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City on track for housing stock goal Early hints of rent stabilization; bidders sought for affordable units By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Boston is making progress toward housing goals for its surging population, according to numbers released last week by the administration of Mayor Martin Walsh. By latest count, the city has created nearly 10,500 of the targeted 53,000 new units called for in the city’s Boston 2030 housing plan. A further 28,694 units are in the planning, construction or review stages. Most of the units created to date under Walsh’s housing plan are in the downtown neighborhoods. But in the next wave of projects, many developers eye outer neighborhoods. City officials hope that bringing more units online will slacken demand and that people with means will move into new units, thus freeing up their current housing. Some evidence of this, they say, is reflected in the Fenway, which received about 687 new units. This represented a 6 percent growth rate, matched by a 0.4 percent decline in rents for older units in the
area, according to city officials. But thus far such signs of rent stabilization have been noted only in a select number of neighborhoods, with data not available on all. The Department of Neighborhood Development did not have information on rents in Roxbury, Dorchester or Mattapan, but growth in the number of housing units there has been below the citywide average. These areas saw growth of 3 percent, 2 percent and 3 percent, respectively, compared to the city’s 6.6 percent average, and the soaring 26 percent experienced in South Boston. Between 2011 and 2016, Roxbury gained approximately 449 completed units, Dorchester got 327 and Mattapan received 201, according to the most recent numbers from the DND.
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UMass students, profs. protest education funding Demonstrators call for increased public investment By YAWU MILLER
Massachusetts Education Secretary James Peyser elicited boos from faculty and student activists at UMass Boston’s convocation last Thursday, when he called for the state’s public colleges and universities to operate on a “new business model” and quoted industrialist Henry Ford. The activists gathered for a demonstration following the convocation and decried the school’s
$22 budget deficit and tuition increases that they say threaten to cut jobs and put public education out of reach for many of the state’s neediest students. “We’re here today because we have a different business model,” said economics professor Marlene Kemp. “Our business model is that you do not cut faculty. Our model is that you don’t increase tuition and fees.” T he budge t deficits at UMass Boston and elsewhere in the UMass system follow a
nationwide pattern of state reductions in public higher education investment. Massachusetts currently spends $1.1 billion on public higher education, down from $1.3 billion in 2001, in inflation-adjusted dollars. The university’s adjunct professors felt the sting of the school’s declining budget last spring, when 397 received letters informing them they may not be reappointed for the following
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Stopped, frisked and searched Man says Walpole cops violated his rights By YAWU MILLER
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Jean-Paul Wahnon has never run afoul of the law. So when a Walpole police officer rifled through his Toyota Prius on an August afternoon and repeatedly asked whether the car was his and whether he had a gun in his possession, Wahnon was concerned. He had not violated any traffic laws before the officer activated his blue lights and pulled him over. As the cop tailed him during
the previous 15 minutes, Wahnon drove carefully, following the instructions of his GPS as it led his Toyota Prius from a Kohl’s department store on Route 1 toward his mother’s Westwood home. A career counselor by profession, Wahnon suspected that he was being profiled. The officer never gave him a reason why he was pulled over and didn’t cite him for any traffic violations. “There were all sorts of red flags,” he said later. “But the way I was taught was to just get out of
there alive.” At a time when videos of trigger-happy officers gunning down hapless black motorists are proliferating on social media feeds, Wahnon’s bias toward self-preservation may be the most prudent approach. But he did ask the supervising officer why his car was being searched. “He told me the officer was within his right,” he recalls. Wahnon disagreed with the supervising officer’s interpretation of the 4th Amendment, which protects against illegal search and
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Burden of transit fare a factor in school choices By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
During their first day of school, 90 students at Boston Arts Academy learned they would not be receiving the free bus-and-subway passes they were relying on to get home. Because of the nature of their curriculum — students are sent across the city to theater space, art museums and music venues — many receive free transit passes, known as M7s. But on opening day the school learned that the same restrictions that apply to traditional high schools would be enacted here — only those who live more than two miles away would get the passes, said Tonya Tedesco, advocacy chair for BAA’s Family Council and parent of a grade 10 BAA student. Other students would get S passes, which give a discounted T fare but still require students to load money. Teachers and advisors dug into their own pockets to supply the teens with the needed fare. For some families, Tedesco said, even discounted fares pose too much of a financial barrier. “The headmaster has gotten calls that some kids may have to transfer to schools that don’t have that requirement or that are outside a two-mile radius, so they can get an M7 card,” she told the Banner. “Kids shouldn’t have to
be choosing between Boston Arts Academy and having enough money to get to school.” M7s are given to grade 7 and 8 students who live more than 1.5 miles away from their school and grade 9 through 12 students who live more than 2 miles away. Students who live too close to qualify are given S passes — which reduce bus and T fare to 85 cents per ride — if they use public transit at least twice a day for 180 days during the school year. That means a cost of $306 per student, plus the cost of any additional trips around the city for schoolwork and fieldtrips. In a school like BAA, those trips are required. S-card eligible students who might choose the long walk over shouldering fare costs may see that option removed as winter approaches.
due to the transportation costs. Enacting this would cost Boston Public Schools about $2 million more a year, the hearing order states. Currently, there are 14,207 students in district, parochial and charter high schools. Supplying all of them with free passes would come to about $4.3 million
annually. M7 passes costs BPS schools $300 per student per year, while S passes cost BPS nothing. Ten percent of BPS’s budget is spent transporting children to district, charter and parochial schools, according to the 2016 BPS Strategic Implementation Plan. Officials long have cited this as a key area to rein in spending, with Superintendent Tommy Chang proposing in March that $10 million could be saved from streamlining operations. Shifts in coverage noted at BAA and other schools have caused some such as Tedesco to
wonder if this is a sign of efforts to reduce transit expenditures. If so, she said, it is doing so by transferring the costs along to parents. Because BPS was so late in informing Boston Arts Academy of the change to its T pass policy, the school department will this year provide half the funding for continuing M7 coverage for no longer eligible students, Tedesco said. Coming up with BAA’s half of the money may be challenging, after the school already fundraised $2.6 million this year to retain 13 teachers, she said.
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On Monday, City Councilor Tito Jackson, chair of the Committee on Education, filed a hearing order that cites such issues and calls for considering provision of free M7 passes to all students in grades 9 through 12. According to the order, BAA families are far from the only ones who discuss choosing less desirable schools further away in order to qualify for an M7 pass, or where students are prevented from participating in programs
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Hillary – the clear choice for Sanders supporters Avid supporters of Bernie Sanders who do not vote for Hillary Clinton will have failed to understand Sanders’ political revolution. The objective is to gain support for issues that enhance the economic status of the average citizen. The charisma of the resident of the White House is helpful but is essentially irrelevant. Strategically, the Sanders revolution can maintain its power only with its solid vote for the presidential candidate who is most likely to be sympathetic to its goals. That candidate is Hillary Clinton. One should learn from Sanders’ own career path the significance of patience and the value of consistent advocacy. He has served in Congress for 24 years, eight years in the Senate. In all that time he remained an Independent because his political views were not sufficiently compatible with the Democrats or Republicans. He did not attempt to start a third party but became an allied member for the Democrats. He was aware that in recent history, third parties have not succeeded in American politics. They become powerless.
Had Sanders not served in Congress, he never would have gained the public recognition necessary to make a realistic challenge for the presidency. His committee service in the Senate made him knowledgeable about veteran affairs, Social Security, public health, the income gap, natural resources and education issues. He is recognized as a reliable advocate for the poor and those struggling to remain in the middle class. His credentials on these issues were well established. Either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will be elected president. A strong vote from Sanders supporters will establish a powerful political bloc within the Democratic Party. With Hillary as president, she will be ever mindful of Bernie’s troops. They will be influential, just as they were in drafting the party’s platform before the Democratic convention. As often happens in politics, there is no other sensible course of action. For those serious about social change, the only rational choice is a vote for Hillary Clinton.
A race-baiting strategy Trump is masterful at playing the race card. The skill requires that his comments or deeds be defensible as innocent of racism. For him to be branded an outright bigot would not help his worldly image. But Trump is certainly aware that about half of his supporters have negative attitudes toward blacks. Several polls have established this fact. With his former assumption of the leadership of the “birther” movement to challenge Barack Obama’s constitutional legitimacy to be president, Trump demonstrated a willingness to be the regent of the racists. Trump’s strategy has been to demean or disparage blacks. In an attempt to rebut the criticism that his campaign has failed to attract black support, Trump said at a rally last June, referring to one black in attendance, “Oh, look at my African American over here. Look at him.” Apparently, the black referred to was not offended, but many African Americans around the country believe that the encounter was insensitive and inappropriate. Many Americans of all races also find that Trump’s critical comparison of Barack Obama with Vladimir Putin is totally unacceptable. There is no
need for Trump to disparage the nation’s president in the process of expressing support for a foreign leader. Obama is not Trump’s political opponent. With the record of failure under Putin in Russia, how can Trump assert that Putin is a strong leader, “far more than our president has been a leader”? The record does not support Trump’s comparison. The Russian economy fell in 2015. Wages were down but inflation rose. The value of the ruble declined about 125 percent. Foreign capital fled the country. On the contrary, during Obama’s tenure unemployment fell from 7.8 percent to 4.9 percent. The Affordable Care Act added 32 million citizens to the health insurance rolls. Federal action rescued the auto industry. A $787 billion stimulus package saved banks and many other businesses. Obama ended the war in Iraq while Putin created armed conflict by seizing Crimea from the Ukraine. Trump’s comparison is vastly unsubstantiated. It only serves as a play of the race card to assure the bigots among his followers that he is on their side of the race issue.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Low turnout I find it unfathomable that just nine percent of registered voters decided to turn out to vote in the September primary. Never mind that this nine percent represents what political campaigns like to refer to as “super voters,” those who come out for every election. It seems to me that the universe of super voters is shrinking.
Is it because our city is filling up with people who aren’t from here, like immigrants who can’t vote and hipsters who are too obsessed with their craft beer and artiste pretentious to condescend to the political realm? Was it the unfortunate (and avoidable) overlap between the first day of school and election day, wherein parents ushering their children to and
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON In the space of less than two weeks, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump did something that few thought possible, let alone desirable. He went to not one, but two black churches in Detroit and Flint, Michigan. Now at first glance, this seems to fly in the face of everything that Trump says and stands for. He’s spent virtually his entire campaign nakedly and hideously spouting every kind of racist, anti-black, anti-Obama slur, dig, taunt, and finger-point. He’s got a vile history of race baiting — the Central Park Five, defying repeated government agency demands to rent to blacks, virtually blaming Obama for the Baltimore riots, and flatly refusing to address any black group. The idea behind this is simple. A nod, hint, let alone an appearance before blacks would defeat his purpose. That is to comfort and reassure his core base of ultra conservatives, less educated blue-collar and rural whites, and unreconstructed bigots that he’s got their backs against the hordes of alleged menacing, lawless, entitlement-seeking, job-competing, blacks and other minorities. Yet that’s the first glance. There’s more to the black church story than Trump’s cynical play of black churches to show that he’s not a racist. We’ll have to roll back the clock to the 2004 presidential election to see why black churches figure in the Trump game plan. The story of that election was the role of black evangelicals. Though the majority still voted overwhelmingly for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, they gave GOP rival George Bush the cushion he needed to bag Ohio and win the White House. There were early warning signs that might happen. The same polls that showed black’s prime concern was with bread and butter issues — and that Kerry was seen as the candidate who could deliver on those issues — also revealed that a sizeable number of blacks ranked abortion, gay marriage and school prayer as priority issues. Their concern for these issues didn’t come anywhere close to that of white evangelicals, but it was still higher than that of the general voting public. In the right place and under the right circumstance, black evangelicals posed a stealth danger to Democrats. As it turned out, the right place for Bush was Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida. These were must-win swing states, and Bush won them with a considerably higher percent of the black vote than he got in 2000. In Ohio, the gay marriage ban helped bump up the black vote for Bush by seven percentage points, to 16 percent. In Florida and Wisconsin, Republicans aggressively courted and wooed key black religious leaders. They dumped big bucks from Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative program into church-run education and youth programs. Black church leaders not only endorsed Bush, but in some cases they actively worked for his re-election, and encouraged members of their congregations to do the same. The lesson of that campaign wasn’t lost on Trump. He quickly grabbed a few hand-picked prominent black evangelicals for a muchtouted meeting, and photo-op at Trump Tower earlier this year. Some of the preachers endorsed Trump, some said they just wanted to hear more from him, and some others quickly distanced themselves from him. But that was less important than the fact that Trump could show the world that not all blacks hated his guts and would do anything to make sure the closest he ever got to the White House was on a guest tour pass. The black ministers that showed up at the gathering more than fit the image bill he wanted. In the weeks after, a few more black ministers here and there said they’d back Trump, and a few all of a sudden turned up on the networks singing his praises. This was all a prelude to the big camp meetings in Detroit and now Flint. In both places, a heckle or two notwithstanding, Trump got exactly what he wanted, a mostly attentive, respectful, audience that took his empty platitudes about civil rights and the disgraceful environmental racism that condemned Flint to poisonous water for months in stride. Black evangelicals, and that includes even the most conservative of them, will not give Trump anywhere near the margin of votes they gave Bush in 2004 to help tip a couple of states to him. But he doesn’t need or want that. They gave him something just as precious. They gave him a ready-made platform to help dispel the relentless attack and fear that he’s a Klansman in a suit, and to show that he actually is capable of relating to black voters in a venue that’s about as safe, and tolerant as any he’d ever find anywhere else among blacks. This won’t be the last time that Trump will play the black evangelical card. They’ll be the perfect foil to allow him to bypass and thumb his nose at black Democrats and civil rights leaders and show that he’s really not the devil incarnate on race. It might not exactly be a case of God’s will be done, but for some black ministers, it’s Trump’s will, and that’s enough for them.
