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Elected officials and community residents participate in a groundbreaking ceremony at the new Freedom House building, located at the site of the former Grove Hall Library.
Freedom House marks progress on new bldg. Renovations to be completed by early next year By YAWU MILLER
For Rashid Selman, music has been a lifeline. Through his turbulent middle and high school years, playing his tenor saxophone gave him solace. His passion for music was on display last week at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Freedom House building in Grove Hall. As elected officials and community members gathered behind the former Grove Hall Library, which Freedom House
is renovating, Selman walked up to the podium, riffing on his saxophone. “Music has been my salvation,” he told the gathering. “By the time I got to high school, my grades were also in need of salvation.” For the latter need, Selman turned to the Grove Hall social service agency, which provides educational assistance to Boston teens. Working with coaches from the nonprofit, Selman was able to navigate high school, work through a year at Bunker
Hill Community College and gain acceptance at UMass Lowell, where he plans to major in business management, en route to his dream of becoming a music producer. “Thank you, Freedom House, for honoring me and my passion,” he said. Selman’s success story was meant to illustrate the effectiveness of Freedom House, but the crowd last week didn’t need convincing. The 67-year-old agency has for
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City officials often say that their ability to diversify the police force is limited by the civil service exam and veteran preference. But some critics charge that the Boston Police Department and city have used practices that disproportionately hinder minorities and actively resist what reforms they could make. John Barros, city Chief of Economic Development, said at a July 14 town hall meeting on race presented by WCVB that the city’s efforts to achieve a BPD more representative of Boston’s population are pitted against legal requirements. “It’s unfair to talk about that and not talk about legal obstacles to diversify the police department,” Barros said. “It’s unfair to talk about that as an executive decision.” However, Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of the Lawyers’ Commission for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, said in a recent letter to Mayor Martin Walsh that minorities face
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www.mass.gov/anf/docs/csc/decisions/ other/2015/bpd-investigation-072116.pdf a variety of unequal circumstances in the BPD. “There are no ‘barriers’ preventing the City from diversifying BPD,” said Espinoza-Madrigal in a letter to Mayor Martin Walsh last week. “Rather, the City is actively impeding progress by aggressively fighting efforts to diversify BPD, by disproportionately disciplining minority recruits like Claude Defay and by shielding its practices from public scrutiny by refusing to comply with the public records law. “ In the Defay case, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ruled in January that minority recruits were disciplined more severely in the academy than
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Report shows Jobs Trust impact Hundreds served by training programs By SANDRA LARSON
Developer “linkage” fees on large-scale commercial developments in Boston have led to job training and higher incomes for city residents in need, according to a new report from the city’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD). The report documents how the developer-funded Neighborhood Jobs Trust (NJT) in 2015 supported $1 million in training
programs for low- and moderate-income residents who face various barriers to employment, including homelessness, CORI issues, lack of college education and English language proficiency. Of 336 Bostonians served by NJT-funded programs in 2015, 78 percent were black or Latino; 81 percent lacked post-high-school education; and more than half came from the Roxbury, Mattapan or Dorchester neighborhoods. For the 79 percent who have landed
jobs so far, the overall average hourly wage is $14.90 per hour — with some jobs paying more than $20 per hour — and 83 percent of the jobs offer employer-provided benefits such as health insurance. “Our goal is to get people jobs, and good paying jobs,” said Vroselyn Benjamin, program and special initiatives coordinator at OWD, which stewards NJT fund disbursement. “Our main mission is to get them into career pathways with living wages and benefits.” The city of Boston’s living wage
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Applicants attend a job fair run by BEST Corp., a Boston nonprofit that trains people for jobs in the hospitality industry.
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As Baker assesses MBTA’s future, role of privatization considered Carmen’s union president warns of indiscriminate use, Baker says focus is on service quality, not its provider By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
As officials struggle to turn the MBTA around, one bone of contention is the role that privatization should play. The administration of Governor Charlie Baker has been taking advantage of the MBTA’s exemption from the Pacheco law to explore greater levels of outsourcing. The Pacheco law aimed to prevent officials from privatizing public services without first making a case that the private company would provide higher or equal quality service for less expense than could be achieved in-house, and that the cost savings would not be reliant on cutting employee wages and benefits. Opponents labeled it as “anti-privatization.” Last week, Baker held a meeting with reporters in which he reflected on the past year at the MBTA and on the next steps going forward. While privatization of several departments is under consideration, Baker said, generally speaking, he has no preference between public and private providers, only on whichever will provide the best service quality and lower costs. “I don’t care if a service is provided publicly or privately. What I care about is performance, productivity and ensuring the money riders, taxpayers and cities and towns pay in to the system is well
managed,” Baker said. He also urged that privatization continue to be considered for MBTA departments. “Don’t be afraid to change how services are delivered and vehicles are maintained,” Baker advised. “Actively seek out private partners — even let them make unsolicited proposals — to help the T find new and smarter ways to deliver for its customers.” His remarks did not seem to dispel concerns from Jimmy O’Brien, president of Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589. The union represents workers in the MBTA’s warehouses and cash counting department, also called the “money room,” both of which are being considered for privatization. O’Brien told the Banner that the Baker administration seems to treat privatization as the only feasible method of reform, ignoring other potential solutions, and seems set on the path to increasingly outsource departments. “Privatization is not a magic wand,” O’Brien said in a statement to the Banner, adding that it is no guarantee of better service or lower costs. “Conversations before the [MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board] continually focus on finding cost savings for the MBTA, making necessary investments and improvements for the system, and giving riders a better performing public transportation system — but all we
hear is how privatization is the only way to do that.” Under consideration for privatization: the Charlie Card store, money room and warehouse stock rooms.
Reforming the T
The MBTA struggles with a wide range of problems, including difficulty utilizing capital funds, reliance on paper records and transactions, poor handling of paid overtime and absenteeism, aging infrastructure and difficulty completing projects, Baker told reporters. In the past year, the MBTA has achieved greater transparency, quicker response times and management improvements, he said. The MBTA will continue to focus on improving operations, finding savings and delivering more projects on time, Baker said. Near future plans include transitioning the MBTA to digital handling of transactions and recordkeeping and utilizing the state’s often more favorable procurement deals for items they both purchase. Baker also promised doubled spending on infrastructure over the next five years.
Assessing privatization
Among other aspects, the Pacheco law required the agency to consider the cost to the state of transitioning to a private provider, including any unemployment benefits due to cut
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Governor Charlie Baker reflected on the past year at the MBTA. positions, performance monitoring expenses and tax loss if the company employs outside the state. State Auditor’s Office guidelines, issued in 2012, call for the agency also to compare savings from privatization against savings from the most cost-efficient method of providing the services in-house. With the Pacheco law suspended, some are concerned that such considerations will not take place. Rafael Mares, vice president
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and director of Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice at the Conservation Law Foundation, said privatization can be a useful tool, but that in each circumstance it must be weighed against other options to determine whether it truly is the best tool here. “I’ve lately seen a pattern of identifying a problem at the T and saying privatization is the only solution,” or the only alternative to the status quo, Mares told the Banner in a phone interview. One example he pointed to is the privatization of police dispatch work. While engaging other workers for this frees up police officers for patrol work, handling this through privatization is not expected to bring notable savings. According to CommonWealth Magazine, cost reduction from this privatization will be minor, with the most significant amount coming from not having to pay pensions for the outsourced workers. O’Brien has previously pointed to Keolis Commuter Services, which runs the commuter rail, as an example of a privatization effort that has not managed the cost-savings and performance expected of it. Baker told reporters he expects that contracting out managing and operating of the T’s money room and warehousing could be done at lower costs and for better performance.
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Mere words won’t do Demonstrations by Black Lives Matter have generated considerable interest in America’s race problem. Some journalists and commentators have suggested that interracial “conversations” are needed to resolve the problems. While the intention is undoubtedly well meaning, there is no reason to believe that such discussions will simply lead to effective resolutions. Although they are not so stated, the fundamental demands of the Black Lives Matter groups are non-negotiable. What skilled litigator is willing to negotiate issues to which he or she already is entitled by law? What blacks are willing to concede that the police have the right with impunity to gun down unarmed civilians? Will conversations induce blacks to agree that “reasonable suspicion” is an adequate police defense against their breach of the Fourth Amendment rights of any individual? Prior to 1968, the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protected citizens against some police abuse. It states in part, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” It then was unlawful for the police to stop and frisk any person on the street unless the officer had probable cause for an arrest. The “probable cause” standard did not eliminate all police abuse, but it established an objective criterion based upon the requirements of the law. The U.S. Supreme Court case, Terry vs. Ohio, reduced the standard to a subjective consideration, “reasonable suspicion.” With 685,724 stop-and-frisks by the police in New York City at its peak in 2011,
the standard had degenerated to “whatever.” Only ten percent of those stopped were white. The rest were black or Latino. Undoubtedly, the increasing availability of firearms induced the courts to permit law enforcement to be more aggressive. The Supreme Court stated in the Terry case that it is enough for the police to have “reasonable suspicion” that the person “may be armed and presently dangerous.” There have been numerous conversations in America on the Second Amendment rights of individuals to buy and own guns. Political conservatives have won the issue so far, despite increasing gun violence in America. They assert that the Second Amendment grants a personal right to the individual to own a gun, whether or not the intention is to form a state militia. It appears that mere conversations do not always win the day. A change in the culture of the police is needed. So far, no major police department has reestablished the Fourth Amendment rights of the individual that existed prior to the Terry case. However, police departments are legally free to do so in order to reduce the harassment of black citizens. Another step would be the establishment of greater professionalism by eliminating the “blue code.” There should be greater penalties for failing to report the malfeasance of fellow officers. Police officers should be trained to become highly competent and well-respected public servants, a status attained by the best police departments in Europe. While conversations might help individuals overcome their racial bigotry, they will not likely resolve the nation’s historic race problems.
