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Dress code censures black hair
In Malden & nation, black kids punished for common styles By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Outrage erupted as a Malden charter school meted out detentions and, in one case, a suspension to black girls who wore their hair in styles common among Africans and African Americans but forbidden under the school dress code. Among the children disciplined at Mystic Valley Charter school were Lauren Kayondo, age 15, whose family says she was suspended for refusing to remove braids from her hair, as well as Mya and Deanna Cook, 15-yearold sisters who were banned from after-school athletics and served daily detentions for continuing to wear braids with extensions. Civil rights groups have decried the policies as racially discriminatory and said they may represent another piece of an all-too frequent trend of criminalization of blackness.
Racially targeted dress code?
Mystic Valley’s dress code bans “drastic or unnatural hair colors or styles….that could be
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www.mvrcs.com/apps/news/show_news. jsp?REC_ID=455917&id=0 distracting to other students,” and explicitly calls out hair more than two inches in thickness or height as well as hair extensions. Many see the ban on height and extensions as targeting students of African descent who wear their hair naturally or in traditional styling. “As a black woman who wears her hair natural and who has over the years worn braids and weaves and had the privilege of being able to have hair that allows me to be versatile in how I express myself and in how I am able to, quite frankly, manage my life, I am personally very concerned about what we’re hearing in Malden,” said Tanisha Sullivan, president of the
See DRESS CODE, page 10
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District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson campaigning for mayor in the Jamaica Plain Wake Up the Earth parade.
Divisions in political base present challenge for Walsh Police unions, Trump supporters, black voters at odds By YAWU MILLER
Unseating an incumbent mayor is a rarity in Boston, but fractures in Mayor Martin Walsh’s electoral base could present leading challenger Tito Jackson with a golden opportunity. In his 2013 upset win over atlarge City Councilor John Connolly, Walsh, then a Dorchester state representative, prevailed by a thin three percentage-points.
He drew heavily on support from predominantly black and Latino precincts in Hyde Park, Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury. But now the disparate groups Walsh depended on for electoral victory find themselves at odds over critical issues. Black voters want body-worn cameras, a civilian review committee to investigate police abuse and more black, Latino and Asian officers on the force — measures opposed by the police unions who have backed Walsh with
votes and campaign contributions. Many residents are calling for greater affordability in newly-built housing, while real estate developers who back Walsh with campaign funds are meeting the administration’s ambitious housing goals with an abundance of luxury units beyond the reach of most Bostonians. And in the mayor’s own Dorchester political base, a significant
See MAYORAL RACE, page 6
Conference to amplify Latinx voice Aims to up business, political representation By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
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Eneida Roman and Betty Francisco co-founded Latina Circle to help elevate Latinas to influential positions in the business sector. Now they’re looking to boost Latino representation and engagement in politics.
Two established Latina attorneys (one now turned entrepreneur) came together in 2012 to address a void in resources to support mid- to senior- level Latina professionals and make strides in narrowing the persistent racial wage and wealth gap. Now the women are turning focus to the political realm as well. Eneida Roman is an attorney focused on alternative dispute resolution and holds certification as
a mediator and industrial/organizational psychologist. Betty Francisco is the founder and president of a consulting practice focused on fitness and lifestyle programs for youth and children. The two had noticed that women tend to avoid self-promotion, presuming (too-often mistakenly) that their hard work and accomplishments will speak for themselves. In Latina culture, discussing pay is regarded as disrespectful, making it especially difficult for such women to discuss their value, Francisco said. Roman had noted
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splashthat.com that mid-career Latinas often found few peers. Francisco was told by firms and nonprofits that they did not know where to find diverse individuals to hire or recruit for their boards. In an effort to address all these issues, Roman and Francisco jointly founded
See LATINA CIRCLE, page 21
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Any reasonable person is going to choose a program that’s low cost like Relay [Graduate School of Education] or Teach for America. Once people get there, they realize there are real differences between these programs and traditional teacher education programs. One reason why these programs work is because they are low-cost. I work at a traditional teacher preparation program. It is troubling that people will have to pay $62,000 to do work that can change the world. Any reasonable person would say, I would rather not take on that debt.
Boston University professor studies hiring, retention of teachers of color By YAWU MILLER
Travis Bristol is an assistant professor in English education at the Boston University School of Education who researches district- and school-based practices that support teachers of color; national, state and local education policies that enable and constrain the workplace experiences and retention for teachers of color; the intersection of race and gender in schools. Bristol’s study on black male teachers has been highlighted in NPR, the Washington Post, Education Week, NBC News, and Fox News. Here he speaks with the Banner about the paucity of people of color entering and remaining in the teaching profession and strategies districts and schools use to attract and retain them.
Why are school districts around the country struggling to build or maintain diverse teaching staff? Travis Bristol: It’s a multi-pronged reason. The first part, is the supply issue. Students of color are not persisting through or graduating high school like their white peers. Because they don’t graduate, they can’t become teachers. Their schools are under-resourced. Their teachers don’t have the resources or the training to get them through. That’s one issue. The second is that when
people of color have graduate degrees, the system has not done a good enough job to make teaching attractive. There isn’t a robust “become-ateacher” campaign like there is with the army. There’s no call to arms. There’s a messaging problem that we need to fix. In some places nationally, teachers aren’t compensated as they should be. They shouldn’t have to live paycheck to paycheck. There’s also another issue where educators are predominantly white. The people who are making decisions around admitting educators of color may well be biased in what they see as the teachers they want to hire. It is also true that in some programs where you have to take teacher licensure exams, those tests have historically have been biased and only came about after desegregation, when black teachers tried to work in white schools. There are multiple reasons at each stage of the pipeline.
In Boston, we see teachers of color over-represented in some of the most challenging schools, schools with high concentrations of special education and English language learner students. Many of those schools are ranked low in the district. What affect might that have on retention of teachers of color? TB: It’s true in Boston and it’s also true nationally that teachers of color are concentrated in the most challenging schools. When
I did my study in 2013 on black male teachers in Boston, I found that same pattern, that black men were in the most challenging schools. There’s this idea that just having teachers of color working with students of color will improve learning. That’s not necessarily the case, because teachers of color want the same thing as white teachers. They want to have the resources and time to plan and the flexibility to innovate.
Have there been any studies on that? TB: I did see a recent study on bias in teacher hiring. And we also know that racial bias happens everywhere. We know that a white man with a criminal record has a higher chance of getting hired than a black man with a college education. Racial bias is in this country’s DNA. That will continue to manifest itself.
What kinds of strategies have districts used to better retain teachers of color? TB: People have put into place programs like Boston Male Educators of Color. Those types of supports help teachers persist and make it through the day. I’m less certain that those programs make people want to stay year-to-year. They help teachers with their work, but they don’t necessarily begin to change the conditions in the schools where the teachers teach. So, unless
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Travis Bristol districts begin to think about, how do you help principals work with teachers to improve their practice, how do you make sure teachers have time to plan, how do you give teachers and other adults tools to address students’ social and emotional challenges? — Until you begin to address those things, these special initiatives are good, they’ll get people through the day, but they won’t necessarily help people stay year-to-year. That’s the next work. The unit of change can’t only be teachers of color. It has to be principals who have support from the district to improve teaching and learning in their schools. It has to be comprehensive.
Are there any school systems that stand out as examples of best practices? TB: I think that Boston is beginning to do this professional development work. I’ve had conversations and I’m working with the district about which schools are succeeding in helping teachers of color to stay. One of the great things about Boston is that people are having that conversation. A lot of people are talking about Boston. In other cities, people are talking about how do we get more. In Boston the conversation is about how do we retain.
TB: I actually gave a talk at Relay two weeks ago. As I said at Relay, I pause when I think about, if the goal is to give teachers who are going to teach in the most challenging schools less of an opportunity to learn how to teach, we may well be setting the very people who want to teach in those schools up for failure if we don’t give them sustained opportunities to learn how to teach. Teach for America has launched a program for people in their junior year of college. I think that’s a much more positive model. But I should say that what I have been impressed by in alternative certification programs is that many are now talking about issues of race and equity that other traditional programs have ignored.
What are some encouraging developments in districts’ efforts to attract and retain teachers of color? TB: We really don’t have a national articulated research agenda around recruiting and retaining teachers of color. One of the things I’m really hopeful about is that at the American Educational Research Association last week I got a group of researchers around the room to spend some time thinking about what it means to develop a research agenda around recruitment and retention of teachers of color. So while we know something, and people are doing this research in silos, we don’t have a clear sense about attacking this problem. Many states have taken up this charge. I will be working with several states over the coming months to help them craft their commitments and agendas to recruit, support and retain teachers of color.
Some states are now allowing teachers to be certified through non-accredited programs, like those set up by charter school operators in New Jersey. Do those programs show any promise of increasing the numbers of people of color entering the teaching field?
Is Massachusetts one of those states?
TB: Those programs are successful in attracting candidates primarily because of cost. If you are a 20-year-old, you have college debt, you’re looking to take on loans or apply to a program that’s free.
TB: It is not. It’s unfortunate, because Massachusetts has a higher percentage of white teachers than the national average. I think it’s something like 92 percent. The national average is 82 percent.
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Hearing focuses on BPS’ struggles with transit costs, appealing meals Steep price tag for school choice, charters, special education door-to-door pick up By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
With the school budget proposal and accompanying Boston Public School officials in front of them, city councilors during a recent hearing pressed BPS to clamp down on its transportation spending and raised hopes that more resources could be channeled into the school departments’ shoestring budget. BPS officials, meanwhile, stressed the difficulty of limiting transit expenses with some cost contributors stuck outside of district control, coupled with the need to carefully ensure that attempts to trim spending do not leave children stranded. Still, officials said they have some ideas.
