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BPD hair drug test gets new hearing Police test allegedly prone to produce false positives for blacks By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
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Seventh Suffolk candidate Chyna Tyler appeals to voters outside the Lewis school on Walnut Avenue. Tyler won the Democratic contest with 901 votes — 43 percent of the 2,061 votes cast in that race.
A new legislator for Roxbury’s 7th Suffolk
Chyna Tyler wins three-way race by narrow margin By YAWU MILLER
In what was the most hotly-contested legislative race in Boston’s low-turnout state primary, political newcomer Chyna Tyler eked out a narrow victory, with 901 of the 2,061 votes cast in the threeway race. Monica Cannon trailed by 107 votes with 794, and Marydith Tuitt garnered 364 votes. While turnout in the Roxbury
legislative district was light at 11 percent, citywide turnout was even lower at just 9 percent. In other contested races around the city, 11th Suffolk District incumbent Liz Malia handily defeated challenger Charles Clemmons Muhammad. In the 12th Suffolk District, Dan Cullinane fended off a challenge from attorney Jovan Lacet, and 5th Suffolk District Representative Evandro Carvalho handily defeated
challenger Melinda Stewart. Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins fended off a challenge from Alexander Rhalimi, securing 78 percent of the Boston vote. Former City Councilor Stephen Murphy won a seven-way race for the Suffolk County Register of Deeds seat, trailed by Katherine Forde and Stephanie Everett. In one of the more closely-watched
See TYLER, page 10
Former Boston police officer Ronnie Jones has been fighting against his termination for more than a decade — and the drug test that led to his discharge. Jones and other plaintiffs allege that the hair-based drug test used by the BPD incorrectly portrayed them as having used illicit substances, and that the test is especially likely to produce false positives when testing African American hair. This case, and a similar one, have wound through several courts. Last Thursday, a federal court of appeals hearing left some seeing hope for progress. “There’s very good momentum,” Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, told the Banner. “The court expressed significant concern over the effect of the hair test as a drug screening mechanism because of the false positives coming up with black officers.” The Lawyers’ Committee is representing Jones and the other plaintiffs, with WilmerHale contributing free co-counsel.
Hair test controversy
In 2002, Jones was discharged when the controversial hair-based test read him positive for drugs he says he never used. Under BPD policy he could admit to drug use and undergo suspension, drug counseling and three years of random urine testing, or be fired.
He chose the latter. Jones and other officers of color allege that when the Boston Police Department switched from urine-based drug testing, it adopted a new model that disproportionately produces false positives for blacks. The crux of the argument: African American hair texture makes it more likely to capture airborne particles, meaning that particles of cocaine should show up in the hair of individuals who are not users, but have been in an environment where there were traces of the drug. This presents a particular challenge in city environments, where traces of cocaine have been found on dollar bills and even elementary school desks, Oren Sellstrom, litigation director for the Lawyers’ Committee, said. And for officers working in a career where they may handle confiscated drugs, the likelihood of contamination is even higher. Psychemedics, the company that designs the hair tests, states on its website that its tests are more effective than urinalysis because they capture evidence of cocaine months after the fact instead of days.
Entrenched stance
The long-running legal battle over the hair tests has fueled concerns that the city and BPD are not supportive of a diverse police force. “Historically, if the Boston Police Department finds something that impacts people of color unfairly, they will go for it.
See HAIR TEST, page 12
Storm brewing at UMass Boston Is univ. shutting down Africana Studies? By YAWU MILLER
A shakeup that sidelined the longstanding chairman of the Africana Studies department at UMass Boston has a group of professors there charging that the administration is seeking to dismantle the department. After nearly two decades at its helm, Professor Robert Johnson was relieved of his duties and replaced by Susan Tomlinson, an associate
professor of English, whom Johnson’s backers say has little experience with Africana Studies. The controversy began last year when the College of Liberal Arts denied tenure to two Africana Studies associate professors, Aminah Pilgrim and Veronique Helenon. The College of Liberal Arts also refused to renew the contract of lecturer Tony Van Der Meer. The moves prompted students to protest the CLA in April. In May, students and Africana Studies faculty
held a public forum at which Johnson alleged that the tenure review process was unfair because there were no black faculty on the CLA Collegiate Personnel Committee or in the CLA Dean’s office. In July, CLA Dean David Terkla removed Johnson from his post. “At first, I thought it was retaliation, particularly against me,” Johnson said. “I was a major spokesperson against their denial of tenure.” A spokesman for the university sent a statement to the Banner
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Africana Studies professors at UMass Boston are decrying the removal of longtime department chairman Robert Johnson.
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Police union objection fails, body camera pilot starts By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
After months of delays and a last-minute bid by the police union to stall the program, the Boston Police Department’s body camera pilot was cleared to launch Monday. Last Friday, a state superior court judge rejected a police union call to put the pilot on hold, thus toppling the latest barrier to implementation. An agreement between the police department, union and city called for 100 volunteers to be equipped with cameras. But when not one out of 1,200 eligible officers stepped forward — a possibility not envisioned in the agreement — Police Commissioner William Evans declared he would assign them. This moved raised protest from Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association’s president Patrick Rose, who argued that the change violated the terms of their agreement. Rose said the issue was about protecting the validity of collective bargaining, and sought an injunction. “If we don’t fight to preserve our collective bargaining rights, we could lose those rights,” Rose said in a statement following the ruling. “Injunction or no injunction, the BPPA is still committed to working with the city and the department to make sure the citizens of Boston get a body-worn camera pilot program that does what it is supposed to do, while respecting the rights of citizens and police officers alike.” The injunction hearing delayed the pilot’s start, which most recently had been scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 1. The course of the hearing brought to light tepid efforts by the BPPA to ensure sufficient volunteers, and inspired a full-throated statement of support for the pilot from Evans. Before the hearing was over, eight police command staff members stepped forward at Evan’s request to volunteer to wear cameras in a show of support. State Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins issued his ruling last Friday, in which he said it is within the commissioner’s purview to assign cameras, thus allowing the pilot to proceed. Wilkins also concluded that BPPA’s primary concern — non-use of
volunteers — was caused in part by the union’s own actions.
Policy implications
Segun Idowu, co-founder of Boston Police Camera Action Team, said that while the hearing was another frustrating delay of the long-sought pilot, the ruling may lay the groundwork for improving the policy governing camera use. BPCAT and the ACLU of Massachusetts advocate for changing the part of the policy that allows officers to view footage before writing official reports. In what came as a surprise to Idowu, Evans revealed at the hearing that he had opposed this element, but the union pushed it through, Idowu recounted. Now — with the judge ruling that the commissioner has authority over implementing cameras — Idowu says BPCAT will push for Evans to revise that policy. “We’re hoping he’ll rework this policy to fix that particular part and add consequences [for officers failing to comply with the policy],” Idowu said in a Banner phone interview. Getting an untried piece of
to allegedly slanted judgment. According to plans the BPD announced in August, minorities will be overrepresented among those assigned cameras. Blacks, who constitute 23 percent of the force in 2015, constitute 29 percent of those in the program. Latinos (9 percent of the police force) make up 13 percent of participants and Asians (2 percent of the force) are 3 percent, while whites (66 percent of the police force) represent 55 percent.
policy inserted after the pilot concludes may be more difficult than implementing and testing it now, Idowu said.