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organizing or putting out the call for this march. This is important to clarify because it feeds into the confusion about the depth, breadth, and leadership of this burgeoning movement against state sanctioned police violence. Although it is a popular narrative it is deeply misunderstood by the press when they reduce the widespread protests against police brutality with the words ‘Black Lives Matter’ (BLM) or ‘Black Lives Matter Movement.’ BLM is a slogan, a hashtag, and an organization. The protest movement, however, is much broader than all three. Numerous, new Black liberation groups, social justice organizations and coalitions exist all over the country, springing
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from the same social phenomena. It has to be unequivocally stated that Black Lives Matter (BLM) did not start this national movement. BLM became associated with a movement that began in the working-class Black neighborhood of Ferguson, MO We call on all opponents of police brutality and racism to build upon this effort and step up the pressure to demand the government enforce the law when it comes to the crimes of the police. Join us for the Mike Brown Unity March Against Police Terror on August 9. — Brock Satter Mass Action Against Police Brutality
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON The hard and fast rule in presidential politics since the 1960s is that you don’t talk frankly about race on the campaign trail. Presumptive Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine can break that rule. Kaine got his start as a civil rights lawyer and notes that as a point of pride on his political bio sheet. His relentless fights against discrimination in housing, the insurance business and education in one-time arch segregationist Virginia is well-known. He is not the LBJ of presidential politics, but he’s about as close as it gets to a candidate on the ticket with a civil rights pedigree that he doesn’t run from. The rule that has forbade Democratic presidential candidates to talk about racial issues that was put in place by the GOP four decades ago for one reason, and that was to ensure its dominance of the White House and national politics. GOP presidential candidates set the tone for this during the Nixon years. He stood racial politics on its head courting of Southern white males who were in apoplectic rage over civil rights. Nixon tarred Democrats as the party that supposedly pandered shamelessly to blacks and minorities and ignored whites. The charge hit home. The message was that talking about civil rights was a surefire prescription for defeat. At the same time, Nixon and subsequent GOP presidential candidates stole a page from the playbook of George Wallace and invented a spectacular array of wink-and-nod racially loaded code words and phrases to paint a horrific picture of Democrats supposedly giving the governmental company store away in run-away entitlements and massive spending on job, welfare and social programs to blacks — all, of course, at the expense of hard-working, over-taxed and ignored, blue collar and suburban whites. The GOP doubled down on this by making crime, law and order and tough military prowess the center piece of their presidential campaigns. Trump follows pretty much the same script. His naked race baiting started when he piled onto the phony, fraudulent issue of Obama’s birth certificate in 2012. He picked up steam with his slur of Muslims, immigrants and Mexicans. He piled on even more with his broken record chant of the old reliable, arch race baiting code slogans, “law and order” and “crime in the streets” and styling himself as the candidate who would clean up the streets. He has made it brutally clear that he banks on conservative, less educated, blue collar white males, and a wide stratum of fearful, angry and supposedly-marginalized suburban whites to propel him into the White House. Polls show that he has a top-heavy bulge among these voters over Clinton. Race is never openly talked about as the reason for this. But it doesn’t have to be: It’s understood and it drives the fears and anxiety among Trump’s backers. Kaine has two qualities that can counter Trump’s blatant race baiting. One is he’s a white, a male and a Southerner. But he’s also a Democrat and a liberal, centrist, staunch civil rights proponent. This represents everything the Trump crowd loathes. These are assets. By talking proudly about his civil rights advocacy as an attorney, mayor, governor and senator, this would do much to ensure that African-American and Hispanic voters turn Clinton’s White House bid into the same type of crusade that they did with Obama. This is not a small point. There is deep distrust and some anger among many blacks about Clinton’s supposed tout of hubby Bill’s crime bills, welfare reform and GOP-lite pander to white middle class voters with his big emphasis on whittling down government. This burst into a mini-firestorm at one point during her Democratic presidential primary joust with Bernie Sanders when Black Lives Matter protesters repeatedly confronted Clinton over her calling violent criminals “super predators” presumably meaning blacks. The always volatile and chronic issue of police violence and the killing of unarmed blacks isn’t likely to go away, and each time the eyes of many blacks will look to her to see what she has to say about it. This is their litmus test of a Democrat’s commitment to justice and civil rights. The residual suspicion is that Clinton in office would shunt civil rights to the backburner of her administration’s legislative agenda. Kaine can take that fear off the table by simply talking about his commitment to civil rights and acting as if he means to keep talking about and acting on it once elected. This could be the game changer needed in the three or four swing states that will decide the election, and where black and Hispanic votes will be needed to offset Trump’s white fear-driven backers. Kaine and the Democrats have a priceless opportunity to do something that presidential campaigns have routinely ducked and dodged out of fear and cowardice. That is put race back on the presidential table.
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working collaboratively with staff, grantees, and funder colleagues, the Foundation’s trustees approved a new strategic vision that focuses on tackling issues of racial justice in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts. The Hyams Foundation is a private, independent foundation with a mission of increasing economic, racial and social justice and power within low-income communities in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts.
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definition rose in mid-2015 to $14.11 from $13.89 per hour, while the Massachusetts minimum hourly wage rose from $9 in 2015 to $10 this year. NJT-supported training covers a wide range of industries, including health care, hospitality, retail, construction, facilities management, banking and early education. Benjamin said her office looks for programs that target current growth industries and offer a full complement of services to trainees. “We want to see actual outcomes and job placement: Do they have employer partnerships, do they teach soft skills, do they provide on-the-job training and mock interviews?” she told the Banner. “And we want to see that they have all the different aspects like recruitment, an intake process and case management.”
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Colonnade Hotel, where she had done her job shadowing. With prior experience as a film festival coordinator, Hicks seeks more stable fulltime work. She described the five-week training program as rigorous and useful. “It was definitely good allaround training,” she said. “We know what to expect now. I feel very confident.”
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One of the NJT grantees is BEST Corp., a Boston nonprofit providing training in hospitality industry skills such as hotel housekeeping, banquet serving and culinary work. While some of BEST’s programs focus on the needs of immigrants, including English language skills, its Mel King Empowerment Program serves low-income native-born Boston residents. The hospitality training covers “soft” job skills like professionalism and conflict resolution, “hard” skills including computer skills, and career coaching that includes job shadowing at local hotels. All of
this adds up to readiness for hotel jobs that bring decent pay and Local 26 union benefits. “I came through the door at $19.36 an hour,” said Michael Watson, 45, of Dorchester, who started in January at Park Plaza Hotel as a night houseman in the housekeeping department shortly after finishing BEST training. His wage has since been raised to $20.28, with a benefits package worth an additional $9.54 an hour. “This is a lifetime job,” Watson said. “I have dental, health, everything. I’m paying bills and taking care of my family.”
BEST Corp. Executive Director Marie Downey said many trainees have struggled previously at $9-per-hour jobs with no benefits and unpredictable schedules. Landing a job in a unionized hotel can more than double their pay and provide stability and benefits. “You often hear of hospitality jobs being low-wage, dead-end jobs — but in the hotel industry, they’re really not,” said Downey, “so it’s exciting.”
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Tuitt seeks to become 7th Suffolk Rep By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Marydith Tuitt is the chief of staff to Rep. Gloria Fox and one of three Democrats vying to take up the mantle of Seventh Suffolk district rep when Fox steps down this year. Fox has spent more than 30 years in the position. Tuitt was born in the British West Indies Island of Montserrat and is a current Roxbury resident, moving to the neighborhood from Dorchester last year. She attended Boston Technical High School before serving 14 years in the U.S. Navy as a Navy Aviation Machinist’s Mate. Tuitt later returned to Boston to study at East Coast Aero Tech, now a part of the National Aviation Academy, based at Hanscom Field. She has five brothers and two children, a son and a daughter, both in their 20s. In the campaign, Tuitt’s competition is Chynah Tyler, former aide to Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, and Monica Cannon, community liaison for Roca, an organization that works to keep at-risk, court-involved youth out of jail. The race will be decided at the Democratic primary this September 8. The Seventh Suffolk District extends from Audubon Circle near Boston University to parts of Back Bay, the Fenway and Roxbury. Tuitt spoke to the Banner about her goals in office, plans to achieve them and entry into politics.
What do you hope to accomplish in office? Marydith Tuitt: We have to talk about the youth piece and youth development, which encompasses education and state of the art school systems. We tend to want to teach young boys and girls as if they’re all on the same learning curve, and they’re not. Even adults learn differently. We should be looking at that from early on. How do we incentivize our young people to be really excited about education? Part of that is, we have to look at how our school curriculums are set. We have an era of technology. Our young people should have laptops in the school system or tablets and … up-to-date books. We have young people interested in science and tech and we don’t have science labs in all schools, tech labs in all schools. We don’t even have civics in the schools anymore. We haven’t built any new school buildings in over 30 years.
[need them]. There are transportation issues in Western Mass. and Central Mass. and Eastern Mass. If we have to, [we should] revisit and relook at some of our taxes that we have and level it out. The have-nots should not be struggling to pay their taxes while the haves are being cushy with what they get taxed on. If your tax bracket is a million dollars and up, your tax bracket should be little higher than those who are $20,000 and under.
Priorities in office: Economic development MT: My number one focus is stabilization: Economic development, focusing on development projects in the district. The most open, buildable parcels of land are in the Seventh Suffolk. We have many developments going on now and more that are slated. We want to ensure job access, getting people from the district and city into the jobs and maintaining those jobs even after development is done. That opens door for sustainable wages and income. We can’t just put people into a training program and one-stopshop career advancement and [then] not help them along the way. If you’re going to a training program and you’ve gotten a job, do you need daycare? Do you need assistance? How is your transportation to and from work until you’re able to get those dollars that are going to pay you? Sometimes training programs are not paid. If we’re going to work on programs that are opening access, we need to have programs to assist you to sustain that training and sustain you after you get started.
Priorities in office: Housing stabilization MT: Part of the housing stabilization piece I want to focus on is, how do we assist people in being landowners in the district? [One idea, she said: Create rentto-own programs with developers.] I’ve had conversations with
ON THE WEB Visit Tuitt’s campaign website: www.marytuitt.com developers and the Department of Neighborhood Development. … Where I’m at right now is having some talks and figuring out how we can make it work.
As one of 160 House members, how can you bring about the achievements you want? MT: There are 160 people fighting for different districts across the commonwealth, and everyone is concerned about their district. Part of how you get things accomplished, I’ve learned from my 15 years in the building, is that you build alliances. In the long run, everything you work on helps the commonwealth. If you’re able to work together and achieve things together, you’re able to work for your district, also. I’m able to hit the ground running. I already know how the building works, and I’ll be able to create relationships with veterans and at the same time with my freshmen class members once I get in there. You have to be able to have alliances with like-minded — and even not likeminded — colleagues to be able to work together and get things accomplished.
What in your background has prepared you for this job? MT: I’ve been working with Rep. Fox since 1999. [This includes] scheduling events … working on the budget, budget language, writing her legislation and policies that she’s worked on over the years, training interns. … [Also] my knowledge of the building and experience of the building; knowing how to negotiate on her behalf and with other elected officials in the building and being able to speak on behalf of organizations that have come in and asked for support and topics, be it health
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Marydith Tuitt care, HIV/AIDS or seniors. [Rep. Fox] sat on the Ways and Means Committee the entire time I’ve worked with her. I know how Ways and Means works and how we do the budget. That’s going to be a plus to me.