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I think it’s been very divisive. It’s brought out people’s basic instincts, particularly among some white folks. Blacks, Latinos and progressive whites have to turn out in good numbers.
I don’t think either candidate should run the country. This election has opened my eyes to what politics is all about. The politicians are being bought.
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We’ve always known that America was a divided country, but Trump has brought it to the forefront. I don’t think this has been good for America.
I think it’s going to bring a lot of people out to vote, mainly because of Donald Trump. People will be voting for the lesser of two evils.
I think it’s driving people away from politics. People are afraid of who will be the next president. Especially people of color.
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broadcast journalism where OJ Simpson’s white bronco chase occurred on her first day at NBC News. She went on to cover other major news stories for Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, the TODAY Show and MSNBC, including Pope John Paul II’s trip to Cuba, foreign affairs crises, the impeachment trial of President Clinton and two United States presidential elections during her producing career in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and New York. She also produced “Nueva America,” an hour-long documentary on the rise of Latino influence in politics, pop culture and economic buying power. In 2001, she returned to her alma mater in Los Angeles to teach high school English and journalism at Phineas Banning High School. She then served the 3,400 students as Title I Coordinator, helping it become the first high school in California to exit Program Improvement Year 5 under No Child Left Behind. In 2008, she helped explain
the Great Recession’s impact on classrooms as a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Three years later, Ramos led the launch of Internal Communications to better communicate to staff and parents, producing the KLCS-TV show, “Families Matter.” She then served as the special assistant and later Director of Communications and Media Relations under thenLAUSD Supt. John Deasy, garnering 12 Telly Awards for videos showcasing LAUSD teachers and students.
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LYDIA L. RAMOS Lydia L. Ramos has been appointed Boston Public Schools Supt. Tommy Chang’s new senior advisor. She blends her experience as a journalist and educator to support the work and vision of BPS. “So many of our students live between their reality and their aspirations,” she says. “We are here to help prepare them to live out their dreams.” Ramos started her journalism career as a reporter covering education and the Latino community for the Los Angeles Times as a senior at the University of Southern California. A year later, she chose to cover untold stories of Los Angeles by working as a reporter and community editor for The Wave, a black-owned weekly newspaper in South Los Angeles. Ramos was at the flashpoint of Florence and Normandie Avenues and was later accosted at gunpoint by two teenagers. She lived to tell that story and many more. In 1994, Ramos moved on to
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structure and process to oversee Roxbury neighborhood development. The goal of this effort is to empower the Roxbury community to have more influence over the future of their neighborhood. Reclaim Roxbury community-wide meetings are the last Thursday of the month. This effort is convened by City Councilor Tito Jackson in
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week launched the “Vote Early Boston” website (boston.gov/ear ly-voting) which provides voters with important information about the City of Boston’s new early voting initiative. “Vote Early Boston” begins Monday, October 24 and runs through Friday, November 4. During that time, registered voters will be able to cast their ballots for the November 8 Election. “Ensuring all Boston voters are able to vote conveniently, and on their own schedule, is paramount to ensuring voter turnout,” said Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “Voting is core to our democracy, and I encourage Boston voters to take advantage of all the resources the City provides during this election season.” “We expect that the ‘Vote Early Boston’ website will serve as an important resource for all voters interested in casting their ballots during the early voting period,” said Boston Elections Chairman Dion Irish. “Early voting polling locations will be open at City Hall and throughout the nine city council districts allowing voters to vote at the most convenient location and times.” Voters may also request an early voting ballot by mail, and may return them in person at City Hall or by mail. Unlike Absentee Voting, an explanation is no longer needed to vote early. Any Boston voter who wishes to vote early may. During the early voting period, City Hall will be Boston’s main early voting site, with voting daily during normal business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). City Hall will also be open on five evenings for early voting. Polling locations will also be
available throughout the city on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, during the early voting period. Those locations will be open from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. On Saturday October 29, there will be nine early voting locations open simultaneously in each city council district from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m.
Mayor announces updates for Boston public school facilities as students begin school year Mayor Martin J. Walsh last week announced the physical improvements made to Boston Public Schools, overseen by BPS’s Capital & Facilities Management and the City of Boston’s Public Facilities Department. The investments, totaled at over $89 million, are funded primarily through Building a Better Boston, Mayor Walsh’s $1.9 billion fiveyear capital plan. “I’m proud to highlight the progress we have made in improving our BostonPublic School buildings as students begin their school year,” said Mayor Walsh. “These improvements reflect the City’s dedication to providing the best resources for Boston’s schools and students.” Updated school projects include: Dearborn School The topping off ceremony held on September 13th marked the completion of the new building’s structural steel. The $73M project is utilizing state grant funds, and will be reimbursed upwards of $37M by the Massachusetts
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AGES AND GRADES 11-18 years (6-12) 3.9-14 years (PK-8) 13-18 years (9-12) 2.9-13 years (PK-8) 5-12 years (K-6) 4-15 years (PK-9) 10-18 years (girls 5-12) 2-12 (Toddler-6) 4-15 years (PK-8) 11-18 years (6-12) 12-18 years (boys 7-12) 11-18 years (7-12) 15 mo-14 years (T-8) 13-19 years (9-12) 5-14 years (K-8) 12-18 years (boys 7-12) 3-18 (PS-12) 11-18 years (6-12) 3-14 years (PK-8) 4-14 years (Jr.K-8) 14-18 years (9-12) 4-12 years (PK-6) 4-18 years (PK-12) 6wks-14 years (PK-8) 4-12 years (PK-6) 14-18 years (9-PG) 14-18 years (9-12) 18 mo -12 years (T-6) 4-14 years (PK-8) 15mo-12 years (T-6) 2-12 years (T-6) 11-18 years (6-12) 14-18 years (9-12) 4-18 years (PK-12) 21 mos-14 years (T-8) 4-12 years (PK-6) 12-18 years (7-12) 4-14 years (PK-8) 4-14 years (PK-8) 21 mos. to 14 years (T-8) 4-10 years (PK-4) 4-14 years (PK-8) 15 mo -12 yrs (T-6) 4-14 years (PK-8) 5 -14 years (K-8) 4-15 years (boys PK-9) 3-12 years (Beginners-6) 2.9-14 years (PS-8) 10-18 years (girls 5-12) 4-15 years (PK-9) 11-18 years (6-12) 10-18 years (girls 5-12) 9-15 years (boys 4-9) 11-14 years (5-8) 14 mos. to 14 years (T-8)
OPEN HOUSE DATE(S) : TIME(S) Sun., September 18: 1-3:30 pm v Sat., Oct. 29: 9-12 pm Sat., October 1: 9-11 am & Wed., Nov. 9: 8:30-10:30 am Sun., October 2 & Sun., November 6: 1-3 pm Sun., October 2 and Sun.,December 4: 12-2 pm Tue., October 4: 4-6 pm v Sat., October 22: 11-2 pm Wed., October 5: 10-12 pm v Sun., Nov. 13: 1-3:30 pm Thurs. Oct. 6: 5-7 pm (MS) v Sun., Oct. 16 (MS/US): 1-3 pm Thurs., October 6: 9-11 am v Mon., Oct. 17: 6-7:30 pm Thurs., October 13 and Wed., November 9: 9-11am Sat., October 15: 12-2 pm v Tues. Nov.,15: 6:30-8:30 pm Sat., October 15: 10-1:30 pm v Sun., Nov. 6: 12:30-4 pm Sat., October 15: 9-12 pm v Tue., Dec. 6 : 6:30-9 pm Sat., October 15: 10:30-12 pm v Sun., Nov. 20: 2-3:30 pm Sun., October 16: 11-1 pm Thurs., October 20: 10 am v Sun., Nov., 20: 10:30 am Thurs., Oct. 20: 5:30-8:30 pm v Thurs., Dec. 1: 7-8:30 pm Sat., October 22: 10-12 pm v Thurs., Nov. 17: 9-11 am Sat., October 22 (US) & Sat., Oct. 29 (MS): 9:30-12 pm Sat., October 22: 1-4 pm v Sat., Jan. 7 10-12 pm Sat., October 22: 1-3 pm v Tue., Dec. 6: 9-10:30 am Sat., October 22: 1-2:30 pm Sun., October 23: 1-3 pm v Wed., Dec. 7: 9-11 am Sun., October 23 (Lower School) 1-3 pm, (MS/US) 2-4 pm Sun., October 23: 1-3 pm v Sat., January 14: 10-12pm Sun., Oct., 23: 1-3 pm v Tues., Nov. 15: 8:15-10:15 am Sun., October 23 & Sun., November 6: 12:30-3 pm Sun., October 23: 1-4 pm Sun., October 23: 12-2 pm v Wed., Nov. 9: 5:30-7:30 pm Sun., October 23: 1-3 pm v Thurs., Nov. 10: 8:30-10:30 am Sun., October 23: 1 pm Tue., October 25 and Thurs., Dec. 1: 8:45 -10:15 am Wed., October 26 & Mon., December 19: 7-8:30 pm Sat., October 29: 9 am-1 pm Sat., Oc. 29 (Gr. 6-12): 9-12 pm v Sat., Nov. 5 (PK-5): 10 -12 pm Sat., October 29: 10-12 pm v Tues., Jan. 10: 9:30-11 am Sat., October 29: 12-2:30 pm Sat., October 29: 9-12 pm Sat., October 29: 12-2 pm v Sun., November 6: 2-4 pm Sun., Oct. 30: 2-4 pm (PK-8)v Wed., Nov. 2: 6:30-8 pm (MS) Sun., October 30: 1-3 pm Sun., October 30: 2-4 pm Sat., Nov. 5: 9:30-12 pm Sat., November 5 & Sat., January 7: 10-12 pm Sat., November 5: 1:30-4 pm Sat., November 5: 1:30-3:30 pm Sun., November 6 : 1-3 pm v Thurs, Nov. 17: 6:30-8 (P&K) Sun., November 6: 1-3 pm Sun., November 6: 1-3 pm (PS-8) v Wed., Nov. 16: 7 pm (MS) Sun., November 6: 1-3 pm Sun., November 6: 12-3 pm Fri., November 11: 8:15-11:30 am v Tue., Dec. 6: 7-8:30 pm Fri., November 11: 8:30-10:30 am Sun., November 13: 2-4 pm Thurs., November 17: 7 pm Sat., Nov. 19: 10:30-12 pm v Thurs., Dec. 1: 9:30-11 am
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continued from page 1 seizure. Through the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, he subsequently filed an official complaint with Walpole Police Chief John Carmichael Jr., alleging that it was illegal for the police to stop and order him out of his car without a reasonable suspicion that he had committed a crime, and search his car without probable cause for arrest. The complaint, copies of which were sent to the Walpole Board of Selectmen, calls on the department to conduct an investigation of the incident, issue an apology to Wahnon, discipline the two officers involved, conduct implicit bias training for all Walpole officers, compensate Wahnon for the harm he suffered and pay attorney’s fees. Chief Carmichael did not respond to a reporter’s request for comment by the Banner’s press deadline. Lawyers’ Committee attorney Sophia Hall said complaints like Wahnon’s are not uncommon. “In the past two months that I’ve been here, we’ve seen multiple complaints,” she said. Last year, the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus
advanced a criminal justice legislative package that included bills compelling Massachusetts police departments for more transparency on vehicular and pedestrian stops — including the race of those stopped, whether a citation was written or an arrest made. The Legislature did not take the measure up. “I am extremely frustrated that the Legislature closed formal sessions for this term without taking action on any of these proposals,” said Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, who filed one of the bills. “Looking ahead to January, I will refile the racial profiling bill and our comprehensive criminal justice reform bill and continue to organize with colleagues to push for votes on the MBLLC agenda.” Without the data, attorney Hall says, stories like Wahnon’s help make people aware that there’s a problem. “Like any issue, you don’t know it’s a problem until people talk about it,” she said. Hall said that by filing a complaint, Wahnon is giving the Walpole police a chance to work with the Lawyers’ Committee on a solution. But, she says, the Lawyers’ Committee is prepared to litigate the case. “It could go to federal court,” she said. “It will all depend on what claims we decide to bring.”
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Of the approximately 2,100 affordable units, 60 percent are designated for families earning less than 60 percent of Area Median Income ($53,900 for a family of three) and the rest for families making $60,000 to $125,000. Officials were unable to provide information on how the types of units were distributed across neighborhoods.
Thousands took to the streets for the annual TD Hub On Wheels Citywide Bike Ride on Sunday. Funds raised by the event go to support pediatric cancer research and care at Children’s Hospital Boston.