Racial relations
Andrea Campbell, chair of the City Council’s Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice, released a statement commending the ruling and saying that body cameras are an important step to strengthening relations between police and community. Others, however, saw cause for concern in how the footage will be used. Larry Ellison, president of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers, said current racial inequities in police discipline could be exacerbated if the footage is interpreted by officials who are willing to give the benefit of the doubt to white officers but not officers of color. “Our concern is not the cameras themselves, it’s the objectivity with which people view them,” Ellison told the Banner. “It’s going to be based on the commissioner’s discretion — his assessment of what he thinks people did wrong. … People of color are not going to be
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Segun Idowu, co-founder of BPCAT given the benefit of the doubt.” Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ruled that the BPD practiced discipline of academy recruits in a racially discriminatory manner, with recruits of color receiving harsher discipline than white officers who committed the same level of offense. Those viewing camera footage may apply the same racially-biased viewpoint when interpreting situations, Ellison said, and use that as an excuse to more severely punish or even terminate officers of color. A greater proportion of officers of color will wear the cameras than white officers, which Ellison said means that more will be subjected
The hearing last week revealed that the union had discouraged officers from volunteering for the pilot before the union could reach agreement with the city. The perception of BPPA opposition persisted among the force long after the agreement was signed in July, with the union making only mild efforts to dispel it. A notice circulated in June advised, “NOBODY in the BPPA membership should volunteer for this program.” Recently, that memo was still hanging on a union bulletin board with a handwritten note that volunteers would be sanctioned. In a late August, an officer at a community forum in Dorchester said the BPPA had told officers not to volunteer, Judge Wilkins noted. Given these persistent perceptions and the union’s subsequent weak efforts to encourage any volunteers, the judge said the BPPA’s grievance over pilot assignments was partially “self-inflicted” and that the union may have violated its obligations to strive to ensure successful implementation of the pilot. Judge Wilkins also ruled that the police commissioner has sole authority to require officers to wear the cameras, similar to the authority he has to assign uniforms, weapons and deployment.
Further arguments
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Rahsaan Hall, director of the racial justice program for the ACLU of Massachusetts, spoke at a community meeting held on the body camera pilot in April.
The BPPA also raised concerns that implementation could put unwilling officers at greater risk, citing a study from the Rand Corporation that suggested officers wearing cameras may experience higher rates of assaults. However, the court noted that other studies contradict this and that the Rand Corporation said the reason behind the findings were unclear and, instead, might reflect officers being more confident in reporting assault when they have footage to back them up. Wilkins further stated that the pilot will be useful in testing whether or not camera use does impact likelihood of assault.
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Applying a double standard to patriotism Prejudiced white men expect African Americans to be inordinately submissive. That is why when black families have “the talk” with their sons, to educate them about how to behave when confronted by the police, parents instruct them to be extremely polite. Anything short of obsequious behavior might be considered to be aggressive. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick violated that principle when he refused to stand for the national anthem before a football game. His quiet protest has unleashed a hostile tirade across the country, but the media and public opinion have until now essentially ignored Trump’s un-Americanism. Some critics of Kaepernick condemn his protest as seditious, but how could that be when Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for U.S. president, has made public comments during the campaign that are at the very least subversive? Criticism of Trump has been relatively mild when compared with the outcry against Kaepernick, who did no more than kneel during the national anthem in constitutionally protected protest. Trump’s first un-American remark came in July 2015, one month after he announced his candidacy. He said of Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a former prisoner of war, “he’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.” McCain chose to stay in prison with his men rather than accept an early release. With five draft deferments, Trump avoided military service all together. Many political savants expected that Trump’s insulting remark about McCain would mark the end of his political life, but his support began to grow and by December he was able, without adverse reaction, to demonstrate affinity for one of America’s prospective adversaries, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia. He responded to critical comments from the press about his relationship: “When people call you brilliant, it’s always good, especially when the person heads up Russia.” By July, Trump seemed to back Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. When it was reported that Russian hackers had gained access to the
Democratic Party’s digital files, Trump said, “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails [from Hillary Clinton] that are missing.” He essentially was supporting the invasion of a U.S. Secretary of State’s email files. Not only has Trump shown an inclination for an inappropriate relationship with an American adversary, he also has challenged the usefulness of NATO, the primary agreement of military support for European Allies. He said on July 20, “If we cannot be properly reimbursed for the tremendous cost of our military protecting other countries … then yes, I would be absolutely prepared to tell those countries, ‘Congratulations, you will be defending yourself.’” Understandably, such talk has caused considerable insecurity in the capitals of some European allies. Contrary to Trump’s assertion to the contrary, America already is great. There is no dispute that America is now the greatest economic power in the world and that U.S. political leaders must accept responsibility for managing affairs from that position of prominence. For that reason there is an unwritten rule that candidates for the U.S. presidency must show great respect for the office of president and exercise great discretion exhorting foreign affairs issues. Trump has breached this protocol. He has shown considerable disrespect for his nation’s president. Last month he said of Barack Obama, “He’s the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder of ISIS. He’s the founder. He founded ISIS…” Trump made it clear that his assertion was not allegorical. He also has created considerable unrest among America’s allies. Yet, many Americans who tolerate Trump’s behavior are critical of Kaepernick’s quiet protest of the abuse of African Americans that is permitted in America. The disparity in the public’s reaction to Trump’s divisive campaign for president and Kaepernick’s protest for equal justice indicates the depth of America’s race problem. The nation must understand that “justice delayed is justice denied.” The younger generation cannot be expected to be so patient when confronting bigotry.
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Are separate dorms a good or bad thing for black students? By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON The announcement that California State University, Los Angeles agreed to the demands of black student groups at the school to establish separate dorm housing for blacks ignited the predictable furor. The critics say it’s wrong, dangerous and sends the horrible message that segregation is OK and, even more appalling, paid for at a California public university on the taxpayer dime. After all, this is 2016, liberal California and not 1956 segregated Jackson, Mississippi. The backers of separate housing say it’s much ado about nothing since other campuses have “themed housing.” That’s the chic euphemism for separate housing and space for black, Hispanic, and other minority students. And besides, so the argument goes, separate housing can be a good, even a necessary thing, to give black students a safe culturally comfortable environment and reinforcing environment to live and learn in. These are ancient arguments on both ends; arguments that I as a California State University, L.A. graduate and one of the founders of the Black Student Union at the school in the late 1960s, am well familiar with. We made the same arguments then when we demanded a separate black studies program, a separate black section in the campus newspaper, and a separate assembly space on the campus. There were no dorms on the campus then. But if there were dorms on campus then we may well have demanded separate living space in them too. This was the era of the black is beautiful and black empowerment movement and these demands came with the racial turf of the day. We had no illusions even as militant, student advocates, that segregation which is legally, socially and culturally imposed on African Americans was a good thing. This was certainly the case with housing segregation. Many of us lived in racially segregated neighborhoods, by requirement, and we saw the damaging effects of that in terms of miserably failing underserved, and grossly underfunded schools, inadequate neighborhood services, crime and poverty and neglect. But we believed that once we were on a college campus, things could be different, and that it was absolutely imperative that the university play a big role in reversing some of the economic and social damage of segregation by providing special programs, space, and support for African American students. The university was and should be in our view a safe, student friendly place to learn, grow, and provide the much needed and, in times past, lacking higher education skills to prepare black students for successful careers in the professions and business. The school, the community and society would all benefit from this. This is a question that presents an especially thorny challenge given the figures that show that black students are still grossly under-represented at many colleges and universities. And this is compounded by the alarming figures on the higher drop-out rates at some colleges for black students. Clearly, the challenge is not simply getting more black students on college campuses but keeping them there to get their degrees. Despite that challenge, ethnic studies programs, increased aid, grant and scholarship programs for minority students, affirmative action initiatives, and a marked increase in black faculty and administrators has become a permanent fixture on college campuses. This was a direct by-product of our, and other student protests, for black student empowerment at Cal State L.A. and many other universities in the 1960s. It did not come, however, without another cost; that being backlash. The cry was that black and minority students were demanding and getting entitlements, special privileges and treatment at taxpayer expense, and worse at the expense of white students. Conservative advocacy groups pounded university trustees and state legislatures to cease and desist bowing to threats of disruption and pandering and catering to black student demands. There was the rash of anti-affirmative propositions, initiatives, rulings, legal prohibitions, and court challenges, up to and including cases that wound up on the docket of the Supreme Court by white students at the University of Texas and Michigan. They claimed that reverse discrimination and exclusion of white students in admissions in preference for black and minority students. This has been the subject of fierce, and contentious debate, and still is. The debate over separate black housing at Cal State L.A. is in reality a continuation of that same debate over what and how college resources and programs can best be used to serve the needs of black, minority, and ultimately all students. Separate housing may not be the panacea to enhance learning for black students. In fact, that they have to even ask for it is our tragedy. But there is no evidence that it is detrimental to learning, or harmful to any other group. It’s a huge stretch to claim that it is just another step back to the evil of the segregation past. This kind of racial scare mongering promotes the very divisions that we all should want and strive to end.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst.