Getting from A to B on budget
Transportation seems to be a constant budget headache for BPS. The department’s promises last year to trim $10 million from the budget last year never materialized, with $8 million being cut and then much of it added back in as new costs emerged. Several councilors made clear they want to see change. “We need to choose to spend less money on transportation and then find ways to make it happen,” Annissa Essaibi-George said. “We’re trying to balance a budget — it is difficult when folks sit before us and say they’ll save $10 million and then next year don’t save it and ask for an additional $7.9 million,” Tito Jackson said, rebuking staff for asking for a budget increase for next year. While overall bus ridership declined last year, fuel prices were unexpectedly high (BPS officials say they do not expect the same surprise this year), as were health care costs, the number of students requiring pick up at their door and charter school transportation costs, according to John Hanlon, BPS chief of operations, and Eleanor Laurans, executive director of school finance. Further costs came from a legal change requiring that homeless children receive transportation from shelters or other temporary lodging to their original school for the entire academic year, even if they become permanently
housed in another community. Previously, BPS only provided such students with transportation for the first 90 days after they lost permanent housing. As a result, the number of such children served shot up from 253 in Fiscal Year 2016 to 2,392 in Fiscal Year 2017. Hanlon said high costs does not always mean poor practice. “The transportation line within Boston Public Schools absolutely represents the equity line,” Hanlon said. Why are BPS’s transit costs are so high? In part because the district serves a high number of special education students who require pick up at their doors, so while overall ridership has declined, the number of stops has increased over the past five years. Another cost driver is that the district puts emphasis on providing families with a wide range of school choice, Hanlon said. Other factors beyond district control are the requirement that it pay for transporting students to parochial and charter schools. A small portion of students account for the majority of the expenses. Students served by doorto-door pick up comprised 11 percent of all yellow bus riders in Fiscal Year 2017, but 37 percent of the transit costs, according to BPS data. Charter students are 11 percent of riders but 13 percent of costs. The approximately 1 percent of students were transported to parochial schools comprised 2 percent of transit costs. The less than 1 percent of students transported to private special education placements constituted about 7 percent of overall costs. Meanwhile, transit for about 66 percent of students comprises only about 20 percent of costs, Hanlon said.
Home-based system and BuildBPS
Some savings are on the horizon, but still many years off. When BPS switched to a home-based system, most newly-enrolling children signed up for schools near their homes. With more children no longer qualifying for bus service, BPS has a greater opportunity at saving on transportation. This
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percent of yellow bus riders are served by door-to-door pick up and account for 37 percent of transit costs percent of riders are charter school students and account for 13 percent of transit costs percent of riders are parochial students and account for 2 percent of transit costs percent of riders are privately-placed special education students and account for 7 percent of transit costs percent of students account for 80 percent of transit costs
move, and requiring grade 7 and 8 students to use the MBTA, has reduced some costs, Hanlon said. However, students who already were attending a school when the home-based system was launched were allowed to continue at their current location, and their siblings are allowed to attend the same schools when they turn of age. As such, BPS will not fully enjoy the transit ease promised by neighborhood schools until the grandfathered in students and their siblings (some of whom still may not yet be in school) graduate from high school or transfer out of BPS. It takes a critical mass of students switching off bus use to allow for dropping a route, and its associated cost. Even if only one or two students attend a faroff school, BPS will have to pay for a vehicle to take them there, although the bus potentially can share transport to other schools along the way, should start times and routing allow. In some routes where ridership is very low, it can cost $70,000 to $80,000 per child to run a bus, Hanlon said. Some parochial schools have between one and five students on a bus at a given time, according to BPS. Some easement also may come from BuildBPS, the facilities plan that was created with a consideration of investing in buildings in areas where the surrounding population is expected to grow, Hanlon said. Investments also may make the schools more attractive to children who already live nearby but currently choose not to attend, he said.
Don’t save the seat
Hanlon is putting some hope on encouraging parents who typically provide other transit for their children to opt out of a bus
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School department officials are seeking ways to reduce the number of bus routes needed. seat. BPS officials estimate that 30 percent of bus seats are provided (and paid for) for children who regularly do not use them. Hanlon said he expects parents do this to keep a back pocket option in case of unexpected disruption to their normal routine. However, he said, bus drivers are informed to accept any ridership of any student, even those not on their list. Students also may opt back in to the bus system, although currently it takes about a week to update lists, a lag BPS seeks to reduce. Hanlon added a warning that BPS has used various bus contractors with different terms in regards to the costs BPS must assume. As such, looking through past records of transit costs may not capture the full picture, if the negotiation terms changed.
Health on a dime
The department of Food and Nutrition services is responsible for serving up healthy, nutritious, locally-sourced food, with lunch and breakfast offered at no cost to students. But the department funds these meals on a paltry $1.43 in reimbursement per lunch meal served, and only 94 cents per breakfast meal served. Afterschool suppers are supported with $2.52 per meal. It may not be surprising that Laura Benavidez, executive director for Food and Nutrition Services at BPS, says the department’s net loss of $171,000 this year is the best end balance it’s had in 13 years. Food and Nutrition Services rely on federal reimbursements and a state grant that must be re-applied for every four years, this year included. But in recent years, BPS general funds have been brought in to cover cost overruns. If schools make meals that go unselected by students, the schools do not receive reimbursement for
the labor and food costs that went into that meal. As such, department staff members believe it is critical to encourage more students to choose school meals. For the sake of good nutrition, the department also is concerned with ensuring that meals served end up in stomachs, not trashcans. Benavidez spoke of the importance of starting to treat children more like customers — that is, like customers that need to be enticed and won over with appealing presentation and aroma. “Our children eat with their eyes as we do as adults,” Benavidez said. At 25 percent of schools, food is prepared in the kitchen on site, where the scents waft out into the cafeteria and students receive well-presented food, Benavidez said. However, at the remaining 75 percent of schools, staff receive frozen meals to reheat in plastic wrap. The result can be far less appealing, and visually more reminiscent of airplane food. Improvement ideas include piloting a program to conduct food prep at East Boston High School and transport assembled meals to nearby schools, aiming at more appealing and fresher food provision. BPS officials seek to use improved data tracking and assessment in order to identify which menu items and combinations are popular to encourage meal participation, and to bolster a culture in which kitchen staff have autonomy in ordering and management, which they expect will reduce food waste. Given that many children receive 30 to 50 percent of their daily food intake at schools, it is vital to ensure the food is nutritional, said Benavidez. Both BPS officials and several councilors spoke of the potential to use local urban farm produce in the food, to ensure freshness and to boost local economies.
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Monuments to the seditious Confederacy A common practice in many communities is for the elders to be afforded special status. Those who have lived long enough to become knowledgeable and wise are considered to be significant assets to their fellow citizens, although their significance is often overrated. Those whose achievements are considered to be extraordinary are sometimes honored with a monument or immortalized by naming a building in remembrance. But what to do when the tide of history changes and the heroes of old are out of favor? This problem now confronts the New Orleans supporters of the Confederacy. Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans issued an ordinance in December 2015 calling for the removal of four monuments in the city that relate to the Civil War and the Confederacy. A monument commemorating the violent opposition in 1874 by white residents who were against reconstruction and a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis have already been removed. Workers had to wear flak jacket as protection against violent opponents. Still to be removed are the following Confederate statues: P.G.T. Beauregard and Robert E. Lee, both Confederate generals. Contractors needed to perform the work have been threatened. Supporters of the Confederacy have gathered in New Orleans to obstruct removal of the remaining symbols. An estimated 61 percent of the population of New Orleans is black. From the black perspective these monuments stand for white supremacy. The major objective of the Civil War was to enable the South to continue slavery and treat blacks essentially as farm equipment. It is absurd for white protesters to expect
that blacks, who are in the majority, would continue to tolerate the existence of the symbols of their oppression and disenfranchisement. Equally disturbing is that there are still so many who do not understand that slavery is immoral and that their ancestors who precipitated the Civil War were wrong. They are undeserving of historical adulation. When one considers the loss of life in that war, and the number of physical disabilities and the destruction of families, officers from the Confederacy are responsible for a human carnage that would make mass murderers seem tame by comparison. There were 204,100 battle deaths. Battles to protect the monuments to Confederate generals also occur in other cities. There has been a political conflict in Selma, Alabama for the dedication of a statue to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was found guilty of atrocities. In the Battle of Fort Pillow, Forrest’s unit massacred 200 Union soldiers, many of whom were escaped slaves. A white group called the Friends of Forrest have lobbied to establish a monument to Forrest in Selma, which is 80 percent black. One of Forrest’s less successful assignments was to defend the Selma fortifications essential to supplying Confederate forces. Consequently there is little military reason to honor Forrest in Selma. But perhaps his recognition is based upon the fact that in 1866 he became the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Indeed, there is every reason for African Americans to believe that efforts to preserve the public’s memory of the heroes of the Confederacy are to sustain the notion of white supremacy.
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Guess who Sessions’ war on drugs will target? ByEARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Attorney General Jeff Sessions made it official. The federal government will now reboot its war on drugs. The official word came down in the form of memos from Sessions that ordered federal prosecutors to cease and desist on the soft approach former Attorney General Eric Holder took toward prosecuting petty drug offenders. Now prosecutors must demand the harshest sentence, must use the threat to harshly pile on sentence enhancements to browbeat drug offenders into copping a guilty plea, and they must itemize the drugs an offender uses to insure they are slapped with the minimum mandatory sentence. Sessions isn’t just talking about cracking down on the use of the hard stuff. He has a near paranoid obsession with pot. He has railed against its use, thinks it’s one of the worst drug evils, and is convinced it is undermining the nation’s morals. Sessions has long chomped at the bit to cop the title as America’s number one drug warrior. He took giddy delight as a federal prosecutor and a U.S. Attorney in putting the hammer to drug offenders whenever he could. Sessions would likely scoff at the frank admission by disgraced Nixon White House advisor John Ehrlichman, in an interview in Harpers in 1994, that the war on drugs was not about law enforcement getting a handle on drug sales and use, but another weapon to lock up as many blacks as possible. From its inception in the 1970s, the war on drugs has been a ruthless, relentless and naked war on minorities, especially African-Americans. Former President Obama and Holder got that. And they made it clear that it was time to rethink how the war was being fought and who its prime casualties have been. They pushed hard to get Congress to wipe out a good deal of the blatantly racially-skewed harsh drug sentencing for crack versus powder cocaine possession and to eliminate minimum mandatory sentencing. Congress didn’t finish the job and as long as Sessions is in the driver’s seat at the Justice Department it won’t. The Obama and Holder reforms in low-level drug prosecutions did produce positive and dramatic results. The number of minimum mandatory sentences imposed plunged, and there was much more reliance on drug counseling and diversion programs for petty offenders. You can kiss that good-bye with Sessions. Even though countless surveys have found that whites and blacks use drugs in about the same rate, more than 70 percent of those prosecuted in federal courts for drug possession and sale (mostly small amounts of crack cocaine) and given stiff mandatory sentences are blacks. Most those who deal and use crack cocaine aren’t violent prone gang members, but poor, and increasingly female, young blacks. They clearly need treatment, not long prison stretches. Obama and Holder understood that. The federal war on drugs before Obama and Holder, now reignited under Sessions, targeted blacks for a good reason. The top-heavy drug use by young whites — and the crime and violence that go with it — has never stirred any public outcry for mass arrests, prosecutions, and tough prison sentences for white drug dealers, many of whom deal drugs that are directly linked to serious crime and violence. Whites unlucky enough to get popped for drug possession are treated with compassion, prayer sessions, expensive psychiatric counseling, treatment and rehab programs and drug diversion programs. A frank admission that the laws are biased and unfair, and have not done much to combat the drug plague, would be an admission of failure. It could ignite a real soul-searching over whether all the billions of dollars that have been squandered in the failed and flawed drug war — the lives ruined by it, and the families torn apart by the rigid and unequal enforcement of the laws — has really accomplished anything. This might call into question why people use and abuse drugs in the first place — and if it is really the government’s business to turn the legal screws on some drug users while turning a blind eye to others? The greatest fallout from the nation’s failed drug policy is that it has further embedded the widespread notion that the drug problem is exclusively a black problem. This makes it easy for on-the-make politicians to grab votes, garner press attention, and balloon state prison budgets to jail more black offenders, while continuing to feed the illusion that we are winning the drug war. This means little to Sessions. In his fundamentalist, self-righteous, puritanical world, drug users are the scourge of the nation. They must be swiftly and mercilessly removed from the streets, workplaces, schools and any other place that their presence subverts the good upstanding morals of the nation. Sessions said as much in a memo when he claimed that his tough drug crackdown will “advance public safety, and promote respect for our legal system.” It will do neither. It will balloon prison-building, the hiring and maintaining of waves of corrections officers, and further bloat state budgets. But worst of all it will again do, what it was always intended to do and that’s to be a war on minorities and especially blacks.