How and why did you first become involved in politics? MT: I used to be that person on the street that if there was something that needed to be done in
What other activism or involvements do you have in the 7th Suffolk District? MT: I also sit on the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. My focus has not just been on basic women’s issues, but also on women of color and disparities that we experience. I also sit on the Boston Veterans Advisory Council as a U.S. Navy vet. [Other involvements include associations in the Caribbean community, and, in the past with youth groups, she said.]
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the neighborhood — a streetlight out — I’d call and complain to the elected official. I knew every elected official in the area. One of the reasons why I got involved in politics, other than being an assistant to Rep. Fox and getting that experience, was really feeling connected to the constituents we were helping and working with in her office. I’ve met single mothers who’ve raised their children like I have and have felt a connection with some of the struggles that they’ve gone through. … That’s what’s really charged me more: being able to help people.
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white recruits. In several cases, minority recruits were expelled while white recruits who committed the same level of offense only received warnings. Espinoza-Madrigal also pointed out that last fall’s court ruling that the city’s exam used to determine promotion to lieutenant was racially discriminatory was appealed rather than used as a basis for making changes. Greater attention also should be paid to Asians and Latinos, Espinoza-Madrigal said. Taken together, these groups are 28 percent of Boston’s population, yet are only ten percent of its police officers. City Councilor Tito Jackson seconded the call for the city to drop its appeals. “It is counter-productive for the general counsel’s office to continue to pursue appeal versus moving forward and making the muchneeded changes in the processes and procedures in the Boston Police Department to ensure that recruits are not discriminated against, as well as to ensure the integrity of recruitment and hiring processes,” Jackson told the Banner. He also suggested reconsidering the exams used. Barros said at the town hall that the city is trying, and pointed to the cadet program. The cadet program is expected to enroll 40 to 50 people. Cadets spend at least two years in the program, after which they receive a preference in recruit hiring — they may comprise one-third of the police recruit class. To give a sense of potential impact: This year’s recruit class was 63 people, meaning
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Iván Espinoza-Madrigal that, with the preferencing, cadet graduates might have accounted for 21 recruits. Not all cadets necessarily would be minorities. City Chief Diversity Officer Danielson Tavares previously told the Banner that there are no specific diversity goals in selecting cadets, but that the cadet program drew a diverse pool of applicants. Applicants must have been Boston residents for five years.
Recruit hiring practices
The BPD’s hiring of its latest recruit class was the focus of a state civil service hearing last Thursday. When BPD seeks to hire recruits, the state provides a list of eligible applicants, ranked in priority order based on factors such as veteran status and civil service exam scores. In the latest round of hiring, 15 applicants who were tied for the lowest priority tier on the list were selected, whereas 300 people higher on the list were not. As of press time, BPD did not disclose the racial makeup of those not selected and those from the bottom of the list, but the
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Boston Police Department Senior Staff Attorney Nicole Taub (right) spoke before Civil Service Commission Chairman Chris Bowman (left) last Thursday at a hearing on the BPD’s selection of its recruit class. questions around the hiring deepened concerns among some civil rights groups over BPD practices and transparency. “I think you’ve just seen the tip of the iceberg,” Lawyers’ Committee Litigation Director Oren Sellstrom said following a civil service commission hearing on the hiring. Typically, an applicant who signs a form stating willingness to accept appointment but then is not hired, while someone with a lower priority ranking is, the person is considered “bypassed” and must be informed of the reason for the decision and right to appeal. However, this year the majority of the non-selected recruit applicants did not receive such information because the BPD did not regard them as bypassed. Instead, the BPD categorized 60 applicants as having failed to complete the applicant process and 50 as having voluntarily withdrawn their applications
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Voluntary withdrawl?
Bowman said that while some candidates with whom the commission spoke withdrew their applications because they found different jobs, others seemed to have been encouraged to opt out at the behest of the BPD, and not informed of their right to appeal a non-selection. In one case, the commission spoke with a candidate who said the BPD advised him to withdraw and that when he declined, saying he would likely be too old next hiring cycle, he was told to reconsider. Furthermore, Bowman said, the form for opting out of the application process was written in a way that falsely implied that if individuals did not sign it they could be removed from the eligible list of candidates maintained by the state — and thus from future selection cycles. This is not the case and “calls into question whether the ‘voluntary withdrawl’ candidates made an informed decision” to sign the opt-out form, he wrote. Bowman ordered the BPD to inform all the candidates previously
regarded as having voluntarily withdrawn or failed to complete the process of their right to appeal. BPD spokesperson Lt. Detective Mike McCarthy told the Banner in a phone interview that three of the 15 recruits hired from among those who were tied at the bottom of the applicant list were related to BPD command staff.
Steps to take
Veteran preference is often cited as a force that results in white men receiving BPD and fire department jobs. However, Patrick Bryant, attorney for Massachusetts Veteran’s Edge, said at the civil service commission hearing that there is a lot of untapped diversity among veterans. “The diversity of the veterans is higher than of the [police] department at large, yet the department has said that the veteran preference is to blame for the lack of diversity,” Bryant said. The city’s chief diversity officer said increased outreach to minority veterans will be among the fire department’s strategies. There are many other proactive steps the city could use as well, officials and activists say. Darrell Higginbottom, first vice president of the Boston Society of Vulcans, which represents minority firefighters, told the Banner he recommends increasing the residency requirement from one year to three, initiating a cadet program similar to BPD’s and utilizing a language preference in hiring — something allowed under the same law that permits veteran preferencing, he said. At-large councilor Michael Flaherty filed an ordinance in 2014 that would require three years of residency for police recruits. The measure passed unanimously in the city council, then was vetoed by Mayor Martin Walsh.
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Getting a piece of the action Homecoming real estate broker provides services to Grove Hall area By KAREN MORALES
Karriem van Leesten IV recalls his first parlay in real estate when he was a rising junior at Boston University and bought his first multi-family home in Dorchester. He renovated it and sold it a couple years later. Today, he is the real estate broker and president of STAD Real Estate Development Corporation, with nearly 19 years of experience. “Stad” translates to “city” in Dutch, and also is an acronym for Strategic Targeted Acquisitions and Development. “I’m a firm believer that the city is where development happens and where typically all the action is,” said van Leesten. Described as a “one-stop shop for real estate services”, STAD specializes in sales, leasing and real estate brokerage for commercial, retail and residential acquisitions. Van Leesten founded STAD in 2005 in Miami, Florida, six years after graduating from Boston University. STAD had previously operated only in Southern Florida up until March 2016, when van Leesten incorporated STAD’s new Massachusetts branch and set up office in the neighborhood in which he grew up. “It’s like being back home. I can walk to my old house where I grew up from here,” said van Leesten. Van Leesten said he was approached last summer by United
Housing Management to act as co-project manager for the renovation of the former Grove Hall Boston Public Library branch into Freedom House’s new teen center. Freedom House will offer tutoring, mentoring, financial aid advising and college coaching to teens in the area. “This project meant a lot to me and is an opportunity for me to do something good in the community,” van Leesten said. “And that’s why I located my office here as well, being here, close to the action.”
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As a young student in Boston in the late ’90s, van Leesten said that he was inspired to purchase a home when his cousin, who was also in college, started working full time and became a homeowner. Van Leesten switched his class load at Boston University to evening school so that he could work full time as a Section 8 Housing program representative for Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership and qualify for a mortgage. “I didn’t have my real estate license yet, but just started buying properties as an investor,” said van Leesten. When he moved to Miami shortly after graduation, he served as an acquisition and development consultant for various real estate companies, developers and investors, as well as government and nonprofit clients. He has experience working as a budget analyst for Miami Dade County and project manager for City of Fort
Lauderdale’s Community Redevelopment Agency. In 2004, he received his real estate license and from 2005 to 2011, STAD mainly served as a real estate consulting firm but then expanded into brokerage services. “I didn’t want to leave anything on the table,” said van Leesten. “For example, if I analyzed a project for a developer, then I could also stay on board and do the sales for them.” As a broker, van Leesten utilizes his experience in both the private and public sector to source leads, conduct marketing, analyze finances and identify sources of funds. According to van Leesten, 40 percent of STAD’s business is in Boston, and 60 percent is in Miami. Currently, STAD has commercial space for lease in Grove Hall and Roslindale and a couple of sale deals in the pipeline. Van Leesten is also property manager for a 14-unit building in Grove Hall.
Growing opportunity
Since his college days, van Leesten has noticed some changes in the neighborhood. He’s now working to be a part of those changes. “There’s new construction developed on formerly vacant lots, and a lot more commercial activity in this area and Boston in general,” he said. “I would like to be a business owner and community leader that will be here for a long time and able to provide excellent
service for residents, just as the others have done in this community in the past. Years ago, Blue Hill Avenue had a lot of commercial black-owned businesses.” He refers to businesses like Ernest Scott Insurance Agency, Nova Sheen Dry Cleaners and Walaikum Burgers, which have continued to be in business for 40 to 50 years. For van Leesten, locating his office in his old neighborhood is not only strategic but also gives him an opportunity to reconnect with the community. He shared a moment he had recently with a young boy in the neighborhood who walked by his office looking for someone. Throughout their conversation, the young boy shared that he had torn his shoes while playing basketball and was hoping the person he was meeting up with could give him a new pair for a game he had that night. After not being able to find the person, van Leesten offered the boy his 17-year old son’s shoes that were barely worn because “he actually didn’t like the color.” “If I located my office outside the city in a traditional office building, I would not have that interaction on a daily basis with people,” said van Leesten. He offers some advice to those who may be interested in pursuing real estate: “You have to be patient, be a people person and be willing to fail,” he said. “Because not every deal is going to close.”
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Red Carpets & Runways Fashion Show
When it comes to fashion, you no longer have to leave the city for inspiration! On Sunday, July 10, Red Carpets & Runways in collaboration with Event Envy hosted The Red Carpets & Runways Fashion Show at Lombardos.Whether you’re looking for a well-known designer or the next big thing, this was the perfect show to keep you updated on what’s in for the summer. Red Carpets & Runways, founded by Foosh, is a fashion company that acts as a platform for hometown brands. The hometown designers featured in the show were Exquisite Collections, Gem Collection, DaReales, Imperfectly Perfected by Tonya, Just Bodied, One Gig Co, Glam Boxx Co, Kingdom of Royal, Pink Shoe Lounge, Stadium, Keisha Monet, Kosher Tease, NcklsNDimes and Claude Michelle. One of my personal favorites was Claude Michelle who showcased his Resort 16’ Collection, inspired by the beautiful country of Haiti and its beautiful beaches, exotic flowers and colors. Event Envy, an event team that organizes fashion shows and art throughout the urban communities of Boston, produced the event. One of the highlights of the show was the host BroGot, known for hosting TheMUSEUM TV, Boston’s premiere vlog for performances, interviews, music videos, news and events. TheMUSEUM TV also provided full media coverage of the event. The host was very upbeat and did an excellent job of engaging with the audience. The show also had various vendors, which included Hunniibear, Jocelyn Mercedes, Shop Suite, Nastahjas hair bar and body team and Madison Avenue Accessories who had one-of-a-kind pieces to complete the different looks on and off the stage. If you missed this show you can follow @RedCarpetsandRunways and @ Event_EnvyBoston on Instagram for upcoming events.