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What do you think of the low (9 percent) turnout in Boston last week for the state primary?
People are getting disillusioned with the candidates they have to choose from. Democracy is dying in this country.
Lack of interest. People don’t have confidence in the system any more. They think it doesn’t matter who wins.
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I think it’s terrible. So many people struggled to gain the right to vote. It’s awful that people didn’t turn out. We need to vote in every election.
It’s surprising. I thought that in Boston, people would have been more active. I think a lot of people are staying away. I hope people take it more seriously in the general election.
People aren’t interested in politics. I didn’t even know it was Election Day. I am voting in November, though.
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internal communications strategies, guide strategic planning, major programming, initiatives, collaborations/partnerships and fundraising; and provide and develop additional public representation of the organization. Evans, a native of Gardena, California, comes to the position after previously volunteering, and serving in the roles as vicechair of education and chair of the economic development committees. She has a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and a master of arts in education leadership, with a course of study in leadership, policy, and politics from Teachers College at Columbia University. She also studied abroad at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, where she focused on international labor relations. Personally and professionally, Evans is an advocate for children, education and communi-
ties. Throughout her educational and work experiences, Evans has come to understand that positive reform in any area is largely affected by the myriad issues that communities face. To acquire breadth and depth of understanding these issues, Evans has sought experiences that are diverse. She has extensive experience as a policy analyst, researcher, project and production manager and educator.
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NIA K. EVANS Nia K. Evans has been appointed executive director of the NAACP Boston Branch. She is the first executive director and paid staffer since Attorney Thomas Atkins held the role of executive secretary for the Boston Branch in the late 1960s, before going on to be elected Boston NAACP President in December 1974, the height of desegregation in Boston. With Evans’ appointment, the Boston NAACP is responding to awarding-winning growth in annual and lifetime memberships, an increase in younger members and sustained issues that continue to require civil rights advocacy. Evans will manage the organization’s office space in Washington Park Mall; oversee the organization’s operations including creating and improving administrative capacity and recruiting and developing organizational leaders; develop external and
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Elizabeth Warren rallies with thousands of union service workers By KAREN MORALES
“As I look out to all of you, I am reminded of what my parents fought for. They fought for dignity and family,” said Roxana Rivera, vice president of SEIU 32BJ, last Saturday to a crowd of 2,000 service workers and their supporters. Rain poured down on the scene but the music and chanting continued on. The janitors and security officers of the 32BJ chapter of the Service Employees International Union had gathered around the Boston Common Parkman Bandstand to support a new contract proposal that would expand opportunities for full-time employment and ensure raises that keep up with cost of living in Boston. The contract in question covers 13,000 workers who clean, maintain and protect over 2,000 buildings in the city, including the John Hancock Tower and the Prudential Tower. The current contract expires on September 30. Senator Elizabeth Warren and city councilors Ayanna Pressley and Tito Jackson joined the rally to show their solidarity. Members of SEIU 32BJ from all over New England also came out to support the cause. “This sticking together thing is important to make sure that we have a country we can thrive in and raise families with dignity and respect,” said SEIU Executive Vice President Valarie Long. Long observed that the movement was for more than just a contract. “It’s about immigrant rights, it’s about racial justice, it’s about
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At-large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley speaks during a rally on the Boston Common in support of higher wages for janitors. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren also spoke at the rally, organized by SEIU 32BJ. environmental justice, it’s about economic justice,” she said. “Those things together — that’s what we’re fighting for.” As the rain gave way to sunshine, an array of speakers, from union members to politicians, addressed the crowd. “This city needs you,” said Senator Warren. “These gleaming towers around us — they wouldn’t be so gleaming if it weren’t for the people who work hard, who vacuumed, who
emptied the trash, who kept it all going for the rest of us.” Senator Warren said that her father was a janitor and she witnessed firsthand the backbreaking work of a service worker. “In this fight for fair wages, I’m with you,” she said. “This is not a fight for charity,” said Pressley. “It’s about what you and your families have earned.” The union’s proposals also include expanding employer-paid health care to family members of full-time
workers. Janitors and security officers have experienced employers who deliberately limit workers to part-time shifts, so as to shirk responsibility for providing healthcare to employees. SEIU 32BJ also emphasized the post-recession era and Boston’s strong commercial real estate industry, with its low vacancy rents and high rents. “The promise of America is for everyone, including the thousands
of men and women who clean and maintain office buildings and college campuses in Massachusetts,” said Rivera. After the remarks, thousands of SEIU 32BJ members and supporters proceeded from Boston Common down Newbury Street to Copley Square. 32BJ is the largest property service workers union in the country, with 155,000 members in eleven states and Washington D.C.
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Worcester athlete in national media spotlight after national anthem protest By FRANK HOLLAND
Michael Oppong’s protest under the Friday night lights has put him the national spotlight. “There is a lot of injustice happening for black people all around and something had to be done!” Oppong said in a Banner interview. Oppong is a quarterback and safety for the Doherty Memorial High School Varsity Football team in Worcester. While the national anthem played during the team’s game on September, the junior knelt on one knee on the sideline as a silent protest. Oppong says he was inspired by NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has sparked a national discussion by sitting and kneeling during the
national anthem to raise awareness of racial injustice. While Kaepernick provoked ire among white football fans, National Football League officials said the San Francisco 49ers quarterback was within his right to protest, stating that “players are encouraged but not required to stand during the playing of the national anthem.” The backlash notwithstanding, Kaepernick has become somewhat of a hero among blacks, following in the mold of Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who sparked controversy when they raised their fists while the anthem was played during the 1968 games. “If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be in this position” Oppong said of Kaepernick.
Oppong says he appreciates Kaepernick’s courage and would like to talk to him about raising awareness about social issues. “A lot of my classmates were proud of me because, from what they said, I was very brave for what I did for standing up for what I believe in,” he said. But over the weekend, Oppong says he was told he would be punished for the protest. “I was called by my coach and told I’d be suspended a game, and it was the decision of my coach and my assistant principal,” Oppong said. Oppong posted a message on Twitter about his suspension. The tweet received thousands of “likes” and retweets along with supportive messages from Black Lives Matter activists and others.
O n Mo n d a y, Wo r c e s t e r Schools Superintendent Maureen Binienda said there was a misunderstanding over players standing during the national anthem. “There was no suspension or discipline,” Binienda said. “If a student decides not to, they can receive no discipline for that, that’s a violation of the constitutional right of a student.” Oppong’s tweet saying he is no longer suspended also went viral. This time, even Kaepernick retweeted. Oppong says he’s spoken to some of his teammates about continuing the protest. While the anthem played before the Monday Night Football game, Kaepernick continued to kneel. Other NFL players, including Devin McCourty and Martellus Bennett of the Patriots, raised a fist during the anthem. Oppong says seeing those protests is encouraging and he plans to continue all season long. “Something will happen this Friday,” he said.
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MBTA’s bus driving & maintenance can be considered for privatization T Control Board expects savings, others see risk to taxpayer wallets By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Members of the union representing the majority of the MBTA’s employees rallied on Monday in protest of a new decision that could expand the agency’s privatization. The decision puts bus driving and maintenance on the table for outsourcing. While officials already were looking at contracting out departments such as cash-counting and warehouses, a recent report from the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board significantly widens the scope by putting primary functions up for consideration. With the agency facing a more than $100 million deficit and challenges to service delivery, MBTA officials say they intend to examine all tools available to reduce it while bringing greater efficiency and effectiveness. Members of the Boston Carmen’s Union spoke out against the idea on Monday. Not all officials are on board with this level of privatization either, including MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board member Brian Lang and Mayor Martin Walsh. Both have union ties: Lang currently is president of a labor union and Walsh was a union president prior to being elected mayor. Walsh said outsourcing is
unlikely to net real savings. “When you talk about privatization, in an initial contract, it always seems like it’s going to save money. Long term, it doesn’t save money, the costs go up,” Walsh said during the Greater Boston Labor Council’s Annual Labor Day Breakfast.