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Do you think Donald Trump will be impeached?
He’s going to get impeached. He’s crazy. I don’t even know how he got to be president.
John Kindell Retired Dorchester
He took advantage of a lot of people. Now it looks like no one’s leading the country. I don’t think he’ll be impeached, though.
Adriano Lima Student Roxbury
Yes. One way or another he’s going out. Too much conflict. Too much lying.
Lillian O’Neal Poet Jamaica Plain
I hope so. He says too many racist things.
Diane Harrison City Worker Boston
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MYECHIA MINTER-JORDAN Myechia Minter-Jordan, President and CEO of The Dimock Community Health Center, was among a distinguished group of influential figures to receive a Doctor of Public Service honorary degree at Northeastern University’s 115th commencement for her visionary leadership of The Dimock Center, transforming it into a national model for health and human services. Minter-Jordan is a graduate of Brown University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business, with an MBA in health services. After graduation, she joined Johns Hopkins
Medical Center as an attending physician and instructor of medicine and subsequently as director of medical consultation services at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Dimock Center, the largest employer in Roxbury and the second-largest health center in Boston, is considered a national model of comprehensive health and human services with an emphasis on the integration of clinical and behavioral health practices. The Dimock Center reaches more than 17,000 people annually through comprehensive health and human services.
Within 18 months he’ll be out of office. They’ll find a way to impeach him. He’s too controversial. The only way he’ll survive is if he goes to war.
Carlos Clark Retired Mattapan
I think he should be. The question is will Congress really do it.
Kevin Martin Accountant Dorchester
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number of Democrats who voted for Donald Trump might be alienated by Walsh’s public stands against the president’s anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim executive orders. If Jackson is able to capitalize on the tensions Walsh is facing as the gulf between haves and havenots widens in Boston, he may be able to broaden his support beyond the Roxbury-based district he currently represents on the council.
Trump Democrats
To peel back the layers of potential fractures in Walsh’s base, one need look no further than recent elections, where precincts with high percentages of Walsh supporters went in heavily for Trump. For example Ward 16, which backed Walsh 76 percent — his highest margin in any ward — is home to many of the cops and firefighters who have donated heavily to the mayor’s campaign. And it’s also home to the precinct with the highest percentage of Trump voters in Boston — precinct 12. There too Walsh scored his highest margin of victory in the city — an impressive 86.8 percent. In Savin Hill’s Ward 13, Precinct 10, Walsh’s home district until he moved into Lower Mills in 2015, longtime union activist and Walsh supporter Bobby “Sauce” Callahan explained his departure from the Democratic Party in a Boston Herald column last week, railing against Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and the Democratic establishment. Other union activists took notice, with several prominent firefighters re-posting Callahan’s
diatribe on their Facebook pages. Ward 13 is at the center of Walsh’s base of support, which extends into South Boston’s wards 6 and 7, both of which backed Walsh, and both of which contain precincts where the Trump vote exceeded 30 percent — more than twice the city average of 13.8 percent.
Union ties
The predominantly white labor unions whose members live in Dorchester — including firefighters, cops and building trades workers, have done well under the Walsh administration. But they stand in stark contrast to other public employee unions. The Boston Teachers’ Union is the largest of several working without a new contract during the three-and-a-half years of the Walsh administration. Last year, budget cuts to schools prompted three student walk-outs and a picket line at the mayor’s State of the City address. This year, the Walsh administration invested in expanding learning time at some schools and funded an increase in the number of early learning seats, yet cut the budgets at 49 of the district’s 126 schools. Bob Marshall, a retired teacher who hosted a meet-and-greet for Walsh during the 2013 election, said support is waning for the mayor among members of the Black Educators Alliance of Massachusetts, a group that gave Walsh a failing report card in March. “He’s a nice guy,” Marshall said. “I wish him well. But it’s time for a change.”
Black vote is key
Walsh’s 2013 upset victory against former at-large City Councilor John Connolly exposed fault
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Mayor Martin Walsh marches with (l-r) state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry and at-large city councilors Annissa Essaibi-George and Ayanna Pressley in the 21st annual Mothers Day Walk for Peace in Dorchester. lines in Boston’s electoral map. While Walsh’s support in the Dorchester base where he has been politically active for much of his adult life was solid, Connolly boasted strong support in his base in voter-rich West Roxbury, where he garnered 60 percent of the vote, and in wealthier areas like Ward 5 in the Back Bay/Beacon Hill area, where he won 76.7 percent of the vote. For Walsh, the path to victory was through the city’s black and Latino communities, where endorsements from virtually every black elected official as well as several unions with large black and Latino memberships helped Walsh win nearly 60 percent of the vote in predominantly black and Latino
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precincts. That margin of victory among the city’s 43,000 black and 55,000 Latino voters was key to Walsh winning the mayor’s race by three percentage points. For Jackson to mount an effective challenge against Walsh, he would have to hold down a base of support in Boston’s black and Latino communities. So far, he’s banking on his strong defense of Boston’s schools, voters’ dissatisfaction with the skyrocketing cost of housing in the city and his opposition to the city’s 2014 Olympics bid, which Walsh backed. “He’s always been supportive of the Boston public schools and has been supportive of the children of Boston,” said Kristin Johnson, a Jamaica Plain parent activist who held a meet-and-greet for Jackson recently. “I think support is strong for him here in Jamaica Plain.” Walsh seems as if he’s working again to win over black and Latino voters. On Tuesday, May 2, the date the city’s Election Department released nomination papers, Walsh was in Dudley Square greeting voters as he and his volunteers were en route to collecting more than 12,000 signatures — four times the number he would need to secure a slot on the ballot. That same day, Jackson’s campaign collectined more than 3,000 signatures.
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The unions representing patrolmen and detectives on the city’s police force will likely back Walsh, given his administration’s February settlement of contract negotiations — including an 8 percent pay raise. Walsh received $30,000 in
campaign contributions from 70 police officers in the month following the contract settlement. Whether black voters will back Walsh remains an open question. If a civilian review board becomes a campaign issue, Walsh may face difficult choices. Then there’s the issue of hiring officers of color. Although the city is more than 50 percent people of color, people of color are underrepresented among military veterans to whom the Civil Service gives a near absolute priority for hiring. The Walsh administration and police unions are in favor of keeping the Civil Service exam as a requirement for police hiring; many blacks are not. In the housing arena, Walsh’s record is mixed. His administration’s aggressive housing production targets — 50,000 new units by 2030 — have translated into a bonanza for the building trades and developers of luxury housing units, yet as the mayor himself noted during his visit to Dudley Square, affordable housing and displacement remain top issues for black and Latino voters. Walsh’s stands against the Trump administration’s anti-immigration and anti-Muslim executive orders and the headlines they generate may score him points with liberal voters, but given that his base overlaps so neatly with the axis of Trump support in the city, the anti-Trump rhetoric probably won’t do much to energize his strongest base. By many accounts, the race is Walsh’s to lose. But keeping his base together amid the growing economic and political pressures this year may prove impossible.
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‘More powerful’ immigrant rights movement emerges outside D.C. Trump executive orders put pressure on groups to become better organized By ELENA SHORE, NEW AMERICA MEDIA
Immigrant rights advocates say that despite the cloud of fear hanging over communities in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, there is also a growing and increasingly organized resistance. “We are seeing an increase in the number of people apprehended for removal,” Melissa Chua, immigration director of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), told reporters on a national press call organized by New America Media and Ready California. “It’s not just growing infrastructure [for future deportations]…we’re seeing it in reality.” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 21,362 arrests from January 20 to March 13 of this year, a third more than during the same period in 2016, according to numbers requested by The Washington Post. The figures include 5,441 non-citizens with no criminal record, double the number during the same time last year. The statistics reflect a shift in priorities from the Obama administration, which sought to prioritize certain criminals and recent arrivals for deportation. Under
Trump, the deportation priorities have expanded so much that they can be used to target almost any undocumented immigrant. Immigrant and refugee rights advocates say the effect on immigrant communities is palpable.
Tough times
Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), described it as “one of the most horrendous periods in American history for immigrant families.” “What we’re seeing,” explained Salas, “is just a harsher way by which DHS [the Department of Homeland Security] is dealing with all matters of immigration, especially when it comes to stays of removal or requests for relief.” Over 38 percent of the individuals detained in the Feb. 9 ICE raids in Southern California, for example, had only minor infractions, many of them from years ago, according to Salas. “The other thing that we’re seeing,” she said, “is that they’re being harsher when it comes to individuals who had … stays of removal. “ICE enforcement is going back and making decisions about those cases,” Salas explained. “Instead of continuing their stays of
removal, they’re challenging their stays of removal, their administrative closure.” Since taking office, Trump has signed executive orders that call for “sweeping changes on immigration,” said Chua of IRC, adding, however, that “many of these proposed changes face some real, significant hurdles.” Some, like the construction of a border wall, can’t be implemented without funding. Others have been blocked by the courts, including the administration’s attempt to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities; and both versions of Trump’s “travel ban,” which aimed to curtail travel from certain predominantly Muslim countries and lower the number of refugees allowed admission into the United States. “While many of the changes proposed by the administration may threaten refugees, immigrants and their families,” said Chua, “there still exist some real barriers to implementation, offering some real avenues of hope for immigrant communities.” Advocates say many of these signs of hope lie outside of Washington.
