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Black and Latino Caucus will continue push for change By KAREN MORALES
Moments after midnight Monday morning, the state legislature ended formal session without taking action on criminal justice and police reforms proposed by the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus made in response to nationwide police brutality. On July 11th, members of the caucus and elected officials of color representing Boston drafted a letter acknowledging the violent incidents that occurred in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Dallas between police officers and African American civilians. The letter, which was revised on July 29th, urged Governor Charlie Baker, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, Speaker Robert DeLeo and Mayor Martin Walsh to join the legislative body in pushing policy changes that address racial inequality and police brutality.
At the city level, the black, Latino and Asian officials called for implementing body cameras, implicit bias training for officers, civilian review boards and funding for trauma support. At the state level, the letter cited the need for updating law enforcement training, state certification of police officers, comprehensive data collection, and establishing special prosecutors for police-involved shootings. Holmes said that regulation of ride hailing services such as Uber and Lyft preoccupied legislators the entire weekend and there was not enough time to give the criminal justice reforms the attention it needed. “We did, however, receive language from the Senate to set up a commission or task force that will look at all policing, officer training, and police-involved shootings,” said Holmes. “We wouldn’t do it
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SOPS’ Boston youth gathered for a door knocking campaign in Jamaica Plain last week.
Save Our Public Schools puts focus on canvassing Youth, young adults turn out to knock on doors By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
See REFORM BILLS, page 11 Facing a better-funded opposition, Save Our Public Schools members frequently cite door knocking and canvassing as the primary outreach method they hope will lead them to a ballot victory in November. At 5 p.m. last Wednesday, SOPS’ local youth team gathered outside the Jamaica Plain Whole Foods
Market, ready to hit the streets. The nearly dozen teenagers and young adults planned to spend the evening urging voters to reject Question 2, which would raise the cap on charter schools. The teens joked as they greeted each other, but when it came to talking the issues, they turned serious. Gabi Pereire, a rising junior at Excel Academy, was among several who said her path to SOPS started with the BPS budget cuts.
Pereire said that for her, school cuts were the tip of the iceberg. When her younger brother was slated to lose the speech therapist who had worked with him for four years, she turned her eye to BPS’s funding. “I realized the picture was much broader than budget cuts,” she said, saying she then learned the role charter school funding
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Group aims to rein in sober homes Legislation paves way for certification By YAWU MILLER
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At-large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley speaks during a rally for criminal justice reform Saturday at the State House.
State officials hope a voluntary certification system governing the operation of sober homes in Massachusetts will help increase safety and curtail abuse in the unregulated market for the group homes. But a group of Roxbury neighbors who turned out for an
information session on the new standards for the homes were less optimistic. “I have a sober home on my street that just sprouted up with no notice,” one woman said during the meeting. “They’re doing more drug deals there than a little bit. The person who runs it is a convicted felon.” State representatives Liz Malia
and Evandro Carvaho and City Councilor Tito Jackson attended last week’s meeting, along with about 20 community residents. While many community residents voiced concerns about the proliferation of group care homes in Roxbury, the officials expressed cautious optimism that the new regulations could rein in irresponsible sober home operators. Sober homes are residences
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Pop-up “kitchen table” talks seek passersby’s ideas on BuildBPS By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Boston Public Schools staff gathered around a table on the Dudley Town Common in Roxbury one late afternoon last week, equipped with popsicles and short surveys printed on colorful paper for those passersby willing to stop and chat. The event was first of seven planned “BuildBPS Kitchen Table Talks” — pop-up forums designed to capture local feedback through casual conversations and provide information on the school department’s ten-year facilities and educational vision. “The idea is, the best conversations happen around the kitchen table,” said Ben Vainer, director of City Hall to Go, which launched the events together with BPS. City Hall To Go is a department aimed at providing City Hall-based services to farther locations and runs the traveling city services truck. Holding conversations were BPS members Makeeba McCreary, chief of staff; Danielle Crystal, deputy chief of staff; Michele Shannon, chief of schools and Carolyn MacNeil, ombudsperson; as well as, from the city, Vanier and Rahn Dorsey, city chief of education.
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The BuildBPS plan addresses facilities investments as well as curriculum and instructional reforms. The assessment includes buildings’ abilities to support educational programs as well as provide safety, adequate outdoor offerings and infrastructure for current and future technology. Vainer said officials wanted respondents to dream big now, and that the financial aspect of the plan would be determined later. Even ideas not specifically about physical infrastructure have an influence on what buildings should look like, Vainer said. “If you want more professional development opportunities, does that mean you need more space for things to happen? It all has implications [for facilities master plan],” Vainer told the Banner. BPS and the mayor’s Education Cabinet are working with Cambridge-based architecture and planning firm Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates to develop
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Danielle Crystal, BPS deputy chief of staff, spoke with Jillian Sierra, a student at Northeastern University, at last Thursday’s BuildBPS Kitchen Table Talk on the Dudley Town Common. recommendations for submission to Mayor Martin Walsh, School Superintendent Tommy Chang and the BPS School Committee by fall 2016. Others involved with the project include New Vistas Designs For Learning, Mass Insight Education, MGT of America, WSP Group/Parsons Brinkerhoff, Pinck & Co. and the Boston School Committee, according to information posted online by BPS. According to information provided at the event, approximately two-thirds of the 128 school buildings were constructed prior to World War II.
Varied feedback
Youth from a farm stand a few paces away were among the first to stop by the kitchen table to talk. The event drew a mix of visitors, including adults, current and former BPS students, a youth activist and members of Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. Survey-takers were asked to write down three things that every BPS school should have, as well as their connection to BPS, understanding of BuildBPS and recommended methods for engagement around BPS issues. While press
releases about the kitchen table talks were sent to newspapers and word posted on social media and BPS’s website, Vainer said part of the event’s goal was to reach youth and parents not already part of those circles. Responses from passersby were wide-ranging, including requests for in-school classroom supply stores, theaters and basketball teams, early exposure to a variety of careers (for instance, architecture), bigger school budgets, afterschool programs, functioning libraries, updated books, smaller class sizes and vending machines to raise additional school revenue. Among the most common recommendations: healthier lunches and teaching techniques that embrace diverse learning styles and promote project-based learning.
Versatile instruction styles
Maya Ochoa-Blanco, a rising junior at Boston Community Leadership Academy and longtime BPS student, was among several who suggested a pedagogical shift from testing to project-based learning. Ochoa-Blanco said it would be more helpful to have a large project
to work on throughout the year that allowed in-depth exploration of one area than touching lightly on a broader range. Noraitza Ruiz, a 2013 graduate of Boston Day and Evening Academy who currently works at Boston Opportunity Youth Collaborative, recommended replacing grading with competency-based evaluation. Under such a system, students who do not complete a class do not get failing marks but rather the opportunity to finish next semester or by doing a project, she said.
Student voice
Youth have insufficient involvement in school decision making, said Louis Morales, a member of the Youth Voice Project. The YVP is a subgroup of the Opportunity Youth Collaborative that performs research and outreach to advise the OYC on methods for engaging Boston’s young adults. Morales called for implementing student governments, adding that he has attended three BPS schools, none of which had such a body in any active form. Although there is the Boston Student Advisor y Council,
Morales said that it was useful but limited. Each school has one representative appointed to BSAC to engage in system-wide decisions. This is a large amount of influence put on one student, who may not be known to all students or best reflect their voice, Morales said. Such an approach also does not address a need for youth influence on school-level decisions. Morales also said there often is a disconnect between youth and teachers. This especially is common, he said, when educators are from the suburbs and interpret a student acting out as an indicator of gang involvement, not as a sign that the person is struggling to cope with problems. Ruiz also recommended increasing counselor staffing to one counselor per 200 students. BPS’ Danielle Crystal said that work is underway to train educators to better understand students’ backgrounds and culture, but that it is a slow process. Carrington Moore, a high school-to-career manager at Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, who spoke personally and not on behalf of DSNI, called for greater budgets and accountability. But, he said, the kitchen table conversation was a good start. Morales agreed.
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Left: Noraitza Ruiz recommended replacing grading with competency-based evaluation. Right: Louis Morales called for active student governments in all schools.
