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Senators look to modernize foundation budget formula By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
In November 2015, state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz and other members of the Foundation Budget Review Commission, a panel comprising legislators, state administrators, educators and business leaders, announced that public schools are underfunded by $1 billion to $2 billion. The state’s system formula for calculating a minimally adequate school budget has not been updated in decades and falls short of the current fiscal reality, they said. Now the state Senate is ready to act. Chang-Diaz says she plans to file a bill this month that would take up the Foundation Budget Review Commission’s recommendations. This is not the first such push: Last session, the Senate twice passed legislation containing the proposals, which were not implemented. Now that Question 2 and issues regarding charter school caps no longer dominate educational policy discussions, attention has turned to legislative options for closing opportunity gaps.
“There’s been a focus almost exclusively on Question 2,” ChangDiaz said. With the matter resolved, “it clears space on the legislative docket to take up other education policy issues,” she said. Chang-Diaz told the Banner that this latest bill would implement nearly all the FBRC recommendations, which include using a more accurate method to calculate employee health care costs and increasing funding allotments for the education of English language learners, special education students and low-income students. Another advantage of timing, according to Peter Wilson, press secretary for state Senate President Stan Rosenberg, is that the Fair Share Act is expected to pass next year. If implemented, that act would increase the tax rate on millionaires and generate an estimated $2 billion of additional revenue directed to public education and public transportation purposes.
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The Senate twice passed such recommendations, indicating they are likely to do so again. A
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Hyde Square Task Force Executive Director Celina Miranda helps children at the Connolly branch of the Boston Public Library with decorations for Three Kings Day as City Councilor Matt O’Malley and state Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez look on.
Group advocates greater inclusion for Hub Latinos
Activists see disparities in nonprofit, gov’t sectors By YAWU MILLER
In the basement room of the Connolly branch of the Boston Public Library, children decorate crowns in preparation for their celebration of El Dia de Los Reyes Magos, the January 6 celebration of the day the three kings visited the newborn baby Jesus. Outside the library building, a band playing parrandas, traditional Puerto Rican Christmas season songs, warms up for a march led by teens with the Hyde
Square Task Force, dressed as the three kings. The event, organized by the Task Force, underscores the organization’s role as an anchor for the local Latino community. When the Task Force was founded more than 20 years ago, it was one of many organizations serving the local Latino community. But as the community has grown in the Greater Boston area, the number of nonprofits led by Latinos in the area actually has declined. Major organizations including Centro Latino in Chelsea, the Hispanic Office of Planning and
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Evaluation and Oficina Hispana closed their doors in recent years. Other organizations, such as La Alianza Hispana, have downsized. The Greater Boston Latino Network, a group of executive directors of leading local organizations, last week launched a new campaign to increase
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New year, new visions for education Panel airs ideas to boost college completion By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
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Roxbury Community College’s president, Valerie Roberson, (left) spoke during a panel discussion moderated by Boston University Chancellor J. Keith Motley. Right: Anthony Benoit, president of Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology.
Education leaders sat down at The Boston Foundation last week to discuss how best to boost college graduation rates. Higher education increasingly is important in the post-recession employment landscape, noted Elizabeth Pauley, TBF senior director of Education to Career. While the BPS has seen signs of progress
in its high schoolers’ college completion rates, much remains to be done, said Paul Grogan, TBF president and CEO. Fifty-one percent of college enrollees from the BPS class of 2009 earned a degree within six years, a 10 percent jump over the 2000 cohort. But that still leaves 49 percent not achieving postsecondary credentials in that time frame, he noted. Gathered to discuss the way forward were Tommy Chang, Boston
Public Schools superintendent; Valerie Roberson, Roxbury Community College president; Pam Eddinger, Bunker Hill Community College president; and Anthony Benoit, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology president. Among the recommendations: offer flexible ways to earn credits to make it easier for students to stay in school, encourage completion by providing a clear path to career attainment and help students meet basic life needs.
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District 7 hopefuls line up as Jackson ponders mayoral run By YAWU MILLER
A quiet storm is brewing while City Councilor Tito Jackson mulls a challenge to incumbent Mayor Martin Walsh. If Jackson runs for mayor he says he will not run for re-election to the District 7 seat he represents. Jackson’s bid may be a longshot. He has $30,000 in the bank while Walsh has more than $3 million. But Jackson says he is seriously considering a mayoral run and will make up his mind by April. Few things in Boston politics stir the ambitions of budding politicians like an open race for a seat on the 13-member city council. So far, the Banner counts nine candidates reported to be considering a run for Jackson’s seat as he considers his run for mayor, only one of whom, Rufus Faulk, has said he would challenge the incumbent regardless of whether he seeks re-election. The candidates are (in alphabetical order): Angelina Camacho, a program manager at a financial services firm. Camacho would be making her first run for office. She is a former co-chairwoman of the Citywide Parents Council and volunteers with the mentoring program No Books, No Ball. Camacho says she is considering a run and has talked to family members and friends about it. “I’ve been very supportive of the work Tito is doing,” she says. “I work
in social services and am aware of the needs in this community.” Miguel Angel Chavez, a small business owner and political consultant. Chavez, who served as a liaison to Boston’s Latino community in the Office of Neighborhood Services under the late Mayor Thomas Menino, says he’s weighing his options. “I understand the importance of constituent services and making sure our district receives the resources it needs,” he said. “I’m definitely about the breadand-butter issues.” Chavez serves as a moderator for the Highland Park Neighborhood Coalition and the John Eliot Square Neighborhood Association and serves on the Ward 9 Democratic Committee. Charles Clemons, who runs a low-power radio station. He has run several times for elected office, including bids for mayor, at-large city councilor, District 7 city councilor and, most recently, the 11th Suffolk District seat held by state Rep. Liz Malia. Joao DePina, a small business owner, says he’s highly likely to run, should Jackson vacate the seat. “I feel like this is the seat where I can be the voice for my community,” he says. “Roxbury needs somebody who’s going to be a strong advocate against gentrification and who will support the community.” DePina serves as treasurer of the Ward 12 Democratic Committee and has worked on numerous
campaigns, including those of state Rep. Evandro Carvalho, former Gov. Deval Patrick and Jackson. Rufus Faulk, who is director of the Gang Mediation Initiative at the Boston Ten Point Coalition has run twice against former 30-year incumbent state Rep. Gloria Fox for the 7th Suffolk District seat now occupied by Chynah Tyler. Faulk could not be reached for comment for this story. Former state Rep. Carlos Henriquez is rumored to be considering a run. Henriquez could not be reached for comment for this story. Kim Janey, a senior project director at Massachusetts Advocates for Children, says she is considering a run for the seat, should Jackson vacate. Janey, who sits on the Ward 12 Democratic Committee and has served as a delegate to the state convention, founded the Historic Moreland Street Neighborhood Organization and served as its president for the first four years. “I’ve worked hard to establish strong relationships and to be a voice for my community,” Janey said. “I’m passionate about this district. I care about the residents of this district.” Marvin Venay, director of Congregationa and Volunteer Engagement for the United Unitarian Urban Ministries, is a member of the Ward 12 Democratic Committee. He served as deputy director of Government Affairs in the office of the Massachusetts State Treasurer,
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(Clockwise, from upper left) Miguel Chavez, Kim Janey, Marvin Venay and Charles Clemons. also is considering a run. Venay served as executive director of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus. Hasan Williams, an attorney, says he will run if Jackson steps aside. Williams first ran for the seat in 1999, losing to Chuck Turner, who held the seat for ten years before Jackson was elected. Williams also challenged incumbent state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz for the 2nd Suffolk District seat. “I want to continue the leadership Tito bought to this seat and bring the city’s resources here,” Williams said. “I believe Roxbury is the jewel of the city.”
Nuts and bolts
The Roxbury-based district includes parts of Dorchester,
Jamaica Plain, the Fenway and the South End and has a majority-black population, with sizeable Latino, Cape Verdean and white populations as well. In a crowded race to the September 26 preliminary, each of those communities could play a pivotal role. Two candidates will emerge after the preliminary to face off in the November 7 general election. With a contested mayoral race on the ballot and strong District 7 candidates, turnout could exceed the 11,800 who voted in the 2013 election. Candidates for city council district seats are required to submit nomination forms with the signatures of 200 registered voters during a four-week period ending May 16.
