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Black firms tackle major hotel project Diversity participation criteria may set national precedent By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
A development expected to become the fourth largest hotel in Boston and the rest of the state is slated for development by a team with significant minority involvement. The $550 million, 1,054-room hotel will be built on Summer and D Streets in South Boston’s Seaport District, and situated across from the Boston Convention and Exposition Center. The facility is intended to fulfill BCEC’s convention, event operations and meeting needs as well as host local residents with expected completion in 2021. Massachusetts Port Authority, which owns the land, selected a collaboration between Dallas-based Omni Resorts and Hotels and New Boston Hospitality, LLC as developers. Massport’s request for proposals established minority participation as one of four equally-weighted priorities that guided the review and selection process. Kenn Turner, Massport’s director of diversity and inclusion and
compliance said that to his knowledge, this is the first time any agency in the city, state or country has inserted such strong language around diversity. “Across the country, no one has done this,” Turner told the Banner. ““If you truly wanted to be competitive [in this request for proposals], you had to have a comprehensive diversity program, soup to nuts, across all aspects of the program.” While minorities more often are engaged in construction work, the RFP also called for inclusion in ownership, architecture, design and management operations, Turner said. The requirement was successful: Minority leadership is present in every step of the project. This includes development, construction, architectural design and investing. For the project’s general contractor, developers secured Janey Construction in a joint venture with Winchester-based John Moriarty & Associates. The architectural design work was done by Stull & Lee in collaboration with Moody Nolan and Elkus Manfredi
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Dorotea Manuela of the Boston May Day Coalition, an alliance of immigrant rights groups, spoke during a rally on the State House Steps, flanked by Sen. Jamie Eldridge (left) and Roxana Rivera, 32BJ SEIU vice president. The coalition has scheduled marches on May 1 to promote legislation to protect immigrants and other workers.
Cosecha takes new tack on immigration advocacy Movement zeros in on opinions of public, not politicians By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
When President’s Donald Trump’s first travel ban stranded four families at Logan airport, members of Movimiento Cosecha, an immigrant rights movement with a distinct strategy, rapidly rose to respond. Activists arranged an airport-site rally that drew politicians such as Mayor Martin Walsh and state Sen. Elizabeth Warren and provided lawyers leverage to win the families’ release, one of the
activists, Rodrigo Saavedra, told the Banner previously. That protest was arranged in about an hour and a half. On that Saturday, Cosecha members decided at 4 p.m. that they needed to respond with a protest. Their 5:30 p.m. Facebook announcement ultimately drew about 1,500 people by the demonstration’s 10:30 p.m. ending, Saavedra said. Saavedra and others active in Cosecha have been generating attention via actions that focus on tapping into and leveraging
ON THE WEB May First Coalition actions: www.facebook.com/events/1461135840565583 Moviemiento Cosecha May 1 strike:
www.lahuelga.com/home existing energy in activist and immigrant communities. The movement focuses on shifting public opinion, rather than advocating specific legislation to policymakers.
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City reveals capital spending plan Funds school bldgs, streets, libraries, parks By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
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Mayor Martin Walsh unveiled his capital budget proposal to a gathering in East Boston’s Central Square last week.
Mayor Martin Walsh introduced a $2.08 billion five-year spending proposal last week that features investments in school facilities, library branches, open spaces, crosswalk and traffic signal improvements, and other initiatives spread throughout the city. Speaking to a crowd gathered outside in East Boston’s Central Square, Walsh said the 2018-2022 capital plan acts on several of the
recommendations from Imagine Boston 2030, Boston’s first citywide planning effort in 50 years. Walsh told attendees that the budget’s federal dollars — amounting to approximately $300 million —already have been allocated by the legislative branch and cannot be retracted by President Donald Trump. However, several major park renovations and affordable housing redevelopments hinge on city officials’ assumption that the Winthrop Square garage sale will conclude with the $153 million
ON THE WEB Capital projects plan: https://budget.boston.
gov/capital-projects price tag they anticipate. Walsh’s plan funnels $151 million into City Council District 7, currently represented by mayoral challenger Tito Jackson, which represents the greatest investment in any one district. The city council will review the budget over the next several weeks before voting on it. Jackson was not available for comment for this story.
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Unions mobilize national, local networks against Trump SEIU members call for vigilance on federal policy that impacts workers’ quality of life By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Members of several SEIU chapters turned out on the State House steps last week to rally with Congresswoman Katherine Clark. Speakers called for residents to stay attentive to policy emerging from the Trump administration and be ready to rise in response. “Labor has always been at the center in this country for fighting for justice,” Rep. Clark told demonstrators. Roxana Rivera, vice president of 32BJ SEIU, and other union members made clear that they view President Donald Trump’s agenda as a threat to working families and the middle class. Rivera noted that Trump advocates tax cuts for the wealthy and installs corporate billionaires into powerful public positions while pushing policy that threatens workers’ access to health care, workplace protections and life stability, via attacks on the Affordable Care Act, industry regulations and immigrants. “Trump’s agenda has a clear purpose — to consolidate power for the one percent,” Rivera said.
National action
The Trump administration has sparked counteraction from unions, including state-level policy advocacy as well as work to mobilize nationwide networks.
“Despite attempts to advance an extreme and divisive federal agenda that hurts working families, workers across Massachusetts are uniting with our allies to ensure the Commonwealth continues to lead the nation on affordable healthcare coverage, inclusion and economic justice,” Rivera said. Nikko Mendoza is the communications director of 1199SEIU, which represents health care workers. Maintaining Medicaid support and the Affordable Care Act are among her group’s top priorities. Mendoza told the Banner that with many of Massachusetts SEIU members and congressional representatives in agreement on these issues, union members instead have organized to push for action in other states. SEIU members partnered with like-minded local organizations to make phone calls to voters in congressional districts across the U.S. that are represented by moderate Republicans. Callers discuss their concerns on Medicaid and health care with these voters, and use a phone system that can patch voters directly through to their member of congress, should they be willing to speak to their representative. 1199SEIU members first tested this strategy with voters in Maine, where they connected them to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. A moderate Republican, Collins voted in January in favor of initating Affordable Care
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Members of several SEIU chapters rallied with U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark at the State House last week. Act repeal, while supporting protections against cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. In March 2017, Collins came out in opposition to the Republican’s replacement bill. More recently, 1199SEIU members have been calling voters in Pennsylvania’s swing congressional district, Mendoza said. Anestien Bentick, an 1199SEIU member and a lead medical assistant at South Boston Community Health Center, told protestors that earlier this year, SEIU members reached out to families and friends, then phoned members of Congress to ask for action to preserve the ACA. Bentick pointed to the failure of the Trump administration’s bid to repeal the ACA as evidence of the power of individuals working together. “We showed that when the power
of collective action comes together, what we can do,” Bentick said. But, she cautioned, that bid to change health care was only the first, and activists must remain vigilant. The national SEIU also has been targeting advertising and messaging at key state, Mendoza said. Still, SEIU’s primary focus has been on the local level. These local efforts include encouraging residents to attend community meetings and town hall forums as well as reach out to their legislative representatives and social contacts.
Local priorities
On the state level, Massachusetts’ SEIU members are pushing an array of bills, including a $15 minimum wage for private sector human services workers, passage of the Safe Communities Act,
home care industry regulation and criminal justice reforms that include the elimination of mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. Another bill is intended to reduce the monetary barrier to political participation by allowing small payroll deductions to be directed into donations to social welfare nonprofit organizations and PACs. Further measures include taxing endowments of private nonprofit higher education institutions and using the revenue to subsidize higher education, early education and child care for low-income and middle-class residents and a bill that requires large physician organizations to contribute financial support to community and safety net hospitals.
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Voters: the essential element of democracy The struggle for equal rights for African Americans is a never-ending battle. There always seems to be an impediment from those who, even subconsciously, harbor views of white superiority. The most reliable and easily perceived expression of black power is a solid voter turnout. MassVOTE is committed to assuring a strong turnout in every election. Unfortunately, the importance of a solid vote is not always so clearly understood by blacks. During the Jim Crow era, blacks in the South were denied access to white drinking fountains, public schools, and swimming pools and restaurants. Most of those denials could be described as petty discrimination, but keeping blacks from the polls was deadly serious. Those in power fully understood the threat to their status of an enlightened and active black electorate. As battle fatigue set in for blacks, especially in places where the threat from whites had diminished, sometime the urgency of voting suffered. One of the major tasks of MassVOTE is to revive and maintain an interest in voting, not only among blacks but among youth and others in Massachusetts. Presidential elections provide a good
opportunity to assess political clout by race or ethnicity. In Barack Obama’s reelection in 2012, the black turnout in Massachusetts was 66 percent, compared with 64 percent for whites, 48 percent for Hispanics and 47 percent for Asians. Having Obama at the top of the ticket induced a strong black turnout. MassVOTE conducts a massive drive to generate political participation among many who might otherwise have limited interest. Their field work in 2016 included 59,265 phone calls as well as knocking on 49,955 doors. This effort is necessary to create concern about elections among youth and families with modest income. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau revealed that in 2014, 55 percent of the voters were 60 years old or older, and only 16 percent of those 18-29 showed up at the polls. Also, 77 percent of the voters in 2012 had household incomes of more than $75,600. At no time in recent memory have the principles of democracy that are the nation’s foundation been more threatened. It is critical for citizens to provide the volunteers and financial resources to enable MassVOTE to accelerate its efforts.
