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who now work for him, garnering the first-ever endorsement of a Twelve years ago when Steve Suffolk County Sheriff by the Jail Tompkins began working in the Officers and Employees AssociaSuffolk County Sheriff’s depart- tion of Suffolk County. ment, there was nowhere to go “Our relationship with the but up. officers has gotten remarkably His then boss, former Sheriff better,” he commented.

Andrea Cabral, was working to reTompkins says his 12 years store confidence in a system that in the sheriff’s office helped him was dogged by scandal and abuse – earn the trust of the corrections a $5 million lawsuit from a woman officers. who was illegally strip searched by “When I became sheriff, I was guards and a ring of corrupt guards still Steve Tompkins,” he said. “I who allegedly brought contraband knew a lot of the issues [the corinto the Suffolk County Jail and rections officers] were working to bedded with address.” female inmates.

The Suffolk “We had to County SherDNA-check i f f ’s d e p a r t “People need four officers to ment oversees see which one employment, housing the South Bay got a female and health care House of Corprisoner pregrection, the nant,” Tomp- when they leave our large prison k i n s r e c a l l s . facilities,” he said. near the Mas“We had some “In the absence of sachusetts work to do Avenue exit to when we got those three things, it’s the Southeast there.”

Expressway really difficult.”

As Cabral’s and the Nashua director of — Steve Tompkins Street Jail, near communicathe Museum of tions, and later Science. Prisas chief of exoners in South ternal affairs, Tompkins was often Bay serve sentences of up to twothe public face of the department and-a-half years. The Nashua during challenging times.

Street jail houses detainees awaitTompkins’ tenacity and people ing trial. There are more than skills earned him the respect of 1,800 inmates in the system and local elected officials, many of 1,000 employees, three-quarters whom have endorsed his cam- of them corrections officers. paign for the Sheriff’s office, to Tompkins says he has focused which he was appointed in 2013, on five areas during his tenure as after Cabral left to become Sec- sheriff: the care, custody and conretary of Public Safety under the trol of detainees; education proadministration of Gov. Deval grams for inmates and the comPatrick. munity at large; anti-violence iniAnd if endorsements are any tiatives; resources for addiction indication, Tompkins has also and mental health for inmates and Tompkins, continued to page 13 earned the respect of the guards

State Treasurer Steve Grossman won the endorsement for governor at the 2014 Massachusetts Democratic Convention. (Josiane Martinez photo)

Candidates court delegates of color at state convention Yawu Miller When candidates for statewide office stepped into Worcester’s DCU Center for the Democratic State Convention Saturday, most were accompanied by paid staffers who were black, Latino or Asian.

And the three candidates who passed the threshold of 15 percent of the delegates’ votes — State Treasurer Steve Grossman, Attorney General Martha Coakley and health care executive Donald Berwick — have been regulars at events in communities of color, including the social events sponsored by the Black Democratic Caucus and Latino Democratic Caucus Friday night.

“We’re definitely seeing more activists of color within the Dem-

ocratic Party,” said delegate Chi Chi Wu. Wu attended a meet-and-greet function for Asian American delegates to the convention two weeks ago that demonstrated candidates’ newfound appreciation for communities of color.

“All the statewide candidates showed up,” she said.

The contrast between this year’s race for statewide office and years past is remarkable, longtime Democratic activists say.

“You see it in all the campaigns,” said South End resident Jovita Fontanez, who got involved in party politics in the late 1970s.

“They’re all looking for support from Latinos, Asians and blacks.”

Political strategist Ryan McCollum attributes the increased

participation of people of color to Gov. Deval Patrick’s 2006 and 2010 campaigns for the corner office, which brought many previously politically uninvolved people into Democratic Party politics. In ’06, Patrick’s campaign mounted an aggressive push to seat supportive delegates on ward committees across the state, a strategy that helped him win the party’s nod in that year’s convention.

“It was part of the governor’s legacy that he brought a lot of people in, especially black folk,” McCollum said.

Other factors that have pushed the party to embrace people of color include Coakley’s 2010 loss to former state Sen. Scott Brown in the special election for the U.S. Convention, continued to page 8

Coalition calls for $15 minimum wage in Hub Yawu Miller

SEIU 1199 Executive Vice President Veronica Turner fires up the crowd during a demonstration last week for increased wages for workers in Boston. (Banner photo)

While Massachusetts state senators were busy passing legislation that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $11 an hour, labor activists and community groups in Boston hit the streets, protesting wage inequality and pushing for a $15 an hour minimum wage.

Several hundred marchers rallied in Copley Square before marching through Back Bay, stopping at two restaurants and a home care agency to highlight the

low wages workers in a variety of sectors are facing in Boston.

“I want to earn a living wage in my chosen profession,” said adjunct professor Maureen Sullivan.

“I’m among the lowest paid workers in the Commonwealth and in the nation.”

The Boston demonstration corresponded with demonstrations in Worcester and Springfield and followed demonstrations at national shareholders’ meetings for McDonald’s and Walmart. wage protest, continued to page 8

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Corporations track online data, offline personal info.

Julia Angwin The marketers that follow you around the web are getting nosier.

Currently, many companies track where users go on the Web — often through cookies — in order to display customized ads. That’s why if you look at a pair of shoes on one site, ads for those shoes may follow you around the Web. But online marketers are increasingly seeking to track users offline, as well, by collecting data about people’s offline habits — such as recent purchases, where you live, how many kids you have, and what kind of car you drive.

Here’s how it works, according to some revealing marketing literature we came across from digital marketing firm LiveRamp: A retailer — let’s call it The Pricey Store — collects the e-mail addresses of its high-spending customers. (Ever wonder why stores keep bugging you for your email at the checkout counter these days?)

The Pricey Store brings the list to LiveRamp, which locates the customers online when the customers use their email address to log into a website that has a relationship with LiveRamp. (The identity of these websites is a closely guarded secret.)

The website that has a relationship with LiveRamp then allows LiveRamp to “tag” the customers’ computer with a tracker.

When those high-spending customers arrive at PriceyStore.com,

they see a version of the site customized to “show more expensive offerings to them.” (Yes, the marketing documents really say that.)

Tracking people using their real names — often called “onboarding” — is a hot trend in Silicon Valley. In 2012, ProPublica documented how political campaigns used onboarding to bombard voters with ads based on their party affiliation and donor history. Since then, Twitter and Facebook have both started offering onboarding services allowing advertisers to find their customers online.

“The marriage of online and offline is the ad targeting of the last 10 years on steroids,” said Scott Howe, chief executive of broker firm Acxiom at a conference earlier this year.

Last month, Acxiom — one of the country’s largest data brokers, which claims to have 3,000 data points on nearly every U.S. consumer — agreed to pay $310 million to purchase onboarding specialist LiveRamp. Acxiom and LiveRamp declined to comment for this article, citing the need to remain quiet until the acquisition is complete.

Companies that match users online and offline identities generally emphasize that the data is still anonymous because users’ actual names aren’t included in the cookie.

But critics worry about the implications of allowing data brokers to profile every person who is connected to the Internet. In May, the Federal Trade Commission issued a

report that found that data brokers collected information on sensitive categories such as whether an individual is pregnant, has a “diabetes interest,” is interested in a “Bible Lifestyle” or is “likely to seek a [credit-card] chargeback.”

Previously, data brokers primarily sold this data to marketers who sent direct mail — aka “junk mail” — to your home. Now, they have found a new market: online marketing that can be targeted as precisely as junk mail.

“Will these classifications mean that some consumers will only be shown advertisements for subprime loans while others will see ads for credit cards?” Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said at a press conference.

“Will some be routinely shunted to inferior customer service?”

The FTC has called for Congress to pass legislation requiring data brokers to allow consumers to access their information and to opt out of targeted marketing.

Currently, many data brokers don’t offer people either one.

The Direct Marketing Association, which represents the data broker industry, doesn’t offer a specific opt-out for onboarding. It does offer a global opt-out from all of its members’ direct mail databases, but it only requires members to remove

people’s data for three years after they opt out.

Some companies offer their own opt-outs. Twitter allows users to opt out of onboarding by unchecking the “promoted content” button in their account settings. LiveRamp offers a so-called “ permanent optout” for users who do not want to be targeted via their e-mail address.

Facebook does not offer a specific opt-out for onboarding. Instead, it suggests users opt out of the data brokers themselves. A Facebook spokesman says that users who don’t like specific targeted ads can avoid seeing them again by clicking an ‘x’ on the top right corner of the ad and following the links to the advertisers’ opt-out page.

