The Lynn Item recently wrote a story ECCO's Lynn Youth Organizing Network, LYON. LYON is an innovative collaborative made up of representatives from St. Stephens Youth Group, Girls Inc., Lynn Community Health Center’s KAYA initiative, the Boys & Girls Club and The Food Project.
March 28, 2012
ECCO Expands Scope, Work with Synagogues AMY SESSLER POWELL Jewish Journal Staff LYNN — The Essex County Community Organizations, a faith-based community organizing agency, is expanding its scope on the North Shore in an effort to create a large group of faith-based communities committed to tackling the economic and social issues confronting the area.
February 20, 2012
On February 17th, 2012, ECCO hosted the Lynn Youth Kick-off Event that jumpstarted a larger youth movement in Lynn.
February 06, 2012
On January 25th, the Essex County Community Organization (ECCO) convened a gathering of 45 clergy from 38 congregations across the North Shore at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Peabody.
December 14, 2011
On December 1st ECCO hosted its 29th Annual Meeting and Potluck at Grace United Methodist Church in Lynn with over 80 people
LYNN — The Essex County Community Organizations, a faith-based community organizing agency, is expanding its scope on the North Shore in an effort to create a large group of faith-based communities committed to tackling the economic and social issues confronting the area.
Nearly 50 Lynn teens from the Lynn Youth Organizing Project headed into Boston Thursday to ask officials at Fidelity Investments for a job.
Daniel Lesser has been a congregation based community organizer for over 3 years with United Interfaith Action in New Bedford. He started as ECCO's new Executive Director on September 1, 2011.
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