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property, and in some cases, other complaints such as harassment, Boston City Councilor Tito neglect of residential property, Jackson has ordered a hearing to disrespectful treatment and even discuss the role of corporate land- theft. lords and investors in displace“From what I have heard from ment and community instabil- tenants, they are very aggressive,” ity. The city council hearing, set Jackson said. “This is unacceptfor Oct. 20, comes amid outcry able. We are not going to stand by tenants and housing activists by and allow a for-profit organiabout steep rent hikes, evictions zation to push people around and and other actions by a large Bos- have business practices that really ton realtor acquiring properties in skirt the line.”

Boston neighborhoods.

He said he believes representa“The foreclosure crisis and the tives of City Realty will come to surge of residential housing con- the Oct. 20 hearing. version by corA phone porate landcall to City lords backed Realty elicby investors ited a promise are causing dis- “I am not someone who of an e-mailed placement and response, but c o m m u n i t y is averse to a landlord as of press time, instability,” the making a profit, but the company order reads. It had supplied names Brigh- doubling people’s rents no comment. ton-based City is, to me, not the type Jackson estiRealty Group mates that City of business practice that Realty owns as a corporate buyer that has works.” at least 150 raised rents in Dis-Tito Jackson units to unreasontrict 7, which able amounts includes Roxand neglected bury and parts repairs of uninof Dorchester, habitable conditions.

Fenway and the South End, and City Realty has been buying has also bought property in many many properties, often at auction, other neighborhoods. And resand not treading lightly on exist- idential tenants are not the only ing tenants, Jackson told the Ban- ones feeling the sting. In April, ner in an interview.

City Realty purchased a fore“Their business practices are closed commercial building in questionable, at best, in terms of Jamaica Plain’s Egleston Square the manner in which they treat (formerly in Jackson’s district, tenants and raise rents,” he said. now in District 6) that houses Jackson and community orga- several longstanding small businizers at City Life/Vida Urbana, a nesses, whose owners now say Boston nonprofit tenant advocacy they may be forced out. On Sept. group, say they have heard many 16, those business tenants banded tales of dramatic rent increases together to hold a protest near the City Realty, continued to page 11 when City Realty acquires a

First Lady Michelle Obama joins Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on stage at the Strand Theatre in Upham’s Corner durin a campai n event. host of elected officials turned out for the event in support of Coakley. ( on est photo)

ACLU: blacks targeted in BPD stop-and-frisks Yawu Miller Blacks in Boston are subject to the majority of all police stops and searches in Boston, despite making up just 24 percent of the city’s population, according to a study of police data commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

The study looked at four years of data gleaned from the Boston Police Department’s database of field interrogations. Of the 204,000 field interrogations Boston Police made between 2007 and 2010, 63 percent were interrogations of people police identified as black, 22 percent were identified as white and 12 percent were

identified as Latino.

While police appear to have cast a wide net—at least among blacks—the 204,000 stops the officers made yielded scant results, with just 2.5 percent of the stops resulting in the seizure of illegal contraband and/or arrest.

In 75 percent of the police-civilian street encounters, officers cited “investigate a person,” as the reason for the stop, eschewing the departmental regulation requiring police to give a reason for a stop.

ACLU Staff Attorney Carl Williams said the data show a pattern of racial discrimination in Boston Police Department practices.

“The preliminary findings make it clear that the BPD has

practiced racially discriminatory policing,” Williams said. “This practice contradicts the principle of equal protection, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.”

A large percentage of the 204,000 stops recorded were in majority black and Latino sections of Boston—44,570 were in Boston Police Area B2, which includes all of Roxbury, 31,000 were in Area C 11 in Dorchester and 28,000 were in Area B3 in Mattapan.

In areas of the city with fewer blacks, there were far fewer stops.

In Area A15 in Charlestown, there were just 3,300 stops in that same time period. In Area C 6 in South stop & frisk, continued to page 13

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Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker answers questions from reporters before an interview with the Banner. (Banner photo)

Charlie Baker has made welfare reform a cornerstone of his campaign, a move that risks alienating blacks and women, two voting blocs he needs to defeat Attorney General Martha Coakley in the race for governor.

However, the anti-fraud rhetoric outlined in recent pro-Baker television ads, some critics believe, overstates the problem by painting public benefits as a drain on the state budget. The ads, paid for by the Commonwealth Future

Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee, seem to be at odds with Baker’s own talking points on welfare.

One-on-one, the self-described “data geek” says his emphasis is on helping people find pathways to work, ending the cycle of dependency on government subsidies.

“I do think we should provide supports—child care, GED s—we ought to provide people with mechanisms to find their way to self-sufficiency,” he said in a wide-ranging interview with the Baker, continued to page 14

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Charles Blow talks truth in ‘Fire Shut Up In My Bones’ Scott Haas The New York Times columnist Charles Blow came out with “Fire Shut Up In My Bones,” in late September, and in this book he tells the riveting and harrowing story of a childhood spent in rural Louisiana. Raised in poverty, Blow went on to attend Grambling State University and achieve a level of recognition as a journalist with few peers.

In the book, he describes in frank detail his sexuality, race matters, and a family and environment in which guns were often used to settle disputes.

How he went on to have a career and a family is a unique narrative of resilience, intellect, faith, and luck.

Blow’s contribution to the national debates taking place on race, sexuality, and poverty is better understood through his very explicit and unflinching look at his childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. The book is inspiring, as it compels readers to examine their own lives and think long and hard about possibility and its alternative: failure.

He is currently on a national book tour, and took time to speak with the Bay State Banner about his work and what led to its creation.

Why now?

I’ve been working on the

book for nine years, and in 2009 I had read that two little boys, eleven years old, had committed suicide, just ten days apart, and that there was homophobic bullying involved. I knew that story intimately. I had also thought of suicide at an early age. I realized I knew how to write that story.

They cannot express the magnitude of their sorrow, but I could, and I wanted to write as well that you can still have a life.

The title of the book is from the book of Jeremiah: “But if I say, ‘I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” Who is the “he” in reference to your book?

For me the “he” is the truth. I am speaking of “the fire” as the truth. Telling the truth, being honest.

Have any family members reacted with surprise or anguish or anger to the book? Your kids who are now teenagers?

I still talk to my mom and my brothers! Look, it was a lot for them to swallow all at once.

I’ve had 44 years, it took them by surprise. With my kids? We have family meetings, and I gave them the first draft to read, and told them the broad outlines of the book. They were nonplussed by the whole thing. And then we

had another family meeting, I wanted to be sure that they were OK. I gave them each a printed copy a year later. I’m not sure the younger ones read it. But the older one read it in one night, and his only comment was, ‘Why not develop my mother’s character more?’ I thought, ‘Are you editing me?!’”

Your writing in The New York Times benefits enormously from your use of evidence in charts. You write of developing charts back in the day when you were starting out as a visual journalist at the Shreveport Times. How did you develop the idea to use evidence to support your opinions?

It’s a fluke that I became a columnist. The Times was using freelancers for opinion charts, and I said to my editor, ‘Take that money and make me the guy who does that stuff.’ He suggested I add 400 words to each chart, and that was it. The focus shifted to the writing with the chart as evidence.

Where does your resilience come from? You write that you were “fortified by trauma.” Can you say more about that?

James Baldwin said, ‘Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.’ It builds a certain level of resilience. For me, too, the example of resilience was

my mom. I didn’t think she ever slept. She was constantly working.

Then she went to school to better herself and became a teacher, and the benefit of education was no longer an abstraction—we had more material goods. Her grit and blood made that possible. It’s like this: Some may have more advantages than you, but no one has

profession you could do to feed yourself. Even when I got older, I thought more of graphic design and would not say I was a writer. I had to learn to relax and remember my voice, and that I could hear the music. It’s like swimming, you have to have confidence to do it.

How do you control your space and what is your self-identify at the NYT?

It has to be comfortable for me. Sometimes I think I’m ‘the black guy’ in the room, but then I remember I’m also the only southern guy, and that I have a southern aesthetic. I think about the kid I was, and write about the disenfranchised, the working poor, teachers who were important to me in school and my family.

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more hours in the day. My mother thought that anything was possible. Her grandparents who raised her—she got it from them.

Did you ever consider a novel rather than a memoir?

No, novels scare me to death.

I recognize the protective quality they offer a writer, but I’m not afraid of sharing. There is no fear in this for me. The only fear is completely literary: Will people like the writing?

When did you realize you wanted to be a writer? You write about a professor at Grambling who encouraged you. How about before college?

I never thought of writing as a

Given your phenomenal achievements, how do you maintain your humility? At one point in the book you describe wanting to mimic Prince Charles when you were in college.

You don’t write in front of a crowd, you don’t have an audience. For me it’s easy to hide from all that hoopla. I go out and do my laundry, fold clothes. I’m a regular guy in the neighborhood in a sweatshirt with his coffee.

Finally, what words of wisdom— what road map—can you offer youth these days who grow up in urban poverty, like here in Boston, so that whatever it is you did is something a person wanting to see himself or herself as you or like you in five or ten years can do?

I like to say to people that life is a hill. You can climb this hill or stay at the bottom. You have to make a choice. Waiting, sulking— those aren’t options. You have to make an action.

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Anti-racism bloggers seek a more nuanced discussion Sandra Larson The Ford Hall Forum last week convened a panel of anti-racism bloggers to discuss activism, racism and anti-racism in the era of online communication and social media, 50 years after the Civil Rights Act. With WGBH radio host Callie Crossley moderating, bloggers Spectra Asala of Spectra Speaks (spectraspeaks.com), Jay Smooth of Ill Doctrine (illdoctrine.com) and Andrew Ti of Yo, Is This Racist? (yoisthisracist.com) conversed about how to respond to racist statements, the strong demand they see for honest race conversation and online communication’s powerful potential but still unequal access.

Asala and Smooth spoke with Crossley before a live audience at the African Meeting House in Boston, while Ti participated remotely.

The bloggers roundly dismissed the idea that the race topic is over, that we already have a post-racial color-blind world, as Crossley said she hears from people over and over.

“I don’t know those people,” Asala said.

On the contrary, the panelists (and Crossley) said they see a craving for real discussion on race.

Smooth, a biracial hip-hop radio host (whose real name is John Randolph), said that when he began video blogging on Ill Doctrine in 2007, he discovered he was tapping into a raw need.

“Each time I delved into our always-frustrating conversations about race, it struck a chord— more than any other topic I touched on,” he said. “It revealed to me how much of a hunger there is for tools and language to navigate where we are with race.”

As a Nigerian who splits her time between Nigeria and the U.S. and writes on Afrofeminist and LGBT issues as well as race, Asala’s view is broader than the American race picture. She said people

may be seeking a more nuanced conversation, an acknowledgment that today’s world of race is more complex than the simple “Black vs. white. This or this” of the past.

Smooth reiterated some points from his video blog, “How to Tell Someone They Sound Racist,” in which he urges people to have a ‘what they did’ conversation— focusing on the person’s unacceptable words or actions—instead of a ‘what they are’ conversation.

He noted that saying “you are a racist” sets up a far too simple conversation that often becomes a referendum on whether someone is a good or bad person.

“That’s the roadblock we hit when talking about race,” he said.

Ti, listening in by phone and e-mailing responses to be read aloud by Ford Hall Forum Director Jennifer Bonardi, was more willing to advocate bluntness, albeit with a comic and hyperbolic flair.

One question that annoys Ti, who is Asian American, is “Why is there no ‘white entertainment channel’?” which about a thousand people have asked, he said.

“People write in with their racist views,” he said. “It can sometimes be satisfying to meet Internet racists at their level—with profanity.”

Asala spoke about feeling her privilege in having such easy access to online platforms while in some parts of the world Internet access is expensive and more difficult. But overall, the tone of the discussion was positive, stressing the potential of online communication to connect likeminded people across geography.

“We get so much flak about creating a distance [by being online], but I have formed meaningful relationships online, closer than those in the rest of my life,” said Asala. “With your bio and profile out there, when people say ‘hi’ they know exactly who you are.”

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In her introduction, Crossley referred to the 1964 Civil Rights Act as “one of the single most comprehensively important bills ever passed in this country” and

took a moment to describe its process.

“There was all manner of push, pull, death, struggle, fighting,” she said, “and in the end, it was passed by an all white Congress… who realized that our society had to change.”

Crossley noted the civil rights generation’s “hulking shadow over your generation,” and asked the bloggers whether young people have flocked to online social media to “stake a claim” for themselves.