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Step on Board is United South End Settlements’ largest annual fundraiser. This year’s event on June 3 drew a record crowd of more than 300 guests. (l-r) Rep. Byron Rushing, Kevin Hepner, Bill Meserve, Mel King, Joan Tiffany, Joyce King, Frieda Garcia.

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British genealogist discovers American roots in Virginia

London-born Brian Sheffey moved to Roxbury last year to research Sheffey family history. The family name came from French/ German-descended slave owners who settled in Virginia in the 18th century. (Banner photo) Yawu Miller “Roots” author Alex Haley’s search for his progenitors took him across the Atlantic Ocean to the west coast of Africa, where his ancestors were plucked away by slave traders.

British genealogist Brian Sheffey’s search for his ancestors has also involved a trans-Atlantic journey, albeit in the opposite direction.

And in his search to uncover his

family’s roots in Virginia, he discovered Sheffey ancestors, free and enslaved, who fought in the American Revolution and War of 1812, survived the horrors of slavery and fought against slavery.

Armed with a well-developed family tree and scores of interesting anecdotes and histories, Sheffey, now living in Roxbury, is shopping his story to several television networks and contemplat-

ing writing a book.

Back in London, Sheffey made his living as a record label owner, digital communications director and part-time university lecturer in social media and social medial marketing.

In Roxbury, Sheffey has gone fulltime with exploring the history of his family, which has roots in North Africa, Central Asia and Germany.

Sheffey grew up in London, the child of a black mother and

father, both of whom had families that had lived in England for more than 100 years.

“We kind of knew our family had roots in Virginia,” he said. “We didn’t know how far back.”

Following his curiosity, Sheffey began researching the family name in Virginia. Working in his favor, the name — an anglicized version of the German Scheffe — was uncommon enough that all Sheffeys in the United States are descended from the same family. Researching genealogical books, birth records and even digitized archived slave narratives, Sheffey was able to piece together a family tree and track down family members, black and white, descended from Johan Adam Scheffe, who immigrated to America in the 1730s.

“He came from a region of France called Palatinate,” Sheffey says. “He was a shoemaker. He probably had no idea his family would become what it did.”

Johan Scheffe’s family in the United States acquired land in Virginia and began farming and buying enslaved Africans to work their lands. Their small plantations, located in the southwest corner of the state, each employed 10 to 20 slaves who also bore the surname Sheffey.

While Brian’s ancestor Jacob Sheffey left the newly formed United States in 1800 with slave owner John Sheffey, his relatives in Virginia continued to lead noteworthy lives.

Think Solomon Northup encountered challenges in his 12 years as a slave? How about the 50 years endured by Rachel Findlay, the granddaughter of an illegally-enslaved Chocktow Indian, before she was freed in 1820. Her story, detailed in 40 pages of 19th century

court records from a suit she filed against her owner, is now part of the Sheffey family history.

While some of Sheffey’s free black ancestors fought in black regiments in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, one relative, Daniel Henry Sheffey, was credited with saving Wythville, Virginia from Union soldiers.

“He went around putting out fires in the town,” Brian Sheffey said. “It was only because a local historian wrote about it that we found out about this.”

As Brian began uncovering anecdotes of Sheffey family history, he launched a blog. White and black Sheffeys, who connected via Facebook two years ago, began adding their own histories to the blog.

Brian Sheffey estimates the number of Sheffeys at the “high hundreds.”

“It’s a very prolific family, both blacks and whites,” he said.

Brian has been living in Roxbury with a Sheffey relative since he moved here in November to continue his research. He says he has found the segregated housing and social patterns in U.S. cities surprising.

“In England, cities are divided by income,” said Sheffey, who describes the family he grew up in as middle class. “In England, every street I lived on was like a little United Nations.”

Ultimately, he says, he would like his work to inform the way blacks look at themselves.

“One of the outcomes I’m hoping to get is giving people a sense of identity,” he said. “When people say, ‘African American’ they think more Africa than America.

But we go back here a long, long time. This has given me a new sense of my roots and culture.”

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Racial identity still a puzzling problem Herb Jeffries’ celebrity had already waned for decades. Consequently the younger generation knew nothing about him when informed of his recent death. Jeffries was a talented jazz singer and a flamboyant cowboy in films produced for a black audience. He also later picked up roles in TV programs such as “Hawaii Five-O” and “I Dream of Jeannie.”

An exotic quality of Jeffries’ life is that although he appeared to be white, he claimed to be black. According to reports, Jeffries once said, “you know, I’m colored. I’m just not the color you think I am.” With that declaration, Jeffries, who was believed to have been born in 1913, affirmed that he had subjected himself to the inconvenience of the racial discrimination then rampant in America.

As a young man, Jeffries sang with Earl Hines’ band and he later sang his signature song, “Flamingo,” with Duke Ellington. Some believe that Jeffries’ love of music prevented him from passing as white. If he did not sing with black bands, an opportunity then only available to blacks, he would have been forced to join bands like Jimmy Dorsey or Glenn Miller which had not yet discovered the back beat.

Race influenced the course of Jeffries’ life. Judging from some of today’s literature, being biracial still creates a myriad of problems. In earlier times, interracial marriage was illegal in much of the U.S. until the Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia in 1967.

Nonetheless, miscegenation was not uncommon despite the legal prohibition.

An extraordinary example in Boston of such inter-racial liaisons is the story of James A. Healy, America’s first black Catholic bishop. He was born in 1830 in Georgia to a rich plantation owner and a slave. His father sent James and his brothers to college at Holy Cross in Worcester. James became bishop of Boston and his brother Patrick, the first black Ph.D. in the U.S., became president of Georgetown University.

Other Healy siblings were equally accomplished.

Healy’s parents enjoyed a marital relationship, but without the sanction of the state of Georgia. Healy’s father had the wealth to protect his 10 children from the rigors of racial discrimination. Sometime the children of racially mixed couples that are less financially endowed simply slip away into the white world if their physical appearance does not betray their genetically questionable origins.

Passing for white is painful. It requires leaving behind family members with whom one may have bonded as a child. And those left behind feel the pain of losing a relative. In her book, “The Sweeter the Juice,” Shirlee Haizlip provides an account of reuniting her family that had been dismembered by those who passed for white to avoid the difficulties of being black.

It is usually more emotionally appealing to stay in the company of loved ones. In many families in the black community it is not unusual to see family members who appear to be white but are racially mixed. By contrast, the presence of an African American on the street in an all-white suburb might be cause for alarm.

During the Jim Crow era of Herb Jeffries’ youth, racial identity as African American was an impediment. It took courage and defiance to insist upon being black when there was another option. Regardless of how pale one’s visage, the existence of a remote ancestor of African descent would brand a citizen as black.

With many changes in the law against racial discrimination, it is much easier today to identify as multiracial. However, there is a problem. That category is by definition amorphous. Perhaps Jeffries was wise to claim his identity as a member of a group with a unique history, and then not become obsessed with the controversial concept of race.

In Boston’s South End you will find the most politically astute constituency in the City of Boston as politics go.

There seems to be a block association formed by every block in the South End with an agenda that is preferred wherein there is not one black-owned business in the South End and very little is said about the lack of diversity in this area.

The once-historic churches have been purchased except for Ebenezer Baptist Church on West Springfield St. The parks once filled with laughing children running in the grass have been replaced by parking dogs doing their “do” in the grass and dog owners enjoying the parks in the South End as if they were elitists of some kind.

The flags for gay pride seem to have replaced the American flags and the sense of inclusion has left. Those living in poverty and living in subsidized housing are viewed as impostors — even though some of their families have lived in the South End long before the coming of the block associations.

How do we get those who have lived in the South End the longest and the strongest involved? Let us turn to organizing how we can get Boston Medical and Boston University more involved with neighborhoods and youth that live in the South End and youth and families

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that live in communities that abut the South End such as Lenox Street projects and Grant Manor.

These youths need training, help with tutorials and life survival skills. They have the potential, with help, to not be coming to Boston Medical as a victim, but as a doctor or some related field. I guess I’m saying the South End should benefit ALL of us, not just some of us.

Heywood Fennell, Roxbury

Lessons from the past

As we celebrate and commemorate the legacy of the Freedom Riders and Garrity’s busing decision, what lessons have we learned about what works and what does not work in terms of building a thriving community? Is there a disconnect that is preventing us from generating solutions as opposed to just identifying the problems?