More powerful
“The immigrant rights movement is getting more organized, more powerful,” said Salas, pointing to local and state efforts that seek to protect the rights of immigrants across the country.
“What is incredible is the many cities and schools defending immigrants,” she said. On May 1, she noted, about 30,000 people marched in the streets of Los Angeles to defend the rights of immigrants. “California is moving forward a different vision, a different agenda,” said Salas. The state legislature has proposed various bills that seek to defend immigrants’ rights, from Senate Bill 54 (the California Values Act), introduced by Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), which would prevent state and local resources from being used to cooperate with deportations, to Senate Bill 6, by Sen. Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, which would provide funding for legal services for immigrants facing deportation. By contrast, Texas’ state legislature is moving further to the right on immigration. Texas Republicans just passed Senate Bill 4, a new law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, which threatens law enforcement with jail time if they don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities. “In the mid-90s, California looked a lot like Texas does today,” said Salas, when California voters passed Prop 187. That ballot measure helped get its supporter, Republican Gov. Pete Wilson, elected. But it led to an even bigger backlash against the GOP in the state, and is largely credited with the mobilization of Latino voters who have changed the face of California politics. “Our community [in California] became engaged,” Salas said. Texas, which has the nation’s second-largest Latino population after California, could see
a similar backlash. “What we’re seeing in Texas is the same kind of mobilization,” she said. Meanwhile, immigrant rights advocates are helping their communities stay informed. “There are many families that are afraid,” said Adriana Guzman, immigrant outreach coordinator with Faith in Action Bay Area. “Our message to them is that there are steps they can take right now.” Guzman said she is encouraging individuals to talk to a trusted legal services provider to see if they qualify for immigration relief, to make a family preparedness plan, including who will take care of children if something happens to their parents, and to carry the number of a trusted immigration attorney they can call in case of an emergency. Most importantly, Guzman said, individuals should know that they have certain rights under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of their immigration status. These include the right to remain silent, the right to not open the door to agents without a warrant signed by a judge, the right to speak to a lawyer and make a phone call, and to not sign anything they don’t understand or that isn’t true. “Thousands of community outreach workers are spanning their communities, delivering Know Your Rights presentations,” said Salas of CHIRLA. From helping eligible immigrants become citizens and register to vote, to protesting in the streets and supporting legal challenges in the courts, she said, immigrant rights advocates have been able to “make a statement in these very difficult days.”
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City’s bad rap on race troubles firms Hub image hinders recruitment; business community sees role to play in reform By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Following reports of racial harassment at Fenway, accounts poured out from athletes of color affirming that for many across the nation, the incidents came as no surprise. Nor is Boston’s tarnished image on race limited to the sports community. The city that prompted #BlackatBLS last year again struggles with racism allegations in schools, as Boston College High School students were found to have targeted hate speech at classmates of color both in person and in online forums, according to principal Stephen Hughes in an email to parents this month. In the business community, a pervasive image of Boston as unwelcoming to minorities has long presented a hurdle to recruiting talent and attracting minority businesses and business organizations, said James Rooney, president and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Incidents like those Fenway reinforce an image that Rooney says he and other in the Chamber are struggling to counter. “When I talk to colleagues in business, people who have relocated here who are African American or Hispanic tell stories of friends and family who say, ‘Are you sure you want to go to Boston?’” Rooney told the Banner.
With many acknowledging that racism is not limited to isolated events, but part of a larger climate and system, more eyes are turning to the role the business community can play. “While the incidents at Fenway Park received significant media coverage, the experiences of people day-to-day do suggest that these incidents are not isolated and that in some respects, they are reflective of a shared experience, that unfortunately people of color have,” Tanisha Sullivan, president of the Boston Branch of the NAACP, told the Banner. Sullivan said the incidents at Fenway are just the most overt examples of racism and products of a climate that allow some people to believe such actions are acceptable. True reform requires listening to those who are impacted and engaging the entire community in addressing where they can the structural and systemic issues that contribute to and perpetuate inequity. These include educational achievement gaps, unemployment and earning opportunity gaps and criminal justice practices that contribute to disparate impact, such as mandatory minimums for drug offenses, she said. “Racism … is experienced on a day-to-day basis through microaggressions, through systems that have had negative affects on people of color,” Sullivan said. “It
makes tackling this issue a collective responsibility.” Rooney agreed that the business community must be involved in reform. “As I think back on some of the horrific events that have occurred in different parts of the country, often times the conversation starts with law enforcement and shifts to judicial fairness, but then when people probe the issues that are driving or underpinning issues of race and social unrest, it comes down to basic economics and economic opportunity,” Rooney said. “If economic opportunity is a dimension of racial inequality, then the business community has to be at the table.” Support seems to be there, he added: “There’s an acknowledgement that we have work to do.” Mayor Martin Walsh used a recent speech at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce as an opportunity to call for action against racism. “Boston is overdue for more open, intentional conversation on race,” Walsh said. “We can’t pat ourselves on the backs, and call our work done. We saw some of this evidence [of ] why that is in recent incidents at Fenway Park last week. Greater Boston does have a long way to go in rooting out racism and healing the wounds of history. But we can’t treat these as isolated incidents. We must recognize overt racism as a sign of ongoing systemic injustice.” Walsh suggested that President Trump’s administration has encouraged those holding racist beliefs to bring them to the surface.
“I, too, believe that divisive and cruel rhetoric from national leaders emboldens these hateful actions and attitudes,” he said. “We can change that here in the city of Boston. We are better than that.”
Boston’s business sector image
In a previous role running the Boston Convention and Exposition Center Rooney struggled to persuade minority groups to come to conventions held in Boston, and he said Boston’s image has dampened firms’ ability to recruit people of color. “People who are from other cities and state certainly either know of the history around the busing years, the Charles Stuart years, or other more recent incidents — certainly the Fenway Park incident went national which reinforces the brand of an unwelcoming city,” Rooney said. “We need to create moments that demonstrate to people that by and large, most people here are not like that.” While with the convention center, Rooney arranged conversations between leaders of color and organizations to discuss what the city could offer. Ultimately, the National Society of Black Engineers, the National Association of Black Journalists and National Urban League agreed to come to Boston, marking for some of the groups the first time in decades, or ever, that they had come to the city, Rooney said. To improve Boston’s image, it is critical to create positive experiences to balance out the negative accounts, Rooney said. He recalled that during the Black Journalists’ event, a Los Angeles-based attendee said this
was the first time he’d left his family behind on such a trip, but after three days in Boston, his opinion had changed, and next time he would bring them. As another ray of hope, Rooney noted is that many foreign-born immigrants who come to Boston do find their personal and professional needs met and choose to stay.
Chamber of Commerce’s role
Sullivan spoke of the importance of all members of Boston finding ways to tackle racial inequity. For members of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce this means finding ways to use the particular skill set of such a business group, Rooney said. Their efforts include work to connect small businesses, especially those with diverse leadership, to supplier opportunities with larger businesses. Other significant areas to address, Rooney said, are education opportunity and transit access from minority neighborhoods to job centers. He said he believes the business community can bring its influence to advocate for transportation infrastructure investment.
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Boston branch of the NAACP said in a Banner phone interview. “I wear my hair natural and I have an afro from time to time. It does not impact, and has never impacted, my work and quite frankly has nothing to do with my work or work ethic. The suggestion that hair, particularly hair in its natural state, could somehow disrupt the learning process to me just simply does not make sense.” Matt Cregor, education project director for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, noted that white students with unnaturally dyed hair were not punished, and said the school policy seems blatantly
discriminatory. “The language seems so racially targeted that the thing it reminds me of the most is guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice on what not to do if you don’t want to be a target of a civil rights investigation,” he told the Banner. “It’s hard not to look at a policy like this and feel an explicit targeting within it and punishment for a hair style that can only be seen a distracting through the eyes of one who must have never seen it before.” In a letter to the school’s interim director, Cregor suggested that the paucity of black educators at Mystic Valley creates a cultural competency gap. “I understand that you employ one black educator among the 156 educators you listed for the
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,” Cregor wrote. “If you endeavor to equitably serve students of color, you may wish to spend more time in the neighborhoods they live in, where braids are not distractions; they are hair.” In his letter, Cregor said the policy can impede students’ ability to explore their racial identities, and noted that the Cook sisters are black children of white adoptive parents. Alex Dan, the Mystic Valley school’s interim director, stated in a May 12 letter to parents that the dress code is intended to limit children’s ability to differentiate based on economic status and said the cost of hair extensions is the reason for their prohibition. “One important reason for your children’s success is that Mystic Valley purposefully promotes equity by focusing on what unites our students and by reducing visible gaps between those of different means. We foster a culture that emphasizes education rather than style, fashion, or materialism,” Dan states. “The specific prohibition on hair extensions, which are expensive and could serve as a differentiating factor between students from dissimilar socioeconomic backgrounds, is consistent with our desire to create such an educational environment, one that celebrates all that our students have in common and minimizes material differences and distractions.” A random sampling of hair salons in Boston and Malden performed by The Boston Globe found hair extensions woven into braids cost less or are roughly equal to other hair styles, with prices ranging from $50 to $200 and the styling from one session lasting for up to three months. Zane Crute, president of the Mystic Valley area branch of the NAACP, called the school’s disciplinary practices an impediment to education. “It’s more focused on trying to disrupt education,” Crute told the Banner. He added that the dress code policy is one example of schools barring behaviors that are acceptable in a professional environment. “Academia gets away with a lot of stuff that doesn’t go in
the business world anymore.” The Cook sisters who have become a focus of media stories on the policy, have strong academic records: Mya Cook has a 3.79 grade point average, and Deanna hold a 3.3 GPA.
