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BRA changes aimed at transparency Martin Desmarais

NAACP member Ayele Shakur facilitates a meeting with chapter members and Boston Public Schools’ Chief Operating Officer Kim Rice and Transportation Director Carl Allen to discuss the department’s plan to phase out school buses for most 7th and 8th graders. (Banner photo)

BPS parents blast plan to put 7th graders on T Yawu Miller A controversial plan to transport 7th and 8th graders to school on the MBTA has many parents and education activists in Boston up in arms over what they say is an ill-conceived bid to trim the school budget.

Faced with a $100 million deficit in the $1 billion budget, school officials are planning to give the middle school students MBTA passes, trimming $8 million from the budget.

Parents contacted by the Banner say the plan would put young children at risk of bullying, harassment and worse.

“My daughter would be boarding an MBTA bus at the

corner of Talbot Avenue and Blue Hill Avenue,” said parent Sharon Jones. “There’s a memorial in front of the pizza shop for a kid who was killed there.”

From there, Jones’ daughter would have to catch another bus at Grove Hall, get off at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Quincy Street, then walk nearly half a mile to Roxbury Preparatory Charter School on Magnolia Street.

“The school is public transit friendly, but not for a 12-yearold,” Jones said, noting that prostitution is still commonplace on Blue Hill Avenue.

At an NAACP Boston Branch meeting Monday, parents aired their views, questioning the

safety of putting 12- and 13-yearolds on buses when the MBTA is in the process of installing Plexiglass enclosures to protect the drivers.

“I want to make sure that the dollar amount you’re saving is worth the safety of our children,” parent Sean Daughtry said during the NAACP meeting.”

Boston Public Schools Chief Operating Officer Kim Rice said the school department is currently implementing a comprehensive safety plan, collaborating with MBTA Police, Boston Police and Boston School Police and officials.

Part of the plan would involve the expansion of the Stopwatch BPS, continued to page 21

studies, development designations and other info that the BRA uses to The administration of Mayor make decisions. In the past, board Martin Walsh announced changes meeting memos were not available to the Boston Redevelopment Au- until after meetings, meaning that thority last week officials say will the public was largely in the dark bring greater transparency to the about what was being discussed. development process.

The board memos, as well as Brian Golden, acting director meeting agendas, will also be tied of the BRA, said the city felt an im- in with the live video feed of meetportant step in improving its main ings that is available via City of development authority was to get Boston TV. After meetings viewinformation out to the public ear- ers can navigate through the video lier in the development and ap- using the board memos and agenda proval process. and jump directly to the video that “Some of the controversy as- corresponds with the items they are sociated with the work that we do interested in. is because it is Requests not well underfor proposals, stood,” Golden requests for said. “It is a quotations and real problem “We are arming contract bids if there is no people with the for all Boston understanding information they need development and it makes projects will it easier for to make their case on now all be availpeople to infer development issues, able through a the worst about search engine us. In the 21st and we think that is that filters the century one of a good thing.” information by the best ways to — Brian Golden status of projaddress people’s ect. Companies concerns that can also sign we are not open up for an email and transparent service that will enough it to leverage technology to provide updates when new requests help shed a light on the BRA and and bids become available. The what we do and how we do it.”

BRA will also create sub-contracThe city is focusing on using the tor registration to reference those BRA’s website as a better window involved in projects. into the approval process. In this The BRA is now sharing the way, the door is being opened data about development in Boston, to BRA board meeting votes, including the total value of projects city zoning, available contracts, that are currently under construcawarded bids and data on current tion and in the pipeline, on the Boston development.

Boston About Results page of the A first step is making the BRA City of Boston website. The inforboard meeting board memos mation will be displayed with open available online 48 hours before data graphs and metrics, and will monthly meetings. The board appear alongside the data of sevmemos outline the final details of eral other City of Boston agencies.

BRA, continued to page 8 development projects, planning

BHA to redevelop Whittier St. housing Martin Desmarais The Boston Housing Authority plans to revamp the current Whittier Street public housing development and the surrounding Roxbury neighborhood in a $339 million project that includes housing, commercial development, health and human services, public safety initiatives and job development.

The BHA has spent the last year working on the plan — including input from neighborhood residents — but now is looking for additional

input before coming up with a final plan by October.

At the heart of the effort is the 61-year-old Whittier Street Apartments which, according to city officials, is overdue for being replaced.

The city studied the development in 2012 and estimated rehabilitation costs at over $40 million, a number that pushed planners toward the target of tearing down the housing and building it anew.

Besides the need for new housing to replace the old public housing, the Whittier, continued to page 11

The Boston Housing Authority has released the draft of The Whittier Neighborhood Transformation Plan, which includes 553 units of mixed-use housing and 50,000 square feet of commercial and institutional space. The overall project has an estimated cost of $339 million. (Image courtesy of The Architectural Team)

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Burke students reflect on Central America work Kassmin Williams Earlier this month, Jeremiah E. Burke High School students spoke about a recent 11-day community service project trip to Panama and Costa Rica and all had similar feelings — before the trip they were not sure if it would have an impact, but after they were all impacted personally and saw the effect of helping others.

Junior Arium Wyne said she had minimal expectations going into the trip. She expected to spend long hours working hard in the hot sun with little to no communication between the natives and herself due to the Spanish-English language barrier.

It didn’t take long for her to realize that the trip would be much more than she anticipated.

“It was just really humbling and we got to communicate well with them even though we really didn’t speak Spanish and they didn’t really speak too much English, Wyne said.

“I though it was just really nice that we could all bond and seem like we were one and part of one group.”

The group — 10 students and three teachers — spent four days in Panama building three houses and seven days in Costa Rica repairing a community center in April.

The trip marked the third year students from Jeremiah E. Burke High School have traveled out of the country for community service.

Last year, a group of students travelled to the Dominican Repub-

lic. During the first year in 2012, two separate groups traveled to Cape Verde — a group of islands off the west coast of Africa — and Puerto Rico.

“I want the students to just build this love of helping others. That’s the only thing I think about,” Jeremiah E. Burke English teacher and community service trip leader and organizer Maria Depina said. “The only reason I do this is so when they do these projects they instill this passion that will never end.”

To make the community service trips possible, Depina, the other organizers Nivia Pina and Karimah Williams and the students have to raise funds each year.

This year, the group raised $25,000 with a portion put toward purchasing materials to build the three houses in Panama.

The group sold more than 1,000 donated lunches from Merengue Restaurant during the school days prior to the trip and received sponsorship from Quest Adventures and Steward Health Care.

Quest Adventures has a mission to empower youth by helping them develop leadership skills through planning and participating in service trips.

The group also partnered with an organization named Un Techo para mi País — A Roof for my Country — to build three homes in Panama.

The three students who spoke about the trip last week — Wyne,

Michaela Bates and Aaron DaGraca — agreed the house-building project in Panama was more difficult than the community center repair project in Costa Rica.

The students also endured a tougher living situation in Panama where they were housed in a school with sleeping bags and without running water or a fully equipped kitchen.

Nonetheless, the students named the trip to Panama the most impactful and memorable of the two.

“Our students worked very hard to build these homes together with the families that are living in these houses today,” Pina said.

The students had to walk up large hills in 90-degree weather to get to the homes and worked from eight to 10 hours each day without a shower to return to at the end of the day, Williams said.

“The kids they never complained,” Williams said. “They were hot, they had to walk and the condition of food was different. They really just gave themselves wholeheartedly.”

One thing that stood out to the students was how willing other members of the community were to help with the housing project.

Wyne’s group met a man named Victor, a neighbor to one of the families the group built a house for, who helped with the project and opted to make the group lunch every day, DaGraca said.

DaGraca didn’t work with Victor, but he did work with a man named Nico who was a single father with two kids.

“He was a hard worker. You can see every time we had to dig rocks out of the bottom to build the foundation, he was so powerful and determined with each hit to the floor,” DaGraca said. “That really kind of motivated me to want to help other people.”

The group also observed how much happier the families were with the little they had.

The three houses built by Techo and the students were the size of a small- or medium-sized bedroom, Bates said.

“Their whole house can fit in our room and only my little sister and I live in there,” Bates said. “We complain about it all the time, but five people live in one house and they’re just so happy.”

Quest Adventures Executive Director and President Claudia Bell pointed to the students as a prime example of what the organization hopes students will take back from service trips.

“We hope that we are helping to plant a seed in you of your responsibility, your duty to help bring up your community,” Bell said. “You’re doing that by getting a broader experience and bringing them back to Boston.”

The community spirit felt while on this service trip has motivated the students to come together and invite the entire school to participate in a bench-building project at the school.

“We’re going to work with City Year [an AmeriCorps Program] and one Saturday we’re going to build a bench together to let the community know the Burke is open,” Bates said.

Students from the Jeremiah E. Burke High School raised funds to travel to Panama and Costa Rica where they helped build houses and repair a community center.

Dominican Providence mayor runs for governor Yawu Miller Angel Taveras’ credentials are impressive: a Harvard University undergraduate education, Georgetown Law School and the first Latino mayor of Providence.

But when he introduced himself to a gathering of Cambridge donors Sunday, he lead with his early education credentials.

“I’m a Head Start baby,” he said.

“I went through the public schools to Harvard. And when I got there, I learned there were other kids there from Head Start. It’s a testament to what government can do when it invests in people.”

Taveras was in Cambridge at the home of former Cambridge Mayor Ken Reeves and Greg Johnson, raising money for his bid for the governor’s office. If elected, he will be the first Dominican American to serve as governor of a U.S. state. In the Democratic primary, he’s facing off against Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo, Clay Pell, a former White House National Security staff member and building contractor Todd Giroux. Taveras and Raimondo have led the Democratic field in polling.

Taveras grew up in Providence one of three children of a single mother who supported her family working factory jobs. He credits his volunteer work at Harvard’s Phillips Brooks house for fueling a love for public service.

His sophomore year at Harvard

he founded the Mission Hill Summer Program in the former Mission Main Housing Development.

It was also at that time that Taveras developed an appetite for electoral work.

“I went up to New Hampshire and did some door-to-door work for Senator Tom Harkin from Iowa,” he said. “When I went back home, I stayed involved in campaigns as a volunteer.”

After graduating law school, Taveras worked as a lawyer and associate judge in the Providence Housing Court. He stepped down in 2010 to run for mayor, emerging from a four-way primary with 49 percent of the vote and winning in the general election with 82 percent.

After being sworn in, Taveras was immediately confronted with a $110 million deficit in a $600 million budget, forcing him to make painful cuts to public employees.

While he was able to negotiate cuts with firefighters and other unions, Taveras generated headlines for firing the city’s teachers, although most were re-hired.

With a quarter of the state’s population and much of its economy in Providence, Tavares said bankruptcy was not an option.

“Rhode Island is small,” he said.

“If Providence goes down, so does the state.”

In the end, Taveras’ measures worked, moving the city from a $110 deficit to a $1.5 million surplus in

2013. The city has invested money in new schools, road paving projects and hired new police officers.

Taveras earned high marks for his handling of the painful cuts to the city’s budget.