Much like Charles Dickens’ famous story “A Tale of Two Cities”, we have

both everything before us and nothing before us. Boston’s communities of color disproportionately suffer from the majority of social ills and indicators. I am not a fan of speaking from a deficit-based perspective, but unfortunately we are in fact the least employed, the most incarcerated, the least healthy, and the most likely to die on this city’s streets.

Where is the will to change that paradigm? Where is the intentional mentoring and grooming across generations to bestow wisdom and guidance to those with the energy, desire, and hunger to help make this city a more just and equitable place for all? We’re past the point of a call to action, and if there’s any adage that always rings true, it’s that you won’t achieve a new outcome by trying the same tactics. It’s time we rolled up our sleeves and start working smarter and harder to ensure a future that our children will want to inherit.

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OPINION Don’t forget the small and neighborhood-based businesses James Jennings, PhD

As Boston faces many economic challenges, questions about its priorities and future direction emerge. With the changed political landscape there is considerable excitement about strengthening and expanding economic opportunities in the city, and it is hoped they will be for the benefit of all Boston’s citizens. After his election in November, Mayor Marty Walsh appointed a transition team for economic development to focus on small business. This topic should continue to receive attention. The impact of our smaller, neighborhood businesses and micro-enterprises plays a critical role in Boston’s future economic well-being. Small businesses and micro-enterprises based in our neighborhoods represent a substantial economic base and are important sources of employment.

Recent information reported about businesses in Boston suggests that we should be placing much emphasis on smaller, neighborhood-based businesses. According to data compiled from the InfoUSA business database, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and U.S. Census’ County Business Patterns, there were 37,805 business establishments in this city as of 2013. The majority of these businesses were in services (58 percent), followed by retail trade (15 percent), and finance, insurance and real estate, or FIRE (12 percent). Approximately 2 percent of these establishments were in Manufacturing. These businesses employed 315,298 workers in services; 95,532 workers in FIRE; 73,594 in retail trade; and 23,215 in Manufacturing.

It should be noted — and emphatically — that more than two thirds (66 percent), or 25,071, of these businesses were very “small” and employed between 1 to 4 employees.

In the Mattapan neighborhood 69 percent of all businesses (459) employed between 1 and 4 employees. The total employment base for Mattapan was reported at 3,664 employees, mostly in services (61 percent), followed by retail trade Many owners of our (22 percent), and then FIRE local, smaller businesses (8 percent). Using ZIP codes 02119 and 02120 as proxy for see themselves as part the Roxbury neighborhood, 60 of a community. This is percent of all businesses (1,247) the sector which employs employed between 1 and 4 worklocal residents and youth, ers. The total employment base for Roxbury was 22,600 workers, and thereby contributes to family stability. and 46 percent were in services.

The aggregate income in just these two neighborhoods indicates that there is enormous capacity to strengthen and expand the base of smaller businesses in these areas of Boston.

According to the American Community Survey 2008 – 2012, the aggregate income of all residents in Mattapan is $564.4 million, and for Roxbury, $948.9 million.

Clearly, smaller businesses are a major component of Boston’s future economic development, and a key factor in ensuring that neighborhoods are linked to the city’s overall economic progress.

The smaller, and neighborhood-based businesses not only generate local wealth, but they also keep it in circulation longer at the local level. And, just as important, this sector is part of a neighborhood’s social infrastructure. Many owners of our local, smaller businesses see themselves as part of a community. This is the sector which employs local residents and youth, and thereby contributes to family stability.

They have partnered with nonprofits and community-based organizations in many ways and on a range of issues. This is a sector that cannot just get up and leave due to a cheaper workforce in another part of the world. And they don’t want to — businesses based in our neighborhoods understand that their economic well-being is directly linked to their stable and vibrant neighborhoods.

It should be a policy prerogative to develop strategies for reducing displacement that occurs with major economic development in low-income and working-class areas of the city. Many small businesses are hurt, or may have to close, when long-time clientele are displaced from their homes. The vibrant small business sector should be a component in community organizing and included in government responses against potential residential displacement and neighborhood-disruption as a result of ‘big box’ or ‘trickle-down’ economic development.

Boston is fortunate to have a significant small, and neighborhood-level business sector as the numbers, above, suggest. As we consider the range of economic challenges facing Boston, therefore, let’s make sure we don’t lose sight of this fact. We should work toward strengthening our neighborhood-based businesses.

James Jennings, PhD Tufts University

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Why do you think blacks are incarcerated at a higher rate than whites?

It’s always been an issue in the United States. It’s not the crimes they commit, it’s their color. The white boy can commit the same crime, but they won’t do time. They hate us, but they don’t know why.

I think it’s because whites get off easier. Whites are always treated different. They can get away with things black people can’t.

Economics and education. We don’t have enough jobs for young people. They have no choice but the break the law to make money.

Oliver Cooper

Lisa Prioleau

Aaron Shabers Jr.

Lack of education and lack of money. If we had better education and more money, we could hire better lawyers to defend ourselves.

I think it’s genocide. If they wanted to stop this, they could, but it’s a billion dollar enterprise.

Everybody is suspicious of blacks.

And we don’t support each other.

All races stick together, but blacks don’t.

James Marshall

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Tony Richards

Tony Richards has been named the new Executive Director of Youth Design, an organization that provides youth with access to professional mentors, skill building, paid internships and support along the path toward higher education.

Richards brings a wide range of mentorship, and extensive leadership in nonprofit organizations.

Previously, he was the director of the Elm Hill Family Service Center, one of the largest neighborhood sites within Action for Boston Community Development city-wide network.

While at ABCD, Inc. he created a year-round youth civic engagement program aimed at at-risk Boston youth and provided paid opportunities for them to create effective strategies to increase urban democratic participation and community engagement. In addition, he managed one of the largest SummerWorks neighborhood sites in Boston serving 100-plus low-income youth annually.

Richards is one of the founding trustees of the Grove Hall Trust, a resident-led neighborhood foundation that puts choice and control for investing grant dollars directly in the hands of the Boston’s Grove Hall community.

He serves as an Advisory Board Member at the Greater Boston YMCA Roxbury Branch where he enjoys assisting youth at an institution that contributed so much to his personal advancement.

Before his work in the nonprofit

field, Richards worked in ad pitching, design and creative marketing in Atlanta, Ga. for Firstline Creative & Media, LLC, a global full-service marketing and communication company.

Richards earned a B.A in Mass Communications from Clark Atlanta University. He has also received a certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School, Moakley Center for Public Management.

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Freedom Trail preserves history and trail markers

The two-and-one-half mile Freedom Trail is being modernized as a polymerized path of brick-looking strip on the parts of the trail that are not actual brick.

“Over 4 million people enjoy the Freedom Trail and our great city’s historic sites annually,” said Suzanne Taylor, executive director of the Freedom Trail Founda-

tion in a press release. “The Department of Public Works’ new brick-resembling treatment will stand the test of time and help residents and visitors navigate the Freedom Trail to experience each of the Trail’s 16 sites year-round” The polymer section of the Freedom Trail is an investment that will save money for the City of Boston, as the paving will obviate painting the faux brick each year. The City estimates that the markings can last up to eight years before requiring replacement.

Completion of this project is estimated to be late this month.

Charlestown, by the seaport; the North End, by the bridge; and downtown crossing, along the shopping center are the locations

where the nearly 2,000 feet of red, white and blue-grey strip is being rolled out.

The Freedom Trail is mostly marked out in double-file bricks, and the trail begins at the Boston Common and ends at the Bunker Hill Monument. Established in 1951, the trail was the idea of journalist Bill Schofield, who wanted to link the many well-preserved historical sites of Boston into a coherent walking tour.

$9M in new funds helps homeowners, freezes foreclosures On June 13, Governor Deval Patrick announced $9 million in new funding for the Massachu-

setts Homeownership Compact, adding that the first six months of the state’s homeownership compact has been a success with 26 mortgage lender participants and more than 1,000 new homeowner participants.

The Massachusetts Homeownership Compact was established last year to continue state funding of the ONE Mortgage Program and to monitor the state mortgage finance programs, ensuring that they remain sustainable for low- and moderateincome homebuyers and safe for the lending institutions.