Maintenance and operations
According to the Control Board’s report, operations and maintenance constitute 85 percent of the MBTA’s costs. Bus drivers earn $35.86 per hour. The T employs 1,300 of them full-time and 400 in part-time positions. There are 450 full-time T mechanics. The MBTA did not answer questions on how much it expects to save by privatizing operations and maintenance and on what minimum wage and benefits it would require from any firm bidding on the contracts. According to the Control Board report, the contractors currently engaged to operate certain bus routes have delivered those services for 30 percent lower costs.
outsourcing — seem partly fueled by the MBTA’s temporary exemption from the Pacheco Law. The Pacheco Law blocked officials from privatizing a public service without first making the case that the move would generate equal or higher quality at lower taxpayer expense than could be achieved in-house. Savings could not be derived by simply reducing employee wages and benefits. Opponents framed the law as anti-privatization. Senator Marc Pacheco, the law’s sponsor, said that exempting the T was a risky step. “It is very easy for the T or any other agency to claim it will save money on behalf of the taxpayer,” he told the Banner, but, without requirements for clear cost-benefit analysis or full assessment of all expenses involved, it is difficult to know with certainty. One nuance when assessing public service efficiencies: Savings for one department do not necessarily translate to taxpayers savings if they produce new expenses for another public department.
ON THE WEB MBTA Control Board report: http://tinyurl.com/jx7hkdv For instance, laying off bus drivers could generate new demand for unemployment benefits, and if private contractors reduced the jobs’ wages and benefits, that could remove one pathway to residents’ quality of life advancement, Pacheco said. Noah Berger, president of Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, said in some cases privatization can bring advantages — such as when state colleges turn over their bookstores to a private bookseller, savings may be achieved through an economy of scale. But if cost-savings are based on wage-reduction — something that the Pacheco Law blocked— the overall economy could be harmed. “The great danger of privatization is that the private provider will cut wages,” Berger told the Banner. “If it turns good-paying jobs into low-paying jobs, that hurts those working people and reduces their ability to buy goods and services and has a negative impact on the economy,” The Control Board acknowledges in its report that the T
has had mixed success with outsourcing. Report authors upheld elevator and escalator maintenance as an example of privatization done right, stating that safety and timeliness improved without a rise in costs, while noting that contracting out parking operations had been less successful. Earlier this year, an investigation was launched over allegations of missing money, in which the MBTA officials said collected revenue seemed less than it should be, given the level of parking lot use. Pacheco also pointed to the T’s contracts with Keolis, the firm that operates the commuter rail. This summer, the MBTA agreed to pay Keolis approximately $66 million more than the agreed to terms over the next six years. “To succeed, strategic contracting, including outsourcing some functions now performed by the T, must be properly developed, implemented and managed,” Control Board members wrote. “As the MTBA looks to improve both cost and performance in operations and maintenance, it will continue to work with its employees and their unions to help identify and implement measures to improve productivity and performance.”
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continued from page 1 races, state Sen. Pat Jehlen of Somerville fended off a challenge by Cambridge City Councilor Leland Cheung. In Springfield, City Councilor Bud Williams won a four-way race for the 11th Hampden District seat currently held by outgoing Rep. Ben Swan, beating Ben Swan Jr., Ken Barnett and Larry Lawson.
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The low turnout in the Roxbury race was not likely caused by a lack of campaign activity. The organizations backing Tyler, Cannon and Tuitt were in full swing during the weeks leading up to the Sept. 8 primary. All three maintained field offices, employed teams of volunteers, knocked on doors and mailed literature. The race was not inexpensive. Tyler raised $22,017 between March, when she first filed with the Office of Campaign and Public Finance, and the August 21 filing deadline. Cannon raised $11,238 between first filing with OCPF in January and August 21. But with charter school expansion on the table in November, the race for the Seventh Suffolk District became another battlefront. As such, the Mass Teachers Association and the network of venture capitalists backing Question 2 appear prominently in OCPF filings. Cannon opposes charter school expansion. Tyler is in favor of the ballot question. In addition to receiving a $500 contribution from Voice of Teachers for Education, Cannon
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(left) Marydith Tuitt at the Boys and Girls Club polling place on primary day. (right) City Councilor Tito Jackson and candidate Monica Cannon at the Lewis School. Turnout for the Seventh Suffolk District race was light, at 11 percent of registered voters, but slightly higher than the dismal citywide average of 9 percent. benefitted from numerous independent expenditures, including $6,040 the Massachusetts Teachers Association spent on a billboard and $4,246 the union spent on a mailer. Tyler’s more robust receipts included several thousand-dollar donations from venture capitalists as well as several independent expenditures, including $9,137.54 for a direct mailing from the pro-charter Democrats for Education Reform. Tuitt, who raised $7,715, did not appear to receive any contribution from pro- or anti-charter
expansion supporters. While the teachers unions and charter backers threw tens of thousands into the Seventh Suffolk, they each spent in the neighborhood of $100,000 on the Jehlen-Cheung race, making that by far the most hotly-contested charter battle since Democrats for Education Reform dropped more than $1.3 million in support of former City Councilor John Connolly’s 2013 mayoral campaign.
A single precinct
In the end, the race for the Seventh Suffolk District came
down to just over 100 votes. Cannon won five of the twelve precincts in the district, and tied in one with Tyler. Tyler won six. Of those she won, Ward 9, precinct 5 — which runs from Dudley Square to Roxbury Crossing and includes Fort Hill as far south as Cedar Street — delivered the most lopsided victory, with Tyler receiving 234 votes to Cannon’s 99, according to a tally by Tyler’s campaign. In that single Fort Hill precinct, Tyler secured a 135-vote margin that more than made up for losses in other precincts.
Low turnout conundrum
Local political activists decried the low turnout in last Thursday’s election, which coincided with the first day of school in the Boston public schools. Because many parents drive their child into school on the first day, the city often experiences a higher volume of traffic. Add to that equation the fact that many polling places are in schools, and it makes Secretary of State William Galvin’s decision to hold
the primary on Thursday even more puzzling. “Holding an election on the first day of school has an impact,” said Ward 12 Democratic Committee activist Louis Elisa. “It affects people’s ability to get to work.” Elisa said the toxic tone in national politics, led by the race-baiting campaign of Donald Trump, also may have turned many away from the polls. “Nothing that’s happened this year in politics looks good,” he said. “People are becoming cynical and distrustful of the electoral process.” Sheriff Tompkins, who will not face a Republican challenger in the November 8 general election, said the low turnout this year underscores the need for better education. “We need to embark on a campaign for a statewide civics agenda,” he said, noting that civics has not been a required class in Massachusetts schools for decades. “When you miss out on that class, you don’t understand how communities and government work together.”