“He went to all the communities explaining the situation we were in and why we had to take the measures we took,” said veteran Providence political activist Danilo Rodriguez. “He did a great job, consid-

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ering the economic situation Providence was in.”

Rodriguez, who works in a factory in Providence, said Taveras’ appeal goes beyond his electoral base in the capital.

“Most of my co-workers live outside of Providence,” he said.

“All of them say they will vote for Angel because of what he did for Providence. I think he has a good chance to win.”

With his success turning around the city’s finances, it wasn’t long before Taveras’ supporters began pushing him to run for governor.

Taveras said his experience at Harvard helped position him to run.

“I think Harvard opened up a lot of doors and allowed us to dream big,” he said. “I was also one of the

first Latino lawyers in the state. I believe you can be what you want to be. With my training and my background, why not? I’ve always been very confident of my abilities and I think voters will judge me on my vision for the future.”

Taveras has made calls for universal pre-kindergarten and investment in the state’s public education system — the hallmarks of his campaign.

“Education is the path out of poverty,” he told the Cantabrigian crowd. “I traveled it. I know there are more obstacles now than when I grew up. But I want young people to see that the son of a mother who worked in factories can be governor of Rhode Island. If they see that, they know the sky’s the limit.”

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, who is running for governor of Rhode Island, speaks during a fundraiser at the Cambridge home of Ken Reeves and Greg Johnson. (Banner photo)

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Come late to the electoral process and lose the power In Massachusetts, civic-minded citizens go to the polls to vote in every election for governor. While that is commendable, it is no longer enough. Political campaigns have become pitched battles between wealthy conservatives and persistent plebeians. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions liberalizing restrictions on campaign contributions have shifted the advantage to the plutocrats.

Massachusetts is one of the bluest of the blue states so there might be some indifference about which party holds the corner office on Beacon Hill.

Such an attitude would be mistaken. Having lost the White House and control of the U.S. Senate, Republicans have undertaken a national campaign to control the state houses, and the campaign is working well. Now 30 of the 50 states have Republican governors.

Despite the propensity to be a Democratic state, four of the last eight elections for governor in Massachusetts have been won by Republicans. William Weld won twice (1990, 1994) and Paul Cellucci and Mitt Romney each won once (1998, 2002). For Democrats, Mike Dukakis won twice (1982, 1986) as did Deval Patrick (2006, 2010). So a Democratic victory for governor in November is by no means assured. In fact, the Republican hopeful, Charlie Baker, is a very attractive candidate.

The question that many will ask is “what difference does it make?” Unfortunately, the stalemate in Washington has stifled public enthusiasm for involvement in politics. But to succumb to apathy is a victory for the conservatives. The country is now involved in a battle to determine the extent to which unbridled campaign contributions can enable the affluent essentially to buy elections. Enthusiastic public support for alternative candidates is the only effective remedy to prevent that from happening.

By and large the Republican governors have not

benefitted their black and Latino citizens. A disproportionate number have refused extended Medicaid under Obamacare to provide health insurance coverage for low-income residents. Also, some Republican governors have supported rigid photo ID laws that would make it more difficult for the poor and the elderly to vote.

While it is unlikely that a Republican governor in Massachusetts would attempt to impose such restrictions, voters cannot ignore the fact that a Republican would be a member of a party that supports such punitive measures. There is no better way for voters to express their disdain for such policies than to reject candidates of the party that supports them.

This does not mean that all Democratic candidates should get a free ride. Just being blue won’t do. When choosing among candidates with an acceptable policy position, the next question is which has the greater possibility of winning. As they say, “politics is not Tiddledy Winks.” The objective is to win the election. There are few candidates with the charisma and qualifications of Elizabeth Warren who can emerge from obscurity and ride to the U.S. Senate.

There are five Democratic candidates for governor: Joseph Avellone, Donald Berwick, Martha Coakley, Steven Grossman and Juliette Kayyem.

The Democratic Convention on June 13 and June 14 will undoubtedly winnow the number. A candidate has to get 15 percent of the votes at the convention in order to participate in the election.

Political activists must choose a candidate for governor, and soon. The only two sources of secular power in American politics are money and votes.

That was true before the impact of “Citizens United” and still the rule remains the same. Now the average voter must work sooner, smarter and harder to acquire and secure political power. It would be too late simply to wait for Election Day.

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OPINION 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education: was it worth it?

Robin Washington

At 90 years old and not traveling much, Jack Greenberg didn’t make the NAACP’s symposium here commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision. But the former head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund still teaches at Columbia Law School and follows the nation’s civil rights laws to the minutest detail.

So he was familiar with the court’s ruling in April upholding a Michigan constitutional amendment through which voters turned back affirmative action programs, and answered quickly when I called him at his home in New York.

By their logic in the Michigan case, I said, would the justices find slavery constitutional if voters decided to approve it?

“Yes,” he said without missing a beat — then added, “well, maybe not slavery.”

What made me think I could lead this witness?

One of three surviving members of arguably the greatest legal team ever, Greenberg was hired by Thurgood Marshall to help draft and argue the landmark case that overturned legalized segregation on May 17, 1954. An unqualified legal victory, its legacy is also marked by foot-dragging and intransigence.

“Nobody did anything they weren’t forced to do,” Greenberg said of states and school districts unwilling to desegregate, resistance that he says had nothing to do with the court’s vague timetable of achieving it in “all deliberate speed” and everything to do with racism.

“They weren’t going slowly. They just weren’t doing anything,” he said.

“So you tell them to do something, and they’ll say no, they won’t do it, and they’ll litigate for three or four years, and then the whole educational system is turned inside-out.”

One of the first places to suffer that upheaval was Little Rock, Ark., where federal troops were mobilized to quell violent mobs at Central High School in 1957. At the Fort Lauderdale symposium this week, Ernest Green recalled how an initial list There’s a long line of of 25 black students volunteering people who would tell to integrate the high school diminished to “The Little Rock Nine,” of you how much they which he was one. supported (integration) “There’s a long line of people who in 1957, but that would tell you how much they supported (integration) in 1957, but that wasn’t true. wasn’t true,” he said. “It was difficult —Jack Greenberg to be standing there by yourself.”

Yet it was also difficult to tolerate inequity, Green said, adding that before he enrolled, “I thought, ‘What the hell could they be doing in that (school) building that was four times the size of our building?’”

Moderating the forum was Harvard Law School professor Charles Ogletree, who read from Chief Justice Earl Warren’s 1954 decision describing education as “the very foundation of good citizenship” and “a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.”

Panelist Judith Browne-Dianis of the civil rights group The Advancement Project said that equality has yet to be achieved.

“The fact that schools and adults still see (children of color) as inferior; that is something that we haven’t fixed yet,” she said.

Backing her up is a federal Department of Education study released in March showing black K-12 students three and a half times more likely to receive out-of-school suspensions than their white peers — a disparity many attribute to a perception of black children as more violent or disobedient than white.

Released just this week is another study, “Brown at 60,” from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, proclaiming “great progress, a long retreat and an uncertain future” since the decision.

“The (current) Supreme Court has fundamentally changed desegregation law, and many major court orders have been dropped,” the report reads, citing recent rulings that have chipped away at Brown. “Our statistical analysis shows that segregation increased substantially after the plans were terminated in many large districts.”

With that dire assessment, was it all worth it?

To any sane person, of course it was. In education, millions of students of all races have seen unparalleled achievement under reforms begun by Brown, and the removal of societal indignities such as separate drinking fountains and Jim Crow travel on buses and trains — to say nothing of being lynched for attempting to vote — goes to the heart of fulfilling the promise of America.

But it takes time, and constant, determined agitation, a sharp-witted 90-year-old on the phone from New York reminds me.

“There’s always reason to be despondent,” he says, “and there’s always a reason for hope.”

Robin Washington of Duluth, Minn., writes frequently on the history of Civil Rights Movement. He is producer of the PBS documentary “You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow!” telling the story of the Supreme Court’s 1946 Morgan v. Virginia decision, one of the cases laying the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education.

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Are you paying attention to the race for the governor’s office?

Absolutely. I’m fearful of low turnout. There’s no person of color in the election, and people don’t know who the candidates are. I’ll be working double-time to turn people out.

Yes I am. The future of the next four years is at stake. It’s vital to have someone who understands the issues our community is dealing with.

Yes. It’s important because the primary will determine who’s on the final ballot for governor, treasurer and all the other state offices.

Cheryl Crawford

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Not too much. I don’t think it’s that interesting. I have to see what kind of platforms the candidates have.

I am paying attention. We need to be more educated about the candidates and have a voice in the campaign.

Sparingly. I’m familiar with who’s running, but I’m not paying attention. It’s too early.

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Philip Hillman

MassHousing recently announced the appointment of Philip Hillman to the agency’s senior staff as chief administrative officer. He will oversee MassHousing’s Human Resources, Information Technology, Administrative Services and Compliance & Diversity departments as well as vendor management and facilities management responsibilities.

He also oversees the Home Ownership Lending and Mortgage Servicing and Operations business lines.

“Phil brings extensive experience in state government, nonprofit operations and housing management and development,’’ said MassHousing Executive Director Thomas R. Gleason. “He will play an important role in helping us achieve the goals and objectives of our new strategic plan.’’

Hillman is the former director of the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents. Prior to that he worked as the chief operating officer of the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, where

he has also been a longtime member of its board of directors and served as board chair. Before that, he worked for many years in the private sector, serving as the division vice president for health, safety and environment for Polaroid Corp.

He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Roosevelt University and an master’s degree in business administration from Boston University.

MassHousing is a not-for-profit

public agency. It has provided more than $16 billion in financing for homebuyers and homeowners, and for developers and owners of affordable rental housing. The agency does not use taxpayer dollars, but sells bonds to fund its programs.

In recent years, MassHousing has also supported the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by contributing funds to offset budget cuts to state housing programs.

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Sen. ChangDíaz files pro-Boston amendments to state budget

Budget amendments have been filed by state Sen. Sonia Chang Dìaz following the release of the Massachusetts Senate state budget that, if passed, could benefit Boston residents.

“Over the past several weeks, residents of the Second Suffolk District have enthusiastically shared with me what values and priorities they want to see reflected in the final budget,” said Chang-Díaz in a press release. “As an elected official, my strategy is to fight for the priorities that I hear again and again — at neighborhood meetings, through email, phone calls, and social media, and from grassroots organizers — that are critical to our neighborhoods.

Budget season is no different.

Without adequate funding to vital programs, our community suffers the consequences. I know these programs deserve the Senate’s attention not only because I’ve seen the data, but because I hear about the positive results and challenges faced by those who are affected by these issues every day.”

Chang-Díaz’s amendments seek to increase funding to a number of programs. One

amendment increases funding to a program for those at risk for being affected by gun violence, called the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative. Another amendment increases grants for violence-prevention programs.

Increased funding for rehabilitation and re-entry for prisoners has been proposed, as has increased funding for the civil rights agency, the Mass Commission Against Discrimination. The senator’s amendments also seek to increase funding for the MBTA bus program.

Chang-Díaz chairs the Senate Joint Committee on Education.