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A failure of white privilege Political pundits have not yet offered an acceptable explanation of why many of those who voted for Barack Obama would years later vote for Donald Trump. Perhaps the answer lies in the failure of white privilege to function as expected. There is a mistaken assumption that white privilege must always involve racial discrimination. The American Dream is often stated as embodied in the principle, “If you work hard and follow the rules, success is assured.” That always has been true for only the oligarchs and their friends and family. Prime professional and business opportunities have been readily available only to the male graduates of the Ivy League and other top universities. Other graduates of any hue need not apply. This pattern of privilege excludes all but a few African Americans as well as most educated whites. Some blacks seem to believe that there is a conspiracy to exclude blacks; however, there need not be organized rejection — it is automatic. For a while after the Civil Rights Act was passed, some blacks asserted that whites in power plotted to establish impediments for blacks to prosper. Sociologists later conceded that
blacks were actually the victims of “benign neglect.” As long as whites were enjoying the benefits of so-called “white privilege,” they could support any political party that made it happen. But when economic circumstances caused a deterioration in their status, it was easy to find fault with blacks. A dynamic remedy was required. In the 1950s only about 5 percent of Americans age 25 and over had attained a bachelor’s degree. That percentage has now risen to about 32 percent. Employment opportunities for college grads have been less promising as their numbers increased and it became clear that “white privilege” worked best only for the upper class. “We are the 99 percent” was the slogan of those who were not from those families in the top 1 percent with incomes of about $343,927 or more as of 2014. Add to the above factor the number of those employed in manufacturing who feel threatened by the changing economy, and the number becomes substantial. Trump also was able to encourage the bigots to vote for a likeminded public official. That aspect of the campaign created the appearance of the dominance of racial prejudice.
Banking on local talent In a great move for the citizens of Boston, the directors of Eastern Bank have voted to elevate Robert Rivers, the former Eastern Bank president, to chairman and CEO. The move had been anticipated for a year with the expectation that Quincy Miller would be available to assume Rivers’ former duties as president. Miller was formerly the Massachusetts state president of Citizens Bank. Years ago before the rash of acquisitions, several large banks were based in Boston. The largest was the First National Bank of Boston. While Bank of Boston was large enough to have national operations, there was a
strong commitment to the development of Boston. Eastern Bank is the oldest and largest mutual bank in America. With $10 billion in assets, Eastern Bank is now one of the largest Boston-based banks. With size comes the duty to lead. The new CEO, Robert Rivers, has already demonstrated great interest in the Boston area. We know from the work of Richard Hill, who retired as CEO of Bank of Boston in 1984, how significant such leadership can be for the city. The Bay State Banner welcomes Robert Rivers and Quincy Miller to their new positions of leadership.
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON On January 14, 2014, a plainly worried President Obama convened a meeting of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The cabinet meeting had extra special, even grave, importance. The Democrats had lost control of the Senate which meant that Congress was now completely dominated by the GOP. Obama boldly announced to the cabinet, “We’re not going to be waiting for legislation. I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone. And I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions to move the ball forward.” However, Obama’s liberal use of the executive pen to skirt Congress raised two thorny questions and posed two perils. The first: Would his successor in the Oval Office, Trump, make good on virtually the first promise he made after being elected in November 2016, which was to repeal many, most, if not all, of Obama’s executive orders? The other more far reaching question and peril was what impact would this have on sullying Obama’s legacy of accomplishments? The iffy questions had a deep impact on the significance and reach of his presidency, both during his White House years and afterwards. From the start to make his presidency work, he had to cling closely to the centrist blueprint former President Bill Clinton laid out for Democrats in the 1990s to win elections, and to govern after they won office. It meant that he had to emphasize strong defense, prosecute a vigorous war against terrorism, wind down the Iraq War, push for mild tax reform for the middle-class, and a workable plan for affordable health care and advocate tougher regulations to rein in Wall Street, back comprehensive gun control legislation, jump start climate control measures, put the obligatory Democratic Party stress on strengthening LGBT, women’s and civil rights and make moderate and balanced Supreme Court picks and administration posts. Obama has made it clear that he would not be a mere sideline silent spectator if there is an attempt to dismantle his programs. He walked the narrowest of tightropes in this balancing act. Every step of the way he faced a GOP that made it clear its primary goal was to make him a one-term president, and, failing that, cripple his presidency by blocking his proposed initiatives and legislation. Obama’s careful, center-governing, non-racial staff and cabinet picks and his policies were plainly designed to blunt the standard Republican rap that Democrats, especially one branded a liberal Democrat, inherently pander to special interests, i.e. minorities, are pro-expansive government, and anti-business. During every moment of his eight years in the White House, the GOP watched him, hawk-like, for any sign of that. Yet, the Obama White House was a historic and symbolic first. It was a White House that kept a firm, cautious, and conciliatory eye on mid-America public opinion, and corporate and defense industry interests in making policy decisions and determining priorities. Obama would and could not have attained the White House if he hadn’t done the same. This had nothing to do with race, or attaining the historic first of being the nation’s first black president. It had everything to do with the requirement of White House governance. Obama would be praised in the inevitable historic assessment of a president for his signature successes from the Affordable Care Act to the elimination of bin Laden and criticized on the places where his administration fell short. Those places were foremost: the absence of comprehensive gun control legislation and an unfinished war in Afghanistan. That historic assessment must be made with the full recognition that Obama, as all presidents, was constrained by the inherent limit of the power of the office, the checks imposed on him by his foes and the lofty, but often unattainable, expectations imposed on him by friends. The Obama legacy must not be defined solely by his historic first, but rather by his successes and shortcomings, despite the much restricted and tightly defined parameters under which presidents must operate. There is more than enough in the way of accomplishment from Obama’s presidency to say that his legacy is secure. Still, Trump’s win stirred much talk and much anxiety about Obama’s legacy being wrecked and that somehow Trump’s win was a repudiation by Americans of it. This was nonsense. Hillary Clinton got nearly 3 million more popular votes than Trump. She made it clear throughout the campaign that she would keep, and even expand, programs if elected. There is, though, real danger that Trump and the GOP controlled Congress will gut some, or try to gut, all of Obama’s program. Obama is well aware of this possibility. Two weeks after Trump’s win, he spoke at a conference of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Peru. He made it clear that he would not be a mere sideline silent spectator if there is an attempt to dismantle his programs. The clear and loud warning from this is that the one who would fight hardest to safeguard the Obama legacy is Obama.
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I think it will galvanize people of color and oppressed groups into action. Martin Luther King said the most important part of a washing machine is the agitator.
He’s really racist. People who are racist will think it’s okay to do racist things.
It’s dividing our country. Coming into the Obama administration we were on edge, with the KKK and Black Lives Matter. Now it seems like the country is coming apart.
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With everything positive that Obama did, Trump is going to take America back 50 years. He’s making racism seem ok.
We’ll have to wait and see. After 100 days, we’ll know more.
I think it’s going to be a disaster, especially for poor people. It’s going to be great for the rich.