“There continue to be pockets of distressed properties in certain communities that require ongoing attention and resources, which is why foreclosure prevention and first time homebuyer education efforts are so crucial,” stated Commissioner of Banks David J. Cotney in a press release announcing the new funding. “Public-private partnerships which allow for innovative ideas such as the compact and for us to reinvest administrative fees di-

President Barack Obama gave the commencement address at Worcester Technical High School’s graduation ceremony last week. (Governor’s Office photo

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rectly into communities via grant money are truly the foundation for a stronger housing market.”

The ONE Mortgage Program replaced the previous two-loan program, named the SoftSecond Loan, in June of 2013. The ONE’s predecessor was created in response to Federal Reserve Bank data that showed racial disparities in mortgage loans in the City of Boston. The Massachusetts Housing Partnership, the Massachusetts Bankers Association, and the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance established a double mortgage product, which also included education before and after the purchase. This product led to increased homeownership among low-income African American families, and to a decrease in the delinquency rates among this demographic.

Screening of new documentary, “Freedom Summer” The Mayor’s Office of Art, Tourism, and Special Events will present with collaborators WGBH and the Strand Theatre a preview of Stanley Nelson’s newest film, “Freedom Summer,” about the student demonstration against white supremacists in 1964, Mississippi.

“I’m pleased that WGBH has joined the Strand Theatre in featuring such a critical point in our nation’s civil rights history,” said Mayor Walsh in a statement announcing the special event. “This event will facilitate insightful discussions about these lessons in equality, recognizing how far we have come, and yet how much work we still have ahead.”

After the screening, Callie Crossley of WGBH will host a panel discussion consisting of filmmaker Nelson and his co-directors Bob Moses and Dave Dennis, both of whom were active in the civil rights actions featured in the movie.

PBS has a link to the movie on their website, which gives more information about the history of “Freedom Summer.” The screening will take place at the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner on June 23, from 6:30 p.m. until 8: p.m. Admission is free, but those wishing to attend must RSVP with the Strand Theatre.

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Walsh administration solicits ideas for civic academies Rominda De Barros Mayor Martin J. Walsh initiated an online survey last week in efforts to create Boston’s first civic academies, a program geared towards encouraging community engagement in the Boston area. Walsh’s administration hopes these civic academies will cultivate civic leaders within Boston communities and make local government accessible. The program will consist of

academies is nothing new and has been proven effective in other cities such as San Antonio, Texas and Philadelphia, Walsh administration officials anticipate that Boston will be able to benefit from the program as well.

The goals for the program include providing an outlet for all residents to collaborate with local government, developing a better understanding of how to serve Boston residents, and creating learning opportunities that

to existing neighborhood activists who can assist us in the development of the program.”

Questions geared toward existing neighborhood activists include how they became involved in their communities, their experiences in organizing activities within their neighborhoods, and which topics would they be in-

terested in learning about. With information from the survey, the Walsh Administration will be able to develop workshops for residents interested in learning how to organize events and other community oriented projects.

The survey will also detail how residents would prefer to be instructed on the topics of their choice, whether by personal one-on-one instruction, video instruction or a combination of both. With input from the surveys, the administration will be able to create a curriculum based on the results.

Although the program is currently in its very early stages it

has already received around 100 responses from residents around Boston. The program has also set up its first civic academies workshop focusing on the topic of social media and marketing on July 12 at District Hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The first workshop will be a test run where attendees will be able to contribute feedback on the workshop’s effectiveness.

“As we go forward with the civic academies the program will continue to evolve,” said Smith.

“With this first workshop we’re hoping residents will be able to give us input which will shape how we run the program in the future.”

“As we go forward with the civic academies the program will continue to evolve.”

— Jerome Smith workshops framed around the interests of residents and is set to being in July.

“The idea for [civic academies] came about as Mayor Walsh was campaigning,” said Jerome Smith, director of the Office of Neighborhood Services. “Many Boston residents were unsure as to how they could engage city government and get more involved in their neighborhoods.”

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Senate and the 2012 Elizabeth Warren campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Coakley’s loss after a lackluster campaign underscored the importance of reaching out to the Democratic Party’s urban base in black and Latino communities where typically more than 90 percent of voters back Democratic candidates.

Warren’s 2012 campaign to unseat Brown stood in stark contrast to 2010. Black, Latino and Asian activists played major roles in her campaign as volunteers, advisors and paid staff, and helped boost turnout in their staunchly Democratic bases. Many of those Warren staff and volunteers of color found work in this year’s statewide campaigns.

As much as the landscape has changed for black, Latino and Asian delegates, some see the diversity of campaign staff as just first step toward changing the political landscape.

“It’s definitely getting more diverse, but we still have a long way to go,” said Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong. “I would love to see more candidates and more elected officials who are young and of color.”

Cambridge City Councilor Leland Cheung, who secured a

spot on the ballot in the race for Lieutenant Governor, is the sole person of color running for statewide office this year.

Grossman walked away with the lion’s share of the delegates in Saturday’s balloting, garnering 35 percent of the votes. Coakley had 23 percent and Berwick had 22 percent. Failing to make the ballot were former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem, with just 12 percent of the delegates’ votes and biopharmaceutical executive Joe Avellone, who had just 7 percent of the votes.

Three candidates for lieutenant governor made the cut: Steve Kerrigan, a former aide to U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy and former CEO of the Democratic Convention; Mike Lake, a former United Way of Massachusetts Bay director; and Cheung.

Former state Sen. Warren Tolman and former Assistant Attorney General Maura Healey will both appear on the ballot for attorney general. Candidates for state treasurer who will appear on the Democratic ballot will be former Brookline Selectman Deborah Goldberg, state Rep. Tom Conroy and state Sen. Barry Finegold.

Secretary of State William Galvin and State Auditor Suzanne Bump are running unopposed in the Democratic Primary and both received the party’s endorsement.

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The Senate vote on the $11 Massachusetts minimum wage came after state labor groups collected more than 350,000 signatures for ballot measures that would secure a minimum wage of $10.50 an hour indexed to inflation and mandate earned sick time for all workers. The grassroots signature-gathering campaign was the largest volunteer effort of its kind in the state’s history, ac-

cording to Harris Gruman, executive director of the Service Employees International Union Massachusetts State Council.

Gruman says a third of the signatures were collected by union volunteers, a third by faith-based groups and a third by community-based organizations.

“When we [organize] folks through their work, through their unions, where they worship and where they live, through their community groups, we really involve them deeply in the movement for social change. It’s great

Top: Delegates to the state convention Mariama White-Hammond, Sandra Nijjar, Gloribell Mota and Samuel Hurtado, all of Boston.

Above: Former Homeland Security officials and candidate for governor Juliette Kayyem (center) enjoys a moment with Democratic Convention delegates from Boston: Carmen Cruz, Alejandra Saint Guillen, Mario Teran and Linda Barros. (Josiane Martinez photos) to have all three legs of that coalition strong and equal in the fight for the minimum wage and earned sick time.”

The current minimum wage in Massachusetts is $8 an hour, higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 but lower than the so-called living wage in the state, which The Living Wage Project estimates to be $12.65 for a single adult. The group’s calculation takes into account how much individuals and families would need to pay rent, medical care, transportation and other expenses living in

different cities.

Union officials have not yet decided whether they will go forward with the ballot measure for the minimum wage or withdraw the measure in favor of the Senate bill, Gruman said. The ballot measure on earned sick time will go forward, he added.

In Boston, last Thursday’s action marked the kickoff for the Fight for $15, a push to increase wages for low-paid workers in the city. During the rally, fast food workers, a cab driver, a janitor, a home care worker and Sullivan, the adjunct professor, were among

of my work.”

The message of the rally was aimed both at the media, which gave it scant coverage, as well as the workers themselves. Darlene Lombos, executive director at Community Labor United, a group that coordinates collaborations between community groups and labor, said the march helped build solidarity between different classes of workers.

“We have to stand together if we’re going to win anything,” she said. “None of the groups here can do it alone. None of them.”

The march ended at Legal Sea

“The taxi industry is the equivalent of modern-day sharecropping,” — Pierre Duchemin

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those who spoke about their struggles making ends meet in Boston.

“We as a nation and as a global society cannot continue treating the people who are educating the next generation as pariahs,” Sullivan said.

Cab driver Pierre Duchemin spoke about the challenges of working for a cab company in Boston.

“The taxi industry is the equivalent of modern-day sharecropping,” he said. “It seems everybody but me is making money off

Foods, the owner of which, Roger Berkowitz, is reportedly among a group who lobbied state legislators against raising the minimum wage for tipped workers.