Most of her budget amendments are education-related. Increased funding for full-day kindergarten, METCO, early learning and adult literacy programs are among her amendments, as is an increase in reimbursement to school districts to reflect the increase in charter school enrollment.

year. Jones has called his work, “photographs of people who are fugitives in their worlds, who have little or no voice or who are unaware of their contributions.”

Jones has been photographing the Olympic Games for more than 20 years, and some of those pictures are part of the exhibit. Jones has published books of his photography, beginning with “Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row,” for which he received the Ehrmann Award from the Massachusetts Citizens against the Death Penalty.

NAACP: Teaching the factual to the faithful can Mayor’s Gallery combat HIV features prizewinning local photographer The photography exhibit, “Lou Jones: Every Color Has a Different Song” will be on display at City Hall during normal business hours this week until June 27.

This exhibit has travelled to various colleges within the past

Black people are the most affected by HIV. According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately one in 16 black men and one in 32 black women will be diagnosed with HIV at some point in their lives. Factors such as poverty, incarceration and inadequate access to medical care have contributed to this disease’s preponderance. Stigma, fear, ignorance and shame have done just as much to influence the disease’s hold over the demographic, according to the NAACP.

Hoping to reverse this trend, the association sought input from clerics in particularly hard-hit urban areas to devise an instructional program called “The Black Church and HIV: the Social Justice Imperative.” The program is a series of tools to help the clergy to support those who are sick and to work with their congregations to prevent the spread of HIV. “This is a public health emergency, particularly for Boston’s black community and, with our support, our faith leaders will get a proven roadmap to the right HIV prevention tools and resources — that will ultimately save lives,” Boston NAACP President Michael Curry stated in a press release announcing a training session in Boston for the Social Justice Imperative.

This training will take place on May 31, and is open to select clergy by invitation from the NAACP.

Lenny Zakim Fund to benefit Discover Roxbury Discover Roxbury, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to prevent financial deterioration through civic pride and historical awareness, is being granted a matching contribution for new or increased pledges of up to $10,000.

The grantor is the Lenny Zakim Fund, which is a charity dedicated to supporting non-profit organizations who are especially dedicated to overcoming bigotry, but who may not be large enough to secure federal or state funding.

Discover Roxbury will be hosting the annual Governor’s Tea on June 14 at the Shirley-Eustice House. The event will feature a re-enactment of an abolitionists’ meeting in homage to the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Remnants of ’70s defiance persist on City Council M.B. Miller None of the present members of the Boston City Council are old enough to remember the enormous impact on American society when the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954.

COMME NTA R Y With the emergence of a law with such national impact, Boston was embarrassed by the pathetic opposition to school desegregation.

In 1896, the court had sanctioned Jim Crow in Plessy v. Ferguson. For 58 years, Americans of African origin had to survive as second class citizens under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”

Racial segregation was lawful everywhere, unless it was prohibited by state laws.

In progressive parts of the country, people were elated with the announcement of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

With the renunciation of “separate but equal” in the Brown decision, people began to hope for a time when all citizens, regardless of race, could expect fair and equal treatment. It is disturbing to find that three members of the City Council, President Bill Linehan of South Boston, at-large Councilor Stephen Murphy, and Councilor Salvatore LaMattina of East Boston were all unwilling to endorse that principal in a resolution proposed

by Councilor Charles Yancey of Mattapan and at-large Councilor Ayanna Pressley.

Perhaps the recalcitrant councilors were identifying with the failed effort in Boston to oppose school desegregation. In the early days of the school conflict, black families were not even trying to

achieve racial integration in the schools. Their main concern was overcrowding, insufficient school supplies, and inexperienced teachers in the schools with black students.

Black parents organized Operation Exodus to provide private transportation for students from overcrowded or deteriorating

schools to available open seats in schools with white students.

When negotiations between the NAACP and the Boston School Committee failed, community activists filed Morgan v. Hennigan, the case charging racial discrimination.

The Boston School Committee lost the case in 1974, and school committee members refused to cooperate with the federal district court judge to find a constitutionally satisfactory resolution. They forced the judge to impose a solution that did not require the support and cooperation of the defiant school committee. That solution was busing.

For the past 40 years the Hennigan case has diminished the reputation of the City of Boston.

Voters eventually became so irate over the unproductive political maneuvers of the school committee that they willingly disbanded the institution under Mayor Tom Menino.

Brown v. Board of Education was a major turning point in American history. It might be well for the city councilors who voted only “present” for the resolution before the council to explain why they are unable to assure that “the City of Boston provides equal opportunities for all students to succeed in Boston Public Schools.”

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Former state Rep. Marie St. Fleur, Mayor Martin Walsh, state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry and City Councilor Charles Yancey lead the annual Haitian-American Unity Parade in Mattapan. (Mayor’s Office photo by Jeremiah Robinson)

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The platform includes additional metrics such as total square footage of development under construction in Boston, construction jobs created by new development, and total construction costs for all BRA-approved projects.

Lastly, the BRA has updated its BRA Zoning Viewer to give additional access to zoning and planning information for any area of the city.

Golden admits that in the past the public “really had to work to see what was going on” with the BRA’s development process, which often meant trekking down to BRA offices to look through paper documents and attending many meetings in person. This triggered criticism that certain actions and decisions were happening with little public knowledge.

“We are light years ahead in providing information online to people who are interested,” Golden said. “That is a radical difference in the quality of the transparency on really substantive core functions of the BRA. “We think it is great because technology is a two-way street,” Golden added. “We can tell our story we can present facts more efficiently to all that are interested and we can explain ourselves and our decisions and hopefully get broader support from the public.

You are going to be more empowered. If you object to the direction we are heading in on a given project or projects you have more information to challenge that direction.

We are arming people with the information they need to make their case on development issues and we think that is a good thing. We are

not afraid of that — we want people to have more information. The mayor wants people to have more information.”

Mayor Walsh called the efforts “critical changes” to the BRA’s information management systems.

“These advancements are increasing transparency and opening up the doors of the BRA business to the public,” he stated.

Lydia Lowe, director of the Chinese Progressive Association, and a critic of the BRA, who has called for drastic reform and even elimination of the development authority, says increased insight into what the BRA is doing is an improvement.

“I am encouraged that they are going in this more transparent direction but there is still a long way to go in terms of structural reform,” Lowe said.

Lowe says that just being armed with more information is not enough and that the BRA has to provide a consistent and valid path to consider community input.

According to Lowe, the status quo is that the BRA does not listen to public comment in its decision-making process on development. She stresses that the organization must change so that community input is meaningful in the development process.

“I think it is important that the residents at large have a voice,” Lowe said.

Another structural change that Lowe and her organization are calling for is a uniform policy that dictates how public land is developed.

Being able to track all the public land and the proposals or potential projects on this land could start this process.

“We should really look at public land as a very precious resource that

belongs to the people, and if it is not used for affordable housing or other kinds of community and public development, that is important to know,” Lowe said. “Some of this public land may be fine for commercial development, but do it through a transparent process and make sure revenues support public goals.”

As the BRA was announcing some of its changes last week, the Chinese Progressive Association held a protest at Millennium Place in Boston decrying Millennium Partners underpayment of $15 million in affordable housing fees and lack of meeting city employment standards.

Lowe still calls for the elimination of the BRA altogether. She supports replacing the BRA with an

economic development agency and a city planning agency, but recognizes this is a longer-term reform.

Jeanne DuBois, executive director of Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation applauded the BRA’s new emphasis on transparency.

“I think the administration seems very sincere about opening things up with the BRA,” she said. “If the BRA can do things that make it easier, faster, clearer, that is all good.”

Ed Gaskin, executive director of Greater Grove Hall Main Streets, backed the BRA’s changes as helping small businesses.

“Improved access to information is critical for smaller businesses because they don’t have the

resources to dedicate to trying to figure out what is going on and staying on top of it,” Gaskin said.

“Historically, a lot of business opportunities at the BRA were not that well-publicized, so only a relatively small number of vendors were able to take advantage of the opportunities.

With the limited resources many small businesses have, any help the BRA can provide in the planning process is very important, he stressed.

“In the past it was not clear what the status of a project was or where it was in the cycle or how long the process would take. Access to real-time information could be a game-changer for small businesses,” Gaskin added.

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Pioneering Roxbury journalist remembered Robin Washington By the time Bill Worthy arrived on location in North Carolina for a 1994 documentary shoot about one of the many extraordinary travels in his long life, he already had his own theme song. “‘Worthy isn’t worthy to come to our shores’ — how does that thing go?” his friend and fellow traveler Ernest Bromley greeted him during a reunion tour of the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, the first Freedom Ride.

Worthy chuckled, and ever the meticulous journalist, recited the exact lyrics (“…Worthy isn’t worthy to enter our door …”) of the Phil Ochs ballad about the U.S. government’s case against him for traveling from Cuba without a passport in 1961.

Those were just two of the many amazing journeys of Worthy, born in Roxbury on July 7, 1921.

The travels — to places like wartime North Vietnam, Iran during the hostage crisis, and with an interracial group in the American South during segregation, frequently got him into trouble, as he very well knew they would.

“He was a fearless journalist and a fearless person,” fellow journalist and Roxbury native Sarah-Ann Shaw said this week after hearing of his death on Cape Cod on May 4.

“He stood up for what was right. He really didn’t care who got angry. If he knew that this was what was true, he was going to pursue it to the end of the Earth.”

The son of William Worthy Sr., a pioneering black obstetrician, the younger Worthy graduated from Boston Latin School and Bates College in Maine and went on to hold many first-and-only black distinctions, including as an early CBS News correspondent and Nieman fellow at Harvard in the 1950s.

During that time, he defied a U.S. travel ban to become one of the first American journalists to visit mainland China since the 1949 communist takeover.

“I want to present as much factual material as possible, with comment, and to let my impressions, some of which are contradictory, emerge in that way,” he wrote of the trip in the summer 1957 Nieman Reports.

Though his political views often clashed with U.S. policy, that didn’t make him a shill for Ameri-

ca’s adversaries. Writing of China’s “assembly-line production of lecturers” in political indoctrination courses, he noted that “every dictatorship seems to feel called upon to regulate and spy upon the people’s sex life,” observing: “Under the Communists, China has become a puritanical country, and the Chinese equivalents of Harvard’s parietal rules (about dorm visits by members of the opposite sex) are very strict.”

Worthy’s objectivity aside, the State Department denied to renew his passport on his return, leading to his visit to Cuba in 1961 without one. On his return, he was convicted of illegally reentering the U.S., sparking the Ochs song and making him a cause célèbre. The conviction was later overturned.

He made numerous trips to other political hotspots, including North Vietnam, before visiting Iran for CBS News during the hostage crisis. Earning exclusive access with the students who took over the American embassy in Tehran, he and two reporting colleagues returned with books, widely available in that country, compiled from shredded U.S. documents. Deemed by the State Department to be illegally obtained classified documents, the books were confiscated on their return.

Through his contacts, however, Worthy got them published in the Washington Post and elsewhere, rendering moot any claim they were propriety material.

He also had the foresight to get evidence in the form of a receipt when buying the books, recalled Randy Goodman of Cambridge, a photographer on the trip who made many subsequent travels with Worthy.

