The Mel King Institute wishes you a new year filled with good health, community prosperity and continued connection. We all saw the strength of our networks, and the power of folks pulling together to respond to the challenges of 2020. This inspires us, as we launch into this year renewed and grounded in our work of training, leadership development and building community.

We are thankful to our many partners and participants who have been able to work with us to respond the new virtual environment for learning and network building. This winter, we hope to engage with you at one of our many trainings, program activities and other events! 

~ MKI Team 
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Join a welcoming group of community development professionals with our certificate cohort program for 2021.
Small Business Development Program

Are you a small business owner or small business technical assistance provider?

Get certified online through our Business Development Certificate program with MGCC and Cambridge College!

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Meet Sonia Andujar

“Everything is focused on improving tenant’s lives. It’s not meeting just to meet.” 

“Creative”, “active”, and “a little bit crazy” are all words that Sonia Andujar says her family and friends would use to describe her. A Cambridge public housing resident since 1992, Sonia came to the US from Puerto Rico at the age of 13.

While living in the South End as a teenager, she got involved with Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) and met Mel King through her work there. She first got involved with the Public Housing Training Program (PHTP) in 2018 after finding the Mel King Institute on the internet. Sonia graduated from PHTP and has since become a trainer for the program herself.
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Advancing Frontline Employees of Color
 PolicyLink & FSG 
Advancing Frontline Employees of Color, identifies 23 evidence-based practices for advancing racial equity and fostering working environments where all people feel valued and can thrive.
This video takes viewers on an affordable housing tour of Boston's historic South End, hosted by Vince O'Donnell, with Neil McCullagh.
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Evictions Feed The Pandemic

"My landlord is in my apartment right now, and he is refusing to wear a mask!" said my client, who called in panic last week. "He opened the deadbolt. I called the police and they won't come. They said it's a 'civil issue.'" Through tears, she...

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