Asala, who is 33, acknowledged that history can be a heavy weight, and the Internet a liberating medium.

“For my generation, online gives us a little more freedom

to express how we’re feeling, away from the policing eyes of our elders,” she said. “This is quite important for young people. Online channels are a way to speak without being spoken over.”

That said, the panelists did not dwell on generational divisions.

They spoke instead of blogs and Twitter as part of a progression, a subset of the many means of communication for activism today— and not just for the young.

“Technology [for conveying issues of the times] has evolved from letters and newsletters, to phones, to television and mass media,” Asala noted. “It’s been a natural movement for people of all types to take to this new technology.”

(l – r) Moderator Callie Crossley, Spectra Speaks blogger Spectra Asala, Ill Doctrine blogger Jay Smooth at “The Revolution Will Be Online,” a Ford Hall Forum Oct. 2 in Boston. Andrew Ti, of the blog Yo, Is This Racist? participated remotely. (Banner photo)

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Be somebody: Register to vote A continuing challenge of the African American is to believe that “I am somebody.”

Society seems to be organized to create the opposite impression. Only the strong are able to maintain a sense of self-confidence in an environment that seems to be constantly demeaning. To be registered as a voter also establishes a significant identity.

In the past, those who stood up too assertively were often forcibly put down. To the bigot, nothing was more destructive of the peaceful social order than an obstreperous minority. Misogynists also apply the same perspective to women who have the temerity to speak their minds.

There is one way that everyone can be acceptably assertive. That is to go to the polls on Election Day. The customary way to look at voting is whether there is a candidate you want to elect. That is certainly of interest but it is not the most important point. An unusual equality exists in the voting booth.

An impoverished citizen has the same power as a multi-millionaire. Each has only one vote.

Consider that. Whether or not those in power like it, you the voter are indeed somebody. It is unimportant whether there is a candidate on the ballot you care to vote for, the fact that you showed up and pulled the lever is what is empowering. Now the politicians have to be concerned about what you might do in the next election.

When a large number of citizens share the private process of voting, the result can change the nation’s public policy. In 1964, the Republican candidate for U.S. president, Barry Goldwater, campaigned vigorously against the Civil Rights Act. Black voters went

to the polls in droves and 94 percent cast their votes for Lyndon Johnson. In this election the powerful black voting bloc first emerged.

Now critics complain that black voters, who usually support liberal issues, are slaves of the Democratic Party. The assertion is that blacks do not vote for their best interests.

Critics ignore the fact that African Americans were once primarily Republicans. They were committed members of the party of Abraham Lincoln until they were recruited away

by Franklin D. Roosevelt and his first lady, Eleanor.

Another criticism that is mathematically foolish is that blacks voted for Barack Obama because he is black. Then how does one account for the black vote for President Johnson in 1964? Johnson garnered overwhelming support because blacks wanted to see an end to racial discrimination in employment, education and places of public accommodation.

For black voters, who have almost always had to choose from among white candidates, the political issues have always trumped race.

However, the presence of a black family in the White House has encouraged black Americans. They now feel more like real citizens of the country. They are more inspired to go to the polls to vote. In the last presidential election in November 2012, more than 66 percent of registered blacks voted. That is 2 percent higher than the number of registered whites who went to the polls. That is the first time that the black turnout was the highest in the nation.

The last day to register for the November election is Wednesday, Oct. 15. Be somebody!!!

Register, and then vote on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Since the September state primary, there have been no fewer than three announcements of get-out-the-vote efforts in Roxbury. But why was there so little attention paid to turnout before the primary?

In the primary, the incumbent in the 7th Suffolk State Rep district, which covers much of Roxbury, Lower Roxbury and parts of the Fenway, was effectively reelected by a mere 1,026 votes. More voted for the two challengers combined than the incumbent, but neither challenger organized enough votes to beat the incumbent - nor could they have received enough votes within this year’s turnout, since turnout was almost exactly the same as 2012.

Therefore, we are left with a situation where just over 18,000 voters are stuck for another two years with representation that only 1,026 of their neighbors have any morsel of enthusiasm for. No wonder folks are detached - particularly voters 29 and under, who have had one State Representative for their entire life.

Lastly, while I am indeed a Democratic Party activist and have run for office as a Democrat, the fact that

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Thank you, Mr. Hutchinson, for your article regarding Attorney General Holder, published in the October 2 issue of The Banner. Although I am not ignorant to racism in this country, your article put into perspective for me

what I could not effectively articulate myself.

I didn’t realize, however, the importance of Attorney General Holder’s role in Washington, and in particular to our President. I’ve seen racism in this country in a whole new light.

Disrespecting the President of the United States is appalling. I watched supposedly educated, learned men exemplify ignorance never before witnessed through my eyes. And to my knowledge, I can’t remember any other president subjected to this kind of treatment, since President Lincoln; and that was a long, long time ago. We have much work to do!

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OPINION Secret Service bungles underscore the never ending peril to President Obama Earl Ofari Hutchinson The Secret Service has taken a much deserved battering for an armed felon roaming free in the White House, fence jumpers, leaks of President Obama’s travel schedule to then GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and a congressional impostor getting into an area where the President was at a Congressional Black Caucus function. The bungles cost the job of the director, ignited loud cries for a total overhaul of the service, and a guarded vote of confidence in the service from Obama. But the problems with the service, and the breeches, are only the tip of the iceberg in assessing the peril to Obama.

The Secret Service for obvious reasons has steadfastly refused to discuss threats to Obama or any other president. Their terse response to all requests for information on the threat level is always “we take all threats to the president seriously.” This hasn’t satisfied anyone, and has only caused presidential threat watchers to fill in the blanks. The most often cited unofficial report on the threat level to Obama is that the Secret Service fields on average about 30 threats a day, and that Obama has gotten more death threats than any other modern day president. Obama bashers pooh pooh this as so much hogwash, and cite their own unnamed Secret Service sources that claim the threat level against Obama is no greater than it has been against other presidents.

The point is not to play a numbers game comparing death threats against Obama to other presidents. The point is that the threat level against Obama is real and deadly because he is the president, and because he is the first black president.

As have other presidents, he receives assassination threats continuously, and in gun crazed America this is a potential lethal prescription for disaster. Also, what isn’t debatable is that that number of threats to him has been steady before and during his campaigns and increased after he took office. Federal law is very clear on Threatening the President of the United States. It is a The threat level class D felony under United States against Obama is Code Title 18, Section 871. It real and deadly consists of knowingly and willfully mailing or otherwise making “any because he is the threat to take the life of, to kidnap, president, and or to inflict bodily harm upon the because he is the first President of the United States.”

Despite the merciless mauling black president. the Secret Service has taken for its bungles, it does as it says take the threats against the president seriously, and diligently investigates every one of them. In a few cases, prosecutors have brought charges. But here is the problem, in fact several problems: How seriously do other public officials take them? There have been countless reports, cases, and instances where individuals have posted inflammatory pictures of gun toting armed men with pictures of Obama as a bull’s eye target, protestors carrying signs with violent threats against Obama, and websites that inch perilously close to wishing bodily harm to him.

The Secret Service has other woes on top of the at times sloppy way it has handled Obama’s security, namely staffing. At one point in 2010 there was a report that the Secret Service was understaffed and under-resourced. The recent lapses also prompted a spate of complaints from unnamed Secret Service agents of overwork, low morale, and fear of job security. The Service has denied all of this and insists it has the resources and motivated personnel to meet any security issue involving the president. But the president’s hands-on meet-the-people routine is a constant challenge to any protective and enforcement agency.

The concern over Obama’s safety has been intense since he announced he would seek the presidency in February 2007. He had the dubious distinction of being the earliest presidential contender to be assigned Secret Service protection on the campaign trail. This didn’t ease the jitters over his safety. Several congressional members even then demanded that Secret Service officials provide all the resources and personnel they could to ensure Obama’s and the other presidential candidates’ security.

They heard the whispers and nervous questions from his constituents about Obama’s safety.

During the presidential campaign in 2008, the flood of crank, crackpot and screwball threats that promised murder and mayhem toward Obama continued to pour in. This prompted the Secret Service to tighten security and take even more elaborate measures to ensure his safety. In the wake of the intense heat it has taken for its recent bungles, there almost certainly will be a revamp of some of its procedures, greater use of technology to assess threat potentials and a probable shake-up at the top of the Secret Service leadership hierarchy. This is all welcome, but it won’t change the one terrifying reality. That is that any president will always be a visible and inviting target for any kook, crank and zany to level a threat at. With Obama that peril has been never-ending.

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To what extent do you think racial profiling is an issue in Boston?

On a scale of one to ten, I’d say about a six. Students talk to me all the time about getting stopped and searched.

It depends on what area you’re in. It happens a lot in the black community.

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It’s a major problem. I’ve been here since the ’60s. It’s changed some, but I believe it’s embedded in people’s minds.

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It’s a serious problem. It’s hard for black men. As a woman, I’ve never experienced it.

It’s been like that forever. Like they say, racism ain’t dead. It’s passed down from generation to generation.

It’s a huge problem. It feels like it’s not safe to be black.

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The YMCA of Greater Boston is pleased to announce a new addition to its executive staff with the recent hire Scottie Biggers to fill the role of executive director at the Thomas M. Menino YMCA. In his third role as a YMCA executive director, Biggers, 44, brings 17 years of Y experience to the position.

From 1995 to 2009, Biggers moved up the ranks at YMCA of metropolitan Los Angeles, starting as a Healthy Lifestyles Counselor, and ending his fourteen year run as executive director. During that time, Biggers’ developed personalized fitness programs, provided cross-functional HR leadership, and managed an operating budget of $2.5 million.

In 2013, Biggers brought his Y knowledge to Boston, serving as the director of operations at the North Suburban YMCA, overseeing more than 11,000 members, while focusing his attention on improving the health, well-being and fitness programs offered at the Y. During that time he also collaborated with local

businesses to further the work of the Y within the community and surrounding areas.

Biggers graduated from S.U.N.Y. Binghamton with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

His business knowledge and continued commitment to community involvement has helped improve the lives of countless Y members.

“The YMCA of Greater Boston prides itself on attracting top talent to guide each branch in youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility—the Y’s areas of focus—and strengthening communities,” says President of the YMCA of Greater Boston, Kevin Washington.

“We are excited to see Biggers thrive in this new role and apply his skillset to continue to positively impact the youth and surrounding neighborhoods in Hyde Park.”

The YMCA is one of the nation’s leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Serving the

communities of Reading, North Reading, Wakefield, Wilmington, and Stoneham, the YMCA of Greater Boston welcomes men, women and children, regardless of age, income or background, to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation’s health and well-being and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors.

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Grants announced Patrick administration announces grants to continue to strengthen Secure Jobs program The Patrick Administration today announced grant recipients of the Secure Jobs program aimed at funding for job training, job search services and a year of housing stabilization services for homeless or low-income families which will provide secure housing and stable jobs for Massachusetts citizens who need it the most.

“These grants will allow our partner organizations to continue to thrive in providing superior services that aim to end family homelessness,” said Aaron Gornstein, Undersecretary of the Department of Housing and Community Development. “We have seen how successful these programs are in curbing homelessness and providing valuable skills to some of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable citizens; these grants continue the Patrick Administration’s efforts to end homelessness and reduce our reliance on the emergency shelter program.”

As part of the Fiscal Year 2015 state budget, $500,000 in grant funding will be provided to six partner organizations that focus on homeless services, workforce development and child care.

Partnerships funded through the grants will match homeless and low-income families with services to help them overcome barriers to work, and connect them with suitable employers in jobs with career pathways.

Grant recipients are: • Community Teamwork Inc., Merrimack Valley – $60,000 • Father Bills & Main Spring, South Shore – $57,020 • HAP Housing, Western Massachusetts – $60,000 • Jewish Vocational Services, Metro Boston – $60,000 • SER-Jobs for Progress, South Coast and Islands – $60,000 • Worcester Community Action Council, Central Massachusetts – $200,000 This round of grants builds upon funding made available this past spring by the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund and a 2013 pilot program funded by the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation. The Secure Jobs program is a collaboration between the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department of Transitional Assistance and the Department of Early Education and Care.

These grants also follow announcements made in the summer by Governor Deval Patrick, committing $83.6 million in funding to create 24 affordable housing projects across the state, building upon the Patrick Administration’s commitment to improving housing infrastructure to support growth and opportunity throughout the Commonwealth.