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An idea whose time has come During the 2016 presidential campaign, Sen. Bernie Sanders pledged to provide free tuition at public colleges and universities. This was attacked by conservatives as unrealistically expensive. However, public colleges in California and City College of New York once were tuition free. Earlier this month, New York officials announced a deal that will make tuition free at both SUNY and CUNY for families with annual incomes up to $125,000. Now Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has proposed free tuition at community colleges for Boston public school graduates. The efficacy of free tuition as a boost to academic achievement has been established. It was not uncommon for affluent benefactors to pay the college expenses of deserving students, but Eugene Lang, a successful
New York businessman, took that form of philanthropy to a new level. At an inspirational talk in 1981 at his old grammar school, P.S. 121 on East 103rd Street, a low income neighborhood, Lang promised to pay the college expenses of every student who was admitted to a four-year college. About half of the students were able to accept Lang’s offer and attend college. That is an extremely high rate of college attendance. The requirements for Walsh’s plan are simple. The applicant must be admitted to a community college and qualify for a Pell Grant. The City of Boston will pay any expense for tuition and fees that are not covered by the amount of the Pell Grant. The only problem now is to make sure that this opportunity is properly communicated to the people.
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Louisville MD David Dao has so far taken the high road in the furor over his getting mauled, manhandled, and then summarily booted from a United Airlines flight. He has expressed thanks and appreciation to the thousands who have cheered and expressed their outrage over his mistreatment by United. Now that’s a sharp contrast to what Dao reportedly said and shouted before his ejection. He minced no words and said that he was being kicked off because “I’m Chinese.” There is, of course, no smoking gun evidence that Dao was singled out because he’s Chinese; no slurs at him by any of the agents that confronted him, and no discernible pattern of booting other Asian passengers from United or any other airlines. However, there are several reasons that the Dao ejection rams the issue of racial profiling back into ugly glare. The rules on who can or can’t get bumped from a flight are hardly the model of precision. They include such things as whether passengers can conveniently catch a connecting flight, to unaccompanied minors, to those with disabilities. The selection process then pretty much boils down to a judgment call by the airlines. And it was that seemingly less than randomness that instantly prompted Dao to scream that he was singled out because he was Chinese. The horrendous, cover-your-rear statement by United CEO Oscar Munoz that Dao was being belligerent and thus he got, and deserved, the roughhouse treatment simply confirmed that Munoz was not simply a clueless CEO, but had rushed to typecast Dao as the villain in the sorry drama. If that wasn’t enough, the dirt quickly flew about Dao. The narrative was no longer that Dao was a respected doctor, brutalized by the dictate of an insensitive airlines, and strong arm cops. Now he was a doctor with a shady past. He was convicted of drug dealing and had his license suspended. Unless United and the cops that bounced him from the plane were clairvoyants, there was no way they could know this. And even if they did there’s nothing in any of the overbearing guidelines about who can or can’t be bumped from a flight that someone convicted of a crime must get the boot from an overbooked flight. It was the hideous old ploy that we’ve seen time and again when police are on the hot seat for gunning down or brutalizing a minority. That is dig up any dirt, usually a criminal record of the victim, and plaster it all over the front pages. The implication being that the victim was a bad guy and deserved what he got. In 2016, the mounting allegations of racial profiling on airlines raised the hackles of the Congressional Asian Pacific Caucus. It sent a pointed letter to an airlines industry group demanding to know the policy of the airlines in regard to dealing with Arab and Muslim passengers. By then the screams of “flying while Muslim” on airlines had risen to a roar. It had prompted several lawsuits and protests by Muslims over alleged profiling that included being subject to detention, given the third degree during security checks, and being ejected from a flight. The airline group gave the pro forma response. It denied the targeting charge and claimed that the airlines adhered to a rigid policy of non-discrimination. The Caucus pushed hard to get the airlines to spell out exactly what steps it took to ensure that passengers weren’t singled out because of their religion or ethnicity on flights. It also asked whether the airlines required diversity training for its employees. There was no indication that the airline group ever provided the Caucus a detailed accounting of just what the airlines do to back up their claim that their employees don’t engage in profiling. Even after the colossal fallout from the brutalizing of Dao, United’s grab at damage control still didn’t include any detailed account of what it does to ensure that as the airlines fondly put it that all passengers are treated with dignity. It still offered the usual vague PR pabulum that the airline is reviewing its policies and making changes where needed to insure there’s no repeat of the Dao incident. Time will tell whether United can completely dodge the bullet from the outrage. However, time has told that there are just enough horror stories involving airline passengers that look like Dao and certainly Muslim passengers, to make a mockery of the airlines claim that their friendly skies are anything but friendly to the Daos.
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There needs to be better organizing in communities to help people understand the impact of the decisions government makes on their communities.
It’s a stage show. There’s nothing to vote for, especially in the last election. We need better candidates.
Monica Roberts
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I don’t know. All the information is out there for people to make decisions. I just think people lack trust in the candidates.
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We need to get better people running. Sometimes people see the candidates and say, “None of the above.”
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First it starts with education. We have to continue to educate people about how government plays a role in their everyday life and that voting really does matter, because that’s how you make a difference.
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Better candidates and better voter education.
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TANYA FREEMAN-WISDOM Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang announced his appointment of longtime BPS school leader Tanya Freeman-Wisdom as the permanent headmaster of the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science. Freeman-Wisdom, a 1993 graduate of the O’Bryant and a 20-year BPS educator, has served as acting headmaster of the exam high school since July 2016. The O’Bryant headmaster screening committee unanimously recommended Freeman-Wisdom as the finalist for the headmaster position to Superintendent Chang. The committee consisted of 11 members, including parents, teachers, members of the Boston Teachers Union and a student representative. Freeman-Wisdom said her mission at the O’Bryant will be to build on the school’s longtime success and improve academic achievement for all of its students. “I am excited to lead the school
that shaped me as a thinker, learner, listener and leader,” Freeman-Wisdom said. “Through collaboration with students, families, teachers and community members, my goal is to ensure all students experience a greater level of success than imagined. I am committed to fostering an environment where our core values of perseverance, respect, integrity, discipline and excellence are demonstrated in the behaviors of all O’Bryant community members.” Under Freeman-Wisdom’s leadership over the past year, the O’Bryant has received a $186,000 grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to enhance STEM education. Freeman-Wisdom has also secured a $5,000 grant from Saucony in the name of Jared Ward, an undergraduate professor at Brigham Young University, a 2016 Olympic marathoner and a Saucony athlete. This grant will
be used to support math instruction. In addition, she has worked to develop a fine arts program at the O’Bryant and empowered teachers to become leaders within the school community.
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Trend En Motion wins Beantown Bounce
PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT Modern technology and changing reader habits have caused dramatic crises in the newspaper publishing industry. Some dailies have been forced to close and others have had to modify their business models in order to survive. Even weeklies have been affected. At the Bay State Banner, management has developed plans for the digital website to provide economic efficiencies. The need for reliable news coverage of importance to Boston’s cosmopolitan community continues. Citizens have depended on the Banner for more than 50 years. The modest changes in help wanted advertising and publication of events will contribute to the strategy of sustaining the Banner for another 50 years.
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Before the preference for digital help wanted ads developed, the Bay State Banner usually published 10 pages or more of help wanted ads each week. Clearly, the Banner ads worked, but the more modest cost of digital technology was irresistible to advertisers. Now the Banner has developed an efficient digital system that will simplify the efforts of human resource executives to recruit needed staff. And the system is cost-effective. What is more, a digital help wanted Banner ad will reach a youthful, more highly-educated and metropolitan-oriented audience on the Banner website. Yes, Banner help wanted ads still work! Go to baystatebanner.com, click the “classified” indicator, then follow the directions. Place the advertisement of your choice on the Banner website, then sit back and await the responses.
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Roxbury-based Trend En Motion, first prize winner of the Beantown Bounce, hold their $1,000 check along with special guest judge Andretta Garnes (center). The “BOUNCE” brought 1,500 fans to Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center in Roxbury on April 15, where they cheered on teams of talented dancers, singers and rappers. The annual Beantown Bounce was started by four female artists in 2005 to showcase youth talent and combat neighborhood violence.
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UMass students, staff voice concerns at trustee meeting Many blast Motley’s perceived ouster, speak out against cuts, dropped courses By YAWU MILLER
Students, faculty and staff from UMass Boston interrupted a meeting of the UMass Board of Trustees chanting “No cuts, no hikes! Education is a right!” last Thursday, underscoring anger that surfaced after revelations the school’s annual deficit may be as high as $30 million, along with what many perceive as the forced resignation of Chancellor Keith Motley. “UMass Boston made invaluable progress under the chancellorship of J. Keith Motley,” said Pantea Fatemi Ardestani, a student member of the board of trustees, who argued that the costly reconstruction that many say has jeopardized the finances of the campus were long overdue. “It has had the approval of the board of trustees since its inception,” she said of the reconstruction work. Motley announced April 4 that he would step down at the end of the academic year after the university revealed a budget deficit estimated at $30 million for next year. UMass officials have since announced cuts and layoff they say will bring the deficit to $6.5 million. But the reductions, including the cancellation of 60 classes and layoffs of one third of the school’s janitorial staff, generated controversy during the trustee meeting. Marlene Kim, an economics professor and faculty union president,
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(left) Economics professor and UMass faculty union president Marlene Kim addresses the UMass Board of Trustees (right) while some in the audience held signs calling for more funding for public higher education in Massachusetts. painted a grim picture of the cuts. “Many classes were requirements for majors,” she said. “Students are required to take courses that no longer exist. Some faculty can’t make handouts. Some can’t make photocopies. We can’t do our jobs.” State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry spoke out against what she characterized as a long history of disregard for the university, including a construction process in the early 1970s so plagued by fraud that two state senators were sentenced to prison for extorting money from the firm supervision the build-out of the campus. She lauded Motley for his efforts to rebuild the campus.