“Had Bill not made the decision that we needed to protect ourselves — made from very many years of experience — we could have been in a very difficult situation,” she said.

By then, Worthy had long been used to being part of news stories.

In 1947, more as an activist than journalist, he joined a group of 16 black and white men traveling side-by-side on buses and trains in the South. Their intent was to force the states to abide by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Irene Morgan v. Virginia, which had outlawed segregation in interstate transportation the year before.

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He had plenty of courage. He was ready to be out front,” George Houser, 97 and now the last known survivor of the Journey, said from Santa Rosa, Calif.

Committed to comporting themselves like gentlemen, none of the travelers had any idea what to expect.

They experienced one brush with

Top: Covering the Iran-Iraq war for CBS-TV News in 1981, William Worthy, with fellow CBS journalists Terri Raylor and Randy H. Goodman, paused for a photo upon leaving an Iraqi bunker recently captured by the Iranians in the desert near Abadan. Lower: Worthy speaks with two of the Iranian students who were holding 53 Americans hostage in Tehran. Worthy traveled to Iran in February, 1980. (Randy Goodman photos) violence in Chapel Hill, N.C., and endured multiple arrests for violating local segregation laws, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling. Three were sentenced to 30 days on a chain gang.

“That took a lot of courage in those days,” Houser said.

Nearly 50 years later, Worthy was at first reticent to join the reunion trip for a documentary I

was producing about the journey, probably because — well, who was I and what exactly would my Worthy, continued to page 10

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program say about it? Ever the careful journalist, he answered our interview questions guardedly, often quoting someone else instead of giving his own opinions (“Frederick the Great once said,”

he began one comment.)

Still, he seemed to revel in rejoining his colleagues and, again the incurable journalist, spent much of his time interviewing them.

Shaw, who got to know Worthy at WBZ-TV, where she worked for more than three decades, called him a model for anyone aspiring to

become a journalist today and said it was his nature to be careful.

“He had been burned, you know?” she said. “He made it clear that this was what he was thinking so that people then couldn’t tie him to the enemies of the country.”

“His mind was like a file cabinet.

He could just reach into it and pull out something that was pertinent,”

Shaw continued of his thorough research, though with less concern about his appearance presenting it.

“He’d come on Channel 4 with a wool sweater and a not-too-fashionable tweed jacket. He was not a fashion plate. He didn’t care about presenting himself.”

What he did care about, said Goodman, was “people, and that it

was important to understand what politics were doing, getting in the way of people’s lives.”

Former Banner managing editor Robin Washington of Duluth, Minn., produced the PBS documentary “You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow!” about the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, on which Worthy was a participant.

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Whittier Street Apartments and a development project surrounding it ticked off all the boxes to qualify for a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Choice Neighborhoods Grant, namely to re-develop distressed housing with affordable housing, but also to be part of a larger effort to revamp and economically boost the surrounding area.

Boston received a 2012 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant to develop what the city is calling the Whittier Neighborhood Transformation Plan. The final plan that will be developed by this fall will then be submitted to HUD for grant approval. The effort is a collaboration of the Boston Housing Authority, Preservation of Affordable Housing, Madison Park Development Corporation and the Whittier Tenant Task Force.

According to Kate Bennett, deputy administrator for planning and sustainability at the Boston Housing Authority, the Choice Neighborhoods grant — expected to be $30 million — is the critical seed money to get the entire project off the ground. But it also widens the scope of the work.

“Choice Neighborhoods really changes the game a bit in terms of expanding the impact under the grant beyond just housing revitalization into the people’s side and the neighborhood opportunities and services,” Bennett said. “We are not just taking down deteriorated public housing and rebuilding it.”

Choice Neighborhood money necessitates economic and community development in the area around the development of housing — without the added focus on the neighborhood and people, the HUD grant would not be approved.

“The focus on Whittier Street was really that we felt that it was a site that was in need of revitalization, but also had a lot of surrounding amenities and opportunities that would make for a successful implementation,” Bennett said.

The city defines the Whittier neighborhood as roughly one square mile, boarded by Tremont Street on the North end, flanked by Melnea Cass Boulevard, then outlined by Hampden Street into Blue Hill Avenue and stretching down past Dudley Square.

An estimated 9,300 residents live in the neighborhood in just under 4,000 households.

The neighborhood is made up of 59 percent black or African American residents and 34 percent Hispanic or Latino residents. The majority of the households are low-income: 75 percent receive housing or other public subsidies and 47 percent are below the federal poverty level (compared with 21 percent citywide). The unemployment rate is almost double the city’s rate at 19 percent compared to 10 percent citywide.

As is a focus of Choice Neighborhood grants, the city plans to tie in the new development with the education, civic and cultural institutions in the neighborhood, including Northeastern University, Roxbury Community College, Wentworth Institute, the

Reggie Lewis Athletic Arena, Boston Police headquarters, the Boston Islamic Center, Hibernian Hall and the new Whittier Street Health Center.

In addition, the city has already begun work on over $130 million in investment in the commercial hub of Dudley Square and Melnea Cass Boulevard. Over $2.3 billion in private funding for infrastructure, new housing and retail are slated for the area over the next decade, according to city officials.

On the housing front, the plan calls for direct one-for-one replacement of the 200 affordable housing units currently available at Whittier Street Apartments.

According to Boston Housing Authority Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Bill McGonagle, the direct replacement of the affordable housing is the lynchpin of the project.

“That was a priority of ours as well as a priority of the Whittier Street residents. There will be no loss of affordable units,” McGonagle said. “We are trying to get a plan that has broad-based community support, that on the one hand ensures affordable housing for our existing Whittier Street residents, as well as providing housing for other folks in the city.”

All told, the Whittier project calls for the development of 553 new units of housing, as well as approximately 50,000 square feet of commercial and institutional space.

The 353 units built in addition to the 200 affordable units that will be built to replace the current housing at Whittier Street Apartments, will be a mix of moderate-income and market-rate housing.

All of the units will be dispersed throughout the redevelopment around the Whittier Street Apartments site. This includes both the original Whittier property, owned by the Boston Housing Authority, as well as adjacent publicly owned property — the Crescent Parcel at the intersection of Tremont Street and Melnea Cass Boulevard, owned by the Boston Redevelopment Authority — and property nearby in the neighborhood that is currently owned by Madison Park Development Corporation.

Most of the off-site development will be in close proximity to the original Whittier property, however, approximately 15 percent of the planned housing will be developed in nearby mixed-income, mixed-use properties.

Specifically, there will be 200 affordable housing units, 147 moderate income units and 206 market-rate units.

The plan also calls for at least 60 percent one- and two-bedroom units among the affordable housing units, in response to community needs found in the planning study. Across the entire redevelopment, including moderate-income and market-rate units, the goal is to build at least 80 percent one- and two-bedroom units.

Of the planned commercial and institutional space, about 10,000 square feet are targeted to be developed at the current Whittier Street Apartments site and another goal is to establish a restaurant or entertainment venue along Tremont Street.

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“This is a model project and we should be thinking more about the kinds of development that we could create near or using Boston Housing Authority properties,” Barros said. “This is good for the Dudley area. It is good for Ruggles. It is good for how we move forward. It presents a strategy that Boston will reflect on and we will probably use again and again.”

While some view the current Whittier Street Apartments as one of the better city-owned housing developments, McGonagle said the buildings have serious interior issues, including electrical.

Whittier Street was also chosen for development based on the requirements of the Choice Neighborhoods Grant.

For one, the $30 million grant of seed money for the project is enough to have an impact on the replacement of the 200 affordable housing units. Other city properties that could use work, such as the Mary Ellen McCormack development in South Boston, the Charlestown Bunker Hill development or the Bromley-Heath development in Jamaica Plain — which have 1,000 or more housing units — are too large to redevelop through a Choice Neighborhoods Grant, according to McGonagle.

Lastly, many other city-owned properties have gone through renovation in recent years.

“If you go down the pecking order, Whittier Street jumps out and it is kind of next in line for renovation,” he said. “It is kind of Whittier Streets’ turn.”

As part of the overall develop-

Redevelopment plans for the Whittier Street Apartments public housing development call for the current 200 affordable housing units to be replaced with 200 newly constructed affordable units, as well as an additional 353 units of mixed-use housing.

(Image courtesy of The Architectural Team) ment project, the plan addresses what it calls “Neighborhood Goals” and “People Goals,” in addition to the housing.

The main focus on the neighborhood is to improve public safety and encourage more pedestrian traffic with transportation and streetscape developments.

For the residents of the neighborhood, the plan calls for income and asset-building support, establishing health-services programs, developing education partnerships and making better use of youth development programs, including career counseling, after-school and summer programs.

The Whittier Neighborhood Transformation Plan estimated price tag of $339 million includes $10.5 million for human services such as

job development, health and wellness and education; $19.5 million for neighborhood services such as public safety initiatives and streetscape and connectivity improvements; and $309.4 million for housing of which residential development has the highest price tag at $265 million, with infrastructure development and non-residential development slated for $20 million each.

In addition to the federal seed money and backing from the city, the Whittier Choice project is support by The Boston Foundation, Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Roxbury Community College, Whittier Street Health Center, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and The American City Coalition.

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‘Acis & Galatea’ invokes ancient myth with powerful East Coast premiere Susan Saccoccia The spirit of spring animates the latest production of world-renowned choreographer Mark Morris, “Acis & Galatea.” Mingling the arts of opera and dance, the new work had its East Coast premiere last week at Citi Performing Arts Center’s Schubert Theater, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, which co-commissioned the work.

Performing on stage were the 18-member Mark Morris Dance Group and four soloists singing the opera’s lead roles. Accompanying them in the orchestra pit were the 32 musicians and 18 singers of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Period Orchestra and Chorus, conducted

by Nicholas McGegan.

With clarity and simplicity, the production mines the timeless humanity of an ancient myth.

The shepherd Acis loves Galatea, a river nymph, and she loves him.

The monster Polyphemus also loves her, but she spurns him. In a jealous rage, he hurls a boulder at Acis and kills him. Galatea then summons her magical powers and transforms Acis into a stream that will flow forever.

With his long-time collaborators McGegan, scenic designer Adrianne Lobel, fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, and lighting designer Michael Chybowski, Morris injects fresh contemporary spirit to Handel’s 1718 operatic version of the tale and its 1788 arrangement by Mozart, who added clarinet, bassoon and horn.

Opera is a natural for Morris, the most musical of choreographers. As a director and choreographer, Morris mingles the irreverent with the sublime in inventive dancing that draws from natural, everyday movement — walks, leaps, runs, folk dance, even gym workouts — as well as modern and ballet traditions. He also has a knack for sly casting.

As the lovers, tenor Thomas Cooley (Acis) and soprano Sherezade Panthaki (Galatea) have marvelous voices but an unglamorous stage presence accented by workaday costumes — a short dress for Panthaki and Cooley’s loose shirt and pants. Morris is making it plain that the transporting experiences of love and art are the business of ordinary human beings.