Since 2007, the Patrick Administration has invested over $1 billion in state and federal resources to create 24,000 units of housing, of which 22,000 are affordable.

Fresh Prince actor discusses King Lear Break down the Bard with celebrated classical actor Joseph Marcell (Jeffery, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air), currently touring with Shakespeare’s Globe playing the monumental title role in King Lear, and Boston’s premiere Shakespearean director Steve Maler, founding Artistic Director of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company which annually presents free Shakespeare on the Common.

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This event is the first in the Uptown/Downtown Inroads series, a community awareness and engagement collaboration between Roxbury Community College and ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage.

The event will be held at Roxbury Community College, Media Arts Center, 1234 Columbus Avenue. To reserve your complimentary spot, email tickets@emerson.edu or call 617-824-8400. Presented by ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage. artsemerson.org.

Month-long Roxbury program helps community learn to manage diabetes

To increase diabetes awareness and education with Roxbury, Massachusetts residents, community leaders and health and social service providers have come together

to launch Roxbury Rising Against Diabetes. This month-long initiative is aimed at encouraging community members to engage in and manage their diabetes care, along with their families and neighbors.

Between September 28 and October 31, Roxbury residents will be able to attend a series of free events to raise awareness about the prevention and management of Type-2 Diabetes, including blood sugar screenings, nutrition workshops, fitness activities like Zumba and Yoga, diabetes self-management classes, and more.

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@HealthyRoxbury with the hash tag #RoxRising. Roxbury Rising Against Diabetes is sponsored by the Healthier Roxbury Coalition, a broad-based collaborative of community leaders, healthcare providers, social service agencies and the Boston Public Health Commission.

According to the Boston Public Health Commission’s Health of Boston annual report, Roxbury has one of the highest rates of diabetes hospitalizations in the City of Boston.

Based on feedback and recommendations from more than 120 conversations with members of the community, Roxbury Rising Against Diabetes is working

collectively to increase awareness about the prevention and management of this chronic disease and highlights the variety of resources available to promote health and wellness across the community.

“We are addressing what is happening in this neighborhood and strengthening the presence of community programs for people with diabetes,” said Leslie Kirle, director of the Aligning Forces for Quality initiative at Massachusetts Health Quality Partners.

“By adding to existing programs and building new relationships through this collective effort, we are bringing the community together to combat a devastating chronic disease.”

Healthier Roxbury is supported by the Greater Boston Aligning Forces for Quality initiative and the Aligning Forces for

Quality, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s signature effort to improve the quality of health care in 16 communities across the United States.

Healthier Roxbury, an initiative supported by the Greater Boston Aligning Forces for Quality and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a broad-based coalition of community leaders, healthcare providers, social service agencies, and the Boston Public Health Commission.

Through Healthier Roxbury, residents, community leaders, health care providers, social service agencies, and government partners are able to share knowledge about factors that affect health status and outcomes in Roxbury, learn more about what is missing or not working, and explore ways to make measurable progress.

Whittier Street Health Center receives grants to support its medical services Whittier Street Health Center, one of the region’s leading community health centers, has been awarded $1.48 million in grants in support of the expansion of its medical services. A grant of $500 k was awarded

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Services (OCS) to aid the health center’s construction of a new Medical Fitness Facility. OCS awarded 26 organizations across the country with its Community Economic Development (CED) grant and Whittier was the only Massachusetts non-profit recipient of this grant. The center is also the recipient of two other grants, $750k from The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) , to support the expansion of its HIV program and $230 k from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) , to support the health center’s Boston Health Equity Program (BHEP) . BHEP serves as a primary care delivery model that combines care coordination, community outreach and wellness support.

Whittier is one of more than 20 community health care centers in Greater Boston providing services to some of the city’s most underserved populations.

In January 2012, the center opened the doors to its brand new state-of-the-art health center to serve up to 40,000 patients per year. Since then, Whittier has continued to expand the breadth and depth of its services.

“It is Whittier’s commitment to eliminate health disparities and their associated costs. We are at the forefront of changing the health care delivery system from one that is expensive and episodic to one of being proactive, wellness-and prevention-focused, and a less costly model,” said Frederica M. Williams, President and CEO of Whittier Street Health Center. “With the support of the Office of Community Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, we are fulfilling Whittier’s mission to promote wellness and prevention and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care.”

In the lower level of Whittier, a Medical Fitness Center has been mapped out and is designed to provide integrative medical services to address the physical, emotional and mental health of Whittier patients. The $500 k grant from OCS , which supports community economic development and healthy food financing initiative projects, will assist Whittier in getting closer to ground breaking. Another $600k is needed to be raised and with the OCS investment, Whittier is getting closer to realizing that vision.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Whittier with a grant of $750 k to expand its medical capacity and HIV program and services. Whittier was one of 22 health centers in four states to receive such a grant to expand its H I V services. H R S A provides funding to organizations that proactively acknowledge the needs, plans, and efforts to enhance health care delivery and access, particularly in relation to facilitating patient access to wellness and fitness activities.

Through HRSA ’s Partnerships for Care program, the funding will allow Whittier to expand its HIV primary care program to integrate HIV screening, counseling, and care for all Whittier patients ages 15 and above, and to connect new HIV -positive clients to Whittier’s services.

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Community colleges work to end achievement gap Kenneth J. Cooper Community colleges are looking at addressing the achievement gaps of the men of color they enroll, with broad, data-backed approaches to helping all students succeed and complete their academic programs.

A rare report on African American and Latino men at community colleges, released earlier this year, recommended a shift away from targeted “boutique programs” that promote their academic success but typically benefit relatively few students.

That recommendation, from the Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas, has converged with a higher education focus in the last few years on improving student completion rates overall.

The center’s report, “Aspirations to Achievement: Men of Color and Community Colleges,” cites examples of effective community college programs for minority males, but faults the programs for being small-scale.

“We definitely know men of color need support groups, need to be coached and need a place to feel safe, a place to be mentored,” said Evelyn Waiwaiole, the center’s director. “But oftentimes when you have Men of Merit or Men of Distinction programs, the average number of students served is 23. What an amazing experience for them. But for all the rest of the students, they’re not a part of that.”

Waiwaiole said the center’s surveys of students at most of

the nation’s approximately 1,000 community colleges and other research have clearly established which approaches help students succeed. Adopting them, she said, would also help larger numbers of African American and Latino men, who enroll heavily in the two-year schools.

“There are policies and practices that we know work and we know they work for all students,” Waiwaiole said. “All the more reason, with men of color, we need to make sure that they’re participating and getting advised and coached on these practices.”

Waiwaiole said community college leaders reacted favorably to the report.

“I think everyone in the field knows that for men of color in community colleges—really in higher education in general—that there’s an achievement gap, and they want to do something about it,” Waiwaiole said. “There have been other reports released similar to this, but not many, if any at all, specific to community colleges.”

The board of the Association of Community College Trustees discussed the Men of Color report at a July retreat in New York, has ordered copies for each board member and plans to have further discussions about the issue.

J. Noah Brown, the association’s president and CEO, endorsed the report’s recommended shift towards broad efforts designed to lift all students.

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Brown added: “I would agree with some of the report’s findings. To the extent we can integrate more of these approaches across the institution, I think we will see many more students from across the student population be successful.”

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Waiwaiole said some policies demonstrated to help community college students succeed are easily implemented. She cited the examples of “having an attendance policy” and “ending late registration” for courses.

Other approaches, Waiwaiole said, do entail expenses, such as making all new students attend orientation sessions. “If something works, don’t just let students happen upon it, make it mandatory,” she said.

Waiwaiole identified learning communities of student peers as another effective but costly approach. “Over the course of five years, you could begin to say every student that places into developmental education should be in one for a period of time,” she said.

Community colleges should first examine their data on student achievement, disaggregated by gender and race/ethnicity, Waiwaiole said. Then that data needs to be shared with the faculty senate, followed by discussions with students about what works —and doesn’t—for them.

“We encourage colleges to think big,” Waiwaiole said. “If you know it works for one group of students, then it’s mostly going to work for all groups of students. So think about making policies and practices work to scale.”

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United Indpendent Party candidate for governor Evan Falchuk greets locals at the Roslindale Day Parade.

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building, located at the corner of Washington and Boylston Streets.

According to Maria Christina Blanco, an organizer with City Life, City Realty has “a business plan predicated on displacement,” and is willing to over-bid families trying to buy their foreclosed homes back from the bank.

Though City Realty stands out for its reported negative practices, they are not the only realty companies buying up local properties, creating new alarm among housing advocates.

“Through predatory loans and then foreclosures, in essence the banks have sucked the savings out of people’s homes, and transferred the land and housing from the community to the corporate sector,” Blanco said. “Owner-occupancy is on the decline…and City Realty and other companies are growing their percentage of ownership of our city to a new level.”

City Life has taken up the campaign, working with tenants to know their rights and, with the help of legal aid lawyers, to stand up to the corporate landlords in court. Blanco and her colleagues focus on the goal of returning housing control to communities, and see room for optimism.

“We think of these as big companies, with 500-plus properties,” Blanco said, “but they’re not Wall Street big—and this gives us some hope that we can shift the balance of power.”

Angry tenants of City Realty properties crowded a recent meeting of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council, at which City Realty was scheduled to present a redevelopment proposal for a property in Forest Hills.

The presentation was canceled at the last minute, but the protesters were given time to air their grievances before the council and urge them not to approve any project

by City Realty.

Some who could not attend sent written statements, which Blanco shared with the Banner.

“My current rent is more than half my monthly income,” wrote one Bay Village tenant who is fighting eviction by City Realty.

Since his building was purchased

by City Realty in April, his neighbors have moved out after rent increases “from $1,100 to $1,300 to $1,600 to $1,900” per month, he wrote.

A Chelsea tenant wrote, “It’s another court battle every single year for me to stay in the

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At the end of that meeting, the JPNC voted to withhold approval of the zoning variances sought by City Realty for the project. That “no” vote will be conveyed to the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals to consider at their hearing on the proposal, currently scheduled for Oct. 21.

Jackson said his office has been working to connect distressed tenants to legal representation.

He sees the upcoming hearing as a chance to publicize to city officials and others the scope of what’s happening to vulnerable people in Boston neighborhoods.

“I am not someone who is averse to a landlord making a profit,” he said, “but doubling people’s rents is, to me, not the type of business practice that works; discarding tenants’ private property, that’s not the type of practice I find acceptable. They need to have the light shined upon them.”

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Boston there were 4,000 stops and in Area D14 in Brighton there were 6,000 stops.

Williams said that in every section of the city, blacks are more likely to be stopped than whites, even after controlling for prior arrests of those stopped, crime rates in the areas where people are stopped and whether or not those stopped are alleged to have a gang affiliation.

“Even when you do mathematical controls for those factors, the analysis found there’s still a disparity,” he said. “Black people and people in black communities are more likely to be stopped.”

The data also show that black people are more likely to be searched when stopped, and more likely to be stopped multiple times than whites.

“This data will provide some validation to what we’ve known all along has been happening, and hopefully some recourse,” said Stephanie Soriano, chairwoman of Legal Redress at the NAACP New England Area Conference.

The pattern of police stops overwhelmingly targeting blacks in Boston draws an interesting parallel to New York, where blacks and Latinos were targeted in 84 percent of the stops in 2011 and contraband was found in only 2 percent of the stops. While the NYPD had an explicit policy of stopping and frisking civilians, Boston police have steadfastly denied that officers make stops without reasonable suspicion. But the statistics are similar: 75 percent of stops in Boston involve subjects police identified as black or Latino.

A pair of lawsuits filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights found the NYPD liable for its pattern of unconstitutional and discriminatory stops of blacks and Latinos. New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio has promised to end the NYPD stop-and-frisk policy.

Williams said the ACLU of Massachusetts has no plan to sue Boston Police.

Yet the fact that in 97.5 percent of the 204,000 stops documented

by Boston Police between 2007 and 2010 there were no arrests made and no contraband found suggests a pattern similar to that in New York.

“Either the Boston Police are doing a terrible job documenting arrests, or they’re doing a terrible job picking who to stop and frisk,” Williams said. “Both scenarios are concerning, and one or both of them has to be true.”

A 1963 Supreme Court ruling, Terry v. Ohio, determined it unconstitutional for police to stop or detain a person without a reasonable suspicion that they are engaged in a crime, have committed a crime or are about to commit a crime. The 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution bars police from unreasonable search and seizure.