“This is Boston’s only public research university,” she said. “As board members I need you to have the lens of what UMass Boston is and where it’s going.” Some at the meeting commented on the juxtaposition of new buildings and reductions to courses and staff, questioning who would clean the new buildings when one-third of the custodial staff is laid off. “The only take away from this is a clear lack of respect for the very people who make this place function,” said Janelle Quarles, president of the classified staff union. “We do not deserve to be treated this way. Mutual respect is what we deserve
and what we are due.” Tom Goodkind, a senior research machinist at the College of Science and Mathematics, told the trustees the proposed cuts will put some of the state’s most vulnerable college students at risk. “No other Massachusetts university boasts a student population like ours,” he said. “We are 61 percent first-generation students, compared to 24 percent at UMass Amherst. We enroll 47 percent of all black and African American undergraduates in the entire UMass system, 39 percent of all Latinos, and 34 percent of all Asians, despite having only 23 percent of the system’s students.
When it comes to the UMass system’s first-generation students and undergraduates of color, we are indisputably the flagship, and I hope we can agree that the system cannot afford to let our sails be trimmed.” Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni, who spoke during a rally outside the auditorium where the trustees met, said the “austerity mindset” being pushed by the UMass system runs counter to the needs of the UMass Boston community. “I think they’ve made a mistake by going after a campus with such a deep understanding of their core mission.”
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“[With Logan,] Cosecha sent out the call and the response was big,” Gloribell Mota, an organizer with Cosecha, said during a Banner phone interview. “One of our principles is that what we need for this movement already exists in our communities. We have faith that the community will respond when it gets the call.”
Moviemiento Cosecha
Founded in 2015 by DREAMers —undocumented immigrants brought into the U.S. wjen they were children and — and immigrant rights activists, Cosecha is a nationwide network that calls upon many community members who also are involved in other immigrant rights groups. The movement’s strength comes from its decentralized structure, Andrea Carceres, a union organizer, told the Banner. “Each community, each circle, comes up with actions that make sense for them,” she says. “People can collectively become a movement that represents to interests of their own communities. What makes sense in Boston doesn’t make sense in other communities. Respecting that is important.” The movement says it is volunteer-run and includes hundreds of part-time volunteers and more than 50 trainers engaged in more than 30 municipalities and campuses nationwide. It is active in ten states. Members say their goal is to secure “permanent protection” for all immigrants in the U.S., creating a society that regards immigrants as integral members and which is free
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Members of Movimiento Cosecha danced in a Jackson Square, Jamaica Plain Stop & Shop as part of a demonstration raising attention to the movement’s plans for a May 1 general strike. from the specter of deportation. “We visualize a future where immigrants are able to work and travel freely without risk or fear of deportation,” Cosecha’s website states. “A future where we can walk with the rest of this country with the recognition that we are a part of it. A future where we are not treated as outsiders.” Last Saturday, Cosecha activists drew attention to their work with a high-energy protest in Jamaica Plain. After gathering on the steps of the shuttered Blessed Sacrament Church, activists walked in pairs toward the Stop & Shop near Jackson Square. Arriving in intervals, each couple picked up a shopping basket, some even going through the motion of placing in groceries. But when Gloribell Mota rolled up with a two-wheeled shopping cart that hid an amplified speaker underneath a towel and started blasting merengue tunes, the demonstrators dropped their baskets to the floor
and paired up into dance couples. Four of them unfurled a 12-footlong banner with the words “A day without immigrants” in Spanish, printed in block letters. As the activists danced, Mota urged shoppers to join Cosecha for a planned May 1 general strike and school walk out. Others passed out cards in English and Spanish explaining the May 1 action. After a spirited ten minutes of dance, and seconds before a group of Area C police officers entered the Stop & Shop, the protesters headed outside, marching back toward Centre Street.
Two May Firsts
Cosecha’s planned action for May 1 — International Workers Day — reveals a major departure between it and other immigrant rights advocacy groups. The May First Coalition, an alliance of groups such as La Comunidad and the Chelsea Collaborative, also is focusing on the date, but brings a
more traditional activist approach. The May First Coalition announced at the State House last week that it will hold an array of early evening marches in Everett, Lynn, East Boston, Springfield, Worcester, Fitchburg, Framingham and Brockton. Through these demonstrations, members seek to bring attention to a set of legislative agenda items and policy priorities. These include passage of the Safe Communities Act, workers protection measures, a $15 minimum wage and measures to make immigrants feel safer in their neighborhoods and opposition to a taxpayer-funded wall against Mexico. The May First Coalition’s marches — starting largely between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. — are scheduled for minimal interference with work schedules and students’ extracurricular activities, Yessenia Alfaro of the Chelsea Collaborative, told the Banner. Cosecha, meanwhile, aims to demonstrate the societal impact and economic power of immigrants by modeling on May 1 what an American without immigrants would look like. To achieve this, the movement is asking immigrants to stay home from work and school and to avoid spending money. “We are striking because our fight is not in D.C. — it’s in every home, business, and industry that takes advantage of our labor and consumption. By striking, we make it clear that this country cannot function without immigrants,” the organization states. Alfaro told the Banner that while the May First Coalition supports the message of Cosecha, coalition members would not replicate the call to stay at home. Alfaro said the coalition fears that spotty
attendance records could damage students’ chances at jobs later on and understands that many day laborers lack the job security to skip work without risking their jobs. As such, the coalition regards absenteeism as a personal choice that they would not request of anyone. “As the May First Coalition the only thing we are not in agreement with [Cosecha] with to have kids not go to school…[and adults to miss work.],” Alfaro said. Another significant strategy divergence between the two groups is that Cosecha eschews specific policy asks or direct appeals to politicians. Citing disillusionment with public officials who have failed to bring promised reforms, Cosecha members say they instead are putting their weight behind reshaping public opinion through acts of nonviolent non-cooperation. “There’s been policies and policies. We’ve seen anti-Muslim bans — that’s the legislation coming out. There’s tons of policy and a lot of policymakers,” Mota said. “[The movement was] developed by organizers who watched immigration reform stall in Congress for over a decades,” the group’s website states. The movement seeks to generate popular support for Cosecha’s outlook and let policymakers develop measures to achieve it. “How do they create a policy to ensure permanent protections for all immigrants?” Mota asked. “That’s what the electeds’ and policymakers’ role is to do. And that’s what we expect them to do. Were just telling them what we want.” Cosecha has announced intentions to hold a seven-week strike later this year.
Yawu Miller contributed to this story
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Dudley branch library slated for $14.7 million renovation Architects propose new entrance, glass walls facing redesigned sidewalk areas By YAWU MILLER
On any given week at the Dudley Branch of the Boston Public Library a jazz concert, quilting class, daily chess games, piano lessons and poetry readings occupy the different spaces in the early ’70s steel-reinforced concrete building built in the brutalist architectural style. When the planned $14 million renovation Mayor Martin Walsh announced in his capital plan last week is completed, library officials hope that those activities will take place in spaces better suited for the evolving needs of the Roxbury community the building serves. Library officials have held a series of community meetings on the planned renovations. The plans Utile, Inc. Architecture and Planning have drawn up through the meeting process include a new entryway facing Dudley Station, glass walls facing the sidewalk along Warren and Dudley streets, expanded classroom spaces and a redesigned community room. Many of the ideas community members have shared are similar to those implemented in the renovation of the Copley Branch library “We’re finding that our renovations of that brutalist period buildings are an opportunity to take a hard space and transform it into something that supports library services of the 21st century,
something that’s more open,” said Boston Public Library President David Leonard. In addition to opening up the outer concrete walls with glass, the plans so far call for creating better-defined spaces within the library, increasing energy efficiency, modernizing furniture and equipment and improvements to the sidewalk spaces around the outside of the library, including the chess tables that are used during the warmer summer months.
More traffic
Candelaria Silva-Collins, a project manager for the Fellowes Athenaeum Trust Fund, which provides programing for the library, says the redesign could bring more people into the building. “There are kids who come through Dudley who don’t even know the building is a library,” she said. “The renovations will make it more open to the public, very much in the spirit of the Copley branch.” Leonard said there would be space for a collection of books written about Boston’s black community or authored by local black writers that would incorporate work from local artists as well. The second floor will include meeting rooms, a fabrication laboratory and a test kitchen – a facility for cooking classes. On the first level, partitions will be removed so that the new Dudley Station-facing entryway
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Renovations to the Dudley branch of the Boston Public Library could include new glass walls facing Warren and Dudley streets. is visible from the borrowers’ services desk. The improved sightlines and more prominent entryway are intended to give the new branch a more open feeling, which could help deter the public drinking that is often occurs around the library. “Both the interior space as well as the exterior space have been very difficult for our staff to manage,”
Leonard said. “We’ve challenged the architects to ensure that the new plan uses lighting and sight lines, transparency and the activation of streetscape to encourage the right way to use a library.” “There’s a very rich slice of programming that the branch staff and the Fellowes program support,” Leonard said. “What we
want to do is ensure that the new design has the best space possible to support that.” Silva-Collins and other community members have weighed in on the renovation plans at three meetings held in September and November of last year and in February of this year. The next planning meeting will be held May 9.