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Summer Bliss
Day parties and social media are the perfect way to make new memories with friends during the summer. What’s better than catching up with friends and creating a story of your day using Snapchat on your phone? On Saturday July 16, Events of Bliss (EOB) threw Summer Bliss “The Hashtag Day Party” at Monroe Patio & Restaurant, which was hosted by KOLS, a popular T-shirt fashion line out of Boston. This social media-themed day party encouraged guests to take pictures and post them on various social media platforms using #SummerBliss, #EventsOfBliss, #HashtagParty and #EOB. EOB is an event-planning company based in Boston specializing in a modern, streamlined approach. They ensure that each moment is thoughtfully produced — from the save the date to the last guest departing. For those of you who enjoy social media, this was definitely the place to be. Everyone had their phones out during the event to snap, tweet and Instagram their experience while creating hype around the new company. I think I even saw a few people catch Pokémon using the Pokémon Go app on their phone.
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Top left, BroGot, from TheMUSEUM TV, hosted the Red Carpets & Runways Fashion Show on July 10. Top right and bottom, models show designer Claude Michelle’s Resort 16’ Collection.
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Each Friday, Epicenter features a special “where to be” post on their blog to make sure every day of the week has some sort of cultural event to check out. We hope that you all can come out into the community, learn, and commemorate some influential people and events around Boston! Have something coming up that you’d like to see here? Tweet us @epicentercom #WhereToBe FRIDAY 7.29.16 E.G.O.L’s Feel The Buzz Fashion Show! Hosted by: Yung Naz, Natan Santos, Reginald Fils & Bradley Souffrant Get ready for a night of fashion, performances and celebration! Empowering Generations of Leaders is a group of young entrepreneurs, creatives and designers ready to change the face of the youth in Boston. With this event, they are hoping to bring about a better sense of community while also keeping the true meaning of the arts present and making it lit! You can expect to see fly designs by kids living right in your backyard, dope performances by youth you follow on soundcloud, exquisite food from your favorite local restaurants, and be on your feet by the end of the night! When: 5 p.m. Where: Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington St., Boston For more information and tickets, visit: www.eventbrite. com/e/egol-presents-feel-thebuzz-tickets-26378343335 SATURDAY 7.30.16 Trap Community Clean Up Hosted by: We Are The Ones We Are The Ones will be holding a community clean-up in the Codman Square area. As members of the Boston community, it is very urgent to directly engage with our Black and Latino residents from the Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan area. Please
join us on a day of sharing love and building with one another! When: 11:45 a.m. Where: Codman Sq., Dorchester Center For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/ events/152954908444595 SUNDAY 7.31.16 Critical Breakdown: #MidSummer16 Hosted by: Critical Breakdown #CriticalBreakdownBoston brings together people of all ages through socially conscious visual and performance art. #MidSummer16 will close out with a live filming cypher (streaming and sharing encouraged). Share your talent. Network with fellow artists. Build community. Open to all ages and free to the public (donations accepted). When: Show begins at 6 p.m. Sign up for the open mic list at 5:30 p.m. If you want to get on the list, be prepared to get there early. Where: Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/ events/971382169651671/. If you have any questions, please email: CriticalBreakdownBoston@gmail.com MONDAY 8.1.12 Let’s Talk: Communicating Our Cause Hosted by: Massachusetts Jobs With Justice Join MJWJ this summer for a series of trainings on the skills you need to make change in your
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TUESDAY 8.2.16 Elma Lewis PlayHouse in the Park Hosted by: Elma Lewis PlayHouse & Franklin Park Coalition Please come out and join the community for this legendary, cultural arts series. Founded in 1966 the Elma Lewis Playhouse in Park has hosted magnificent musical acts such as Duke Ellington, to Billy Taylor Trio and others alike. This family oriented venue has events for all ages. In the morning dance events get everyone up and moving, and in the evening; concerts showcase talents from the local communities and neighborhoods. Live music will be provided by DJ Dance Party with Nomadik. When: 6 p.m. Where: Franklin Park by the Overlook Ruins, 1 Circuit Dr., Dorchester For more information, visit: www.franklinparkcoalition.org/ fpc-programs/playhouse-in-thepark/. If you have more questions please contact 617 442 4141, or email mail@franklinparkcoalition.org. WEDNESDAY 8.3.16 PRX Podcast Garage Opening Hosted by: PRX & Radiotopia Join PRX and Radiotopia for the opening of PRX’s Podcast Garage, a community recording studio and educational hub dedicated to supporting audio producers at all levels, and providing access to professional equipment, education and networking
opportunities. There will be Aeronaut beer, live music, local food truck snacks and tours of the Podcast Garage. Entrance is free! No tickets required! Family-friendly admission! When: 5:30 p.m. Where: 267 Western Ave. Rear, Allston For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/prx-podcast-garage-launch-party-tickets-26525455351 THURSDAY 8.4.16 The T Party Hosted by: Company One Theatre “The party to redefine all parties is coming to Boston — and you’re invited. Shake things up. Bend the rules. Break the binary. Through an exhilarating series of scenes that blur the line between audience and actors, real stories and fantastical satire, THE T PARTY casts an exuberant, kinky, and surprisingly tender look at gender expression and sexuality. This wild mash-up of a performance will sweep you off your feet and take you for a ride. The only house rule? Leave your expectations at the door.” — Company One Theatre When: 8 p.m. Where: Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at The Boston Center For The Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston For tickets and more informations, visit: www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/The-TPARTY/
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The French Cultural Center’s signature Bastille Day Party was held on Marlborough Street on Friday, July 15, transporting guests to Paris with authentic music, food, drinks and atmosphere. Bastille Day, France’s national holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison during the French Revolution of 1789. For the second year in a row, all 2000 tickets were sold out in advance. The lineup, programmed by World Music/CRASHarts, showcased two phenomenal Francophone acts: Ginkgoa, a blend of vintage Paris chic and New York cool with swinging electro beats and Emeline Michel, an internationally acclaimed Haitian songstress fusing pop, jazz, blues and traditional rhythms. In light of the Bastille Day tragedy in Nice, France, the Boston event was held in honor of the Nice victims. Prior to the musical entertainment, the crowd observed a moment of silence and sang La Marseillaise, the French national anthem. Back Bay’s beautiful Marlborough Street was blocked off between Berkeley and Clarendon Streets to accommodate the revelers dancing in the street. Delicious French food from standout French restaurants in New England and drinks, including beer and wine, were available. The party, in true French style with live music and dancing, celebrated community, cultural diversity, and friendship between nations. 4
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Legendary civil rights icon reflects upon past as prologue By KAM WILLIAMS
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was a little girl in the 1950s. When she saw that black people were being treated differently from white people, she promised herself that she would do something to change that. As a teenager, she joined the Civil Rights Movement and protested the injustice she saw around her. During the 1960s, Joan attended many demonstrations and sit-ins, protested at a Woolworth’s lunch counter and participated in several organized marches, including the March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Though she was threatened, arrested and mocked, she held true to her promise to make the world a better place for everyone. “Anyone can make a difference,” she says. “It doesn’t matter how old or young you are. Find a problem, get some friends together and go fix it. Remember, you don’t have to change the world ... just change your world.” Here, Mulholland talks about “She Stood for Freedom,” an illustrated biography about her co-written by her son Loki and Angela Fairwell.
How does it feel to have your son, Loki, write a book about you? Joan Trumpauer Mulholland: It’s his project, and I’m in a supporting role for his efforts to reach young people about what has
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BPS students show work at the MFA By CELINA COLBY
The artists and curators of the MFA Boston’s exhibit “HOMiE: In Our Eyes” mix and mingle in the courtyard of the renowned museum. They talk of technique, symbolism and their future artistic goals. The drink of choice for the evening is lemonade, because all of the artists are under 21 years old. The Teen Arts Council (TAC) at the MFA is celebrating their tenth anniversary of bringing underprivileged kids and teens into the glamorous, and often closed-off, art world. In celebration, the council curated HOMiE with works by Boston Public School students. Now the young artists, who grew up venerating the institution, have work hanging on its walls. For ten years, TAC has been showing young people around the city how the museum operates, and that there are rich, rewarding careers to be had in the arts. Shilo Kuriakose, TAC Program Director, explains that the teens involved are exposed not just to the art side of things but the business, marketing and administrative sides as well. “They went through an entire curatorial process to create the exhibit,” she says.
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The theme of the show is the idea of home. Though a broad topic, it especially appeals to the group of teens, many of who are parting ways with their homes to go off to college or into the workforce. HOMiE serves as a moment of reflection on their lives until this point. Members of the council and artists alike are awed to see their works hanging in the same building that holds Monet, Sargent and the newly-acquired Kahlo. “I can’t believe this is
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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland’s Freedom Ride mugshot after she came on the train from New Orleans to Jackson with Stokely Carmichael.
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Left, a piece of art by BPS student Abigail Alexis.
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A piece of art by BPS student Boyi Wong.
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Broader focus
The TAC had originally planned not to include photography, but saw so many impressive submissions that they made a last-minute alteration to their criteria. One of those unexpected gems is “Next Stop Waldemar Ave.,” by Frankie Leon. His piece
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Music, dance and crafts were part of the fun during the African Festival. contains four spliced photographs, two of his apartment building in East Boston and two of the T cars that connect him to the rest of the city. “As a teen, you’re trying to get your story out there,” says Leon. “You’re trying to show people who you are.” Leon will attend Union College in the fall on a hard-earned scholarship. With a show at the MFA under his belt, he’s already well on his way to an impressive artistic resume. Like many of the HOMiE artists, Leon hasn’t had an easy life. This show comes on the eve of the new opportunities that college and adulthood will bring. For the young creatives, it’s a promising start to an uncertain future. Leon says, “It doesn’t matter where you come from. It matters where you’re going.”