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Which side are you on? The mention of Black Lives Matter often provokes an adverse reaction among many Americans. For some reason they seem to believe the term implies that the lives of whites are insignificant. They reach that conclusion either out of bigotry or because of a dire lack of knowledge of the violence against blacks throughout American history. At any rate, by denigrating the principle that black lives matter they have implicitly supported the converse concept that black lives are of no consequence. Indeed, the reprehensible record of lynching in the South from the Civil War to World War II is one measure of the national disregard for black lives. The Equal Justice Initiative, an institute promoting racial equality, published a report last year on its extensive research on the history of lynching. The study was limited to the “most active lynching states in America”: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The study documented 3,959 lynchings of blacks in those states from 1877 to 1950. Yes, those black lives mattered. The study recorded only what they defined as “terror lynchings,” and not deaths that resulted from personal conflicts or the judicial process. Terror lynchings were killings designed to threaten and menace African Americans because of their reluctance to comply with Jim Crow and racial segregation. Lynching was a device to suppress and intimidate African Americans. While the Equal Justice Initiative research study was limited to those 12 states mentioned earlier, violence and lynchings against blacks also occurred elsewhere. Especially noteworthy was the 1921 race riot in Tulsa, Okla. Pursuant to an alleged sexual assault by a black man against a white girl, whites essentially waged war against the black community. The estimate of black fatalities varied from
a low of 55 to more than 300. The primary objective was to destroy a very prosperous black community. The Greenwood District of 35 city blocks was burned to the ground, leaving 10,000 blacks homeless. Family wealth and black lives were destroyed. Yes, black lives mattered in Tulsa. An unusual aspect of the battle of Tulsa is that the National Guard launched biplanes to bomb black areas with incendiary devices and to aim rifle fire at blacks from the air. This was the first time that an American city had come under air attack. This also happened again in 1985 when the Philadelphia, Pa. police launched an air attack against the black radical group known as MOVE that was fortified in a residential area. The assault killed 11, six adults and five children, and destroyed 65 homes. Once again, police officials assaulted blacks who had been driven to oppose the discrimination and oppression they suffered because of their race. Here too, black lives mattered. And now, with technologically-created transparency, the whole world can see the continuing police oppression. This has aroused a general awareness of the historical abuse that African Americans have experienced. The younger generation demands an acknowledgment of the violence that they and their elders have suffered. They call upon officialdom to recognize that black lives matter. Fair-minded whites are now aware of the continuing disrespect and aggressions against African Americans. It is a modest request that they accept the principle — black lives do matter — even if they question some of the political strategies. It is time for an effort to correct the nation’s tolerance of bigotry to create a spirit of unity that will strengthen America’s position in the world. This will benefit all citizens, black and white.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BPD can do more Kudos to Jule Pattison-Gordon for asking the right questions and connecting the dots on the city’s practices around hiring police officers. When the Civil Service Commission is citing a city department for skirting the laws, you know things are bad. Yet as many contortions as the BPD puts itself through, they seem somehow unwilling to lift a finger to hire black or Latino officers. For
years the Civil Service Commission has given police departments the leeway to put people with language skills at the top of their hiring list. No one in their right mind would argue that the BPD doesn’t need people who speak Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Chinese and Vietnamese, given that they police these communities and need to understand and be understood by people in these communities. Yet,
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although Latinos represent 19 percent of the city’s population, they’re only 9 percent of the officers on the force. And as each class of recruits comes in at 75-95 percent white, expect that that number will shrink. The BPD is going to get whiter and whiter until City Hall decides they’re truly committed to building a diverse police force. Let’s hope that day comes soon. — Earl Thompson
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Trump: The clear and present danger By LEE A. DANIELS The greatest threat to the United States right now is not terrorism, foreign or domestic. It’s not the economy or the disappearance of jobs in the coal-mining regions or the manufacturing sector. Nor is it the coming rise of the seas to lap at America’s coastal cities. The greatest threat is the Republican Party’s nominee for president, who last week openly begged an adversary of America to violate US law and hack into the electronic files of his political opponents — the Democratic Party and its presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. “Russia, if you’re listening,” Donald Trump said at a July 26th news conference, “I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” referring to the private email server Clinton used while she was secretary of state. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” Undoubtedly, one of Trump’s goals was to intensify what looked to be an exploding intra-party controversy just as the Democratic National Convention was getting started. Democratic National Committee electronic files had been hacked and then publicly released, revealing that the Committee, which was supposed to be neutral in the primary campaign battle between Bernie Sanders and Clinton, actually tilted decisively toward Clinton. Although the investigation of the hack is still continuing, federal officials and private-sector cyber-security experts quickly said it was almost certainly the work of Russian hackers directly or indirectly tied to the Russian government. However, Trump’s hopes for a contentious convention came to naught. Democratic officials, backed by Sanders’ calls for party unity and firm endorsement of Clinton as the convention opened Monday, July 25, had quickly squelched the possibility of any significant rebellion. First Lady Michelle Obama’s powerful opening-night speech endorsing Clinton then set the tone for what became a joyous four-day event that decisively beat the Republicans’ convention in diversity of its delegates, a powerhouse lineup of speakers and celebrities and the television ratings game. Nonetheless, one should not ignore Trump’s Russian gambit, which provoked a chorus of outrage from Democrats, many liberal and conservative foreign-policy experts, and much of the mainstream media and social media. Trump later said he was joking. Only his supporters believed that. There was, of course, bitter irony in Trump, who’s proclaimed himself the “America First” and the “law and order” candidate, asking Russia and its autocratic leader, Vladimir Putin, to commit espionage against the US. Perhaps he’ll now call himself the “Russia First” candidate. Trump’s words didn’t constitute treason, a charge that requires action that specifically aids an enemy of America. They were constitutionally protected speech. But, as with so many things Trump has done and said during the past years, his inviting a foreign government to invade the files of American citizens and American institutions underscored his lack of ethical principles, his profound, pathological indiscipline, his boundless narcissism, his attraction to authoritarian leaders and behavior, and his determination to do anything to make a buck. In this instance, the “bucks” he wants to reap are in the coffers of the Russian treasury and the bank accounts of that nation’s uber-wealthy class, the oligarchs. For more than a decade Trump has heavily depended on funds from the latter for his business deals, and has been desperately trying to get Putin’s permission to build in Russia itself. The dirty-tricks aspect of Trump’s Russian gambit and bitter, raging tone of the previous week’s Republican National Convention, populated by an overwhelmingly white corps of delegates and speakers perfectly represented the grim, soulless portrait of an America on the brink of an apocalypse Trump painted in his acceptance speech. The contrast offered by the Democratic gathering’s bright, celebratory tone could not have been greater. It embodied what’s needed to respond effectively to a clear and present danger. Hillary Clinton put it this way: “America needs every one of us to lend our energy, our talents, our ambition to making our nation better and stronger ... That’s why ‘Stronger Together’ is not just a lesson from our history. It’s not just a slogan for our campaign. It’s a guiding principle for the country we’ve always been and the future we’re going to build.”
Lee A. Daniels, a longtime journalist, is a keynote speaker and author whose books include “Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.” He is writing a book on the Obama years and the 2016 election. He can be reached at leedanielsjournalist@gmail.com.
Do you think Boston should have a civilian review board to investigate allegations of police misconduct?
Definitely. If they had an independent review board it would be a lot more fair. The police are too corrupt to do their own investigations.
Of course there should be. There are too many incidents that have happened. Officers are not being held accountable for their actions.
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Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, D.C. and at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Cooper is the co-author of Portraits of Purpose: A Tribute to Leadership with photographer Don West.
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applicants to provide their salary history before receiving a formal job offer and authorizes the attorney general to issue regulations interpreting and applying the expanded law. “The Senate put pay equity on the legislative agenda in January and with the governor’s signature today we move Massachusetts forward by protecting women from discrimination in the workplace and closing the gender pay gap,” Rosenberg said. “I thank my colleagues in both the Senate and House for taking on this important issue for the people of the Commonwealth.” Under the new law, employers are permitted to take certain attributes of an employee or applicant into account when determining variation in pay, such as their work experience, education, job training or measurements of production, sales or revenue. “This new law is an important step toward ensuring economic security for Massachusetts women and families,” said Attorney General Maura Healey. “It makes vital updates that reflect our modern economy and balance the needs of workers and the business community.” “The gender wage gap has a real impact on the lives of woman. It puts families at risk, and makes self-sufficiency in retirement more difficult,” Bump said. “I commend the legislature and the governor for recognizing the importance of the bill and passing it into law. This measure will ensure Massachusetts continues to be a
leader in promoting equality and opportunity.” The statute of limitations laid out currently under the Equal Pay statute will be expanded from one to three years and employees will no longer be required to pursue a general claim of intentional discrimination at the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination before filing a separate equal pay claim in court.