Criminalization of black girls
Research has demonstrated that suspensions not only impede access to education but also can make it more likely a child will become involved with the criminal justice system. According to the Cambridge-based Schott Foundation for Public Education, in 2016, black girls were suspended at six times the rate of white girls. The Lawyers’ Committee’s Cregor said black girls also are suspended at a rate higher than that of boys of any race other than African American. This inequity persists in other systems: black girls disproportionately enter the juvenile justice system, where they also receive longer sentences than any other demographic of girls, according to a Feb. 2015 report from the African American Policy Forum. While Sullivan and Crute could not recall similar incidents in Massachusetts, across the country black girls and boys have faced severe discipline for their hair. In 2013, 7-year-old, straight-A student Tiana Parker was prohibited from wearing dreadlocks to her Tulsa, Oklahoma charter school. Although backlash compelled the school to change its policy, which also barred afros, the family transferred schools, saying they felt she was unwelcome. That same year, 12-year-old African-American student Vanessa VanDyke faced expulsion from a Christian school in Orlando, Florida for wearing her hair naturally. When her mother complained, students teased VanDyke for not having straight hair, the school administration said the hair, which the VanDyke self-described as “puffy,” was a distraction, on par with rattails and Mohawks. In 2014, a Rastafarian boy cut his dreadlocks after his school in Louisiana threatened to suspend him. In 2015, school administrators in a Belmont, California Catholic School sought to remove
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Tanisha Sullivan 5-year-old Jalyn Broussard from school for wearing a hair style known as a modern fade, in which his hair was longer on top and buzzed on the sides. According to Broussard’s mother, several students of different races who wore similar hairstyles faced no discipline, and she said she showed the school principal photos of the Michael Strahan, a black talkshow host and former New York Giants defensive end, wearing a modern fade. The Broussard family removed their children from the school saying they no longer trusted the school not to discriminate. Edgar Villanueva, vice president of programs and advocacy at the Schott Foundation, said that research funded by the foundation has identified a persistent trend of black girls being pushed out of schools, and that a variety of issues need to be addressed. Girls are more likely to be subjected to sexual harassment, burdened with family supports, and be penalized for defending themselves against bullying, Villanueva said, generating a greater need to ensure female students feel safe in schools and to offer supports for girls facing family responsibilities. The foundation recommends restorative justice in place of zero tolerance measures. The situation in Mystic Valley has an inspiring note, Villanueva said, in that it represents an instance in which youth and parents are standing up for their rights. “Folks who experience this type of discrimination are often in a less powerful position to push back,” he said. “This is one reason we’re really excited about this incident where youth and parents are pushing back, saying this is our culture and this is inappropriate. It will inspire others to do so.”
Latest developments
The Mystic Valley NAACP is collaborating on a joint complaint with the ACLU and has sought conversation with interim director of the school. Speaking on Monday, Crute said that thus far, the school administration seems unwilling to talk or make policy changes. That same day, the ACLU filed a complaint with the state department of education, stating that the dress code “advances a standard of appearance that is based on Caucasian, Christian, and Western norms. Likewise, the policy makes no exceptions for ethnic, religious or cultural practices or medical needs.” The Massachusetts Charter Public School Association has disavowed Mystic Valley’s actions. On May 12 the association issued a statement calling Mystic Valley’s dress code policy discriminatory, counter to diversity, and in opposition to students seeking to express their cultural heritages.
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Some thirty Boston food industry entrepreneurs will have an opportunity this fall to participate in a new pilot program that aims to provide an extra dose of education, support and assistance to help early-stage small businesses thrive. Santander Bank this week announced “Cultivate Small Business,” a pilot initiative designed to assist women-, minority- and immigrant-owned businesses in food-related industries. The program’s focus is on helping to fill gaps in networking, mentorship, training and access to capital in order to smooth the path to business success, a path that can be particularly rocky for entrepreneurs starting out with few resources. “This new program offers comprehensive support,” said Gwen Robinson, Santander’s Managing Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, “where the small business owners come from low-wealth backgrounds or lack access to mentors, networks and capital.” The lead partner with Santander is the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), which has been coordinating the pilot program design and will manage the application process, coordinate networking support and conduct an evaluation. Partner Babson College will develop and adapt a small-business curriculum to be offered on campus and online, and CommonWealth Kitchen, the Dorchester-based food business incubator, will provide training and technical assistance. Santander will furnish small capital grants and provide bank volunteers to serve as mentors. An online application process will open in June, but interested people can access a copy by sending an email to entrepreneurs@ santander.us. Applicants must live in or represent a food-related business in a low- to moderate-income neighborhood in Greater Boston. The business must have been in operation for at least one year and have earned between $25,000 and $1 million in revenue in the most recent full calendar year or otherwise demonstrate readiness to participate. The focus will be on businesses with one to 10 employees. Applicants will be notified in September if they have been selected for the program. Once selected, the cohort of approximately 30 entrepreneurs will
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Dorchester’s CommonWealth Kitchen helps nurture the types of small food businesses that could be candidates for the new “Cultivate Small Business” program starting this fall. Above, Teresa Maynard of Sweet Teez Bakery; Below, the team at Deborah’s kitchen makes jam; Bottom, the Jamaica Mi Hungry team with their mobile kitchen.
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engage in a nine-month part-time program running from October to June. After completion, they will be part of an alumni network lending mutual support as they put their learning into action. Part of the inspiration for the small business program, Robinson said, was a 2015 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston that illuminated the widening local wealth gap between nonwhites and whites. “The Color of Wealth in Boston” revealed vast racial and ethnic disparities in income, wealth, home ownership and debt burdens, with Boston’s nonwhite households showing a tiny fraction of the net worth of the median white household. Among the many barriers that come along with lower income and wealth are greater difficulty in saving for retirement or helping the next generation rise out of poverty, and a steeper road to gaining the capital necessary to start and sustain a business. The report called for policies to spur asset development in low-income communities. “[Santander] thought this was a good way to look at wealth building — building a business, and building wealth through ownership,” Robinson said. She said while other programs work with larger businesses, the bank and its partners wanted to zero in on smaller businesses that could make an impact at the community level and beyond. “There’s so much growth going
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There’s so much growth going on here in Boston, but we want to make sure that small businesses starting without a lot of money, or coming from low income communities, are able to participate in the growth of the regional economy.” — Gwen Robinson
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Gwen Robinson on here in Boston, but we want to make sure that small businesses starting without a lot of money, or coming from low income communities, are able to participate in the growth of the regional economy,” she said. CommonWealth Kitchen Executive Director Jen Faigel helped tailor the program curriculum to suit small businesses centered around food production or other food-related services and products.
“We’re really excited about this approach, because it’s working with smaller businesses earlier in their process,” Faigel said of the new initiative. Her organization will help to recruit food business owners to apply to the Cultivate Small Business program and will be active in the technical assistance and mentoring pieces. “I think the approach makes sense from a wealth-building perspective,” Faigel said. “In many cases the business owner is creating their own job — so this is a way to create more full-time work, rather than having people out there working part time in the ‘gig economy.’ The food industry is a tough business, but this will help build more small businesses rather than large companies that might create minimum-wage jobs.” Santander’s Robinson sees the initiative as a two-way street in terms of education. “We think it’s going to be a great opportunity for business operators to learn and grow, but also for financial institutions to learn what’s really helpful for small businesses.”
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‘Respect Existence or Expect Resistance’ Addison Gallery uses Civil Rights images to inspire young social advocates By CELINA COLBY Through July 30, “Respect Existence or Expect Resistance” at Phillips Academy’s Addison Gallery of American Art displays startling, relevant images of the fight for civil rights. Pulled from the gallery’s collection, the 38 photographs speak both to the social movement itself and to the importance of eyewitnesses in the form of photographers and journalists. Allison Kemmerer, the gallery’s Mead Curator of Photography and Curator of Art after 1950, says the exhibit was inspired both by current political events and by the acquisition of photographs by Gordon Parks and Bruce Davidson. In a moment when the value of the media is hotly debated, the exhibit also serves as a reminder of how important image-makers and storytellers are to the preservation of history. “Activists and journalists on both sides of the struggle realized early on the power of photographs to awaken public outrage, raise awareness, and elicit support,” Kemmerer says. The images’ power comes from both aesthetic appeal and dramatic force. “Selma to Montgomery March,” a gelatin silver plate by James Karales, is a volatile, stunning landscape. A stormy sky taking up three-quarters of the frame mirrors the energy of the protesters below. In stark black and white, the figures wind their way through the photograph in a perfect line, receding gracefully into the background. Here, advocacy is art. The form and craftsmanship is equally important to the content. In Jack R. Thornell’s piece “James Meredith after being shot with bird shot,” the drama of the scene holds its power. Meredith lies in the middle of the road writhing in pain, his face twisted in agony. He braces himself against the ground with his arms, but his leg twists out at an unnatural angle. It’s empathy that drives this piece, the dark knowledge that a senseless act of racism has caused this anguish. Kemmerer pulled the name of the exhibit from a sign she saw at the Boston Women’s March earlier this year. The curator hopes that the images will have just as much of an impact now as they did in the ’50s and ’60s. She says, “It is my hope that the exhibition not only provides students and visitors with a window into the Civil Rights Movement but that the tenacity and courage of the people depicted in these photographs inspires hope and faith in the power of people as well as a will to advocate for social justice.”
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Dancer and actor Dulé Hill stars in ‘Sleight’ By KAM WILLIAMS
Born in Orange, New Jersey and raised in Sayreville, Dulé Hill began attending dance school when he was 3 years old. He later received his first break as the understudy to Savion Glover on Broadway in “The Tap Dance Kid.” Hill went on to perform the lead role in the musical’s national tour. Additional stage credits include “Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk,” the Tony Award-nominated musical “After Midnight,” “Stick Fly,” “Black and Blue,” “Dutchman,” “Shenandoah” and “The Little Rascals.” Hill is well known for his role on “The West Wing,” for which he garnered an Emmy Award nomination, four NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as part of the Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. His other television credits include the role of Burton “Gus” Guster in the long-running series “Psych,” which earned him four NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. He also played Larry in the second season of “Ballers.” Big screen credits include “Gayby,” “Miss Dial,” “Edmond,” “The Guardian,” “Holes,” “Sugar Hill,” “She’s All That,” “Sexual Life” and the independent comedy “Remarkable Power.” Hill is a SAG-AFTRA Foundation Board Member and is involved with the non-profit organizations Justice for Vets and The Gabriella Foundation. In his spare time, he enjoys tap dancing and playing the saxophone, although he admits that he hasn’t quite mastered the art of the sax. Here, Hill talks about his new movie, “Sleight,” an action thriller about a street magician (Jacob Latimore) who starts dealing drugs to raise his sister (Storm Reid) after the death of their mom.
What interested you in “Sleight”? Dulé Hill: Beyond the exciting journey that J.D. Dillard and Alex Theurer delivered in their script, the main thing that interested me in “Sleight” was the chance to play a character outside of the scope
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Segregated drinking fountains, a civil rights demonstration and Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton are among the images in the Addison Gallery’s exhibit, “Respect Existence or Expect Resistance.”