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SHEENA COLLIER Sheena Collier has been appointed director of engagement for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce where she focuses on strategic initiatives related to racial diversity in the private sector, the role of the business community in economic mobility and building the brand of the region to attract new businesses and investments. Previously, Collier served as the Boston Promise Initiative Director at Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Roxbury, leading one of 12 federally-funded Promise Neighborhoods in building a continuum of academic, family and community supports, with schools at the center. She has served in the role of community organizer, project manager, partnership builder and team leader for a number of organizations over
the past 11 years. Her career and volunteer experiences have focused on developing and implementing high-quality programming and policies for girls and women, children and youth, and schools and communities. Collier’s work has been informed by her belief in the concept of microdemocracy — an idea that ordinary encounters with public agencies provide the opportunity for individual citizens to act democratically and participate effectively in decisions that affect them. She is a 2016 Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Honoree. Collier originally is from Albany, New York. She received her BA in psychology from Spelman College and her Ed.M. in risk and prevention from Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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New city report on gender wage gap By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
The Boston Women’s Workforce Council last week released a report outlining the extent of the gender wage gap in Boston. In a city where they are the majority, women still earn roughly 23 fewer cents on the dollar than men. And for women of color, the rate continues to be even worse. “Women make up the majority of Boston, but like most cities, companies and nations around the world, women— especially women of color — are underrepresented and underpaid in our workforce,” Mayor Martin Walsh said in a press release. In a Banner phone interview, Megan Costello, BWWC member and the city’s director of the Office of Women’s Advancement, said while the data is important, what’s truly groundbreaking is how it was gathered. The report is the first in the nation to gather current wage data from the employers directly — rather than self-reports from individual employees or census data. Speaking separately to the Banner, Costello and City Councilor Ayanna Pressley said legislation alone cannot close the persistent gap. “You cannot legislate behavior,” Pressley said. What will make a difference: a shift in corporate culture toward recognizing the talent of women and the need for implementing tangible, result-driven steps to narrow the gap. “Closing the wage gap can be supported through legislation, but it’s more about culture and actual changes that need to happen in workforces and with individual
women, and when and how they ask for salary increase,” Costello said. The willingness of companies to provide data on their practices could indicate such culture change is starting, Pressley said. “A number of employers self-reported. Hopefully that shows a culture shift,” Pressley said. The gender earning gap has extensive impact on women, including reduced ability to support oneself and one’s family; lessened autonomy; fewer resources; lower savings for college, retirement or emergencies; and lessened Social Security earnings.
Data and limitations
Report authors drew on information disclosed by 179 Greater Boston businesses, along with information on local employers from the U.S. Equal Economic Opportunity Commission. Their data reflects about 11 percent of the Greater Boston area’s working population, or about 112,000 workers. The source and depth of the data represent significant achievements, Costello said. However, employer provided data came via voluntary disclosure and the sampling was not was not reflective of the workforce in the metropolitan region as a whole, authors said. For one, participating firms were more likely to employ women. Furthermore, some employers did not include information by race when reporting salary information. Because the data was made anonymous before researchers received it, they were unable to identify which companies failed to supply the information or follow up with them. This problem affected 7 percent of
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the salary data. Because of that, the report authors said they could not with confidence include any findings on the racial breakdown of gender-based wage gaps. Pressley said that while numbers are useful because they allow people to be held accountable, it was unlikely the racial wage gap data would reflect anything not already known. Even with data missing, the BWWC report represents an important step in maintaining attention on disparities and encouraging company participation in solutions, she said.
Racial wage gap
In Massachusetts as a whole, women overall earned 19 cents less for every dollar that men earned, according to information presented during an event convened in October 2015 by the state Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, in conjunction with the state Caucus of Women Legislators. For women of color, the disparity is even more egregious: black women in the state earned 39 cents per every dollar, and Latinas received half of what men did, said presenters at the 2015 event. Various factors push Latinas — who often are the main, or sole, breadwinner for multigenerational families — into traditionally lower-wage jobs. “It’s incredibly demoralizing not to receive equal pay for equal work,” Pressley said. She noted that on average, a black woman would have to work 66 years to earn the same amount that a white male counterpart made in 40 years. That racial wage gap is a high priority in 2017 for both the Boston Women’s Workforce Council and Walsh, the report stated. Survey tools will be adjusted so that entering race wage data will be a required field in the next data gathering cycle, Costello said.
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Boston Women’s Workforce Council co-chair Evelyn Murphy speaks at the release of the Gender Wage Gap Report.
Racial job disparities
Also of significance: representation of women in different levels of the workforce and in high-paying careers. Report authors noted that fewer women, and even fewer women of color, are found at upper level positions. Researchers categorized careers into four types: executive and midlevel; professional; technicians, administrative and sales; and operatives, craft workers, service workers and laborers, and helpers. According to both Greater Boston workforce data and findings from the sample study, black women were more likely to hold jobs as laborers, service or crafts workers, or helpers or occupy positions in tech, admin or sales roles. They accounted for 6 to 13 percent of the latter group, and 10 to 16 percent of the former, according to the two data sets. Meanwhile, Latinas were most represented in the category of operatives, crafts or service workers, helpers and laborers, comprising 7 to 8 percent of such workers. Latinas also comprised 5 to 8 percent of technicians, admins and sales workers. Asian women were most likely to hold professional careers, constituting about 6 to 7 percent of those employed in such positions. Compared to men of the same race, black women were more likely to hold tech, admin and sales positions, as well as professional
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Steps to solution
Based on a September 2016 conference with approximately 200 business and nonprofit leaders, the BWWC outlined best practice proposals for reducing gender wage gaps. Among these: companies should ensure that initiatives produce tangible results by setting clear goals with internal consequences for failing to meet them. Ensuring that more women are hired and that more women are promoted go hand-in-hand, the report stated. The former creates a greater pool of talented female candidates from which to choose when selecting for promotions, while the latter may help retain women by demonstrating that there are viable career futures at the company. To bolster this, conference attendees recommended CEOs implement a policy of considering a diverse group of applicants for every position and to continually work to identify barriers to greater diversity. Also important: transparency on pay, as well as what the employers look for when awarding performance-based pay (men tend to take home higher bonuses), salary negotiation workshops for any gender, and presentation of flexible hours as a benefit valuable for more than just working parents. For instance, those caring for elderly family members might use it. A company must go beyond simply providing the option of flexible hours to ensure the corporate culture does not stigmatize actually using that benefit, Costello said.
Year ahead
Moving forward, the BWWC aims to recruit more companies that pledge to address the gap and to disclose wage data, Costello said. Her goal: gather data on 20 to 25 percent of the workforce. The report’s release already has prompted companies to query about joining, she said. Additionally, BWWC seeks to gather information about the level of representation of women in different industries. Boston University’s Hariri Institute for Computing will partner with BWWC to lend greater analysis capabilities. Azer Bestavros, founding director of the Hariri Institute, said in a statement that he hopes that together, the partners will be able to collaborate on identifying the root causes of pay gaps and assess the impact of various mitigation practices.
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Many spoke of the importance of flexible pathways to graduation. For BPS Superintendent Chang, this means high schools with a broad menu of educational models from which students can select, including competency-based programs in which students are graded on completion of a project or based on meeting some standard, but not on attendance. For Bunker Hill’s Eddinger this can mean providing a variety of pathways to completion and opening opportunities for accruing credits. Dual enrollment — in which high school students can earn college credits — can significantly increases likelihood of degree completion, Eddinger said, with those entering college with more than 15 credits two to three times more likely to earn a degree. Another idea: acknowledging out-ofclassroom learning. For instance, a significant number of Roxbury Community College students work part-time. If a student’s job teaches them skills they would otherwise be learning via a class, there could be a way to assess and credit that, Roberson said. Eddinger also said life struggles such as homelessness can be regarded not just as tragic circumstances but as evidence of the student’s grit and fortitude. Another way to recognize the value of life experiences is on transcripts. A traditional transcript — limited to just class names and grades — captures too narrow a slice of a student’s merits, Chang said. Instead, he proposed a model similar to a resume or LinkedIn page. This could acknowledge skills a student possessed prior to enrollment, such as multilingualism, Eddinger added. Currently a transcript only reflects language skills if the student formally studied it in class. This new model of transcript also could reflect experiences such as homelessness, she said.
Acknowledging the value in students’ diverse backgrounds also helps create a culturally welcoming environment, which can contribute to student retention, Eddinger said. Ben Franklin Institute’s Benoit described the success of emphasizing transitional support, such as tutoring, advising on study skills and self-advocacy as a student, and offering “success seminars.” Initially these seminars only were offered to students in developmental courses, but since have been expanded to all, he said.