If police have reasonable suspicion to stop a suspect, they may pat the suspect down to ensure the suspect is not carrying a weapon.

Police cannot search a suspect’s bag or pockets unless they meet a higher standard: probable cause to arrest the suspect.

“There has to be some kind of reasonable suspicion for police to stop and search people,” Soriano said. “It can’t just be because a black person is walking down the street.”

Police take a suspect into custody. (Banner file photo) In practice, many black teens in Boston say they are routinely stopped, searched and released by police without a credible explanation from officers.

“It’s an everyday thing,” said Imani Wright, a member of Youth Against Mass Incarceration. “It’s a reality of being a black or Latino man in this city.”

Wright said teens’ frequent contact with police officers who are often rude and violent fosters a deep-seated distrust between residents in black communities and the officers who police them.

“You’re constantly being watched,” he said. “There are people who are constantly messing with you. It gets to the point where some people think that’s just

how things are. But I’m pretty sure you don’t have people in wealthy neighborhoods being stopped.”

The ACLU of Massachusetts first requested the data from the police department in 2009, according to Williams.

“It’s been a five-year project, and we still don’t have the raw data,” Williams said.

While the police have refused to share the raw data with the ACLU, they agreed to turn it over to two researchers—Harvard Kennedy School of Government Professor Anthony Braga and Columbia University Law School Professor Jeffrey Fagan, who generated the report for the ACLU. ACLU members and representatives from other criminal justice

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Banner. “I think that’s a good thing. I’ve talked to a lot of people on public assistance who say you’re either all in or all out.”

His proposed reforms, listed on his campaign web page, include reductions in the extensions recipients can use while in school or job trainings and increased funding for child care vouchers to help parents return to work.

“The proposals we’re talking about are designed to help people get a GED, find a way to work and work their way to self-sufficiency,” he says.

With the increase in the minimum wage and the earned income tax credit, Baker says people working to get off of public benefits have opportunities to move forward and become self-sufficient without falling behind the standard of living they enjoyed while receiving benefits.

“Maybe we can talk to the feds about doing something about the way Section 8 works,” Baker says.

“I have to believe there’s a way to create a path, here, where people can see their way to a set of steps that doesn’t require them to move back to move forward.”

In addition to his own welfare reforms, Baker has also spoken in support of an initiative

by Worcester Housing Authority Director Raymond Mariano, which would require residents of city-owned public housing to work in order to remain in public housing.

“I would argue that what he has proposed is a pretty thoughtful way of trying to get folks to take the first step,” he said.

Baker did not address the issue of welfare fraud raised by the Commonwealth PAC ’s television ad, other than to note that it was not his, but when pressed on whether he would examine business tax expenditures, which cost the state $770 million a year, he said he would.

“Anytime anybody defrauds the government, they’re defrauding all of us,” he said. “Whether you’re using the tax code to do that or you’re using a phony shell corporation, or you’re using something else, fraud is fraud.”

Baker is clearly no stranger to issues of tax code and welfare reform, having served as head of Health and Human Services and Administration and Finance under the administrations of past governors William Weld and Paul Cellucci. In those roles, Baker says, he gained insights into state government and the people it serves.

“I’m a data geek, but I’ve never been one of those people who thought that reading a report was enough,” he said. “You always have to spend time, talking to people who are a lot closer to what’s going on, to really get sense of what brings whatever the information is to life.

“When I was at HHS , once a month I had office hours in communities. I’d be at Dimock Community Health Center or Children’s Services of Roxbury. I’d have office hours in the morning, then have lunch with people in the neighborhood, and then office hours in the afternoon, then some sort of drive around in the evening. I never thought you could really understand a job like that one without talking to people directly and hearing from them, what’s on their minds.”

September 30, 2014 – Mayor Martin Walsh joins the Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick and Mass DOT Secretary Richard Davey to announce the I-90 Mass Pike Allston Interchange improvement project that will include a new communter rail stop with pedestrian and bike access. ( ayor s ffice photo by sabel eon)

The initiatives he proposes for state government cover multiple areas—increased local aid for Massachusetts cities and towns, funding MBTA system repairs, supporting Main Streets programs, lifting the cap on charter schools.

While Baker has not taken a “no new taxes” pledge, he says it’s possible to fund his initiatives without raising taxes.

“If you add up our entire package, it’s about a $300 to $500 million total,” he said. “If you talk about funding that in the course of a four-year period, and the

budget’s $38 billion, four times 38 gets you close to $120 billion in total spending over that time period. State tax revenue goes up by about $1 billion a year.”

Of course, the state’s costs for health care, pensions, energy and other obligations will likely increase along with revenues. And many of the proposals he outlines, including the charter school cap and MBTA funding, have met considerable resistance in the Democrat-controlled state House and Senate.

But Baker says his initiatives are worth trying.

“I’ve always said you can have a list of things you want to do and you can get them all done,” he said. “You just can’t get them all

done at once. The proposals that we’ve made are relatively modest, but I believe directionally correct.

I’m one of those people who think that one of the things we should do is try stuff, and learn from trying stuff. And if things work, do more of them, and if things don’t work, make adjustments and do things differently.”

You create your own illusion, and become entangled in it.

What a wonder! You have forgotten your own Self.

Sinking in the ocean of world-liness, you are swept away by the currents of ignorance.

— Swami Muktananda

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Boston Chamber cultivates class of women leaders Martin Desmarais Increased demand and efforts to diversify the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Leadership Program have led to a doubling of participants this year, and the addition of a second instance of the class.

Started in 2010, the Women’s Leadership Program is a year-long program designed to help participants enhance their leadership

skills and become engaged in Boston’s civic and business communities. The program is conducted in collaboration with the Simmons College School of Management.

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Paul Guzzi said the program has been successful at working to foster a new generation of female leaders for the Greater Boston community.

The women’s program is one of three leadership programs run

by the chamber. The other two are the Boston Leadership Program and the Executive Leadership Program.

While all have done well, chamber Executive Vice President Katy O’Neil said the response to the Women’s Leadership Program left the chamber with little choice but to double the number of participants for the 2014-2015 program, which just kicked off at the end of September.

(l – r) Cyndi Roy Gonzales of the Mass. Department of Transportation, and Avry Sandler of WBZ TV-TV38 at Simmons College during the 2013 – 14 leadership program. (Photo courtesy of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce)

The program features seminars, workshops, roundtables and other events focused on personal leadership development, negotiation, skill building and networking. The events run from September until June, and typically there is one per month.

For the past four years, the program has typically had about 50 participants, but this year will serve 114 women.

O’Neil points out that the program could have even more. As it is, the chamber had to whittle down to the current number from about 150 candidates nominated.

“For the last four years we have had about 50 to 60 women a year, but we were getting nominations of over 100 without even really marketing and promotion,” O’Neil said. “It was our sense if we were turning away so many women, there really was demand in this area.”

While there are still more women interested in the program, O’Neil said that the chamber felt the program had to be capped for this year. Organizers are concerned that if there are too many women in each class it could impact the effectiveness of the program. For now, running two simultaneous classes will have to do.

“We want to make sure the women in the group get to know each other and develop their network,” O’Neil said.

The program features women from a variety of professional sectors, including business, government and nonprofit.

The chamber has also made efforts to diversify the pool of women. According to O’Neil, all the participants benefit from the exposure to women from different backgrounds, educations and heritage.

She said that engaging communities of color is on the forefront of the chamber’s efforts with everything it does, but particularly in its leadership program.

“It is a major priority for us,” she added.

In Boston, a majority minority city, O’Neil acknowledged, it is crucial the chamber’s efforts reflect the city it is serving. She said that the chamber has had the most success engaging communities of color through its outreach to women and with programs like the Women’s Leadership Program.

“I have been really excited about the amount of diversity I see within the program,” she said. She estimates that the program is about 20 percent diverse.

“We think the more diverse the group is, the better their experience is, so we are definitely promoting that and doing all that

we can to make sure it is diverse,” she added.

Alina Savu, who works in advisory services for PricewaterhouseCoopers and took part in the program last year, said one of her favorite parts of the program was the networking opportunity and meeting so many different women.

“Being part of this program made me realize most of the networking I do is within my industry…. This program goes across industries and it was really interesting to meet women from different fields,” Savu said. “It was neat to be able to learn about the different development paths in those organizations and learn lessons about personal and professional growth from different industries.”

She added, “The program is very diverse professionally, but also culturally, which adds another aspect to it, and I enjoyed exposure to those different perspective as well.”

Savu also said she values the peer group she was in during the program, which gave her several close program participants with whom she could share career issues and problems.

“I was lucky in that the two peers I had were very engaged,” said Savu. “I felt like I could really open up and get to the heart of the issue, and I got some great advice from my peers.”

She said she has already recommended the program to others and would highly recommend it to anyone.

With over 300 women already having graduated from the program—and over 100 more after this year—the chamber is starting to increase its reach through it.

O’Neil said the feedback from those who have been through the program has been great and many are interested in some of the chamber’s other leadership programs.

“They say they do not want it to end. They want to continue. They want to do more with the chamber and they want to do more to connect,” she added.

The chamber is also making every effort to keep the young women leaders involved.

“We are working hard now on alumni engagement and helping these women to stay connected,” O’Neil said.

Many alumni have also continued to meet and network with other women they met in the program, creating LinkedIn groups and holding after work or lunch events.

“These meetings and networking opportunities are going on outside the arena of the chamber, and that is exactly what we want to happen,” O’Neil added.

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Entrepreneurs exploring new ways to market on campus Martin Desmarais In the cluttered world of media and marketing, it seems unlikely that a young company could enter the fray and gain a significant foothold. However, Jossle co-founders Daquan Oliver and Rotimi Lademo believe their business can do just that— by focusing on the sought-after college student market.

Oliver and Lademo are confident that their company can connect more effectively with college students than traditional marketing companies, mostly because Lademo still is one and Oliver is less than a year out of college.

They started Jossle two years ago as students at Babson College in Wellesley. Oliver now runs the company full time out of its downtown Boston office as the chief executive officer and Lademo is working on finishing up his degree and spending every other waking minute as the company’s director of operations.

Jossle pitches itself as a youth marketing agency. Its focus is on connecting brands with college students through on-campus representation, events and student-focused marketing.

“We serve the college student, that is first and foremost. We are a for-students and by-students marketing agency,” Oliver said.

“When we started this company as college students, we thought that companies did not really know how to reach and sell to the college student…. We thought we could do it ourselves.

“We were given an opportunity bigger than any of our competitors because we literally were marketing to college students as we were college students, which really gave us a unique perspective,” he added.

Traditionally, commercial brands have attempted to reach college students through the use of brand ambassadors, which are college students that would represent the brand on campus to fellow students and take part in promotions on campus.

Though Oliver still sees this as a valid model, he said Jossle’s approach is much more focused on connecting with student representatives that truly believe in a brand and are not just in it to make a quick dollar for working.

Oliver said traditional methods of using brand ambassadors are not successful because they are run by the brand or a marketing agency that is not connected to the students on campus.

“These failed because of a lack of understanding of how to manage, motivate and recruit successfully for those programs to work,” Oliver said.

Jossle takes the brand

ambassador role a step further and treats the college students that work with them as part of the Jossle team.

Oliver and Lademo also believe that if they can make Jossle a brand that college students recognize and associate with, this will make any marketing the company does that much more successful.

So the pair is not only selling the brands they are hired to market, but also selling Jossle as a brand.

“To reach college students you have to be a brand of your own,” Oliver said.

As such, the company has started a number of parallel efforts to connect with college students, including the recent launch of an online magazine that covers the college lifestyle and a web portal for college students, portal.jossle.org.

“Want to grow and serve other interests and desires of the college student? Serve them holistically,” Oliver said. “We have made some major traction so far, but we still have a lot of work to do.”

About one year into running campaigns for client brands, Jossle is up to nine employees and has worked with about 20 clients, including well-known rental car company Zipcar.

Jossle is set to run a city-wide promotional effort in Boston with Karmaloop, a street-wear clothing, footwear and lifestyle company. The four-week long event will pit students from Boston-area colleges against each other in a competition of challenges and fun activities for prizes. The aim is to help the Karmaloop brand get more exposure in the Boston market.

Clients typically pay to work with Jossle on a per-semester basis, as the company focuses on promoting a brand through a college semester, but Oliver said they have some clients that use them on a retainer basis.

