t received her renewal forms because she had moved without a forwarding address, and that reasonable explanation moved the slow process forward. For more than two years, the IIIC worked with Susan to keep her application on track.

Now, with her active green card in hand, Susan is looking toward citizenship. She says, once again, Rosie’s Place was there for her through this ordeal. “If it weren’t for Rosie’s Place, I would have been in a lot of trouble. I couldn’t afford any more legal help, and it was such a blessing to find the services here. I wish I had gone to the IIIC first!”

Our President on Why We Accept No Government Funding Dear Friends: When people first learn about Rosie’s Place, there are usually these takeaways: we serve only women, we are heavily dependent on volunteer help and, perhaps most distinctively, we do not accept government money. Ever since our beginning, we have gone without federal, state or city funding, preferring to depend upon the generosity of private donors. As Ruth McCambridge noted in the Nonprofit Quarterly about our founder, Kip Tiernan: “It was the Catholic Workers movement and Dorothy Day in New York City who influenced her to simply ‘be there’ for homeless people. Respect, listening, and building a community of mutuality became mantras as she went on to found Rosie’s Place in an abandoned supermarket in 1974. She also took another lesson from Dorothy Day—do not take money from ‘the man.’

As a result, a critical philosophical principle of Rosie’s Place, to this day, is to refuse all city, state, and government funding.”

Despite the many changes Rosie’s Place has embraced and endured over its 44-year history, we have kept to those three major tenets: serving women, depending upon volunteers and rejecting government funding.

As you come to learn about the services we offer and the women we serve, it becomes clear why we refuse to take government funding as a source of support.

Tiernan Memorial a Reality Kip Tiernan left an indelible mark on her adopted city through her fearless vision and unyielding commitment to social justice. This fall, a memorial in Back Bay will recognize our founder’s contributions toward creating better lives for Boston’s poor and forgotten. Sited near Kip’s office at Old South Church on Dartmouth Street, the Kip Tiernan Memorial joins only four other Boston memorials that honor women. Kip will take her place among sister trailblazers Abigail Adams, Mary Dyer, Anne Hutchinson, Lucy Stone, Harriet Tubman and Phyllis Wheatley. Notably, this is the only memorial in Boston dedicated to an advocate of homeless people.

The installation in mid-September is the culmination of more than six years of planning. The work was designed

by Boston architects Ceruzzi & Murphy Projects, fabricated by Whetstone Workshop, East Providence, and will be installed by Chapman Construction Design.

The memorial was funded entirely through private donations.

Kip Tiernan Memorial during fabrication

The sculpture is comprised of three stainless steel arches that people can pass under as they walk on Dartmouth Street between Boylston and Newbury Streets. Passages from Kip’s writings are engraved on the columns holding up the arches, making her voice still heard to all who pass by.

We are dedicating the memorial with a family-friendly community event on Saturday, October 6, from 1:00-4:00 pm. Please join us as we celebrate this auspicious day with an afternoon of food, jazz and Rosie’s Place friends–just as Kip would have done! Please contact Michele Chausse at mchausse@rosiesplace.org or 617.318.0210 for more information.

This choice enables us to take on efforts/action/stands without concern or constraint imposed by a funding source. Rosie’s Place has always preferred to chart its own course, with no strings attached. This translates to how we serve our guests. We look to our Board of volunteer leaders to fulfill a mission that stays true to our philosophy and core values.

This freedom enables us to serve women who do not disclose information that government funders require, namely: identity, citizenship status, social security numbers. In these perilous times, that is more important than ever. For guests who view such disclosures as threats to their carefully guarded privacy, it enables us to continue to serve, no matter what.

It enables us to provide services without requiring a particular outcome or within a specific time frame. This means that one of our advocates can talk with a guest as long as the guest wants—whether it’s ten minutes or two hours. It means that a student in our Women’s Education Center can attend classes for as many semesters as she needs to learn English. It means a guest can visit Rosie’s Place anytime—and as frequently as she wants.

We have been fortunate that there are so many in our community who value our independence–and who help us put our guests first. They are supporters who value our expertise, familiarity and compassion and do not presume to elevate their judgement over the lived experience of the women we serve.

In the same way that we continue to serve women who have nowhere else to turn, and count on the goodness of ordinary people to share their hard work in creating a place which offers healthy food and safe shelter, we continue to find our financial support in the hands of our loyal community. Neil Donovan, the former head of the National Coalition for the Homeless, said of Kip: “She really had no stomach for people pitying the homeless without some type of follow-through that would improve the condition of the unhoused. She railed against politicians and bureaucrats for making empty promises or unfunded mandates and against homeless advocates who put their own organization or agenda first.”

