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Linda M. Greenstein last month was awarded the 2025 Ministry in Community Action, or MICAH, award of the Merrimack Valley Project, a community organizing coalition of churches, labor unions and community organizations.
Trinity-Trinidad Episcopal Church in Haverhill, together with its community service partner Urban Bridges, nominated Greenstein ion recognition of her “creative and tireless leadership over many years to ensure the success of the Academy of Creative Arts and Dinah’s House programs which are located at Trinity.”
“Linda brings her passion for the arts—especially theater—to young people, with a specific gift for enabling youngsters who often face barriers to participation due to culture, disability or family income. Over the past year, Linda has brought her creative energy and networking abilities to the development of the exciting new Food Forward workforce initiative,” her supporters explained.
She has served constantly as a program volunteer, and at various times as Urban Bridges’ Board President and Urban Bridges Treasurer. She has demonstrated in these positions both her diplomatic skill and her unflagging passion for the mission of community service, rooted in the Acre neighborhood, which Urban Bridges and Trinity Church pursue together as partners.
Greenstein brought to the leadership roles her lifetime of successful experience as a journalist, publicist and advocate for community-based arts programming in the Boston region. In addition to her volunteer service on the Urban Bridges board, she is also a founder and producer for a regional theater company called Punctuate4 Productions.
Merrimack Valley Project presented the award during its annual meeting Nov. 9 at the Sons of Italy in Methuen.