Jossle has just set out on a U.S. tour to expand the company’s college reach. Stops include New York, Atlanta, Silicon Valley, Chicago and Los Angeles.

A native New Yorker, Oliver said he plans to keep Boston as Jossle’s base even as they expand.

Lademo was raised in Baltimore before he came to Boston to attend Babson.

He said he always had an interest in starting his own business—one of the main reasons he decided to attend Babson, which is renowned for developing entrepreneurs—and the choice to focus his efforts on Jossle was an easy one.

“The dynamic was good from the beginning. We were very honest. That is one of the things that drew me in,” said Lademo. “I felt

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that type of environment would help me grow as a businessperson and as an entrepreneur.”

Like Oliver, he is very optimistic about the company’s future and its potential to corner the college-marketing sector, which appealed to him from the start as well.

“It was kind of a no-brainer.

This was such an empty space.

Nobody is really tackling this like it should be tackled,” he added.

“It is really starting to shape up.

Pieces are starting to connect and I am really starting to believe things can really take off. ... I really believe we can just take over the college market.”

Despite the busy startup life, Oliver has also found the time to start a nonprofit organization called Recesspreneurs, which matches college business students with middle school and high school students to teach them to be entrepreneurs.

According to Oliver, the goal is to help the students nurture their confidence and self-esteem and encourage them to take their own initiative.

He started the organization while he was at Babson.

Recesspreneurs works on a chapter model with one chapter based out of a college campus.

Babson had the first chapter, and three more chapters have since been opened up. Oliver hopes to have 10 chapters running by next spring.

Top: The Jossle Team, (l – r) Daquan Oliver and Rotimi Lademo. Bottom: Jossle staff members run a promotion for a client. (Photos courtesy of Jossle)

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BOSTON scenes A Haute House Event The Haute House Design Studio, a fashion website founded by Taneshia Camillo-Sheffey held their first Fashion Week Event! And it was a great success! It was a full house of fashionista’s networking, shopping and enjoying the nice vibe at Harborside Lounge. Make up for the models was provided by Glam Squad Makeup: Beauty by Yani & Hair: Beauty by Leandra Patron. Our Fashion Week participants Madison Avenue Accessories, Black box Boutique and CSpa Boston! All jewelry showcased on models from Haute House own Gioielli d’ Amore. The models are Chelsey Angers, Annette Chu, Anna Thomas and Natalia Jenerenco. Main event photographer Nikki Monet.

The World on Stage ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage opened its 5th Anniversary Season with Traces (playing through October 12th) from Boston favorites and circus icons 7 Fingers. As part of ArtsEmerson’s commitment to being a downtown home for the entire city of Boston, the organization succeeded its goal of getting every zip code in the city of Boston represented in the audience for Opening Night. After-party was held at the Revere Hotel in Boston. Photos courtesy of Paul Marotta, Perfect Bokeh Photography.

(l – r) Traces cast and Les 7 doigt de la main company members LJ Marles, Anna Cassel, Hou Kai, Naomie Zimmermann-Pichon, Renaldo Williams, Lucas Boutin, Diego Rodarte-Amor, Fletcher Sanchez

(l): Joyce Linehan, Chief of Policy at City of Boston; Madeleine Steczynski, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Zumix (r): Malia Lazu, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Future Boston Alliance; Erin Anderson, Program Manager, Future Boston Alliance

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Director Michael Cuesta on his latest film,

Kill The Messenger Colette Greenstein

Jeremy Renner in “Kill the Messenger.”

Colette Greenstein Denzel Washington reteams with his Training Day director Antoine Fuqua in the action thriller, The Equalizer. Based on the 1985 television show starring British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a middle aged retired intelligence officer with a mysterious past who helps people in trouble, Washington lights up the screen as the modern-day McCall in the film version.

Washington stars as McCall, a store manager working at Home Mart, (a Home Depotlike store), who puts his past as a retired black ops soldier behind him.

McCall is now living a simple and quiet life in Boston, al be i t w it h several obsessive-compulsive tendencies. McCall spends his non-working hours reading the great American classics like Moby Dick in the wee hours of the morning at a local coffee shop.

All of that changes when Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young prostitute who McCall has befriended on his nightly visits to the diner, is hospitalized after being brutally beaten by her pimp, Slavi (David Meunier). Strangely protective of her, Robert can’t sit idly by, and doesn’t. He feels a call to action and ends up killing Slavi, unaware Slavi is a member of the Russian mob.

The film sets up the story slowly and steadily, building up to where you feel the tension bubbling below the surface, ready to explode. And explode it does.

McCall’s actions set up a chain of events in which there’s no return.

He comes out of his self-imposed retirement recharged and finds his desire to exact punishment against anyone who terrorizes the helpless reawakened.

Denzel commands every scene of The Equalizer with his direct and penetrating gaze, cool smile, steady voice and, of course, his signature stride. He’s having fun in the role, and you want McCall to succeed as avenger in righting the wrongs and teaching the bad guys a lesson.

In a cameo role is Melissa Leo as Susan Plummer, McCall’s former boss. Her presence is immediately felt and she easily goes toe-totoe with Washington in her all-too-brief scene.

Plummer’s husband is played by Bill Pullman.

Beautifully shot in Charlestown and Chelsea, the cinematography is colorful, gritty and striking, painting the Boston skyline and the Zakim Bridge in vivid colors and textures.

Washington, who is also one of the producers on The Equalizer, is a movie star in every sense of the word. You can’t take your eyes off of him, and you can’t help but root for McCall. This is Denzel’s movie, and he pulls you in from the very beginning and leaves you wanting more.

“I’m always attracted to things that don’t have easy answers,” says director Michael Cuesta of his latest film, Kill The Messenger.

Cuesta masterfully helmed the dramatic thriller, based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner) of the San Jose Mercury News.

In 1996, Webb blew the lid off what appeared to be a U.S. government-sanctioned operation that allowed the CIA to smuggle cocaine into cities, like South Central L.A., in order to use the profits to arm the Contra militias in Nicaragua during the 1980s. Webb’s relentless investigative search for the truth and for justice led him down a path that not only threatened his career, but also his family and his life.

Renner leads an all-star cast which includes Rosemarie DeWitt as Webb’s wife, Sue; Paz Vega as

Coral Baca, an upscale cocaine trafficker’s girlfriend who first tips off Webb about the operation with a grand jury transcript; Tim Blake Nelson as Alan Fenster, the defense lawyer for Los Angeles crack kingpin “Freeway” Ricky Ross (Michael Kenneth Williams); Andy Garcia as imprisoned drug baron Norwin Meneses; Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the Mercury News’ editor, Anna Simons; and Oliver Platt as the paper’s executive editor, Jerry Ceppos. Actors Michael Sheen and Ray Liotta also appeared in minor yet pivotal roles.

A graduate of New York City’s School of Visual Arts, Cuesta studied photography and literature, going on to hone a career as a still photographer and a director of commercials prior to directing feature films. The 2001 independent film L.I.E. marked his feature debut as a director, screenwriter, and producer, and the Boston Messenger, continued to page 21

Washington plays ‘Equalizer’ with signature quiet intensity At left, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) as “The Equalizer.”

At right, Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz) being walked home by Robert McCall (Denzel Washington). Film stills courtesy of Sony Pictures.

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Messenger continued from page 19

Society of Film Critics honored him for his work with the Best New Filmmaker Award. The film went on to be nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature and Best Director.

After the success of L.I.E., Michael began working as a director of television dramas such as Six Feet Under, for which he directed five episodes from 2002 to 2005.

Cuesta was hired to direct the pilot for Showtime’s Dexter in 2006, reuniting him with Six Feet Under’s Michael C. Hall. Cuesta directed four episodes of Dexter and was also an executive producer on the program’s first season.

In 2009, Cuesta returned to HBO to direct the second-season finale of True Blood, and in 2011 he directed the pilot for the Showtime series Homeland, which brought him an Emmy Award nomination. An executive producer for the first two seasons, Michael won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for his role as one of the show’s executive producers.

In Boston last week, Michael Cuesta spoke with the Banner about Kill The Messenger, directing the all-star cast and working in film versus television.

Working with a cast like Jeremy Renner, Andy Garcia, Michael Sheen, does it make easier for you as a director?

Michael Cuesta: Anytime you have good guys it’s going to make you look better as a director. The most important thing is that they really understand the role. A filmmaker or director is as good as an actor. It’s that simple. If someone is not good, you can’t take blood from a stone. Jeremy and I worked together before, so I think there was a trust from his perspective.

He knew that I would not overcharacterize anything, overdo anything. I tend to have a little more modest, delicate touch with films and not be so sort of bombastic with themes. I tend to lay things out in a more subtle way.

So, Jeremy liked that.

Big stars like Andy Garcia, they do come in with ideas. Someone like Andy has made films.

He’s written. Andy did send me a bunch of notes. Three-quarters were very good, one-quarter not. And, I’d tell him, and he was like, ‘cool,’ as long as he’s heard.

But also he had some good ideas.

If someone has a good idea you use it. I would say that Andy was the only one who came in with very specific [ideas], like dialogue things.

Why do you think people who were involved in this situation want to tell their story now?

MC: Because more is known now. I think at the time no one really knew. When Gary’s story broke, and because he was so discredited, I’m thinking that a lot of people were thinking ‘Maybe he is full of …it,’ ‘We don’t know the full story.’ Unfortunately, it took this long for more books to be written about it. You can go read Gary’s book. You can read the original articles. You can read all the discrediting articles. Then you read all the follow-ups and all the stuff that’s been done, the journalists that wrote about Gary. And they brought so many more things. I’ve

learned more things since I’ve been on post-production on this film that are quite vindicating of him.

You’re very passionate about Gary Webb and what he did.

MC: Yeah, that’s why I made [the film]. His job was truth and justice. He had a very pure sense of that. Even Ricky talked about that when he met him. He goes, ‘I was leery of this guy when I met him. I saw the real guy didn’t give a sh… what color I was or if I was criminal or not a criminal or if I was a Republican or a Democrat.

It was about the truth. I trust him now because he doesn’t have any agenda. His agenda is about being the truth guy.’

You’ve worked in television and in film. hich medium do you prefer

MC: They always say that films are a director’s medium, TV is a writer’s medium and films are a producer’s business.

I co-created some of my own TV things, so that’s what I prefer, to be a co-writer on television.

But, when I’m brought in as a filmmaker to just do the pilot, I treat it like a film. I usually don’t plan on staying with it. Movies are really my medium, because I have more time. A movie can be honed. You can take your time with it and that’s key. Editing is always where I learn most about my movie and what the movie should be.

What’s the takeaway for you on directing movies and telling stories like this?

MC: That I keep learning about the subject. Because I think it would be disingenuous for anyone to say that they know the whole story of something this vast.

I never know. I go into a world and I am curious. I guess I have a stubborn curiosity, where I just want to go into worlds that are very morally ambiguous. And, also as far as the truth and the complexities of a world like this, you can talk about it forever.

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Carter digs into Southern roots with ‘Comfort’ album Kevin C. Peterson Regina Carter’s recent album, Southern Comfort, is an interpretation of the inventive American music made south of the MasonDixon Line and east of the Mississippi, during the decades directly after Reconstruction.

A virtuoso at the jazz violin, Carter will be playing the music of Southern Comfort on Oct. 17 as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. Tickets are still on sale.

The album is mostly a meditation on her paternal grandfather—an Alabama coal miner— whom she never met, but who left a long, strong spiritual imprint on the family.

“It’s my journey. It’s about finding out about my father’s side of the family,” said Carter in a recent interview with the Banner.

“It’s been a really interesting journey. Doing the research of what kinds of music was being played in the South when he was alive…took months of digging.

What I found was a mixture of all kinds of music from the Irish, the Native Americans and former slaves. It was all mixed-up together.”

The result is a moving collection of songs—a feat of remarkable American folk anthropology—that is as aurally powerful as it is a personal flight into a southern black family’s past.

Southern Comfort is the second of two albums (the other is Reverse Thread) that Carter has produced after receiving the prestigious MacArthur “Genius” Award for her work in jazz.

She recalls receiving the 2006 award with humor.

“I got the call very early in the morning, so the first thing I thought was that somebody was calling for some money,” she said.

“But it turned out to be a real surprise.”

Carter says the $600,000 prize allowed her to explore the jazz, African and American folk genres more deeply.