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continued from page 1 stating that Johnson’s removal came about as a result of a routine assessment of the department that recommended a leadership change. “As is the case for every academic program at the university, the Africana studies department is required to periodically undergo an AQUAD (Academic Quality Assessment and Development) review,” reads the statement, attributed to Winston Langley, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. “The most recent review, conducted by a team of both external and internal reviewers, recommended strengthening the Africana studies department by bringing in new leadership to oversee the program and recruit and develop new faculty.” Johnson and his colleagues are keeping pressure on the administration. The Africana Studies professors were scheduled to host a forum on “The Future of Africana Studies at UMass Boston” at the Banner’s Tuesday press time. Johnson, who received a law degree from Cornell University, specializes in race and law and has written nine books, twelve plays and has published numerous scholarly articles. He notes that Tomlinson, whom Terkla appointed as his replacement, had not specialized in Africana studies or had much involvement with the department. “In all the years we’ve been here, she has not come to a single lecture or event we’ve hosted,” Johnson said. Johnson filed a union grievance, alleging that the CLA dean did not have the authority to appoint a chairman to his department. “Primary responsibility for academic matters rests with the
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Robert Johnson faculty,” he said. “Before any changes, they must consult with the faculty. The faculty has the authority to elect the department chair.” The changes at UMass Boston come as the college is grappling with years of declining state funding. The state currently spends $1.1 billion on public higher education, down from $1.3 billion in 2001, in inflation-adjusted dollars. Because the Legislature controls both funding and tuition rates for the UMass system, the universities have little leeway in managing their budgets. The tight budgeting in recent years has led to cuts in the UMass system. At UMass Amherst, the director of the Labor Center departed in August, after she said she was ousted from her position, which has put the center at risk of closing. At UMass Boston, administration officials have moved the faculty from the alternative College of Public and Community Service to other departments as part of what many see as a years-long campaign to dismantle the program. Johnson says Africana Studies may be facing the same pressure. “They may be trying to get rid of us to save some money,” he said.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PROJECT: P3 Partners LLC proposes to revise the original project to a mixed-use project totaling approximately 1,928,400 sf., including retail, art, educational, office, hotel, residential, and and an above ground parking structure of 548,700 sf. MEETING FOCUS: The meeting of September 22nd will be the 7th in a series Project Review Committee meetings and the agenda will be a follow-up to the meeting of July 28th and will provide an opportunity for review of the development team’s recent submission of 2nd Supplemental Draft Project Impact Report. The Project Review Committee serves as the Impact Advisory Group (IAG) for large projects under Article 80. IAG’s serve to review project impacts and make recommendations for proposed impacts
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The September 19th workshop will serve as a follow-up to the discussion of July 18th. The primary objectives are as follows: (i) Review potential development considerations for parcels with the consultant team from Next Street Financial; (ii) Discuss economic feasibility principles and outline various tradeoffs as well as components that inform creation of Request for Proposals (“RFPs”) for the parcels; (iii) Provide ample opportunity for feedback from stakeholders/workshop participants through breakout sessions. PLAN: Dudley Square is an initiative to think strategically about the types of uses and the scale of development best suited for the future of Dudley Square and Roxbury. The goals of this study are to provide an inclusive community engagement process, create an updated vision with the community, and establish an implementation plan that will lead to the issuance of Requests for Proposals (“RFPs”) for publicly-owned and vacant privately-owned parcels in Dudley Square.
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continued from page 1 They will always gravitate toward that thing,” Larry Ellison, president of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers, told the Banner. In 2005, a federal court of appeals ruled that the tests had disparate impact. In a related lawsuit, courts ruled in 2013 and 2014 that the hair tests were unreliable; the city appealed both times.
“It’s all highly problematic, and deeply troubling that the police department continues to fight both lawsuits,” Sellstrom said in a Banner phone interview. “It does not make a lot of sense, in our view, for the city to keep pouring time and energy and money into defending a test that has been found to be unreliable. So far, the city has dug in and not shown a willingness to either settle or look at changing the way they do business.” The BPD said it was unable to comment on ongoing litigation.
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On Monday a delegation of interfaith clergy led a “Higher Ground Moral Day of Action” outside of the State House in Boston and in over 25 other capitals across the country. “Our state and the nation truly has a heart problem when we find there are so many people struggling, while a few continue to grow and prosper,” said Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Bethel AME minister and member of the NAACP – Boston Branch. “Today’s calling of a higher moral ground is to encourage our elected leaders to stand for what is right and help raise up the marginalized families throughout our state.”
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To effectively make their case that the test is racially biased, plaintiffs must argue several points, Sellstrom said. One is that the test has disparate impact. The second: that there are less-discriminatory alternatives the BPD could use; for instance, administering urine tests to confirm positives indicated by hair tests. They succeeded with the former point in 2005, when the case was heard by the same appeals court. The judge at the time ruled the test had disparate effect and called for the plaintiffs to be reinstated, but did not speak to whether hair testing should be replaced with another method. Meanwhile, the city will have to argue successfully that using the hair test is a business necessity, Sellstrom said. During last Thursday’s oral arguments, an attorney for the city and BPD said that urine testing is more costly, and that there is no evidence that it will produce different results from the hair test, according to The Boston Globe. Judge William Kayatta Jr, however, suggested that priority should be on accuracy, not expense. “Isn’t it much better for the department to do something that reduces the likelihood of false positives?” Kayatta said, according to The Boston Globe. “Isn’t it better to keep people on the force?”
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A really cool opportunity Dorchester entrepreneur hopes to mentor local youth By KAREN MORALES
On a recent afternoon at Smokey Slushes, Omar Credle was crouched behind the counter, lugging a small fridge to the corner where he planned on storing and displaying soft drinks. As he put the shop together, he wiped sweat from his brow, just as he’s been doing for the past 19 days since the place opened to the public. The storefront on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester is an expansion of Credle’s food truck, which he’s been driving around, selling Richie’s Classic Italian Ice and other snack goods, since 2015. It took Credle six years to launch his food truck business after he began to save money for it while a participant at Project SOAR, a program based at Long Island in Boston Harbor. Credle recalls that he had been homeless for ten years, in and out of jail and struggling with substance abuse. Now he hopes that by next year he will be able to hire teens and young adults, “people who are having a hard time getting a job with a record,” he said. “I made mistakes when I was younger too.” “The Smokey Slushes’ motto is, ‘The key to success is education, not drugs, guns, or violence,’” Credle told a visitor. “Or, ‘Beantown, Guns down.’ Meaning, put the guns down, do something else. Read a book. Go swimming. Who wants to be in prison for the rest of their life?” Project SOAR — the acronym for Project Stability, Opportunity, Achievement and Recovery — is a rehabilitation program for homeless adults who show a commitment to ongoing personal recovery. Credle said he first heard about the program through the Pine Street Inn, where he previously had stayed. Over the course of two years with Project SOAR, he “learned how to live and start to put my life back together,” he said. Before creating his own business, Credle had a hard time finding a job due to his jail record, something he believes many other young adults experience, too. “It’s kind of scary going for a job knowing that you made a mistake,” he said. “But you’re not doing that no more. You’re trying to do the right thing, but you’ll be denied anyway.” Job rejections and lack of opportunity can take a toll on a person, reinforcing a negative cycle. “Filling out 30 to 40 applications, everybody’s telling you, ‘No,’ and before you know it, you’re depressed,” Credle said. Ultimately, he wants to create a program for young people ages 14 to 25, enabling them to work for Smokey Slushes and then helping them fill out applications to move on to other jobs and a better future. “I’m trying to get through these kids because I’ve been
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Above, Omar Credle stands in front of Smokey Slushes on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester. RIght, Credle dishes up a Smokey Slush. through it,” he said. Smokey Slushes offers 29 different flavors of Italian Ice along with other snacks like popcorn and cookies. Credle takes an innovative approach to serving size, offering the usual small to extra large cups of slush, but adds an even smaller size: the “bootleg” serving. For $1.00, customers can get one scoop, instead of the usual two scoops for $2.50. He said he had mothers with multiple children and a tight budget in mind when he came up with that serving size. “A mom with a lot of kids, she can’t afford $2.50 for all of them, but she’s still trying to make them happy with a slush,” Credle said.
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During a reporter’s visit, customers came in periodically, looking for a cool respite on a hot early September day. Credle said during the wintertime, Smokey Slushes also will serve hot dogs and fried dough. Smokey Slushes is a member of Commonwealth Kitchen, a Boston food business incubator, where Credle was able to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to run his food truck business in an informative and supportive environment. Credle said that through Project SOAR, Commonwealth Kitchen and other resources, he’s gained an invaluable education and hopes to be a similar source of guidance to others. “I never knew you could get your money back by filing your taxes. Nobody ever told me that,” Credle said. “Kids out here don’t
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— Omar Credle have the information to know what’s going on, like I didn’t.” Why call it Smokey Slushes? “Smokey was my old nickname,” Credle chuckled. “I kept it to remember where I was at, and remind me where I’m trying to go today.” He then observed, “Don’t let your past dictate your future. It ain’t easy but it can be done. If I did it, anybody can.” Smokey Slushes is located on 834 Blue Hill Avenue, and can be found on Facebook at SmokeySlushes.