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African Festival celebrates and educates By CELINA COLBY
On Sunday, July 24, hundreds of members of the African American community gathered on the Rose Kennedy Greenway to celebrate their heritage. Tents lining the park path boasted colorful tunics, handmade masks, and authentic foods from local spots like Samosa Man and R & S Jamaican Restaurant. At the main stage tent, people of all ages performed traditional dances, coming together to the heavy drumbeat of Kearoma
Rantao and 2Kee. The nonprofit Shalupe Foundation puts on the African Festival of Boston annually. It’s the biggest African festival in New England, and aims not only for entertainment, but also to empower the visitors and address the ongoing problems in their homelands. Vendor Marcel Fwamba sat with his wife in the shade of their tent, where they were selling masks, figurines and jewelry from the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The festival is very important because it gives us time to celebrate our heritage,” Fwamba said.
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The intricately designed wooden pieces feature a heavy emphasis on nature and animals, an ode to the connection between African people and the physical land they come from. These handcrafted objects are a reminder of the artistry that often is lacking in our contemporary world. The festival wasn’t all fun and games. In a spoken word performance, Leonard Tshitenge reminded the audience of the terrors still going on in the Congo. “Welcome to the Congo,” he said into the microphone, standing in the grass before a solemn crowd. “Imagine the Congolese women bathing in pools of blood. Welcome to the Congo, the rape capital of the world.” Tshitenge spoke of the way Congolese people are worked to death and abused regularly in pursuit of minerals that are used to power cell phones and other electronics. His performance reminds the audience that although we are free to spend our Sunday enjoying the festival, many are not so lucky. The Shaulpe Foundation, operating out of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, runs sustainable programs that provide tuition assistance, hospital bills, skills training and other services to constituents. They work daily to combat the violence that Tshitenge spoke of in his performance. Ultimately, the festival’s sixth year was about communal spirit and overcoming obstacles. Tshitenge said it best as he urged his audience to take action against the injustices that haunt the community. “We have the power to change the narrative,” he said. “We have power in our hands, when we take each other’s hands.”
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gone before and to inspire them to shape a better future. What is past is prologue.
What message do you hope people will take away from it? JTM: That they, too, can make a difference.
What first interested you in the Civil Rights Movement? JTM: I’d realized since grade school that segregation and prejudice were wrong. This was students my age trying to peacefully change things.
Do you think you might have been a little naive about how difficult it would be to change the minds of white Southerners? JTM: No. I AM a white Southerner — these were my people. I’d grown up amongst them. I knew
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How hard was it for you to adhere to SNCC, Dr. King and Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence in the face of the hostility with which you were met? JTM: Non-violence was a nobrainer, in keeping with Christianity — “Turn the other cheek,” “Love thy neighbor,” etc. And I’m a Christian. Besides, if you fought back, you were hopelessly outnumbered and could be arrested for assault and battery.
How did you feel when you were imprisoned on death row in Mississippi? JTM: Death row had great intimidation value, and the guards made sure you knew you were at their mercy — no reporters, lawyers only up from Jackson once a week, and so forth. On the other hand, it was certainly roomier, cleaner, more comfortable than the Hinds County Jail, and the
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What was it like being white but attending a black college and pledging a black sorority? JTM: I was always a “minority,” so college was nothing new. At first, some of the students were a bit uncertain about me, but when I returned for the second, I was just one of the crowd. Had to eat that old cafeteria food and study like everyone else.
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Mulholland standing by her picture with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Tougaloo College.
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THURSDAY THE GOOD BODY Hub Theatre Company of Boston will continue its critically acclaimed fourth season with The Good Body by Tony Award winning playwright Eve Ensler. From botox to bikinis and everything in between, this play explores the all too familiar body image battle females from middle school through menopause face on a daily basis. This provocative, hilarious, and profoundly moving show promises to leave you laughing and feeling beautiful-inside and out. The Good Body by Eve Ensler, directed by Lindsay Eagle, presented by Hub Theatre Company of Boston through July 30 at Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave. All tickets are Pay-What-You-Can and may be purchased at www.hubtheatreboston.tick etleap.com. For more information please visit www.hubtheatreboston.org.
FRIDAY FRIDAY NIGHT TRAFFIC JAM Friday Night Traffic Jam — Free concerts for the community 7-9pm at Cleary Square, Hyde Park (next to the Post Office): July 29 — Daniel Miller and the High Life (Country), August 5 — Opposite People (Afrobeat/Funk), August 12 — Opposite People (Afrobeat/Funk); August 19 — Louder Than Milk (Country Blues), August 26 — Katani Sumner & The Krew (Soul).
SUNDAY BLUE HILLS RESERVATION Moderate walk, some hilly terrain, 4 miles. Walk from St. Moritz Pond to Sawcut Notch, return on Indian Camp Path. Sunday, July 31 at 1pm. Meet at the Shea Rink lot at 651 Willard St. in Quincy. The Southeast Massachusetts Adult Walking Club meets each weekend on either a Saturday or Sunday at 1:00, unless otherwise listed, for recreational walks. This club is open to people of 16 years of age and older and there is no fee to join. Walks average 2 to 5 miles. New walkers are encouraged to participate. The terrain can vary: EASY (mostly level terrain), MODERATE (hilly terrain), DIFFICULT (strenuous & steep). Walks will be led by DCR staff or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites and a parking fee might apply. DCR recommends wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.
TUESDAY FAMILY FLICKS AT DCR MARTINI SHELL IN HYDE PARK Meet at 1015 Truman Parkway in Hyde Park. Call 617-698-1802 for weather updates. Bring along a blanket and some snacks and enjoy a family movie under the stars. Don’t forget bug spray too! Movies begin at sunset, weather permitting. August 2: Star Wars: Force Awakens, August 9: Good Dinosaur, August 16: Jurassic World, August 23: Up, August 30: Ant-man. All programs are free and open to the public. Children must be accompanied by
an adult. Rain may cancel. For weather updates call 617-698-1802, ext. 3. Reasonable accommodations available upon request. For additional information, please call DCR Maggi Brown at 617698-1802, ext 217 in advance.
ELMA LEWIS PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK FREE CONCERT SERIES Every Tuesday at 6:30pm through August 16. August 2 — Battle of the DJs with Nomadik and Rudy Dottin, August 9 — Midnight Crew Review, August 16 — AJ Smooth Motown Review. Location: Pierpont Rd, behind Franklin Park Zoo next to Playstead Park.
WEDNESDAY DOROTHY CURRAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONCERT SERIES The Dorothy Curran Wednesday Night Concert Series returns through August 24 for another great season of outdoor music to entertain music fans of all ages on City Hall Plaza with funk and soul music legends Tavares, Disco Night with Stardust, and the smooth R&B stylings of Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes. All shows begin at 7pm.The series is presented by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Mayor’s Office of Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment, and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with title sponsor Bank of America. Additional support is provided by media sponsor the Boston Herald, night sponsor AARP Massachusetts, and Polar Beverages. On August 3 New Bedford’s own Tavares, one of the most memorable soul groups of the 70s and 80s, performs instantly recognizable international hits such as “Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel” and “More Than A Woman.” City Hall Plaza favorite Stardust returns on August 10 for Disco Night featuring classic dance floor and pop hits and the Dorothy Curran Wednesday Night Concert Series closes August 24 with the classic Philly soul of Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes. For more information, please call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at (617) 635-4505, visit www.facebook.com/ bostonparksde partment, or go to www. cityofboston.gov/parks.
THURSDAY FAMILY FLICKS AT DCR POPE JOHN PAUL II PARK Meet at the Gallivan Boulevard park entrance in Dorchester. Call 617-6981802 ext. 3 for weather updates. Bring along a blanket, chair, popcorn and enjoy a family movie under the stars. Don’t forget bug spray too! All movies begin at sunset, weather permitting. August 4: Star Wars: Force Awakens, August 11: Good Dinosaur, August 18: Jurassic World, August 25: Up. All programs are free and open to the public. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Rain may cancel. For weather updates call 617-698-1802, ext. 3. Reasonable accommodations available upon request. For additional information, please call DCR Maggi Brown at 617698-1802, ext 217 in advance.
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CAMBRIDGE JAZZ FESTIVAL Cambridge Jazz Festival kicks off its third year, in its new home at Danehy Park, Cambridge MA. The free concert line-up will take place 12-6pm Sunday, July 31. The 2016 line-up year features: The smooth sax of Walter Beasley, the phenomenal guitarist Russell Malone, seasoned sax extraordinaire Bill Peirce, the Ron Savage Trio, featuring Nadia Washington, and the Rebecca Cline Trio. For more information visit us online at: cambridgejazzfestival.org.
UPCOMING DOROTHY QUINCY HOMESTEAD OPEN HOUSE Saturday, August 6 & 20, 11am 3pm. The Dorothy Quincy Homestead is located at the intersection of Hancock Street and Butler Street in Quincy. For more info, visit www.nscdama.org. A National Historic Landmark, the Quincy Homestead is significant for its role in early American history, for its architecture, and for its Quincy family association. In addition to the architecture and furnishings, docents share stories of the Quincy family during the colonial era. The tours are free. Colonial games for kids too. Enter through the driveway gate. All programs are free and open to the public. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Reasonable accommodations available upon request. For additional information, please call DCR Maggi Brown at 617-698-1802, ext 217.
PARKARTS CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is proud to announce the 2016 ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concert Series made possible by Berklee College of Music, The Friends of Ramler Park, and the Fenway Civic Association though August 23 in parks citywide. The ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concerts continue at 5pm on Sunday, August 7, with Jazz at the Fort featuring Imagine Orchestra at Highland Park, 58 Beech Glen St., Roxbury; and 6pm on Tuesday, August 23, with the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band Jazz Ensemble at Christopher Columbus Park, 110 Atlantic Ave., North End. All ParkARTS neighborhood performances are free of charge. For more information or a full schedule of events, please call please call 617-6354505 or visit the Parks Department online at www.cityofboston/parks or www.face book.com/bostonparksdepartment.