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Paige Ablon and Julia Durfee “We enjoyed putting together gift bags and writing cards for women’s birthdays…From this experience, we have a whole new understanding of how many women each year need help to get back on their feet. We have a whole new appreciation of being fortunate enough to have a home and family. We will always remember to be thankful for what we have and remember that during hard times, there are places that can help a person. We thought that Rosie’s Place was a very loving and accepting community…This trip made us much more aware of what is happening in the world around us. Thank you.”

While visiting Rosie’s Place as part of the Tenacre LEADS service learning program, sixth graders from the Tenacre Country Day School in Wellesley (including Paige Ablon and Julia Durfee, the letter-writers excerpted above) received a tour, created birthday bags and made birthday cards for Rosie’s Place guests.

Nadira Yankana

We’re proud to be the same type of place that Kip founded in 1974, and proud we’ve won your help and care. Thank you for your commitment to us – just the way we are.

Karen Febo A. “I want to do something with my life. At one time I lost myself. When I say I lost myself, it was because I didn’t know what I wanted or where I was going.

It took me time to come back but I am here and I want to do everything that I have to do for me, for myself…I love to be me. I love myself. I know what I want and where I am going. Life can be hard and unjust, but we are alive so that is enough to say thank God for everything and for another day. It’s never too late to follow your dream.”

Excerpted from the piece, “My Journey In This Life…

So Far,” by Karen Febo A. (pictured above reading at our spring celebration), one of 97 ESOL students in our Women’s Education Center who contributed to our third book of student writing, Celebrating Ourselves.

“Because of Ms. Kip Tiernan there is a Rosie’s Place.

The first of its kind in the United States and it’s the kind of place that should exist. She got it right in life, being unconventional and her kindness was her strength. An incredible legacy…When I walked up to the (WEC) mural I felt like it was saying, ‘Help where you can and make this place your legacy as well.’ So that’s my plan, to simply help and do more. There’s a Kip in almost every woman I know and our little things together make life good for those around us.”

Nadira Yankana, of longtime supporters Bain Capital, on a recent visit to Rosie’s Place.

With faith, Sue

President Sue Marsh Vice President of External Relations Leemarie Mosca Director of Communications | Editor Michele Chausse Communications Coordinator | Contributor Carly Barnhardt Design Colette O’Neill We’d love to hear from you! Please contact us with your comments at 617.318.0210.

PUBLIC POLICY ALERT

Massachusetts General Election Day is Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Please vote! Polls are open from 7am to 8pm!

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ROSIE’S PLACE NEWS is published three times a year to inform our friends about activities and events taking place throughout the Rosie’s Place community. OUR MISSION is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity, and find security in their lives.

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At the end of the academic year, Boston College Dining Services provided students with an opportunity to donate some of their annual meal-plan money and to vote on which of five charities would receive the donation of food purchased with the raised funds. Rosie’s Place was fortunate to have been selected, and a delivery of 370 cases with more than 17,000 individual non-perishable items was made in June. Trucks were loaded by Corcoran Commons staff members and BC students, pictured above with Rosie’s Place staff.

Rosie’s Place has been awarded $25,000 a year for ten years from the Cummings Foundation. We are one of 33 local nonprofits selected by the foundation through its new Sustaining Grants program. The grant will support Food Programs at Rosie’s Place.

“With an increasing number of women and their children facing food insecurity, the meals we serve are more essential than ever,” said Rosie’s Place President Sue Marsh, who received the news from Cummings Foundation volunteer Ric Bush, above. “This grant will help us to provide upwards of more than 100,000 nutritionally balanced breakfasts, lunches and dinners this year and in the years to come to women who rely on our help.”

We greatly appreciate everyone who made this year’s Safe and Sound gala another record-breaker, raising $738,000 to fund our work with thousands of poor and homeless women each year. We are thrilled to have exceeded our goal by more than $100,000! Held May 2 at The Cyclorama at Boston Center for the Arts, the special event featured Susan Wornick and WBUR’s Bill Littlefield as co-emcees, chef tastings and live and silent auctions. We are grateful to our event chairs Bank of America, Brightsphere, Christina Gordon (bottom right in photo above) and Michael Gordon, Anne Kubik and Michael Krupka, Marriott Daughters Foundation, Michele May and David Walt, Deb and Mark Pasculano and Winston Flowers.