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Chang spoke of the importance of project-based learning that more reflects workplace responsibilities rather than test-taking. Eddinger similarly noted the value and motivational power of assigning hands-on projects that give back to the community. Tying curricula clearly to a career opportunity —along with providing plenty of support — helps motivate students, Ben Franklin’s Benoit said. But achieving this also will require strong employer involvement. Chang said that industries need to partner with schools to advise on the kinds of skills students should be learning and provide relevant environments and experiences. Given how rapidly professional fields and technology change, BPS is not always capable of keeping up and not always aware of what is needed, Chang said. Given expectations that public education resources may become scarce, Benoit said that employers will need to provide both intellectual and financial investment to make programs successful at meeting
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the private sectors’ high demand for workers. Benoit also called for moving past the definition of success as attainment a four-year liberal arts degree to acknowledge the value of a STEM associates degree. For those who find it a better fit, that path can lead to well-paying jobs and financial security that opens up other opportunities — including, if the individual so chooses, getting a liberal arts degree, he said. “We run out of students before we run out of job offers,” Benoit said, stating that his goal for the
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One critical barrier to student success: life challenges they face outside of the classroom securing food, clothing, transportation and housing. “Most students quit or drop out not because they can’t do the work,” Eddinger said. “It’s because they don’t have enough food to eat, or they can’t afford the T pass. … Sometimes the decision is between, do I pay my light bill or do
I buy that pass [to get to school]?” Many community college students also work and so are unable to dedicate the time to complete a degree in fewer than six years, she said. Bunker Hill tries to help students address their basic needs by fundraising for food, Eddinger said. But Benoit said that while colleges strive to help in these ways, nonprofits and other organizations are better set up to provide such aid. As such, it is important to raise those organizations’ awareness of the negative educational impact caused by lack of basic necessities.
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Boston celebrates Martin Luther King Day City events include breakfasts, concerts, community service-a-thon It was 47 years ago that two black Boston churches, Union United Methodist Church and St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church commemorated fallen civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a breakfast aimed at bringing together people of all faiths and races in what was then a divided city. From that first breakfast, which came a full 14 years before King’s birthday was recognized as a federal holiday, Bostonians have embraced King’s legacy with an increasing number of commemorations, including prayer services, lectures and concerts. The following is a listing of commemorative events that will be held in Boston next week.
The 47th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast
The 47th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast is Boston’s premier event dedicated to the memory of King. It also is the nation’s longest-running King commemoration. The breakfast features speeches, food and live music, and is attended by a diverse
gathering of civic, community and religious leaders from across Massachusetts. This year’s speaker will be Callie Crossley, commentator and TV/ radio host. Crossley was a producer for Blackside Inc.’s “Eyes On The Prize: America’s Civil Right Years,” and was a former producer for ABC News 20/20. She is a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, who guest lectures at colleges about politics and media literacy. Event proceeds fund student scholarships and community programs sponsored by St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church and Union United Methodist Church. Time: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Date: Monday Jan. 16, 2017 Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center at 415 Summer Street, Boston Price: $50/person now until Jan. 15; $55/person at the door Tickets can be obtained from Rudelle Fenty at (617) 445-7282 or at https://www. eventbrite.com/e/47 th-annual-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-breakfast-2017-tickets-29662064032?aff=erelexpmlt
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Participants in the 24th annual Martin Luther King Breakfast, hosted by the Union United Church and St. Cyprians Episcopal Church sing in this Banner file photo.
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Randall Keith Horton , former Bostonian and the world’s leading expert on Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music, will conduct selections
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In addition to selections from Ellington’s Sacred Music, Marvin Gaye’s powerful version of the Star Spangled Banner, sung at the 1983 NBA All Star Game, will be remembered. There will be a number of student selections performed as well as remarks by local playwright Kirsten Greenidge, whose plays “Milk Like Sugar” and “Baltimore” have been recent hits on Boston stages. “Thanks to Randall Keith Horton, our Boston University staff and students not only have been introduced to Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music, we have been immersed in the actual hopes, dreams and history behind Ellington’s pioneering compositions,” said Victor Coelho, professor of music and chair of musicology & ethnomusicology. “Mr. Horton was Duke Ellington’s assistant composer, conductor and piano player. He sat knee to knee with Ellington and traveled briefly with the band. He was commissioned by Ellington’s son Mercer to write the only full-length concerto grosso of Ellington’s opus work ‘Black, Brown
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For additional information on Horton and the American Music television series, please go to www. randallkeithhorton.com and www. americanmusictv.org respectively. For additional information, please visit www.bu.edu/dos. Time: 2 p.m. Date: Monday Jan. 16, 2017 Location: Boston University Metcalf Hall in the George Sherman Union; 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
continued from page 8 & Beige’, and by Ellington’s sister Ruth to concertize and perform her brother’s Sacred Concerts.” “As the world’s leading expert on Ellington’s Sacred Music, he is uniquely qualified to bring the music and its healing message to life with his first hand experiences with Ellington and the stories behind the music. It has been a privilege to work with him and hear him perform such an important piece of Ellington’s musical legacy.” According to Katherine Kennedy, director for the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, “To have an expert of Mr. Horton’s stature share Duke Ellington’s Sacred Music and its message of love, tolerance and healing, pays a timely and meaningful tribute to the legacies of Duke Ellington, Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Howard Thurman — men who dedicated their lives to creating meaningful, shared experiences with the power to break down the barriers that separate people.” Horton overcame adversity, growing up in the Roxbury/ Dorchester section of Boston, to become a musical scholar, composer, conductor and historian. From his early work with musical greats Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves, Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five,
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Martin Luther King Jr. Horton soon found his greatest fulfillment, championing the Sacred Music of Duke Ellington and sharing his love of music as a knowledgeable historian. He created and hosts the American Music television series on PBS affiliate KRCB-TV and CUNY-TV to highlight the accomplishments of American musicians, composers and scholars. He serves as special
advisor to The H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College and the Associated Scholar American Music Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. Horton continues to support the works of late folk singer/songwriter Kate Wolf, and for more than 30 years, has championed the pioneering Sacred Music of Duke Ellington.
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Hamilton actor Nik Walker to sing alongside BCC youth Mayor Martin J. Walsh will welcome guests to Boston Children’s Chorus’ 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Concert: “How I Got Over.” Nik Walker, a member of the ensemble and an understudy in Hamilton on Broadway, will narrate and sing, accompanied by BCC singers. The concert will be conducted by Anthony Trecek-King, BCC artistic director and president. “We are honored to have Mayor Walsh in attendance to introduce this signature Boston event and our chorus’ longest-running annual concert,” said BCC Managing Director Celeste Wilson. “And having Boston local and professional Broadway performer Nik Walker rehearse and perform alongside our young singers has been an amazing opportunity for our students.” Before King gave his now-famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington, the legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson performed the song “How I Got Over.” Trecek-King said, “We hope BCC’s performance of this song on January 16th — in addition to the rest of the program — can likewise inspire those watching to persevere through difficult times. In opening ourselves up to the experiences of others, and in sharing their vulnerabilities, their joys and pains, we open ourselves up to the possibility of a more just and equitable future.” “We chose this year’s pieces based on conversations we’re already having with our BCC students,” added Trecek-King. “What are they thinking about? What issues can we highlight through our music that have both historical significance and relevance for audiences in 2017?” Time: 7 p.m. Date: Monday Jan. 16, 2017 Location: Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston
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To celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will open its doors for a free day of community-building activities, art-making projects and performances around social justice and healing. Throughout the day, the museum will come alive with movement and performances. Leslie Salmon Jones and Jeff Jones of Afro Flow Yoga will lead programs around music, movement and reflection, inspired by King. Marsha Parrilla, of Danza Organica, will present Running in Stillness, a