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Developers show increasing interest in building condos in years to come, city officials note. Only 43 percent of permits pulled this year were for rental units, down from 83 percent in 2013. In what appears to be an effort to offset the imbalance between affordability and market rate, the Walsh administration recently released two requests for proposals for bidders to create affordable developments, including ones that target vulnerable populations. Each RFP provides $7 million in funding to help developers achieve the projects. In general, when developers create large projects, they are required to either designate a number of onsite units as affordable, or pay into the city’s Inclusionary Development Fund, used to support affordability. Many who build in pricey neighborhoods prefer to take the latter option, which allows them to maximize profit from market rate units. These RFPs seem designed to push against that tide. One element sought under the RFPs are bidders who will target areas where the onsite construction option is rarely taken, and build affordable units there. The RFPs highlight a desire for bidders to provide for mixed incomes and needs, including people who are homeless, people with disabilities and/or special needs, elders, veterans, artists and youth aging out of foster care. Also sought: bidders who will take housing that does not currently have pricing restrictions and make it long-term affordable for a mixed range of incomes. Other RFP preferences include use of city-owned land, quick and efficient construction and large developments of over 50 units with more than half of them deed-restricted affordable. The $14 million behind the RFPs come from the Neighborhood Housing Trust, the DND’s Inclusionary Development Fund, the city operating funds and the federal government via HOME and Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) funding.
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MA schools may be battle in wider fight for profit & privatization agendas By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
New York financiers are spending vast sums of money in an effort to convince Massachusetts parents that they need more charter schools. But some say there may be more than genuine concern for Massachusetts’ education at play behind sizeable donations to the committees advocating for a yes vote on ballot question 2. Charter expansion in Massachusetts appears to be part of a national movement, fueled, in part, by hedge funds, corporations and wealthy philanthropists. Some professors see a profit motive for those with ties to school-related businesses such real estate and material supplies, as well as the lucrative charter network administration businesses and education consulting
services. Others regard the push for charter expansion as one front of a larger ideological battle to tamp down on government and unions and turn over public services to private, free market offerings. Winning over Massachusetts can both advance the national charter movement and send a symbolic message, said Peter Enrich, a Northeastern University law professor with expertise on fiscal policy and public education funding. “If I were a conservative deep-pocketed person who wanted to enhance privatization of schools, I’d say if I can win in Massachusetts, that will send a huge message nationally because Massachusetts has a reputation as a relatively progressive, unionfriendly state, so this would be T:6.1235” way to achieve a huge victory,” Enrich told the Banner.
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Nationally, some charters are run for-profit and even nonprofit charter schools may make a profit by doing business with for-profit firms with which their board members or administrators are involved. While such self-dealing practices are viewed as a breach of nonprofit governance ethic codes, they are not uncommon. In some states, those benefitting from charter ties include administrators of charter networks, education consultants and suppliers of curriculums, materials and facilities, said Alan Singer, Hofstra University professor of teaching, literacy and leadership. In some cases, those running these firms are involved in running charter schools, he told the Banner. In a notable example, the Miami Herald reported in 2011 that many South Florida charter schools channeled the majority of their
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money into for-profit management companies, including one school that handed over 97 percent of its income to one such firm. Renting facilities to charters may be especially lucrative, Enrich said. In 2010, 19 charter schools in Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties spent more than 20 percent of their budget on rent, and one spent more than 43 percent, according to the Miami Herald. In many cases, schools paid the highest rents to landlords connected to the charter management companies. Facility providers typically also get tax breaks. Pa u l A p p e l b a u m , b o a r d member of business and real estate investment firm Rock Ventures LLC, is one of the founders of Families For Excellent Schools, a major charter proponent, states the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. With much of money for charter school expansion campaigns channeled through 501(4)(c) organizations — which keep their donors anonymous — speculation arises over the extent to which donors are involved in such firms. To the extent that charter expansion in Massachusetts helps overall national charter expansion, it may further these business interests. Locally, there are more legislative safeguards than in some other states. MA charters are required to be nonprofit and do not get public funding for acquisition of facilities. While the attorney general ruled that they are supposed to advertise construction contracts for public bid, not all do so, said Karen Courtney, executive director of the Foundation For Fair Contracting. Her organization brought several such cases to the attorney general throughout the past decade, she said. Charters must undergo a bid process for procuring goods and services. A spokesperson from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education could not provide information on this process by the Banner’s press time on Tuesday.
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Among national charter school proponents are those who see privatization and free market competition as a more effective driver of cost-effective quality than public-provision of services, states education historian and New York University research professor of education Diane Ravitch in her book, The Death and Life of the
Great American School System. One such proponent, notes Ravitch: the American Legislative Council which has advocated for greater privatization of other public sectors. For such advocates, education is one of many arenas in which they seek to demonstrate that corporations can achieve equal or better results and thus make the case that government should be shrunk, Northeastern’s Enrich said. Bruce Baker, a Rutgers professor who specializes in education finance and economics of education, wrote in a 2013 article that one risk of a competition-based school system is that there is no incentive for schools to share innovations and effective practices. Another concern, Singer said said: If schools, like companies, are allowed to go out of business, their enrolled students may suffer. Maurice Cunningham, University of Massachusetts associate professor of political science, told the Banner previously that he regards the charter school debate as part of a larger fight between wealthy individuals seeking fewer taxes and smaller government and unions, which advocate for public funding and, with their ability to organize, represent a counterforce to the influence of money in politics and policy.
Out-of-state funders
Significant contributions to the charter expansion campaign come from out-of-state donors, including scions of the founding family of Walmart, and Education Reform Now Advocacy, whose board the Center for Media and Democracy says comprises primarily Wall Streeters. ERNA is the kind of nonprofit organization that does not have to disclose its funders. According to September 4 filings with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, ERNA spent approximately $536,000 on Great Schools Massachusetts, the main ballot committee pushing for passage of question 2. The Wall Street-connected organizations Families for Excellent Schools and related Families for Excellent Schools Advocacy also stepped up, with more than $6 million in combined donations. Other donors include Arkansas’ Alice and Jim Walton, of Walmart fame, who channeled approximately $710,000 into the Yes on Two ballot committee and more than $1 million into the Campaign for Fair Access to Quality Public Schools ballot committee, respectively.
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Public policies play critical role in combating MA’s poverty, report says By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Escaping poverty takes more than hard work. It also takes government policies. That was the gist of Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center’s early September report on the state of workers in Massachusetts. With wages stagnating or growing slowly for all but the top earners, employment is not always a way out for many families. The vast majority — about 71 percent — of adults without disabilities who were at or near the poverty line in 2014 worked fullor part-time. And among those living in poverty, blacks were the most likely to be employed in fulltime positions. “We have folks [in the union who are] working multiple jobs — well over 40 hours per week — and they’re still struggling,” Tyrék Lee, executive vice president of 1188 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, told the Banner. And wages are not the whole picture: Another barrier is jobs that come with few employee benefits or employers that avoid offering benefits entirely by only assigning part-time hours. While better than the national rate, poverty in Massachusetts has grown. Since 2000, the number of families living below the federal poverty threshold increased by 2.2 percent — meaning more than one out of every nine people earns less than $24,000 for a family of four. The bright note? Boosting minimum wage and providing public benefits have a strong impact on keeping families afloat and helping some stay above the poverty line, MassBudget reports.
Policy impact
Wages did rise from 2014 to 2015 for the state’s middle- and working-class, with the number of jobs rising as well. According to the MassBudget report, while the middle class saw wages rise of 3 percent on average, for the working-class the jump was more significant: 7 percent — bolstered by the state’s minimum wage increase. This increased the average working-class salary from $9.08 per hour to $9.74 per hour, when adjusted for inflation. “It shows state policy really matters,” Noah Berger, MassBudget’s president, told the Banner. “When you raise minimum wage,
we see wages for the bottom 10 percent of our workforce go up by 7 percent this year. Those are people whose wages have not done well for decades.” Another set of policies that is having an impact: public benefits such as earned income tax credits, SNAP nutrition benefits (food stamps) and child tax credits. Taken together, these three kept 920,000 residents out of poverty each year between 2009 and 2013 — 200,000 of them children, according to MassBudget. A living-wage assessment tool created by Amy Glasmeier, MIT professor of economic geography and regional planning, calculates that a family with two adults and two children needs each adult to earn about $17 per hour in a full-time, year-round job to afford basic necessities in Boston, Newton or Cambridge. For such a family in Springfield, they would need to earn closer to $15 per hour.
Renwick told the Associated Press. In 2015, the median American household’s income increased by 5.2 percent over 2014 — the first increase since 2007. Similarly, income for the poorest 20 percent of the population rose by 6.6 percent. The official poverty rate dropped by 1.3 percent, as 3.5 million people rose above the poverty line. The impact was felt less in Massachusetts, where the median wage increased at about half the national rate between 2014 and 2015, growing by 2 percent compared to the national 3 percent, according to information from the Census Bureau’s American
ON THE WEB MassBudget’s report: http://www.mass budget.org/reports/swma/index.php 2014 American Community Survey: http://tinyurl.com/j7c5qy5 2015 American Community Survey: http://tinyurl.com/z5da9xk Census Bureau’s Income and Poverty in the United States 2015 report: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/ Census/library/publications/2016/demo/ p60-256.pdf Community Survey. While nationally blacks, Latinos and whites saw median household incomes rise, the effect was mixed in Massachusetts. Nationally in 2015, non-Hispanic black households’ median incomes grew by 4.1 percent over the prior year, according to the Census Bureau’s Income and
Poverty in the United States 2015 report. But in Massachusetts, black households’ incomes saw little movement: their median income dropped slightly from $42,114 in 2014 to $41,732 in 2015, according to the American Community Survey. Nationally, Hispanic households’ income rose by 6. 1 percent, and locally by more than 10 percent. In Massachusetts, between 2014 and 2015, Hispanic/Latino households’ median income grew from $34,507 to $38,195 according to the American Community Survey. Non-Hispanic white household incomes grew nationally by 4.4 percent, and locally by about 0.019 percent. In MA, white household median income rose from $75,598 in 2014 to $77,091 in 2015.
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Disparities are evident across races as well. Among those in poverty, black adults were the second-most likely racial demographic to hold jobs and the most likely to have those jobs be fulltime, according to the MassBudget report. In 2014, approximately 76 percent of black adults living in poverty were employed, of which 55 percent were full-time. Asians had the highest employment rate among those in poverty and were most likely to work part-time. About 78 percent of poor Asians worked in 2014, with nearly 41 percent in part-time positions. As for other groups, almost 70 percent of poor Latinos worked (43 percent full-time, 27 percent part-time) and 70 percent of poor whites worked (nearly 50 percent full-time, about 21 percent part-time). Among those in poverty working part-time, half worked at least 20 hours a week for more than six months in 2014, according to the report.
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Boosting a black bank #BankBlack movement nets OneUnited $10m in deposits By KAREN MORALES
A tumultuous summer with a grim series of events involving police officers and black men underscored social, political and economic disparities within the nation this year. In July, a social media campaign emerged as a means to fight back economically. With hashtags like #BankBlack, activists encouraged the black community to deposit $100 into black-owned banks. Teri Williams, President of OneUnited Bank, the country’s oldest black-owned bank with origins in Boston, said that the bank started to see a significant increase in visitors to their website, new customers at their branches and online banking, and home loan applications. In less than a month, $10 million in deposits were added at OneUnited, and customer activity “continues to be at elevated levels,” she said. “Our money does matter,” said Williams. She said the movement is a way to create change by not only moving your money but also moving your mind or changing your mindset. “It’s important to be purposeful of how you spend your money.”
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5 tips for selecting the right health benefits during open enrollment Fall signals the start of many annual traditions and favorite pastimes — the start of a new school year, football season and holidays. Fall is also the season for another important annual tradition: open enrollment, when many people have an opportunity to select or change their health benefits for the following year. In a recent UnitedHealthcare survey, conducted by ORC International, only 7 percent of survey respondents understood four basic health insurance terms: plan premium, deductible, co-insurance, and out-of-pocket maximum. That’s why UnitedHealthcare is launching an awareness campaign this fall to help make the open enrollment process easier and enable people to make more informed health care decisions. To make open enrollment season easier, consider these five tips: Take time to review your options: Don’t wait until the last minute to make your benefit elections or rush through the process. Instead, start early and get your questions answered. Your employers and health plan representatives are available to help with the process. Remember there’s more to each plan than co-payments, deductibles and premiums. Take a few minutes to check if your doctor is in the plan’s care provider network and that your prescriptions are covered. Look for incentive-based wellness programs: Some health plans, including UnitedHealthcare, offer wellness programs that enable people to earn financial incentives - such as lower premium costs or deductible credits - for completing health assessments, signing up for a health coaching program, lowering cholesterol, going to a gym or even using a fitness tracker to monitor daily walking patterns. These incentives can help save you money, in some cases up to $1,500 a year, and encourage you and your family to practice healthier behaviors. Take advantage of health care apps and online tools: Many health plans have created apps and online resources to help people locate a health care professional or check if their doctors are in-network, compare treatment costs, review claims and find more information about their health plans. For instance, the Health4Me app (available for Apple and Android devices) makes it possible for all consumers to comparison shop for health care based on quality and cost for more than 875 common medical services across nearly 600 health events. Open a Health Savings Account: More employers are offering health plans that include a Health Savings Account (HSA) option. An HSA is like a personal bank account specifically for health-related expenses - you own all the money in it, including contributions from your employer. HSAs offer a triple tax advantage: money is deposited pre-tax from your paycheck and accrues interest tax-free, and withdrawals are not taxed as long as funds are used for qualified health-related expenses. Don’t overlook other important benefits available to you: Specialty benefits, such as dental, vision, accident or critical illness insurance
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According to the 2015 Multicultural Economy Report from the Selig Center for Economic Growth, black buying power in the U.S. is at $1.2 trillion, and only a tiny fraction of that goes to blackowned businesses. By supporting these businesses however, consumers can support opportunity and growth for communities because black businesses tend to hire other black people, said Williams. His torically, banks like OneUnited were created to serve the financial needs of black Americans who are discriminated against by traditional financial institutions. OneUnited is a designated Community Development Financial Institution serving low to moderate income communities, and regularly hosts financial literacy workshops and events for the public. Their UNITY Visa checking, savings and secured credit card services provide low-cost and lowrate solutions for saving money, earning interest, and building or rebuilding credit. Today, there are 23 blackowned banks, credit unions, or saving and loan associations in the U.S. according to the Federal Reserve. This number has decreased from 48 since 2001, especially in light of the 2008 recession. Some critics point to blackowned banks’ lagging adaptation to technology as another factor of their decrease in numbers but Williams argued that that’s usually the case for smaller, community banks in general, not just black banks.