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After earning a degree in entrepreneurial studies from Babson College in 2000, Lashonda Jefferson went to work in the corporate sector, earning a salary that enabled her to pay off student loans. But after several years, Jefferson couldn’t give up the entrepreneurial itch. Since her days as a high school student at West Roxbury High School, she had an interest in fashion. Opening a clothing store seemed like the right mix of passion and practicality. Over the last ten years, she has built her store, Archangel Boutique, into a profitable business that provides her full-time employment. Initially, she decided to go into business selling on Saturdays and Sunday, while keeping her 9 to 5 on weekdays. The first step: finding the clothing. “It took me quite a while,” she said. “I was trying to find wholesalers. I actually went to New York City, to the Garment District.” She incorporated her business, Archangel Boutique, and obtained a license so she could buy clothes directly from whole sellers. In New York, she pounded the pavement, asking retailers where they obtained their wares, visiting different vendors and building up contacts over the course of a year. She also attended trade shows across the country. Finding a location posed another initial challenge. Jefferson looked at
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storefronts on Newbury Street, in Newton Centre, Quincy and Milton before settling on a shop in the Lower Mills section of Dorchester. The Dorchester spot, less than half the cost of spaces in other locations, enabled Jefferson to sell dresses at a price point that allows her to move significant volume. “If I were located in the Copley Square Mall, I wouldn’t be able to offer dresses for $79,” she said.
Self-financed
Renting the space and purchasing inventory required no borrowing. Jefferson was able to draw on her savings for those costs. But going into business, even just two days a week, was not easy matter. “I was definitely nervous,” she said. “I wanted to see this was something I wanted to do full time.” The location turned out to be
a blessing. Around the corner on Dorchester Avenue, a string of restaurants brings foot traffic to her commercial strip. “I close at 7 p.m. on weekdays,” Jefferson said. “People will park here in front of the shop and they’ll buy things before they eat.” The shop also is conveniently located little more than 100 yards from the Milton stop on the Mattapan trolley line, bringing foot traffic to Archangel Boutique and other Lower Mills businesses that include a tailor, dry cleaner, optometrist and real estate office. When she opened, that foot traffic translated into near-instant business for Jefferson. “When I first opened, it was walls of people walking in off the street,” she said. “That and word of mouth.” Ten years after she opened, the district includes more restaurants,
and more foot traffic. She augments her street presence with social media promotions. As for inventory, she buys clothing in small batches, but buys on a weekly basis to keep it fresh. “I carry small quantities and I usually get shipments every Thursday or Friday,” she said. In addition to keeping a lean inventory, Jefferson also makes sure she orders a limited number of each item. “People don’t want to show up at a party and see someone else wearing the same dress,” she explains. Her dresses range from $49 to $99. “I try to keep things affordable for this area,” she said. “If you overprice, things stay around longer.” Jefferson says she has no regrets about leaving the corporate world to open her own business. Health insurance is her largest business expense, and the freedom of determining her own schedule and freedom from business meetings are a bonus. With a successful business up and running, Jefferson says she may be up for a new challenge: designing her own clothes. “The reason I initially started the store was that I wanted to work in fashion,” she said. “I wanted my own line. I’ve learned the retail side. Now I can start my own line.”
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Architects, with the late Howard Elkus leading the team. Stull & Lee is known as “the most distinguished black architectural firm in the city,” according to Richard Taylor, managing partner at The Taylor Smith Group. The Taylor Smith Group, a Boston-based company, is one of several partner firms in the New Boston Hospitality, LLC. Spot On Ventures’ Robin Brown joins as well, bringing hotel experience from his stint as co-developer on the Mandarin Oriental Boston hotel and more than a decade as general manager of Boston’s Four Seasons Hotel. New Boston Hospitality also includes The Davis Cos., which have experience with projects possessing complex funding. More than 25 local minority investors have bought into the project as well. Included on the investor list are attorneys Flash Wiley and Wayne Budd, Jacqui Budd, a philanthropist, Bennie Wiley, a former management consultant; Charles Stith, Boston University professor; John Jenkins, former state Department of Transportation chair; and William “Mo” Cowan of Mintz Levin.
limiting their ability to grow and then take on larger projects. For these minority firms and other participants involved, the Seaport hotel development could open doors to new opportunities. Richard Taylor said that while he has had longtime interest in undertaking hospitality projects, when it comes to winning bids, he has found himself caught in a chicken-and-egg situation: He cannot enter the hospitality market without prior experience in the hospitality market. Developing Massport’s Seaport district hotel gives him the needed chance to expand his portfolio. “There is no way to get in without [an opportunity like Seaport hotel,]” Taylor said. “You qualify if you have hotel experience. But if you never have a chance to get hotel experience, how can you qualify?” The hotel also will be the first property in the Innovation District with minority ownership, Taylor said. Massport will provide a 90-year ground lease of the twoacre site, in exchange for $100 million and a share of the project’s revenue. “Hotels, office buildings, retail opportunities — nobody owns anything down there,” Taylor said. “This is a game changer in that respect.”
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Historically, minority-owned businesses have received fewer resources and opportunities,
While many agencies may say they value diversity, Massport stands out by assigning metrics.
In its hotel request for proposal, bidders were judged based on an assessment of their ability to perform the work, financial capability, program quality and level of diverse business participation, with each criteria worth 25 points. The result: low or no levels of minority participation immediately set bidders at a disadvantage, thus spurring them to compete for greater levels of inclusion. Taylor credits the strict language of the RFP with ensuring that minority engagement was more than tokenism and lip service. “Minority entrepreneurs are optimistic, but without that [RFP] language, we would not be in that deal,” he said. “This is great example of how the public sector, dealing with public property, can enhance the opportunity for the minority businesses to participate.” Turner described the language as cutting edge and sector-leading, and said it was not the only part of the project to break tradition. In another first, Massport’s head of diversity was included among the four-member voting team selecting among project bidders. To attain significant diversity on the project, Massport had to fight against a prevailing perception that Boston is unfriendly to minorities and women, which dampens diverse businesses’ interest in the city. One method for
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Precedent set
The hotel project paves the way for use of similarly clear diversity language in the future, by demonstrating that the requirement usefully increases competition and does not deter bidders, Taylor said. “You must imagine that when this kind of language was originally announced, there were people who’d say, ‘Oh it’ll chill the market, people will not participate,’ ” he said. “[But] it’s proven
to be project language that enhanced opportunity, not killed opportunity.” Turner said Massport already is using the hotel RFP language as a model for other major RFPs such as that for the Maritime Marine Terminal, with wording tweaked to suit project specifics. He said that while he cannot guarantee the same specific approach to project diversity, it will remain emphasized in future RFPs. “This is not a one-off,” Turner said. “This is how we’re now going to operate an entity. ...The spirit and intent will be there each and every time we have a new RFP that goes out on a project of any significance.”
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Wakeup call Leadership conference speakers deliver powerful wisdom By CELINA COLBY
Left, Esperanza Spalding Right, Ysaye Barnwell PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM
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century ago, Isabella Stewart Gardner hosted salon-style musical soirees in her Venetian palazzo on the Fenway. Her tradition continues with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s RISE series of pop, rock and hip-hop concerts. Last Wednesday’s RISE concert featured two musical guests of worldwide acclaim: Ysaye Barnwell, co-founder of the iconic African American a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, and four-time Grammy Award-winning bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding. The sold-out show was rescheduled from February 9, when it was cancelled due to a blizzard. Nevertheless, that weekend, while the city was still digging out, Barnwell led one of her renowned community sings at the Gardner, conducting a capacity audience in choral renderings of African American songs and chants. RISE concerts are held in Calderwood Hall, a sleek cube-shaped space designed by Renzo Piano as part the museum’s new wing, which opened in 2012. On the first level, the audience surrounds performers on three sides, and behind them, pastel lights play on the walls. On upper levels, audience seating on all four sides
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overlooks the performers. Wednesday’s two-hour program opened with a brief spoken word and dance performance by poet Askia M. Touré and dancer Wyoma, presented by Northeastern University’s African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program. Dashiki-clad Touré stepped into the center of the room and read his poem, “Wind Chant: A Diva,” an homage to the earth, as Wyoma, butterfly-like in a diaphanous rose-colored costume, whirled and somersaulted to the cadence of his voice. Next came Boston-based soul and R&B funk group, A-Beez, a deservedly popular house band at venerable jazz pub Wally’s, in Boston’s South End. Pianist Amy Bellamy and her husband Aaron, a bassist, performed with Matt Williams on drums, guitarist Wayne Jones and vocalist Mellisa Bolling. The ensemble took immediate command of the space with an irresistible, funky groove that proved to be merely its
starting point. Swinging, danceable and eminently listenable, they began with two compositions by Amy Bellamy and then delivered inventive versions of two pop songs, the iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” by Nirvana, and “Crazy in Love,” a hit by Beyoncé. Attired in black lace, Bolling enjoyed a fine interplay with the band, including extended passages of give-and-take with Bellamy on piano, her voice shifting as each song warranted from a slow, chugging beat to melodic flights and gospel-inflected trills. As she belted, “I think I know why I’m feelin’ so high,” so did her audience. Pianist Bellamy opened the Nirvana classic with an introspective solo and then led a rich exploration of its dirge-like and lyrical qualities. As the band descended into a passage of propulsive fury, Bolling’s voice ascended into a high-pitched scat before returning, with the ensemble, to the song’s closing refrain. After a brief intermission, Barnwell and Spalding took over, backed by Brazilian percussionist Nêgah Santos, Berklee ’17, versatile and precise on her assortment of hand drums; and guitarist Jim Peterson, a Berklee professor of music,
More than 3,000 attendees gathered at the Seaport World Trade Center on Thursday, April 13 to hear the wisdom of some of the country’s most successful women, who spoke at the Simmons Leadership Conference. John Simmons created the conference 38 years ago with the goal of helping women achieve independent livelihoods. Now it’s a nonprofit fundraiser for graduate programs at Simmons, and a day where women come together to build each other up. Jade Simmons, pianist and motivational speaker, took the stage in a dramatic black and white printed skirt and delivered a powerful speech on working outside the mold. In addition to breaking the barriers of classical music, she teaches business, technology and arts organizations “maverick behavior” and out-ofthe-box branding techniques. She also runs The School of Emergence, which provides programs to creative entrepreneurs to launch their businesses. She discussed her own experience building her company Jade Media, which has thrust her into areas of business she never expected to explore. “I want women to become more confident bringing all of themselves to every table, every time,” she said in an interview prior to the conference. Simmons’s speech, “How to Move like a Maverick,” centered on personal identity and how
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young woman with an affinity for Jack Daniels and a “light” crack cocaine habit. Oldest, and bossiest, sister Lillie Anne, who organized the event, is desperate for everything to go perfectly. As a horn beep indicates Zippity Boom’s arrival, she screeches, “Everybody dance!” and starts physically moving her siblings in an effort to disguise the intervention in the façade of a fun, family barbecue, something this family clearly hasn’t had much experience with.