dance theater suite based on the impact of mass incarceration on women and their families. Local artist and community activist Ifé Franklin will offer art-making activities in the museum’s Bertucci Education Studio. Parrilla is one of several local artistic influencers who are taking part in a new museum initiative called the Neighborhood Salon, a quarterly gathering of Boston’s select cultural leaders, music and arts leaders and tastemakers whose work and/or agency impacts and inspires the creative, educational, social and political landscape of Roxbury, Mission Hill, Fenway and Greater Boston. Modeled after Isabella Stewart Gardner’s legacy as a curator and hostess of artist salons around the turn of the century, the primary goal of the Neighborhood Salon is to exchange creative ideas and dialogue with Boston’s most innovative and thoughtful luminaries as a means of informing Community Engagement programming at the Gardner. Free admission will be available at the museum entrance on Monday, January 18 starting at 11 a.m., on a first-come, first-served basis. To ensure everyone’s experience at the museum is pleasant, entry is timed every 30 minutes beginning at 11 a.m., with the last entry at 4 p.m. Admission includes access to the entire museum, including special exhibitions. Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Date: Monday Jan. 16, 2017 Location: Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston Price: Free
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert
Join Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, the Museum of African American History, and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra for the city’s annual tribute to King. Distinguished leaders will evoke the power and the promise of the civil rights hero’s words, and commemorate historical milestones. Conductor Marta Zarud will lead student musicians from BYSO’s Intensive Community Program in a moving array of classical music, spirituals and freedom songs. The day’s festivities culminate with the traditional audience sing-a-long. Time: 1 p.m. Date: Monday Jan. 16, 2017 Location: Fanueil Hall, 4 South Market Building, 5th Floor, Boston Price: Free
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2017
For MLK Day 2017, Boston Cares has created opportunities for 750 volunteers to support Boston youth through STEM education tools and beds for kids in need. Six-hundred and fifty MLK Day volunteers will create “make your own robot kits,” engineering kits, science-themed murals, math games and math flash cards for Boston Public Schools, providing classrooms with exciting tools for learning. Additionally, 100 volunteers will join us in launching our new twin bed design, for children who do not have a bed of their own. Volunteers will select a STEM tool activity station based on age and interest, with an additional
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continued from page 10 station for our youngest volunteers to decorate bookmarks. There is a project for all ages. Completed STEM tools will be distributed to Boston Public Schools, and beds will be distributed to agency partners serving low-income and homeless families in the community. This is a flexible and family-friendly event. Children as young as 5 and their families are welcome to attend. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Sign up at https://www.bostoncares. org/ The location is T accessible by taking the Green Line E train to Longwood Medical Area. Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Date: Monday Jan. 16, 2017 Location: Boston Latin School, 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
Roxbury Y 9th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Business and Community Breakfast
Politicians, business and community leaders will kick off the long weekend by honoring the work of the YMCA of Greater Boston’s Roxbury Y during the 9th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Business and Community Breakfast, Friday, Jan. 13. The event aims to raise $20,000 to support programs at the Roxbury Y while remembering King’s legacy and values. The breakfast will consist of an
awards ceremony honoring two outstanding community leaders. The “Keeper of the Dream Community Service Award” will be presented to Curtis “Bruno” Harris, a fundraiser and volunteer water aerobics instructor at the Roxbury Y, for his tireless commitment to the seniors and young people of the Roxbury YMCA. The “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Corporate Leadership Award” will be presented to The Boston Red Sox and the Boston Area Church League for their partnership and resource for the young people and families of the Roxbury YMCA. James Morton, YMCA of Greater Boston CEO and president, will kick off the weekend with a speech at the breakfast. On the Martin Luther King Day holiday, teens from the Roxbury Y Teen Program will be using their day off to lead a Day of Service doing community service projects to strengthen the Warren Avenue and MLK Jr. Blvd footprint of the Roxbury community. Morton will join the teens and local organizations for the volunteer work. For more information call 617 427-5300. Breakfast and speech Time: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Date: Friday Jan. 13, 2017 Location: Roxbury Y, 2 85 Martin Luther King Blvd., Roxbury Day of Service Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Date: Monday Jan. 16, 2017
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Cambridge Peace Commission 2017 Martin Luther King Day Commemoration
Join the City of Cambridge to celebrate and remember the life and work of King. Community members will gather to hear readings from King’s words calling for peace, justice and transformation, music by Véronique Epiter and Christina DeVaughn, and remarks by Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts’ 5th Congressional District. Congresswoman Clark has been a vocal advocate for ending wage discrimination; protecting health care; providing access to affordable, high-quality child care and paid family leave; creating safer schools and enacting other reforms to address the challenges women and families face. The event will include a celebration of King’s life and work for peace, justice and transformation and an informal lunch and community gathering. It is open to all and wheelchair-accessible. The Many Helping Hands MLK Day of Service will take place immediately following it. elebration of King’s C life and work Time: 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Lunch and Gathering Time: 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Date: Monday Jan. 16, 2017 Location: the undercroft (basement) of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 838 Mass Ave, Cambridge Price: Free
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There are few things more comforting than a mother’s touch — whether it’s a homemade meal, a note in your lunchbox, or a buttery moisturizer. Bernette Dawson, mother of two, sells handcrafted organic, grooming products using only fair trade ingredients through her business, Made Organics, LLC. The “made” stands for Mother Approved Daily Essentials, which is organized as a limited liability corporation. With items like white mint cocoa whipped butter or cold-pressed argan oil, Dawson creates simple, but luxurious beauty staples that everyone and anyone can use. Formally Lady B Naturals, Made Organics began as a home experiment. During one of Boston’s harsh winters, Dawson set out to make a soothing, safe and all-natural skin remedy for her son. She spent about three years researching and working in her kitchen, trying out different ingredients and recipes. “When I found something that worked, I used it for myself and my sons,” said Dawson. Friends and family were soon clamoring to try Dawson’s creations, and one friend even asked her to include one of her creams in a gift basket she was giving away at an event. “At that point, if I wanted to put this product in this basket and people liked it, I wanted them to be able to go to a website and order more if they wanted,” said Dawson.
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In 2015, when the company started out with the name Lady B Naturals, Dawson was selected as a cohort for Babson’s College’s WIN Lab accelerator program.
I don’t know why but Made has to be in the title of our new brand. … The dialogue in our house has changed and it’s for the better. Our kids have picked up on the entrepreneurship and business language.” — Bernette Dawson, founder Made Organics
The program is open to Babson College students and alumni, with only a couple spots given to Boston-based female entrepreneurs via a partnership with the City of Boston’s Women on Main Initiative. Dawson recalls a pivotal moment during a pitching session with a live audience and a panel of judges. One of the judges was brutally honest. “She said, ‘I love your product and story, I hate your brand’”, said Dawson. She was undeterred, however, and gained invaluable advice from the critical judge. “After the pitch, I pulled her aside and asked her what I could do better,” said Dawson. “She said ‘Lady B Naturals is not you. Tell your story.’” Hardly unable to sleep, Dawson thought about what the judge said for the rest of the night and woke up the next morning with a new idea. “I don’t know why but Made has to be in the title of our new brand,” Dawson told her husband Abdul, who she considers her business partner. A focus group on Facebook with 60 friends and family helped the Dawsons decide on Made Organics, and the new company was born.
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In May 2016, Made Organics won the Center for Women and Enterprise pitch competition, and in December 2016, won “Favorite Product” at Mass Innovation Night.
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Although legally a sole proprietorship, Made Organics is a family-led company with Abdul directing the marketing and branding, and even her young sons pitching ideas. “The dialogue in our house has changed and it’s for the better,” said Dawson. “Our kids have picked up on the entrepreneurship
and business language.” Ameir, who is 10, regularly comes up with ideas for holiday promotions and sales and 5-year-old Zion has his own venture that involves buying and reselling toys. So far, he’s only at the buying toys stage. The company makes sales online and at pop-up shops. According to Dawson, they have been located at On the Dot Books in Dorchester for the past six months. Combined sales approached $20,000 last year, said Dawson. Made Organics has recently diversified their product offerings, including a men’s line that features an aftershave and face oil which also doubles as a beard oil. Many of the brand’s items work as multi-tasking products like the whipped butter moisturizer that can be used for hair, body, face and feet. In the spring, Dawson intends to raise money to launch a new children’s line that includes a toxin-free detergent that can be used to wash baby clothes, and a headto-toe body wash.