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‘A PHILOSOPHER WYNTON MARSALIS WITH A TRUMPET’ PLAYS PULITZER PRIZE CELEBRATION AT HARVARD’S
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ince 1917, annual Pulitzer Prizes have singled out excellence in American journalism and the arts — literature, theater and music. Words are powerful tools in these works, even in the music awards, which often honor projects that incorporate song and speech and tell a story. So words loomed large in the two evening performances that began and concluded last weekend’s centennial celebration of Pulitzer Prizes. Held at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University and presented by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, the event featured Pulitzer Prize recipients who in readings and performances explored the theme “Power: Accountability and Abuse.” Introducing the event on Saturday night was Wynton Marsalis, managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and director of Jazz Studies at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1997 his oratorio “Blood on the Fields,” about a slave’s journey to freedom, became the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Concluding the celebration on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was an evening performance of “On the Transmigration of Souls,” by composer and conductor John Adams, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer for Music. The New York Philharmonic commissioned the work to commemorate the first
anniversary of the attacks. Introducing Marsalis on Saturday night, Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust described him as “a philosopher with a trumpet.” Marsalis and his ensemble said hello with their instruments, launching a fast bebop passage. They then proceeded to both show and tell their thoughts on power, its uses and abuses. Pointing out that jazz improvisation is “an achievement of togetherness,” Marsalis led a musical and verbal reflection on what he called “fundamentals”: the need to balance freedom with responsibility, to both lead and follow, and heed both instinct and training — “all under the pressure of right now.” Weaving in episodes from “Blood on the Fields,” as the enslaved African Jesse works his way to freedom, Marsalis spoke of the need to confront both external abuse and abuse from within. Jesse had to grow before he could deal with his external oppressors.
Diversity and harmony
Over an hour and a half, Marsalis and his six fellow players took each of these fundamentals and demonstrated them through playing music. The ensemble comprised Marsalis on trumpet; Walter Blanding on saxophone; guitarist James Chirillo; Carlos Henriquez on acoustic bass; pianist Dan
Nimmer; and Ricky Gordon on washboard. Their instruments also included the basics — hands and voices. Among the values they asserted: Diversity, showcasing in varied rhythmic patterns how jazz is an inclusive, living family tree — rooted in sub-Saharan African music and extending to Scottish folk songs and dances, the call-and-response of slaves’ work songs, the blues, Mardi Gras marches, the Afro-Cuban five-beat clave rhythmic pattern and beyond. Drummer Ali Jackson led the ensemble in a chorus of claps to various speeds and rhythmic patterns, an infectious celebration of diversity within a coherent whole. Repeating a simple blues refrain — “It’s all right baby, baby it’s all right” — over and over with varied rhythmic patterns, Blanding and Marsalis turned the phrases into an alluring song. Opposition and competition as well as harmony are tools of a jazz musician, noted Marsalis. Demonstrating the challenges of responding to fellow players and their quicksilver changes in key or rhythm, Blanding recited a single sentence rapidly while switching among five different languages. His feat earned a huge ovation. Showing what happens when players fail
If it wasn’t Ms. Pat’s real life, you’d think it was a TV movieof-the-week. Born to a single mother of five and living on welfare, Ms. Pat had her first child at 14 and her second at 15. She was shot twice, jailed numerous times and hit by a dump truck. While still in her teens, she sold drugs under the street name of “Rabbit.” At 19, she met her future husband, who got her out of “the life.” After that, Ms. Pat became a caretaker for her sister’s four children as their mother struggled with drug addiction. But Ms. Pat was meant to live a different type of life. In 2003, at the suggestion of her caseworker who thought she was funny, Ms. Pat was encouraged to do stand-up. So the Atlanta native took a chance on herself and performed at an open mic night, where she was immediately hooked when she heard the audience laughing at her jokes. Reached by phone recently, the stand-up comedian recalls thinking at the time, “‘Wow, they think this is funny. I’m a comedian.’ I had no idea what the hell I was doing. I felt really good and walked away saying, ‘I could really do this!’”
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The highlights: ICA exhibit showcases collection By CELINA COLBY
After many decades, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art went from showing temporary works to building a permanent collection in 2006, shortly before moving to its current waterfront location. Now we’re able to see the fruits of this transition in “First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA,” on view through Jan. 16, 2017. The show is structured as a group of distinct but interrelated exhibits that highlight both new acquisitions and prized pieces from the permanent holdings. The result is a bold, contemplative presentation of what the art world has deemed important in the last decade. Facing viewers as they enter the space is an expansive Kara Walker mural in her signature silhouette style. Walker is famous for her stark portrayals of the sexual and physical violence inflicted on the slave population. Around the corner, “Nature Morta” by Mona Hatoum portrays a more silent killer. Her sculpture is an Edwardian wooden china cabinet filled with Murano glass figures. At first glance, it appears to be a simple, domestic scene, but on closer inspection the figurines are grenades, a reference to the dangers lurking in what appear to be safe settings. In the fiber arts room, classics like one of Nick Cave’s soundsuits
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The exhibition of the ICA’s permanent collection is on display through Jan. 16, 2017. adorn the gallery. “Inchworm” by Francoise Grossen lies lethargically on the floor. The ICA has been a longtime champion of fiber artworks, and having a room devoted to them further underscores their importance in contemporary art. Female artists also are thriving in this exhibit, thanks to the Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women, which was established in 2014. In a particularly striking set of photographs called “ID,” Lorna
Simpson looks at the judgments based on her race and gender. One photograph is of the back of her head and shoulders; the other is a close-up of her hair. Both solicit unfair assumptions and treatment, but in different ways. The Lee gallery also includes work by Cindy Sherman, again juxtaposing big names with lesser known artists. Identity is a recurring theme in the collection, as in the contemporary world. “Ricerche:
three,” a video piece by Sharon Hayes, interviews a group of Mount Holyoke students about their identity — sexually, politically, culturally — and examines how words, both public and private, shape that identity. Collection overviews are a difficult beast. There’s pressure to represent the institution, but also to show the diversity of artists and media. “First Light” accomplishes this with ease. It takes the best and
the brightest of the collection and condenses them into bite-sized galleries with specific themes. It appeals to both the veterans of contemporary art who are looking for abstract creations and big names, and the newbies who have yet to identify which medium makes sense to them. Though the artists struggle to find individual identities, here they come together to represent the pulse of contemporary art in Boston.
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After that, comedy became her lifeline, and no topic or real-life incident were to be off limits for the stage. “I tell everything. I don’t know why I do. I think getting all these stories out and finding a way to laugh at it has helped me to heal,” says the storyteller. “When you keep stuff inside it starts to grow, and the more I kept it in, the more angry I became. Once I became a comedian and was able to share it, I realized ‘Hey, we all the same. Everybody kind of goes through stuff.’ And I was able to start healing when I was able to start talking about it.” An admirer of Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor for their ability to “paint a picture” with their comedy, Ms. Pat has been able to create visually compelling and engrossing stories that cross gender, ethnicity and economic status. This sentiment was reaffirmed when she competed on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”
in 2015. She remembers Norm MacDonald (NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”), one of the judges, saying to her after one of her sets, “‘I’m a 50-something white dude and I didn’t come from where you came from. You bring me into your world.’” Ms. Pat soon will be sharing more of her world with a much bigger audience. In the works: a half-hour comedy pilot for Fox TV, executive produced by Lee Daniels and Brian Grazer of “Empire,” and a memoir for HarperCollins slated for fall 2017 release. As if that’s not enough, Ms. Pat also is writing a one-woman show based on her life. For now, you can see the comedian headlining her first Boston gig at Laugh Boston this weekend. When asked what audiences can expect from her shows, Ms. Pat responded, “This is storytelling. I always say, ‘Hold my hand because I’m about to take you to a place that you’ve never been. Just hold my hand. We’re going to go through it and come back out and you gonna be safe.’”