In a letter to Berkowitz, coalition members called on him to reverse his stance.

“It is your continued efforts to stall change that has brought hundreds of workers and allies to the doorstep of Legal Sea Foods today,” the letter reads. “We call on you to end your opposition to fair pay for tipped wage workers.”

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Colette Greenstein From concerts, comedy and food festivals around the city, there’s a lot to keep you busy this week. Here’s a look at what’s hot:

Future Boston Alliance

This Wednesday, mingle with members of Future Boston Alliance over snacks and beverages at the Museum of Fine Arts from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This event is free with cost of admission to the MFA (Adults $25; Seniors & Students $23). For more information, visit www.mfa.org.

Extra Helpings – Comedy to Fill Your Belly

Also on Wednesday evening, the Milky Way in JP hosts Extra Helpings – Comedy to Fill Your Belly, featuring standup, sketch and musical comedy at 9:30 p.m.

Admission is free.

“Third Thursdays: Garden Party” On June 19, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum presents an enchanted evening of music and food with “Third Thursdays: Garden Party” featuring Brazilian Bossa Nova y Samba and a live DJ. Tickets: Free for members; Adults, $15; Seniors, $12 and College students, $5. Go to www. gardnermuseum.org.

Salt-N-Pepa Legendary hip hop trio SaltN-Pepa perform at the Phantom Gourmet BBQ & Music Festival this Friday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. on City Hall Plaza. General Admission tickets: $15 (includes access to food vendors); VIP tickets: $72.70 (21+; includes premium Beer Garden viewing access, VIP BBQ access and one BBQ dinner). To purchase in advance, go to www.ticketmaster.com.

Ying Yang Twins

Leedz Edutainment presents the Ying Yang Twins at the Middle East-Downstairs this Friday night.

Doors open at 8 p.m. 18 years and over. Tickets: $16. To purchase go to www.ticketweb.com.

Cassandra Wilson

Also this Friday, Scullers Jazz Club presents Cassandra Wilson for two shows at 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Show: $48; Dinner & Show: $88. Purchase at www.scullers jazz.com.

Brookline Booksmith

The Brookline Booksmith presents author Jennifer Weiner reading from her new book All Fall Down this Saturday at 6 p.m.

Free and open to the public. www. brooklinebooksmith.com On June 21, Laugh Boston presents comedian Deon Cole from Comedy Central at 8 p.m.

Cassandra Wilson till 10:15 p.m. Tickets: $25.

To purchase go to www.laugh boston.com.

Star Trek Convention

For all you Trekkies! The official Star Trek Convention is in town this Saturday, June 21 and

Sunday, June 22 at the Hynes Convention Center. Special guests include Avery Brooks from “Deep Space Nine” and Walter Koening ‘Chekov’ from the original Star Trek. For tickets, passes, and more information, visit www. creationent.com.

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Ndegeocello draws from wide range of influences

Meshell Ndegeocello. (Jason Rodgers photo) Susan Saccoccia Crossing musical categories to be true to one’s own inclinations can be a risky approach for a singer. But doing just that, vocalist, bassist and composer Meshell Ndegeocello has garnered critical acclaim, nine Grammy nominations, and perhaps most telling, the admiration of fellow musicians.

Among them is jazz pianist Jason Moran, who in April performed with her at Berklee Performance Center in their collaborative project, “Fats Waller Dance Party,” a hip hop infused reinvention of Waller’s pioneering jazz compositions.

Ndegeocello, 45, whose name means “free like a bird” in Swahili, has been recording since 1993, and

she just released her 11th album, “Comet, Come to Me.” On tour to introduce the new recording, she performed Friday night at The Sinclair in Harvard Square.

During the first of two hourlong sets, she and her band played nine songs from earlier recordings. The second set was devoted to tracks from the new album.

Ndegeocello had a relaxed

give-and-take with the audience, whose callouts showed a knowing exposure to her recordings and writings. Her quicksilver responses included a reference to an archive of John Coltrane’s journals.

Articulate with the written word as well, Ndegeocello, who is bisexual, has contributed an acclaimed essay to the best-selling anthology, “It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living.”

Adventurous and open to diverse alliances, she has collaborated with artists as varied as Herbie Hancock and Madonna.

Her influences include funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, R&B, rock, and jazz.

Decidedly non-diva in her look and manner at The Sinclair, she wore a shirt over slim pants and sneakers. But the photo of Ndegeocello on the new album shows her face as a regal mask. The image evokes a priestess—the persona often projected by her muse, Nina Simone. Ndegeocello dedicated her 2012 album, “Pour Une Âme Souveraine (For a Sovereign Soul)” to Simone.

In her unfettered, searching approach, Ndegeocello also seems kin to such introspective and lyrical singers and songwriters as Cassandra Wilson and Joni Mitchell.

Drawing from all her sources and inspirations, Ndegeocello crafts art songs with a groove. She chants as well as sings, a legacy of hip-hop, and whether they are slow ballads or high-energy songs, her music induces movement.

Her head is close-shaven, and

she has an androgynous presence that extends to her voice, which deepens when she speaks but rises as she sings.

As both a vocalist and a bassist, Ndegeocello performed at The Sinclair with her long-time guitarist Chris Bruce, keyboardist Jebin Bruni, percussionist Abraham Rounds, and bassist Paul Bryan.

They provided infectious rhythmic backbone as well as textured accompaniment that varied from intricate filigrees to oceanic swells of harmony.

Her distillation of an era— “I’m Diggin’ You (Like an Old Soul Record)”—invites the listener to “Remember back in the day/When everyone was black and conscious/And down for the struggle.” Sweetening the song’s satire is its funky musical journey, which works in rippling bass notes evoking Bo Diddley and a searing Hendrix-style guitar line that contrasts with the easy-going refrain, “Just sit back and relax. Listen to the 8-track.”

The first set included Ndegeocello’s intense, soaring duet with Bruce to “Wasted Time” and a sensational drum solo by Rounds to “Sloganeer” as Ndegeocello, squatting on her knees, pulled fierce lines from her bass guitar.

A slow ballad that Ndegeocello spoke and sang, “Ecclesiastes: Free My Heart,” held the audience in thrall. Confessional in tone, the lyrics tell of an effort to “try to know myself, try to forgive myself.” It came across as a signature song.

Soulful, sensuous, and unforced, Ndegeocello’s music comes from within.

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Roxbury International Film Festival enters its 16th season Colette Greenstein The annual Roxbury International Film Festival (RIFF) begins its 16th season on Wednesday, June 25, with the real-life story of international jewel thief Doris Payne in the documentary, “The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne.” The festival runs four days, with all screenings at the Museum of Fine Arts. The “throwback-themed” finale on Sunday, June 29 will be a screening of the 2001 film “Lift” from Boston directors Khari Street and DeMane Davis, followed by a “Where are they now?”

Q&A with several of the film’s participants.

RIFF started in 1999 as a $5,000 grant to ACT Roxbury (Arts, Culture & Trade Roxbury) to showcase local African American filmmakers and their stories. First known as the Dudley Film Festival (because of its location in Dudley Square at the time), the festival morphed into the annual Roxbury Film Festival, adding the “international” in 2010 to become RIFF. The festival has become, “a much more multicultural and international festival, with filmmakers that span the globe,” says Lisa Simmons, RIFF director and programmer. “It just makes sense. As our world becomes more global, what better way to

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share your stories than through the power of film?”

In 1999, Simmons and Michael Trent were doing a series of film-related programs under the Roxbury-based nonprofit The Color of Film Collaborative (TCOF) when ACT Roxbury and Candelaria Silva Collins contacted TCOF to help plan the first festival. “ “TCOF was attracted to the fest,” Simmons recalls, “because it was something that we had wanted to do but didn’t have the infrastructure to support it. There were so many filmmakers of color from the Boston and Roxbury area who were not getting in to other film festivals.” ACT Roxbury and TCOF produced the festival together up until 2009, when TCOF became its sole producer.

Simmons has been a witness to the growth and impact of the festival over the years. She has seen firsthand how the festival adds to the richness of cultural offerings in the city, she says.

“I think it helps shine a positive spotlight on the Roxbury area,” she says. “There are so many amazing things going on in Roxbury — not just now, but throughout its history — and it needs to be celebrated.”

In its first year, the Dudley Film Festival showcased about 10 films with directors who had ties to Massachusetts; in 2012, more than 65 films

were shown. In the past two years, the festival has scaled down to a more manageable combination of approximately 30 feature films, documentaries and shorts.