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Border hopping: Alida Cervantes confronts Mexico’s past and present By CELINA COLBY
Mexican artist Alida Cervantes crosses the border daily from her home in San Diego, California to her studio in Tijuana, Mexico. You can imagine how that journey is rife with inspiration. “Alida Cervantes: Majas, cambujas y virreinacas,” showing at the Mills Gallery in the South End through June 25, plays on this experience and on Mexico’s socially and sexually charged colonial history. Sex and power dominate the exhibit, curated by Candice Ivy and presented in conjunction with Wellesley College’s Alice Cole Fellowship. Many pieces include one nude figure confronted by or juxtaposed next to a clothed one, begging the question, Who has the control? Gender isn’t the only factor at play; race and class are also components in the dance for social priority. Cervantes plays on the popular 18th-century casta paintings that were used to identify the social order of, and therefore subjugate, people of mixed race during Spain’s colonization of Mexico. In “Matadora,” a black woman stylized like a Barbie, kneels between the legs of a white matador, raising a knife over her head as though about to stab him. He looks off, unfeelingly into the distance, still clutching his red cape. “Tente en el aire,” an oil on wood piece, seems at first glance like a Victorian-era figure riding a horse
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Sex and power dominate Alida Cervantes’ exhibit, “Alida Cervantes: Majas, cambujas y virreinacas,” showing at the Mills Gallery in the South End. through a lush landscape. On closer inspection, a darker-skinned figure can be seen lying horizontally, perhaps tied on the back of a second horse. It’s a reminder that the privileges of one group of people always come at the expense of another. Much of Cervantes’ work is reminiscent of Francisco de Goya, Madrid’s cheekiest 19th-century court painter. Goya is famous for his “Caprichos,” a satirical series playing on social corruption. “La nube” by Cervantes has a similar humorous quality, showing a set of men and women jostling with each other under a large cloud. It’s difficult to tell whether it’s passion, panic or physical violence driving the characters, but
it seems things might calm down if they had the sense to move out from under the symbolic cloud. Cervantes often paints on wood, and her Mills Gallery exhibition is paired with draped fabric, potted plants and large scale artworks, bringing an imposing physicality to the space. Though many of her figures are rooted in Mexico’s Victorian past, the fight for power despite racial, gender and social prejudices transcends time and borders.
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Eboni K. Williams weighs in on her new show and turmoil at Fox By KAM WILLIAMS
Eboni K. Williams joined the Fox News Network in September 2015, sharing her insights and analysis as a contributor on “Outnumbered,” “The Five” and other programs. Prior to joining Fox, she served as a CBS News correspondent, an HLN contributor and a talk radio host in Los Angeles on AM 640. Williams received a B.A. in communications and African American studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. She began her professional career in Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina where she clerked for the Louisiana Secretary of State and the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office while still a law student. She has also worked for a number of politicians, including New Orleans City Council members, assisting in the effort to rebuild the city. She subsequently specialized in family law and civil litigation, providing counsel in high-profile divorces, spousal
support, and child custody cases. In 2008, she transitioned to a public defender role and went back to private practice in 2010 in both North Carolina and the Greater Los Angeles area. She has represented clients in criminal matters, too, including murders, rapes, high volume drug cases, sex crimes and federal offenses. Here, she talks about her new series, “The Fox News Specialists,” co-hosted by Eric Bolling and Katherine Timpf. The show airs weekdays at 5 p.m. on the Fox News Channel.
I recognized your talent right off the bat, and pegged you as a rising star. When I interviewed you last fall, I predicted you’d get your own show in a year and a half. But you did it in just six months. Eboni K. Williams: Yeah. For those who don’t know my full background, it’s important to note that I had my very first appearance on the Fox Network in July of 2013, on the 12th, I think. The segment lives on in infamy on Youtube. I was on O’Reilly’s “The Factor” discussing the George Zimmerman verdict. He’d just been found not guilty of
killing Trayvon Martin. That was the genesis of my relationship with the network. From there, I was an unpaid guest for almost two years before I landed other network roles as a contributor and correspondent. But technically, our relationship did start in 2013. So, that’s kind of been the evolution of it.
How long was “The Fox News Specialists” in the making? EKW: I only heard about the show fairly recently, directly from the executives. But I couldn’t tell you how long they’d been planning it. All I can say is that I was very excited to be invited to take part in it, especially by the idea of casting myself, Eric and Kat. It was a very deliberate choice to combine not only our divergent political voices, coming from the standpoints of an independent, a conservative and a Libertarian, respectively, but also our differing perspectives on life, with Kat being a humorist and writer, Eric having had a career in both sports and finance, and my having had a career in the law and also in the consulting space. We are people who come from three different
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This has been a period of considerable upheaval at Fox, between the allegations of sexual harassment and the racial discrimination lawsuit. Yet, despite being black and female, you’ve somehow successfully negotiated those dangerous waters, and continued your meteoric rise. Bravo! EKW: Well, thank you. Did you read my statement I made about the situation in the New York Times? I thought it was important, as a woman at the network, to speak out. I echoed some of the sentiments of my colleague, Kelly Wright. Whether some people think we don’t belong at Fox News on the basis of our gender or race, we do deserve to be there. We deserve the opportunity to do the
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work we want to do wherever we want to do it. I think it’s important for people to understand that we’re not going to be limited by anybody else’s expectations. I also think it’s important that my background be represented anywhere I see fit. I have proudly chosen to work at Fox because it has a captive audience that perhaps is not all that exposed to people with my cultural, racial and generational background. My point of view is unique, particularly for its audience. And I enjoy being able to engage in dialogue and exchange ideas with the likes of Eric Bolling, Sean Hannity and others from different social circumstances. I think that’s good for our country, and good for the world. It’s a way we can all grow as humans, as Christians, and as Americans.
I don’t know whether you’re aware of it, but even when you were away on vacation in Paris a few weeks ago, your name would still occasionally be brought up by your colleagues on “Outnumbered.” For instance, I remember Meghan McCain saying something very positive about you, as she speculated where you’d stand on the issue they were discussing. EKW: Oh, that warms my heart, not only from an emotional place, but from a credibility standpoint. When I say, “I’m proud to be working at Fox News,” that’s not me putting on blinders to the very real challenges we’re facing as a network. I am both aware of, and am actively working to help rectify, cultural problems at our network, as the Murdochs themselves have accounted for. Things need fixing. I’m aware of that and I believe they’re aware of it. At the same time, I am proud to work alongside people like Meghan McCain who, although we often differ politically, we have a mutual respect for each other’s backgrounds and experiences. And like I said before, that’s where the potential for growth is.
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continued from page 14 of what I am used to playing on screen. As an actor, I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to challenge myself. The idea of playing a type of villain was extremely intriguing.
How would you describe the film in 25 words or less? DH: “Sleight.” A story about good versus evil. Life versus death. Circumstances, choices and the powers a young mind can develop when life gets under pressure.
The movie sounds like a mix of several genres.
Stand up to the face of fear.
DH: It is! J.D. and Alex did a fantastic job of combining an urban, dramatic thriller with a sci-fi superhero origin story to create this world. They took different aspects of genres we enjoy and mashed them up to create a film that is engaging, fresh and new, which was another one of the many reasons I wanted to be a part of this project.
How would you describe your character? DH: Angelo is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, the kind of guy who charms his way into your world until one day you realize that he doesn’t understand the meaning of the word boundaries. He’s your best friend and your bully all at
the same time.
What message do you think people will take away from the movie? DH: I believe that a message people will take away from the movie is “Actions have consequences, so be careful of the choices you make.”
What is the most important life lesson you’ve learned so far? DH: Enjoy life’s moments. Do not take them for granted, because you never know which one will be the last. Also, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things will be added unto you. In other words, get your priorities straight; figure out what really matters and focus on that.
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nce there was a man named Oscar, who took his steak with asparagus, Hollandaise sauce and lump crab. That much we know. Steak Oscar, if you’ve never had the pleasure, is a filet mignon dressed up as a sort of surf ‘n’ turf eggs Benedict, and there are competing theories over which Oscar deserves credit for this brilliance. The two finalists are the king of Sweden, Oscar II, or a maître ‘d at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, Oscar Tschirky, aka Oscar of the Waldorf. Regardless of the true identity of the side-dish’s creator, it’s a good combination. So good it needn’t function just to pretty up some other entrée. The combination of asparagus and seafood, drenched in the smooth, velvety embrace of Hollandaise, presents more than enough deliciousness to qualify as its own dish. It is the richest sauce, combined with the most luxurious of seafood and the most decadent of vegetables.
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While asparagus doesn’t contain fatty deposits of its own, it plays well with the lipids of others. When asparagus is cooked with fish, it can absorb their fatty juices.
I prefer a nice wild salmon steak, with the bone in and skin on for extra juiciness. Coat it with olive oil and then sprinkle with salt and garlic powder and some mellow herbs like thyme, or herbs de Provence. Or go Asian-style Oscar: Coat with sesame oil and rub with 1 teaspoon sugar, ½ teaspoon of garlic powder, a pinch or two of black pepper. Then add 3 tablespoons soy sauce. Snap off the tough ends of your asparagus by feeling where the stalk “wants” to break. Arrange the spears like logs in a raft on the bottom of a baking dish, with a tablespoon or two of butter on top. Sprinkle with chopped lemongrass, or zest of lemon or lime (or both). Lay the fish on top and bake it at 350 until done how you like it. The asparagus will cook apace. As for that Hollandaise, that little black-diamond slope of kitchen alchemy: It’s as unforgiving as it is prestigious, but it can be made by mere mortals. You’ll need a whisk and a double boiler, preferably one that consists of a metal bowl with a rounded bottom on or in a pot of simmering water. The first step is to clarify the butter. Heat a stick of butter in a thick-bottomed pan on low. Watch it like a hawk, stirring every time
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This has the richest sauce, combined with the most luxurious of seafood and the most decadent of vegetables. it starts to bubble. After about five minutes there will be foam floating on top of the pot, and crud at the bottom. Let it cool for a few minutes, then spoon off the foam and carefully pour the clarified butter into a dish that itself will be good for pouring, being careful not to allow any crud or foam scum to pass, using a spoon to play “D” if necessary. If you wish, asparagus can be poached in the butter as it clarifies, perhaps broken into little pieces. Add a little extra butter if you want, and remove the asparagus right after spooning off the floating scum. Alternatively, poach your asparagus separately in butter, or 50/50 with extra virgin, for a rich result. Serve asparagus destined for Hollandaise at room temperature or warmer. In addition to the clarified butter you will need: n 1 tablespoon lemon or lime juice or light vinegar n 1 egg yolk n¼ teaspoon salt tablespoons water n2
Combine all of these except the yolk in the double boiler, with the water on the lightest of simmers. Then kill the heat, leaving the bowl in place, and whisk in the yolk. Keep whisking until it’s a froth of bubbles. Beating continuously, slowly pour in the liquid clarified butter, a few drops at a time at first, whisking them in until completely incorporated. Then a few more drops. When half of the butter has been added you can add it a little faster. You should, at this point, have Hollandaise. While it’s often advantageous to cook the asparagus with the seafood, sometimes the asparagus is cooked separately. Perhaps you want to wrap the spears in salmon lox, drench in Hollandaise and sprinkle with minced capers. Blanching is fine, and then shocking in ice water to keep the bright green color and serving at room temperature.
