Essential Stories & News

Young Social Impact Heroes: An Interview with Lena Harris of ‘195essential’

Young Social Impact Heroes: An Interview with Lena Harris of ‘195essential’

As part of their series about young people who are making an important social impact, Penny Bauder from Authority magazine interviewed Lena Harris...

195essential Creates T-Shirt to Honor the Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Boston-based and Black-owned clothing and apparel company, 195essential, has designed a special-edition t-shirt to honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbu...

Essential Teacher T-shirt to Raise Funds for 1647, a Boston-based Nonprofit that supports Educators

195essential is teaming up with Boston-based 1647 to dedicate half of the proceeds of its ‘Essential Teacher’ t-shirt sales to the organization kn...

New ‘Essential Voter’ Collection

195essential is proud to announce our ‘Essential Voter’ Collection featuring designs by three BIPOC artists, while also donating 50% of proceeds to...

Food Insecurity and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has far-reaching effects beyond those who are infected by the new virus. The near-total shutdown of the economy has led to ma...

Essential Teacher T-shirt Helps Students Transition to College

195essential is teaming up with Brookline-based Steps to Success to dedicate half of the proceeds of its ‘Essential Teacher’ t-shirt sales to the o...

Rethinking Essential

Especially at the beginning of the pandemic, showing gratitude to essential workers through nightly celebrations, banners, commercials, and philan...

ARTICLE: Protest T-shirts Continue to be Vital.

This article from InsideHook talks about how t-shirts have played a major role in protest movements since the 1960's. T-shirts have had a a long hi...

195essential Collaborates with BAGLY to Celebrate Pride Month

195essential is pledging 30% of the proceeds from their limited-edition Pride shirt to BAGLY, Inc, a youth-led, adult-supported social support orga...

Quotes from a Grocery Store Worker

This is one of the few jobs I've thoroughly loved doing. But the number of confirmed cases at my store keeps growing, so now when I go to work I'm ...

195essential Collaborates with Nutré Meal Plans to Help Feed Nurses!

195essential is donating one meal to go to a nurse for every 195essential t-shirt purchased at www.195essential.com. We are collaborating with Nutr...

Quotes from a Special Education Liason

“This is a particularly difficult time for students with disabilities, their families, and their teachers. Right now we’re trying to figure out wha...

Quotes from an Administrative Assistant on the Frontline

“We work in a job where we have to help patients, but the hardest part of the job isn’t the patients, it’s meeting their expectations. In a perfect...