Walsh outlines changes to strengthen oversight and safety at BCYF drop-in programs Mayor Martin Walsh joined Boston Centers for Youth & Families to announce that all BCYF drop-in programs will follow rigorous new standards in an effort to strengthen oversight and child safety. These changes are a result of an assessment of all protocols and procedures at the city’s summer camps and drop-in programs that were conducted last week. Summer camps are currently regulated by the City of Boston’s Inspectional Services Department per the Department of Public Health, and summer camps have clearly defined and documented operating procedures, specifically with respect to child safety. Drop-in programs, as defined by state regulations, do not fall under ISD regulations, and as a result have fewer clearly defined and uniform operating procedures. “The city experienced a
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terrible tragedy with the loss of Kyzr Willis and we immediately launched a review of all our protocols at our BCYF centers,” Walsh said. “Thousands of families entrust their children to our summer camps and we take that trust extremely seriously. It is our priority to act quickly on any potential improvements to our programs, and I will continue to work closely with BCYF leadership to ensure we have proper oversight and safety procedures at all of our programs.” BCYF oversees 21 fully licensed summer camps, seven fun stops and five drop-in programs. Drop-in programs are located at the BCYF Curley Community Center, the BCYF Mattahunt Community Center, the BCYF Gallivan Community Center, the BCYF Charlestown Community Center and the BCYF Paris Street Girls program. The Summer Youth Activities Program staff were scheduled to undergo a full day comprehensive training on the new procedures prior to SYAP returning to the Curley Center on Tuesday, August 2. Families can continue to bring their children to the Condon Community Center, or the Curley Community Center where the city will provide transportation, until the SYAP re-opens. Immediate changes being made at the Curley Community Center for the SYAP include the following: n Headcount Procedure: Staff will conduct headcounts on
60-minute intervals, as well as headcounts of all children before and after moving through the entrances and exits of the Curley Community Center. A time sheet and clipboard will be distributed to each staff member to confirm they have conducted a headcount at the appropriate times and provided to the program director at the end of each day. n Front Desk Staffing: While a Curley Community Center employee currently oversees the front desk, a SYAP staff member will be designated as responsible for managing children in the drop-in program at arrival and dismissal, as well as ensuring that no child leaves the building unless accompanied by an adult. n Child Staff Ratio: The SYAP will operate under a minimum ratio of ten : two for children ages six and under and twenty : two for children ages seven and older. This means that for every group of children there will be at least two counselors to assure a check on each counselor and to be prepared in the case of an emergency. Additional staff members will be assigned to groups of children under the age of ten to provide increased support and supervision. n Book End Supervision Procedure: The SYAP will organize children into lines before moving between activity locations, with a designated staff member at the front and back of the line, as well as a staff member to walk
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City and state team up to house chronically homeless elders The City of Boston, in partnership with the state’s Executive Office of Elder Affairs, hosted a first of its kind “housing surge,” designed to connect chronically homeless seniors with housing and services. The event, held at the Laboure Center in South Boston, marked the first time housing and integrated care services have been offered together and launched a new partnership between the city and state designed to end chronic homelessness in senior
populations across Massachusetts. “Innovative ways of removing the barriers to health and housing are how we will end chronic homelessness in Boston,” Mayor Martin Walsh said. “We are so lucky to have such strong partners working with us to house our homeless residents. I am grateful to the state for coming to the table, allowing us to offer services and housing at the same time.” Secretary MaryLou Sudders of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services said, “The Baker Administration is committed to working in full partnership with the City of Boston and Mayor Marty Walsh’s efforts to provide housing for some of our city’s most vulnerable residents. Addressing the complex care needs of elders jointly with housing is a huge part of the solution and crucial to providing a stable living situation.” Secretary Alice Bonner, of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, said, “We are pleased to be a partner in this important initiative helping older adults to live independently and thrive by pairing housing with vital services and supports.” Attended by Secretary Alice F. Bonner, PhD, RN of the State’s Executive Office of Elder Affairs, Daniel Tsai, Assistant Secretary for MassHealth, Boston’s Elderly Commissioner Emily Shea, Boston Housing Authority’s Gail Livingston, Deputy Administrator for Housing Programs and Boston’s Chief of Housing Sheila Dillon, the surge was staffed by 25 different agencies. Seniors attending the event were given “passports”, which guided them from table to table where they were able to determine their eligibility for various types of support services. Seniors were able to meet with representatives from state programs including the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); Senior Care Options (SCO) and Pay for Success and Community Supports for Persons Experiencing Chronic Homelessness (CSPECH) to determine their eligibility and interest in these programs. At the surge, the Boston Housing Authority was able to connect 16 homeless seniors with units of permanent supportive housing. This was the first time that guests at a housing surge had been offered specific units of housing, rather than vouchers. The BHA was able to accomplish this by
creating a super-priority for chronically homeless elders who are going to be receiving services. In preparation for the event, city, state and non-profit partners worked together to create a list of chronically homeless older adults and undertook significant outreach at shelters and throughout the city to spread awareness of this opportunity. The chronically homeless seniors who attended the surge were identified as likely eligible for state benefits including longterm services, supports and integrated care. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines chronically homeless individuals as adults with a disability who have been either living in an emergency shelter or in a place not meant for human habitation continuously for 12 months or more, or who have had four occasions of homelessness in the past three years that total 12 months or more. Those individuals in need of translation services were identified in advance, and translators were on hand to assist with language barriers. In addition, individuals with accessibility issues also were identified ahead of time, with accommodations made in advance for their specific issues. Individuals
also received breakfast and coffee, provided and served by volunteers from the BostonHome Interfaith Collaborative. BostonHome Interfaith Collaborative faith community partners also donated gift cards for attendees. This was the sixth in a series of housing surges hosted by the City of Boston. The first three surges focused on homeless veterans; the last two focused on all chronically homeless individuals. The previous events have in total served over 200 homeless individuals, during which 41 received permanent housing vouchers on the spot, along with enrollment in housing search, while others received rapid rehousing assistance, applied for housing and obtained documentation that will help them secure permanent housing. Partners for the day’s surge included (alphabetical): n Bay Cove n Boston Department of Neighborhood Development n Boston Elderly Commission n Boston Health Care for the Homeless n Boston Housing Authority n Boston Medical Center HealthNet n Boston Public Health Commission n BostonHome Interfaith
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Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito speaks during the signing of the Pay Equity Bill, passed unanimously by both legislative branches to ensure equal pay for comparable work for all Massachusetts workers and equal opportunities to earn competitive salaries in the workplace. In a ceremony at the State House, Gov. Charlie Baker, Polito, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, State Auditor Suzanne Bump, and a number of House and Senate members celebrated the signing of the bill.
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Pereire and Rehan jotted notes about their experience at each house, marking if the door was answered and whether the person supported a “No” vote on Question 2, favored the other side of the issue or was undecided. At houses where no one answered, they left door-hangers, and they said that on the weekend, they would call these missed houses for another shot at a conversation. Rehan started doorknocking at the beginning of June and thus far has visited Brighton, JP and Roxbury. Most of the people he encounters are supportive, undecided or unaware of the issue, he said.
Messaging
The door-knocker brigade partnered up, where possible including a Spanish-speaker in each pair, and took a list of registered voters. For Pereire and Muhammad Rehan, a campaign intern and University of Massachusetts political science and economics major, the goal was to hit 66 doors. The foremost message the canvassers put forth: Under the current school funding system, an expansion of charter schools results in a depletion of resources to district schools. But, they are careful to say, they do not oppose charter schools — they are concerned about the funding impact of a charter cap raise. “There are a lot of misconceptions,” Rehan said. “A lot of people think we’re against charters, but we’re not. We’re against raising the cap.” The assumption that they oppose charter schools can make some people initially resistant, he said. “Allocations of BPS funding is wonky,” Erik Loca, a rising junior at Snowden International School, said before setting out to contact his own list of voters. Raising the cap would “[create] a bigger burden on what’s already a messed-up system.” Canvassers distributed fact sheets and, at houses where no one answered, hung information sheets on doorknobs that highlight several additional talking points. Among them: Some charter schools use repeated suspensions
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Carlos Rojas Alvarez (right), Save Our Public Schools’ statewide student coordinator, reviewed doorknocking procedures with youth canvassers. to push out certain students; the state in some cases has approved charter school establishment despite community objection; and district schools are losing resources due to charter funding, while typically serving more English language learners and special needs students.
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SOPS’ Boston-area youth door-knocking team comprises eight to 14 members on a given day, approximately half of whom are volunteers, said Carlos Rojas Alvarez, SOPS’ statewide student coordinator. Others, like Laco, receive a stipend for their work. A SOPS spokesperson declined to
reveal the amount of the compensation at this point. Many of the teens out last Wednesday said they came to SOPS through their participation with Boston Student Advisory Council, Boston Youth Organizing Project and/or organizing the mass high school student walkout last spring in protest of the anticipated BPS budget shortfall. For Laco, word of his school’s budget reduction and the resulting class and staffing cutbacks spurred him to education activism. “I wanted to find a way to speak my voice and change what’s going on,” Laco said. He joined the Boston Education Justice Alliance and its
Boston Youth Organizing Project, and learned of the SOPS campaign when it gave a presentation to BEJA members. Rojas Alvarez said the campaign is actively working to expand its youth membership, including through working with youth organizations in cities such as Lawrence, Worcester and Springfield. SOPS also collaborates with community, social justice, youth and parent groups such as the NAACP, Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance, Progressive Democrats, Jobs with Justice and Citizens for Public Schools, SOPS spokesperson Jannae Knospe said. Knospe said the campaign has canvassed in every major city and
Those advocating for a cap lift also cite direct voter engagement as a critical piece of their outreach. The Great Schools Massachusetts campaign, which advocates for a “Yes” vote on Question 2, has opened offices in Roxbury, Brockton and Lowell, with plans for further offices including in Worcester and Springfield. Parents, educators and charter school alumni participate in the doorknocking sessions, Eileen O’Conner, GSM spokesperson, told the Banner in a statement, and the campaign is increasing the canvassing effort. “We’ve already begun this effort by knocking on almost 10,000 doors in the past two weeks,” O’Connor said last Thursday, “and we will have a strong team of more than 17 organizers working in field offices from Roxbury to Springfield and everywhere in between.”
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Activists and elected officials rallied outside the House chamber Saturday in support of criminal justice reform measures that the Legislature ultimately did not act on.
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for just a year but have it ongoing until 2021.” “We have made some headway, but we just couldn’t get it done last night,” he said. On Saturday afternoon, 36 hours before the end of session, approximately 100 people gathered at the State House for a “Speak Out for Racial Justice.” Organized by the Black and Latino Caucus, community members were invited to share their experiences on racial profiling and the criminal justice system. Each speaker stood at a microphone podium, beside the Spanish-American War Memorial on
the third floor lobby of the House Chambers. Among the speakers were Holmes; Rahsaan Hall, director of Racial Justice Program at ACLU; Carl Williams, staff attorney at ACLU; Patricia Montes, executive director of Centro Presente; Ayanna Pressley, councilor at large; and Linda Dorcena Forry, state senator. “We’re here to talk about transparency, we’re here to talk about accountability, we’re here to talk about trust, we’re here to talk about racial justice,” said Hall amidst claps and shouts of approval from the crowd. “We have marched, we have mobilized, we have prayed, we have protested,” said Pressley. “We believe the only way we will achieve
real change, systemic change, sustainable change, is through policy.” In addition to sharing personal experiences with racism and law enforcement, community members and local activists endorsed specific bills that would improve the state’s criminal justice system, such as Senate Bill 2424 that would expunge juvenile misdemeanor records and promote transparency and better outcomes
for children, and Senate Bill 2176 that would raise the threshold of what would be considered a theft felony from $250 to $1,500. ACLU attorney Carl Williams said the United States needs a cultural change in how it polices communities. “It’s not just a problem with the police, or the laws in our country,” he said. “We need to change the culture of this country that
assumes black people are dumb, that assumes black people are thugs.” Holmes said that although the policy changes won’t be looked at again until after Labor Day due to the upcoming campaign season, “We’re appreciative of everyone who showed up [on Saturday] because it did get the attention we needed to let folks know that this is important to our community.”