The stunning results are songs on Southern Comfort like Miner’s Child, which evokes the raucous music sang by hillbillies up in the Appalachia Mountains around 1910. Cornbread Crumbled in Gravy is a lush lullaby meant, it seems, to tempt a baby into sleep.

It is a drowsy dirge evocative of the reluctant departure of a loved one or, maybe, the mournfulness slaves must at times felt.

Other songs, like Shoo-Rye and Trampin’ speak of confidence and courage, and serve also as statements of braggadocio and boisterousness—the cultural and capitalistic beginnings of a certain American way.

Carter’s pose as she performs violin is stately, giving insight to her intellectual precision and comprehensive understanding of how a common music can be made so grand.

The music she creates or interprets persistently flirts with the best of American cultural achievement—and, at times, is transcendent. As such, Carter’s work earns a place among the best of what we enjoy about other uniquely organic American artists like Aaron Copland, Ella Fitzgerald, Augusta Savage or Tennessee Williams.

Carter’s efforts over the years have matured as she has earnestly searched for finding clarity and wisdom through her art.

“When I was young, I just wanted be a star…you know, a household name,” she said. “Now, I just want to be honest in my work. I want to get out of my own way and give people what is the best in me. And I want to find my way into people. Right now, I am just glad to be able to make a living doing what I do best.”

Regina Carter performs at Sanders Theater Oct. 17. (David Katzenstein photo)

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Du Bois fete celebrates excellence in arts, politics Colette Greenstein It was a celebration of excellence—specifically black excellence—in art and politics at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge on September 30. For the second year, Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research presented the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal

to eight individuals who have excelled and who are trailblazers in their respective fields.

The Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s highest honor in the field of African and African American Studies and has been awarded since 2000 to individuals in the U.S. and around the world in recognition of their contributions to African American culture.

This year’s honorees included a who’s who in the world of art, literature, design and politics. The stellar line-up included architect David Adjaye; artist and humanitarian Harry Belafonte; U.S. Representative John Lewis; filmmaker Steve McQueen; television producer and writer Shonda Rhimes; The Weinstein Company co-chairman, Harvey Weinstein;

TV producer/writer Shonda Rhimes walks past presenters and fellow honorees to accept her Du Bois Medal. (Tony Rinaldo photo)

Oprah Winfrey; and poet and author Maya Angelou, who was honored posthumously.

Just as highly regarded were the presenters: author and Harvard University professor Jamaica Kincaid; American Repertory Theater’s artistic director Diane Paulus; and Governor Deval Patrick.

Patrick presented the first award, to U.S. representative John Lewis, who was a 2013 honoree but was unable to attend due to the federal government shutdown last year. In his remarks about Lewis, Governor Patrick said, “We’re hungry for moral leadership.” Lewis has gained a lot of capital, Patrick said, and “it’s the spending of accumulative capital that moves things forward,” and Lewis has done that.

“All I tried to do is help out,” was Lewis’ humble response on receiving the award.

Jamaica Kincaid, who presented the Du Bois Medal in honor of Maya Angelou, called Angelou “bold and brave” and said, “she was our gift.” Winfrey accepted on behalf of her ‘sister friend’ and said that Angelou, who spoke six languages, “was most fluent in the poetry of humanity.”

Architect and Harvard educator Mohsen Mostafavi presented the medal to British architect David Adjaye, whose buildings he described as “alive with color, light, and depth.” Adjaye, who was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to architecture in 2007, was commissioned to design the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum for African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., which is expected to open in 2016.

In his remarks before introducing 12 Years a Slave filmmaker Steve McQueen, Harvard’s William Julius Wilson made the connection between Solomon Northup and Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri, and stating that a person can be “thrown into bondage or shot

dead because of his black skin.”

Steve McQueen, who humbly accepted his award, said that for him, movies are about creating debate and that his commitment is “to not let the dust settle.”

One of the most enthusiastic presenters of the evening was Lawrence D. Bobo, Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies, who had the honor of presenting the Du Bois Medal to Shonda Rhimes, creator of ABC ’s Scandal. In his introduction, Bobo said that Rhimes has brought “sophistication, depth and fullness to African American characters.” Once Rhimes hit the podium, although brief, she said that she didn’t “think it was remarkable that television looked like the rest of the world.” She was raised by people who told her that her only limits were her imagination, and concluded her acceptance speech by saying “I’m just getting started.”

Rounding out the awards ceremony was the woman of the hour and whom everyone was waiting for, Oprah Winfrey. Harvard University’s President Drew Gilpin Faust presented the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to Winfrey for her “unmatched and exemplary contributions.” During her acceptance speech, Winfrey said that when she first began in television she was just happy to have a job. Now, she asks herself, “How can I use television to inform them, to engage them, to bring little pieces of light into their lives?” “How can I be used?” and “How can I use my life as a constant expression of art?” She now knows the answers to those questions because, as she said upon receiving the award, “I’m on the right path.”

The evening ended the way it began, with celebration in song and words from Harvard University’s Reverend Jonathan L. Walton, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, and the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College.

Gigantic Gospel Concert Sunday October 12, 2014 at 4 p.m.

Global Ministries Christian Church | 670 Washington St., Dorchester, Mass.

Featuring: Tommy Ellison’s Legendary Singing Stars, Big James Barrett & The Golden Jubilees, Little Sammy & The New Flying Clouds, The Golden Stars and many others.

Tickets $20 and $25.

For all info call Jeannette Farrell @ 617.298.1906.

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COMMUNITY Calendar Thursday October 9 Much Ado About Nothing Actors from the London Stage presents Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.

Presented in their signature minimalist style, the troupe delights with their verbal, physical and theatrical dexterity. October 9-11 at 7pm. Diana Chapman Walsh Auditorium of Alumnae Hall, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley. FREE — Open to the public — No Reservations Necessary.

Friday October 10 9th Annual HONK! Festival Time to mark the calendar for the ninth annual HONK! Festival (www.honkfest.org) which will take place from October 10-12 throughout the neighborhoods of Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston. Founded in 2006 in Davis Square by members of the Somerville-based Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band (www.sec ondlinebrassband.org), HONK! is a rousing socio-political music spectacle which features social activist street bands from all over who come together to share their different approaches to merry making while also instigating positive change in their communities. Free and open to all. For more information visit: honkfest. org/2014-festival.

Sunday October 12 Performance: The Oven The premiere of a monologue written by author and Amherst College Professor Ilan Stavans and directed by Matthew Glassman about Stavans’ life-changing experience using hallucinogenics during a shamanic religious ritual in Colombia. 2pm, the Yiddish Book Center, at 1021 West St., Amherst, Mass.

For more information or to purchase tickets ($6-10), call 413256-4900 or visit www.yiddish bookcenter.org/events.

Upcoming Racism and Violence on Communities of Color In light of the events in Ferguson, MO. this summer, the Dudley, Grove Hall, and Mattapan Library Branches will be hosting a series of programs that aim to engage the community on current issues of racism and violence on communities of color through art, music, film, literature. Discussions will be led by community activists and organizations addressing these issues.

Join us for this relevant and pressing discussion. Thursday, October 16, 6pm, Grove Hall Branch, 41 Geneva Ave., Dorchester, Film: Fruitvale Station screening and community discussion. Thursday, October 23, 6pm, Mattapan Branch, 1350 Blue Hill Ave., Film: Fruitvale Station screening and community discussion.

Blue Hills Reservation Walk Moderate walk, some hills.

Walk a 4 mile loop around Ponkapoag Pond on the green dot trail.

Saturday, October 18, 1pm.

Meet at the Ponkapoag Golf Course parking lot At 2167 Washington St. in Canton. The Southeast 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: EASY (mostly level terrain), MODERATE (hilly terrain), DIFFICULT (strenuous & steep).

Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites or car pools to sites within the Blue Hills Reservation. The rangers recommend wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.

Preserving the Harvest Do you want to enjoy the flavors of summer all winter long? Join Boston Natural Areas Network at the Uphams Corner Branch to learn how to can, pickle, and store vegetables. You’ll leave with your own jar of pickled veggies.

Saturday, October 18, 11am - 12:30pm. Supplies are limited and pre-registration is required.

Maximum of 24 participants. To register, please visit the branch or call Elise at 617-265-0139. www. bpl.org. Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library, 500 Columbia Road.

Blue Hills Reservation Walk Moderate walk some hills.

Walk a 3.5 mile green dot loop around Great Blue Hill. Sunday, October 19, 1pm. Meet at the Trailside Museum north parking lot at 1904 Canton Ave. in Milton.

The Southeast 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: EASY (mostly level terrain), MODERATE (hilly terrain), DIFFICULT (strenuous & steep). Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites or car pools to sites within the Blue Hills Reservation.

The rangers recommend wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.

Fall Pumpkin Festival Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced the free and fun Fall Pumpkin Festival coming to the Boston Common Frog Pond on Sunday, October 19, from 4:306:30pm. Attendees are asked to bring 8-inch or smaller carved pumpkins that will be lit and then floated on the Frog Pond for a thrilling early evening display. In addition, local organizations have been invited to carve jack-o’lanterns to put on display at the event. Children are also encouraged to decorate luminary bags which will line the edge of the Frog

Pond. This event is presented by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with the Skating Club of Boston with additional support provided by Mass Farmers Markets, Boston Cares, Magic 106.7, and the Friends of the Public Garden and Boston Common. Spooky science activities presented by the Parks Department’s ParkSCIENCE program will include the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Plantmobile, Boston’s Best Bee Company, and Halloween giveaways.

All pumpkins will be donated to Boston Natural Areas Network after the event for high quality city composting. Attendees of all ages are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes and participate in a parade around the Frog Pond.

The free family-friendly event will include dazzling magic and a giant bubble show by “Bubble Man” Jim Dichter. For more information, please call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505, visit www.facebook.com/bostonparks department or www.cityofboston. gov/parks.

Community Open House Sunday, October 19, 10am4pm. A full day of free events for visitors of all ages, including a performance by author and story performer Mark Binder at 10:30am; the opening of the visiting exhibit Felix Lembersky: Soviet Form, Jewish Context, featuring a talk by the artist’s granddaughter, Yelena Lembersky, at 11:30am; and a performance by the klezmer fusion band Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi at 2pm. The day also includes a welcome from Aaron Lansky, the Yiddish Book Center’s founder and president, at 1:30pm, and guided tours of the Center at 11am and 1pm.

The Yiddish Book Center, at 102 1 West St., Amherst, Mass. For more information, call 413-2564900 or visit www.yiddishbook center.org/events.

The Magic Dreidel Performance: The Magic Dreidel: A Chanukah Celebration with The Grumbling Gryphons, Sunday, December 14, at 2pm.

The renowned traveling children’s

theater group The Grumbling Gryphons with an engaging musical performance for all ages. the Yiddish Book Center, at 1021 West St., Amherst, Mass. For more information or to purchase tickets ($3-8), call 413-256-4900 or visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org/ events.

Ongoing A Misunderstanding Through November 26, The Multicultural Arts Center will be hosting an exhibition curated

by Latin Art Space presenting 11 Cuban artists in an exhibition entitled A Misunderstanding.

Each artist participating brings their own unique style to speak about one common topic, misunderstandings and perceptions of “the other” and how we can break down those barriers. The exhibition opens with this piece by Ibrahim Miranda, Dumbo And The Candies, A Misunderstanding. It speaks of the perceived misunderstandings that routinely occur in our everyday lives. Choco (Eduardo Roca), considered one of Cuba’s greatest printmakers, will be one of the featured artists in A Misunderstanding. Among other techniques used to represent the idea of “a misunderstanding” are metal work, wood work, screen prints, engravings, and a plethora of mixed media. An eclectic and informative collection of pieces, this exhibition not only presents a beautiful display of work, but also a chance to open our minds to concept that is both foreign and close to home for everyone. FREE and open to the public. Regular Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10:30am-6pm. At Multicultural Arts Center, Upper Gallery 41 2nd St., Cambridge, www.multicultur alartscenter.org/galleries.

Alex Gerasev’s Short Stories Through December 2, The Multicultural Arts Center will be hosting Alex Gerasev’s exhibition Short Stories. Gerasev grew up and received his art education in Russia and is now living in Boston. The inspiration for Gerasev’s imagery comes from everyday life, watching real people in

the real world, despite the whimsy they portray at first glance. It is as though you step into a fantastical world that somehow seems familiar enough to nod your head in agreement. Aside from printmaking, Gerasev also works in painting and graphic design. FREE and open to the public. Regular Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10:30am-6pm. At Multicultural Arts Center, Upper Gallery 41 2nd St., Cambridge, www.multicultur alartscenter.org/galleries.