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In the first act, which sets up the intervention, the interplay between the siblings and the arrival of Zippity Boom alternately are played out between a black family and a white family. At the end of the first act a surprising twist is revealed: The black family is a group of actors telling the story for a movie. In the second act, the lead actress, played by Ramona Lisa Alexander, meets with Barbara, the white Zippity Boom on whom the story is based, in an attempt to understand her character. This twist provides a sharp commentary on commonplace
whitewashing in contemporary media. Barbara (Deb Martin) explains her meth habit to the actress, who immediately says they’ll change it to crack, after a good five minutes of harping on her desire to keep the story authentic. “Black folks in movies don’t smoke no meth,” she says. “They smoke crack.” In the same scene, the actress becomes wildly offended when Barbara points out her race. “I’m a movie star/singer,” she says. “So if we could leave race out of the conversation — like way out of the conversation, like all the way back in Africa — that would be great!” Her melodramatic reaction to Barbara about her race is humorous, but also points to the reality of black talent being judged not for skill set, but for skin color. Like “Bootycandy,” the show is highly entertaining, laced with stellar acting and a rich comedic script. It also spotlights the discrepancies in portrayals of race in movies, and satirizes whitewashing by flipping it on its head. Like the O’Mallery’s Taser-ful barbecue, you’ll leave feeling surprised, put off, and maybe a little shocked.
Boston Marathon winners
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It was a double victory for Kenya in Monday’s 121st running of the Boston Marathon. Edna Kiplagat (left) finished the women’s division in 2:21:52 and Geoffrey Kirui finished the men’s division in 2:09:37.
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WWI saga revolves around love triangle in the midst of ethnic cleansing this picture has a flaw, it’s that it appears to be trivializing the ethnic cleansing of one and a half million Armenians when it asks that holocaust to serve as a mere backdrop to the love story at the center of the saga. That being said, I nevertheless invested in the characters emotionally, and ended up teary-eyed during the denouement. War may be hell, but luckily, love still conquers all.
By KAM WILLIAMS
It’s Eastern Turkey in 1914, which is where we find druggist Mikael Boghosian (Oscar Isaac) plying his trade in his half-Armenian/half-Turkish village where Christians and Muslims get along swell. The ambitious young apothecary would really rather be a doctor, so he strategically courts a neighbor (Angela Sarafyan) from a relatively-wealthy family just for the dowry. Those 400 gold coins do enable him to afford med school. However, while studying in Constantinople, he falls head-overheels for Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), a fellow Armenian recently repatriated from France. The country bumpkin is taken not only with her pulchritude but with her urbane sophistication ostensibly cultivated over the course of a childhood spent in Paris. Trouble is, Ana has returned accompanied by her lover, Chris Meyers (Christian Bale), an intrepid American photojournalist assigned by the Associated Press to find evidence of ethnic cleansing. The plot thickens when World War I erupts. Instead of pursuing Ana and his M.D., Mikael finds himself fleeing the roundup of innocent Armenian civilians by
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Oscar Isaac stars in “The Promise.” the Turkish army. He makes his way back to his tiny hometown to rescue relatives and friends. Meanwhile, Ana is in a similar struggle to survive, and her beau does his best to shoot proof of the savage slaughter rumored to be transpiring.
Theatrical heroism
That is the dire set of circumstances established at the outset
of “The Promise,” a riveting docudrama directed and co-written by Oscar-winner Terry George (“The Short”). The edge-of-yourseat thriller bears an uncanny resemblance to “Hotel Rwanda,” which George directed and cowrote, too. Both of these films chronicle extraordinary exhibitions of heroism in the face of a complete collapse of civilization. If
AT A GLANCE “The Promise” x The verdict: Excellent (3.5 stars) Rated: PG-13 for mature themes, sexuality,
violence, disturbing images and war atrocities Running time: 134 minutes Production studio: Survival Pictures Distributor: Open Road Films
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one destined to come apart, Barnwell’s version purged the song of victimhood. When Barnwell moved, it was with purpose, such as when, deftly backed by Peterson and Santos, she strode slowly while singing “The Star Spangled Banner” to the tempo of a funeral march, turning the national anthem into a protest song.
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Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe and Diane von Furstenberg were among the speakers at this year’s 38th annual Simmons Leadership Conference (April 13).
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self-confidence can affect change, both within and around you. The versatile business owner also debuted her latest project, The Designer Growth Club, a high-level life coaching platform that allows her to keep in touch with the people she meets in her travels and to continue to support their professional and personal development. Posing another perspective, speaker Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe encouraged women to look outward. Nyirumbe provides a safe harbor for women in her home country of Uganda who have been abducted, raped or tortured during Joseph Kony’s reign of terror. In St. Monica’s, the women are educated and taught marketable skills such tailoring and catering that can help them
establish independent income. Nyirumbe stressed the importance of helping each other. “It’s very important for every woman who has succeeded in something to look back and see who she can inspire,” she said. “Their success can only shine brighter if they help women who have not been successful.” This sister-helping-sister attitude was an important component of the conference takeaways. Many of the women in the audience were college students or alums with successful, sometimes burgeoning, careers. Nyirumbe reminded the audience that success isn’t only about moving yourself forward. Together the two speakers reminded women that the road to greatness is no easy journey, especially for women. It takes grit, hard work and endless compassion. Simmons said, “We cannot be asleep anymore.”
whose spare, responsive accompaniment made each note matter. Barnwell, 70, is a female bass who uses her voice as if it were an upright acoustic bass, the instrument that Spalding, 32, most often plays while singing with her light, liquid alto. Although this concert was their first performance together, Spalding has said that her mother raised her to Sweet Honey recordings. Together with Santos and Peterson, Barnwell and Spalding demonstrated how with the simplest of tools — voice, strings and drums — musicians concoct sublimity.
The voice
Bass
Barnwell came first with a brief and powerful set. With her shaved head and sober, elegant attire — a black floor-length garment and a silver-threaded jacket that resembled a vestment, Barnwell had a priestly presence. She entered chanting the spiritual “Kumbaya.” Carrying on a conversation with the audience, Barnwell explained that the old song was an invocation, and she treated the evening as a gathering rather than a concert. Sitting on a stool, she sang a ballad by Canadian folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie, “Until It’s Time for You to Go,” to Peterson’s delicate guitar accompaniment. Although the song tells of a woman who yields her dream of a lasting relationship for
Spalding, who had been watching, began with a song that celebrated love, beating its rhythm with her hands on her bass. As she reached its final chorus, she leaned toward Barnwell and sang, “I’m falling in love with you right now.” A wiry young woman with a big Afro, Spalding wore a loose-fitting pastel dress and white platform shoes and handled her towering bass with light, bird-like movements that were as agile as her fast-moving vocals. Exuding warmth, joy and gleeful showmanship, Spalding demonstrated the range of her chops. While some of her selections were decades old, each
sounded fresh and new. She nimbly performed a challenging bebop masterpiece by Bob Dorough, “Nothing Like You,” and also sang a delightful version of Oscar Brown, Jr.’s high-spirited bebop hit, “Forbidden Fruit.” Recalling her first winter in Boston as a Berklee student, Spalding, a native of Portland, Oregon, said that she was “shocked” by the cold. Yet she was consoled by befriending students from all over the world and a song by Argentinean singer Liliana Herrero, “Cantore de Yala,” which she rendered in a plaintive tone. Many in the audience joined her as she sang “Black Gold,” from her latest album, with its refrain telling young black women to “Hold your head as high as you can.” Prompting a standing ovation, the song is an anthem in the making. Barnwell injected her piping bass into Spalding’s last song, the Stevie Wonder classic, “Overjoyed.” As she and Spalding reached its closing chorus, with Peterson on guitar and Santos shaking a tambourine, the evening ended with an exalting finale.
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Hope springs eternal Seasonal eaters must get creative in early spring
IRISH POTATO SALAD n 1 medium cabbage, cut into 6 or 8 wedges n 3 large potatoes (or more smaller ones), cut into inch-thick pieces. Peeling optional n 4 or so slices of bacon, chopped n 1 cup chicken stock n 3 cloves garlic, sliced n 1 large onion, sliced thinly n V inegar nM ayonnaise Preheat the oven to 375F. While it heats, brown the bacon, and add the onion. Add the cabbage and potatoes to a baking dish. When bacon is crispy and onions translucent, gently toss them with the potatoes and cabbage, along with the raw garlic slices. Add the stock. Cover with a lid or foil, and bake for one hour. Remove from oven and cool 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve as a side dish, alongside your corned beef, underneath a fried egg or atop a bed of lettuce. It’s versatile, and delicious all by itself. Sprinkle with a little vinegar, mix it with a little mayonnaise, and make Irish Potato Salad. One can also add beans and salsa, for a Mexican version.