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The art of innovation and combinatorial creativity The Wright Brothers knew they were going to crash, yet tried to fly anyway. Unlike their competitors, the former bicycle mechanics brought extra parts to the sand dunes to make onsite repairs and reduce cycle time. Their creative courage resulted in not just a new product (the aircraft), but also a process for failing quickly, learning fast and outpacing their competition. There are myriad inspiring tales of similar legendary so-called fails. The multibillion-dollar success of Post-it Notes is directly attributed to two employees at 3M, Spencer Silver and Art Fry, who mistakenly formulated an adhesive that didn’t stick well, but which just happened to unstick as needed. The duo persisted, despite management recommendations to abandon the project, and because of their resilience, their failed glue formula was transformed into the ubiquitous office product we can’t live without. Einstein advocated for this type of combinatorial creativity and Steve Jobs famously quipped that creativity is just “connecting things.” In fact, it’s creativity that most often drives success. Virtually all companies — from startups to Fortune 500s — need it. Corporate stagnation is real. Innovation is happening at breakneck speed, and even historically successful corporate stalwarts are finding themselves staring in the face of irrelevance. No matter how knowledgeable a team may be of their market, product portfolio and competitive landscape, they face a perilous proposition: grow or fold. And nothing prompts growth more than creativity and innovation. To boost your own creative thinking powers — whether at work or for your own personal needs — try these tips from Dalí Museum Innovation Labs’ executive facilitator, Nathan Schwagler: High-performing creative people learn to bend the status quo and they do it by optimizing their conversations. These successful creative thinkers temporarily suspend judgment during idea generation. In the context of innovation, one of the most prohibitive things to do is to attempt to both generate and evaluate new ideas at the same time. Instead, try splitting a brainstorming session into a few parts: First, immerse yourself in the data and information surrounding the challenge. Then, generate a clear statement that summarizes the opportunity or problem. Try a divergent exercise — something to clear your mind. Now you’re ready to focus your energy on developing solutions. Once you have a solid list of solutions to consider, force yourself to stretch further. Feel tapped out? Go even further! A good goal is to get to that challenging third round of ideas, which research suggests will be the most innovative. When you’ve truly exhausted your ideation, take a break and come back to the challenge with evaluation criteria in hand — define what success looks like and then deliberately apply that criteria against your list of ideas. Salvador Dalí famously quipped, “Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” The Museum has adopted the artist’s approach in its Innovation Labs program. “When it comes to solving the complex problems of our inter-connected global economy, Dalí’s fear-free, trialSee BIZ BITS, page 13
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(left to right) Aaron Tanaka, Center for Economic Democracy; Glynn Lloyd, Boston Impact Initiative; Stacey Cordeiro, Boston Center for Community Ownership; Lisa Owens, City Life; and Darnell Johnson, Right to the City Boston.
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Boston Ujima Project prepares to launch local investor network By KAREN MORALES
Dozens of local organizations, small businesses, community leaders, and working class residents of Boston are collaborating to create a democratic community development ecosystem and local economy. The organizers envision the Boston Ujima Project will be a multistakeholder network that will invest in local initiatives, create jobs and distribute wealth for communities of color. “Part of what we’re responding to is discrimination, racism and who has access to traditional capital,” said Aaron Tanaka, one of the organizers of the project. By that he means the wealth inherited over generations among privileged families and loans acquired by banking institutions. “Let’s recognize that we do have capital amongst ourselves, and if we are able to pool it, we will be able to start undoing some of the disparities in access to finance,” he said. “Ujima” is a Swahili word and Kwanzaa principle that stands for collective work and responsibility. “For us, it represents the idea that we need to see our neighbor’s problems as our own and collectively solve them together,” said Tanaka. Around 35 organizations and 75 individuals have been involved in the planning of Ujima since last July, according to Tanaka. Participants of the project include NAACP, City Life/Vida Urbana, Boston Center for Community Ownership and Boston Impact Initiative, among others. Lisa Owens, executive director of City Life/Vida Urbana, said that the idea of Ujima was formed by combining the best elements of different community economy models during a year-long cross sector study group hosted by the
Center for Economic Democracy, Boston Impact Initiative and City Life/Vida Urbana. “Each element of Ujima is not new, but a collective organization like this has never been organized in Boston, to our knowledge,” said Owens.
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Tanaka worked for seven years as the executive director of Boston Workers Alliance where he saw the need for creating job opportunities and community controlled businesses. “I learned a lot about co-op business development and the needs of small businesses,” he said. His subsequent work with the Boston Impact Initiative and co-founding CED put him at the forefront of helping create Ujima. Organizers of the Boston Ujima Project have outlined the framework for its anti-poverty and community development mission as a machine with multiple moving parts. Those parts include: Good Business Certification and Alliance; Community Capital Fund; Worker Empowerment Network; Anchor Institution Advocacy; and Alternative Local Currencies. The project plans to recognize and certify local businesses as “Good Businesses” if they fit the community standards that members of Ujima will decide on together. The standards will consider business practices such as living wages, CORI-friendly hiring, environmental impact, and affordability. Certified companies will receive a seal for storefront display and be eligible to join Ujima’s Business Alliance to gain access to capital, technical assistance and support from the community. “Not all businesses are going to be meeting our standards right away,” said Tanaka. “But as long as
they’re from the community and they want to do the right thing, our goal is to help them be successful.” The Worker Empowerment Network will ensure that employees of Ujima businesses that are either receiving a loan or are a part of the community will have their voices heard. Ujima will act as a human resource department and focus on issues like health insurance packages and workplace mediation. With Anchor Institution Advocacy, Ujima hopes to appeal to universities and hospitals in Boston to be stakeholders. “These hospitals and universities collectively purchase billions of dollars of goods and services every year. But little of that money is going to local businesses,” said Tanaka. “We want to advocate for these major purchasers to start supporting community businesses, ideally through Ujima.” As part of the project’s alternative local currency system, Ujima members will have access to an internal electronic currency that offers consumer discounts at “Good Businesses” and interest-free credit for business to business purchasing. In addition, members will be able to trade skills and labor with one another through time banking. The goal for these initiatives is to circulate resources within the community to grow local wealth.
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One of Ujima’s main power sources for its moving gears is the Community Capital Fund which will pool savings and investments from members. Their goal is to build a multi-million dollar fund where the average community member can contribute small amounts and larger organizations can contribute more
capital. Members will then vote on which business and real estate investments to make, and then reinvest the returns back into the community. “Where we lend and invest our capital as a group, will reflect the needs of the people in our own community,” said Tanaka. These needs can range from affordable childcare to healthy and organic groceries. The organizers of Ujima were inspired by Boston’s participatory budgeting process for a program called Youth Lead the Change, which Tanaka helped to establish. The program allows Boston residents between ages 12 and 25 to suggest and vote on how to spend a million dollars out of the city’s capital budget. “It’s not easy to coordinate large community democratic processes but we have strong examples where people have been able to come together and propose what they need in their communities and been successful,” said Tanaka. Tanaka said that a democratically-elected board of members will be responsible for facilitating the decision making within Ujima’s broad and expansive network. “When we elect people, we’re not asking them to make decisions for us, we’re electing them because we think they would be good at helping us make our decisions,” he said. Still in its planning stages, the Ujima Project does not have a formalized membership yet, only an organizing committee, but starting in the fall, the committee will recruit founding members who will be in charge of launching the organization. Who will be able to join Ujima? Tanaka says that although specific age limits still need to be determined, the community will be open
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to just about anyone from undocumented immigrants to residents who have served time in prison. But the group’s main focus will be on communities of color in Boston. Currently, the planning committee is conducting pilot projects to test their ideas and hosting community education workshops throughout the city. Nia Evans, the Economic Development Executive Committee Chair for Boston NAACP, helped organize a community finance and investment workshop after hearing concerns from community members involved in Ujima. “They would say, ‘We would feel better about providing feedback if we had more grounding in economics and finance,’” she said. “We want to create the opportunity so that it feels relevant to people but also want to make sure we offer education and training so people can make good decisions for themselves and their community,” said Tanaka. A major pilot project on the agenda is the Boston Solidarity Summit which will take place Saturday, August 13 at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury. At this public event, attendees will pool their
money to create a community loan to invest in local businesses. Members of the community can invest between $5 - $500, and larger impact investors will match investments up to $5,000. Then, five black- and immigrant-owned local businesses will pitch to the participants on why they should receive the community loan. “Our goal is to raise $10,000 and then whether you invest $5 or $500 that day, you get an equal vote in deciding where the capital goes,” said Tanaka. The Solidarity Summit is a chance for the Ujima Project to experiment with pooling capital and utilize participatory budgeting to invest in local initiatives at a zero interest rate. “Usually investors are seen as wealthy people, but we should all see ourselves as investors,” said Tanaka. “The Ujima project gives equal power to all investors, regardless of how wealthy they are.”
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continued from page 12 and-learn approach is the type of creative thinking that we optimize for at The Dalí Museum Innovation Labs,” said Schwagler. From Dalí’s fearless artistic prowess to the creative and courageous examples set forth by the Wright Brothers and the Post-It Notes inventors, there are numerous shining examples of great things that can emerge from creative thinking and a never-say-never spirit. Even the most impactful products and solutions can be sparked by an open mind and fresh perspective. The Dalí Museum, in St. Petersburg, Florida, is a world-renowned Museum featuring an unparalleled collection of art works from celebrated artist Salvador Dalí. The Museum’s Innovation Labs offers one-ofa-kind programs that carefully combine more than 60 years of psychology and management research on creativity, creative problem solving, and innovation, infused with Dalí’s philosophy and methods to unlock a team’s true untapped creative potential. — Brandpoint
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Health IT is booming in Massachusetts with hiring expected to grow by 19 percent in Massachusetts by 2022.