Lisa recently spoke with the Banner about the importance of the annual festival, its impact, and her fondest memories over the past 16 years.

Why is the festival so important to you?

It is important to me because I think that filmmakers of color and people making movies that celebrate or tell a different story of people of color do not get to share their work with larger audiences. When the fest started there were so many films that told great stories, so many filmmakers who were producing quality films but there wasn’t an audience and there were not that many “black” film festivals. So, people were creating work, showing it in small venues or in homes and then shelving it. Film festivals give filmmakers the opportunity to share their stories, their vision with audiences that have an interest in, and have been affected by, the subject matter of the film. It is so important to see films that reflect a wider array of images of people of color, and not just those images that Hollywood RIFF, continued to page 12

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I think the perception of RIFF is that it’s backed by major financial supporters.

Does the festival receive any city and/or state funding? Does the festival make money?

“The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne.” The directors — Matthew Pond, Kirk Marcolina (r) with Doris Payne. (Treehouse Moving Images photo)

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portrays of the African American experience of crime and urban decay.

These were the films that were gracing the megaplexes when the Film Festival was started, so there needed to be a place where the stories that connected to different aspects of the African American experience could be seen.

Did you imagine it would still be around 16 years later?

I guess I never gave it much thought. It is pretty amazing that it is, because there have been so many changes and when one person leaves

you think it is all going to fall apart but we have just continued going.

That is in large part because of the dedicated volunteer staff that has been at the heart of this festival. No one is making money on this festival. It is out of passion and commitment to these filmmakers and our audience that we keep going. It doesn’t feel like 16 years. My son is 20, and it seems so strange to think that this has all being going on since he was 4. Every year I think it will be my last, but when it comes around, so many people ask about it, and I feel such an obligation to them and to the filmmakers to continue something so important, that literally does change people’s view of the world.

What have you learned from

your involvement over the years?

I have learned that the filmmakers are such a creative force in the world. They have the power to change minds, to enlighten, to educate and to engage you beyond what you may have thought you were capable of. RIFF filmmakers are telling stories about subject matter, individuals, history and life that you wouldn’t even know existed if you didn’t see it at the festival. I am constantly moved by what I have seen over the years. Many of the films stay with me well beyond the screening. I’ve also learned that people are amazing: the staff that has stayed despite not being paid; the audiences who come year after year; and the volunteers who have contributed countless hours. I love that it brings people from all walks of life to a shared experience that is oftentimes so powerful, you are moved to tears.

What are your fondest memories of the festival?

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Oh my, there are soooo many fond memories! Hanging out with Billie Dee Williams when he was here for an opening night film.

Meeting Ruby Dee and reading to her on stage her citation from the city. She was so shocked, and incredibly wonderful in her response. It was a very, very special day. I loved the early years when there were many of us in the festival pulling almost all-nighters just to get everything done and then a big sigh of relief and a feeling of amazement that we pulled it off.

Also, when Michael Beach comes to town — he has been at the festival three times now and I think it is so wonderful that he still comes back to support us. His trip here last year was memorable because of the award we gave him for all he has done in his career.

The festival has received funding from state and local sources as well as corporate support, but it is by no means a money making venture.

The amount of funding is small and will cover filmmaker travel or receptions but it does not cover salaries (everyone is a volunteer) or a huge marketing program. We get a lot of in-kind support. The Bay State Banner has been an amazing partner, as has the Museum of Fine Arts.

Without them, this festival would not be possible. The festival does make money on ticket sales, but at the end of the day it barely breaks even with costs that need to be paid.

How can people support the festival? What are the ways?

You can support the festival by buying tickets! Gold and Silver passes as well as tickets sold at the MFA. We want you to come see the films and support the filmmakers, but we also need you to buy tickets. You can also support by making a donation through PayPal on the RIFF website.

Usually RIFF has several major actors and/or directors attending the festival. This year it seems that the focus is less on the special guests, and more on the films and filmmakers.

Was this intentional?

Our focus is always on the films and filmmakers, and in past years we have done our opening without a big named celebrity and it works because the films have been so strong and the film is based on a celebrity in their own right. This year we really wanted to open with Doris Payne. It is such an incredible story and, well, she would be here if she wasn’t back in jail … It’s never intentional to not have a celebrity. It just sometimes works out that way.

There are so many local film festivals these days that showcase independent films. How is RIFF different from other festivals and why is it so important?

RIFF is a filmmakers’ festival and we are known for that in the film festival industry. I love the fact that when a filmmaker is accepted into the film festival, they send an e-mail saying how honored they are to be at RIFF. That makes me feel really

good, and makes me realize that we are doing something very important here, very special for these filmmakers and the audiences.

The festival has scaled down tremendously this year. According to the website, there aren’t any workshops or festivities scheduled to take place.

What has changed?

Mostly time and space. Workshops are great, but I have found in the past that they are not always well attended. The filmmaker workshop tends to do well, but being at just one venue this year, we are limited on space. We are doing a filmmaker reception this year that Rob Patton Spruill and Patti Moreno are hosting. Also, we are closing the festival with a conversation with a number of actors that were in the film “Lift” (one of RIFF’s early films screened), who will be talking about the business of acting in Boston and where they are now. Jacqui Parker, Naheem Garcia and Crystal Tyson will be on hand to contribute to that discussion. Also, after the “American Promise” screening, a panel discussion with Ron Walker, executive director of COSEBOC [Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color] and others will talk about the education of black and brown boys.

Ticket prices and passes are relatively inexpensive in comparison to other local festivals, yet the festival seems to still be struggling to increase attendance. Do you think this is true, and if so, what do you attribute it to?

Ticket prices are cheaper than most festivals and I think there is so much going on in the city these days that people need to make choices.

Since the recession, people hold onto their money a bit longer and they are really thinking hard about how they are going to spend it. I think we try to keep tickets low so that the choice isn’t a difficult one, and the quality up so they know they have to come because it might be the only time that they can see a particular film.

There’s been talk that this year may be the last year for the festival. Is that true?

I don’t know. I say this every year, but then the year comes and it’s time for the fest again. I know there are folks interested in stepping in and helping next year so it might not be me … but it has to be someone.

This festival is too important for it to go away.

What do you want people to take away from attending the festival?

They can see and be affected by stories they might not have even known existed. They will be moved by what they see, and for many will want to know how they can support the subject matter they see. They will laugh, cry, think and feel, oftentimes in the same film. That’s powerful, and these films are just that: powerful.

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re-entry programs to prepare inmates for life after incarceration.

On the last point, Tompkins notes the average cost of $46,000 a year it takes to house inmates in Massachusetts and the 46 percent recidivism rate that ensures that the state’s jails and prisons remain filled.

“People need employment, housing and health care when they leave our facilities,” he said. “In the absence of those three things, it’s really difficult.”

On the education front, the South Bay House of Corrections offers inmates a GED program and vocational training in areas including carpentry, landscaping

and printing. Tompkins says he’s looking to expand the trainings into areas like culinary arts, hospitality services and urban farming.

“What we’re looking at is vocations where you have a skill and are employable,” he said.

Other changes Tompkins is working on include converting an underutilized wing of the South Bay prison in to a central lock-up facility, where police can bring prisoners for booking and processing.

Currently, police officers book suspects at district headquarters before bringing suspects to the Nashua Street Jail. Tompkins says his corrections officers are better trained to take care of suspects.

“Our officers can do court runs, hospital runs,” Tompkins

said. “As far as care, holding and control, that’s what we do.

Tompkins has met with police chiefs from the towns in Suffolk County -- Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop -- and says they’re supportive.

This year, as he runs for his first-ever election to the sheriff’s office, Tompkins faces three opponents. On the plus side, his most visible opponent, Doug Bennett, has a demonstrated aptitude for placing his hand-lettered green and white signs on chain link fences throughout Suffolk County, but apparently little ability to raise money. Bennett had just $1,365 in his campaign account at his most recent filing with the state’s Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

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Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.

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Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.

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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 30, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Docket No. SU14P1274EA

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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 07/03/2014. 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

Docket No. SU14C0189CA In the matter of Angel Maldonado, Jr. of Roxbury, MA

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Another opponent, Hasan Smith, had just $224 in his account. Tompkins had $31,783.

Tompkins may also benefit from the lion’s share of endorsements, including city councilors Tito Jackson and Frank Baker, and state senators Linda Dorcena Forry and Sal DiDomenico.