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Searching for identity Emerson debuts new gallery, poignant show By CELINA COLBY
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‘grotesques’ explores the art of cultural myths By CELINA COLBY
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hrough February 11, the Hamill Gallery of Tribal Art in Roxbury is exhibiting “Grotesques,” an installation of masks and figural representations. Used over centuries in the ceremonies of African tribes, each piece carries a specific story. The figures reside on white block pedestals, some of which lie against the walls while others are scattered through the central gallery space. This encourages visitors to walk among them, fully examining each piece in the round and interacting with it, much as they may have at the time of its creation. These works weren’t just decorative pieces in their
heyday, but integral, active components of daily life. “Fetish Panel 1,” native to the Ijo people, depicts three figures seated on a carved throne. The central figure is the leader, wearing an elaborate headdress with his hands reaching out in two fists, a power pose. His companions flank him with slightly less aggressive postures and facial expressions. A “fetish” statute was the equivalent of a Christian icon, a spiritual talisman. Many of the Ijo tribes believed that these objects acquired their power as they were made, through ritualistic carving and consecration materials like horns, shells, feathers,
Above, Guere Mask from the “Grotesques” exhibit at the Hamill Gallery of Tribal Art. PHOTO: COURTESY HAMILL GALLERY
cloth and metal. You can see a piece of cloth still tied around the central figure’s head, with another draped over the laps of all three. The leader’s headdress features carved feathers that were perhaps once embellished with the real thing. This idea of infusing a physical object with spiritual meaning through artistry is a timeless reflection on art making as a whole. The creation of the work is
See ‘GROTESQUES,’ page 19
On October 21, 2016, Emerson College opened the doors to its first publicly accessible art space, the Emerson Urban Arts: Media Gallery. Located on Avery Street near the Paramount Theatre, the gallery is the only art gallery in the area bounded by Boston Common, Downtown Crossing and the theater district. It offers four to six exhibitions a year and is open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 2-7 p.m. while school is in session. The new space allows Joseph Ketner, Emerson’s curator and Henry and Lois Foster Chair of Contemporary Art, to exhibit much larger artworks than before. Ketner describes the venue’s twostory entrance as a perfect spot for the large-scale media artists he’s been courting. “Because of the physical nature of the space, we’re able to produce much more robust productions,” he says. “The premise of the gallery is to emphasize performance and new media in the contemporary art spectrum.”
Student art
Currently the gallery is exhibiting the student-curated show, “NO ONE will tell me who I am.” In Ketner’s contemporary art class, the students visit over 100 artists in graduate studios throughout the city. They select the most enigmatic of these to be in the show, curate the installation and put together the editorial materials for it. “NO ONE” features 11 artists and centers on the theme of “cultural self.” Ketner says, “A lot of these folks are trying to come to terms with a multi-ethnic identity.” Needa Mulla, an artist working in a Tufts University master’s program, came to the United States because she was forbidden from creating cut metal work in Saudi Arabia. She uses her time in the welding shop not only to create artwork but also to prove that women are just as capable of physical work as men. She draws inspiration from her Islamic historical heritage to make textures and patterns that differentiate the layers of metal in her installations. In this way she’s both embracing
See EMERSON, page 19
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Raucous comedy ‘Hand to God’ on stage through Feb. 4 By SUSAN SACCOCCIA
Starting with Adam and Eve, humans have pointed to forces beyond themselves to dodge responsibility when things go wrong. We shift blame, if not to a serpent then perhaps to a dominating parent — but to a talking sock? Devilish sock puppet Tyrone taunts and tempts his five human companions into mayhem in the raucous, adult-only comedy by Robert Askins entitled “Hand to God.” The SpeakEasy Stage
Company is presenting its New England premiere through February 4 in the Virginia Wimberly Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. Playwright Askins, 36, until recently also a Brooklyn bartender, sets his play in his own hometown, Cypress, a suburb of Houston, and aside from its demon puppet, draws some of the plot from his own early life.
for help and understanding from his mother, Margery. But she is preoccupied with her own grief, which she buries in her puppet ministry. Jason helps her with the puppet show practice, which they hold in the basement of their church. But he is disturbed to find that his own puppet, Tyrone, has taken on a nasty life of its own. A truth-spewing demon, Tyrone voices the hidden thoughts and desires of others, and with slander, lies and innuendos, preys on their fears and pain, provoking ill will and chaos.
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Jason, a sweet-natured but desperately unhappy teenager whose father has just died, longs
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Local actors
Directed by David R. Gammons, the Speakeasy production is a showcase of local talent that radiates the joy of ensemble acting. We enjoy watching these actors go about creating roles that brim with humanity. The cast of five makes us care about these characters and see ourselves within them. Even the satanic Tyrone gains a moment of sympathy. It turns out that he, too, can be vulnerable and succumb to desires, seduced by a female puppet animated by Jessica, who helps her friend Jason loosen Tyrone’s grip. Eliott Purcell gives a sensational performance in the dual roles of raspy-voiced trickster Tyrone, and Jason, who longs for consolation and laments, “I don’t want to be bad.” A versatile actor who is a member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Marianna Bassham plays Margery, convincingly rendering both her quiet hysteria and volcanic release. Lewis D. Wheeler plays Pastor Greg, at first dorky and sanctimonious, with a squeaky Texas accent, and later as a steadfast man in a crisis. Josephine Elwood is a natural as Jessica, a sensible girl who is sweet on Jason. As bad boy-man Timothy, Dario Ladani Sanchez gives his character’s feeling for Margery a poignant touch of sincerity. Puppet cast members are Tyrone, and briefly, the seductive Jolene, handled by Elwood. Demonstrating the intimate power of puppetry, the actors gained guidance from Roxanna Myhrum, artistic director of Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, and Jonathan Little, who crafted the sock puppets.
Well designed
The staging is part of the fun, with expressive sets and props by Cristina Todesco; costumes
by Gail Astrid Buckley that underscore personalities; and shape-shifting lighting by Jeff Adelberg that combines with the sets to turn a crayon-colored children’s playroom into a candle-lit demons’ den. In fact, the magic begins with the sets. A red curtain within a frame creates a stage within a stage, inviting the audience into a show-and-tell that mingles the familiar — a benign gathering in a neighborhood church — with the strange — a puppet that takes on a life of its own and prompts humans to let loose with their darker urges. Surrounding both sides of the curtained stage is scaffolding that allows actors to scale up to a second level and simultaneously perform two scenes or instantly switch back or forward in time. The exposed scaffolding also suits the truth-seeking thrust of the play, which shows people as works-in-progress, baring their bodies and souls.
Suspense
The production’s humor reaches right down to the props. As the bond between Jason and Tyrone grows, boy and puppet both sport similar flannel shirts and spiked hair. Discovering her inner turmoil, Margery dumps out the scraps of paper she had just picked up in a fit of manic tidiness. Prepared to perform an exorcism, Pastor Greg heads out armed with his crucifix, Bible and Mac laptop. Running two hours with an intermission, this fast-moving production features lots of physical comedy. Its delirious peaks include two dance-like duets that lock actors in mutual seduction — one between humans, another between puppets. Early in the play, with a weary “Okay,” the unhappy and confused Jason yields his will to Tyrone, who sets all kinds of mayhem in motion. The spell cast by the actors generates real suspense: Will any of these characters be harmed? Will good or evil prevail? Jason finds that releasing Tyrone’s grip is devilishly hard to do. Taunting him, Tyrone says, “Did you think it was going to be easy?”
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Tyrone and Jason (Eliott Purcell) and Pastor Greg (Lewis D. Wheeler) in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of “Hand to God.”
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her background and pushing back against its constraints. Will Van Beckum, also a Tufts student, creates images by layering tourist photographs downloaded from a geotagged location on Instagram. Once layered, he blends them together so that they create one filtered image out of many. The result is a narrow, outsider view of a vast, natural space. Not only does this comment on the use of social media to show only the bright and good in our lives, it shows that the outsider view is never the full picture. This particularly speaks to the United States in this time of increased xenophobia. “NO ONE” will resume walk-in hours on January 18, when Emerson reopens from winter break. Ketner hopes that the street-accessible new gallery will bring this powerful show to many more eyes than the on-campus art spaces. He says, “All of these people came from different places on the planet, and how they reconcile where they came from and where are now is the really gripping part of the show.”
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equally as important, to its maker and its viewers, as they end result. The “Barong Mask” from Bali, Indonesia aptly lives up to the exhibition name. It features a bright red face with horns, red eyes, a flared nose and giant bucked teeth flanked by tusks. This particular version has black feathers and hair tumbling down from the mask. Many pieces in the exhibition have this kind of hair or beard. What’s intriguing is that this demon-like creature is a good guy. In Indonesian lore, he’s the king of the spirits, and the enemy of the demon queen Rangda. The battle between Barong and Rangda, often depicted in dance, represents the eternal struggle between good and evil. This impulse to reenact good triumphing evil speaks to a human need for comfort and control. Another, slightly less grotesque, Barong mask is displayed for comparison. Though this one maintains the same physical attributes, the mask appears to be wearing a kind of crown painted with rich gold, red and blue hues. The painting utilizes different patterns and textures as well. “Grotesques” is a fascinating dive into the stories of ancient African cultures. Both the symbolism and delicate crafting of each piece reveal a human need to confront our fears and champion our heroes, however many horns they may have.