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Send holiday greetings to your family, friends and clients, and give the gift of hope to poor and homeless women. The holiday cards you purchase from Rosie’s Place for business or personal use will help fund new beginnings for 12,000 women a year.

With our newest card, Newbury Street Snowfall, we renew our relationship with acclaimed New England Newbury Street Snowfall artist Sam Vokey. This charming image features a shopper and her dog amidst the warm glow of Newbury Street. We now offer a choice of 9 classic Boston scenes and whimsical winter illustrations in 10-packs ($18) and variety 15-packs ($24). Custom printing is available as well.

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Rosie’s Place’s Public Policy department recently hosted a forum with all Democratic and Independent Suffolk County District Attorney candidates. They responded to questions from a panel of executives from Brookview House, Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and Massachusetts Law Reform Institute on criminal justice issues that impact women.

Rosie’s Place received the Community Spirit Hero award from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation for our contributions to the community at their annual Community Spirit Awards in May. Rosie’s Place also was awarded a grant for, according to the award, “their commitment to making a difference and the support they receive from the community.”

For the 5th year, Rosie’s Place staff, guests and friends marched and rode in the Boston Pride Parade in June. With a longstanding commitment to equal treatment for all the women we serve, and as one of the first organizations to welcome transgender women to overnight shelter, Rosie’s Place participated in the parade as allies of and advocates for the LGBTQ community.

Please watch for our 2018 digital fundraising campaign, #givesanctuary, on September 13 and 14. The short video and accompanying graphics outline the special services and caring poor and homeless women find at Rosie’s Place. We hope the video, which can be shared via email and social media, will raise much-needed funds for our vital work. You can donate directly to the campaign at www.rosiesplace.org/givesanctuary18 and view the video on our YouTube channel.

Our Rosie’s Place satellite location at the Franklin Field housing development in Dorchester organized a health fair in June attended by more than 125 mothers and children. Representatives from local providers offering health and dental care, insurance and other services met with residents while we offered refreshments, crafts and face painting for kids.

You can remember Rosie’s Place at holiday time in two ways: Personalize your greeting with Purchase packs of cards custom-printed cards • 9 winter scenes to choose from • Available on orders of 50+ cards • 10-packs of 1 design: $18 • Print a unique message in color or B+W • 15-packs with 3 designs: $24 • Add logo, photo or signatures for a special touch • Comes with envelopes and classic greeting inside: “Warm wishes for a happy and • Envelopes are included and can be customized • Our online ordering system makes ordering quick healthy holiday season.” and easy Order your special holiday greetings while supporting the work of Rosie’s Place today!

• Online: www.rosiesplace.org/holidaycards • Phone: Carly Barnhardt at 617.318.0238 • Email: holidaycards@rosiesplace.org • Mail: send a check to Rosie’s Place, Attn: Holiday Cards, 889 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02118

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by making a donation online at www.rosiesplace.org/fallnews18 or by sending a gift in the enclosed envelope. we thank you!

WISH LIST

It’s never too early to start working to make the holiday season happier for 850 guests, our largest-ever giving list. We strive to provide a special gift which, for many women, may be the only present they will receive. With your help, we can create a warm holiday experience that—like everything else at Rosie’s Place—will be wrapped in unconditional love and respect.

Most-needed items are: $25 Gift Cards • CVS • Walgreens • Target • Payless • Old Navy Children’s Toys • We have a limited need for children’s toys. Please contact us if you are interested in organizing a toy drive.

Holiday Gift Sets • Bath and body gift sets with lotion, body wash and body spray (from stores such as Bath & Body Works) • Sets of hats, scarves and gloves • Pajamas and sleeping gowns • Slippers • Perfume (individual bottles and gift sets) • Throws and blankets • New hoodies

Support Rosie’s Place with a Holiday Event!

Here’s another way you can contribute to our holiday giving: When planning a community event or holiday party at home or work, please consider making Rosie’s Place the beneficiary.

Monetary donations are most welcome, as they allow us to purchase gift cards and items we will not already have received.

For a step-by-step Event Toolkit, visit www.rosiesplace.org/give/ other_ways_to_give/fundraising_events.

Your generosity will help brighten the season for our guests and their families. Please contact Michael Oliver at 617.318.0291 or moliver@rosiesplace.org for more information and to arrange a drop-off time. We hope to receive all holiday donations by December 7, 2018. Thank you for your support!

is back on october 16, in a new location

We are pleased to welcome Edwidge Danticat, an award-winning Haitian-American author. She is the bestselling author of Oprah’s Book Club selection Breath, Eyes, Memory and the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner for her memoir Brother, I’m Dying.