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Above, OneUnited Bank’s Grove Hall location. Below, Teri Williams, president of OneUnited Bank.
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Our money does matter. It’s important to be purposeful of how you spend your money. … Their ice is not colder. There is a tendency to think black-owned businesses offer inferior products and services.” — Teri Williams
OneUnited, which offers free mobile banking for customers anywhere in the U.S., has adopted technological business tools since the late ’90s, said Williams. When the company expanded to branches in Florida and Miami, “in order to manage at the
distance from Boston, we started implementing internal technology like video conferences,” she commented. There are three OneUnited branches in Boston, two in Los Angeles and one in Miami. Williams said that the company made a conscious decision to “focus on technology rather than adding brick and mortar,” she said.
Williams believes that the #BankBlack movement can be a public reminder that blackowned banks and businesses offer the same quality service as any other company. “Their ice is not colder,” said Williams. “There is a tendency to think black-owned businesses offer inferior products and services.”
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continued from page 12 plans, are often lower-cost options that can protect you and your family from head to toe. Research shows a connection between oral health and overall health, so adding a dental plan may help prevent larger medical problems. A vision plan may offer eye exams that can identify chronic conditions like diabetes, and offer reduced pricing on frames and lenses. Critical illness plans can provide important financial benefits for unexpected health situations. Many employers conduct open enrollment during a two- to three-week period between September and December, so now is the time to learn about your health benefit options. A little extra time spent today can pay off next year in having a plan that works for you. For help navigating open enrollment, visit UnitedHealthcare’s new online resource Health Care ABCs (www.uhc. com/healthcareabcs), which provides easy-to understand information about health benefits and health care topics so people can make the right choices for themselves and their families. — Brandpoint
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Mayor Martin Walsh welcomes the newest members of the Boston School Committee. Keondre McClay and Edward Tapia will be the student representatives at the committee.
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million: Toymakers Viacom, Mattel, Hasbro, And JumpStart have agreed to pay almost $1 million in fines for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by allowing third-party vendors to track children’s internet habits without parental approval. COPPA prohibits this unauthorized collection of children’s personal information on websites directed to children under the age of 13.
THE LIST According to Forbes, the world’s highest paid TV actresses are: 1. Sofia Vergara, $43 million 2. Kaley Cuoco, $24.5 million 3. Mindy Kaling, $15 million 4. Mariska Hargitay, $14.5 million 5. Ellen Pompeo, $14.5 million 6. Kerry Washington, $13.5 million 7. Stana Katic, $12 million 8. Priyanka Chopra, $11 million 9. Julianna Margulies, $10.5 million 10. Julie Bowen, $10 million
TECH TALK Samsung has stopped selling and is voluntarily replacing all of its new Galaxy Note 7 phones after reports that defective lithium ion batteries in some of the devices are overheating, bursting and causing fires. Due to the fire hazard, the U.S. government asked owners of the new Samsung Galaxy’s Note 7 to turn off their phones while U.S. air regulators have asked passengers not to use the devices on board or store them in checked luggage. On August 31, Google announced it plans to expand its carpool-sharing service to the entire Bay Area by the end of the year. The service uses the existing Waze app, a GPS navigation app with user-submitted data bought by Google in 2013, to link drivers and passengers. It is a different model from ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft as the aim isn’t to “disrupt” the taxi market but reduce commute times and road congestion. — More Content Now
National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) The oldest minority trade association in the United States In support of 2 million homeowners in 5 years wealth recovery initiative program, Wanted immediately in the Greater Boston and New England Area: n 100 Independent minority Real Estate Professionals n 50 Minority Loan Originators or prospects, lenders requested, training provided, placement assured, NMLS ID required. n10,000 African-American or other minority first time homebuyers n Register at www.narebregion1.com or send email with contact information to narebgbc@gmail.com n Program supported by counseling and other homebuyer assistance n NAREB membership required n Bankruptcy, short sale, foreclosure okay n Access to 100% Real Estate financing Shared Equity Program for real estate investment properties only. n Visit www.narebregion1.com now. n Register and join to participate in this program. n First Time Home Buyers’ Workshop, October 8, 2016, 9 am – 12 pm at the Mattapan Library, 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan, MA 02126 Please send resumes to: info@narebregion1.com First time home buyer prospects register at www.narebregion1.com NAREB Region 1 150 Belgrade Ave. Roslindale, MA 02131 Phone number: 844-256-7044
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MONEY TALK
FINANCIAL LITERACY CONFERENCE
OCT. 15, 2016
BUILDING BLACK WEALTH
OUR EVENT PARTNERS: ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, REGGIE LEWIS TRACK AND ATHLETIC CENTER, EPICENTER COMMUNITY INC., NAACP OF BOSTON AND WZBR RADIO SPONSORED BY:
THE BAY STATE BANNER ALONG WITH OUR EVENT PARTNERS are hosting an all-day financial literacy conference to engage with our community about building wealth. Sign up for one or several workshops that will be taking place throughout the day at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center and at Roxbury Community College. THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED — To register, visit https://bannermoneytalk.wordpress.com Saturday, October 15th
based approach to economic development.
8:30 a.m. – Registration begins at Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center
10:00 a.m. – Workshops begin
9:00 a.m. – Opening Panel Discussion — “Building Community Wealth” — Join us for a conversation about building wealth in Boston’s urban community. Cities across the country struggle with racial disparities and rising inequality, our panelist will discuss new approaches to creating a more inclusive, community-
Lunch – Lunch options include food trucks that will be parked on the RCC campus, Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center concession stand, or pre-order your lunch from Haley House when registering for the event online. Lunch is not free and cost is based on which option you choose.
PANELISTS John Barros – Executive Director Economic Development for the City of Boston Glynn Lloyd – Executive Director MBE Initiative, Eastern Bank
Marjorie Kelly – Executive VP Democracy Collaborative Melvin B. Miller – Banner Publications Publisher Moderated by Teri Williams, CEO OneUnited Bank
EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS Personal Finance: u How to manage student loans and income-based repayment plans u Obtaining, reading and understanding credit reports u Bankruptcy – legal debt relief and how to provide a fresh start! u Ujima Project and Boston NAACP workshops that address the question of what is the role of investment in creating wealth. How does one become an investor? Understanding the process of business creation. u How to create wealth using Roth IRA and Mutual Funds u How to get a home mortgage u Maintain the value of your home
with home improvements u How to finance college education u How to repair your credit u Learn strategies for smart shopping habits. How to be a wise consumer! Entrepreneurship u Raising Capital; investors, angels and loans u BREAD workshop u Building your networks u SBA Lending Programs u Legal Advice for Startups u Hear from local entrepreneurs about how they launched their businesses.
For sponsorship information or if you are interested in hosting a workshop please contact Sandra Casagrand at Sandra@bannerpub.com or 617-936-7797
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Chinatown residents seek say on city-owned parcels By YAWU MILLER
When Chinese Progressive Association organizer Karen Chen points to a map showing development in Chinatown, a profusion of luxury high-rises, marked in red, populate the projection screen. But when she highlights the affordable projects, just four small green spots appear on the map. That map tells the story of the last 16 years, where the dense downtown neighborhood’s population doubled from fewer than 3,000 residents to the current 6,000, while the production of luxury units dwarfed the stock of affordable housing there. In 2000, there were just 561 market-rate units in Chinatown, many of them still affordable to Chinese families. Today there 3,444 market-rate units, almost all of them in highrent, luxury apartment buildings. Now, with just four publicly-owned parcels of land remaining in Chinatown, residents are hoping the city will give priority to affordable housing. “Really, all that’s left to look at for affordable development are the public parcels,” said Debbie Chen, a community planner with the Asian Community Development Corporation. Several dozen Chinatown activists met with city officials at the Quincy School last week to discuss strategies to stem the ongoing displacement residents are facing as pressure from for-profit developers continues to build. The activists want the Boston Redevelopment
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Chinese Progressive Association organizer Karen Chen gives a presentation on development projects in Chinatown. Authority to adhere to the Chinatown Master Plan, a document neighborhood residents created in 1990 and have amended as recently as 2010, to outline their goals for affordable housing and open space. During the meeting activist Suzanne Lee asked BRA Planning Director Jonathan Greeley for a commitment to reserve the four remaining publicly-owned parcels for affordable housing. “Some of these parcels have been in our master plan for more than ten years,” she said. While Greeley did not commit to reserving parcels for affordable housing, he announced that the city would release a request for proposals for Parcel 12, a Tremont Street property that currently is being used as a parking lot, and that the RFP will include provisions for some affordability on the site. “We’re very much aware of the
strong desire to see an affordable housing component of Parcel 12, and that will be a strong component of the RFP,” he said. “Your comments are well taken, and I’ll certainly bring them back to our director.” Asked whether the BRA could curtail the proliferation of luxury hotels in the area, Greeley said the BRA has little leverage to stop projects on privately-owned parcels. “We have several projects currently under review,” Greeley said. “I would like to reiterate that these proposals are on private land being made by private developers.” Asian Community Development Corporation Executive Director Angie Liou countered that the BRA could at least curtail the height of the projects, given that they exceeded zoning restrictions. “There are a lot of projects where the developer is proposing
something that’s two times the floor area ratio,” she said. The developments are worsening traffic and density and removing historically significant buildings, Liou said.
A library
Other community concerns included a longstanding demand for a Chinatown branch of the Boston Public Library, which several residents said should go into a BRAowned building at the corner of Washington and Essex streets. BRA Deputy Director for Community Planning Laura Mérida said the BRA has been working with the Boston Public Library on a solution. “It’s not just about space,” she said. “It’s also about providing services. We’re working with the library about how they can get services into Chinatown.” Other demands included a
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call for the city to end the lease of Parcel R-1 to Tufts University Medical Center. The medical center uses the parcel, which formerly housed the South Cove YMCA, as employee parking. The lease is due to expire in 2017. Chinatown resident Jianhua Tang asked the BRA for an accounting of lease payments and demanded to know how much the medical school is collecting in parking fees from the site. “We don’t know where the money goes,” she said as residents applauded. “It’s not transparent.” Many at the meeting expressed fears in which the neighborhood that generations of Chinese immigrants have called home would soon cease to exist. “Chinatown matters to me,” said Chinatown Resident Yan Jing. “It matters to Chinatown residents. Hopefully, it matters to you all.”
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NEWSBRIEFS Are you looking for a good school for your child?
PRIVATE SCHOOL FAIR TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY Sunday, September 25, 2016 Time: 1:00-3:30 PM
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University of Massachusetts - Boston Campus Center, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 The School Fair is an opportunity for families and students at all grade levels to meet with representatives from over 50 private schools, including day schools in the Boston area and boarding schools around New England.
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School Building Authority (“MSBA”). The design of the new school is based upon a project-based learning curriculum, with an emphasis on STEM education. There will be a Learning Commons on the ground floor that will include a state-of-the-art library/media center, classrooms and science laboratories that will provide an ideal environment for 21st century Learning. The project is scheduled to be completed in the winter of 2017/2018, and is the first new school the City of Boston has built in 15 years. Murphy Schoolyard This $695,000 renovation of the play space at the Richard J. Murphy K-8 School provides upgrades to an existing play area. The scope of work includes installation of handicap accessible play equipment, fitness stations, and an synthetic turf running field. This project will provide an inclusive play area that will serve the needs of the Murphy School’s diverse student population. The project is anticipated to be complete in mid-September. Madison Park Technical Vocational High School (MPTVHS) Welding Room As part of the Mayor’s Capital Plan, the Public Facilities Department was engaged to renovate the welding shop at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.
This $2 million dollar investment will increase the number of welding booths for students. The additional welding booths will enable concurrent teaching opportunities with related trades and increase opportunities for the MPTVHS student population. The Public Facilities Department and Madison Park Technical Vocational High School are in discussions with Wentworth Institute of Technology and the Ironworkers Local 7 to explore potential partnerships with MPTVHS regarding the use of this newly renovated space and how Madison Park students can access either of these organizations to grow their career opportunities. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016. In addition to the large-scale projects above, the BPS’s Capital & Facilities Management has also invested over $13.6 million this spring and summer to maintain and improve over two dozen BPS buildings and facilities. Projects include $1.5 million for improved security, including card key access and security cameras at 18 schools; $450,000 in gym upgrades at Boston Latin Academy as part of the Youth Lead the Change participatory budgeting initiative; $120,000 for rubberized surfaces at three school playgrounds (Mary Lyon, Warren-Prescott and Orchard Gardens).
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The Boys & Girls Club of Boston’s Yawkey Club is participating in the
Fall Food Service Program Meals are provided to all children FREE of charge at 115 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 (in the Whitlock Performing Arts Center)
October 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 Snack: 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (6–18 years old) Dinner: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (6–18 years old)
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completely in silence. Most often three to six messages are offered in the course of roughly one hour of worship together.
