We’re all in this together: About the site
The Independent is intended to be an active part of an ecosystem that keeps Cambridge and Somerville thriving, especially in rough times. We believe in partnerships, mutual aid, connections and signal boosting. We want to help readers find what they need and organizations and businesses communicate with their audiences. We intend to have fun, share the delightful and joyous, and sometimes be a little weird. We want the arts to flourish and for people to feel heard. We want to be nimble, bringing items of interest to people as quickly as we responsibly can.
We would love The Independent to pay contributors what they need to help them live and stay in these expensive cities – but also have a cooperative aspect, inviting in those who want to offer their skills to the site because it brings them pleasure, or because it is their form of civic engagement.
A lot of these efforts will be modest and perhaps halting, because we have limited resources and only so many hours in the day. We want to do it all, but won’t be able to. We will have to prioritize and evolve. You can support our mission: Please donate or give tax free, the bigger the donation the better! We also encourage people to take out classified and personal ads, and for businesses and organizations to take out display ads. We have special rates for people within the community.
To talk about any of these things, you can email the editor or call 617.230.9632. If there is no immediate pickup, your call will be returned as soon as possible.