Surrounding these two and intertwining them in their circles are the dancers, as sleek and graceful as

can be. While the lovers wear sturdy cotton clothing, the dancers wear gossamer fabric. Males and females alike wear diaphanous long skirts in a green camouflage print that echoes the set — a prop-free series of layered screens with brush-stroked images of woods and a rocky hillside reminiscent of Asian woodblock prints. Lit by Chybowski, they evoke a dappled forest.

As an opera, all the words are sung, not spoken, and the 1718 libretto by English poets John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Hughes was displayed as supertitles.

The dancers’ movements often paint the words, and with music, chorus, sets, costumes and lighting in synch, the production ignites a thrilling mix of senses. The frequent repetition of passages in the music, words and choreography as they unfold in unison heightens the emotional intensity.

In the first act, the dancers swirl in a delirium of joy, pushing and pulling each other in pairs and clusters and winding and unraveling with astonishing fluidity and precision.

The singers’ movements are choreographed too. Galatea, burning with love, blocks her ears as if

to resist the charms of the chorus who sing of “happy nymphs and happy swains.” Later, when Acis dies, she turns her back to the audience, bereft, a lone figure on a darkened stage.

The second act opens with a long, lovely musical prelude. Its shadows set the tone for loss to come. The dancers move in slow, repetitive knots that build in pauses, like the syncopated blue notes in a jazz composition.

Polyphemus gains an introduction befitting a formidable creature.

As the chorus sings of his “ample strides,” a light-as-air pyramid of dancers bounces across the stage in the shape of giant footsteps. As the singers describe how “the forest shakes” with his “giant roars,” the dancers’ arms and legs quiver and their bodies tumble like wind-felled trees. Enter baritone Douglas Williams, whose monster is a wiry, suave dandy sporting a natty suit in the same camouflage fabric worn by the other singers. Williams brings to his role the gleeful panache of a Broadway leading man. He subjects the dancers to slaps, strokes, pinches, gropes and other lewd gestures as they file past him, shoulders

slumped in submission, and collapse in a pile behind him.

Entreating Polyphemus to not force himself on Galatea, tenor Zach Finkelstein, as Damon, a friend of Acis, leads the chorus in a soft refrain, “Softly, gently, kindly treat her.”

Meanwhile, brooding in ominous isolation, Polyphemus is on the floor stretching himself. All that is visible are his languorously flexing feet.

Signaling the gathering doom, Laurel Lunch performs a chilling solo, marching while holding her head, face and shoulders rigid.

With a flick of his arm, Polyphemus triggers the fatal blow. The boulder takes the form of delicate Maile Okamura, whose partners, standing in a row, jettison her over their heads across the width of the stage to strike Acis.

Urged on by the chorus, Galatea transforms her dead lover into a kindred immortal. He reappears with a wreath on his head and a shawl on his shoulders, before becoming immersed by an undulating stream of dancers.

Draped in a scarf like the reborn Acis, Morris joins the performers on stage and leads them in a succession of decorous, balletic bows.

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Throwback to the ‘90s …

Treach and Kay Gee from Naughty by Nature and the man of the hour Ja Rule turned it up at the jam-packed House of Blues for HOT 96.9’s Throwback Party. They per-

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Ja Rule brought the swagger and his more playful side to his hits, “Always On Time,” “I’m Real” and “Ain’t It Funny.” It obviously worked because the women were so taken with Ja that they began throwing their bras on stage. Like Ja Rule’s hit, the women were “Living it Up.”

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A Night of Dance …

It was a feast for the eyes as Boston Ballet’s dancers took to the stage in the program “Pricked.” Comprised of three ballets, “Pricked” opened with the whimsical presentation, Études, which follows the dancers in their basic five positions of ballet to the most complicated combinations all ending with the full company

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onstage as the finale. Next up was “D.M.J. 1953-1977,” a classic story of love and loss seen through the movements of one couple. And, the final performance of the evening called “Cacti” brought the energy level back up with 16 dancers performing on stage acting as percussionists and accompanied by violinists for a thrilling finale that brought the audience to its feet. There’s still to enjoy the ballet before it closes out its season. Jewels, the final program debuts tonight (May 22) and runs through June 1.

Philly soul …

A bit of Philly soul came to Boston in the form of Boyz II Men, who brought the house down at The Wilbur. The three crooners took the mostly female audience back in time with their classic hits “On Bended Knee,” “Please Don’t Go,” “I’ll Make Love to You” and “End of the Road.”

The audience showed their appreciation by singing along to all their best hits, which nearly shook the theater from the floor to the rafters. It was a good night of music!

Knock, Knock ...

The 6th Annual Women in Comedy Festival showcased some of the best female comics from around the country over four hilarious days with a mix of sketch, stand-up comedy and improv. At Laugh

Boston, Wendy Liebman rocked the mic as host and kept the show moving along as Robby Hoffman, Erin Judge, Leah Dubie and Kendra Cunningham took to the stage. The headliner was Judy Gold who commanded the stage in her no-holds-barred comedy.

She was absolutely amazing. From there, it was more comedy with Mike Birbiglia’s show “Thank God for Jokes” at The Wilbur. It was nonstop laughter from beginning to end with Birbiglia’s engaging storytelling.

Coming up …

Comedian Bruce Bruce returns to The Wilbur stage on Friday, May 30, at 9:45 p.m. Tickets: $22.50-$30.

To purchase go to www.ticketmaster. com.

On Saturday, May 31, The Whispers perform at the Berklee Performance Center at 8 p.m. Tickets: $89, $79, $69 and $50. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.berklee.edu/events.

The Sinclair presents the very talented singer and bass player Meshell Ndegeocello on Saturday, June 7, at 9 p.m. Doors open at 8 p.m. The show is 18 and over. Tickets: $23 in advance; $25 day of show. The show is general admission and standing room only. Order online at www.ticketmaster.com.

If you would like me to cover or write about your event, email me at inthemixwithcolette@gmail.com.

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Motown songwriter Simpson turns page on next chapter Colette Greenstein Forty years ago, a love of music brought together one of the most famous songwriting/producing teams and recording artists in music history, Ashford & Simpson. Love was also in the air when Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson met at Harlem’s White Rock Baptist Church in 1964 (he was in his early 20s and she was around 17 or 18 at the time). But it wasn’t until 1974 that the two were married, though Simpson admits there was a spark from the start — a spark when they met which flourished into one of music’s great partnerships.

In 1966 they joined the Motown staff and began writing songs of love, loss, devotion and hope for many of the artists in the Motown family. They were the force behind the songs “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” and “You’re All I Need to Get By” sung by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. They also wrote Diana Ross’ “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”; Gladys Knight and the Pips’ “Didn’t You Know You’d Have to Cry Sometime” and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ “Who’s Gonna Take the Blame.”

In 1978, Ashford & Simpson

wrote the inspirational song “I’m Every Woman” for Chaka Khan, which was later recorded by Whitney Houston in 1992. Their biggest hit as recording artists came in 1984 with the single “Solid (as a Rock).” Ten years later, in 2002, they were inducted in the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.

Valerie Simpson released her first solo album in 2012 called “Dinosaurs Are Coming Back Again,” and in 2013, Simpson visited Berklee to perform in “Trouble Man,” a musical about the life of Marvin Gaye that was scripted

by Berklee students. After Ashford’s death from throat cancer in 2011, Simpson established the Reach Out and Touch Award which honors her late husband and helps advance the careers of promising young songwriters.

On the eve of receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Music Degree from the Berklee College of Music, Simpson spoke to the Banner at Berklee’s Commencement Concert at Agganis Arena.

She talked about music, her daughters and the next chapter in her life, before she took the stage to perform “I’m Every Woman” backed by Berklee students.

Last year you were in Boston doing “Trouble Man.” Would you consider doing

something else on Broadway if the right part came along?

It’s funny. Before Nick Ashford passed away someone was talking to us about our life story.

Since then, he has come forward again to say they’re still interested. There’s a chance with any good fortune that our story will be told.

Simpson, continued to page 16

Legendary Motown singer and songwriter Valerie Simpson, center, received an Honorary Doctorate of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music. She is flanked

by Berklee Provost Larry Simpson (l) and Berklee President Roger Brown (r). (Kelly Davidson photo)

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You worked together 10 years prior to getting married to Ashford. Did you know that he was the one?

I was just in my last year of high school when I met him. I think he considered me a little too green and not ready for primetime, even though we looked at each other and there was an initial attraction.

On further notice, we both needed to grow and so therefore pushed all that stuff to the side. We could honestly get a truly working relationship which was really probably good. But still, I think if there’s an initial spark it’s always good if you push it to the side. I got married for two years.

Most people don’t know I was married for two years to a musician. Nick came and took pictures of my wedding. Who knew what was going to happen down the road?

On Oprah’s “Next Chapter” you talked about your two daughters working with you.

One works with you at the Sugar Bar and one sings background for you. How is it having them work with you?

That is probably the one good thing. There’s always a positive tip that happens in a bad situation or in something that you didn’t want to see happen. I think my daughters had the realization that they had to grow up. There was no more time.

They had to just jump on it and bolster me. Nick’s leaving created a vacuum which they stepped into, which is kind of beautiful. In the two, I’ve seen immense growth and more confidence.

You’ve worked with so many great artists over the years. Is there any one left that you’d like to work with that you haven’t worked with?

Nobody in particular. My situation is altogether different now. So, I’m open to a lot of things. Now, I just try to jump on it, bounce on it, not worry about whether I’m prepared. I figure that everything I’ve done up to this point has prepared me, and it’s too late to be scared. You just got to do it. So, that’s the way I feel about new situations. Spike Lee called me to play keyboards in some new film. I’m not used to playing that way but I went and I did it.

Is there anyone that you’re listening to musically today that you’re impressed with?

Valerie Simpson performs with students at Berklee College of Music’s 2014 commencement concert. (Kelly Davidson photo) I listen to everything and to everybody. On my phone I was just listening to the whole Miguel album. I really like him a lot. I like Pharrell’s record. I was very proud to see Nile Rodgers being able to jump in there.

He’s a buddy of mine from so many years ago. People like Lalah Hathaway, who I adore and Teri Lynne Carrington from Berklee here, who’s a friend. I’m doing something on her new album. I’m just staying open to everything.

You’re in great company being honored tonight and tomorrow.

Is there anything else we can expect down the line with Berklee?

I’m not expecting anything but there’s certainly people who’ve been kind to me. I’m sure I’ll be called on in other situations and I’ll always try to be here. You know it was interesting because when I did the sound check yesterday, the orchestra was so well-prepared and so on it, I forgot they were students. I was thinking of them as fellow musicians and I didn’t talk to them with any restraint, which is good. They are that well prepared.

Berklee is a wonderful school.

When you’re writing a song, do you have that person in mind, or do you just write the song and then think of who it’s going to be good for?

You want the song to be great on its own so that almost anybody would want it. But, if you know someone who needs something, there’s something in the back of your mind that might push you in the direction of the person who you know needs a certain kind of song. I remember when Arif Mardin called us and asked us to do something for Chaka’s first solo album when she left Rufus and I started playing that music and Nick said “I’m Every Woman” and it just felt absolutely right for her. She was a part of the thought in that instance. But, very often when we sit down to write a song you just want the muse to

step in and direct as opposed to you trying to do a specific thing.