THE SHIRLEY-EUSTIS HOUSE SUMMER STAFF SERIES The Shirley-Eustis House, a National Historic Landmark house museum and carriage house in Boston, Massachusetts is pleased to announce their 2016 August Summer Staff Series Event Schedule at Shirley Place, 33 Shirley St., Boston. Saturday, August 13 at 1pm — “Colonial Cooking Demonstration” with Executive Director Patti Violette and Education Coordinator Mary Concannon. Join Patti and Mary as they discuss and prepare various colonial era dishes and beverages. $10 per person and includes house tour. Sunday,
August 14 at 1pm — “Weaving, Spinning and Sewing: Textile Arts of the 18th-Century” with Executive Director Patti Violette and Education Interns Whitney Fournier and Anna Pravdica. Try your hand at carding wool and using a spinning wheel; design your own needlepoint sampler and learn about the art of using a tape loom. $10 per person and includes house tour. Refreshments will be served. Thursday, August 25 at 6:30pm — “Revolutionary Medicine: Surgeons and Butchers” with Docent Mary Kate Lang. Mary Kate will discuss common surgical methods performed by 18th-century doctors and surgeons with a focus on our own Governor and Doctor William Eustis. $10 per person. Refreshments will be served. Friday, August 26 at 1pm — “Archival Discoveries” with Curatorial Interns Jessica Muttitt and Claire Spatola will reveal items from our collections rarely seen by the public. Various documents and 1st-edition books will be highlighted. $7 Adults; $5 Students/Seniors. Includes house tour. Admission pricing is as indicated and members are half-priced for any demonstration. For more information about Shirley Place, its architecture, residents, gardens and collections, go to www.shirleyeustis house.org, call 617-442-2275, email us at governorshirley@gmail.com or visit us on Facebook. The Shirley-Eustis House, built by Massachusetts Royal Governor William Shirley in 1747 and later the home of Democratic-Republican Governor William Eustis in 1819 is located on 33 Shirley Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Regular house tour admission is $7 for the general public and free for House members.
FREE SHAKESPEARE AT DCR MARTINI SHELL PARK Cymbeline, King of Britain Presented by the Brown Box Theatre and DCR. August 24, 7:30-9:30pm at DCR Martini Shell Park at 1015 Truman Parkway in Hyde Park. Public transportation encouraged. Limited parking. Public transportation encouraged. Join us for a theatrical feast that blends tragedy, comedy and romance into an enchanting Shakespearean fairytale.
ONGOING YOGA FOR OLDER ADULTS AT BPL PARKER HILL Feel your soul shine as we practice poses, breathwork and mindfulness techniques to improve and increase strength, balance, flexibility, focus, confidence and inner peace. Bask in the warmth of a welcoming community of older adults ages 50+ learning to use yoga to enhance health and wellness. These classes are free and open to the
public thanks to our partnership with the Friends of the Parker Hill Branch Library and a grant from the Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust. Saturdays, 10-11am, though August 27. Parker Hill Branch Library, 1497 Tremont St., Roxbury (Boston’s Mission Hill); MBTA: Orange Line to Roxbury Crossing, Green Line to Brigham Circle, bus routes #39 or 66. Some free, on-street parking is available. To RSVP, call head librarian Katrina Morse at 617427-3820, email earthseedyogi@gmail. com, or visit earthseedyoga.com.
SUMMER FITNESS SERIES MONDAYS: Yoga @ Dorchester Park, 2180 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, 6pm. All levels are welcome at this free yoga class in the park. Bring your own mat or towel and water. TUESDAYS: Lunchtime Groove @ Elmhurst Park, 27-35 Elmhurst St., Dorchester, 12:15pm. Full body stretching followed by basic cardio-inducing dance and callisthenic movements to upbeat urban tunes. Wind-down with breathing & stretches to calm and center. All fitness levels welcome. Zumba @ Gertrude Howes, 72 Moreland St., Roxbury, 6pm. Free Zumba in the park with the Z Spot Boston. Bring water and come ready to dance! WEDNESDAYS: Family Fitness @ Walker Playground (Norfolk Park), 550 Norfolk St., Mattapan, 6:30pm. Join your neighbors for Zumba and fitness fun at the park. All levels and ages are welcome! Line Dancing @ Franklin Park, 1 Circuit Dr., Dorchester, 6pm. Join the Boston Rhythm Riders for free line dancing instruction and practice. All levels are welcome to come move their feet. Class meets at Refractory Hill up the hill from the Franklin Park Clubhouse. THURSDAYS: Gentle Yoga @ Almont Park, 40 Almont St., Mattapan, 10am. All levels are welcome at this free yoga class in the park. Bring your own mat or towel and water. Evening Groove @ Elmhurst Park, 27-35 Elmhurst St., Dorchester, 6:30pm. After a full-body warm up, enjoy fun, HIIT-paced dance exercise followed by rhythmic movement recovery periods to induce an efficient balance of cardio and fat burning movements to motivating familiar beats. Cool down breath & stretching. All fitness levels welcome. FRIDAYS: Yoga @ Clifford Park, 160 Norfolk Ave., Roxbury, 1pm. All levels are welcome at this free yoga class in the park. Bring your own mat or towel and water. SATURDAYS: Yoga @ Franklin Park, 1 Circuit Dr., Dorchester, 9:15am. All levels are welcome at this free yoga class in the park. Bring your own mat or towel and water. www.bphc.org/summerfitness for full schedule. Classes run until the end of August.
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Simple no-bake brunch hacks In the heat of summer, the last thing you want to do is turn on the oven or eat a heavy meal. Follow these easy no-bake brunch hacks to keep cool and have a delicious brunch on the table all summer long. Made-to-order smoothies. Choose a few recipes ahead of time and give guests the option to select from the ingredients available. For a more filling smoothie, add protein powder, oats or peanut butter. Bagel bar with toppings. Simply plate a variety of bagels and fill the table with cream cheese and pre-sliced toppings like fruits, veggies and herbs. Make-ahead yogurt parfaits. Find decorative plastic cups at any party store for easy cleanup, then layer plain or vanilla yogurt, fresh fruit and crunchy toasted nuts and coconut. Change up the flavors in some of the parfaits so guests can choose their favorites. At any brunch, coffee is a must. For a cooler approach, provide an iced coffee option alongside chilled orange juice and iced tea. — Brandpoint
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Bring home a basket of peaches and berries for a tasty, crispy treat BY THE EDITORS OF RELISH MAGAZINE
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hen fresh berries and peaches are piled up at the store, bring home a basket and make a fruit crisp. It’s easier than pie, yet still delivers the crunchy, buttery goodness that goes so well with sweet fruit. This version features oats and pistachios in the topping, and you can use any berries you’d like (even frozen). Serve with vanilla ice cream, and you’ve got a taste of summer in a bowl.
Peach Berry Crisp
Marshmallow, Chocolate, Sweet Potato Crackers Servings: 10 n 10 large marshmallows n 20 Breton sweet potato and ancient grain crackers n ¼ cup chocolate chips, divided Heat broiler to low (set rack in top two-thirds of oven if low-heat setting is unavailable). Place marshmallows on one cracker and broil 1-3 minutes, or until they begin to brown and soften. Remove from oven and place 1 teaspoon chocolate chips onto hot marshmallows. Let sit 1 minute to allow chocolate to soften. Place cracker on top and enjoy. — Family Features
Filling: n 6 cups chopped, peeled and pitted peaches (about 2½ lbs) n 2 cups ripe berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries or a mix) n ¼ cup granulated sugar n 2 tablespoons cornstarch n 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg n 1 teaspoon vanilla extract n 1 lemon, finely grated rind and juice Topping: n 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour n 1 cup light brown sugar n¾ cup quick-cooking oats n¼ cup shelled dry-roasted pistachios
THE DISH ON … “Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It” by Larry Olmsted Award-winning journalist Larry Olmsted brings readers into the unregulated food industry, revealing the shocking deception that extends from high-end foods like olive oil, wine, and Kobe beef to everyday staples such as coffee, honey, juice, and cheese. It’s a massive bait and switch in which counterfeiting is rampant and in which the consumer ultimately pays the price. — Algonquin Books
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n ½ teaspoon coarse salt n 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cubed and chilled 1. For filling, combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss gently. Set aside at least 10 minutes to allow fruit to begin releasing its juices. Mix fruit again just before using. 2. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. 3. For topping, combine all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until crumbly, about 30 seconds. 4. Pour filling into prepared pan. Top with streusel mixture and press lightly with your hands to secure filling. Bake about 1 hour, until golden brown and bubbly. Serves 10. — Recipe by Jean Kressy
How to pick the perfect peach Get out to the farmers market The best peach is a local peach as it is doesn’t have to travel so far so it can be picked after it ripens on the tree. Know your varieties White peaches tend to be sweet while yellow peaches are more tart. The former is better for fresh eating and the latter for baking. Pick a variety of ripeness A riper peach is a
sweeter peach but an overripe peach can be mushy. Buy only enough to last a few days and at a variety of ripeness levels. To find out how ripe a peach is, gently squeeze or press the fruit near the stem end. If it gives, it’s ripe and ready to eat. Ripe peaches can be stored in the fridge but eat them before they go wrinkly — a sign that they are drying out. — More Content Now
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Dorchester man puts neighbors to work Sheet metal worker teaches locals how to perform restoration work By YAWU MILLER
Like many blacks in the building trades, T. Michael Thomas struggled to balance his love for his work and his antipathy for his union. As one of a handful of non-white members of the Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, Thomas found that he was often passed over for jobs in favor of less-qualified whites. “I saw the disparities in the hiring,” he said. “You could be better than the best. But at the end of the day, you would still be passed over.” Born into a family of welders in Trinidad, Thomas left the union and hung out his own shingle, specializing in fabrication and installation of copper gutters, skylights and roofs. As work came in, he began taking in apprentices from his Dorchester community, teaching them the intricacies of metal work. Now, at any given time, Thomas works with as many as five apprentices, most often installing roofs and other copper details on homes in Milton, Brookline and other Boston suburbs. In his apartment on the third floor of his Dorchester triple decker, work tables covered in sheets of copper occupy most of what was once his dining room and now serves as a classroom for his apprentices. In his basement, the tools of the trade are affixed to hooks on the
walls, hang from floor joists and occupy crowded shelves. Work benches are strewn with drain spouts and other custom-fabricated pieces. A five-foot-long metal bending machine called a brake occupies one corner of the basement. A metal cutting machine occupies another. While many in his family have worked as welders, including his father, Thomas studied welding with teachers John Woods and Al Conte at the Humphrey Center, now Madison Park Vocational Technical High School. “I spent a lot of time working closely with the teachers there,” he said. “They said, ‘If you stick with us, we’ll get you in the union.’”
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After graduation, Thomas entered the apprenticeship program at Local 17. As the only black apprentice, he stood out. “The other students saw me the first day and said, ‘Who do you know?’” he said. “I stayed the course.” During his ten years in Local 17, Thomas was able to work on historical preservation jobs, including the State House and Harvard Divinity School. For the latter, Thomas custom-fabricated downspouts and hand-cut designs in the copper work to match the existing hardware. The work was lucrative,
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T. Michael Thomas demonstrates the use of a metal brake, using a sheet of copper in his basement workshop. paying $40 an hour. Because many buildings in and around Boston are designated as historical landmarks, repair work to the copper gutters, flashing and roofs must match the pre-existing work. “The things we’re replicating were created sometimes two or three hundred years ago,” he said.
