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Female supergroup Band Of Their Own perform at the 20th Annual Hot Stove Cool Music concert Feb. 8 to raise money for the charity Foundation To Be Named Later. COURTESY BRITA MENG OUTZEN

Benefit concert series celebrates 20 years of fundraising for Boston nonprofits

Annabelle Underwood February 20, 2020
A Boston-based benefit concert is in its 20th year of raising money for local non-profits. Since its launch in 2000, Hot Stove Cool Music has fundraised almost $12 million for disadvantaged youth in Greater Boston.
The Massachusetts State House in Boston. The U.S. Department of Justice awarded the state of Massachusetts a grant to fund support programs for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

State recives $1.5 million grant to strengthen support for survivors of sex exploitation

Gabriella Finocchio November 5, 2019
The grant will be used to bolster law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of sex exploitation while also funding recovery services and training for state employees to better help survivors.
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies' Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking hosts a panel Wednesday night, discussing how to stop human trafficking and aid survivors. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Panel discusses forced migration, human trafficking

Ellie French April 19, 2017

Approximately 10 people gathered in the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Wednesday to listen to a panel of three representatives from organizations combating human trafficking...

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