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out the money was not being used for those things, and we were able to advocate. Through a lot of sitting-down work I did with HUD, we got the property manager removed, we got security and security cameras, and a lot of the seniors who were being displaced based on management were now able to live comfortably based on the advocacy work. I realized if I was able to work with the community on that level, through Warren Gardens, I could do that on a state level.
Cannon runs for 7th Suffolk rep. seat By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Second in a series of articles on the 7th Suffolk District race. Monica Cannon is the community liaison/senior youth worker for Roca, an organization that works to keep at-risk, court-involved youth out of jail, and is one of three Democrats running to for the Seventh Suffolk district state representative seat. A Boston native, Cannon grew up in Dorchester and has lived in Warren Gardens in Roxbury for the past 13 years. She attended Jeremiah Burke High School and received a degree in medical administration from Bunker Hill Community College. Cannon is engaged to be married and has five children, ages 13 to 18, three biological and two adopted. She spoke to the Banner about her key issues, plans for action and background in organizing.
What do you hope to accomplish in office? What are your key issues? Monica Cannon: I’m running to bring fresh ideas and make our government more accessible to residents in the Seventh Suffolk district. The foundation to economic building and community building is a strong public school system. Strengthening the public school systems is a key issue of mine, my top priority. Strengthening public safety is the other key issue of mine. There are two bills currently in the State House. One is an Act
Relative to Universal Pre-K Access. Right now 39 percent of Massachusetts third graders are not reading at grade level. Other legislation on table right now is the Special Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Just being mindful of those two bills in regards to public safety and education [is important]. There’s been a lot of cuts to the budget in regard to BPS. Just having a conversation about what’s feasible and going to be productive to BPS kids across the board [can help]. My children are watching teachers being laid off and not have employment. They’re watching paraprofessionals not be there for the next year. I had the luxury of having a lot of teachers follow me through school. We need to sit down and have those conversations around budget and everything happening in schools right now. Pre-K we need to focus on because those are vulnerable and coming in, and we need to make sure whatever decisions we make have their best interest at heart.
As one of 160 house members, how can you bring about the achievements you want? MC: During my first term I will rely heavily on my background in organizing and cultivating relationships. Mobilizing individuals around a common goal has been a strong suit. Those are 160 house members with unique beliefs and competing interests. The ability to forge relationship on both side of the aisle
ON THE WEB Visit Cannon’s campaign website: http://www.monicacannon.org/ will be my priority. It will be beneficial to everyone. In my day job I work as a community liaison. Part of my job is building relationships and building coalitions with other programs in the community and supporters, and I want to be able to do the same thing as a legislator.
What in your background has prepared you for this job? MC: I have a long-standing record of being a community organizer. I was the executive director of Councilor [Tito] Jackson’s committee fund for six years, co-chair of the Young Adult Committee for the NAACP and I sit on Citywide Parent Council for BPS schools. Activism has been a major part of my everyday life living in the district, from community policing to education to youth development. Also, I sit on the board for Community Call, which focuses on homelessness of young people who have nowhere to go. Just making sure my work in the community translates to legislation. Also, I host a Back to School Block Party, which will be on August 20th this year.
What other activism or involvements do you have in the Seventh Suffolk District? PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MONICA CANNON CAMPAIGN
Monica Cannon housing issues and we were going through a lot. My home was a crime scene. I had watched someone try to murder my son on two separate occasions. I was able to rally the seniors in Warren Gardens, along with my pastor, and we had conversations about what was going on on the housing level and with safety. Both issues were connected because the property manager at time had received funding from HUD to ensure we had security and security cameras. We found
MC: I did a Dear Black Man campaign and able to rally 150 black men in one space. It was revolving around violence happening in the community, and we were able to come together with key goals on things that can be done on a community level. Often times we call on police and call on ministers, but I believe a lot of responsibility lies on residents to come together and come up with some strategic planning on making our community safe as well as calling upon police. With so much happening we have to take some accountability on our behalf.
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How and why did you first become involved in politics? MC: A few years back there was an increase in violence in my community, and there were
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Celebrating at this year’s Puerto Rican Festival are Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins, Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera, Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, and Vanessa Calderon-Rosado, CEO of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción.
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Grand Circle Gallery mask exhibit reveals sophistication of tribal communities By CELINA COLBY
Through September 30, Grand Circle Gallery in South Boston is showing “Through the Eyes of Culture — Masks from Around the World,” an in-depth exhibit feature masks, headdresses and traditions from five continents. Divided by location (Americas, Asia and Oceania, Africa and the Middle East, etc.), the exhibit features a range of contemporary and ancient headwear. Vintage travel posters, video and other artifacts provide historical context to the inventory of over 40 masks. Beyond displaying intricate pieces of traditional dress, “Through the Eyes of Culture” provides integral insight into the people, and the cultures, behind the masks. Many of the masks on view are part of elaborate costumes used for cultural rituals. The Saqra (devil) mask from Paucartambo, Peru is both a portrayal of an evil spirit and a satire of the ruthless European colonizers who took over the native South American land. The mask has a large, frizzy mane of blonde hair, framing a blotchy green and black face, red eyes and a snake-like tongue. Large horns crown the ensemble. The result is a comic and simultaneously terrifying poke at the strange invaders who radically, and detrimentally, altered the native Peruvian way of life. Grand Circle Gallery is run by Alan and Harriet Lewis, chair and vice-chair of the Grand Circle Corporation, a global travel company. The couple has long harbored
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Sunny and soulful, the music of Taj Mahal has aged well, like the man himself. Friday night, the singer-songwriter, now 74, brought his infectious, blues-rooted songs to the Cary Memorial Building in Lexington. The two-part concert, a presentation of Spectacle Management, began with a foot-stomping solo set by Worcester blues musician Big Jon Short. A public school teacher in Worcester who conducts the city’s “Blues in Schools” program, Short entertained the audience with his lore as well as his full-bodied vocals and deft fretwork on instruments that included a hill harp fashioned out of a wooden cigar box. After a short break, the Taj Mahal Trio took the stage. Accompanied by drummer Kester Smith and bassist Bill Rich and surrounded by a battery of instruments — including steel guitars, a banjo, a ukelele and a dual piano/organ synthesizer — Taj Mahal sat on a stool and began a captivating one hour and forty-five minute set. Wearing a Panama straw hat, a short-sleeved shirt and khaki pants, Taj Mahal drew the audience into his relaxed groove right away with his agile finger-picking, danceable rhythms and warm vocals, along with his easy interplay with Smith and Rich, longtime accompanists. His speaking voice has gained a bit of a crackle over the years but his baritone was as smooth and mellow as ever as he performed 16 songs, many from his early albums, all infused with the sound of home and the ringing notes of steel strings that snap, shimmy and strut in his masterful hands.
World traveler
Home is a very expansive place for Taj Mahal, who in his 50-year career has reveled in mingling musical traditions rooted in African rhythms, African American blues and R&B with music of the Caribbean, South Pacific, Latin America and beyond. The rural flavor of Taj Mahal’s lyrics is not just an echo of Mississippi blues songs that inspired him. The multicultural eclecticism of his music, which celebrates the power of the blues and African rhythms to connect and uplift people, comes natural to him. Born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks in 1942 to a gospel-singing mother and a West Indian father who was a jazz musician as well as owner of a construction company, the singer was raised in Harlem, where he heard blues on street corners and family barbecues. When his family moved to Palmer, MA, he worked on a farm and then studied animal husbandry and agriculture at UMass Amherst while continuing to make music and perform in his own band. In 1959, he adopted the stage name Taj Mahal, and five years later moved to the West Coast to pursue his career. By the early ‘70s, such albums as “Giant Step” (1969) and hugely popular outdoor concerts expanded audiences for his blues-inflected, joyful music. In the ‘80s, after making Kauai, Hawaii his home, Taj Mahal has continued
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PHOTO: COURTESY TAJ MAHAL PHOTO: CELINA COLBY
A mask in the “Through the Eyes of Culture” exhibit.
Taj Mahal performed Friday with the Taj Mahal Trio at the Cary Memorial Building in Lexington.
See TAJ MAHAL, page 22
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‘Don’t Think Twice’ goes behind-the-scenes in the world of improv intentions towards saying things about artists when you know he is one — right next to you. Knowing that Mike has shared the stage with me and Tammy, and to varying degrees all the members of the cast have seen him in action and shared that artist experience with him, makes it very easy to trust him, and know that we don’t need to watch our own backs, he’s got us.
By COLETTE GREENSTEIN
Set in New York City, “Don’t Think Twice” is a warm, funny, engaging and insightful look into the lives of six improv performers — Jack (Keegan-Michael Key of “Key & Peele”), Sam (Gillian Jacobs from HBO’s “Girls”), Allison (Kate Micucci of the comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates); Lindsay (Tami Sagher, writer/producer on “Inside Amy Schumer”); Bill (Chris Gethard, host and star of Fusion’s “The Chris Gethard Show”); and Miles (Mike Birbiglia, “Trainwreck” and “Orange is the New Black”) — who after 11 years of hitting the stage together nightly in hopes of making it big, are faced with the realization that not all of them will be able to make their dreams come true. Opening at the Kendall Square Cinema on Friday, the film is written and directed by stand-up comedian and actor Mike Birbiglia, who in 2012 won the “Best of Next” Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival for his directorial debut, “Sleepwalk With Me,” based on his book and oneman show of the same name. Earlier this summer, Birbiglia and Gethard sat down with the Banner and talked about working together and defining success on their own terms.