“All done by hand.” When work on the Big Dig was progressing, the nearly all-white workforce showed Thomas just how few blacks had been able to find work in the building trades unions. “I saw billions being spent on the Big Dig, and there weren’t any people of color on the job,” he said. “When you’d ask why, they kept saying that people just don’t have the skills.” Thomas says he’s trained more than 20 people to work in sheet metal. Some have joined Local
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decades expanded educational opportunities for Boston teens. Long housed in a building directly across Crawford Street from the old Grove Hall Library building, Freedom House moved in three years ago. It now is operating out of a set of trailers while the 8,400 square foot library building undergoes a $1.5 million renovation. To make the new location more welcoming, Janey Construction Management and Consulting, Inc. — the general contractor — is removing the concrete walls facing Crawford and Warren Streets and replacing them with glass facades. “It will give Grove Hall a new look,” said Latoya Baskin, Janey’s project manager. “People will be able to see how beautiful this building is on the inside.” The building will be divided into three main spaces: a class room, a computer room and a conference room — all with moveable walls that will allow the entire space to open up into a large conference space. The building has been rewired to accommodate the needs of the computer lab. The plumbing and HVAC systems also have been updated. In the rear of the building, the parking lot will be resurfaced, benches will be installed for an outdoor learning space and a patio area is under construction. The new location is slated to open no
17 and found work through the union. Others have gone into business for themselves. “The last group I trained — four of them — are working together in Florida,” he said. Thomas said many of those he has worked with have criminal records that would ordinarily make it difficult for them to find work. The skill set he’s teaching them makes them invaluable. “I make recommendations and place them in companies that need their work,” he said. later than March of 2017. Freedom House currently serves more than 2,000 students from Boston high schools with a goal of boosting college graduation rates, providing students with academic support, along with college and career counseling. “It’s all about developing a college-going mindset,” says Chief Executive Officer Katrina Shaw. “We give students an idea of what their trajectory is to get to a four-year college.” Services continue as students enter colleges. Freedom House has staff who work directly with high school graduates at UMass Boston, Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College and Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. The Freedom House staff also work with students who have dropped out of high school, providing credit recovery services. While much of the organization’s work takes place in the high schools and colleges where its students attend class, the renovated space will enable Freedom House to provide a higher level of services inhouse, with an updated computer lab and a more flexible floor plan. During the groundbreaking ceremony, attended by Mayor Martin Walsh, state Rep. Russell Holmes and at-large city councilors Anissa Esaibi George and Michael Flaherty, Walsh praised the Freedom House for its work to close the achievement gap in Boston. “It’s actually happening here,” he said.
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The BHA seeks a development consultant to play a key role in securing potential development partners to redevelop existing BHA properties. The consultant will report to the BHA Executive Director (ED). The consultant will participate in a team including the ED, the BHA’s Directors of Real Estate, Modernization, and Maintenance, outside counsel, and others as needed. The Development Committee of the BHA Board (David Trietsch and Michael Jacobs) will play an important advisory role on the team by representing the full Board in all phases of the development process. The consultant’s main tasks will include drafting a developer RFQ, coordinating the assessment of development partners, and drafting Pre-Construction MOU(s) between the BHA and development partner(s). The BHA intends to issue the Developer RFQ by October 15, 2016; select development partners by January 15, 2017; and sign Pre-Construction MOUs by March 15, 2017. The initial BHA-consultant contract will conclude with execution of PreConstruction MOUs. The BHA may include a BHA option in the initial contract to extend the consultant’s role to further tasks in the development process. Respondents to this RFP shall submit their proposals by email to BHA Executive Director Patrick Dober at pdober@brooklinehousing.org no later than 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Firms intending to submit a proposal should email their intention, with contact information, by August 3, 2016 at 4:00 pm. Inquiries or requests for clarification of the RFP must be submitted by email by August 10, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. The BHA will circulate responses to all interested respondents. Please visit our website at http://brooklinehousing.org/Business &employmentOpportunities.html or contact Desirée Ladd at dladd@brook linehousing.org for a full copy of the RFP and submission instructions. LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR INTEREST The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A380, VIRTUAL CAMPUS SYSTEM. The Massport Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs Department is seeking qualified vendors or consultants who can work with the Department to implement a virtual campus system. This system must meet the requirements set forth in this RFI, and must be flexible and scalable in order to meet the Department’s future needs, with regard to changes in technology and data as it applies to construction projects and capital improvement programs. The Department is seeking a system that will support interactive viewing of 3-dimensional models, drawings, and imagery in order to visualize existing conditions of buildings and infrastructure, and to plan for future capital construction projects. A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, on the Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http://www. massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice, and on COMMBUYS (www.com mbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs SBrace@massport.com The Supplemental Information Package will provide detailed information about Scope Of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements. 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 Thursday, September 8, 2016 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 021282909. 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. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PUBLIC NOTICE PROPOSED SIXTY (60) DAY EXTENSION TO SOUTH END URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, PROJECT NO. MASS. R-56 Public Notice is hereby given that the Boston Redevelopment Authority (“BRA”) will consider at its scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at 3:30 P.M. in the BRA Board Room – Room 900, 9th Floor, Boston City Hall, a proposed short-term, sixty (60) day extension of fourteen (14) active urban renewal plans, including the South End Urban Renewal Plan, to October 27, 2016. This Public Notice is being provided in accordance with a certain “Conciliation Agreement” by and among the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the BRA and others, dated as of January 16, 2001.
Electronic bids for MBTA CONTRACT No. G65CN01, HAVERHILL LINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WILMINGTON JUNCTION TO LOWELL JUNCTION, MASSACHUSETTS, PROJECT VALUE - $8,985,000.00, (CLASS 1 – GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION, VALUE - $8,985,000.00, CLASS 3 – TRACKWORK, VALUE - $1,223,100.00, CLASS 6 (A2) – TRANSIT SIGNALING, VALUE $6,719,639.00), can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on August 23, 2016. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.
A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 08/04/2016.
Work on the Haverhill Commuter Rail Line will consist of improvements to the existing track alignment, construction of new tracks through select segments, new or improved interlockings, a second track, a new train control signal system, replacement of Automatic Grade Crossing Warning Systems (AGCWS), upgrade of existing at-grade highway crossing track and roadway surfaces, the retirement of portions of the existing train control signal systems and AGCWS and the demolition of select existing turnouts, crossovers and track segments as indicated. These improvements will be made while the existing commuter line service and freight line service continues to function.
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Bidder’s attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of 16 percent. Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award. Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solic itations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU16A0057AD
In the matter of Kennedy Morgan Blake CITATION G.L. c. 210, § 6 To any unnamed or unknown parent and persons interested in a petition for the adoption of said child and to the Department of Children and Families of said Commonwealth. A petion has been presented to said court by Marc H. Romain of Boston, MA and Elizabeth A. Romain of Boston, MA requesting for leave to adopt said child and that the name of the child be changed to Kennedy Morgan Romain. If you object to this adoption you are entitled to the appointment of an attorney if you are an indigent person. An indigent person is defined by SJC Rule 3:10. The definition includes but is not limited to persons receiving TAFDC, EACDC, poverty related veteran’s benefits, Medicaid, and SSI. The Court will determine if you are indigent. Contact an Assistant Judicial Case Manager or Adoption Clerk of the Court on or before the date listed below to obtain the necessary forms. IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 09/01/2016. WITNESS, Hon. Joan P Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: June 17, 2016
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Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Yara A. Barbosa Of Boston, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Maria Nazolino of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Yara A. Barbosa is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Maria Nazolino of Boston, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 09/01/2016. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.
The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.
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WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: June 29, 2016 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
Docket No. SU16C0258CA
In the matter of Nechalye Bailey Cribbs of Mattapan, MA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Nechalye B. Cribbs requesting that Nechalye Bailey Cribbs be allowed to change her name as follows: Nechalye’ Jean Bailey IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE
WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 21, 2016 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
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Units will have modern kitchens, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and wood floors. Living areas will feature 10’ ceilings. The building has two landscaped courtyards with an outdoor swimming pool and full service amenities such as a fitness center, theatre, conference and meeting rooms, lounge area with a full kitchen.
Equal Housing Opportunity
1—$51,150 4—$73,050 2—$58,450 5—$78,900 3—$65,750 6—$84,750
Bellingham Affordable Housing One 3 Bedroom Single Family Home Price: $219,000
Public Information Meeting
70 Moody Street, Bellingham, MA
6:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Morse Institute Library—14 E. Central St. September 19, 2016
Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be delivered (not postmarked) by 2 pm on Sept 19th, 2016. The Watertown Library will be the location for a public Info Session on August 17th, 2016 at 6 pm and the Lottery on October 12th, 2016.
For Info and Application:
Pick Up: Natick Town Offices, Planning Office, Morse Institute Library Phone: (978) 456-8388 Email: lotteryinfo@mcohousingservices.com
For Details on Applications, the Lottery and the Apartments, call 617.782.6900 (press 1 for rental and then press x5 for Gables Arsenal Street) or go to:
Applications and Information also available at the Watertown Public Library on 123 Main Street (Hours: M-Th 9-9, F 9-7, Sat 10-2).
1 person household: 2 person household: 3 person household: 4 person household: 5 person household: 6 person household:
Application Deadline September 5, 2016
$51,150 $58,450 $65,750 $73,050 $78,900 $84,750
1st Time Homebuyers—Assets to $75,000—Home by lottery 3 Bedrooms—2 baths—2 car garage
Application available online at: www.mcohousingservices.com
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MAX ALLOWABLE INCOME
Public Information Meeting 6 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Bellingham Municipal Center 10 Mechanic St
Application Deadline
For Info and Application: Pick Up: Bellingham Municipal Center, Town Clerk Office and Public Library Phone: (978) 456-8388 Email: lotteryinfo@mcohousingservices.com Application available online at: www.mcohousingservices.com
VILLAGE GREEN APARTMENTS Barnstable, MA One, Two & Three Bedroom Apartments in a BRAND NEW modern community! Anticipated Move-In Date: Winter 2017
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
Affordable, Reduced Rent, and Voucher Programs -An Equal Housing Opportunity-
Whittier Place
Heat and Hot Water Included! Off-street parking, fitness center, community room, resident business center, central laundry, on-site management & 24-hour emergency maintenance!
60 Southern Avenue, 86 Southern Avenue, 21 Darlington Street, 19 Darlington Street, 4-6 Lyndhurst Street, 472 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 30 Affordable Units # of Units
# BR
Monthly Rent
% Income
Type
3
2 BR
Income Based
PBV/30%
Homeless Set-Aside
2
3 BR
Income Based
PBV/30%
Homeless Set-Aside
4
1 BR
$1047-$1038
60%
Tax Credit
21
2 BR
$1249 - $1237
60%
Tax Credit
Applicants for all units will be chosen through a lottery which will be held 10/18/16.