West African Drum class Master Senegalese drummer Mamadou Lynx Ndjaye teaches all level of Djembe drumming.

T h u r s d a y s from 7:30-9pm.

English High School, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain. Contact: 617359-1552

Toddler Drum Circle Toddler Drum Circle series with Cornell Coley will run every Saturday during the school year. 9:30-10:30am. Songs, stories, puppets, drumming and cultural info! Ages 1–4 yrs old!

Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St., Jamaica Plain.

Contact: Cornell Coley www.afro latin.net 617-298-1790 cc@afrola tin.net. Cost: $8, $5 for sibling.

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Music as an integral part of education at Park School

Janice Allen Music reverberates throughout Park School’s halls and pulsates through the academic calendar with three major performances— Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day in November, Yule Festival in December, and May Day on the first Friday of May. But there’s an amazing amount of learning that leads up to show time!

Park’s youngest students are frequent visitors to the music rooms. Pre-K has music four times a week in 20-minute sessions and Kindergarteners attend three times per week. Students in first through ninth grades have two 45-minute periods dedicated to music instruction.

Park’s four music teachers, all professional musicians, demand— and get—a lot out of their students. Betty Hillmon, Janice Allen, Scott Sandvik, and Mark Vialva approach their own music with intensity and expect their students to follow their lead.

“The four of us are very serious about music and the kids pick up on that,” Department Head Betty Hillmon explains. She is a cellist who conducts the Boston CityWide String Orchestra and plays in the Quincy Symphony Orchestra, as well as in solo recitals. Betty, a Dorchester resident, has been teaching at Park since 1991.

Park’s music curriculum is based on the Kodály Method, an approach to music education developed in Hungary and now used throughout the world. In the Kodály Method, young children

are introduced to complex musical concepts in a developmentally-appropriate sequence though listening, singing, and movement.

Park’s music teachers consider young children’s growing abilities in determining the curriculum.

Pre-K and kindergarten students sing simple songs with a one-octave range and short phrases, but lessons also include poetry, dance, drama, and composition.

As the students advance through the grades, their music becomes more sophisticated.

Third graders delve into percussion instruments and begin to play the soprano recorder. In keeping with the Kodály pedagogy, Park’s music teachers add notation and writing skills to their lessons. To complement their knowledge of instruments and familiarity with different styles of music, fourth

and fifth graders attend a Boston Symphony Orchestra youth concert at Symphony Hall and are treated to special in-school performances by guest artists such as African drummers, Japanese koto players, and chamber musicians.

By the time students have had eight years of instruction, they are ready to hone their performance skills. Eighth and ninth graders apply elements of music theory learned in previous years in one of four electives: chorus, percussion ensemble, jazz band, and acoustic guitar ensemble.

All 560 students, ages 4 to 15, perform at Yule Festival, which is a triumphal celebration demonstrating Park School’s values of inclusivity and diversity, culminating with a rousing rendition of “Children Go Where I Send Thee.”

Park is one of the few schools

with the courage to represent so many different religious traditions in a non-sectarian space. The school distinguishes between songs that are about a particular faith and songs of worship that would be sung in a religious ceremony.

“The music should recognize, but not affirm, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any other religion,” Hillmon explains.

The readings are taken directly from different holy texts and include many personal touches such as a Muslim student reading from the Koran, or a Taiwanese math teacher reading a Buddhist prayer in Mandarin.

“I love the whole idea of Yule Festival because this program is where we hear and learn through song, dance, and spoken word about the many cultures that make up the Park School family,” Hillmon says.

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Roxbury Latin strives to prepare its students not only for college, but also for life Standing in front of an audience of over 300 spectators, Dorchester resident Derek DaSilva declaims a passage of Latin—Cicero’s Oration against Catiline—with flawless pronunciation and dramatic conviction.

Derek’s performance (and subsequent victory) in this public speaking competition known as Exelauno Day is just one of many opportunities Derek has sought out, enjoyed, and achieved success in during his time at The Roxbury Latin School.

Roxbury Latin, located in West Roxbury and an easy ten-minute commute from Forest Hills, is a school of roughly 300 boys in grades 7 – 12 that strives to prepare its students not only for college, but also—more importantly—for life.

The school prides itself on a rigorous academic program that challenges boys to think deeply about the material they are studying, while providing opportunities to explore programs in sports, music, drama, community service, public speaking, debate, Model United Nations, and student publications. At the same time, boys RL, continued to page 30

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My SISTERS: Reflections from a Winsor alumna “Calling All Sisters.” The title of an email written to the women of color in my life.

“I’ve been ‘the only’ or ‘one of the only’ in a lot of spaces lately,” I write. “I just need people to talk to whom I love and trust, who understand where I come from.”

“I need my sisters.”

The response is immediate, emphatic. Emails pour in. Without hesitation, my sisters step forward to meet the need, to quench the thirst we have always shared.

Although the community I knew as the Winsor School’s Mentoring Program formally changed its name to SISTERS in 2008, I was still a student when the transition began. We used the phrase “Sharing Individual Stories Through Everyone’s Roots” at our End-of-Year Celebration in 2006, the 10th anniversary of the organization’s founding in 1996. Yet the true roots of our tradition are much older.

Jacqueline Arrington P’85, a founding faculty member and Winsor’s former director of health services, traces the unofficial genesis of Mentoring/SISTERS to the 1981–’82 academic year. Her daughter Courtney Arrington ’85 spent her first years at Winsor as one of two black

students in the entire Lower School. When Courtney began in freshman year, Mrs. Arrington began meeting with the mothers of other black students to talk informally about their daughters’ experiences at Winsor. These gatherings held the essential core of the Mentoring Program and of SISTERS: that students of color at Winsor have a different experience than that of their peers— and need a space to talk about that experience.

Within a few days of my email, I trade messages with Ashleigh Coren, Class of ’03. She and Naomi Ryan ’03 have become an informal support group for me, providing mentoring and friendship as I navigate my first years beyond college. Their instinctive grasp of my experience comforts me as much as their company does. They have survived. I will too.

A week later, I sit down for coffee with Maura Mathieu ’06.

As I fill her in on my first interracial relationship, I remember when we first met in Class V, remember sitting beside her on the JV soccer bus as she told me she was biracial. I feel anew the relief of not having to explain the reasons for my joys, my hopes, my fears for this new love.

Angela Coombs ’06 writes to propose a girls’ night for those of us still in Boston, and I recall her and Kelly Tellis-Warren ’06

visiting me in college, how viscerally grateful I was to talk candidly with people who understood me—had it been months

or only weeks since one of my freshman roommates revealed she had never met a black person before, turning a routine dinner

into an exhaustive Q&A about me and my race?

Maia Monteagudo ’06 emails me repeatedly, persistently to

catch up, and we plot ways to connect Mentoring/ SISTERS alumnae and current students.

She recounts her visit to Winsor’s Latina affinity group, a group our generation never had enough Latinas to found, and for a moment we’re back in Lower School, earnestly discussing plans to change the school with our diversity work, still working towards the same revolution.

These women fill, color, and make my connection to Winsor whole. Their words fill my inbox with their own hard times and resilience, with the voices and victories of the marginalized, with recommendations of artists of color that feed our hearts and minds. They reflect me—my interests, passions and concerns—in a world that tends neither to see nor to look like me. They mirror. They support.

They reinforce. They inspire.

They are my sisters.

Note: Writer Weslie Turner is a 2006 graduate of the Winsor School in Boston and went on to graduate from Harvard University in 2010 with a B.A. in history and literature. She originally wrote this story for the Winsor alumnae magazine in Spring 2014.

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are individually known and loved through the school’s formal advisor system and the numerous informal interactions between teachers and students that are the trademark of a small school.

Derek is a senior at Roxbury Latin, and during his time at the school he has taken full advantage of the academic and extracurricular opportunities that have been offered to him. Since his arrival in seventh grade, Derek has taken a demanding course load and has consistently earned high honors grades (As and Bs). In the past two years, he has enjoyed AP courses in Statistics and Calculus as well as Honors courses in Chemistry and Biology—and met the challenges that have come with them.

But his true passion is the study of languages. An excellent Latin

and forward for the varsity soccer team, while his skill as a sprinter and jumper was significant to the success of the varsity track and field team (which won the New England Class C championship for the fourth year in a row this past spring).

Beyond athletics, Derek has also made his mark on Roxbury Latin’s choral and Model United Nation programs. As vice president of the Glee Club, he is recognized for his singing ability as well as his leadership qualities. Participating in Model UN, Derek joined other high school kids in Washington, D.C., twice in the past two years to study world affairs and how the United Nations addresses international issues. Building on his Exelauno Day experience, he views his participation in Model UN as an important step to becoming an effective public speaker.

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The school prides itself on a rigorous academic program that challenges boys to think deeply about the material they are studying, while providing opportunities to explore programs in sports, music, drama, community service, public speaking, debate, Model United Nations, and student publications and French student, Derek completed four years of Latin and is now enrolled in his fifth year of French.

“I have been lucky to have exceptional teachers who have instilled in me a real appreciation for the language, history, and culture of the Ancient Romans and the French,” notes Derek.

Having traveled to France on the school’s immersion trip during the summer of 2013 and successfully completed the AP French course last year as a junior, Derek intends to use his knowledge and command of the French language in his future studies and work.

Derek admits that his academic achievements did not come easily.

“I was used to being at the top of my class at my old school, but at RL all the students are smart and determined,” he says.

Once he became acclimated to the rigor of his new school, however, Derek realized that with hard work and a positive attitude he could perform at the same level as he had at his former school.

He readily admits that the transition was made significantly easier thanks to the people at Roxbury Latin.

“I noticed that the teachers are different,” he explains. “They care about their students and want them to excel, and are willing to take time out of their day to help students that are struggling.”

Derek acknowledges that his fellow students have also been key to his successful transition, noting, “We work hard and push ourselves, but we also have fun and laugh. We actually like going to school each day. That’s something you won’t hear from every schoolboy.”

Beyond the classroom, Derek has also been a star contributor in extracurricular activities at Roxbury Latin. He plays midfield

seniors to lead a monthly character education seminar for seventh grade boys at the school.

“I am excited to give back to the new boys by offering my experiences and thoughts on subjects like honesty, respect, and sportsmanship,” he notes.

This isn’t the first time that Derek has given back to younger generations. As a Steppingstone scholar (Steppingstone is a 14-month program designed to prepare City of Boston students for exam and independent schools), Derek understands how important it is to have inspiring, motivational mentors. When Derek had the opportunity to give back as a teaching assistant during the summer program at Steppingstone, he jumped at the chance.

“The experience brought me full circle and reminded me how impactful my early days at Steppingstone were,” says Derek.

Derek has big plans for his future and looks forward to sorting out where he will attend college next year. Derek was selected to participate in the LEAD business program this past summer, held at Duke University. The experience gave him a taste of what life will be like in college and galvanized his aspirations to seek out a top-notch school.

Derek’s dreams for the future and devotion to a wide range of school and community activities are actually common among boys at Roxbury Latin. The school’s emphasis on service helps boys realize that there is more to life than one’s own pursuits.

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Boston students prepare for college success Across Boston, students are back in school and thinking about their academic futures. Anshi Moreno, a Roxbury resident and student at The Winsor School, is determined to be the first person in her family to earn a college degree. This fall, she’ll be busy preparing applications to schools like Harvard, Brown and Amherst.

Anshi’s path to college started more than six years ago, when she first applied to the free summer and after-school program offered by The Steppingstone Academy.

Since 1990, Steppingstone has been preparing motivated students like Anshi to succeed at top independent and public exam schools as a pathway to college.

“Steppingstone changed my life course,” Anshi says. “I wouldn’t be at The Winsor School and applying to some of the top colleges in the country without the support I received from the program.”

Over 14 months, Anshi attended Steppingstone classes twice a week during the school year and for six weeks each summer. So when she entered Winsor in sixth grade, she was prepared for the school’s rigorous curriculum and high expectations.

“The skills I learned at Steppingstone helped me get ahead in sixth grade and stay ahead since

then,” says Anshi.

Now a high school senior, Anshi is busy juggling three sports, participating in the Youth Leadership Initiative at the Boston YWCA , and leading Somos, a Latina affinity group she founded last year.

