About Us

Save Our Streets-Boston, Inc. (SOS) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose goal is to assist our community in finding and gaining access to a variety of opportunities throughout Boston. Our city is full of many potential doctors, engineers, artists and more but it is missing one key piece, support. We need to motivate each other to make better decisions. In order to do this, one must be given better options or opportunities in life. Our mission is to establish a network of organizations and businesses to promote the many activities/programs within our community aimed at improving their lives. There are many possibilities for people who want to be involved in entrepreneurship, media, education, science and technology, the arts and much more. However, the people who need them the most are not aware of these gems. As part of our goal, SOS wants to motivate the community to take advantage of all Boston has to offer by exposing them to every opportunity within our city.

Fitzgerald David, a Haitian-American born and raised in Boston, MA, founded SOS in 2008. His educational background started at St. Kevin's school in Dorchester, and from there he transferred into the METCO program and attended school in Sharon, MA. It was at this point in his life where he was forced to mature fast; his father suffered a stroke, which left him paralyzed. This obstacle forced him to step up, become the man of the house and maintain some new responsibilities. After a few years in the METCO program, Fitzgerald was accepted into Boston Latin School. This was a great opportunity that he took advantage of but, before he even had a chance to attend his first class, he was already told that he would not last at the school. On this journey through high school, Fitzgerald graduated in 2000 thanks to the help of some great mentors who constantly pushed him. Fitzgerald went on to attend Northeastern University and studied Computer Engineering Technology. Even at this level in his life, he had doubters who thought he would get lost in the crowd at Northeastern, but he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree and continued his journey in life. Fitzgerald realized that he would not be where he is today without the help of others and this is his motivation to give all that he can to as many people as possible.

Another influence for Fitzgerald is his musical background. Fitzgerald is a local DJ as part of a team called Takeover Sound. In 2005, they were doing well as a business, but one of the major concerns was security. There was always a worry that a fight would happen at the events, and a lot of the time it did. This was a frustration with many DJ's in the city, so Fitzgerald decided to collaborate with some entertainers and have a summer event called Project Peace in 2007. This event had games, food, and highlighted the local DJ's and artists by giving them a chance to perform for the community. This event was successful but, unfortunately, it did not go any further. This inspired the start of Save Our Streets-Boston because the job was not complete and our community was not improving. Once SOS was formed, Fitzgerald worked endlessly to attain their 501(c) 3. Simultaneously, he formed his SOS team and started to plan annual events to help the community. Most plans were focused around the arts or youth of our city. He invited many performers to participate at the events; artists displayed and donated some of their work, and city officials came to speak to the community. This motivated Fitzgerald to continue his efforts and push to expand the non-profit.

Recently SOS has focused a lot on supporting the arts in our communities. We have organized different programs ant events such as Photo Prep (Photography Program), Fashion in The Park and Art In The Park. These projects are all geared towards helping our community stay active. We are reaching out by finding their interests and supporting it. Whether it is having shows for artists, competitions for dancers or just connecting someone with the right person to continue working towards their goals. SOS continuously encourages active engagement, and the tangible benefits have thus far been realized for participants. We would like to continue this initiative so that Boston's urban community strategically develops into a thriving and proud community.