Ari LeVaux writes Flash in the Pan, a syndicated weekly food column. Ari can be reached at flash@flashinthepan.net.
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Whether you’re preparing for a week of camping or a short day hike, you’ll want to make sure you have the essentials. Check out these recommendations from EatRight.org: Consider the variables: How long will you be gone? What will the temperatures be like? Hot weather, for example, will not only mean you’ll need extra fluids, but could cause certain snacks to melt. Will you need utensils? Any type of tool to access the food, such as a can opener? Opt for non-perishables: While you can pack perishables if you have a cooler or ice pack, this added weight makes lightweight snacks like trail mix, nuts, energy chews, jerky and granola a no-brainer.
DID YOU KNOW? Fun facts about apples Here are some facts about apples from the University of Illinois Extension Office. n The crabapple is the only apple native to North America. n There are 2,500 varieties of apples grown in the United States. n Apple trees take four to five years to produce their first fruit. n Apple varieties range in size from a little larger than a cherry to as large as a grapefruit.
COMPETITION Training tricks of competitive eaters Competitive eaters have a few rituals that help prepare them for the onslaught of calories, according to ABC News: n To increase stomach capacity, competitive eaters drink large amounts of water — up to a gallon in under a minute. n To keep their mouths ready for competitive eating, competitors will chew several pieces of gum at a time. n Hypnosis and hand-eye coordination exercises are also part of the regimen, says The Atlantic. — Brandpoint
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Beware: That call from the IRS may not be a scam after all Debt-collection calls are legitimate, but vigilance is still key to avoiding scams By ANNA CHALLET NEW AMERICA MEDIA
For taxpayers worried about scams involving IRS imposters, the one reliable piece of advice to hold onto was the old consumer protections adage: “The IRS will never call you.” Not anymore. The Internal Revenue Service is phasing in the use of private debt collectors to collect people’s past-due taxes. With telephonic scams involving IRS imposters so common, taxpayers now have one new thing to worry about. Janice Kopec is an attorney with the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission. “In the past, we had always told consumers, ‘The IRS won’t call you,’” says Kopec. “That was the first line of defense to arm consumers to avoid IRS scam calls. And now, that’s not true. You can get called by a legitimate debt collector on behalf of the IRS.” The most important thing for consumers to know, says Kopec, is that in a legitimate collections call on behalf of the IRS, a debt collector will never ask you to pay right then, or to pay over the phone. Rather, they will direct you to either mail a check to the U.S. Treasury, made out to the IRS — not to the private debt collector or to anyone else — or they’ll direct you to the payment page on the IRS.gov website. In 2015, Congress passed a
law authorizing the IRS to use private debt collectors to collect on outstanding tax debt. Four private debt collectors have been selected to do so. According to the IRS, individuals are supposed to receive two notices in the mail — one from the IRS informing them that their account has been assigned to one of the four collections agencies, and a second notice from the debt collector. After that, the debt collectors may communicate with taxpayers over the phone. It’s a problem because imposter calls from people trying to fraudulently collect payments over the phone — including calls from people posing as IRS agents — are one of the top categories of consumer complaints at the FTC every month, according to Kopec. And anyone can be susceptible to this kind of scam. “Taxes make people nervous, even if they’ve paid their taxes already,” says Kopec. These are the most important things for taxpayers to know, given the new debt collection practices: n If it’s a legitimate call from an authorized IRS debt collector, it will always be a live agent – the private debt collectors are not authorized to engage in robo-calling or use pre-recorded messages. n In a legitimate tax debt collection call, the agent will never
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demand payment over the phone. “Anytime someone asks for payment over the phone, in any form, right then, that’s a scam,” says Kopec. “They’re not going to ask you for an electronic check, they’re not going to ask you for your credit or debit card number, they’re not going to ask you for a crazy wire transfer or anything with an iTunes card or any of the
other kinds of mechanisms that we see come up in scams.” n If a debt collector calls and is aggressive, threatens to send someone to your home, threatens you with arrest, or puts pressure on you to make a payment — these are telltale signs of a scam. “The people who make these imposter calls, they’re good. They’re usually very smooth with their
pitch and they put a lot of pressure on you,” says Kopec. The IRS has used private debt collectors before; the last time they did so was in 2009. A subsequent study found that the private collections agencies were less effective at collecting debt than the IRS itself, so it’s unclear why Congress has reauthorized the practice.
Hotel proposal unveiling shows commitment to new focus on diversity
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Investors, politicians, community organizers and project team members gather around the unveiled view of the proposed hotel to be built across from the downtown Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The project, in part, has been to create a new model of unprecedented representation by minority- and women-owned businesses, infusing the Boston economy with a new business diversity. Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Mayor Marty Walsh and Massport CEO Tom Glynn also joined in the celebration of the $550 million, 1000-room hotel.
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grassroots organizing, fundraising and other efforts and demonstrate the breadth of opportunities to become politically engaged on various levels, Roman said. Meanwhile, organizations seeking diverse talent for board positions and volunteers will have a chance to recruit. “It’s building the next generation of Latino leaders, who are very fiscally minded, fiscally engaged but looking to have social impact,” Francisco said
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Latina Circle, a group intended to help elevate Latinas to influential positions where they can be decision-makers and champion each other. The organization’s work includes networking for senior and on-the-rise Latina professionals, convening workshop for sharing self-advocacy and wealth building advice, and connecting Latinas with opportunities.
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The presidential election brought a new call to action. Francisco and Roman decided it was no longer enough to focus on improving the lives of Latinas and their communities through advancement in the business world; they also had to tackle the political one. “I’d been to a Hispanic National Bar Association conference in September,” Roman recalled in a Banner phone interview. “I met some people from Latino Victory Project and we were talking about how they were creating a database of Latino professionals who could serve in the presidential administration, and were thinking it’d be a Hillary administration, not a Trump administration. Then the election happened and we were like, ‘Oh my god we need to do something to address the political representation gap.’” Although Latinos comprise 17 percent of the national population, they hold only 5 percent of U.S. congressional seats and 4 percent of state legislature seats, according to data presented by Latina Circle. On the local level the problem is especially severe: in Boston, Latinos comprise 20 percent of the population and only 7 percent of
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(l-r) Eneida Roman; state Rep. Juana Matias; Betty Francisco; and Chelsea City Councilor Judith Garcia, at a cafecito breakfast meeting hosted by Latina Circle. those appointed to executive positions and city and state commissions and boards. As with the business sector, self-advocacy was an area Francisco and Roman believed should be strengthened. In Massachusetts, 73 percent of individuals eligible to vote are registered voters. But for Latinos, that rate drops to 42 percent, Francisco said. “We can start to effect change on these issues by having representation and voice in the halls of power and as a group, we don’t. Especially women don’t,” Francisco told the Banner. “When the election turned out the way it did and that sense of impact, especially on Latino and immigrant communities, we felt even more
deeply that we had to do something around engagement and getting more women engaged.” Among the barriers, Roman said, are a lack of engagement of more recently immigrated citizens as well as persistent sense by Latinos who have long lived in the U.S. that the government does not have their interests at heart. Using similar strategies applied in the business sector — connecting people to existing resources, rather than creating them anew from scratch — Roman and Francisco are launching a conference this summer, along with other actions aimed to increase the political sway of Latino men and women. They will use the conference to kick off the “Amplify
Latinx” initiative of the Latina Circle that convenes civic organizations with Latino leaders. The initiative focuses on increasing civic engagement and leadership and representation in elected and appointed positions, as well as on corporate and nonprofit boards and executive positions. In June, the group will cohost its first “Nuestra Voz: Amplifying Latino Power, Influence and Impact Conference” at UMass Boston along with the Center for Women in Politics. Francisco and Roman expect more than 250 participants and 30 organizations from across the state to attend. The event will showcase partner organizations that hold trainings on running for office,
At the end of the conference, participants will be asked to commit to one of eight actions such as volunteering for a campaign, raising funds for a candidate, running for office and serving on a nonprofit board, Roman said. To further maintain engagement, four forthcoming workshops will focus more tightly on the topics of running for office; holding leadership positions outside of a day job; civic engagement, advocacy and grassroots organizing; and amplifying Latina voices by connecting participants with media mentors and guidance on writing op-eds. The latter workshop was inspired in part by a realization that nearly 90 percent of op-eds are written by white men. “We want to shift the paradigm and make sure we offer different viewpoints so we can change the conversation from a topic that only matters to certain people to one that matters to Latinos and people of color,” Roman said. Later, the organization will hold an ‘un-conference’ focused on discussion among participants over listening to a featured speaker. The event will focus on coalition building and identifying issues affecting Latino communities and potential solutions.