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will further tenderize the leaves as you massage them. Squeeze, twist, pull, rip and otherwise traumatize the kale; it will wilt down to a fraction of its former size.
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here are many who purport to be sick of kale — its popularity as much as the vegetable itself. If you search the web for negative phrases that include “kale,” you’ll find an astounding array of sites devoted to complaining about this leafy green. I get it. Kale has become the “it” food, the supposed cure to every ailment and nutritional deficiency one could suffer, a mainstay of every trendy field-to-fork menu, and many have taken their public displays of affection for kale to absurd lengths. Kale is the Justin Bieber of vegetables, and the people who sing its praises are as annoying as his fans. But the fact that many have elevated their love of kale to such levels doesn’t make it any less of a source of fiber, vitamins, anti-oxidants, flavonoids and other important goodies. Despite its virtues, those who love kale can find themselves running low on ways to prepare it. If that’s you, I have some suggestions that will help bring the magic back to your relationship with delicious kale.
Raw kale
The frosty air of autumn brings out extra sweetness in kale leaves, which makes consuming it raw more of an option. Raw kale is even better for you than cooked kale, as cooking will denature some of the enzymes and delicate biomolecules. It’s also a good time to stockpile kale for the freezer, as the farmers markets tend to end long before
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To bring out kale’s sweetness, massage the greens before using them in dishes like this Golden Beet and Kale Salad. the kale crop turns in for the winter. So if you know any farmers that might have some kale in the field, call them up, make a deal, and stock the fridge and freezer (frozen kale should be blanched first). Then, follow these instructions. The first recipe is more of a technique, a method of softening kale and unlocking its sweetness without cooking it. A wrenching workover that will leave the kale tender and broken. This tough love will break the cell walls and release enzymes that will further soften the kale’s many fibers, while chopping its starch chains into sugars. The result is raw kale that looks and tastes cooked, but since the kale is not heated, those enzymes will still be alive when you eat the kale, and will function as digestive aids. Any kale will work, and there are many varieties to choose from these days. Curly green kale is my go-to variety, but black kale – aka dino, aka Tuscan, aka Lacinato kale – will work as well. Wash the kale and shake it dry or use a spinner. Pull the leafy material off of each stalk, and put the spineless leaves in a big mixing bowl. Add a ¼ teaspoon salt and half a lime’s worth of juice per bunch. The salt and acid
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There are many different directions you can take your massaged kale. They will mix gracefully with lettuce leaves, quinoa grains, jet-lagged tomatoes, or whatever else you pair them with. My favorite way to prepare massaged kale is add ¼ cup olive oil per bunch, and grated or pressed garlic — a clove or so per bunch. Toss the salad with olives and cheese — either grated Parmesan or crumbled feta. Top with a handful of toasted pumpkin seeds. If you want to get extra fancy, toss in thin slices of blood orange, peel and all. The bitterness of the peel bridges the flavors of the bittersweet orange and the bitter kale, while providing a juicy, colorful contrast.
Golden Beet and Kale Salad
The next recipe is the ubiquitous golden beet and kale salad. If using fresh kale, massage as above. If using frozen kale, allow some to thaw. Chop the kale as coarsely or thinly as you like. For each bunch of kale, make a dressing of 2 tablespoons each of tahini, soy sauce and cider vinegar. Stir it all together, adding two tablespoons of hot water if necessary to soften the tahini. Grate 1-2 medium golden beets per bunch of kale, and a medium carrot. Press or mince 1-2 cloves of garlic. A tablespoon of oregano, optional, adds an herbal contrast that works surprisingly well. Toss it all together and marinate for at least 15 minutes.
Ari LeVaux writes Flash in the Pan, a syndicated weekly food column that’s appeared in more than 50 newspapers in 25 states. Ari lives in Montana and New Mexico and can be reached at flash@flashinthepan.net. Kale photo: PIXABAY
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continued from page 1 the presence of Latinos in decision-making positions in nonprofits and government. GBLN also is planning a January 15 “counter-inaugural event” at the Boston Public Library and will release a report on the status of Latino-led organizations as part of its efforts to support them. While the organization continues to collect data on Latino-led organizations, members say they likely will conclude that their share of charitable dollars is not commensurate with Latinos’ share of the population in the Greater Boston area. According to a 2011 report, Latino-led organizations receive just 1 percent of all charitable dollars donated in the United States. In Boston, the majority of charitable dollars here traditionally have gone to universities, hospitals, museums and other major institutions, while funding for community-based nonprofits has declined in recent years. The funding struggle has GBLN members concerned. “There are very unique services and attributes that Latino-led organizations have that other organizations don’t have,” said Marta Rivera, coordinator of the Greater Boston Latino Network. “We’re looking at how we can better help sustain these organizations.” For one, Latino organizations tend to provide a wide range of services, while foundations have moved toward funding a narrower range of programs. “We’re multiservice organizations,” said GBLN member Alex Oliver-Davila, executive director of Sociedad Latina, which provides educational and arts programing
for teens. “In the Latino community, there are so many issues, you can’t work on just one. There’s no way a young person is going to perform academically if their family’s needs aren’t being met.” Many local foundations that traditionally have funded youth program areas including civic engagement and youth organizing have shifted their focus to college preparation, a development that has made the funding environment more challenging for Latino-led organizations that service teens, says GBLN member Celina Miranda, executive director of the Hyde Square Task Force. “Youth development on the whole has been more difficult to get funding for,” she said. While the Task Force and other youth groups include educational enrichment services and offer students assistance with the college application process, Miranda says the skills teens learn in their arts programs also are critically important. “It’s where teens get the opportunity to build their soft skills,” she said. These are the sorts of abilities students build in Latino community-based organizations — communication, team work, collaboration — are valued in the working world, Miranda notes. “They’re critical to being successful in the workforce.” Miranda says the enrichment services many Latino-led organizations traditionally have provided remain sorely needed, despite the apparent indifference of many funders. “It’s really about closing the opportunity gap,” she said. “Parents in the suburbs piece all this together. They’re able to pay for different programs. We’re trying to provide the same thing for
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further sign of support: Senate President Rosenberg has pledged to examine shortfalls in the state’s mechanisms for budgeting school aid and make reforms. At present, the nature and shape of these reforms remain unclear, Wilson told the Banner. Chang-Diaz said the energy for change is not limited to the Senate: the Foundation Budget Review Commission was a bipartisan
group that included both House and Senate members. And there has been broad, cross-state support from stakeholders such as parents and school superintendents, as well as economists, she said. “All the advice we’ve been getting from leading economists is that at the state level, what we need to be doing to steward our economy for the future is to invest in education and infrastructure,” Chang-Diaz said. “Those are at the top of the list for Massachusetts to thrive and grow.” Mary Battenfeld, member of
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the Citywide Parent Council and the parent group Quality Education for Every Student, said the defeat of Question 2 sends a strong message that Massachusetts residents want greater investment in traditional public schools. “The defeat of Question 2 should be strong demonstration to the commonwealth that people want strong public schools, believe in them and want them to be supported,” Battenfeld told the Banner. “That should be a message lawmakers should hear and use to add more money to
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education and make the foundation budget formula fairer.”
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expansion raised outcry against aspects of the bill, and it stalled in the House. The Senate again tried to implement FBRC recommendations by embedding them in their budget proposal. Despite the defeats, ChangDiaz says these prior attempts bode well for the coming session. “It is a demonstration of appetite that the [foundation budget increase] did pass twice in the Senate,” she told the Banner. “I think many others view that as a positive indicator instead of a negative.”