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Three’s company: Marriage, friendship and love at Lyric Stage By CELINA COLBY
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continued from page 16 to listen or respond to one another, Jackson let Nimmer open a lyrical keyboard version of the Billy Strayhorn classic, “Take the A Train,” and then plowed over it by beating a different rhythmic pattern and faster pace on his drums. “You can’t allow yourself to be more important than the music,” said Marsalis. Musicians achieve “a mutual agenda,” he added, by recognizing and appreciating “there’s a system here anyone can plug into, to create meaningful change through action.” Evoking the U.S. Constitution, Marsalis made it clear that the approach can apply to politics as well as jazz. On Sunday, in a series of three two-hour sessions, Pulitzer Prize recipients in journalism and the arts considered power within the home, the nation and the world. Through performances, readings, talks and performances, they reflected on such topics as clergy sex abuse, domestic violence, Ferguson, the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, state-sponsored oppression and the rise of stateless terrorists like ISIS and al-Qaeda. Sessions combined journalists’ perspectives with artists’ voices, including a video interview with “Hamilton” writer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and a reading by Junot Díaz from his debut novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” Playwright Lynn Nottage introduced a scene from
“Ruined,” her play about women in the Congo enduring the ravages of civil war. Sunday evening, the centennial concluded with a performance of “On the Transmigration of Souls.” Adams, its composer, has described the work as a “memory space” that, like a cathedral, offers a meeting place for souls living and dead. Performing the 30-minute concert were the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, conducted by Federico Cortese; the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, with guest conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya; and a youth choir, Voices Boston, led by its artistic director, Steven Lipsitt. As the work began, the performers stood in silence. Then a recording recited names of victims against a distant sound of sirens and running feet. The choir and orchestra slowly joined in, the voices of the adults intertwined with the children’s choir, standing to the right of the stage. Building to a crescendo of crushing fury, with Cortese whipping his baton as if summoning ocean waves, the orchestra then yielded to the chorales, who sang phrases drawn from New York Times tributes and signs posted by victims’ loved ones near Ground Zero. Simple words like “She had a voice like an angel,” “Remember” and “Brother” rose like shards of cherished valuables found in rubble. The Pulitzer celebration reminded its audience that, no less than journalists, artists, too, illuminate what matters.
In 1970, Stephen Sondheim created “Company,” a musical about a 35-year-old playboy looking for “the one.” More than four decades later, in the age of dating apps and social media, its message only resonates louder. The protagonist Bobby dates a perpetual stream of floozies while trying to come to terms with commitment, with a little help from his married friends. The Lyric Stage Company of Boston presents the lively, comedic show through October 9. “Company” is a rollicking, adult comedy and the Lyric cast performs it with exceptional flair PHOTO: MARK S. HOWARD Actor John Ambrosino (center) and fellow cast members from “Company.” and genuine chemistry. John Ambrosino shines as Bobby, but friends, Amy gets cold feet and this critic’s view, to inject further it’s Davron S. Monroe and Kerri almost backs out. She begins to abstraction by including an interWilson as the married couple second-guess her feelings for Paul Harry and Sarah who deliver some pretive dance representing Boband whether or not marriage is the by’s transition from emotionless of the show’s funniest material. right path. Taking advantage of attraction to vapid hotties to feelIn an early scene, Bobby visits the her moment of weakness, Bobby ing genuine interest in a partner. couple for some after-dinner sohalf-jokingly suggests that they get The dance is performed as Bobby cializing. Harry rags on Sarah for married instead, since they both makes love to a girl, and we hear spending money on a karate exfear commitment. Amy says, “Oh, their separate thoughts (“I love ercise class and challenges her to Bobby. You have to want to marry him,” versus “What’s her name?”). show him what she’s learned. The somebody, not some body.” “Company” was performed on result is the couple sparring in the “Company” leaves no doubt: Broadway with a similar dance, living room to the song “The Little Marriage is hard, stressful and but the attempt to achieve depth Things You Do Together.” sometimes unsuccessful, but love falls flat against the vibrant Lyric Stage makes the play conis worth waiting for. comedy of the rest of the script. temporary with the addition of cell Though humor abounds in all phones and modernized costumes aspects of the performance, the that are referential to the ’70s but Lyric show bears Sondheim’s charnot dated. The stage setting is a acteristic contemplativeness. The minimalist masterpiece reminisaging dame Joanne, on her third cent of a painting from Picasso’s blue period. Blocks in dark neutrals marriage, proves that the institution isn’t all sunshine and flowers, are stacked together to function as and those who aren’t secure in a bedroom, a terrace, a living room 10:30am & 5pm Sunday • 8:30–10am Wednesday their own persons will never thrive and a chapel. The shadowy set rein a relationship. In “The Ladies minds us that although the show is Who Lunch,” she sings about her a comedy, it asks some big, existenfailures in love and life, proving tial questions. that even in a marriage, people can The play is crafted with care and thoughtfulness to make it both be sad and alone. Similarly, at the wedding of funny and philosophical. Lyric Amy and Paul,AM two Page of Bobby’s makes an unsuccessful attempt, 1in 9/2/16 BNC_2016_BannerAD:Layout 9:33 1
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Sun-Dried Tomato n 2 cloves garlic Parmesan cheese n 1 cup oil-packed n ¼ cup pine nuts sun-dried tomatoes, n ¼ cup extra-virgin drained olive oil n 4 Tbsp lemon juice n Freshly ground n ½ cup grated black pepper Place in the bowl of a food processor: garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, lemon juice, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, olive oil and pepper. Process until smooth. Try on grilled chicken or steak.