How has owning the Sugar Bar and working with emerging or new artists influenced you?

I love it. I’m there as often as I can be there because people come from around the world. You get to hear the soulful version of the Japanese kids. It’s just encouraging to see how popular our music is. I see so much undiscovered talent. And when you see somebody who’s really good, it turns you on. It sparks something in you and makes you want to be better.

I look forward to these kids.

Would you consider ever being a judge on one of the music reality shows?

They don’t really need any more of that. I like the “Voice.” That’s my favorite. I’m not really moved at this point to judge. I enjoy the fact that they have a platform to launch from.

Quincy Jones found somebody for The Color Purple in the Sugar Bar. Jermaine Paul [from the Voice] was a regular at the Sugar Bar. It’s just rewarding to see I was right. It’s really good.

I know you’ve established the Reach Out and Touch program in honor of Ashford. How is that going?

It’s going great. We’ve done it three times. That’s another way when I see somebody who needs more funds to make their original stuff sound good. I’m happy to reach out and give them that and it furthers them a little bit.

Have you thought about what your next projects may be or are you just going on with the journey?

I’m pretty much going on with the journey. I’m doing some live concerts; getting a kick out of that.

I’m trying to remember to sing the whole song, not half the song. It just feels different because it’s a different thing even though I’ve been doing it a long time. I’m enjoying it.

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Community Calendar Thursday May 22

American Crisis The Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley St., Boston, a National Historic Landmark house museum and carriage house i n R o x b u r y, M a s s a c h u s e t t s announces lecture on Thursday at 6:30pm. In Mr. Fowler’s presentation, “American Crisis,” he explains that most people believe that the victory at Yorktown resolved the question of whether the colonies would become a free and independent nation. In a captivating historical tour de force, Author and Historian William M. Fowler chronicles the two years after Yorktown. If any individual was essential to the nation’s survival during the crisis years, it was George Washington. This lecture series is honoring longtime board member Grace Thaler who passed away in October of last year. All lectures will take place at the Shirley-Eustis House. Admission for each lecture will be $10 per person. Visit www.shirley eustishouse.org for more information, call 617-442-2275 or email governorshirley@gmail.com.

Zipporah Potter Atkins Story of Homeownership in Colonial Boston Dr. Vivian R. Johnson on ‘Free, Black and Female: The Zipporah Potter Atkins Story of Homeownership in Colonial Boston’ (Lecture, Q&A, Reception). In early Colonial Boston, Zipporah Potter Atkins (1645 - 1705) was free when most Africans were enslaved; propertied when most women were not; and had six surnames when surnames were rare for people of African descent. Who is this little-known woman, whose 17th century house-site was officially designated for an Historic Interpretive Marker, unveiled earlier this week on the Rose Kennedy Greenway? Dr. Vivian R. Johnson, retired Boston University professor, uncovered evidence of Atkins’ extraordinary life during Boston’s first 75 years. 6pm, MAAH, 46 Joy St., Beacon Hill. $5.

Friday May 23

FREE Family Fun Days at the Kroc This Spring Join us for 4th Fridays: FREE Family Fun Days at the Kroc. Participate in: Swimming, Open Gym, Rock Wall Climbing, Specialized Workshops & Activities, & More! 5-8pm. Arrive Early!

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No membership or registration required. For more information contact our Welcome Desk at 617-318-6900.

Saturday May 24

Southeastern MA Adult Walking Club Moderate walk, some hills, 4 miles. Old Rte. 128 to Beech Hollow and Doe Hollow. Return via the green dot trail. Meet at

the Houghton’s Pond main parking lot at 840 Hillside St. in Milton at 1pm. The Southeastern Massachusetts Adult Walking Club meets each weekend on either a Saturday or Sunday at 1:00 for recreational walks. This club is open to people of 16 years of age and older, and there is no fee to join. Walks average 2 to 5 miles.

New walkers are encouraged to participate. The terrain can vary.

Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites.

Some DCR sites charge a parking fee. The rangers recommend wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.

Tuesday May 27

Tuesday Noon Hour Recital King’s Chapel announces t h e T U E S D AY N O O N H O U R RECITAL programs for M AY 2014. Historic King’s Chapel is located in downtown Boston at the corner of School and Tremont Streets. Hailed by residents and visitors alike as a treasure in the midst of a bustling city, this year-long series features a wide range of programming from classical to jazz and more! Admission to the Noon Hour Recitals is by suggested donation of $3 per person; the donations are given to the performing musicians.

Programs begin at 12:15pm and last approximately 35 minutes; for more information, please call 617-227-2155 or visit www. kingschapel.org.

Thursday May 29

Shirley-Eustis House Spring Lecture Series The Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley St., a National Historic Landmark house museum and c a r r i a g e h o u s e i n R o x b u r y, Massachusetts announces its Spring Lecture Series Schedule.

May 29 — Lafayette! We are here!! — 6:30 pm; and Sunday, J u n e 1 — William Shirley’s Contribution to the American Revolution — 2:00 pm and Tour Season Opening 1-4 pm.

A l l l e c t u re s w i l l t a k e p l a c e at the Shirley-Eustis House.

A d m i s s i o n f o r e a c h l e c t u re will be $10 per person. Visit w w w. s h i r l e y e u s t i s h o u s e . org for more information, call 617-442-2275 or email governorshirley@gmail.com.

One Man Army Ever have a craving to step onto a stage by yourself and entertain a room full of strangers for 25 minutes? Yeah, these guys are crazy. The One Man Army returns to ImprovBoston.

Bigger. Crazier. Daring-er...Come see a collection of solo-acts that showcase the variety, hilarity, and artistry of ImprovBoston’s one person shows. Boston is home to some of the most unique talents in the country and now they have a platform to prove it. Every week features several performers showcasing a mix of improvisation, sketch, song, puppets,

and whatever the heck else these masochists come up with. One stage. One performer at a time.

One place to see it all. Saturdays through May 31 | 11pm. Location: ImprovBoston, 40 Prospect St., Cambridge. Cost: $10. To purchase tickets please visit: http:// w w w. e v e n t b r i t e . c o m / e / o n e man-army-tickets-11010064399.

Upcoming The Trouble with Tribbles At the end of May the Post-Meridian Radio Players are proud to present the return of our gender-swapped interpretation of The Trouble with Tribbles. A faithful reproduction of the original Star Trek episode, except with Captain Jane T. Kirk, Ms. Spock and Mr. Uhura.

Friday, May 30 — 8pm, Saturday, May 31 — 2pm, Saturday, May 31 — 8pm. The show will be at Unity Church at 6 William St. in Somerville, just a quick 5 min. walk from Davis Square on College Ave. The show is free to attend although a $5 donation would be appreciated. Seats will be first come-first served although you may reserve a spot ahead of time at www.brownpa pertickets.com/event/686847. In addition, there will be a Q&A session with Director Mindy Klenoff after the May 30 performance.

The Post-Meridian Radio Players perform shows in the style of the Golden Age of Radio with actors in front of microphones and live sound effects performed on stage. For more information please visit www.pmrp.org.

Kids Flycasting Training Again this year, experienced fly fishing fishermen and fisherwomen — members of the Greater Boston Chapter of Trout Unlimited (GBTU) — will provide free introductory, hands-on training to Boston youngsters in how to cast a fly with a fly fishing rod. Advance registration is not required, and there is no cost to participate. Who: Boys and girls who are strong enough to hold and manipulate a fly fishing rod are eligible to participate. (Kids age 6 and up participated last year.) When: Saturday, May 31, from 10am – 4pm, Where: Boston Common Frog Pond. This program is a repeat of the very successful training event the Chapter conducted last year. Thanks to The Skating Club of Boston, Inc., year-round managers of the Frog Pond, the Boston Parks Department, The Friends of the Public Garden, and L.L. Bean, for their continuing support. For more information , contact David Glater, GBTU President, by email at david@gbtu.org or Steven Kundrot, GBTU Treasurer, at Steven@gbtu.org.

Houghton’s Pond walk Easy walk, 2 miles. Loop around Houghton’s Pond and old Rte. 128. Meet at the Houghton’s Pond main parking lot at 840 Hillside St. in Milton at 1pm on May 31. The Southeastern Massachusetts Adult Walking Club meets each weekend on either a Saturday or Sunday at 1:00 for recreational walks. This club is

open to people of 16 years of age and older, and there is no fee to join. Walks average 2 to 5 miles.

New walkers are encouraged to participate. The terrain can vary.

Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites.

Some DCR sites charge a parking fee. The rangers recommend wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.

Concerts in the Courtyard One of Boston’s most beautiful spaces will soon be filled with music in a free concert series on Wednesday evenings and Friday afternoons. Starting Wednesday, June 4 at 6pm, the courtyard at the Central Library in Copley Square will feature music that ranges from jazz to classical and from world to folk. The month of June features performances

by Berklee College of Music students and alumni. The complete schedule is available at www.bpl.org/concerts.

Ongoing Rarified Simmons College presents Rarified, an exhibit of drawings

by Rebecca Doughty and Alice O’Neill through May 30 at the Trustman Art Gallery, located on the fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 the Fenway in Boston. The exhibit is free and open to the public (closed May 9, 26). Rebecca Doughty and Alice O’Neill are artists exploring shape and line through an economy of means and a rigorous process. Their drawings elegantly compress form, their very spareness an invitation to respond on one’s own terms.

These two artists skillfully maximize feeling with a minimum of embellishment. Their aptitude in soliciting our interest in their characters and forms lies in their ability to imply much through their thorough unders t a n d i n g o f e s s e n c e . Tr u s t man Gallery hours are 10am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. The gallery is free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Marcia Lomedico at 617-521-2268, or visit the Trustman Art Gallery website at www.simmons.edu/trustman.

Geometry Of Nature The Multicultural Arts Center presents GEOMETRY OF NATURE on view through June 3, in the Upper Gallery, exhibiting paintings by CJ Phu, a local artist. An ephemeral display of bright greens, blues, and oranges, Phu’s acrylic paintings place you in a world of new beginnings — teeming with life. His handling of acrylic, graphite, oil stick, and water is almost evocative of printmaking due to the technique he employs. FREE and open to the public. Regular Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10:30am 6pm. 41 Second St., Cambridge, one block from Green Line Lechmere station and walking distance from Red Line Kendall/MIT station. www.multiculturalartscenter.org.

Chaos & Identity: Floating Island The Multicultural Arts Center and Latin Art Space presents CHAOS & IDENTITY: FLOATING ISLAND on view through June 3, in the Lower Gallery, exhibiting works by Angel Ramirez and Ibrahim Miranda, two renowned Cuban artists. The two artists create a celebration and investigation of Cuban past and present that is sure provoke new thoughts about the chaos of one’s cultural identity. The collection of works, which range in mediums from woodcuts to printmaking, addresses the chaotic process of establishing an identity. It also explores, challenges, and inspires thought about assumptions that many people have about what it means to be Cuban. FREE and open to the public. Regular Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10:30am 6pm. 41 Second St., Cambridge, one block from Green Line Lechmere station and walking distance from Red Line Kendall/MIT station. www.multiculturalartscenter.org.