BUTTERNUT and FETA TARTLETS n 3 Tablespoons olive oil n 1½ pounds butternut squash, peeled and diced n ¾ pound puff pastry dough n ¹ ⁄³ pound feta cheese n 1 dried red chile, seeded and chopped finely n 2 teaspoon dried thyme n Salt and pepper n Aged balsamic vinegar Preheat the oven to 400F. Put squash cubes on a baking dish, toss in 1 T olive oil, and roast for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until soft. Allow to cool, place in freezer bags, and freeze. Six to 10 months later — or sooner — roll out the pastry and cut into six equal-sized pieces. Arrange them on a nonstick baking tray and chill. Divide the squash onto the six rectangles. Top with crumbled cheese, thyme and chile flakes. Drizzle the remaining 2 T oil upon the tarts. Bake for 30 minutes at 400F. Serve hot, drizzled with aged balsamic vinegar.
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y hobby is to eat seasonally, and, when possible, locally. Some people do so with an air of piousness, as if they are saving the Earth with their immense sacrifice. I do it for fun, and for a sense of satisfaction that’s hard to quantify — and for the challenge. As it happens, now is about as challenging as it gets. The buds may be out and the green shoots are shooting, but the garden has nothing to show for it. And in root cellars and supermarket produce sections alike, the dregs of last fall’s harvest are rapidly dwindling. Our pioneering, homesteading forefathers faced this challenge every year at this time, as did inhabitants of northern climates throughout the globe, from Europe to Siberia. Eating seasonally out of the grocery store can save you some money if you’re savvy — that’s a game we can all get behind. And seasonality trumps locality. Citrus, for example, is in season right now, and I’m all over it, even if it doesn’t grow where I live. So if you want to have a little tasty fun that’s historically, seasonally and geographically relevant, here are two recipes for dealing with the dregs of last year’s northern hemisphere harvest. Our first recipe is on the authentic side of the spectrum. Until my little (optional) flourishes at the end, it’s made entirely of ingredients that could be found in a peasant’s larder somewhere in the UK a century ago. I found all of the produce ingredients in March at the winter farmers market. The next recipe comes from
TIP OF THE WEEK Easy ways to revamp your smoothie Here are four ingredients that will make your next smoothie your favorite one. Peanut butter. Once you put a dollop of peanut butter in your smoothie, you’ll never go back. Avocado. Avocados add potassium and fiber, and create a creamy texture and a distinct taste so many love. Oats. If you end up with a watery smoothie, add some oats to thicken it up. Chia seeds. Studies from the National Center for Biotechnology Information have shown that chia seeds can naturally boost your energy, making them a perfect addition.
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This potato salad is made from ingredients found in March at a farmers market. the Halley VI research station in Antarctica. The scientists who inhabit the base aren’t homesteaders or wannabes, but due to long periods of isolation during which they must fend for themselves, they have much in common with the seasonal food snobs. In February, a boat brings a shipment of food that has to last until Christmas for the 10 or so crew members who’ve signed on to overwinter at the base. Then it leaves. That final February shipment consists almost entirely of fresh produce that must be stored and stretched for 10 months. Lettuce and greens wouldn’t even survive the journey to the base, much less the winter. “We stick to hard, dense stuff that lasts a lot longer,” John
Ari LeVaux writes Flash in the Pan, a syndicated weekly food column that’s appeared in more than 50 newspapers in 25 states. Ari lives can be reached at flash@flashinthepan.net.
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Each person eats 43 quarts of popcorn every year Americans consume 14 billion quarts of popcorn each year. That’s 43 quarts per every person. Here are more facts from the Popcorn Board: n Air-popped popcorn has 30 calories per cup. n Most U.S. popcorn is grown in the Midwest, primarily in Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri. — More Content Now
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Eager, a former chef on the base, told me. “Potatoes, carrots, onions, squash and turnips ... store incredibly well.” But not forever. Eventually, like all storage provisions, they start to go ... south. Eager says that before this produce turns to shriveled mush, the kitchen staff prepares and freezes it for future meals. He shared this recipe for Butternut Squash Tartlets made with squash that was frozen before it spoiled. The same recipe works in the northern hemisphere, too, as the last of the winter squash is put out for sale, often at a generous discount.
These five cracker combinations offer something for every craving. The modified BLT. Stack together a slice of cheddar, lettuce and bacon. Cucumber delight. When entertaining on a hot day, put a slice of cucumber on top of cream cheese. Tasty and tart. A pickle slice with some ham and goat cheese is perfect. Fruit-focused. An apple slice, wedge of brie and a few almond slivers create magic. Sweet and cheesy. Martha Stewart has described how a little honey brings out the salty, nutty flavor of cheese. Drizzle a little on gruyere or jarlsberg.
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THURSDAY FAIRY HOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP It will soon be that time of year when magical woodland creatures reappear in New England’s fields and woods. In order to welcome back the local elf and fairy community, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will be co-hosting their fourth annual Fairy House Building Workshop with the Franklin Park Coalition on Thursday, April 20, from 10am - 12noon at Schoolmaster Hill in Franklin Park. Local children and families are invited to help by building homes for them. Spring is the best time to build fairy houses, experts say, providing the magical creatures with shelter for the coming summer months and the flitting season that begins in late May. This free family event will include storytelling, books from ReadBoston, plant education from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and scavenger hunts with the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Outdoors Rx program. Children are encouraged to wear their favorite fairy and elf costumes to encourage their tiny guests to alight in Franklin Park. Natural materials will be provided, and youngsters are welcome to explore their surroundings to find natural elements such as sticks, stones, and leaves to adorn their fairy houses. Schoolmaster Hill is located on Circuit Drive between the William Devine Golf Course Clubhouse and Shattuck Hospital. For more information, please call the Franklin Park Coalition at 617-442-4141, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-961-3047, or visit online at www. cityofboston.gov/parks or www.facebook. com/bostonparksdepartment.
WEDNESDAY SPRING RENEWAL CLAY WORKSHOP April 26, at 5:30-7:30pm with light supper at 5:30pm provided FREE OF CHARGE by Families Creating Together at Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry, 10 Putnam St., Roxbury. For directions go to www.uuum.org or call 617-318-6010. With celebrated teaching artist Wendy Ellertson, you will work with clay to make coil, pinch pot, or slab containers to plant seeds and bulbs and hold spring flowers! A few clay creatures may appear… After firing, paint with colorful glazes to welcome spring. Children (ages 5 – 13 with and without disabilities), parents, grandparents and friends welcome. Presented in English, Spanish and American Sign Language upon request. Wheelchair accessible. FCT is a program of Community Service Care/Tree of Life Coalition. To register and for more information call 617-522-4832 or email familiescreating@ gmail.com. Additional information at www. familiescreatingtogether.org.
UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC VISTAS? MIT Music and Theater Arts will present Mark Harvey and his Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at Kresge Auditorium, Saturday, April 29 at 8pm, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, free and open to the
public. Information: 617-776-8778. The concert, called Democratic Vistas?, will celebrate Duke Ellington’s birthday (April 29, 1899) by honoring his tradition of “social significance” compositions. Works by Harvey in this vein will include Boston Boy (for the late Nat Hentoff), the premiere of Main Man for noted impresario Fred Taylor, and first performances of contemporary tone-parallels such as Fake News Blewz, Swamp-a-rama, and Waltz of the Oligarchs. Also on the program: a reading from Walt Whitman’s Democratic Vistas, and a performance of Harvey’s No Walls, an anthem of hope and inclusivity. The event is part of Jazz Boston’s Jazz Week, with this year’s theme of Thank You Fred Taylor. Free admission.
FOREST FUN FEST AT F. GILBERT HILLS STATE FOREST Trees are Terrific! They clean our air, offer shade and shelter for wildlife, heat our homes and can be made into tools, toys, timber and food for people, too! Join the DCR Forestry crew and other tree experts as we celebrate the treasure of trees! The Forest Fun Fest will take place at F. Gilbert Hills State Forest on Saturday, April 29 from 10am to 2pm. Activities include: Forestry Walks, Games & Crafts, Sawmill Demos, CCC History, Planting Workshop, Free Tree Seedlings, Family Activities, Scavenger Hunt, Tree ID Walks, Invasive Species Info, Forestry Tools, “Ask a Forester” Session, and much, much more! This is a FREE and fun event for all ages. Spend the day or stop by anytime. Park at the Cohasset River Recreation Area at 68 Mill Street and follow signs to event. Rain or shine; downpours cancel. Supplies are limited for the free seedlings and crafts. Call 617-698-1802 x3 for updates.
AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS CELEBRATION The Veterans and Friends of Gourdin Memorial Park and Wheelock College Center of Excellence for Military Children and Families invite you to an African American Veterans Celebration on Thursday, May 4, 6-8pm at Wheelock College, Brookline Campus, Ladd Room, 43 Hawes St., Brookline. Highlights of the evening will include: update on efforts to place the General Edward Gourdin statue in Roxbury’s Veterans Memorial Park; meeting Fern Cunningham-Terry, international artist and sculptor; viewing scale model of General Gourdin and bronze reliefs; and learning about the contributions of Massachusetts’ Veterans of African American descent. General and Justice Edward O. Gourdin was, among other things, the first African American justice on the Massachusetts Superior Court. RSVP: Ms. Marsha Wilson via email or phone mwilson@wheelock.edu or 617-879-2112.