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We aspire to be led only by the promptings of the Spirit in our hearts and minds.
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Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and meals are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. USDA Non-Discrimination Statement: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal and, where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or if all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr. usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities and wish to file either an EEO or program complaint please contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 or (800) 845-6136 (in Spanish). Persons with disabilities, who wish to file a program complaint, please see information above on how to contact us by mail directly or by email. If you require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) please contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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Bizs face hurdles to liquor licenses By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
In 2013, customers looking to sit down and savor glass of wine over dinner were hard-pressed to find options in areas of Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan, while local business owners were watching an opportunity pass them by. Together, these neighborhoods held 33 percent of the city’s population but just 7 percent of its liquor licenses. The costs of acquiring licenses were prohibitive, keeping them out of the hands of many restaurants lacking financial capital. To level the playing field and bring costs of licenses back within the range of small businesses, City Councilor Ayanna Pressley pushed for release of a new batch of neighborhood-restricted, unsellable licenses granting restaurants the right to serve alcohol. This is the final year of the program, which has distributed 50 licenses since 2014 — including full liquor and beer and wine only — and hearings began this month on application for the final 25. New businesses and existing ones have taken advantage of the more affordable access to alcohol authorization — full-liquor licenses could go for $200,000 to $500,000 on the market in 2013; this new batch offers them for about $3,000. “We’ve brought new restaurants online and existing restaurants have had business opportunities enhanced and bottom lines strengthened and improved,” Pressley said in a Banner phone interview. “We’re closer
to eliminating disparity that has plagued the city when it comes to procurement and distribution of liquor licenses.” Some restaurants may struggle to earn a profit without serving alcohol, Pressley said. And neighborhoods may suffer from this, as restaurants can act as community anchors and enliven streets, she said. But as the license’s price barrier drops, a host of other barriers emerge that are stopping some entrepreneurs from reaching the point of application. One striking indicator: over all three years, not one application has been submitted from Mattapan. Would-be-restaurateurs face challenges to acquiring space and funding to set up and build out their establishment and in some areas, despite resident demand for dining-with-drinks options, businesses struggle to draw a sufficient customer base, Main Street District leaders said.
Neighborhood-restricted liquor licenses
The rollout of neighborhood-restricted licenses in 2014 marked the first new licenses in eight years. The licenses being issued this year include 15 full-liquor licenses that may only go to an establishment in Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, Hyde Park, East Boston, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain or a Main Streets District. Once sold, the license is locked to that neighborhood — for instance, if Tasty Burger leaves Dudley Square, its beer-andwine license stays in Roxbury. Unlike traditional licenses, which can be sold for profit by the owner,
these return to the city for redistribution should the holder no longer need theirs.
Grove Hall’s space struggle
While residents of Grove Hall are interested in a sit-down restaurant with drinks, entrepreneurs struggle to get to the stage where they can sell food, before they can even think about scaling up to serve alcohol. Grove Hall’s challenge lies in finding enough space for a restaurant at a cost that will not drive up prices untenably, Ed Gaskin, executive director of Grove Hall Main Streets, told the Banner. Most of the district’s storefronts are sized for retail — convertible to a take-out Chinese food venue or pizzeria but too small for tables with seating and a large kitchen, he said. This problem recently resulted in the lost chance to bring in Golden Krust, a Jamaican food restaurant, which is due to open a location in Dudley Square this fall. “Golden Krust also wanted to open in Grove Hall,” Gaskin said. “But we couldn’t get the space and price to work out right.” To recoup the expense of acquiring or renting enough floor space, a sit-down venue would need to charge prices out of sync with what residents can afford, Gaskin said. Prices of $15 or $20 find little, if any, traction, in an area where lunch is typically $5.
Drawing a customer base
Another hurdle for Grove Hall’s aspiring restaurateurs: while traffic flows through the district, few drivers stop to patronize, limiting its customer base. A study conducted by the Grove Hall Main Streets found that although the area has sufficient
parking — spots are rarely all claimed — few are willing to stop if they cannot park within two to three spaces of their destination, Gaskin said. In a place like Cambridge, walking a few blocks and taking in the stores is part of the experience, but walks in Grove Hall are less attractive, making even traveling a few blocks or crossing the street feel too far for some, he said. “If you’re in Grove Hall, walking past an empty lot with grass grown up and beer cans, a building or two, another store that’s closed, and going past some condos, it’s not the same kind of shopping experience,” Gaskin said. The area also struggles from not having destination businesses, such as entertainment or unique dining options, that might draw more customers to the district and pave the way for further similar upscale offerings. Similarly, Pressley said many restauranteurs show disinterest in opening in Mattapan because of a prevailing view that there is insufficient demand.
Dudley Square
Although Dudley Square has been more able to take advantage of the new licenses — with Suya Joint and Tasty Burger each utilizing one when they opened — its restaurateurs face a more existential struggle: Holding on to a storefront. As landlords redevelop properties, several long-term businesses are losing their spots, and most nearby locations they might seek to move to are tied up in other development projects, Joyce Stanley, executive director of Dudley Main Streets, said. Drain House of Style and Silver Slipper are due to leave their building by November as the owner either rehabilitates or tears down and
rebuilds, Stanley told the Banner. Another 13 stores could be displaced from Warren Street as owners make needed repairs or rebuild to accommodate higher-rent tenants. Currently, few opportunities remain for displaced businesses to rent new venues, let alone for new restaurants to open and take advantage of liquor licenses. “We don’t have a lot of vacant and ready-to-rent space now,” Stanely said. “If everybody’s going to do a new development, there’s no space to put anything.” Even if space can be found, rent may be too high. Silver Slipper currently pays $12 per square foot, but the average area rent is $24 to $27 per square foot. Keeping the business in Dudley could require city or landlords help, Stanley said.
Liquor licenses
Another barrier, Pressley said, is that information on the neighborhood-restricted licenses and apply process was slower to get to fledgling business owners, who may not be plugged into the relevant information sources. That’s why she said she is promoting the creation of a city “restaurant czar,” who can work to connect restaurateurs with information, mentorship and other resources. With the restricted-license program winding up, Pressley and several other legislators seek for the city to be assigned control over the number and kind of licenses they issue as well as their allocation and distribution. The current program demonstrated higher demand for the licenses than is being met — with demand expected to grow as the population does — and that much work remains to bring greater economic equity to Boston’s neighborhoods, Pressley said.
The Boys & Girls Club of Boston’s Yawkey Club esta participando en un
Programa de Servicio de Alimentos de Otoño Las comidas se ofrecen a todos los niños gratis en 115 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 (en el Centro de Artes escénicas de Whitlock)
El 01, Octubre, 2016 – 30, Junio, 2017 Merienda: 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. (6–18 anos de edad) Cena: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. (6–18 anos de edad) Requisitos de aceptación y participación para el programa y las comidas son los mismos para todos independientemente de reace, color, origen nacional, sexo, edad o discapacidad, y no habrá ninguna discriminiation en el curso de los servicio de comidas.
MBTA PUBLIC MEETING Blue Hill Ave Station Construction Contract
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
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5:30 PM - Open House 6:00 PM - Informational Meeting
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HARLEM NIGHTS V MEETS ‘THE GREAT GATSBY’ — 9/17/16
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Harlem Nights V Meets ‘The Great Gatsby’
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Partygoers attend “Harlem Nights V Meets ‘The Great Gatsby’,” hosted by Twins & Friends. Above left, Dominique Twin and Daniella Twin of Twins & Friends. Bottom right, Daniella Twin, Kerry Andrade and Dominique Twin.
As a young urban professional, it can be difficult to find an adult-themed party to attend. Halloween seems to be the only opportunity you get to dress up. Last Saturday, Twins & Friends hosted “Harlem Nights V Meets ‘The Great Gatsby’,” at the Emerson Paramount Theater in downtown Boston. Over the past five years, Harlem Nights has become one of the more highly-anticipated events in Boston. Attendees wore their best 1920s-era garments to the lavish party, which was like a dream come true for the retro crowd. Some guests were serenaded by a live band as others relaxed in a VIP lounge featuring food and a live DJ. Daniella Twin, co-founder of Twins & Friends, said, “We picked this theme because it’s one of our favorite fashion eras, plus it’s fun and exciting. Our goal is to bring people together for an upscale, exciting, fun-filled evening with tons of visual stimulation.” That she did, from the décor to the atmosphere and music. Imagine going back to the 1930s — specifically the Harlem Renaissance era — where you were surrounded by live music, performers, gaming tables and guests. The event was co-sponsored by Zaz Catering, Bass Radio and Eclas Design group, and Emerson College. Twins & Friends Promotions and Event Planning is one of Boston’s fastest–growing and successful event planning companies. It specializes in a wide array of event planning, management and marketing services. The company is guided by the fundamental understanding that a successful party or marketing program is the result of detailed planning, a passion for perfection, confidence in quality, and a professional and respectful creative team. If you are looking for more events where you can mingle or network, or need help planning an event, visit www.twinsandfriends.com.
YOUNG M.A LIVE at Campaign Sundays Going to a day party and hanging with your friends is the perfect way to finish the summer off with a bang. It’s the last chance you get to showcase your summer threads and enjoy the warm weather. Last Sunday, Nxt Era, Bosstown, Mr. Turn Up, Dana and Mick Da Mayor hosted Campaign Sundays at Garage Lounge on 20 Linden Street in Allston. The hype surrounding this event was satisfied by the special performance of Young M.A, the rapper who has taken the Hip Hop industry by storm with her hit single, “OOOUUU.” The catchy record became the hit of the summer and a favorite for music lovers all over the country. Mick Da Mayor, main event coordinator for the series, said, “We are trying to bring that live turn up day party vibe to Boston, and bring some positivity to the urban culture in our city.” Launched this year, the Campaign Sundays summer series brought some of the hottest artist to Boston, with sets by wellknown DJs. As expected, Young M.A killed the stage. Her energy was through the roof and had the entire crowd on its feet, singing along every word. If you missed this show you can email CampaignSundays@gmail.com for upcoming events.
Meet Stephanie Millions — our new In the Mix reporter. Millions is passionate about media and works on many platforms. She anchors a morning motivational talk show called “Elevation with Stephanie Millions” on the Gag Order Network, and also hosts “The Secret Spot” every Monday night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on WERS 88.9 FM. For more information, please visit www.stephaniemillions.com or email stephanie.millions@gmail.com to have her cover your event. Follow Stephanie on Twitter @StephMillions
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Each Friday, Epicenter features a special “where to be” post on their blog to make sure every day of the week has some sort of cultural event to check out. We hope that you all can come out into the community, learn, and commemorate some influential people and events around Boston! Have something coming up that you’d like to see here? Tweet us @epicentercom #WhereToBe FRIDAY 9.23.16 Art Plug 3 Hosted by: Jamilah Unique & The Inner Sanctum Networking/free expressive arts event that features all different types of artists from a wide range of mediums. Artists from Boston (and beyond) each holding their own Unique crafts and artistic aesthetics get to show off their latest and greatest pieces as well as sell them if they can let go! Film, Photography, Fashion, Mixed Media, Live Art Gallery, Local Vendors, Body Art, Handmade Art, Musical Performances, Poetry When: 6 p.m. Where: The Inner Sanctum, 18 Palmer St., Boston, MA (near Dudley Square) For more information, please visit: https://artplug323. splashthat.com SATURDAY 9.24.16 Castle of Our Skins Presents: A Veil Of Liquid Diamonds Hosted by: Castle of Our Skins & Sound Energy Castle of our Skins kicks off its
season with its first ever portrait concert featuring Boston’s new, contemporary music string trio Sound Energy and the kaleidoscopic music of Jeffrey Mumford. Ranging from solo violin to string duos, trios and his monstrous “a veil of liquid diamonds” string quartet, September 24th will bring a healthy dose of this uniquely rich African American voice to Boston. A Veil of Liquid Diamonds is supported by New Music USA. To follow the project as it unfolds, visit the project page at: www.newmusicusa.org/projects/ a-veil-of-liquid-diamonds. When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center, 1234 Columbus Ave., Roxbury Crossing, MA For more information, please visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/aveil-of-liquid-diamonds-tickets-26982513424 SUNDAY 9.25.16 Off The Wall: A Live Graffiti Art Gallery & Block Party Hosted by: South End Open
Market at Ink Block Boston’s first live graffiti art gallery! #OFFTHEWALL will feature local and internationally recognized graffiti artists as part of an interactive live graffiti gallery experience and block party at the South End Open Market @ Ink Block. Featured Artists: Brandalizm, ProBlak, Imagine, and Go5 When: 11 a.m. Where: Sound End Open Market at Ink Block, 375 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA MONDAY 9.26.16 HubWeek Presents: Roxbury Showcase Hosted by: Hub Week At the HUBweek Roxbury Showcase, now’s your chance to taste innovation in Roxbury. Hear from leaders making an impact by promoting inclusive innovation in our city. Meet tomorrow’s innovators who are shaping the future of business, technology, design and fashion. Learn, mingle and share experiences to help each other take new ideas and ventures to the next level. Don’t miss the YouthBiz Marketplace where you will have the opportunity to meet high school entrepreneurs from both BUILD Boston and The Possible Project. Come enjoy delicious light bites, hor d’oeuvres, and cocktails prepared by Dudley Cafe, Dudley Dough, Suya Joint, Beta Burger, Haley House, Fresh Food Generation, Lyndigo Spice, Nola’s Fresh Foods Join thought leaders who are making an impact within their community through innovation, strategy and leadership. Leaders
include Epicenter’s Malia Lazu, Liora Beer of Fairmont Innovation Lab and more. When: 5 p.m. Where: Roxbury Innovation Center, 2300 Washington St., Boston, MA For more information, please visit: https://hubweek.org/ events/roxbury-showcase/ TUESDAY 9.27.16 More Charter Schools? Hosted by: Harvard Graduate School of Education Voters will face a decision this November regarding charter school caps — whether or not to authorize up to 12 new charter schools or expand enrollment in existing Massachusetts charter schools beginning as early as January 2017. Will a “yes” vote harm mainstream schools and undermine their funding? What other opportunities are there for parents stuck on charter school waiting lists? Will this decision influence the future of charter schools nationwide? This referendum has attracted national attention in the heated controversy about the future of charter schools in the U.S. public school education system. How do taxpayers/ voters determine what’s best to keep mainstream school systems healthy while looking out for what’s best for individual children? Join us as proponents and opponents square off on the merits of charter school expansion in this inaugural of the Askwith Debates. Speakers include: Tito Jackson, Marc Kenen, Michael Robinson & more! When: 5:30 p.m.