Celebrate African History in Song and SpokenWord Youth, teens, families and seniors are invited to gather at the Dudley library, 65 Warren St., to Celebrate African American History and express the Spirit of the Sixties in song and spoken word. This free intergenerational program facilitated

by Vocal Instructor Barbara Sanford Epps and Spoken Word Educator Lisa Lee takes place from 2-4 pm on Saturdays through June 14. Contact Hawthorne Youth and Community Center, Inc,. at hyccroxbury@hotmail.com or 617-427-0613 to register.

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Walsh addresses resident questions in Roxbury forum Sandra Larson The girls’ bathroom at Ellis School is appallingly dirty; who’s in charge of keeping it clean? Will the city of Boston subsidize small homegrown business development? What is the city doing to create middle-income housing?

Mayor Marty Walsh fielded these and other questions Monday at a Roxbury town hall meeting. Attendees wishing to ask questions submitted their names at the start; if their names were drawn, they were called to the microphone during the hourlong Q & A session.

The forum at James P. Timilty Middle School was the second in a “Mondays with the Mayor” series, which started in March with a similar forum in Brighton.

Walsh brought along a fleet of cabinet members and city department heads and called upon them when questions touched on their expertise.

After the mayor promised that the filthy school bathroom would be cleaned this week, interim School Superintendent John McDonough urged the questioner to report such issues to him immediately, and agreed to look into her idea of using parents as cleanliness monitors. Walsh looked to District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson to supply details to a resident asking about a past community meeting process that helped approve siting of a charter school.

Walsh said the city is working to increase summer and year-round job opportunities for teens, strengthen Madison Park High School, and attract light industrial and other employment opportunities to Roxbury.

“If we close the achievement gap

for kids, but their parents have no place to work,” he noted, “we’re not solving the problem.”

For the most part, the new mayor answered questions easily and directly or promised answers within 24 hours. A few responses were vague.

The query about city government subsidies for small homegrown businesses, for instance, drew an answer more about putting city-owned vacant land parcels up for development and streamlining the permit process than about any plans to directly aid entrepreneurs.

Several questioners touched on a desire for more mid-priced and market-rate housing in Roxbury. Walsh mentioned plans to develop moderate-priced two- and three-family homes on vacant city parcels. David Price of Nuestra Comunidad asked how the mayor might leverage his State House connections to bring back state money for middle-income housing development, to which Walsh replied that state funds are now very hard to come by and non-profit community development groups should band together to tell the state more funding is necessary.

The format and short time left little room for follow-up or deep digging into issues. Having been in office only five months, Walsh was able to deflect criticism for situations stemming from before his tenure, and give assurances that his team will quickly address others. Few hot-button issues arose and the atmosphere of the meeting remained mostly mild.

An exception was a brief exchange about a recent Boston School Committee decision to cut “yellow bus” service next year for middle school students, putting 7th and 8th graders on public transportation (see page 1

story.) Questioner Charles Clemons, TOUCH 106.1 owner and former mayoral candidate, said this change would put youth at risk. As Walsh replied that a good number of students already take public transportation to school now and that officials are taking student safety into account, a few voices interrupted with “No!” and “That’s not enough!”

Applause erupted a few times too, as when Walsh reminded a small store owner in no uncertain terms that stiff fines are necessary to make sure businesses adhere to laws against selling cigarettes and alcohol to minors. A mixture of clapping and laughing followed his assurance that the redeveloped Ferdinand building

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would not become a “sick building” like the one that briefly housed the Registry of Motor Vehicles in Roxbury two decades ago.

One issue that notably did not arise, even though it has been on many community members’ minds lately, was the selection of tenants for the ground floor of the Dudley Municipal Center set to open in 2015 on the old Ferdinand site. The city has given no official word on the status of proposals.

Leaving the auditorium afterward, or lingering to exchange hugs and conversation, the audience seemed generally appreciative of the mayor’s effort and manner.

“I like that he’s direct,” said Blair Campbell. A member of the Franklin Park Coalition board, Campbell said he was glad to hear an emphasis on simplifying permitting, as the process can hinder activities such as festivals and parades.

Priscilla Flint, a local author and activist who has led protests about minority hiring on city construction

projects, did not get a chance at the microphone, but was prepared to ask how the Walsh administration would change the culture of construction trade unions. Still, she was pleased with the meeting.

“I appreciate that he’s doing this.

The questions were good — and the answers were as good as they could be,” she said.

Joao DePina, who was a volunteer on Walsh’s campaign, called the forum “very productive,” but wished there was more time. He also felt wider publicity for forums might attract people less accustomed to speaking up. “It’s the same faces in the room,” he said.

The mayor opened the Monday forum with a brief rundown of his administration’s accomplishments so far, highlighting actions to make parks clean and accessible, bolster Boston Center for Youth and Families programs, fix sidewalks, fill 10,000 potholes, and institute a gun buyback program that has purchased 321 guns so far.

Mayor Marty Walsh addressed community resident questions at a “Mondays with the Mayor” forum in Roxbury on May 19.

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Protest grows against tiered Net proposal Joseph Torres and Steven Renderos Last week, more than 200 activists gathered outside the Federal Communications Commission to speak out against a proposal that would create a separate but unequal Internet.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler introduced rules that would allow Internet service providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon to discriminate online by creating fast lanes for those who can pay for preferential treatment — and slow lanes for the rest of us.

The proposal would destroy the open Internet and the principle of Net Neutrality, which requires ISPs to treat all Web traffic equally.

The public pressure to adopt strong Net Neutrality protections has intensified since a federal court struck down the Commission’s previous rules in January. The court ruled the FCC could adopt Net Neutrality protections — but only if it first reasserted its legal authority to do so by treating ISPs as common carriers. This would prevent ISPs from interfering with or discriminating against Web traffic.

money could speak the loudest.

It would silence the voices of the most marginalized members of our society by relegating them to the slow lane.

Allowing for online discrimination would make it harder for Latino activists to organize and fight our nation’s immoral deportation policy. It would make it harder for small-business owners of color to compete against larger corporations online. And it would make it harder for our communities to tell out stories and challenge the media’s stereotypical portrayals of people of color.

But not all is lost.

The FCC has opened up a public comment period that will last throughout the summer. We can use this time to organize and push the agency to restore Net Neutrality.

This will be a long and hard fight. The biggest phone and cable companies have deep pockets and will do whatever it takes to ensure the FCC adopts industry-friendly rules.

But the rally is the latest sign that public outrage over Wheeler’s proposal is intensifying.

This week, 36 members of

This will be a long and hard fight. The biggest phone and cable companies have deep pockets and will do whatever it takes to ensure the FCC adopts industry-friendly rules.

Since then, more than 3 million people have called on the FCC to reclassify and designate ISPs as common carriers. Thousands have urged their members of Congress to put pressure on the FCC to do the right thing. And on Thursday, protestors rallied outside the FCC to keep up the pressure on Wheeler. The commissioners’ open meeting was also interrupted several times by activists denouncing the chairman’s plan.

During the meeting, Wheeler claimed his proposal wouldn’t create fast and slow lanes online.

But his rhetoric failed to match reality. His proposal would allow discrimination online. It would gut Net Neutrality and the openness of the Internet.

A former lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries, Wheeler appears more concerned about serving the interests of large ISPs at the expense of our rights to speak freely and assemble online.

A pay-for-play Internet would create a separate and unequal Internet where those with the most

the Congressional Progressive Caucus, including its co-chairs Rep. Raul Grijalva and Rep. Keith Ellison and civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, called on the Commission to pass strong Net Neutrality protections.

Last week, 11 Democratic senators, including Sens. Cory Booker, Al Franken and Elizabeth Warren, also called on the chairman to treat ISPs as common carriers.

In addition, two of Wheeler’s fellow Democratic FCC commissioners have raised serious reservations about his proposal and nearly 150 Internet companies and almost 100 organizations have called on the Commission to adopt rules that ban online discrimination.

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Program, which deploys police and school officials to train stations and other areas where students are known to congregate.

“We don’t have anything in place beyond the MBTA plan,” she said. “When something happens on an MBTA bus, they will respond as they normally would.”

The new transportation plan would add more than 4,000 riders to the MBTA system. MBTA of-

“I want to make sure that the dollar amount you’re saving is worth the safety of our children.”

— Sean Daughtry

“We want to minimize negative police interactions,” said BPS Transportation Director Carl Allen.

But parents at the NAACP meeting said school department employees and police could not possibly provide enough personnel to monitor every MBTA bus with a student on it. Allen and Rice did not say how many locations the program could cover.

When asked whether the school department has developed an emergency response plan for incidents on MBTA buses, Rice said they have not.

ficials are not currently planning on increasing bus service, Rice said.

Rice noted that 1,862 7th and 8th graders already use the MBTA to get to school. Some schools, like Boston Latin and Boston Latin Academy, provide limited school bus service. Other schools provide none. Additionally, middle school students who live within a mile and a half of their schools are not eligible for bus service.

Rice said the cuts, while not desirable, make the best of a dire budget deficit.

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION BUILDING 100 SUMMER STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116-3975 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.

Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. C72CN01, Worcester Commuter Rail Improvement Project, Rail De-Stressing, Boston to Worcester, MA, (CLASS 1, GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION, and CLASS 3, TRACK WORK, PROJECT VALUE - $1,200,000, can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on June 12, 2014. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.

Work along the Worcester Line will consist of rail de-stressing operations at various locations on both Tracks 1 between Boston and Worcester. Work shall be performed during weekdays and weekends and shall be done segmentally within signal block limits as shown on the Contract drawings. Rail de-stressing shall include but not limited to cutting welded rail at selected intervals, removing rail anchors and/or clips, heating rail to desired neutral temperature, providing means for the rail to expand, re-anchoring or clipping the rail at the desired temperature, and re-welding the rail.

Bidders attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. While there is no DBE goal associated with this contract, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities.

Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. MBTA General Manager and Rail and Transit Administrator Richard A. Davey MassDOT Secretary and CEO May 15, 2014 NOTICE TO TRADE CONTRACTORS REQUEST FOR TRADE CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY is soliciting Statements of Qualifications from TRADE CONTRACTORS interested in performing work for MPA PROJECT NO. L1319-C1, FRAMINGHAM PARKING GARAGE, FRAMINGHAM, MASSSACHUSETTS. The Authority is seeking Qualification Statements from Trade Contractors who have a demonstrated experience in the construction and implementation of similar work in terms of scale and complexity as required for the FRAMINGHAM PARKING GARAGE project in Framingham. In accordance with Massachusetts construction manager at-risk requirements, MGL Chapter 149a, Section 44F, Qualification Statements are being requested from trade contractors capable of performing the following classes of work: (a) Miscellaneous Metals, (b) Acoustical Tile, (c) Glass and Glazing, (d) Tile, (e) Painting, (f) Elevators, (g) Roofing and Flashing, (h) Plumbing, (i) Fire Protection Sprinkler System, (j) Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning, (k) Electrical.

