Access Strategies Fund

A Decade of Daring: Access Strategies Fund Celebrates 10 Years

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By Talia Whyte
The Access Strategies Fund celebrated its tenth anniversary Nov. 10 with a gala at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts. The organization’s mandate is to “provide non-partisan funding and technical assistance to 501 (c)(3) organizations to build the civic participation and power of people of color, diverse women, low-income people, immigrant communities, and other groups that have been denied power in Massachusetts communities.”

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Head of Hub nonprofit takes civic duty seriously

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By Talia Whyte

The Bay State Banner

Expecting unprecedented voter turnout for next week’s elections, city officials and community activists are making efforts to ensure that every vote cast in Boston is counted. The city’s Election Department has said it will likely add 200 more poll workers for Election Day on top of the roughly 1,600 people already set to work the polls, as well as more staffers for the city’s new phone system, with 50 lines dedicated to receiving calls from poll workers reporting problems.

The new accommodations are due in part to the work of Access Strategies Fund and its executive director, Kelly Bates. Access Strategies is one of the leaders of Boston’s civic community, a nonprofit that funds other organizations that work to ensure fair access to the ballots by traditionally marginalized communities. For the last two weeks, Bates said, she has been overwhelmed with work getting ready for the big day.

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