COLOR, COMMUNITY, COMMON SENSE, AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION: A PRESENTATION BY REV. STEVE CRAFT Rev. Craft will discuss how the enemies of the United States use race as a means
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Great Blue Hill Family Trek — Head for the Hills! Join a DCR Park Interpreter as we trek to the summit of Great Blue Hill, and enjoy an amazing panoramic view of the Boston Skyline and surrounding countryside. We will be exploring the changing habitats as we climb and cover some ‘Hike Safe’ tips as well. Must be able to hike 1 mile on rocky, rugged terrain. Sturdy boots and drinking water recommended. For ages 8 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Thursday, April 20, 1-2:30pm, meet at the bulletin board at the start of the red dot trail at 1904 Canton Avenue in Milton. For more information, please call 617-698-1802.
of dividing our country for political power. The Reverend Steven Louis Craft holds a Master of Divinity Degree from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, MA and a Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Pastoral Counseling from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. He has completed Clinical Pastoral Education at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia, Missouri. Rev. Craft is a member of the American Correctional Chaplains Association and is ordained as a Correctional Chaplain with the American Baptist Churches, U.S.A.. Rev. Craft is an author of several books, and is an instructor at Camp Constitution. Where: Mattapan Branch Library 1350 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan. When: Wednesday May 17 at 4pm. Free admission. For more info call Hal Shurtleff 857-498-1309 or visit our website www.campconstitution.net.
ONGOING THE COOPER GALLERY 2017 SPRING EXHIBITION Diago: The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban Present on view: Through May 5. Opening Reception: February 1, 6pm. Visit coopergalleryhc.org/upcomingexhibition for more information. Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, Hutchins Center, 102 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge. Open Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am - 5pm. Closed: Sunday, Monday, and on official Harvard University holidays.
MY LIFE, MY HEALTH My Life, My Health: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) is an informative, interactive workshop, designed for adults who live with the daily challenges of one or more ongoing health conditions. It will give people with chronic conditions (such as high blood pressure, arthritis, heart disease, cancer, asthma, etc.) and/or their caregivers the knowledge and skills needed to take a more active role in their health care. Participants will learn different methods for managing pain, fatigue, and other symptoms, discover better nutrition / exercise choices, and find more productive ways to talk with healthcare professionals and family about their health. This FREE workshop was developed by Dr. Kate Lorig and her colleagues at Stanford University’s Patient Education Research Center. The book, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Disease is provided for each partici-
pant. Location: Adams Street Library, 690 Adams St. in Dorchester. Day and Time: Tuesdays from 1-3:30pm. Through May 9. For more information or to register for this workshop contact Ann Glora at 617-477-6616 or aglora@ethocare.org.
PUBLIC OPEN NIGHT AT THE OBSERVATORY The Public Open Night at the Observatory is a chance for people to come observe the night sky through telescopes and binoculars and see things they otherwise might not get to see, and learn some astronomy as well. The Open Nights are held most Wednesday evenings throughout the year, weather permitting. The program starts promptly at 7:30pm during the fall and winter months, and 8:30pm during the spring and summer months. Please arrive early as there is no admittance once the program begins. We start admitting ticketed guests 10 minutes before the program begins. Right before the program starts and after all the ticketed guests that are present are admitted, we will admit any non-ticketed guests until we reach capacity. Public Open Nights are open to everyone, however space is limited. To reserve a free ticket for admission visit: http://bit.ly/28QbEHr. The Public Open Night is held at the Coit Observatory at Boston University. We are located at 725 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, above the Astronomy Department. The stairwell up to the Observatory is on the fifth floor just to the left of room 520. Unfortunately, there is no disabled access to the Observatory. For information about
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FREE ADULT COMPUTER CLASSES Times: Monday & Wednesday 6-7:30pm, Tuesday & Thursday - 12:302pm. For more information contact: Owen Corbin at 617-635-5213. The John Shelburne Community Center is located at: 2730 Washington St., Roxbury.
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Walsh proposes an investment of $312 million over the next five years into BPS facility projects, representing 15 percent of the $2.08 billion overall capital plan. His proposal also calls for a further $418 million invested during the five years thereafter, 2023-2028. School facility financing comes in part from the Massachusetts School Building Authority and in part from money the city plans to borrow. However, none of the capital funding pays for librarians or other positions cut from the yearly school operating budget, which have been a source of contention for the Walsh administration and a common line of attack from Tito Jackson. Funding will help underwrite new technology and flexible learning spaces, the latter achieved via easily moveable furniture and other measures, according to city documents. School leaders will be presented with a menu of upgrade packages from which to choose, based on needs, and to be implemented during the 2017 to 2018 school year. Walsh said that in coming weeks, officials would hold community discussions over the kinds of investments and renovations residents would like to see. In Roxbury, Walsh’s capital plan would direct $73.4 million to complete design and construction of the Dearborn STEM Academy, which is slated for enrollment in September 2018. A further $125 million is slated for yard improvements at the Hernandez School, which includes installation of an artificial turf and new play structures and refinishing the parking lot. Madison Park Technical Vocational High School and the O’Bryant School of Mathematics
and Science would receive $6.3 million between them for women’s locker room renovations. An internet improvement project totaling $10 million would bring broadband service to 73 of BPS’s 125 schools, as well as to other city sites.
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City officials say the proposed budget would direct funds to Go Boston 2030’s core objectives of safer streets, better transit links between neighborhoods and more reliable transportation. Projects include a shaded off-street pedestrian and cyclist path between Roxbury and Fenway, better crosswalk and lane markings, and traffic signals that are more responsive to traffic flow in order to minimize time spent idling at stops. “This is a huge opportunity to invest in the next generation of traffic signal technology,” Chris Osgood, city Chief of Streets, told the crowd. Under the plan, Dudley Square Main Streets is due for $9 million in improvements that include new traffic signal equipment and bike lanes. Upgrades also are aimed at better accommodating bikes on Melnea Cass Boulevard and making the street more pedestrian friendly, improving connection ways to Grove Hall, reconstructing roads in Madison Park Village and conducting a transportation study of Dorchester’s Bowdoin-Geneva Avenue area. Under the capital plan, the Dudley and Lower Mills branches of the Boston Public Library would receive improvements and a new branch would be established at Upham’s Corner. Franklin Park also is up for a complete renovation, with $28 million of project funding coming from the sale of the Winthrop Square garage, which has yet to be concluded.
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More than 300 people attended the first annual Awards Luncheon & 42nd Anniversary of the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC) at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel. The event honored champions of supplier diversity including (left) Melvin Miller, Publisher and Editor of the Bay State Banner, who received the GNEMSDC’s President’s Award from Peter Hurst, Council President & CEO.
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INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
DESCRIPTION
DATE
TIME
*WRA-4374
Purchase of Three (3) Variable Frequency Drive Inverters for the Braintree Weymouth Pump Station
05/02/17
11:00 a.m.
*6957
Section 14 Water Pipeline Relocation (Malden)
05/11/17
2:00 p.m.
**S554
Replacement of Exterior Doors at Various Building Deer Island Treatment Plant
06/01/17
2:00 p.m.
**To obtain the bid documents MWRADocumentDistribution@mwra.com.
please
Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA April 14, 2017 Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU17D0225DR
SUFFOLK Division
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Maritza Ozuna-Vasquez
*To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. email
request
to:
LEGAL
vs.
Aristides Vasquez
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for Irretrievable Breakdown. The Complaint is on file at the Court.
April 2017 Opening Sub-list LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
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.
The Newton Housing Authority (NHA) will be opening a waiting list sub-list for its Nonantum Village Congregate Housing site on April 28th 2017. There are no current opportunities in the congregate program; the NHA is creating a new waiting list for applicants interested in congregate shared living. This Federal Program consists of10 units. Each unit has a private bedroom and a half bath, and shares a kitchen, living room, and bathing facilities with other congregate units. To be eligible for Congregate Housing, you must be at least 62 years old or a person with disability. Interested parties may request an application by calling the NHA office at 617-552-5501 or picking up an application in person Mon-Fri 9-5pm. All applicants are pre-interviewed by the congregate coordinator, an employee of Springwell, Inc., an Elder Care Service agency.
You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Stephanie Elaine Davidson, Esq., Harvard Law School Legal Services Ctr., 122 Boylston Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 your answer, if any, on or before 06/01/2017. 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: March 29, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU17C0091CA
SUFFOLK Division
In the matter of Orlando Alberto Franklin of Boston, MA MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200 BOSTON, MA 02110 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date. Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. M27CN02, GREEN LINE D-BRANCH VEGETATION REMOVAL; NEWTON, BROOKLINE & BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, (CLASS 2 – GRADING, DRAINAGE & SITE DEVELOPMENT), PROJECT VALUE - $1,997,000.00), can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on May 10, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Orlando A. Franklin requesting that Orlando Alberto Franklin be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows: Cypher Cee Great 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 05/04/2017. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 3, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Work consists of: 1. R emoval and disposal of approximately 350 identified hazard trees both dead and living of various sizes, including all limbs and other woody growth from both within the Authority’s property along the right of way (ROW) and outside the ROW as required based on a survey of the D-Branch trees attached herein. rimming/pruning of trees, and removal and disposal of tree limbs, 2. T both dead and living, including but not limited to a ten (10) foot envelope outside of the contact wire column support system as defined herein, within the Authority’s property along the ROW as required. 3. T he Contractor’s off-ROW work as described and designated herein may require the use of a crane having the capacity to safely support removal of full grown mature trees. It is anticipated that up to 25% of the work will require the use of a crane. emoval and disposal of existing downed trees, limbs, brush and 4. R other vegetative matter, generally at ground level along the ROW as identified and as directed by the Engineer. Bidders’ attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. While there is no DBE goal associated with this contract, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities. Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award. Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/ current_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16D2359DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Beatriz Velasquez Reyes
vs.