At the screening, one guy to my left
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(l-r) Tami Sagher (“Lindsay”), Gillian Jacobs (“Samantha”), Kate Micucci (“Allison”), Mike Birbiglia (“Miles”), Chris Gethard (“Bill”) and Keegan-Michael Key (“Jack”) in Mike Birbiglia’s “Don’t Think Twice.”
was laughing throughout the film, and a woman to my right was laughing but she was also very emotional during some of the scenes. How do you want audiences to react when they see the film? Mike Birbiglia: The reason I got into movies was I love films from the ’70s and ’80s like “Terms of Endearment,” “Broadcast News,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “The Big Chill.” I love movies where you laugh, you cry. It’s awkward, it’s painful. It’s funny. It feels like life. That was my prompt to all these guys. Let’s make this feel like a documentary. If someone watches it in France with subtitles they think it’s real.
How did working together through stand-up and touring come into play
for this movie? Chris Gethard: I think one of the things about Mike that’s really so inspiring and remarkable from the outside is that he’s just got this relentless drive to say stuff. There’s ways in which, with his stand-up and his one-man show that I toured with, you see that one container for what he had to say; and for the movie was a totally different container. One of the aspects of that that was really valuable was that as a director, I think we as actors were all able to trust that Mike really had our backs as creative people, as performers first, because he’s in the trenches. He’s directing the movie, and then on the weekends he’s getting up on stage himself. It’s a movie about artists. It makes it very easy to trust the director’s
Mike, this is your second film. What have you learned from your first film, “Sleepwalk With Me” to this one? MB: I don’t know if you can write it in the Bay State Banner, but no a**holes. [Laughs] No jerks, no a**holes. My biggest takeaway from the first one is you really have to interview people, check references and ask at least three people who they worked with. There’s really no time for jerks on the set. We had no jerks in the crew; none on the cast. I would always say in the first meeting, ‘Congratulations, you’re not an asshole and if you start acting like one we’re all going to be confused, and you probably won’t work on the movie much longer.’ That was one thing; and the other thing was shoot way more than you need. Shoot early, shoot long. Get a lot of footage because you need so much in the edit room. Get good sound. That’s what Michael Moore always says. Sound is more important than picture.
you talked about a lot of comics leaving New York to move out to LA. In the article you talked about being motivated by happiness and why you’ve chosen to remain in New York. That seems to kind of relate to Sam’s character in the film. Was that sentiment used for Sam’s character or was it more organic in the way it came together? CG: I think it’s an experience that we all have, artists or otherwise. We spend so much time thinking about achievement, thinking about status, thinking about how we compare to the person next desk down or the person in the house next door, what kind of car are they driving, what kind of byline are they getting, what kind of part they’re booking. I think for all of us it’s just the thing that we have to kind of unwrap at some point and realize that achievements might make you happy and that’s great if they do, and some do along the way, but there’s other more basic versions of happiness that aren’t contingent upon your ego or patting yourself on your back, or having people patting you on your back, or having people validate you from the outside. There’s just some basic humanity that we forgo in the pursuit of validation and I think Sam’s character is a big example of that, and I think real life has taught me that
I read on vulture.com, Chris, that
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many times. I think the fact that that’s something I felt so real in life that’s shown up in some of my writing, I think, is proof that I don’t think Mike was dressing anything up too much, or hiding too much in the real world. I think he is really good at putting experiences that we all feel on screen. MB: That’s one of the reasons we’re doing these workshops, places like Improv Boston. Phoenix, Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle, places we’re doing these workshops — 30 workshops, 30 cities — you have the ability on any given night to make the greatest improv show, the most topical improv show, the best performing improv show in the world, and no one can take it away from you, and that’s success. If you perform for 30 people in Boston and it was really moving and it changes those people’s day from being a sad day to where they didn’t think they could laugh to laughing, that’s hell of a lot more powerful to me than being on a mediocre sitcom half-watched by seven million people.
passion for both travel and the arts, and opened the gallery as a way to bring the cultural boon of travel to the Boston audience at home. The Lewis’s most notable interest is their collection of vintage travel posters, several of which are highlighted in this exhibit. The masks were collected from Grand Circle offices around the world, and many of the African masks are on loan and for sale from Hamill Gallery of Tribal Art in Roxbury. What keeps the exhibit engaging is the inclusion of other related objects, such as shadow puppets or headwear that was created for similar entertainment and religious purposes. The Europe section includes a Henna wedding veil from Turkey. Traditionally, the bright red veil and matching cap are worn for a wedding ceremony during which the woman sheds her identity as part of her mother’s household and prepares for a new life in her husband’s home. In a similar symbolic vein, animal masks from Panama were made with woven palm fibers to represent both the tribe and the animal’s commitment to nature. In the Africa and Middle East room, a Makande body mask mimics the shape of a young pregnant woman. Men would wear the mask over their chests and stomachs to experience and
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Tango dancers on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
Dance the night away
Greenway offers weekly tango lessons By CELINA COLBY
When Hernan Brizuela and Anita Flejter moved to Boston to start their family, Brizuela was eager to bring some of his Argentinean heritage to the city. Flejter describes a bandstand in his native Buenos Aires where people dance tango to live music. In Spanish, a place or event where tango is danced is called a milonga. “There’s a very large tango community in Boston,” says Flejter. “But there was no place to dance out in the open air.” To remedy this, the couple partnered with the Rose Kennedy Greenway to put on “Tango in the Park,” where they perform and provide lessons every Saturday from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. By 7:30, the sun is starting to set in rich, golden tones. A crowd has gathered around the professional tango dancers who glide and dip on the brick square. “We are working in Argentinean time,” Flajter says, smiling. “So the good dancers don’t come out until after seven.” A little ways off, Brizuela stands in a circle of eager beginners, showing them the basic steps of the dance. An audience has gathered at the café tables surrounding the square. They tap their feet to the instrumental croons of the music and watch the dancers move in perfect unison. The tango was developed in the 1880s in the lower-class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Much of the dance draws influences from the candomblé ceremonies of former slaves. In the early 20th century the dance and music spread to Europe and a tango craze ignited in Paris, London and Berlin. This wildfire trend gave the dance the romantic, sophisticated reputation it bears now. Back on the Greenway, Boston has taken on the feeling of an authentic milonga. The environment is relaxed, the 2/4 rhythm of the music melting away the stress of urban life, much as it did for working people in Argentinean barrios in the 19th century. “We have a lot of people come from the Boston tango community, and a lot of people who are
dancing for the first time,” says Flajter. Though married into the South American lifestyle, Flajter is from Poland and studied competitive ballroom dancing. For her, the tango is an interesting mix of technique and emotion. Both she and Brizuela are instructors at Ultimate Tango, a leading Argentine dance studio. Every Saturday in August a guest instructor from the Boston dance community will be teaching. This opens guests up to a variety of possibilities to further their tango education. But even without participating in the lessons, the show paints a vivacious streak across the Boston skyline. And for a few hours, Bostonians can leave their troubles at the street and dance with the passion of the milonga.
How would you then define success for yourself, Mike? MB: I haven’t found it yet. I’ll call you when I get there but I’m optimistic for my 40s. I just turned 38 and I feel like I’m going to hit my sweet spot at movie four or five. It’s a cliché, but I feel successful because I think I’m a decent husband and father to a 13-month child. And I’m able to make things outside of the system of Hollywood that, thanks to my fans, I might be able to make more of — and to me that is success.
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An African mask. take on the burdens of pregnancy and birth. This ancient sharing of gender roles is interesting and gratifying from the lens of a world still fighting for equality of the sexes. “Through the Eyes of Culture” provides a unique window into the traditions and priorities of indigenous groups around the globe. Seeing complex practices like the satire of European invaders in the Peruvian mask and the sharing of gender responsibilities in the Makande mask breaks down the stereotype that tribal communities are less sophisticated than others. The exhibit offers a satisfying opportunity to see the world through the eyes, and often the beaks, of these intricate art inventions.
SUMMER ARTS CELEBRATION
featuring THE MAKANDA PROJECT FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Saturday August 13, 1:00 to 4:30 pm Kurtis Rivers, Arni Cheatham, Sean Berry, Seth Meicht, Charlie Kohlhase – saxophones; Jerry Sabatini, Phil Grenadier – trumpets; Bill Lowe, Ku-umba Frank Lacy – trombones; John Kordalewski – piano; Wes Brown – bass; Yoron Israel – drums
PLUS Community youth performances Arts and crafts vendors Food by Butterfly Café Exhibit of “Portraits of Purpose: A Tribute to Leadership”: the stories behind the stories of more than 100 African American leaders and their allies in post-civil-rights-era Boston
Hosted by the UU Urban Ministry at the historic First Church in Roxbury 10 Putnam St., Roxbury, MA 02119 (rain location: First Church Meetinghouse, same address) Directions: www.uuum.org/directions Makanda Project: www.makandaproject.com Supported by: The Family Strengthening Small Grants Fund of the Mabel Louise Riley Foundation; the John H. and H. Naomi Tomfohrde Foundation; the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency funded by the Mass. Cultural Council, administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture; and VISIONS
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The Taj Mahal Trio, (from left) drummer Kester Smith, Taj Mahal, and bassist Bill Rich.
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touring worldwide and he has recorded more than 50 albums. His current world tour includes other New England visits, including a free outdoor concert near his hometown, Palmer, at the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival (www.springfieldjazzfest.com) on August 6. Friday night, in between songs, Taj Mahal noted with pride that he is the first and only musician to be designated official Blues Artist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a title he received in 2006. While threading fresh riffs into familiar songs, Taj demonstrated his instrumental prowess and emotional expressiveness with a ukulele rendition of an old jug band song; a pulsing keyboard blues that alternated between piano and organ vamps; and a syncopated banjo rag in honor of two friends, Tom and Sally, whose
home offered him refuge from hectic Los Angeles. Turning up the heat, Taj and his trio played a searing blues, Lou Willie Turner’s “TV Mama,” which he recorded on his 2008 album “Maestro,” a Grammy nominee for best contemporary blues album. After singing its chorus, “She’s my TV Mama, one with the big, wide screen/Every time she loves me, man, she makes me scream,” Taj made his electric guitar scream too. Responding to audience shouts for “Take a Giant Step,” Taj sang this song by Carol King and Gerry Goffin, which his irresistible 1969 recording turned into an anthem for a generation of fans. In his mellow baritone, Taj invites a brokenhearted listener who has “failed at love and lost” to “Come with me, leave your yesterday, your yesterday behind/And take a giant step outside your mind.” Who wouldn’t accept his invitation?