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On two previous occasions, the Senate sought to take up the FBRC’s recommendations. In March of 2016 senators passed the Restoring Investment in Student Education Act, or RISE Act, a compromise bill that included FBRC proposals. The bill paired a charter cap lift with significantly higher budget assessments for all schools. Both advocates and opponents of charter
BANNER CLASSIFIEDS LEGAL THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – HIGHWAY DIVISION NOTICE OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Project File No. 606318 A Public Information Meeting will be held by MassDOT – Highway Division to discuss the proposed Roadway Improvements along Route 203 from West Selden Street to Gallivan Boulevard in Boston, MA. WHERE:
Mildred Avenue Middle School Auditorium 5 Mildred Avenue, Mattapan, MA 02126
WHEN:
Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 6:00 PM
PURPOSE: The purpose of this public information meeting is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with proposed Roadway Improvements along Route 203 from West Selden Street to Gallivan Boulevard in Boston, MA. All views and comments made at the public information meeting will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible. PROPOSAL: The proposed project consists of improving the safety and efficiency of Route 203 between West Selden Street and Gallivan Boulevard in the City of Boston. A new traffic signal will be introduced at the Morton Street and Gallivan Boulevard intersection along with minor curb-line modifications. Exclusive left turn lanes and protected turning phase will be provided along Route 203 at the West Selden intersection. Traffic signal interconnect will be implemented between Norfolk Street and Gallivan Boulevard. ADA/AAB compliant sidewalks and driveways will be constructed on both sides of Route 203, and designated bicycle lanes will be included within the project limits. A secure right-of-way is necessary for this project. Acquisitions in fee and permanent or temporary easements may be required. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is responsible for acquiring all needed rights in private or public lands. MassDOT’s policy concerning land acquisitions will be discussed at this meeting. Written views received by MassDOT subsequent to the date of this notice and up to five (5) days prior to the date of the meeting shall be displayed for public inspection and copying at the time and date listed above. Plans will be on display one-half hour before the meeting begins, with an engineer in attendance to answer questions regarding this project. A project handout will be made available on the MassDOT website listed below. Written statements and other exhibits in place of, or in addition to, oral statements made at the Public Meeting regarding the proposed undertaking are to be submitted to Patricia A. Leavenworth, P.E., Chief Engineer, MassDOT, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Roadway Project Management Project File No. 606318. Such submissions will also be accepted at the meeting. Mailed statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public hearing transcript must be postmarked within ten (10) business days of this Public Meeting. Project inquiries may be emailed to dot.feedback.highway@ state.ma.us This location is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open or closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT’s Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580), fax (857-368-0602), TTD/TTY (857-368-0603) or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten (10) business days before the meeting. In case of inclement weather, meeting cancellation announcements will be posted on the internet at http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Highway/ THOMAS J. TINLIN HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR
PATRICIA A. LEAVENWORTH, P.E. CHIEF ENGINEER
Boston, Massachusetts LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF ARLINGTON
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MEMORIAL TOWN HALL, 730 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The Town expects to receive approximately $1,000,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for CDBG Program Year 43. There is a HUD requirement that all funded programs must principally benefit persons of low and moderate income; aid in the prevention of slums and blight; or meet other urgent community development needs that pose a threat to the health or welfare of the community. For further information and technical assistance in determining eligibility of proposed programs and in preparing proposals for funding, please contact the Department of Planning and Community Development, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts 02476, at (781) 316-3094. Proposals for the use of funds must be submitted using the Town’s standard CDBG application which can be accessed at www.arlingtonma.gov/cdbg or by contacting the Planning Department at 781-316-3090. Applications must be received by the Department of Planning and Community Development no later than noon on Monday, January 30, 2017.
General Bids will be received until 2:00 PM on Thursday, 26 January 2017 and publicly opened online, forthwith. Filed Sub-bids for the trades listed below will be received until on and publicly opened online, forthwith. SUBTRADES NONE
Adam Chapdelaine Town Manager
General bids and sub-bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates), and made payable to the Brookline Housing Authority.
Diane M. Mahon, Chair Board of Selectmen LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A 382 – ENERGY CONSULTING SERVICES, ALL FACILITIES. The Authority is seeking an energy consultant to support development of Authority-wide energy management services, including but not limited to; energy efficiency and renewable power through the use of third-party financing. The consultant/s shall demonstrate experience in several disciplines including but not limited to energy management services, energy efficiency and renewable power development, including but not limited to solar and wind. The Authority expects to select a single consultant. However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. The consultant shall be issued a contract in an amount not to exceed $250,000. The services shall be authorized on a work order basis. A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on January 11, 2017 on the Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Authority http://www.Authority. com/doing-business/_layouts/CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice, and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs SBrace@Authority.com The Supplemental Information Package will provide detailed information about Scope of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements. In recognition of the unique nature of the project and the services required to support it, the Authority has scheduled a Consultant Briefing to be held on January 19, 2017 at 1:00 PM in the Bid Room at the Capital Programs Department, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128. At this session, an overview of the project will be provided, the services requested by the Authority will be described, and questions will be answered. By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Authority’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.Authority.com. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage. This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on February 20, 2017 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66.
BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (CDBG)
INVITATION TO BID
PUBLIC HEARING
The Brookline Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids from General Building Construction Contractors for the Trustman Community Room Renovations, DHCD #046063 in Brookline, Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Kang Associates, Inc..
Said hearing will be held at 7:15 P.M., MONDAY, February 6, 2017 IN THE SELECTMEN’S MEETING ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ROBBINS
General bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the following category of work, General Building Construction, and must submit a current DCAMM Certificate of Eligibility and signed DCAMM Prime/General Contractor Update Statement (Form CQ 3).
The Selectmen’s Meeting Room is accessible for the mobility impaired. If you require other assistance in obtaining access to the hearing, or to the materials to be presented, please contact the Arlington Commission on Disabilities office at (781) 316-3431 during business hours.
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Pursuant to Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations formulated thereunder, notice is hereby given that the Town of Arlington, acting through the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen, will hold a Public Hearing on the Community Development Block Grant Program. The purpose of this hearing is to receive proposals for funds for our CDBG Program Year 43 (July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018).
THIS PROJECT IS BEING ELECTRONICALLY BID AND HARD COPY BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please review the instructions in the bid documents on how to register as an electronic bidder. The bids are to be prepared and submitted at www.biddocsonline.com. Tutorials and instructions on how to complete the electronic bid documents are available online (click on the “Tutorial” tab at the bottom footer).
The Project consists of: Interior renovations to an existing space in a residential building, to create two offices, a community room, and a kitchen area. The work is estimated to cost $124,000. Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.149 §44A-J & to minimum wage rates as required by M.G.L. c.l49 §§26 to 27H inclusive.
All Bids should be submitted online at www.biddocsonline.com and received no later than the date and time specified above.
Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pick-up at www.biddocsonline.com (may be viewed electronically and hardcopy requested) or at Nashoba Blue, Inc. at 433 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749 (978-568-1167). There is a plan deposit of $50.00 per set (maximum of 2 sets) payable to BidDocs ONLINE Inc. Plan deposits may be electronically paid or by check. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and for one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of general bids. Otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority. Additional sets may be purchased for $50.00 Bidders requesting Contract Documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate check for $40.00 per set for UPS Ground (or $65.00 per set for UPS overnight), non- refundable, payable to the BidDocs ONLINE Inc., to cover mail handling costs. General bidders must agree to contract with minority and women business enterprises as certified by the Supplier Diversity Office (SDO), formerly known as SOMWBA. The combined participation goal reserved for such enterprises shall not be less than 10.4% of the final contract price including accepted alternates. See Contract Documents - Article 3 of the Instructions to Bidders. PRE-BID CONFERENCE / SITE VISIT: Date and Time: Tuesday, 17 January 2017 at 2:30 PM Address: 341 St. Paul Street, lower level, Brookline SITE VISIT BY APPOINTMENT: NONE The Contract Documents may be seen, but not removed at: Brookline Housing Authority 90 Longwood Avenue Brookline, MA 02446 617-277-2022 OR Nashoba Blue Inc. 433 Main Street Hudson, MA 01749 978-568-1167 Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16P2767EA Estate of Elizabeth B. Simmons Also Known As Elizabeth Simmons Date of Death October 28, 2016
INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Edward G. Lloyd of New York, NY a Will has been admitted to informal probate. Edward G. Lloyd of New York, NY has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond. The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU16P1890GD
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In the interests of Blessing Faith Evans-Wiggins of Dorchester, MA Minor NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 08/23/2016 by Wakeelaa D. Evans of Dorchester, MA will be held 03/30/2017 08:30 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at Suffolk Probate Court, 24 New Chardon Street, 02114.
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Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to
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the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to:
File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.
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Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.
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Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.
THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice. Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
Date: December 22, 2016
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