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On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA May 17, 2017 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting services for Transit-Oriented Development General Engineering Consulting (GEC) Services. Services may include but not be limited to project coordination with third-party entities such as private developers, contractors, city, and state agencies, on multiple projects, simultaneously; preparation of responses to canvassing of proposed projects as part of the MBTA’s License application process; reviews of Public Improvement Commission (PIC) submittals; and developing and managing Force Account Agreements for MBTA design review and construction phase services. An amount of $6,000,000.00, with $2,000,000.00 available for up to three selected consultants, has been budgeted for this solicitation. This contract will utilize Federal and State Funds. The DBE Participation Goal is seven-percent (7.0%). The complete request for qualifications can be found on the MBTA website. Please use the following link: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_ solicitations/ This is not a request for proposal. The MBTA reserves the right to cancel this procurement or to reject any or all Statements of Qualifications. Stephanie Pollack Mass DOT Secretary & CEO
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS - CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE Electronic Bids submitted in the format furnished by the Division of Capital
Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) and clearly identified as a bid will be received through DCAMM’s E-Bid Room at www.bidexpress.com/ businesses/10279/home no later than the date and time specified and will forthwith be publicly opened. Sub-Bids at 12:00 Noon: June 8, 2017 General Bids at 2:00 PM: June 22, 2017 Every Filed Sub-Bidder must be certified by DCAMM in the category for which they bid. Every General Bidder must be certified by DCAMM for the category of work listed below and for no less than the bid price plus all add alternates of this project, if applicable. The Category of Work is: General Building Construction Mass. State Project No. RCC1402 Contract No. HC1 Roxbury Community College, Reggie Lewis Track Upgrades – Phase 2 Roxbury, MA And the following Filed Sub-Bids: Miscellaneous and Ornamental Iron; Acoustical Tile; Painting; Plumbing; HVAC; Electrical E.C.C: $1,028,442 This project is scheduled for 180 calendar days to substantial completion. Scope: Renovation work at the Reggie Lewis Center to include front doors replacement, mechanical, code, accessibility upgrades and other miscellaneous improvements. A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on May 24, 2017 @ 10:00 AM at the Reggie Lewis Plaza, located at 1350 Tremont St., Roxbury Crossing, MA. Meet in the main entrance lobby. Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor Standards. These rates are incorporated into the bid documents. Bid documents for this project may be accessed or downloaded at no cost to potential bidders exclusively through DCAMM’s E-Bid Room https://www. bidexpress.com/businesses/10279/home One hard copy set is also available for viewing in DCAMM’s Bid Room located at One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA during normal business hours. In order to access bid documents and submit bids through DCAMM’s E-Bid Room potential bidders must first be verified by DCAMM’s Bid Room and then register with the E-Bid Room vendor. Instructions on the processes can be found on DCAMM’s website www.mass.gov/dcamm/bids or contact DCAMM’s Bid Room at (617) 727-4003 or bidroom.dcamm@state.ma.us Carol W. Gladstone COMMISSIONER Legal Advertisement (Chapter 149) Rev 4-17
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INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
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Trash Removal Services for MWRA Field Operations Facilities
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Biosolids Processing Facility Capital Improvements - Expedited Mechanical Improvements
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To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1803-C1, FY18-20 INSULATION TERM CONTRACT, BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 9:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017. The work includes PROVISION OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO REMOVE AND INSTALL INSULATION ON PIPE DUCTWORK AND EQUIPMENT AT ALL MASSPORT FACILITIES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000). Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. No filed sub bids will be required for this contract. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1720-C1, FY18-20 AUTHORITYWIDE NON-BUILDING TERM WELDING & METAL FABRICATION, BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017. The work includes PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO MAKE STEEL REPAIRS, AND TO FABRICATE IRON TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD. WORK UNDER THIS CONTRACT WILL BE LIMITED TO NONBUILDING RELATED REPAIRS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017.
Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS, ($10,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. No filed sub bids will be required for this contract. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.
LEGAL tive subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Summons By Publication and Mailing Milsy Arias A.K.A. Milsy Medrano VS. Wilfrendo Medrano To the above named Defendant: Maria Julia Ortiz A Complaint has been presented to this Court by the Plaintiff Milsy Medrano seeking to establish paternity. You are required to serve upon Milsy Medrano whose address is 35 Fidelis Way, Apt. #822, Brighton, MA 02135 your answer on or before the 6th day of July, 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 in the office of the Register of this Court at Boston, MA. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 11th day of May, 2017. Terri Klug Cafazzo, Register Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Project No. M570-C1, CHARLESTOWN SEWAGE PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT, CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S - Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 07, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017. The work includes DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SEWAGE PUMPS, PIPING, AND CONTROLS; DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING ELECTRICAL CONTROL PANEL; AND PROVIDE TEMPORARY SERVICES TO CONVEY EFFLUENT DURING CONSTRUCTION. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated project cost is ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000.00). A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and/ or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance, Auto Liability Insurance, and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than ONE AND SEVEN TENTHS PERCENT (1.7%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.
Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.
This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).
The estimated contract cost is SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000).
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Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Francis Rafael Yapur
vs.
Dashleen Yapur
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Section 1 B. 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: Francis Rafael Yapur, 467 Columbia Rd. #10, Boston, MA 02125-1233 your answer, if any, on or before 06/19/2017. 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: May 9, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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Income Restricted Rental Opportunity
Boston East
126 Border Street, East Boston MA 02126
WELLESLEY RENTAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING Seven 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments - $1,481/$1,657 Heat, Hot Water, Water/Sewer included in rent. WELLESLEY PLACE 978R Worcester Street, Wellesley
1 person: 2 person: 3 person: 4 person:
Application Deadline July 5, 2017
Units by lottery.
$54,750 $62,550 $70,350 $78,150
Income
Rent
11
1-bedroom
70% AMI
$1,267
9
2-bedroom
70% AMI
$1,448
6
1-bedroom Artist Live/Work/Sell
70% AMI
$1,267
HH Size
70% AMI
HH Size
70% AMI
1
$50,700
4
$72,400
2
$57,950
5
$78,200
3
$65,200
6
$84,000
Applications are available during the application period of 5/30/2017 – 6/9/2017. To request an application be sent by mail, call 857-239-1550 or TDD# 1-800-545-1833 ext. 945 during the application period or email at BostonEastMgr@trinitymanagementcompany.com
OPEN HOUSE Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:00 a.m. —12:00 p.m. Language/translation assistance available, at no charge, upon request.
Applications may be picked up in person from Trinity Management, LLC at the Maverick Landing Management Office, 31 Liverpool Street, East Boston, MA 02128:
For Info and Application Availability: Pick Up: Wellesley Town Hall, - Selectmen’s Ofc, Public Library Phone: (978) 456-8388 Email: lotteryinfo@mcohousingservices.com
Tuesday 5/30, Wednesday 5/31, Thursday 6/1 and Friday 6/2 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday 6/3 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday 6/5 and 6/6 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Wednesday 6/7 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday 6/8 and 6/9 – 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Applications must be submitted or postmarked on or before the application deadline. Applications can be returned by mail. The Application includes all submission information.
Completed applications must be submitted to 31 Liverpool Street, East Boston, MA 02128 Deadline: In Person by June 16, 2017 or mailed and postmarked by that date.
Application available online at: www.mcohousingservices.com
Income Restricted Homeownership Opportunity
Olmsted Green Phase II Condominiums West Main Street, Boston, MA 02126
Type
Maximum income per Household size (HUD 2017 limits provided by the BPDA)
Reasonable Accommodations Available for persons with disabilities
Units Smoke Free. Pets Allowed.
# of Units
1 one and 1 two bedroom units are built out for persons with mobility disabilities
MAX ALLOWABLE INCOME
Public Information Meeting 6:30p.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Wellesley Town Hall—Great Hall
# of Units
Type
Price
% Income
SELECTION BY LOTTERY Asset, Use & Occupancy Restriction Apply 2 wheelchair accessible units have preference for disabled household who need the accessible features. 6 units have a preference for BPDA Certified Artists Preference for Boston Residents Preference for Households with at least one person per bedroom.
10
2 BR
$210,000
80%
Boston East will be a non-smoking building and is pet friendly
1
3 BR
$236,700
80%
11
2 BR
$267,500
100%
www.OlmstedGreenLottery.com 22 Income Restricted Units
For more information or reasonable accommodation for person with disabilities, call Trinity Management at 857-239-1550 or TDD# 1-800-545-1833 ext. 945
Maximum Income Limit by Median Income Household Size
80% of median income
100% of median income
1 person
$57,900
$72,400
2 persons
$66,200
$82,750
3 persons
$74,450
$93,100
4 persons
$82,700
$103,400
5 persons
$89,350
$111,700
6 persons
$95,950
$119,950
Households may request an application be sent by email or mail from 6/5/17 – 6/15/17 through the following methods: Download: www.OlmstedGreenLottery.com Call: 617-209-5226 Applications will also be available in person on the following dates and times Date
Time
Monday, June 5th 2017
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Tuesday, June 6th 2017
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Wednesday, June 7th 2017
3:00PM - 7:00PM
Thursday, June 8th 2017
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Saturday, June 10th, 2017
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Location: Lena Park Community Development Corporation 150 American Legion Hwy, Dorchester, MA 02124 Informational Meetings will be held on the following dates/times: Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 6:00pm at Boston Public Library, Brighton Branch, 40 Academy Hill Rd, Brighton, MA 02135 Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 6:00pm at Lena Park Community Development Corporation 150 American Legion Hwy, Dorchester, MA 02124 Deadline for completed applications by mail only: Postmarked no later than June 26th, 2017 Maloney Properties, Inc. Attention: Olmsted Green Lottery 27 Mica Lane, Wellesley MA 02481 Must be a 1st Time Homebuyer. Preferences Apply. Preference for household size is based on the Number of Bedrooms Minus One. For more information or reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, Call Maloney Properties, Inc. 781-943-0200 | U.S. Relay 711 or Email: OlmstedGreen@maloneyproperties.com Equal Housing Opportunity
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HELP WANTED
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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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.
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HELP WANTED
PROPERTY MANAGER United Housing Mgt. is seeking an experienced property manager to join its team. This is a great opportunity to work for a growing company and pursue a career in property management. We offer competitive salary with a comprehensive benefit package, excellent training and opportunities for career advancement. Candidate must have a minimum of 3+ years of experience in managing Low Income project based section 8 properties w/ the ability to meet the financial objectives of ownership and management, experience and skills in team building, motivation w/ strong verbal and written communication skills, and ability to relate effectively with people of various backgrounds. Proficiency in a second language – English/Spanish w/experience in managing Co-op and tax credit properties are a plus. Transp. is a must. Send resume to: United Housing Mgt. 530 Warren Street, Dorchester, MA 02121. F: 617-442-7231 no later than May 22, 2017.
United Housing Management LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER United Housing Mgt. is seeking an enthusiastic assistant property manager with a minimum of 3+ years of experience in managing Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Responsibilities include the full range of property management functions, but not limited to recertification, and tenant relations - COS certification and Tax Credit experience are required. We offer competitive salary with a comprehensive benefit package, excellent training and opportunities for career advancement. Candidate must have the ability to establish and maintain effective communication both oral and written with employees and clients alike - bilingual English/ Spanish is a plus. Transp. is a must. Forward resumes, no later than May 22, 2017, to United Housing Mgt., 530 Warren Street, Dorchester, MA 02121 – F: 617-442-7231. United Housing Management LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Many people have great jobs. YOU can get one too!
Career Collaborative is a FREE program that helps you: • F ind full-time employment with benefits such as vacation days, paid holidays and tuition reimbursement • Create résumés, references and cover letters • Interview with Boston’s leading employers
You may qualify if you: • Want a full-time job • Are between 25 and 55 • Are legal to work in the U.S.
Information Sessions every Thursday at 1:00 PM. Career Collaborative 77 Summer Street, 11th Floor Downtown Crossing, between Macy’s and South Station (617) 424-6616 www.facebook.com/careercollaborative
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