“Steve has had a pinpoint focus on re-entry and how we stop the revolving door of people coming out of the Suffolk County House of Corrections and coming back in,” Jackson said. “I think he’s done a stellar job and has earned an opportunity to continue in his role as Sheriff.”

Tompkins says he looks forward to continuing to serve as Sheriff. The greatest benefit to the job, he says, is the satisfaction

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Albania Garcia requesting that Angel Maldonado, Jr. be allowed to change his name as follows: Angel Garcia 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 06/26/2014.

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The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following:

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CARD PROCESSING SERVICES The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is seeking qualifications/ proposals from service providers for merchant card services having experience with the transit and commuter rail industries.

The MBTA is the major provider of mass transit services in eastern Massachusetts transporting approximately 1.4 million people each weekday.

The MBTA generates a cash flow of approximately $1.8 billion annually.

The RFP for merchant card services will include the specifications for credit and debit card processing services.

The Requests for Proposal will be available in the office of Wesley G. Wallace, Jr., Treasurer-Controller, 10 Park Plaza, Room 8450, Boston, MA on Monday, June 23, 2014, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Requests are available by email (WWallace@MBTA.com).

A PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 10, 2014.

Eight (8) copies of your responding proposal must be delivered to the office of Wesley G. Wallace, Jr. at the above location no later than 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2014.

The respondent for the merchant card services award must demonstrate experiences in the transit and commuter rail industry as well as experiences with card acceptance by automated fare collection systems.

The written proposal, presentation and response to questions raised during the interview will be evaluated by the Selection Committee membership based on the following criteria:

• • • • • •

Technology and operational capabilities of the vendor Quality of service provided and expertise of contract personnel Financial condition Pricing practices for services rendered Client references PCI Compliance

Consideration shall also be given to each firm’s community reinvestment plan, affirmative action plan, and its commitment to the use of disadvantaged business enterprises. The request for proposal will require submittal of these items. 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 consultants, subconsultants, and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities.

The right is reserved to accept any proposal or to reject any and all proposals.

Richard A. Davey Mass DOT Secretary & CEO

Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. General Manager and Rail & Transit Administrator

BID NO.

DESCRIPTION

DATE

TIME

WRA-2432

Furnish Two (2) Chesterton Mechanical Split Seals or Equal with Two (2) Enviro Spiral Trac Seals for North Main Pump Station, Deer Island Treatment Plant

3/14/05

11:00 a.m.

North Bellingham Veterans Home

Sealed bids will be received at the offices of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Charlestown Navy Yard, Document Distribution Office, 100 First Avenue, First Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02129, up to the time and date listed above at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

215 Shurtleff Street, Chelsea, MA 02150

Housing for Homeless Individuals or Individuals at Risk of Homelessness SECTION 00020 2014 Available December INVITATION TO BID

Sealed Bids for the construction of the60% Elm AMI Street Sewer for # of Units Type Rent HHImprovements Size the Town of Blackstone, Massachusetts, will be received by the Department 1 Works at the Studio $951 of Public office of the Department of Public1 Works, 15 St. Paul Street, Blackstone, Massachusetts until 10:30 a.m. prevailing time, on March 29, 2005 and at which time and place saidunits bids are: will be publicly Contract rent for 8 project based voucher opened and read aloud.

(Eligible Households pay 30% of their income towards rent)

The scope of work includes furnishing and installing approximately 3,065 lin# of Units Type PBV Rent HH Size ear feet of 8-inch gravity sanitary sewer main with all appurtenances; furnishing and installing approximately 8,135 linear feet of 10-inch gravity san8 Studio 30% of income 1 itary sewer main with all appurtenances; furnishing and installing approximately 4,100 linear feet of 6-inch PVC gravity sanitary sewer service conIncome Per Household (2014 Limits) nections andMaximum all appurtenances, furnishing andSize installing approximately 315 linear feet of 4-inch and 3,475 linear feet of 6-inch sanitary sewer force HH Size 30% 60% main with all appurtenances, furnishing and installing fully functional sanitary sewer pump stations located Control Facility (CCF), 1 $19,800at the Corrosion $39,540 Quickstream crossing, Fire Station, and Mill River crossing with all appurtenances, standby generator housed within a prefabricated building at the Applications foundpump onlinestations; at: Quickstream andcan Millbe River furnishing and installing bitumiby phone 617-892-8716, nouswww.TheNeighborhoodDevelopers.org, concrete trench pavement (permanent); waterat system reconstruction (AddorAlternate miscellaneous drainage improvements Alternate 3); picked up1); in person from 4 Gerrish Avenue, Chelsea MA(Add 02150 furnishing and installing associated manholes, or 82 Green Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130: paving, project wide maintenance of traffic and other appurtenances required to complete the Work as specified in the Contract Documents.

Work must substantially complete MondayFriday, June 16, 2014 through August 18,be2014 within 1153 days of the through Notice to Proceed. The estimated cost of the proj9 am5 pm, Mondays Fridays ect is $4,500,000.00.

Expanded hours at 82 Green Street: June 25, 2014 and July 16, 2014

9 amintothe 7 pm.

Bid from Security form of a BID BOND, CASHIER’S, TREASURER’S, OR CERTIFIED CHECK issued by a responsible bank or trust company is required in at 4 Gerrish Ave,bid Chelsea: 23, 2014 5-7pm the Information amount of Session five percent of the price June payable to the Town of Blackstone.

Completed applications must be returned to 82 Green Street, Jamaica

Plain, MA 02130 bymay 5pm,be August 18, 2014.

Applications Contract Documents examined at the following accepted locations:in per-

son or by mail. Mailed applications must be postmarked by 5pm, August BSC Group, 33by Waldo Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01608 18, 2014.

Selection lottery.

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Use and Occupancy Restrictions apply. Section 8 Voucher Holders are Massachusetts Town of Blackstone, ofminimum Public Works, 15requireSt. Paul Street welcome to apply and areDepartment not subject to income Massachusetts ments.Blackstone, Handicap households have preference for accessible units.

Preferences also include theobtained following: shelter;ofveteran.

Full set oflocatContract Documents may be atlocal the office the BSC Group tenant selection criteria availableMassachusetts, upon request. 01608, from 9 a.m. to 12 ed at 33 Waldo Street, Worcester,

noon and 1 to 4 p.m., upon payment of a deposit of $100.00 in the form of Fortomore info or a check payable the Town of reasonable Blackstone.accommodations, Any unsuccessful bidder or noncallsuch Pineset Street Innthe 617-892-8716 bidder, upon returning within time specified in the Instructions to Bidders and in good condition, will be refunded his payment. Contract Housing Opportunitybidders upon request and Documents will be mailedEqual via USPS to prospective receipt of a separate non-refundable check payable to BSC Group, Inc. in the The Neighborhood Developers, North Bellingham Veterans Home LLC, amount of $25.00 to cover handling and mailing fees.

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The selected contractorgender shall furnish a performance bond and disability, payment bond sexual orientation, identity, religion, age, handicap, in amount at least to one hundred ancestry, percent (100%) the contract national origin,equal genetic information, children,offamilial status,price as stipulated in Section 00700 GENERAL CONDITIONS of these specificamarital status, or public assistance recipiency in tions. Anticipated funding for this project will be from the Unite States

the leasing, rental, sale or transfer of apartment units, buildings, and related facilities, including land that it owns or controls.

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service, Waste and Water Grants and Loan program. Special attention should be paid with respect to the (U.S.D.A.) requirements for Bids.

All bids for this project are subject to applicable bidding laws of Massachusetts, including General Laws Chapter 30, Section 39M as amended. Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid A the F F contract O R D AasBdetermined L E H O by U StheI NDepartment G L O T of T ELabor R Y and under Workforce Development under the provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149, Section 26-27D, inclusive, as amended.

Alta Stone Place 2000+4000 Stone Place, Melrose, MA

The Bidder agrees that this bid shall be good and may not be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) working days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded after the opening of bids.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informality in bids or to reject any or all bids if deemed in the best interest of the Town of Blackstone.

Six 1BRs @ $1,253, Six 2BRs @ $1,396, TOWN@ OF$1,535 BLACKSTONE, MASSACHUSETTS One 3BR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Utilities not included BSC Group, Inc.