Edwidge was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her parents, fleeing the oppressive regimes of the Duvaliers, were able to settle in Brooklyn, New York, while Edwidge and her younger brother André had to remain behind with other relatives. The children were reunited with their parents in New York when she was 12.

As Edwidge grew and adjusted to a life in a new country, she penned a variety of fiction and nonfiction works chronicling the lives of Haitian citizens and creating vivid, unflinching portrayals of injustice.

A powerful and poignant storyteller, Edwidge will draw on her experiences as a woman and an immigrant to deliver a timely talk on October 16.

The afternoon will be co-hosted by longtime friends and luncheon emcees Susan Wornick and WCVB’s Karen Holmes Ward. They will be joined by anchorwomen from Boston television outlets: Latoyia Edwards, Kate Merrill, Jadiann Thompson and Vanessa Welch. This event is made possible through the support of Headlining Sponsors Bank of America, Brightsphere Investment Group, Christina and Michael Gordon, Linda and Jay Hooley, J.Jill, Jane and Joe Kringdon, Anne Kubik and Michael Krupka, Michele May and David Walt and Deb and Mark Pasculano; Presenting Centerpiece Sponsor Neiman Marcus; and Leading Sponsors Amundi Pioneer, Holly and David Bruce, the Forest Foundation, the Gilson Family Foundation, Globalization Partners, Intex Solutions and Kristen and John Maxwell.

At the luncheon, you’ll have the chance to network with other Rosie’s Place supporters, shop for gorgeous jewelry made by our guest artisans in the Women’s Craft Cooperative, win a fabulous centerpiece from Neiman Marcus and hear the inspiring stories of three women whose lives have been changed by Rosie’s Place. All proceeds from the afternoon help provide food, housing, advocacy, education and employment opportunities–and so much more–for the 12,000 women who visit us each year.

“Each year at our luncheon, we celebrate Rosie’s Place and the loyal supporters and new friends who make our unique services for poor and homeless woman possible,” says President Sue Marsh. “We are proud that our array of programs and services is unparalleled in Massachusetts and delivered in a manner unlike any you have seen before. Thanks to the generosity of our committed luncheon guests, we can make the lives of poor women easier, healthier—full of promise.”

You can support Rosie’s Place by becoming a sponsor or by purchasing your tickets today. Tickets are $200; to order, visit www.rosiesplace.org/fwsb. For questions or sponsorship information, please contact Michael Oliver at moliver@rosiesplace.org or 617.318.0291.

Friends Of Rosie’s Place Fall Night Out

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Sunday, September 30, 2018 Salon Mario Russo, 9 Newbury St., Boston

Monday, December 17, 2018, 7:00 pm Omni Parker House, Boston

Join Friends of Rosie’s Place for our Fall Night Out! You’ll have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of Dorchester Brewing favorites while meeting other young professionals and learning about our critical work. Tickets are $25 and include one drink ticket and light refreshments. This is just one of many exciting events in and around the Boston area we are planning. For more information about the event or our Friends of Rosie’s Place young professionals group, please contact Kristen Leonard at kleonard@rosiesplace.org.

Stylists at Salon Mario Russo and Lisa Donovan, along with other on-air personalities from Kiss 108, are coming together again for the 8th Renew You cuta-thon. Customers receive a discounted cut and blowout at the event, with the proceeds supporting Rosie’s Place programs and services. Be sure to listen to the Matty in the Morning program on Kiss 108 near the date - it’s the only way to know when it’s time to book your appointment, and they always fill up fast!

Save the date for the 16th anniversary of WBUR 90.9 FM’s reading of the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. You will hear your favorite WBUR personalities bring this timeless tale to life at Boston’s historic Omni Parker House, the site of Dickens’ first reading. Tickets are $60 and all proceeds benefit Rosie’s Place. Tickets will be available in November; check back at www.rosiesplace.org/wbur for more information.

Thursday, September 27, 2018 Dorchester Brewing Co., 1250 Mass Ave, Boston

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Funny Women…Serious Business is back on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, from noon to 2 p.m. at our new venue, the ballroom at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Our annual luncheon brings together more than 2,000 supporters to celebrate Rosie’s Place’s unique mission and to raise critical funds for our work. We look forward to another soldout afternoon in a new, larger event space.

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