East Boston Community Soup Kitchen

Scott and Stacy Stephens had a good life - with three wonderful girls. Scott was a successful businessman and a good dad - but he developed a secret addiction to slot machines. He gambled away their family's life savings, and their daughters' college education fund. And then, convinced the only future for his family was one without him, he took his life. This is one family's story about how the casino industry affected them.

In a town where there are virtually no employment opportunities for women, the women of ETCA are coming together to provide goods and services to a growing global community. When ETCA started its women’s group in 2009, no one had any idea what the potential was or what it meant to be collective business owners. We are but a bunch of women in the process of learning, maturing and perfecting our skills. Our reversible bags and unique scarves, for example, are being sought after in selective Los Angeles and Houston markets.