Alta Stone Place is a 212 unit rental apartment community at Boston,located Massachusetts 1000-4000 Stone Place in Melrose. The 13 affordable apartments being built in 2000+4000 Stone PlaceAND will SEWER be madeCOMMISSION available through this BOSTON WATER application process and rented to households with incomes at or below INVITATION FOR BIDS 80% of the Area Median Income.

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission by its Executive Director invites The bids 8 affordable units in the #mill04-308-001, building (2000WATER Stone Place) sealed for CONTRACT MAINfeature RELAY AND SEWER/DRAIN REHABILITATION IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, CITY PROPER, 1-foot plus ceiling heights with exposed wood beams, exposed brick HYDE PARKwalls, ANDand JAMAICA PLAIN. Bids must accompanied exterior oversized mill windows.

The be 5 affordable units inby a bid deposit, certified check, treasurer’s or cashier’s check, or in the form of a 4000 in Stone feature ceilings.

Units both feature bid bond the Place amount of 5%9-foot OF BID payable to in and to buildings become the properflooring ifinthe kitchens and baths, carpet in and bedroom ty offaux the wood Commission bid, after acceptance, is living not carried out. The bid deposit is to be returned only when all stated conditionsplentiful of the Contract areas, stainless front appliances, granite countertops, closets, document are carried out.full In addition, a performance bond and oversized tubs and size washers and dryers. Please seealso a labor and materials payment bond, each a surety company qualified to do www.AltaStonePlace.com forofmore details on the development andbusiness under the laws of the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Executive the units.

Director, and each in the sum of 100 % OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, must be submitted within the time specified in the Contract document. Bids must be submitted on the forms obtained from the Purchasing Manager, Boston 80% AMI Size980 Harrison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA Water and SewerHousehold Commission, (Area Median Income) 02119, and must be submitted in sealed envelopes to the Purchasing Manager clearly marked1 BIDS FOR CONTRACT # 04-308-001, WATER MAIN $47,450 RELAY AND SEWER/DRAIN REHABILITATION IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, CITY 2 JAMAICA PLAIN. Bids $54,200 PROPER, HYDE PARK AND will be publicly opened and read at the office of the Purchasing Manager on THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 3 will be a non-refundable $61,000 charge of $25.00 for 2005 AT 10:00 A.M. There each set of contract documents taken out. If the bidder neglects to bid on $67,750 of the bid. The rate of each and every item, it4 may lead to the rejection wages paid to mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs, and laborers in the work to 5 $73,200 be performed under the contract shall not be less than the rate of wages in the schedule determined by the Commission of Labor and Industries of the 6 $78,600 Commonwealth, a copy of which schedule is annexed to the form of contract referred to herein. Copies of said schedule may be obtained, without cost, Public Information Session be held at 6Executive pm on July 15th 2014 uponA application therefore at the will office of the Director.

Before in the Aldermanic Chamber of Melrose Citythe Hall, 562 Mainshall Street, commencing performance on this contract, contractor provide by insurance forMA. the payment of compensation and the furnishing of all other Melrose, benefits under Chapter 152 of the General Laws (The Workmen’s Completed Applications Required Documentation Compensation Law, so called)and to all personsIncome to be employed undermust this contractbeand shall continue such insurance in full force and received, not postmarked, by 2:00 PM on August 12theffect 2014.during the term of this contract. Attention is called to Chapter 370 of the Acts of 1963, The Lottery will becomplied held on August 19th at 6award PM inofsame loca- will which must be strictly with. No bid2014 for the this project be considered acceptable tion as the info session unless above. the Contractor agrees to comply fully with the requirement of the Minority Employee Utilization Requirement as set DetailsVIII on of Applications, theand Lottery, and the Apartments forthFor in Article the Contract the Utilization of Minorityorand Women for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, call Included Owned Business Enterprises as set forth in Article X of the Contract. with the Contract documents are of the Bidder’s Certification 617.782.6900 or go to: copies www.s-e-b.com/lottery Statement and Weekly Utilization Report. Each Contractor must complete, Applications Information also available at Failure to do sign and file with his bid theand Bidder’s Certification Statement. so will result inthe rejection the bid.

The Weekly Utilization Reports shall be MelroseofPublic Library on 69 West Emerson submitted in accordance withM-Th section 8.2F-Sa (ii) and (iii)Su of 2-5). the Contract. Failure Street (Hours: 10-9, 10-5, to comply with the Minority Employee Utilization Requirement may result in imposition of the sanctions set forth in section 8.2 (f) and (g) of the Contract.

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Maintenance Aide The Bridgewater Housing Authority invites individuals to submit their resume w/cover letter for full-time Maintenance Aide position. Must have knowledge of basic plumbing, carpentry, electrical, mechanical repairs, painting, cleaning, grounds keeping and snow removal. A position description and application is available at the Bridgewater HA Monday through Friday from 8:00A to 4:00P. Office located at 10 Heritage Circle, Bridgewater MA. 02324. Great benefits.

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We Help People Get and Succeed at Good Jobs Free job-search and career development help: • Most people who complete our 60hour job-search workshop qualify for free, individual job-search help.

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RESIDENT SERVICES COORDINATOR

Cruz Management Company is looking for a highly motivated,

enthusiastic, organized, professional individual to oversee and provide service coordination for the residents of a large, scattered-site, HUD multifamily apartment community located in neighborhoods throughout Boston. Through education and referral, the Service Coordinator will support residents by assessing needs and linking residents and community members to local service providers.

Implementation of educational opportunities, promoting health, well-being, employment training, cultural enrichment activities for youth and families, to encourage development and support of meaningful engagement between building residents and residents of the surrounding community.

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s Degree in social work, gerontology, psychology or related field is preferable; a college degree is fully acceptable. Individuals without a degree but with appropriate work experience will be considered for hire. Other essential qualifications include but are not limited to: • Organizational and budgeting skills; • Excellent oral and written communication skills required, including experience in intergenerational communication.

• Work experience in conflict resolution and mediation; • Strong computer skills and knowledge of MS Office and Excel spreadsheets are essential.

• Bilingual communication a plus The position is full-time. The successful candidate must possess a valid Massachusetts driver’s license and have the ability to work flexible hours.

Clean Energy Manager The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the regional planning agency for Metro Boston, seeks a Clean Energy Manager to help achieve MAPC’s local and regional clean energy and sustainability goals. Oversee all of MAPC’s clean energy work, including local energy planning, regional energy procurements, and local and state energy policy. The Manager helps to integrate clean energy practices into all aspects of MAPC’s planning work, as well as develops partnerships with municipalities, community-based organizations, policymakers,to advance clean energy efforts throughout the Commonwealth.

Additional responsibilities include: Manage all aspects of regional energy procurements, including: developing project scopes, soliciting project participants, writing and issuing solicitations, organizing and guiding selection processes, and supporting municipal project execution; Oversee local energy planning activities including: meeting with municipal officials and project partners.

Qualifications: MA in planning, public policy/administration, or engineering, with training in energy systems or related disciplines and a minimum of three years of professional experience working directly to promote clean energy development at the local and regional level in a public or private sector setting or relevant bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years of relevant professional experience.

Full-time position with an excellent state employee benefits package.

Salary range from $64,000 to $74,000 depending on qualifications and experience. This position is exempt under the guidelines of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Position open until filled. Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the USA and a valid driver’s license and/or the ability to arrange transportation to meetings in different parts of the region.

At The Cruz Companies, we offer a competitive salary and great benefits package.

MAPC is an EOE/AA employer. MAPC takes pride in the diversity of its workforce and encourages all qualified persons to apply.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a resume and cover letter to: success@cruzcompanies.com

SEE COMPLETE AD AT WEB SITE (WWW.MAPC.ORG) AND APPLY AT LINK SHOWN THERE. Attach cover letter, resume, writing sample, and a list of three professional references.

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Serious candidates should call 201-745-8266.

RESIDENT ENGINEER

Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. is currently seeking a Resident Project Representative for construction observation of roadway, sidewalk and utility construction in Vermont.

A minimum of 10 years of construction engineering experience in these fields required and familiarity with VTrans material specifications and testing requirements preferred.

High School Diploma a must. BSCE or Associates Degree preferred. Surveying experience a plus.

Please visit our career page at www.hoyletanner.com or send resume citing Career Code MJL10614 to: HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC., 150 Dow Street, Manchester, NH 03101 or e-mail jhann@hoyletanner.com AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

(617) 261-4600 x 7799 • ads@bannerpub.com Rate information at www.baystatebanner.com/advertise