The contract includes the following scope of work: The construction of a new multi-story parking garage at the Logan Express Terminal in Framingham, Ma. The garage shall be a precast concrete structure consisting of a ground floor and three elevated levels. The completed facility shall have capacity for approximately 1100 vehicles. The garage shall include stairtowers and elevators for pedestrian circulation.

In Cambridge for a fundraiser, Providence Mayor and Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Angel Taveras (center) enjoys a moment with author and MIT Professor Junot Diaz (l) and Cambridge City Councilor Dennis Benzan (r). (Banner photo) “This is the best of worst case scenarios,” she said. “Given the fact that we already have kids on the MBTA, it seemed like the best option.”

Rice said she and Allen have toured 20 schools to discuss the implementation of the plan.

“It has to work for each individual school,” she stressed.

In schools that don’t have easy access from MBTA stations, the school department may run shuttle buses, she said.

Rice and other school department officials will have to withstand questioning from the City Council in a meeting Thursday in the Iannella Chamber from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Community orga-

Within the footprint of the garage, a new 7,000 square foot terminal building shall be constructed. The terminal building shall include office space for staff, Men’s and Women’s Rooms, passenger waiting area and space for a future concession. The terminal building shall be integrated into the elevator core.

The estimated cost of the trade contractors’ portion of this phase of the Project is approximately $7,650,000 and the construction duration for this phase is approximately ten (10) months. The estimated value of work to be performed by trade contractors is as follows: Miscellaneous Metals………………………………$383,000 Acoustical Tile ...............................................$175,000 Glass and Glazing ..........................................$1,445,000 Tile ................................................................$120,000 Painting .........................................................$52,000 Elevators .......................................................$414,000 Roofing and Flashing......................................$34,000 Plumbing .......................................................$ 1,190,000 Fire Protection Sprinkler System ..................$153,000 Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning ...........$300,000 Electrical .......................................................$3,385,000 The Authority is implementing this project in accordance with MGL Chapter 149A, Sections 1 thru 13. This selection of trade contractors conforms to MGL Chapter 149A, Section 8, subsections (b) to (k) inclusive. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be utilized to prequalify trade contractors capable and experienced in the construction of parking garages and terminal buildings. The Authority shall utilize a two-step process including the prequalification of trade contractors based on an evaluation of the Statement of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed by an Invitation to Bidders that will only be issued to the prequalified trade contractors. A Prequalification Committee consisting of four representatives, one each from the Designer and the CM at Risk and two Massport staff. This Prequalification Committee will be conducting a qualifications-based evaluation of submittals received from interested trade contractors in order to identify prequalified trade contractors who will be invited to respond to a written Invitation to Bidders. Please note that the Authority is not utilizing this process to prequalify subcontractors who are not trade contractors which shall be done separately in accordance with MGL C149A, Section 8, subsection (j).

Qualification Statements shall be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria; (1) Management Experience; (2) Project References including a Public Project Record and (3) Capacity to Complete including a demonstration that the contractor has the financial stability and long-term viability to successfully implement the Project. A Supplemental Information Package that discusses these Evaluation Criteria and the Prequalification Process in more detail as well as any other requirements for the Qualification Statements will be available to interested parties beginning Wednesday, May 21, 2014, by contacting Susan Brace at 617-568-5961 or via email at sbrace@massport.com A Project Briefing will be held on Thursday, May 29, 2013, at 1:00 PM in the Capital Programs Department, Logan Office Center, 2nd floor, 1 Harborside Drive, East Boston, MA. Attendance at the briefing is not mandatory, however, it is strongly encouraged in order to best familiarize your firm with the project details and the prequalification process.

Seven (7) copies of a bound document each limited to 20 sheets (40 pages), exclusive of covers and dividers and resumes which shall be limited to one page, shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 ½” x 11”) and shall be addressed to Mr. Houssam H. Sleiman, P.E., CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs, and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submittal that exceeds the page limit set here or that is not received in the Capital Programs Department by the above deadline shall be rejected as non-responsive.

Questions regarding this RFQ shall be submitted in writing and directed to cpbidquestions@massport.com with the Project name and number included in the subject line of the email.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1413-C1, FY 2015-2017 TERM CONTRACT FOR ABATEMENT AND REMEDIATION, ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office,

nizations have been contacting parents to weigh in during the meeting.

“The community is just starting to hear about what’s happening, but it’s not because of a concerted effort from the school department,” said Ayelle Shakur, an NAACP member who facilitated the Monday meeting with Rice.

Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on JUNE 18, 2014 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 10:00 a.m.

LOCAL TIME ON MAY 30, 2014

The work includes ABATEMENT/REMEDIATION OF ASBESTOS AND ASBESTOS CONTAMINATED MATERIALS, PCB BULK PRODUCT/ EXCLUDED PRODUCT, MICROBIALLY-IMPACTED/WATER-DAMAGED MATERIALS, LEADBASED PAINT COATED/CONTAMINATED SURFACES AND GUANO-COVERED/ CONTAMINATED SURFACES; REINSULATION, REPLACEMENT, REPAIR AND REFINISHING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS WORK. Bid documents will be made available beginning MAY 22, 2014 Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of ASBESTOS REMOVAL. The estimated contract cost is $500,000.

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 $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.

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

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13D2110DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Jose L Cruz DeJesus

vs.

Maria M Cruz

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.

action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person.

If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: May 09, 2014 Ann Marie Passenisi Register of Probate

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: Jose L Cruz DeJesus, 3 Virginia St. #4, Dorchester, MA 02125-1146 your answer, if any, on or before 07/24/2014. 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 09, 2014 Ann Marie Passenisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14D0842DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Agathe Joseph

vs.

Jimy Choute

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: Agathe Joseph, 130 Talbot Ave #5, Dorchester, MA 02124 your answer, if any, on or before 07/10/2014. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.

Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: April 28, 2014 Ann Marie Passenisi Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14D0486DR

SUFFOLK Division

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Maria Rodriguez

vs.

Benjamin Rodriguez, Jr.

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 estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: May 06, 2014 Ann Marie Passenisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Docket No. SU14P1083EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Geraldine Brown Date of Death: 02/15/2013

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13P1261EA

Citation on Petition for Order of Complete Settlement of Estate Estate of Mayn Yen Titus Wontan Date of Death: 03/31/2013

To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Farouk Brown of Randolph, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Farouk Brown of Randolph, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 06/12/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: May 08, 2014 Ann Marie Passenisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU14P1047EA

SUFFOLK Division

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 06/05/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

Estate of Kate A Diggs Date of Death: 12/24/2013 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Lorraine Smythwick of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Lorraine Smythwick of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at

To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Karen R Wontan of Mattapan, MA requesting that an Order of Complete Settlement of the estate issue including to approve an accounting and other such relief as may be requested in the Petition. For the First and Final Account.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 06/12/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: May 12, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14C0084CA In the matter of Gianni Perez of Boston, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Jessica Baez requesting that Gianni Perez be allowed to change her name as follows: Gianni Sarah Perez IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 07/17/2014.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: May 12, 2014 Ann Marie Passenisi Register of Probate

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.

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You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Maria Rodriguez, 242 Warren St., Roxbury, MA 02119-1176 your answer, if any, on or before June 12, 2014. 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.

Date: July 26, 2014 @ 10:00 AM, Municipal Bldg.

Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: March 14, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

FRANKLIN MUNICIPAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST Household Income Limits: 1 Person - $ 47,450 2 Person - $ 54,200 3 Person - $ 61,000 4 Person - $ 67,750 5 Person - $ 73,200 6 Person - $ 78,600 7 Person – $ 84,050 Assets are capped at $75,000.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

DOCKET NO. SU14P1095PM

The Housing Trust is reselling existing homes at affordable prices with deed-restrictions. We purchase homes at Market Price and resell them at Affordable Price.

In the matter of: Gerard Marc Debrosse Respondent (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Dorchester, MA

For Sale Now: 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bathroom, Air Conditioned, 1248 sf Home.

Selling @ $160,000 To a Qualified Household.

CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405 To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Nicole Debrosse of Dorchester, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Gerard M Debrosse is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that Nicole Debrosse of Dorchester, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond.

INFORMATION WORKSHOP will be held on June 17, 2014 @ 6:00 PM at the Municipal Building, Council Chambers – 2nd Fl., 355 East Central Street, Franklin.

Application Deadline: July 18, 2014 @ 12:00 pm in the Town Administrator’s Office, 355 East Central Street, Franklin, MA 02038.

The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is disabled, that a protective order or appointment of a Conservator is necessary, and that the proposed conservator is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/17/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date,

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Applications and Information available at The Franklin Public Library at 118 Main Street, and the Municipal Building and at www.franklin.ma.us Town Administrator’s Page, Affordable Housing. Contact Maxine (508) 520-4949.

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Choice One and Two Bedroom Elderly/Disabled Apartments in a convenient residential location. Rental Assistance is provided under the S8 program. Just off Rte 1 in Saugus, MA. Attractive elevator buildings on nicely landscaped grounds. All modern interiors. Clubhouse, pool, private gardens. Experienced professional management.

Applications are for a newly opened waiting list for 1 & 2 BR Elderly/Disabled Apartments. Maximum Income limit applies: 1 person $47,450, 2 persons $54,200, 3 persons $61,000, 4 persons $67,750.

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Apartments will feature 9-foot ceilings, walk-in closets, and full-size washers and dryers. Apartment finishes include vinyl wood-look flooring, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances in kitchens, cultured marble bath vanities, and oversized tubs with tile surrounds in master bathrooms. Complex amenities include a clubhouse with state-of-the-art fitness center, great room, cyber café, and an outdoor heated pool.

MAXIMUM Household Income Limits: $47,450 (1 person), $54,200 (2 people), $61,000 (3 people), $67,750 (4 people) Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be received, not postmarked, by 2 pm on July 15th, 2014. There will be an Info Session on May 28th at 6 pm in the 1st floor conference room in Wakefield Town Hall (1 Lafayette St). The Lottery will be held on July 24th at the same location.

For Details on Applications, the Lottery and the Apartments, or for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, call 617.782.6900 (press 1 for rental units and then press 1 again for Everly) or go to: www.s-e-b.com/lottery Applications and Information also available at the Wakefield Public Library on 345 Main Street (Hours: M-Th 9-9, F 9-6, Sa 9-5, Su 1-5).

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Watertown Mews 1 Repton Place, Watertown, MA 32 Affordable Apartments

Watertown Mews is a 206 unit luxury rental apartment community located in Watertown at 1 Repton Place. 32 of these apartments will be rented to households with incomes at or below 80% of the Area Median Income. Maximum Allowable Income Limits: $47,450 (1 person), $54,200 (2 people), $61,000 (3 people), $67,750 (4 people), $73,200 (5 people) and $78,600 (6 people) Studio

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2BR

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Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be delivered, not postmarked, by 2 pm on July 9th, 2014. The Watertown Library will be the location for a public Info Session on May 21st, 2014 at 6 pm and the Lottery on July 17th, 2014.

For Details on Applications, the Lottery and the Apartments, call 617.782.6900 (press 1 for rental and then press 5 for Watertown Mews) or go to:

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Applications and Information also available at the Watertown Public Library on 123 Main Street (Hours: M-Th 9-9, F 9-7, Sat 10-2).

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