Where: Harvard Graduate School of Education, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA WEDNESDAY 9.28.16 Artist For Humanity Open Studios with AFH Alumni Kituana Parker & Jameel Radcliffe Join us for a one-of-a-kind Open Studios featuring new work by AFH alumni Kitauna Parker and Jameel Radcliffe! Tour the studios at Artists For Humanity and view never before seen works. Wine and cheese will be served. This event is free and open to the public!” When: 5 p.m. Where: Artists For Humanity, 100 W 2nd St., Boston, MA For more information, please visit: https://hubweek.org/ events/open-studios-at-artistsfor-humanity/ THURSDAY 9.29.16 TED x Cambridge 2016 Fall Hosted by: TEDxCambridge Tickets are now on sale for the TEDxCambridge Fall event at the Boston Opera House on the evening of Thursday, September 29. This year’s Fall show features six speakers, two performances, and a technology exhibition at Boston’s premier performing arts venue. TEDxCambridge celebrates the remarkable innovation, creativity, and inspiration found within New England and beyond. When: 6 p.m. Where: Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., Boston, MA For more information and tickets, please visit: http://tedxcambridge.com/attend.
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A DREAM
100 YEARS IN THEH
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National Museum of African American History & Culture Opens September 24 in D.C. By KELLEY CHUNN; Photos By DON WEST
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hen the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture opens its doors to the public on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. this weekend, a dream that has been 100 years in the making will come to fruition. Beginning Friday night, “Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration,” a three-day music festival at the Washington Mall, marks the occasion. On Saturday morning, President Barack Obama will deliver remarks at the outdoor Dedication Ceremony, also featuring African American literature and musical performances. The journey to NMAAHC’s opening began in 2003 when President George W. Bush signed federal legislation establishing the museum. Back then, there were no artifacts, no Washington D.C. site, no architect and a handful of staff. Now the museum owns almost 37,000 objects, with more than 3,000 on display, ranging from parts of a sunken slave ship to Carl Lewis’s Olympic medals. It employs a staff of 200 and boasts a fundraising program that has topped $315 million in private funds. NMAAHC also claims more than 100,000 members, a record for
the Smithsonian. At a recent press preview drawing hundreds of media from across the country, the museum displayed 12 inaugural exhibitions organized around three main themes: “History,” ”Community” and “Culture.” The collection includes an exhibit about the museum’s evolution, titled “A Century in the Making.” The 400,000-square-foot museum also houses an education and technology center, the Sweet Home Café, a museum store, the Oprah Winfrey Theater, a welcome center, an orientation theater and a Contemplative Court. “If we have done our job right, I trust the museum will be a place for all Americans to ponder, reflect, learn, rejoice, collaborate and, ultimately, draw sustenance and inspiration from the lessons of history to make America better, “ said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the museum’s founding director. The LEED Gold-certified design of the building integrates form with function, taking visitors on a people’s journey beginning belowground in the “History Galleries,” where the complex story of slavery and freedom is told. Lightfilled “Community Galleries” occupy higher floors, featuring the “Power of Place,” “Making a Way
Out of No Way,” a “Sports Gallery” and a “Military History Gallery.” On the top floors visitors experience the “Culture Galleries,” where music, visual and performing arts take center stage. “Wear comfortable shoes,” advises Beverly Morgan Welch, NMAAHC’s associate director of external affairs and former executive director of the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill and Nantucket. “We want visitors to prepare themselves for a journey which will open their hearts and stir their intellects. It’s an experience they will process for the rest of their lives.” Welch adds that NMAAHC has trained staff to help visitors reflect upon some of the emotions they may feel when they encounter some of the exhibits.
Multimedia coverage
For now, NMAAHC faces the challenge of managing a strong demand to experience the museum. Timed passes for opening weekend are no longer available. But many of opening weekend’s music festival events will be live-streamed. Music, performances, oral histories, storytelling and workshops are scheduled; C-SPAN3 TV will cover the dedication and some of the performances.
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Artist Wen-Ti Tsen’s installation, “Home Town,” features life-size historical portraits of Chinatown residents from the past, placed throughout the gentrifying Boston neighborhood.
Home Town Hero Wen-ti Tsen fights gentrification with public art “Home Town” is on view through September 25 at various locations in Chinatown. Visit http://www.nefa.org/grant-
ees/wen-ti-tsen on which to build, longtime families are expelled from the area. Only a handful of square blocks represent what was once a thriving cultural hub. “The real threat of gentrification is the disruption to the community,” says Tsen. He specifically stationed some of the figures along the Greenway Park in Chinatown, where many high-rise residents walk their dogs and stop to rest on lazy afternoons. Tsen hopes the exhibit will cause people to stop and think about their own involvement in the shrinking of the neighborhood. Despite its political undertones, the exhibit has a positive message. One of Tsen’s favorite characters is a man in an ill-fitting suit who worked at a laundry in Roxbury. His image was
enlarged from a very tiny photograph, so Tsen had to create many of the detail in his face and clothing. It’s clear that the artist became attached to each person, developing individual backstories based on his knowledge of the times. He points out the humility in the man’s face, the calluses on his hands. He says, “You are face to face with their humanity.” Moments before Tsen arrived at the exhibit for his weekly Saturday tour, a father and his two children stood looking at a portrait of two youngsters about the same age. The daughter, dressed in a bright blue tutu, stared at her 1940s counterpart and asked her father, “Who are they?” Her father explains, “They were kids in Chinatown, 40 or 50 years ago.” Past and present stared into each other as the girl realized how much had come before her. The girl in the painting, Katherine Wong, now is 80 years old and, to our knowledge, still lives in Boston.
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Wen-ti Tsen’s public art installation “Home Town” is an emotional plea for respite from gentrification as it stands in the shadows of Boston’s latest luxury high-rise. Twelve almost life-size cutouts depicting figures from Chinatown’s history are stationed around the epicenter of Asian culture in Massachusetts, between Essex and South Streets. Tsen explains that Chinatown brings a sense of home to Chinese immigrants all around New England. “‘Hometown’ usually means a place where you grew up,” he says. “In this case, it means a home that you take with you, wherever you go.” The 80-year-old Tsen collaborated with the Chinese Historical Society of New England on the project, looking through their archives for old photos of Chinatown residents. He searched specifically for working class people who were engaging directly with the camera. After selecting the photos, he enlarged them to around five feet high, then painted over them with oil paints, bringing the black and white history to life. “They are not just old photographs,” he says. “Painting them shows they are — or were — real people.” Chinatown struggled with gentrification issues for decades. Nowadays, as new luxury developments seek downtown real estate
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‘The Gilded Years’ Novel highlights first African American graduate of Vassar, Anita Hemmings By CELINA COLBY
In 1897, a young black woman from Roxbury named Anita Hemmings made history. She was the first African American to graduate from Vassar College. But until she received her diploma, no one knew. Karin Tanabe’s fascinating new novel, “The Gilded Years,” tells the story of Hemmings’s four-year racial deception and the waves that it made when she was found out. Tanabe’s book brings honor and awareness to the scholar’s triumph that is a hundred years overdue. “I think women, especially women of color, are excellent candidates for historical fiction,” says Tanabe. “They do some incredible things that are often overlooked.” Hemmings’s parents were both mixed-race African Americans with very light complexions. They worked humble jobs in Roxbury, her mother running a boarding house and her father as a coachman. At the time, only a handful of colleges accepted black students, and even then it was only one or two per year. Hemmings applied to Vassar as white and created an
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I think women, especially women of color, are excellent candidates for historical fiction. They do some incredible things that are often overlooked.”
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— Karin Tanabe elaborate backstory in which her parents were wealthy and she had enjoyed a prosperous upbringing. “She wasn’t just intelligent, but ballsy,” says Tanabe. Anita Hemmings was playing a dangerous game during a time when African Americans were still at substantial risk of physical harm and social isolation. Tanabe didn’t just gravitate towards Hemmings’s story as a Vassar alumnus. “I could identify with her as a woman of color,” says Tanabe. During her time at school, rumors circulated about Hemmings’s heritage because of her skin and her straight black hair. Tanabe — who is half Japanese, half Belgian — continues to experience similar questions. The story is historical fiction. Although based on a true account, Tanabe only could pull together 30 pages of concrete information on Hemmings. Not only was it unusual for an African American
woman to be documented at that time, but Hemmings was actively concealing her identity and undoubtedly destroyed any remnants of her true history. Tanabe did extensive research on life at Vassar during that era to fill in the gaps about what Hemmings might have lived through. “The Gilded Years” is a story of triumph, a story about the unending determination and strong work ethic characteristic of the Roxbury community. Hemmings fought against all the odds — her race, her gender, her class — and she won. Years later, her daughter became the second African American to graduate from Vassar, also passing as white. Tanabe hopes that “The Gilded Years” will remind people that perseverance and grace can trump ignorance. “It would’ve been tragic if this woman’s story stayed in such a small community,” she says.
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(l-r) David J. Skorton, Smithsonian Secretary; Fleur Paysour, public affairs; Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the NMAAHC.
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Soup’s on White Bean and Vegetable Soup great to make ahead
Burgers top tailgating stats No matter which team you’re rooting for, there is one thing Americans have in common when it comes to tailgating: What’s on the grill. According to recent tailgating statistics from the 25th annual Weber GrillWatch Survey, the pre-game fare that takes the top spot on the grill is once again the all-American hamburger. Since Weber started keeping score, hamburgers remain America’s favorite tailgating fare at 71 percent, with hot dogs (45 percent); and brats (36 percent) coming in a distant second and third place. “Burgers are not only a mainstay at tailgate parties, they are America’s favorite food to grill across the board,” says Kim Lefko, executive vice president of marketing, WeberStephen Products. — Brandpoint
EASY RECIPE
Sizzling CHA! Ramen with shrimp Yield: 2 servings n O live oil: 1 Tbsp. n Shrimp: large, peeled, deveined: 24 n R ed bell pepper: cored, seeded, julienned: 1 n R amen noodles: 2 packages n C HA! by Texas Pete: 3 Tbsp. ater: 2 cups nW 1. Place a medium-sized saucepot on the stove and turn to high heat. 2. Once heated, add the olive oil, shrimp and red pepper. Cook for 2 minutes or until the shrimp are halfway cooked, then add the Ramen seasoning to the pan. Cook for 1 minute more then add the 2 cups of water along with the Ramen noodles and put a tight fitting lid on the pan. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until the noodles are tender and the shrimp are fully cooked. Remove from heat and add the CHA! 3. Serve the shrimp and noodles in a large bowl with all of the spicy CHA! broth. — Brandpoint
BY THE EDITORS OF RELISH MAGAZINE
Vegetable Soup is a classic for a few very good reasons: 1) It calls for using up bits and pieces of vegetables hiding in our fridge. 2) It’s easy to put together, taking less than an hour to prepare. 3) Its flavors improve while sitting overnight in the fridge, so it’s great for making ahead. Many homemade soups start with the same three ingredients: a can of beans, a can of diced tomatoes and a few tablespoons of brown rice. To reduce the amount of salt in canned beans, empty the beans into a strainer and rinse them under cool, running water. Shake the strainer to remove excess water before adding the beans to your recipe.
The difference comes from the vegetables added to the pot. We always try to include onion, celery and carrots and vary the rest depending on the season. While the vegetables and rice simmer, there is just enough time to make the meatballs. We used ground turkey breast in these meatballs, to reduce the amount of fat added to the soup. Cooking the meatballs in the soup after they’ve browned makes the broth very flavorful. We like to ladle the soup into large, shallow plates, sprinkle it with chopped parsley or grated Parmigiano Reggiano and serve it with salad and crusty whole-grain bread.
White Bean and Vegetable Soup with Meatballs
Serves 6 For the soup: n 2 T olive oil n 1 cup thinly sliced carrots n 1 cup diced onion n ¾ cup diced celery n 1 medium zucchini, diced n 1 (15-ounce) can Great Northern or cannellini beans, rinsed and drained n 1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained n 1 (14-ounce) can fat-free, reduced-sodium chicken broth n 3 cups water n 1 t Italian seasoning n ½ t salt
n¼ t freshly ground black pepper n C hopped fresh parsley, for garnish For the meatballs: n 1 pound ground turkey breast n 1 egg n 6 T seasoned dry breadcrumbs n 3 T finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley n¼ cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese t salt n¼ n ¹⁄8 t freshly ground black pepper n 1 T olive oil 1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add carrots, onion, celery and zucchini. Cook, stirring
occasionally, until onion is softened, about 7 minutes. Add beans, tomatoes, broth, water, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. 2. Cover and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes. 3. To prepare meatballs, combine turkey, egg, breadcrumbs, parsley, cheese, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Shape into 26 to 30 meatballs. 4. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add meatballs and cook until brown on all sides. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate. 5. Add meatballs to soup, cover and simmer 10 minutes or until meatballs are thoroughly cooked. Ladle into soup plates and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
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Calories in a half-cup of cooked quinoa.