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NOTICE TO TRADE CONTRACTORS REQUEST FOR TRADE CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY is soliciting Statements of Qualifications from TRADE CONTRACTORS interested in performing trade work for M425-C2, SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT TRANSPORTATION CENTER. The Authority is seeking Qualification Statements from Trade Contractors who have a demonstrated experience in the construction and implementation of similar work in terms of scale and complexity as required for the SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT TRANSPORTATION CENTER, D STREET, SOUTH BOSTON, MA. In accordance with Massachusetts construction manager at-risk requirements, MGL Chapter 149A Section 8, Qualification Statements are being requested from trade contractors capable of performing the following classes of work: Waterproofing, Dampproofing and Caulking, Roofing and Flashing, Miscellaneous and Ornamental Iron, Masonry Work, Painting, Tile, Glass and Glazing, Fire Protection Sprinkler System, Plumbing, HVAC, and Electrical. The contract includes the construction of a 1,550 space, 9 level parking garage over the existing Interstate 90 tunnel structure built by the Central Artery and Tunnel Project (CA/T) on Massport’s Core Block parcel in South Boston. The project site is bounded by World Trade Center Avenue on the west, the Silver Line World Trade Center Station and ramps to the north, D Street to the east, and DB Street (interstate highway access ramp) and the Massport Haul Road to the south. The estimated cost of the trade contractors’ portion of this phase of the Project is approximately $17,590,000 and the construction duration for this phase is approximately fourteen (14) months. The estimated value of work to be performed by trade contractors is as follows: Trades: Waterproofing, Damp-proofing and Caulking $ Roofing and Flashing $ Miscellaneous and Ornamental Iron $ Masonry Work $ Painting $ Tile $ Glass and Glazing $ Fire Protection Sprinkler System $ Plumbing $ HVAC $ Electrical $
650,000 500,000 2,100,000 800,000 275,000 35,000 30,000 3,800,000 1,600,000 1,300,000 6,500,000
The Authority is implementing this project in accordance with MGL Chapter 149A, Sections 1 thru 13. This selection of trade contractors conforms to MGL Chapter 149A, Section 8, subsections (b) to (k) inclusive. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be utilized to prequalify trade contractors capable and experienced in the construction of parking garages and terminal buildings. The Authority shall utilize a two-step process including the prequalification of trade contractors based on an evaluation of the Statement of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed by an Invitation to Bidders that will only be issued to the prequalified trade contractors. A Prequalification Committee consisting of four representatives, one each from the Designer and the CM at Risk and two Massport staff. This Prequalification Committee will be conducting a qualifications-based evaluation of submittals received from interested trade contractors in order to identify prequalified trade contractors who will be invited to respond to a written Invitation to Bidders. Please note that the Authority is not utilizing this process to prequalify subcontractors who are not trade contractors which shall be done separately in accordance with MGL C149A, Section 8, subsection (j). Qualification Statements shall be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria; (1) Management Experience; (2) Project References including a Public Project Record and (3) Capacity to Complete including a demonstration that the contractor has the financial stability and long-term viability to successfully implement the Project. A Supplemental Information Package that discusses these Evaluation Criteria and the Prequalification Process in more detail as well as any other requirements for the Qualification Statements will be available to interested parties beginning September 21, 2016, by contacting Susan Brace at 617-568-5961 or via email at sbrace@ massport.com A Project Briefing will be held on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 1:00 in the Capital Programs Department, Logan Office Center, 2nd floor, 1 Harborside Drive, East Boston, MA. Attendance at the briefing is not mandatory, however, it is strongly encouraged in order to best familiarize your firm with the project details and the prequalification process. Seven (7) copies of a bound document each limited to 20 sheets (40 pages), exclusive of covers and dividers and resumes which shall be limited to one page, shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 ½” x 11”) and shall be addressed to Mr. Houssam H. Sleiman, P.E., CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs, and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submittal that exceeds the page limit set here or that is not received in the Capital Programs Department by the above deadline shall be rejected as non-responsive. Questions regarding this RFQ shall be submitted in writing and directed to cpbidquestions@massport.com with the Project name and number included in the subject line of the email. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK SERVICES The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Massport) is soliciting Construction Management at Risk Services for MPA PROJECT NO. L1375-C1, TERMINAL B AIRLINE CONSOLIDATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (the project). In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149A, Sections 1 thru 13, Massport is seeking a highly qualified and competent Construction Manager (CM) to provide preconstruction services and implement the construction of the Project in accordance with an agreement where the basis for payment is the cost of the work plus a fee with a negotiated guaranteed maximum price. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is being utilized to prequalify and shortlist CM firms who will be invited to submit proposals in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP) to be issued by Massport. The airline consolidation and enhancement project will combine the operations of the legacy air carrier USAirways, currently operating out of Pier A as American Airlines, into one consolidated operation at Pier B. The project is comprised of both renovated and new construction. The scope is for both the arrivals and departures levels and will entail modifications to the apron to accommodate the new American Airlines fleet mix. The program is comprised of enhancements to public circulation spaces, vertical transportation, passenger amenities and concessions shell space, ticketing hall, the security checkpoint, toilet rooms, departure lounges, and baggage handling areas for both inbound and outbound baggage screening and operations. A Supplemental Information Package which will provide more details on the scope of the Project as well as the selection process and evaluation criteria shall be available as of Wednesday, September 14, 2016, on
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Said land is shown on Lot 7 (7) on a subdivision plan drawn by S. Albert Kaufman, Surveyor, dated February 2, 1954, as approved by the Court, filed in the Land Registration Office as plan No. 1389-D, a copy of a portion of which is filed with Certificate of Title No. 58498.
In addition, a Project Briefing shall be held in the Bid Room at Capital Programs Department, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA on Monday, September 19, 2016 at 3:30 PM. The briefing is not mandatory.
If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Boston before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the 22nd day of September, 2016, the return day of this citation.
Responses shall be addressed to Houssam Sleiman, P.E., CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received in the Capital Programs Department no later than 12:00 noon on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Capital Programs Department, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. All questions relative to your submission shall be directed to CPBidQuestions@ massport.com. In the subject lines of your email, please reference the MPA Project Name and Number. It is strictly prohibited for any proponent to contact anyone else from Massport about this project from the time of this solicitation until award of the project to the successful proponent. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY Thomas P. Glynn CEO and Executive Director
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing vs.
Marie Emmanuela Lorime
DESCRIPTION
DATE
TIME
*WRA-4279
Purchase of One (1) Multi Orafice Flow Valve (or Equal)
09/28/16
10:00 a.m.
**OP-331
RFQ/P Industrial Noise Measurement & Monitoring
09/30/16
11:00 a.m.
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RFQ/P Deer Island Treatment Plant Motor Control Center and Switchgear Design, ESDC/REI Services
10/14/16
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*To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. email
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The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage under G.L. c. 208 sec. 1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court.
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An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Patrice Zacharie Richard, P.O. Box 0260213, Mattapan, MA 02126 your answer, if any, on or before 10/20/2016. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 16, 2016
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
to:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Miscellaneous No. 2017628 UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES LAW OFFICE OF TITLES P.O. BOX 494 KINGSTON
I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend at or after the expiration of fourteen days after the last appearance of this advertisement to DISPENSE with the production of the duplicate Certificate of Title and to endorse on the original a Transmission No. 2017627 whereby VIVIAN PITTER acquires the estate and interest of the abovementioned BERYL SMILEY and thereafter cancel the said Certificate of Title and to register a new Certificate in duplicate in place thereof.
S. Porteous Senior Deputy Registrar of Titles
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU16D0633DR
SUFFOLK Division
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing vs.
Victor Holman
Docket No. SU11P2634EA
SUFFOLK Division
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Jacquelyn L. Allen Date of Death: 10/18/2011
August 29, 2016
WHEREAS I have been satisfied by Statutory Declaration that the duplicate Certificate of Title for ALL THAT parcel of land part of RETIREMENT in the parish of MANCHESTER containing by estimation Two and One-half Acres more or less and butting Northerly on lands belonging to Joseph Brooks Easterly on lands belonging to Colin Thompson Southerly on the main road from Spur Tree to Mandeville and Westerly on the Parochial Road from Spur Tree to Swaby’s Hope and being the land registered at Volume 1286 Folio 446 of the Register Book of Titles in the name of BERYL SMILEY – HAS BEEN LOST:-
Eileen Holman
Docket No. SU16D0879DR
SUFFOLK Division
To the Defendant:
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following:
please
Felix D. Arroyo, Register.
Patrice Zacharie Richard
INVITATION TO BID
**To obtain the complete RFQ/P MWRADocumentDistribution@mwra.com.
Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 18th day of August, 2016.
To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Janice Allen-Brooks of Mattapan, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/29/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 17, 2016 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for an Irretrievable Breakdown of The Marriage Under G.L. c. 208 & 1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Eileen Holman, 81 Orton Marotta Way, #2050, Boston, MA 02127 your answer, if any, on or before 10/13/2016. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 26, 2016
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK ss.
DOCKET NUMBER: 14P2607
To all persons interested in the matter of: Margaret McNamara of Mattapan in said County of Suffolk a person under conservatorship. A petition has been presented to said Court, for license to sell a private sale - public auction - certain real estate of Margaret McNamara of Mattapan in the County of Suffolk, for maintenance and praying that the petitioner Mary E. Crehan may sell to Julian and Janim C. Sayles and the may become the purchasers of said real estate. NORTHWESTERLY by Corman Road, sixty (60) feet; NORTHEASTERLY by Lot 8 as shown on plan hereinafter mentioned, eighty-nine and and 53/100 (89.53) feet; SOUTHEASTERLY by land now or formerly of Horace B. Sargent, Jr. et al, sixty (60) feet; and SOUTHWESTERLY by Lot 6 as shown on said plan, eighty-nine and 53/100 (89.53) feet.
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$68,700
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$78,500
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$88,300
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$98,100
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$105,950
6
$91,050
$113,800
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