Yeizon Veleasquez Reyes
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Beatriz Velasquez Reyes, 318 Warren St., #3, Roxbury, MA 02119-1176 your answer, if any, on or before 05/25/2017. 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: March 13, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
DOCKET NO. SU17P0367PM
In the matter of: Carmen Joseph Respondent (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Boston, MA CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405
To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Jason Murray of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Carmen Joseph is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is disabled, that a protective order or appointment of a Conservator is necessary, and that the proposed conservator is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court. 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 05/26/2017. 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 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: April 14, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU17D0091DR
SUFFOLK Division
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Nicolas Paul
vs.
Denise Paul
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Nicolas Paul, 53 Linwood St., Malden MA 02148 your answer, if any, on or before 05/25/2017. 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: April 13, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU17P0366GD
SUFFOLK Division
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Carmen Joseph Of Boston, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Jason Murray of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Carmen Joseph is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Barbara Murray of Roxbury, 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 05/26/2017. 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 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: April 14, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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DORCHESTER: Waumbeck, Howland, & Harold Sts. 4 Detached Single-Family Homes: $294,000 for households ≤ 80% AMI $353,000 for households ≤ 100% AMI 4 Attached Single-Family Homes: $284,000 for households ≤ 80% AMI $343,000 for households ≤ 100% AMI 2 Two-Family Homes: $385,000 for households ≤ 80% AMI $425,000 for households ≤ 100% AMI
Want to Enter the Lottery? You MUST: 1. Be a 1st time homebuyer & complete an approved homebuyer education course prior to closing; 2. Have a minimum household size of number of bedrooms minus one; for 53 Fottler, a household of three or more persons is preferred. 3. Meet income and asset requirements.
2 persons: $62,800 4 persons: $78,500
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Work in hospitals, colleges, insurance agencies, banks, businesses, government offices, health insurance call centers, and more! GET READY FOR A GREAT OFFICE JOB! We will help you apply for free training. Job placement assistance provided. No prior experience necessary, but must have HS diploma or GED. Free YMCA membership for you and your family while enrolled in YMCA Training, Inc.
Call today to schedule an Information Session: 617-542-1800 Are you interested in a
Healthcare CAREER? Project Hope, in partnership with Partners HealthCare and Boston Medical Center, is currently accepting applications for a FREE entry level healthcare employment training program.
MAXIMUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME 80% AMI
Program eligibility includes:
3 persons: $70,650 5 persons: $84,750
MAXIMUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME 100% AMI
2 persons: $78,500 4 persons: $98,100
Deed restrictions, owner-occupancy, Boston residency, household size preferences, & other restrictions apply. Requirements are subject to change.
HELP WANTED
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15 BRAND NEW HOMES: LOTTERY DEADLINE IS MAY 5 GET QUALIFIED NOW!! MATTAPAN: Hiawatha Rd, Mattapan St. & Fottler Rd
3 persons: $88,300 5 persons: $105,950
BUYER SELECTED BY LOTTERY: APPLICATIONS DUE May 5, 2017 BY 5:00 PM www.bostonhomecenter.com or call 617-635-4663
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Have a high school diploma or equivalent Have a verifiable reference of 1 year from a former employer Pass assessments in reading, language, and computer skills Have CORI clearance Be legally authorized to work in the United States
For more information and to register for the next Open House please visit our website at www.prohope.org/openhouse.htm or call 617-442-1880 ext. 234.
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp
Grant Writer and Major Donor Cultivator April 2017
Market Mill Apartments 246 Market Street, Lowell, MA | 978.454.8030 | PeabodyProperties.com
Effective April 20, 2017 Market Mill Apartments in accordance with the Tenant Selection Plan had determined that the waiting list for the two bedroom apartments for families covered by the Section 8 Program will now be closed. The reason for closure is that it has been determined that the wait for an apartment will be at least one year or more for possible occupancy. This action has been approved by: MassHousing, One Beacon St., Boston, MA 02108. Tel: 617-854-1000; Fax: 617-854-1000; VP: 866-758-1435 Information contained herein subject to change without notice.
HELP WANTED Project Hope
Homelessness Prevention Specialist Project Hope seeks a Homelessness Prevention Specialist to provide triage, assessment, and prevention services to families who are applying for Emergency Assistance at the Newmarket Square DHCD Office. The Prevention Specialist will design and implement an intervention in partnership with each family to prevent them from falling into homelessness. Candidates should have 3 years of housing search experience and/or case management experience and be fluent in Spanish or Haitian Creole. Submit cover letter and resume to Peggy Comfrey at pcomfrey@prohope.org.
HIRING NOTICE: This is a “Boston Residents Jobs Policy” Project. All residents are encouraged to apply-must be able to provide acceptable verification of Boston Residency. Applicants must bring a copy of one of the following items as proof of Boston Residency: A current driver’s license OR Massachusetts Identification Card OR Utility Bill less than 6 months old. Keith Construction’s subcontractors are seeking tradesmen for QUINCY TOWER, 5 Oak Street West, in Boston, MA. Must be dependable. Seeking all trades. Local area and low income applicants are encouraged to apply. Please call Bill Plante at 781-630-3803 or email: bplante@keithconstruction.net to set up a time to fill out an application. KEITH CONSTRUCTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
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Looking for a Volunteer Coordinator! North Suffolk Mental Health Association is currently looking for a volunteer coordinator who can bring new ideas, be energetic and self motivating to join our team in Roxbury, MA! This individual’s main focus is to be the main contact for all volunteers including recruiting and managing them. This person would have a minimum of a High School Diploma and 1 year of supervisory experience in a human services field or substance abuse. Some experience/knowledge with substance abuse as a disease and recovery is highly preferred. An ideal candidate would have the ability to interact effectively with peers, their families, visitors, and other staff. They would be comfortable answering phones and have good telephone skills. As well as being able to interact with individuals in small or large settings from diverse backgrounds. If this is you or someone you know please visit our career page at www.northsuffolk.org or walk into 301 Broadway Chelsea, MA 02150 to fill out an application.
The mission of the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (the “NDC”) is to build a cohesive and resilient community in Codman Square and South Dorchester, develop affordable housing and commercial spaces that are safe and sustainable, and promote economic stability for low and moderate income residents of all ages. Job Summary: Under general direction of the Executive Director, this position facilitates fund raising research, implementation of our Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) campaign through support of major donor identification, communication and cultivation. Undertakes grant (proposal) writing and development. Responsible for all aspects of proposal writing/ production, review and editing, working closely with all levels of staff on a program, departmental, agency-wide and/or special initiative basis. Develop collateral materials such as agency annual reports, newsletters, etc., in support of communication and donor identification and cultivation. Develop informational pieces designed to keep Codman Square donors and other constituents abreast of Codman Square’s work events and initiatives, working in coordination with web and social media site developers. Participate in CITC Campaign Committee meetings. Plan funder/major donor events. Maintains donor databases, including DHCD online CITC database and develops tracking protocols and supports reporting on donations and grants. Submit resume and cover letter with salary requirements by April 21, 2017 to: Executive Director, Codman Square NDC, 587 Washington St, Dorchester, MA 02124 or to katrina@csndc.com. No calls please.
Fresh Truck
Market Manager Fresh Truck operates school buses as mobile food markets, stocked with fresh fruit and vegetables. Market Managers are the face of Fresh Truck in our communities, they make the shopping experience for our customers delightful and unique. This role requires a diverse skill set blending food purveyor, dockworker, truck driver, and customer service representative. We’re looking for someone with an unrelenting passion for community building and food. Salary: 35-45k/year. Email to: jobs@thefreshtruck.org
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TUESDAY, APRIL 25 • 10AM-4PM
The Colonnade Hotel • 120 Huntington Ave. • Boston, MA
Participating Companies on April 25 • Bay Cove Human Services • BJ’s Wholesale Club • Boston Medical Center • Bright Horizons • Commonwealth Care Alliance • Commonwealth Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation • East Boston Savings Bank
• Eliot Community Human Services • Feeney Brothers Utility Services • Fenway Health • General Electric • Keolis Commuter Services • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston • New Balance Athletics, Inc. • North Suffolk Mental Health Association
• Old Town Trolley Tours of Boston • T he Boston Consortium for Higher Education • Transportation Security Agency (TSA/DHS) • United States Postal Service • WGBH Educational Foundation • And many more
For more information, see our program guide on Tuesday, April 25—only in the Boston Herald. *There is no cost or obligation to attend. Business attire is requested. The Workplace Diversity Job Fair is conducted in accordance with federal laws advocating employment of all individuals. The Workplace Diversity Job Fair is handicapped accessible. If special arrangements are required, please call (617) 619-6168, no later than 2 days prior to the event.
A $150 million investment in HOV
30.5% of all airport travelers use HOV
We’ve been investing in high-occupancy vehicle transportation since 1990.
Boston Logan is one of the nation’s top airports for high-occupancy vehicle use.
Alternative fuel vehicles are everywhere Massport, the airlines and the cargo companies are all committed to alternative fuels.
Free MBTA T to South Station Get from the airport to South Station on Massport-owned Silver Line buses.
BOSTON LOGAN WORKS FOR EARTH DAY
EVERY DAY.
Lower vehicle emissions Since 2000, air quality measures of volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide, are down more than 80%.
Fewer trips mean less traffic With one consolidated Rental Car Center, we reduced on-airport bus trips from 100 to 30 per hour.
1.8 million Logan Express shuttle trips
Greener buses are better buses
In 2016, we were the 7th largest transit system in the Commonwealth.
We replaced diesel-powered airport buses with a clean fuel fleet.
We’re always striving to be a more sustainable Massport. On Earth Day. And every day.