Scenes from a quiet revolution in Jamaica Plain
Sherina Hendrix, center, is a liaison for the Family Independence Initiative, which helps groups identify and realize their goals.
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Dorchester’s Vercheesa Thompson dressed 18-month-old Kyeesha during a meeting of mothers working with FII to form a child-care cooperative.
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The Jamaica Plain group, including Suheil Rivera of Mattapan, left, and Michelle Eunis of Hyde Park, call themselves “Limitless.”
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Limitless is just one of 35 groups which FII has helped organize in the Boston area in recent years.
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