by Emily Bhargava | Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
This month’s Massachusetts Department of Mental Health newsletter includes a short article about the series of focus groups with culturally diverse communities that Connection Lab has been running with the Greater Boston Suicide Prevention Coalition. The...
by Emily Bhargava | Mar 21, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
With the help of lots of small hands we’ve completed four mosaic panels to mount on the raised garden beds at the Kennedy School. The kids’ drawings have come to life in colorful glass and we’re just about ready to grout them. The mosaics that the...
by Emily Bhargava | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
Two weeks of work have paid off, and the mosaic is coming along. We translated the kids’ drawings into panel designs and they’ve started to tile two of the designs. Hopefully the friendly bugs will add a few extra smiles to the playground and...
by Emily Bhargava | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
In working with the Greater Boston Suicide Prevention Coalition it was clear that the group is full of motivated, dedicated and skillful professionals. And yet it wasn’t exactly clear how all of their good work could come together to produce measurable...
by Emily Bhargava | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
The Kennedy School playground just got a face-lift, and includes a series of new planting beds. With Support from the Somerville Arts Council, the Kennedy after-school program will be working with Connection Lab for 10 weeks to design and make mosaics to install on...