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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): 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).
SATURDAY 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
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
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Meet at the Gallivan Boulevard park entrance in Dorchester. 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.
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 617-635-4505 or visit the Parks Department online at www.cityofbos ton.gov/parks or www.facebook.com/ bostonparksdepartment.
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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 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 617-6981802, ext. 3. Reasonable accommodations available upon request. For additional information, please call DCR Maggi Brown at 617-698-1802, ext 217 in advance.
ELMA LEWIS PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK FREE CONCERT SERIES Every Tuesday at 6:30pm through August 16. 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. 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. 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 617635-4505, visit www.facebook.com/ bostonparksdepartment, or go to www. cityofboston.gov/parks.
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Eat fresh produce all year long You don’t have to miss out on your favorite fruits and veggies when the seasons change. Many are continuously available in local grocery stores, so keep these smart tricks and tips in mind during your next visit to the store: Your diet should consist of mostly fruits and vegetables, so make the produce aisle the first stop when you visit the grocery store. If you fill your cart with more produce, you’ll have less room for less healthful choices. Don’t be afraid to try new things. As the seasons turn, new and unexpected items may appear in produce aisles. An online search can help you find new recipes for virtually any type of unfamiliar produce. Experimenting with new veggies and fruits can be exciting and nutritious! Take advantage of store resources. Many grocery stores now include signage in the produce aisle that tells you where different items originated, how you might use them, flavor and nutrition — even recipes. If your grocery store offers free recipe cards beside a new vegetable, give both a try. — Brandpoint
EASY RECIPE
Cinnamon Oatmeal Bars n 1 cup flour n 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal n ¾ cup light brown sugar n ¼ teaspoon salt n 8 tablespoons butter, melted n 1 cup Musselman’s Apple Butter Heat oven to 350 F. Coat 8-by-8-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Line with heavy-duty foil, letting it overhang on two sides then coat with spray. Mix flour, oatmeal, sugar and salt in medium bowl. Stir in butter with a fork until clumps form, then spread half the mixture into pan, pressing to form a thin crust. Spread apple butter over it, then sprinkle remaining oatmeal mixture on top. Bake until crisp and golden brown, 30-40 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Use foil “handles” to remove bars. Cut into squares and serve. — Family Features
FOOD QUIZ The United State produces what percent of the world’s cheese? A. 50 percent B. 40 percent C. 30 percent D. 20 percent Answer at bottom of column.
WORD TO THE WISE Eau de vie — French for “water of life” (otherwise known by its Latin name aqua vitae). The life-giving water the name refers to is the alcoholic variety, in particular a group of colorless, unsweetened spirits distilled from fruits or herbs. — Cookthink
QUIZ ANSWER C. According to 2013 USDA data, the U.S. produces about 30 percent of the world’s cheese. — More Content Now
SAUCE SHORTCUT
The homemade stuff can’t be beat Rotini with Eggplant and Zucchini
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n 2 tablespoons olive oil n 1 cup vertically sliced red onion n 2 cups cubed, peeled eggplant n 2 cups cubed zucchini n 1⁄3 cup dry red wine n 2 cups pasta tomato sauce from a jar n ½ cup water n 8 ounces (3 cups) uncooked rotini n 4 tablespoons (1 ounce) grated Parmigiano-
Reggiano cheese Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, eggplant and zucchini. 6/20/16
Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add wine and bring to a simmer, stirring with a large spoon, until wine evaporates. Add sauce and water and stir to combine. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. If too thick, add some pasta cooking water. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and transfer to serving plates. Top with sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Serves 4. — Recipe by Jean Kressy; photo by Teresa Blackburn.
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ostensibly set up for people who are fighting alcohol and/or drug addiction. While there are no government standards — local, state or federal — that govern their operation, they are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act and federal fair housing laws because alcohol and drug addiction are considered disabilities.
State sanction
Typically, individuals who commit drug-related crimes are discharged to sober homes by probation officers or judges as a condition of their release. In Boston and communities across Massachusetts, the homes have been plagued by allegations of mismanagement and abuse. Some sober homes have had residents suffer fatal overdoses and many, neighbors say, have become magnets for people who engage in public drinking, drug dealing and drug use. Tenants typically pay weekly rents that officials say average $200. Any property owner can open their house for use as a sober home, regardless of their ability or willingness to manage tenants in recovery — or in remission from alcohol or drug abuse. State officials do not know how many sober homes are in operation around the state. Under the new certification
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Among the certification standards MASH is requiring for sober homes to receive referrals are provisions that would require that sober homes:
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system, sober home operators voluntarily registe their addresses with the state and obtain certification if they comply with legal and ethical codes developed by two nonprofits: the Massachusetts Association for Sober Housing and the Recovery Homes Collaborative. The criteria for certification include agreeing to limit the number of beds in a home and participation in annual training for sober home operators. Sober homes that do not register with MASH will stop receiving referrals from the state September 1.
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n Be guided by a mission and vision n Adhere to legal and ethical codes n Maintain records of residents’ payments, charges and deposits n Provide documentation that owner/operators have current liability insurance n Document that there are no taxes or other municipal assessments or liens on the property n Demonstrate that residents participate in the development of their recovery n Create and sustain an atmosphere of recovery support n Ensure that staff members are trained in MASH standards and practices n Maintain policies and procedures for supervision of staff
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: On July 20, 2016, the Proponent submitted a Notice of Project (NPC) to the BRA, revising the Project that was last reviewed and approved in August 2015. The latest revisions to the Project include the elimination of approximately half of the approved commercial/office space and the addition of 18 residential units. The overall gross floor area of the Project remains the same as was originally approved at approximately 64,530 square feet.
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(above) State Rep. Liz Malia explains how new regulations authorized by a state law can help regulate sober homes as Mass Association of Sober Housing’s John McGahan looks on. (below) State Rep. Evandro Carvalho and McGahan. “You either fall in line and comply with the regulations or you’re not getting referrals,” said John McGahan, President and CEO of the Gavin Foundation, a nonprofit that provides community-based substance abuse treatment, education, and prevention. “What we hope will happen is that when they stop getting referrals, they’ll close.”
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A staff person and volunteers working for MASH — an organization McGahan heads — are conducting the certification process and will be responsible for responding to complaints and handling decertification of sober homes that do not comply with the state regulations. McGahan said residents of sober homes and abutters can file grievances with MASH, which would trigger a visit from an inspector. If the sober home is found to be out of compliance with the organization’s certification standards, it can have its certification revoked and lose the referrals. Rep. Malia said the certification standards are the state’s first effort to regulate sober homes. Problems with sober homes first came to the attention of Malia and other elected officials when an operator opened several on Washington
Street in the Highland Park area. Problems at that location included overdoses, vagrancy, overcrowding and public drinking. “What we learned then is that there weren’t any regulations that encompassed folks who were running sober homes,” she said. “This is not a perfect solution. It’s a beginning.” So far, 36 sober home operators with a total of 800 beds have registered with MASH. Officials do not know how many homes there are in total, since the operators are not required to register with state or local authorities. In addition to homes operating in Roxbury and
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Dorchester, McGahan said there are homes in communities including Lynn, Chelsea, Fall River and Cape Cod. Few have registered from other regions of the state. Carvalho acknowledged that the new certification system might not alleviate all of the abuses of the sober homes currently operating in Massachusetts, but said the registration system would provide a strong incentive for them to be run in a more responsible way. “This is a step forward to make sure that those who come our way are certified and well-run, and hopefully to weed out the bad apples.”
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LEGAL ware vendor that will provide both the software licenses and implementation services it to support the real-time business activity for planning, controlling and monitoring of capital construction projects. A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on Thursday, August 04, 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.
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Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1271-C1, OLD TOWER GENERATOR REPLACEMENT, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S - Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 021282909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. Sealed filed sub bids for the same contract will be received at the same office until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016, immediately after which, in a designated room, the filed sub bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 9:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2016. A SITE TOUR WILL BE CONDUCTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONFERENCE. THE WORK INCLUDES DEMOLITION OF TWO (2) GENERATORS, SWITCHGEAR, AND TRANSFORMER EQUIPMENT AND REPLACED WITH TWO (2) NEW GENERATORS, SWITCHGEAR, AND TRANSFORMERS. THE WORK WILL INCLUDE ELECTRICAL, HVAC, PLUMBING, MASONRY, MISCELLANEOUS METALS, WATERPROOFING, DEMOLITION, CONCRETE, AND EARTHWORK. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The estimated Base Bid contract cost is FOUR MILLION, TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,288,000.00). The estimated ADD Alternate contract cost is ONE HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($105,000.00). In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, filed Subbidders must submit with their bid a current Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance and a Sub-bidder Update Statement. The filed Sub-bidder must be certified in the sub-bid category of work for which the Sub-bidder is submitting a bid proposal.
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a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.
from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following:
The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.
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Purchase of Two (2) New Front End Loaders 3.0 Cubic Yard Bucket
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To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16A0057AD
In the matter of Kennedy Morgan Blake CITATION G.L. c. 210, § 6
HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING $108,000 $28,000 WATERPROOFING, DAMP PROOFING, AND CAULKING MISCELLANEOUS AND ORNAMENTAL IRON $25,000 MASONRY $72,000 PLUMBING $220,000 ELECTRICAL $3,327,000 (Base Bid) $105,000 (Add Alternate) The Authority reserves the right to reject any sub bid of any sub trade where permitted by Section 44E of the above referenced General Laws. The right is also reserved to waive any informality in or to reject any or all proposals and General Bids. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.