Maximum Income per Household Size (HUD 2016 limits) HH Size
30% of median income
60% of median income
HH Size
30% of median income
60% of median income
1
20,650
41,300
4
29,450
58,900
2
23,600
47,200
5
31,850
63,700
3
26,550
53,100
6
34,200
68,400
Monthly Rent
1 Bedroom
$884*
2 Bedroom
$1,055*
3 Bedroom
$1,210*
LOTTERY APPLICATION DEADLINE 9/30/16
There are 15 units with Section 8 PBV and MRVP Project Based Subsidies. Rent for these units will be 30% of household adjusted gross income. Preference will be given to homeless applicants. INCOME LIMITS
Applications may be picked up in-person at or can be requested to be sent by mail by telephone or email request from: 702 WASHINGTON STREET, DORCHESTER, MA 02124 (617) 825-8888 or codmansquare@winnco.com TTY/TDD: (800) 439-2370 Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tuesday, Thursday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm Saturday 8/27 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Information sessions:
Thursday, August 17, 2016 and Monday, August 22, 2016 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 31 Ellington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124 Reasonable accommodations made.
SELECTION WILL BE BY LOTTERY ALL LOTTERY PARTICIPANTS SHALL BE NOTIFIED OF THE LOTTERY RESULTS BY MAIL To be included in the lottery, applications must be returned to the address listed above if in person by 4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 15, 2016, or by mail to the address listed above, applications must be postmarked by September 15, 2016. Use and Occupancy Restrictions Apply. 5 apartments have preference for households requiring an accessible unit 5 apartments are set aside for formerly homeless families Income restrictions apply. Whittier Place Apartments and common areas are smoke-free
Equal Housing Opportunity
Size
*Rents include deductions for utility allowances and are subject to change.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AUGUST 8, 2016 – SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
For more info or reasonable accommodations, call WinnResidential at 617-825-8888 TTY/TDD: (800) 439-2370
Applications for the Lottery will be accepted from 8/1/16 - 9/30/16
Monthly Rent for apartments without Section 8 PBVor MRVP PBV
Project Based Section-8
Project Based MRVP
60% Tax Credit
Household Size
30%
50%
60%
1
$17,850
$29,750
$35,700
2
$20,400
$34,000
$40,800
3
$22,950
$38,250
$45,900
4
$25,450
$42,450
$50,940
5
$28,440
$45,850
$55,020
6
$32,580
$49,250
$59,100
HUD published gross income limits effective 3/28/16. Subject to change annually. Minimum Gross Annual Income Limits Based on Bedroom Size (for apartments without Section 8 PBV or MRVP PB): Size
Income Limit
1 Bedroom
$26,520
2 Bedroom
$31,650
3 Bedroom
$36,300
Section-8 Voucher Holders Encouraged to Apply (Participants in Project-Based Subsidy Programs and Voucher Holders are Exempt from Minimum Income Requirements)
Attend our Informational Meeting 8/18/16 | 4 pm - 6 pm To be held at the Barnstable Town Hall TO REQUEST AN APPLICATION or reasonable accommodation: email: VillageGreen@HallKeen.com Application available for download at www.VillageGreenHyannis.com Call: (508) 534-9643 TDD: Call 7-1-1 Visit: 767 AA Independence Drive Barnstable, MA 02601 Also available at the Barnstable Town Hall and Sturgis Library Applications must be fully completed and received or postmarked by September 30, 2016. Mail completed applications to: Village Green 767 AA Independence Drive Barnstable, MA 02601
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Facilities Specialists
49—One ($1,084), Two ($1,287) and Three ($1,472) Bedroom
St Joseph’s Community, Inc., a member-owned housing cooperative in Boston is seeking reliable, conscientious and skilled Facilities Specialists (2) with experience in maintaining and repairing the following: appliances, door/locks, minor plumbing and electrical items, heating and ventilation systems. Carpentry skills are necessary. Successful candidates must be computer literate and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. Preference given to applicants who are bi-lingual, have prior work experience in multi-dwelling residential environments or housing cooperatives and have one or more industry certifications: 30 hours OSHA training, lead renovation, asbestos abatement, mold remediation. This is a full-time position with rotating on-call responsibilities, an excellent salary with good benefits and paid Personal Time Off (PTO). All candidates must have a willingness to be certified and trained in industry standard disciplines after the first ninety (90) days. Send email to sjc@trinitymanagementcompany.com or fax resumes to 617.541.0057.
Public Information Meeting 6:30 p.m., Monday August 15, 2016 Stevens Memorial Library, 345 Main St. Application Deadline September 10, 2016
Units distributed by lottery.
For Info and Application Availability: Pick Up: N. Andover Town Hall, - Town Clerks Ofc, Public Library & Leasing Office, 4 Berry St. Phone: (978) 456-8388 TTY/TTD: 711, when asked 978-456-8388 Email: lotteryinfo@mcohousingservices.com
MAX ALLOWABLE INCOME 80% of AMI 1 person household: $46,000 2 person household: $52,600 3 person household: $59,150 4 person household: $65,700 5 person household: $71,000 6 person household: $76,250 Language/translation assistance available, at no charge, upon request. Reasonable Accommodations available for persons with disabilities
Application available online at: www.mcohousingservices.com
HELP WANTED Are you interested in a
Healthcare CAREER? Project Hope, in partnership with Partners HealthCare is currently accepting applications for a FREE entry level healthcare employment training program. Program eligibility includes: • • • • •
HELP WANTED
N. ANDOVER RENTAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING BERRY FARMS—4 Berry Street Utilities are NOT included in the rent
Have a high school diploma or equivalent Have a verifiable reference of 1 year from a former employer Pass assessments in reading, language, and computer skills Have CORI clearance Be legally authorized to work in the United States
For more information and to register for the next Open House please visit our website at www.prohope.org/openhouse.htm or call 617-442-1880 ext. 218.
TECHNICAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR The Technical Services Supervisor at the Massachusetts Port Authority supervises outside contractor services including Environmental Maintenance & Emergency Response, Baggage Handling Systems, Passenger Loading Bridges, Elevator/Escalator/Walkway, Skilled Trades Maintenance, Performance Based Building Cleaning, Fire Alarm Testing & Maintenance, Concession Grease Management, Window Cleaning, Paging Systems, Pest Control, CCTV & Access Control Systems. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business Management, or equivalent professional work experience required. EXPERIENCE: 3-5 years’ experience managing contractor services within a large physical plant required. For a more detailed job description and to apply, please visit www.massport.com or use the URL below and click on the job title you are interested then click on the “Apply” link! http://agency.governmentjobs.com/massport/default.cfm
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The Executive Assistant
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works to facilitate the effectiveness of the President’s Office. Responsibilities include calendar and email management, planning and executing business meetings, supporting other departments as needed. S/he must anticipate the needs of a busy office, show strong leadership, interface with Board and staff, maintain confidentiality and set priorities in accordance with the President’s agenda. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree; 4 years administrative experience or the equivalent required; Development experience desirable; Ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects; Proficiency in Microsoft Office; Meeting planning experience; Professional communications skills; Detail-oriented and organized with ability to follow through; Strong interpersonal skills and experience working with diverse populations. Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Occasional evenings and early mornings required.
To apply: please send cover letter and resume via mail
to Boston Children’s Museum, Attn: Human Resources, 308 Congress Street, Boston MA 02210; email to Jobs@BostonChildrensMuseum.org; fax to 617.423.3213.
Are you a “people person?” Do you like to help others? Full-time, 12-week training plus internship. Job placement assistance provided. FREE TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY! HS diploma or GED required. Free YMCA membership for you and your family while enrolled in YMCA Training, Inc. Call 617-542-1800 and refer to Health Insurance Training when you call
Administrative Assistant Full time Administrative Assistant for a 775 unit multi-family apartment development in Boston’s Mission Hill area. The Administrative Assistant will assist the Collections Manager in administering and managing the rental collections of the property. This position will also assist the Compliance Manager in the monthly recertification process. The candidate must be familiar with LIHTC program and HUD project based section 8 program. Certified Occupancy Specialist certification a plus. Must possess strong organizational skills and be detailed oriented. The Assistant will also perform general clerical tasks to included but limited to: answering telephone, filing and front desk coverage. Bilingual Cantonese / Mandarin / English preferred. Resumes may be submitted by email to: wblaser@trinitymanagmentcompany.com or by fax to 617-731-6481. EOE
RELOCATION REPRESENTATIVE Cruz Management Company seeks to hire a highly-motivated, optimistic individual with 1-3 years property management or real estate experience to join our Housing Relocation Division in Boston, MA immediately. The successful candidate has excellent interpersonal, communication and organization skills, is customer service oriented, works well as part of a team conducting meetings, interviews and completing paperwork with residents. Maintains a professional respectful demeanor, adhering to strict confidentiality policies in execution of all job activities with clients, staff contract vendors, resident groups, co-workers, etc. Experience desired in conducting recertification, processing application, rent collections, and apartment inspections. Working knowledge of federal state and local housing laws A+. Excellent Microsoft Word and Excel skills. Available to work flexible hours. Must have a valid driver’s license and own transportation. Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply.
At Cruz Management Company we offer a competitive salary and great benefits package.
(617) 261-4600 x 7799 • ads@bannerpub.com
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HELP WANTED
Northern Contracting Corp. is working in Dorchester. We are looking for employment applications from individuals in the construction trades who would like to work in this area. Fax your resume to 781-821-4201 or email it to ncc@ northerncontractingcorp.com.
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Interested candidates are invited to submit a resume and cover letter to: success@cruzcompanies.com STRICTLY NO TELEPHONE CALLS, MAIL OR FAX INQUIRIES!
Part Time Administrative Assistant Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
The Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Dorchester, Massachusetts is seeking a Part time Administrative Assistant. The Administrative Assistant responsibilities are as follows: n Monitors the overall operations of the church’s day-today operations. n Work closely with the pastor, trustees, church staff and other ministries to ensure that all facets of the church’s needs and requirements are being adequately addressed. n Will follow established procedures for ensuring that all administrative functions are operating in an efficient and effective manner. n Will work with the Board of Trustees to institute procurement, personnel, payment and contracting policies are followed in order to enable the church to meet all obligations and responsibilities promptly. n The Administrative Assistant is directly responsible to the Pastor. Requirements: n The ability to communicate clearly, courteously and effectively. n The demonstrated ability to communicate orally and in writing. n Interpersonal and organizational skills. n The ability to effectively manage/coordinate simultaneous projects, and successfully prioritize multiple tasks with good judgment. Please mail your résumé to: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church P.O. Box 155, Dorchester, MA 02121
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