WISE TO THE WORD Quinoa: Technically a fruit of the Chenopodium family, quinoa packs more protein than any other grain, yielding more than twice the protein of rice and five times more than corn. Quinoa is usually boiled whole, like rice. — Cookthink
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continued from page 1 academic year. “Some of us were asked to teach new classes, create new syllabi and do the hard work of preparing lesson plans,” said adjunct professor of American studies Cathy Corman, who retained her job. “I didn’t want to spend my summer preparing to teach a class that I wouldn’t be paid for.” A UMass spokesman said that the letter was sent in accordance with the university’s contract with its faculty union. “Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, UMass Boston is required to notify semester by semester non-tenure-track faculty before the end of the previous semester if they may not be reappointed the following semester,” spokesman DeWayne Lehman wrote in an email to the Banner. “The university was in the process of reexamining its fall schedule to meet student demand most effectively and efficiently. In order to allow time for this process to move forward, while at the same time honoring the reappointment notification deadlines specified by the faculty collective bargaining agreement, a number of non-tenure-track faculty were sent non-reappointment notices. We estimate that approximately 75 percent of those who received notices in May have been appointed to teach this fall.” For Corman, who has taught for 25 years, the letter was hard to take. Listening to Peyser deliver an address during convocation also was difficult, she said.
“I don’t want to hear that I can be uber-ized,” she told the gathering, referring to the ride-sharing company that symbolizes the gig economy. Despite the tight funding atmosphere, Peyser has rejected the notion of raising taxes. When English Professor Joseph Ramsey asked Peyser whether he would support the Fair Share amendment, a ballot question that would raise the tax rate on income in excess of $1 million, the education secretary reiterated his opposition and refused to comment further. Proponents say the measure — scheduled to be voted on in 2018 — would raise $2 billion and be dedicated to transit and education. “He refused to even back up his position today,” said Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni, whose union represents UMass professors. Madeloni said the budget cuts in the UMass system are part of a broader agenda aimed at cutting public investment in education and other public services. “There’s a very dangerous ideology at work that says we should do more with less in our public spaces, rather than we should do more with more,” she said. “What we need to do is not constrain and narrow the possibilities for education, but open them up and create more possibilities. And that means funding.”
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UMass Boston faculty of color say they have been particularly hard hit by the university’s belt-tightening. The College of Community and Public Service,
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City Councilor Tito Jackson speaks to UMass students and professors gathered to advocate for more funding. which educates a student body that largely is black and Latino, has no central administrator. Professors from CPCS have been assigned to other departments. A dean with the College of Liberal Arts recently removed the chairman of the Africana Studies Department — an unusual move in the world of academia where faculty elect department chairs — and denied tenure to two adjunct professors in that department. Student Sadie Barbosa said the treatment of the Africana Studies faculty reflects a departure from the university’s longstanding “urban mission” to educate working class Boston residents. “This is unfair,” she said during the rally. “We talk about an urban
mission when the enrollment is declining for urban students.” Barbosa read a list of demands from students taking classes in Africana Studies, including a call for the governance of the department to be returned to the faculty, the appointment of a full-time administrative assistant for the department and anti-racism training for the College of Liberal Arts dean’s office.
Question 2
Many who spoke at the demonstration Thursday also spoke out against Ballot Question 2, including City Councilor Tito Jackson, who cautioned against the outsized influence he says the New York investors bankrolling the pro-charter school campaign are
having on the ballot measure. “This is a battle against some of the most connected individuals,” he said. “The young people of Massachusetts are not your market. They are our future.” Madeloni, whose union has provided much of the more than $6 million in funding for the opposition to Question 2, said she is heartened by the results of a WBUR poll showing 48 percent of Massachusetts voters opposing charter schools and 41 percent in support. “I am confident that when we have conversations with voters, they come to our side,” she said. “People care about public education in the commonwealth, and they want it fully funded.”
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Food Biz 101 Commonwealth Kitchen and the Economic Justice Project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights have teamed up to launch a new Food Biz 101 class. The ten-week series is taught by a dynamic range of industry experts, including pro bono attorneys from Goodwin, to guide aspiring entrepreneurs through the complex challenges associated with successfully starting a food business. Classes tackle issues such as recipe scaling, cost of goods,
LEGAL labeling regulations, licensing, permitting, PR and marketing, and entity formation. At the end of the class, participants have the opportunity to test their recipes in CommonWealth Kitchen’s fully-equipped commercial kitchens. “The food industry offers tremendous opportunities for people of all backgrounds to build great local businesses, bring street life to a neighborhood, and create jobs with few barriers to entry.” said Iván Espinoza-Madrigal of the Lawyers’ Committee. “They’re powerful economic engines for closing the opportunity gap in diverse communities across Massachusetts.” However, food businesses are
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also incredibly challenging, particularly for low-income people who often lack access to capital needed to start and prove their business concept, or lack access to the business connections needed to scale their company. That’s where CommonWealth Kitchen comes in. “We provide fully-equipped kitchens for hourly rental combined with business and technical support to help aspiring entrepreneurs get off the ground. However, we find that a lot of the people coming to us with their big dream have little understanding of the complexities and challenges of what it takes to be successful. There are a lot
of great business start-up programs available, but none that deal with the specific and unique challenges of working with food. The Food Biz 101 class is filling a major gap.” said Jen Faigel from CommonWealth Kitchen. The inaugural 12-person class included an extremely diverse mix of participants, including 60 percent women and 90 percent people of color. Food Biz 101 culminates in a pitch competition where participants have the opportunity to share their business ideas with industry experts. The winner from the inaugural class, Teresa Maynard, plans to launch Sweet
Teez Bakery with her cousin, Keata Hamilton, later this year. Maynard and Hamilton grew up in Dorchester’s Codman Square area where they are now raising their own children. Growing up with food allergies and now raising kids with similar allergies, the entrepreneurs realized a simple peanut can make the search for a good cupcake near impossible. Tired of constantly traveling outside of their community to purchase cupcakes and still having to worry about the ingredients, the entrepreneurs have set out to produce delicious, high quality baked goods that will be sold in their Dorchester neighborhood.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16P1690GD In the interests of Jurnee McBride of Mattapan, MA Minor
NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor 1.
2.
NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 07/27/2016 by Tieaste Love of Mattapan, MA will be held 10/03/2016 08:30 AM Motion Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114. Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to:
time as the Court upon motion may order), you must file a written affidavit of objections stating the specific facts and grounds upon which each objection is based and a copy shall be served upon the Conservator pursuant to Rule 3 of the Supplemental Rules of the Probate & Family Court. You have the right to send to the Conservator, by registered or certified mail, a written request to receive a copy of the Petition and account(s) at no cost to you. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 25, 2016
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing. 3. 4.
Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor. Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.
THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice. Date: August 25, 2016
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16C0330CA In the matter of Latisha Holland of Boston, MA
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16D1501DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Gabrielle Verneret
vs.
Pierre Leclerc Archil
SUFFOLK Division
DOCKET NO. SU14P2607PM
In the matter of: Margaret M. McNamara Protected Person/Disabled Person/Respondent Of: Mattapan, MA CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF CONSERVATOR’S ACCOUNT To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, you are hereby notified pursuant to Rule 72 of the Supplemental Rules of the Probate and Family Court, that the 1st Annual Account of Conservator account(s) of Mary E. Crehan of Quincy, MA as Conservator of the property of said Respondent has or have been presented to the Court for allowance. You have the right to object to the account(s). If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 10/05/2016. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to object to the account(s). If you fail to file the written appearance and objection by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you, including the allowance of the account(s). Additionally, within thirty days after said return day (or within such other
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE Sealed proposals submitted on a form furnished by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) and clearly identified as a bid, endorsed with the name and address of the bidder, the project and contract number, will be received at the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108, no later than the date and time specified and will forthwith be publicly opened and read aloud. Sub-Bids at 12:00 Noon: OCTOBER 13, 2016 Every Filed Sub-Bidder must submit a valid Sub-Bidder Certificate of Eligibility with its bid and must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance in the category of sub-bid work for which they bid.
The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN.
Every General Bidder must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance for the category of work and for no less than the bid price plus all add alternates of this project, if applicable.
The Complaint is on file at the Court.
The Category of Work is: General Building Construction
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: Gabrielle Verneret, 1939 Dorchester Ave. #2, Dorchester, MA 02124 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 8, 2016
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Lakisha Candy O’Bryant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 24, 2016 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
General Bids at 2:00 PM: OCTOBER 27, 2016
A petition has been presented by Latisha Holland requesting that Latisha Holland be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:
WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 9, 2016 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.
To the Defendant:
To all persons interested in a petition described:
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 10/12/2016.
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SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16P1832GD
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Thomas Collins Of Boston, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by DMH c/o Office of General Counsel of Westborough, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Thomas Collins is in need of a Guardian and requesting that DMH c/o Office of General Counsel of Westborough, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 10/05/2016. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a
Mass. State Project No. DCP1448 Contract No. HC1 DCP - McCormack Building - Cafeteria Renovations Boston, MA And the following Filed Sub-Bids: Tile, Acoustical Tile, Plumbing, HVAC, and Electrical. E.C.C: $436,000.00 This project is scheduled for 90 days to substantial completion. Scope: Renovations to the kitchen, dishwashing and deli areas. It is intended that the cafeteria be operational throughout construction. A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 @ 10:00 AM at the site. Meet in lobby of McCormack Building. Contact Jeff Novak at 857-204-1379 or Bob Gray at 857-204-1481. Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Commissioner of the Division of Occupational Safety under the provisions of Sections 26 and 27, Chapter 149 of the General Laws. Wage rates are listed in the contract form portion of specification book. Each general bid and sub-bid proposal must be secured by an accompanying deposit of 5% of the total bid amount, including all alternates, in the form of a bid bond, in cash, a certified, treasurer’s, or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The bidding documents for this project are available in DCAMM’s E-Bid Room at no cost to the bidder. For more information on accessing the E-Bid Room go to www.mass.gov/dcamm/bids. The documents can also be may be examined at the DCAMM Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108 Tel (617) 727-4003, bidroom.dcamm@state. ma.us. A limited number of paper copies and CDs are available. Paper copies may be obtained by depositing a company check, treasurer’s check, cashier’s check, bank check or money order in the sum of $50.00 payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No personal checks or cash will be accepted as deposits. Refunds for paper copies will be made to those returning the documents in satisfactory condition on or before NOVEMBER 10, 2016 (ten business days after the opening of General Bids) otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Commonwealth. WE DO NOT MAIL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Messenger and other types of pick-up and delivery services are the agents of the bidder and the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance assumes no responsibility for delivery or receipt of the documents. Bidders are encouraged to take advantage of a rotating credit plans and specifications deposit program initiated by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance to encourage the easy accessibility of documents to contractors. Carol W. Gladstone COMMISSIONER
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INVITATION TO BID
REAL ESTATE
Affordable Homeownership
The Greenwood Memorial Church in Dorchester requests bids for Roof Repairs and miscellaneous exterior repairs at the Greenwood Memorial Church, which is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The project is being partially funded by an emergency grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund through the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Holliston, MA
Wedgewood Drive and Holliston Buy-Down Program
3-Bedroom Units - $213,000 Single Family Detached Homes!
All work must be performed in accordance with the documents prepared by McGinley Kalsow & Associates, Inc., Architects and Planners, 324 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145 (617-625-8901) info@mcginleykalsow.com and meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. State law prohibits discrimination. Awarding of this contract is subject to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity guidelines. A copy of the contract documents may be obtained after September 23, 2016 by writing or telephoning the architect at the above address.
Applications accepted through 11/14/16, 1 pm Lottery 11/30/16 Application and Lottery Information: Housing@Sudbury.Ma.US 278 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, MA 01776, 978-639-3387
Bids shall be evaluated on the basis of price, previous experience with similar types of construction projects, ability to perform the work in a timely manner, and references. All bids must be delivered to the architect’s office at the above address prior to 1:00 PM, October 14, 2016 to be eligible for consideration.
Income Limit 80% Boston AMI Asset Limits and Deed Restrictions Apply
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES The Brookline Housing Authority is soliciting proposals for the professional services of an engineer for the upgrade of a fire alarm system at one of its federally assisted elderly/disabled housing developments - the Kickham Apartments located at 190 Harvard Street and replacement of an emergency generator at another one of its federally assisted elderly/disabled developments - Sussman House located at 50 Pleasant Street, Brookline, Massachusetts.
Affordable Rental Housing Opportunity / Selection By Lottery 1 , 2 & 3 BR Apts.
Services will include design, cost estimates, preparation of bidding/contract documents, assistance in bidding, and contract administration. The total construction budget for both projects is $255,000. Electronic bidding through BidDocsOnline.com is planned.
MBE/WBE and Section 3 business concerns are encouraged to apply.