A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of
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Filed sub bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work:
Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44H inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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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
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
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Affordable Rental Opportunity Patriot Homes
273 “D” Street South Boston, MA 02127 23 Affordable Units Available # of Units
Type
Rents
Income Limit
3
Studios
30% of household income*
30%
6
Studios
Up to $862*
50%
2
Studios
Up to $1,034*
60%
2***/****
One Bedrooms
Up to $869**
60%
3
Two Bedrooms
30% of household income**
30%
2****
Two Bedrooms
Up to $1,054**
50%
5***
Two Bedrooms
Up to $1,276**
60%
*All utilities included/ **Rent includes heat and hot water only/ ***Includes ADA accessible unit/****Includes 1 ADA adaptable unit Maximum Income per Household Size Household Size
Up to 30%
Up to 50%
Up to 60%
1
$20,650
$34,350
$41,220
2
$23,600
$39,250
$47,100
3
$26,550
$44,150
$52,980
4
$29,450
$49,050
$58,860
Information Sessions will be held at the South Boston Branch Library, 646 East Broadway, Monday, August 22, 2016, 6:00pm and West End Library, 151 Cambridge Street, Boston, Thursday, September 1, 2016, 6:00pm. Both locations are handicapped accessible Applications can be picked up in person, by mail or by e-mail from South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation 365 West Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127 E-mail: patriothomes@sbndc.org Applications are available beginning on August 15, 2016 and ending on September 9, 2016 The Hours will be extended on August 26 & September 2 until 8:00pm – These days only Monday – Friday – 9:00am – 4:00pm In addition - Saturday – August 27, 2016 – 12:00 pm – 4:00pm at Patriot Homes – 273 “D” Street – this day only Deadline for completed applications to: South Boston NDC, 365 West Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127 In Person by 5:00pm, Friday, September 16, 2016 by e-mail, or mailed and postmarked by that day. Selection by lottery. Asset, Use & Resale Restrictions apply. Minimum income limits apply. Preference for U.S. Military Veterans. Handicap households have preference for 3 accessible units. Preference for Households with at least one person per bedroom. Preference for homeless for 6 subsidized units. TDD/TTY call 7-1-1 – Over the Phone Translation Services are available. For reasonable accommodation or more information call Michelle Zenga, South Boston NDC 617-464-2483 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
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Affordable Housing Lottery 37 Washington
Natick Affordable Housing Rental and Homeownership Units 11 and 42 South Avenue Units Distributed by Lottery
Melrose, MA
11 South Avenue Apartments One 1 Bedroom Apartment Rent: $1,394
37 Washington is an 88 unit luxury rental apartment community located on 37 Washington Street in Melrose. 8 of these apartments will be rented to households with incomes at or below 80% of the Area Median Income. Maximum Allowable Income Limits: $51,150 (1 person), $58,450 (2 people), $65,750 (3 people), $73,050 (4 people), $78,900 (5 people) and $84,750 (6 people) Four 1BR units
Three 2BR Units
One 3BR Unit
Rents (utilities not included)
$1,333 to $1,339
$1,486
$1,614
Approx Ave. Size (subject to change during construction)
839 sqft
1,112 sqft
1,458 sqft
Unit finishes include stainless steel appliances, vinyl plank flooring in living rooms, kitchens and baths, subway tile backsplashes in kitchens, granite countertops, kitchen cabinets with 42” uppers, carpet in the bedrooms, and washers and dryers in all units. Amenities include a clubroom, a fitness room, a meeting room and lounge, and an outdoor firepit and grills. Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be delivered, not postmarked, by 2 pm on Sept 12th, 2016. A Public Information Session will be held at 6 pm on August 24th, 2016 and the Lottery on Sept 28th, 2016 in the Aldermanic Chamber of Melrose City Hall, 562 Main Street, Melrose, MA. For Details on Applications, the Lottery and the Apartments, call 617.782.6900 (press 1 for rental and then press 4 for 37 Washington) or go to:
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42 South Avenue Townhomes One 3 Bedroom Townhome Price: $210,000 Assets to $75,000 Available to 1st time homebuyers. MAX INCOME
1—$51,150 4—$73,050 2—$58,450 5—$78,900 3—$65,750 6—$84,750
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VILLAGE GREEN APARTMENTS Barnstable, MA One, Two & Three Bedroom Apartments in a BRAND NEW modern community! Anticipated Move-In Date: Winter 2017 Affordable, Reduced Rent, and Voucher Programs -An Equal Housing OpportunityHeat and Hot Water Included! Off-street parking, fitness center, community room, resident business center, central laundry, on-site management & 24-hour emergency maintenance!
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Whittier Place
Applicants for all units will be chosen through a lottery which will be held 10/18/16.
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
30% of median income
60% of median income
HH Size
1
20,650
41,300
2
23,600
47,200
3
26,550
53,100
30% of median income
60% of median income
4
29,450
58,900
5
31,850
6
34,200
Size
Monthly Rent
1 Bedroom
$884*
2 Bedroom
$1,055*
3 Bedroom
$1,210*
INCOME LIMITS Project Based Section-8
Project Based MRVP
60% Tax Credit
30%
50%
60%
63,700
Household Size
68,400
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
APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AUGUST 8, 2016 – SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
Information sessions:
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):
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 and Monday, August 22, 2016 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 31 Ellington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Size
Income Limit
Reasonable accommodations made.
1 Bedroom
$26,520
SELECTION WILL BE BY LOTTERY ALL LOTTERY PARTICIPANTS SHALL BE NOTIFIED OF THE LOTTERY RESULTS BY MAIL
2 Bedroom
$31,650
3 Bedroom
$36,300
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.
Section-8 Voucher Holders Encouraged to Apply (Participants in Project-Based Subsidy Programs and Voucher Holders are Exempt from Minimum Income Requirements)
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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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
For more info or reasonable accommodations, call WinnResidential at 617-825-8888 TTY/TDD: (800) 439-2370
Attend our Informational Meeting 8/18/16 | 4 pm - 6 pm To be held at the Barnstable Town Hall
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.
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
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LOTTERY APPLICATION DEADLINE 9/30/16
*Rents include deductions for utility allowances and are subject to change.
Maximum Income per Household Size (HUD 2016 limits) HH Size
Applications for the Lottery will be accepted from 8/1/16 - 9/30/16
Monthly Rent for apartments without Section 8 PBVor MRVP PBV
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Parker Hill Apartments Brand New Renovated Apartment Homes Stainless Steel Appliances New Kitchen Cabinets Hardwood Floors Updated Bathroom Custom Accent Wall Painting Free Parking Free Wi-Fi in lobby Modern Laundry Facilities
Wollaston Manor 91 Clay Street Quincy, MA 02170
Senior Living At It’s Best
A senior/disabled/ handicapped community 0 BR units = $1,027/mo 1 BR units = $1,101/mo All utilities included.
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888-842-7945
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111 Borden St., Fall River, MA 508.673.8410 PeabodyProperties.com
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.
MODERNIZATION COORDINATOR/ DIRECTOR Medford Housing Authority seeks applicants with mod, construction, A&E or facilities management experience. Knowledge of federal and/or state procurement regulations desirable. Contact bvivian@medfordhousing.org for complete job description. AA/EOE
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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: • • • • •
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.
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HELP WANTED On The Rise, Inc. (OTR) is a dynamic, Cambridge, MA-based non-profit founded in 1995 that serves women in crisis and homelessness throughout the region.
Operations Associate The Operations Associate position is a great opportunity for someone looking to get both direct service and administrative experience working in a non-profit. The Ops Associate is part of a two-person team that provides hands-on support across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
n General Office and Administrative Duties n Direct Service and Program Support n Infrastructure Support For a more detailed job description, please refer to our website www.ontherise.org
How to Apply:
Please send your resume and a cover letter to: edye.rulin@ontherise.org
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ASSISTANT TOWN ENGINEER The Town of Easton is accepting applications for a qualified individual to fill the position of Assistant Town Engineer, full time, 40 hours per week. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering and five years of design and construction experience in public works or related projects or any equivalent combination of education and experience. Municipal experience is preferred. Registration as a Professional Engineer required. Duties include but are not limited to leading project design and management, project review, and general engineering function within the DPW in the areas of sewer, stormwater, water, roadway, and facilities. This is a union position with a starting annual salary of $80,912 with excellent benefits. Full salary range is $80,912 – $106,762. Required applications can be downloaded at www.easton.ma.us under the “Residents” tab and then “Employment Opportunities”. Interested applicants shall submit a cover letter, resume and required job application to Town Administrator David Colton, 136 Elm Street, Easton, MA 02356 no later than September 2, 2016. The Town of Easton is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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Gables Arsenal Street 204 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA
www.s-e-b.com/properties/rental-developments/ Gables Arsenal Street is a 296 unit luxury rental apartment community located on 204 Arsenal Street in Watertown. 30 of these apartments will be rented to households with incomes at or below 80% of the Area Median Income. The first units are scheduled for occupancy in November 2016 with the rest of the units ready in early 2017. Maximum Allowable Income Limits: $51,150 (1 person), $58,450 (2 people), $65,750 (3 people), $73,050 (4 people), $78,900 (5 people) and $84,750 (6 people)
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2BR
3BR
Rents (utilities not included)
$1,349
$1,494
$1,640
Full-time, 12-week training plus internship. Job placement assistance provided.
Approx Ave. Size
805 sqft
1,132 sqft
1,538 sqft
FREE TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY!
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 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:
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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.
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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@trinitymanagementcompany.com or by fax to 617-731-6481. EOE
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