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75 Amory Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
DESCRIPTION
WRA-2625
Purchase of One (1) New 10/04/16 Diesel Powered 10-Wheel Truck with 26-Ton Telescopic Boom (per Specifications)
12:00 p.m.
Purchase of New Materials for an 8’ x 5’ Mezzanine (per Specifications)
12:00 p.m.
WRA-2627
DATE
10/04/16
TIME
Rents* $1028 $841 ** $1233 $1010 ** $1409 $1150 **
Program Type 60% 50% 30% 60% 50% 30% 60% 50% 30%
75
Info Session:
WRA-4280
Purchase of Kynar Piping & 10/05/16 Fittings – Translucent (of Equal)
10:00 a.m.
WRA-4283
Purchase of Ultrasonic Portable 10/05/16 Flowmeters
2:00 p.m.
To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com.
# of Apts. 4 2 4 16 2 1 3 4 3
Applications available beginning 2. 9/26/16 at: • Julia Martin House, 90 Bickford St., Jamaica Plain or • online Live75Amory.com; • or by phone 617.983.0052 (TTY 711) **Rent determined by PHA based on income of applicant
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Type 1BR 1BR 1BR 2BR 2BR 2BR 3BR 3BR 3BR
REAL ESTATE The Elm at Island Creek Village located in Duxbury, MA
Wollaston Manor 91 Clay Street Quincy, MA 02170
Senior Living At It’s Best
A senior/disabled/ handicapped community
Information Session: Th. 10/6/16, 7:30 pm Holliston Town Hall, Room 105 703 Washington Street, Holliston
A pre-bid meeting will be held at the Church at 378 A Washington Street, Dorchester, MA on Tuesday, September 27 at 3:00 PM for contractors.
Proposals must be received by 4:30 PM, October 5, 2016. A briefing session and site visit is scheduled for September 28, 2016 at 10:30 AM at 190 Harvard Street, Brookline. Attendance is not mandatory. To obtain an application package contact Sharon Cowan, Director of Modernization, preferably by email to scowan@brooklinehousing.org or call 617-731-9551.
REAL ESTATE
Mail completed application to: 3. October 5 - 4 & 6 P.M. Peabody Properties, c/o 75 Amory Lottery, 536 Granite St., Braintree, MA 02184; or Held at Julia Martin House, 90 Bickford St., fax: 617.983.0078 Deadline: Postmarked by Oct. 26, 2016 Jamaica Plain, MA Maximum Income Limits (as of 3/28/16)*: Lottery Drawing: #HH 30% AMI 50% AMI 60% AMI Time, Date and 1 $20,650 $34,350 $39,450 Location T.B.D. 2 $23,600 $39,250 $45,180 3 $26,550 $44,150 $50,820 4 $29,450 $49,050 $56,460 *Preferences may apply, min. 1 per bedroom. Median income levels, rents & utility allowances 5 $31,850 $53,000 $61,020 are subject to change based on HUD guidelines 6 $34,200 $56,900 $65,520 (HUD.gov). Please inquire in advance for
75 AMORY
reasonable accommodation. Info contained herein subject to change w/o notice.
0 BR units = $1,027/mo 1 BR units = $1,101/mo All utilities included.
Call Sandy Miller,
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Includes: n Heat and electricity n Private bathroom n Off-street parking n Close to commuter rail and Red Line n Cable ready n Share kitchen and living room
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Sale Price: $228,378 Colonial Style, 6 Room, 3 Bedroom, 1 ½ Bath, Gas Heat Maximum Income Limits: 2 Person Household: $58,450 3 Person Household: $65,750 4 Person Household: $73,050 5 Person Household: $78,900 Maximum Household Asset Limit is $75,000.
Serious inquiries only No couples Contact Darrell Ramsey (617) 903-2000
Priority given to households with need for bedrooms. You Must Be a 1st Time Home Buyer. Applications Due by Oct 6 in Town Administrator’s Office at 355 East Central Street, Franklin, MA 02038. Applications available at: www.franklin.ma.us then Depart ments/Administrator/Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Contact Maxine at 508-520-4949 or mkinhart@franklin.ma.us
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New 1,2 & 3 Bedroom Affordable Apartments and Townhomes- Fall 2016
Accepting applications for 3 housing lotteries for 49 apartments for the following affordable programs: Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC), Project Based Voucher (PBV) and MRVP Project Based Voucher (MRVP) Programs Income Guidelines Household Size (HH)
PBV/MRVP (30% AMI) Maximum Income
LIHTC (30% AMI) Maximum Income
MRVP (50% AMI) Maximum Income
LIHTC (60% AMI) Maximum Income
AFFORDABLE RENTAL OPPORTUNITY
PINE HOMES APARTMENTS Will be accepting applications for a lottery to be held to re-open the 2 bedroom project based section 8 waitlist.
To qualify for these waitlists, income limits apply. All applicants will be screened for eligibility. Use & Occupancy Restrictions Apply.
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1 Person HH
$20,650
$20,610
$34,350
$41,220
Household Size
30%
50% AMI
2 Person HH
$23,600
$23,550
$39,250
$47,100
1 Person Household
$18,350
$36,900
3 Person HH
$26,550
$26,490
$44,150
$52,980
2 Person Household
$20,950
$42,180
4 Person HH
$29,450
$29,430
$49,050
$58,860
3 Person Household
$23,550
$47,460
Full-time, 12-week training plus internship. Job placement assistance provided. FREE TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY!
5 Person HH
$31,850
$31,800
$53,000
$63,600
4 Person Household
$26,150
$52,680
6 Person HH
$34,200
$34,140
$56,900
$68,280
5 Person Household
$28,250
$56,940
Minimum income guidlines apply for the LIHTC Program only.
6 Person Household
$30,350
$61,140
For the PBV and MRVP programs rents are based on household income. LIHTC rents range from $552 up to $1530 based upon bedroom size less applicable utility allowance. Residents are responsible to pay electricity only. How to Get an Application: The Application intake period will begin on Monday September 26, 2016. Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday from 10 am to 4 pm; Wednesdays from 10 am to 7 pm; and Saturdays from 10 am - 2 pm
7 Person Household
$32,450
$65,340
8 Person Household
$34,550
$69,540
Applications can be picked up in person, emailed, faxed or mailed from the Island Creek Village Leasing Office: 42 Tremont Street, Duxbury, MA Applications MUST BE POST MARKED, EMAILED, FAXED OR DELIVERED IN PERSON BY 5:00 pm November 30, 2016 The placement of your application will be decided by a lottery held at 2:00 pm December 13, 2016 at the Duxbury Council On Aging
Attendance is not required for the lottery
Information Sessions: October 3, 2016 at 2:00 pm October 21, 2016 at 2:00 pm November 18, 2016 at 2:00 pm All information sessions will be held at the Duxbury Council On Aging located at 10 Mayflower Street,Duxbury, MA 02332 For more info or to request a reasonable accommodation, call 781-934-6714, TTY 711 or email islandcreekinfo@beaconcommunitiesllc.com Language assistance available This is a Smoke Free Community
How to Get an Application: Applications will be distributed between September 26 - October 7, 2016 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Mon,Tues, Wed & Fri; 10:00 am to 7:00 pm on Thursday; and Saturday October 1, 2016 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Two information sessions will be held on September 29, 2016 at 11:00am and 6:00 pm at The Pines’ Community Room Applications can be picked up in person, emailed, faxed or US Mail from the The Pine’s Leasing Office: 469 Pine Grove Drive, Brockton, MA 02301 Applications MUST BE POST MARKED, EMAILED, FAXED OR DELIVERED IN PERSON BY October 17, 2016 at 4:00pm or if sent via U.S. Mail postmarked by Oct. 17, 2016 (The office will be closed on Oct. 10th 2016 in observance of Columbus Day)
The placement of your application on the waiting list will be decided by a lottery held at 10:00 am October 27, 2016 at The Pines’ Community Room
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Senior Project Manager Sought Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC) seeks a Senior Project Manager to join our Real Estate team. MPDC is an active and established community development corporation (CDC) that serves the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston with our housing and community development activities. We have developed over 1,400 units of affordable rental and homeownership housing and more than 83,000 square feet of commercial space. MPDC currently has several residential and commercial projects in development or in construction, and a healthy pipeline of projects and opportunities. MPDC is seeking a highly organized individual with significant project management and staff supervision experience. The Senior Project Manager will oversee a number of housing and mixed-use development projects in various stages of planning and development. S/he will supervise some of our project management team, and will have opportunities for increased levels of responsibility over time. For more information, see www.madison-park.org. Please submit a resume and a cover letter documenting your experience and salary requirements to: Ann L Silverman Consulting, mparkseniorprojectmanager2016@gmail.com. Madison Park Development Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Roxbury residents, people of color and women are encouraged to apply.
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Supervisor, Inventory & Maintenance The Supervisor, Inventory & Maintenance at the Massachusetts Port Authority directs and controls day to day operation of the Maritime stockroom and assists with distribution and tracking of maintenance work orders and activities. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or equivalent professional work experience required.
Manager, Central Stockroom The Manager, Central Stockroom at the Massachusetts Port Authority manages the Logan Central Stockroom including the Logan Inventory and the Baggage Handling Inventory to ensure Aviation Mission is accomplished through training and motivation of staff. EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree in Facilities or Business Management preferred or equivalent professional work experience.
EXPERIENCE: 3 - 5 years’ maintenance operations experience and related experience in a material handling warehouse operation environment required. Prior supervisory experience preferred. UNIQUE EXPERTISE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATIONS: 1. Knowledge of maritime maintenance requirements. 2. Knowledge of computerized inventory control systems. 3. Strong administrative background with good oral and computer skills. 4. Ability to pass a Massport controlled substance test and security background checks.
EXPERIENCE: 3-5 years of related experience in the management or operation of a multi-discipline maintenance operation of a large physical plant required. Demonstrated organizational and systems management skills. Proven experience in support of Facility Warehouse operation and maintenance functions. For a detailed description, visit Massport website and apply online by clicking on the job title you are interested in and clicking on the “Apply” link! http://agency.governmentjobs.com/massport/default.cfm
For a detailed description, visit Massport website and apply online by clicking on the job title you are interested in and clicking on the “Apply” link! http://agency.governmentjobs.com/massport/default.cfm
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ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR/ ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER The Town of Easton is accepting applications for a qualified individual to fill the position of Assistant Planning Director/Environmental Planner, full time, 40 hours per week. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Planning or related field; five years’ experience in environmental management, especially focused on wetlands protection, municipal planning employing land use law, land use regulations, and environmental law, or any equivalent combination of education and experience. Massachusetts Class D motor vehicle operator’s license required. American Institute of Certified Planners designation preferred. Duties include but are not limited to assisting the Director of Planning & Economic Development in leading and coordinating department responsibilities, performs technical, administrative and project management work coordinating local land use endeavors including conservation and wetlands protection; conservation and recreation land use acquisition and management; agricultural and forest land protection; shaping short and long range land use needs and goals of the town through policy recommendations and public outreach. Regular attendance at evening meetings is required. This is a union position with a starting annual salary of $78,000 with excellent benefits. Full salary range is $78,000 – $102,920. 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 October 11, 2016. The Town of Easton is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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Please see our website to learn about On The Rise and see a detailed job description: http://ontherise.org/. The Operations Manager role is an opportunity for an experienced administrative professional to work at a managerial level in a part-time (24 hours per week) schedule. The Operations Manager supervises two full-time Operations Associates responsible for the essential administrative functions of the organization, and manages/coordinates: an external bookkeeping service, an outsourced IT company, a payroll service, a cleaning service, and other contracted services. The position reports to the Executive Director. Due to the broad scope of responsibilities, the Operations Manager also has a “dotted line” reporting relationship with the Director of Programs and works closely with the Safe Haven Manager. Areas of responsibility: Financial and accounting - Facility and office management - Human resources - Contracts, insurance and risk management - Information technology Qualifications: Commitment to On The Rise’s mission and programmatic approach – BS in accounting and minimum 5 years of related work experience required - Supervisory experience required - Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and QuickBooks required - High degree of comfort with technology and online applications needed (PC environment) - Direct service experience or exposure to homeless/trauma a plus To apply: Please email resume and cover letter to martha.sandler@ontherise.org with “Operations Manager” in the subject header.
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Support clinical team in meeting day to day patient care needs. May include admission, visits, and case management.
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Responsible for coordinating and providing high quality multidisciplinary home healthcare services for patients. Qualifications: Licensed to practice in MA; Minimum 1 year in acute care setting or comparable work experience; home care experience preferred. To learn more about VNA Care Network contact Jennifer_MacFaden@vnacare.org call 781-247-0460.
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The Administrative Professional Program is a, hands-on, professional skills training program for adults, like you, seeking to take advantage of administrative employment opportunities in today’s professional office environment. You will learn and be prepared to showcase your professional skills and take advantage of many employment opportunities available in: n Hospitals n Banking
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The Administrative Professional Program will provide you with knowledge and in demand computer skills employers are seeking and paying for now! You will develop new skills and self- confidence for personal success because: n Classes are small, friendly and personal (10-15 students). n Located in the South End of Boston and on MBTA bus/subway lines. n Hands-on, step-by-step, classroom and at-home activities. n 24/7 internet access to lessons, tutorials and study guides. n “Learn by doing” individual and group activities. n Certificate of Achievement and job placement assistance.
Class schedule: Monday-Friday 9:30 A.M-2:00 P.M. Training Grants available to qualifying applicants. FOR MORE INFORMATION… Contact: Computer Learning Resources, 464 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
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