“Steppingstone gave me a confidence boost and showed me early on what I can accomplish when I push myself,” she says.

During her years at Winsor, Anshi has continued to benefit from Steppingstone’s support.

College tours, discounted SAT classes, financial-aid guidance, individual advising, and tutoring represent just a few of the advantages available to Steppingstone Scholars.

As first-generation Americans who emigrated from Ecuador, Anshi and her parents have relied on these resources to make her goal of college graduation a reality.

“Many students already know things about applying to college from their parents. My family doesn’t have that knowledge, so we turn to Steppingstone to fill in the gaps,” she says.

Of the Steppingstone Scholars who complete the program, 99 percent graduate from high school, 91 percent enroll in a four-year college, and 80 percent

Anshi Moreno takes a break from her work as a teaching assistant at The Steppingstone Academy this summer.

(Jo Sittenfeld photo)

graduate with a bachelor’s degree within six years.

Steppingstone accepts

applications from motivated Boston students in grades four and five. Applications are due by

January 7, 2015. For more information, call 617-423-6300 or visit www.tsf.org/apply.

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Partners HealthCare and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers collaborate to provide workforce training at area health centers Life in a community health center is fast-paced and full of energy. The staff of a health center is truly its lifeblood and plays an essential role in keeping the community healthy. That’s why Partners HealthCare and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers are helping to ensure that health center personnel have the tools they need for professional development. The Integrated, Measurable, Process, Alignment, and Capacity-building Tools and Techniques (IMPACT) program supports health center staff in their continuous efforts to identify opportunities for enhancing patient experience, staff satisfaction, health care delivery, and organizational efficiency.

Over 20 health centers have participated in the IMPACT program to date, including the Bowdoin Street Health Center in Dorchester. The Bowdoin Street staff identified a challenge and appointed a team to tackle it with

the support of a program coach at the League.

Many of us have had the trying experience of playing phone tag when attempting to be in touch with the doctor’s office. At Bowdoin Street, lapses in commu-

disseminated to clinical staff.

Through their participation in the IMPACT program, the Bowdoin Street team was able to identify a lack of consistency and clarity in the transcription of patient messages.

Partners HealthCare and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (the League) are helping to ensure that health center personnel have the tools they need for professional development.

nication between its call center and clinicians had left both staff and patients feeling frustrated.

Taking on this common health care challenge, the IMPACT team conducted a comprehensive analysis of how patient messages were being transcribed and

“When we first started, everyone was on the same page about what we wanted to accomplish, but it was a much more complex project than we anticipated,” says Angel Valentin, Patient Service Representative of Bowdoin Street Health Center.

In the end, the team worked together to develop standardized phone scripts which help to elicit the information clinical staff need to effectively address and triage patient inquiries. Within five months the team achieved its first benchmark: 85 percent of messages forwarded from the call center to clinical staff required no further clarification. Says Angel: “Nothing changes overnight, but ultimately the training transformed our team’s way of doing things.”

By joining together in the training, employees had an opportunity to learn more about each other’s work and develop a better understanding of the role each person plays in providing patient care. The team at Bowdoin Street is now thinking creatively about how to apply their IMPACT skills to other challenges too.

“Everyone respects the time committed and invested in the training, so we want to ensure

that the positive changes continue,” says Philly Laptiste, Operations Manager of Bowdoin Street Health Center and sponsor of the training.

“The Bowdoin Street initiative is a great example of what we are trying to accomplish with the IMPACT program,” says Janice Brathwaite of the Mass League, and coach of the Bowdoin Street team. “Working with them was an amazing process; I could see firsthand how their internal communications transformed for the better.”

The support of Janice was essential for the team and its success.

“Having Janice available was really important, as was the support of Partners,” says Adela Margules, executive director of Bowdoin Street Health Center.

“Hospitals should continue providing this kind of support to community health centers.”

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that assists in the training of staff so that they learn to recognize, understand, and act on opportunities for continuous process improvement within their organization. That way, the changes and improvements made during the IMPACT program are not restricted to one challenge alone.

Participants are reminded to retain and reuse their skills as they go through their daily tasks, helping increase efficiency.

“The IMPACT program is a great asset for community health centers throughout the state,” says Matt Fishman, vice president of Community Health, Partners HealthCare. “We’re helping health centers make tremendous gains—enabling patients to spend more time with their healthcare providers, reducing wait times, improving safety, enhancing patient and employee satisfaction and removing avoidable costs. All of these things contribute to a healthier patient population, and, ultimately, a healthier community.”

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[students] for public service both in church and commonwealth in succeeding ages.”

He hoped to instill in students a desire to live serious lives of noble purpose characterized by a concern and respect for others. The Founder’s statement may have been written 369 years ago, but

it still expresses Roxbury Latin’s mission today. Derek DaSilva is a prime example of the many motivated and selfless boys, a diverse group, drawn from all over Boston, who proudly make up the Roxbury Latin community.

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African Union Commission chair discusses initiatives George White Ed. Note: As chair of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma directs the staff and the work of the African Union (AU), the alliance of nations on the continent.

In that role, Dr. Zuma—a physician manages AU initiatives on education, the environment, economic development and health.

She is currently overseeing the deployment of AU volunteers to help halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. In an exclusive interview with New America Media in Los Angeles, she talked about the fight to contain Ebola, media coverage of Africa and the continent’s progress on the United Nations’ global Millennium Development Goals.

Please comment on the U.S. government’s response to Ebola. As you know, the U.S. is using military personnel to set up medical facilities in affected countries.

It would be great if the U.S. and other developed countries did more to help improve the health facilities in those countries. They need treatment centers…they need laboratory-testing facilities, they need protective clothing and they need more transportation [capacity] and personnel.

H o w e v e r, w e n e e d h e l p beyond Ebola because we know now that a lot more people might die from illnesses that would not normally be fatal because there is so much focus on Ebola. Very few people in those countries are being treated for malaria or for injuries. We also need to strengthen the health systems in these countries so if there is another outbreak, there will be people ready to respond appropriately and quickly. We saw this kind of response when Nigeria addressed and contained its Ebola cases. Nigeria has strong institutions that mounted a strong public health response.

What about the role of the United Nations and the World Health Organization in this crisis and the future of health care in Africa?

The U.N. is now responding.

It’s late but better than never….

Everyone needs to up their game—particularly the World Health Organization and the U.N. because they have the global responsibility for outbreaks such as this. We also should not forget those who are on the ground who have been doing this work from Day One—the local health workers, the [African] governments, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and the Red Cross. We would like to

express our appreciation to all of them…and to all the countries outside of Africa that have helped.

I think the world should look at the overall health situation in African nations. We are saying there should be universal health care for everyone in our countries. But some donor organizations think this is not very important for development and we think that is wrong…. We think universal health care is very important.

Of course, it won’t happen overnight but it has to be established as we grow and develop.

Ebola has shown that you are going to get more than health effects from the outbreak; you’re also going to get social effects.

Even more important, there are going to be economic effects if efforts to stop the outbreak fail—ships not docking to take material in and take material out, mines and factories closing or working at low levels and farmland not being worked….

Health and education are the most important investments for economic growth; but this eludes some donors and some [government] ministers of finance.

The African Union Commission had planned to host a forum for African immigrant media in the U.S. and African-American media to discuss the coverage of development issues at the recent U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington D.C. It was cancelled but the AUC has indicated that it still hopes to host such a meeting. Why is such a gathering needed?

I think it’s very important because we have seen that the coverage produced by media outside of Africa tends to be onestory line for a complex continent. Currently the storyline is Ebola and nothing else. In the past, the storyline was violent conflicts. It’s important for the media to tell the many stories that are there in Africa so that people can get a clearer indication of what is going on.

However, it is not likely we will get more balanced coverage from other people if we do not do it ourselves. That’s why we think it’s very important to encourage the journalists and communicators in the [African] diaspora to communicate what is going on in Africa. We’re not trying to hide anything or minimize anything but we want to tell all our stories because we have very good stories to tell. We know there are stories about difficulties but we also want other kinds of stories told.

Can you talk about your work on energy and global warming?

There’s a lot of activity around energy because we realize it’s needed if we are to industrialize

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However, we have decided that even though we have enough fossil fuels to generate energy, we want to take advantage new green technology and get a proper mix that will be both fossil fuels and renewable energy.

Africa is the continent that will suffer the most disproportionate impact of global warming because the continent is the smallest polluter. We must mitigate and adapt…. With our huge tropical forests, Africa is the second lung of the world…and the Amazon is other major lung. We have to preserve these forests for ourselves and for the world.

The developed countries have to come to the table. Hopefully, in Paris next year, there will be a binding international agreement on emissions.

The U.N. in 2000 created global Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on health, education, environmental sustainability and gender equality—objectives countries will be graded on in 2015.

What will be the grades on the report cards of African nations?

Africa may not meet all the

MDG goals…but Africa has made

the greatest effort and has had the greatest improvement. In education, for example, a lot of the goals have nearly been reached.

There are a lot more girls going to school. We have a campaign to keep the girls in school as long as possible because if we can keep them in school, they don’t get married early and they don’t get pregnant early.

Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma As for the empowerment and participation of women, I think we are making real progress. There are a lot of women in [African] parliaments. The level in Rwanda has reached 64%, which is the world’s highest. Others, such as Seychelles and South Africa, have levels hovering in the 40s and 50s.

Parliament is a high-profile institution and these women are role models for other young women.

We are also beginning to see chief

justices that are women and governors that are women.

What are the goals for the remainder of your term as head of the African Union Commission?

One of them is to help young people get the skills—especially in the areas of STEM [science, technology, engineering and math]—to create a skills revolution on the continent.

The other area is infrastructure. We would like to work toward an Africa that is one economic market and one aviation market because that will increase the number of internal flights within the continent so that we can be better connected and integrated. We also want to see the beginnings of real connections between our capitals and our commercial centers through rail, especially high-speed rail.

We’re working toward eventually achieving a continental freetrade area. Even though this may not be achieved during my term, I can help plant the seeds of economic integration and see them grow when I’m gone.

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initiative of Whittier’s since its inception in 2013. BHEP stratifies patients according to the severity of their condition and provides services through multidisciplinary teams of health care professionals to include physicians, nurses, nutritionists, case managers, licensed therapists, community health workers and many others. The $230k grant from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services will support BHEP in promoting disease prevention and utilizing best practices to provide integrated care which supports all the needs of the patient, not just one aspect.

Katherine Butler Jones honored at “Let’s Celebrate” Massachusetts Advocates for Children’s 45th Anniversary Celebration Massachusetts Advocates for Children, one of the Commonwealth’s leading advocacy organizations for children, is honoring one of the Commonwealth’s leading citizen advocates, Newton resident Dr. Katherine Butler Jones. Dr. Jones will be lauded by friends, family and

INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.

DESCRIPTION

DATE

TIME

WRA-3930

Crystal Reports License(s) and Support

10/20/14

11:00 a.m.

WRA-3928

Purchase of Two (2) Terex Trailer Mounted Towers or Equal (per Specifications)

10/21/14

12:00 p.m.

WRA-3927

Supply and Delivery of Ferric Chloride to Deer Island Treatment Plant and Clinton Wastewater Treatment Plant

10/22/14

2:00 p.m.

To access and bid please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. M394-C3, CONLEY TERMINAL DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR & BUFFER OPEN SPACE – PHASE 2, SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 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 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014.

The work includes CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PAVED ACCESS ROAD MEASURING APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND FEET (2,000’) INCLUDING A FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE FOOT (475’) LONG, TEN SPAN, PILE SUPPORTED BRIDGE OVER THE BOSTON HARBOR RESERVED CHANNEL; AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 4.4 ACRE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. THE PROJECT SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES SITE PREPARATION AND STRUCTURE DEMOLITION; EXCAVATION AND EMBANKMENT; MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED SOILS; HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION; SEAWALL REPLACEMENT; WARM MIX ASPHALT AND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT; GRANITE CURBING; CLOSED DRAINAGE INCLUDING STORMWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS, INFILTRATION CHAMBERS AND NEW OUTFALLS TO BOSTON HARBOR; ROADWAY AND SITE LIGHTING; SANITARY SEWER, WATER, ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE; SECURITY FENCING AND CAMERAS; LANDSCAPING AND URBAN DESIGN ELEMENTS; ORNAMENTAL FENCING AND GATES; IRRIGATION; SIGNAGE; AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 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.

The estimated contract cost is $22,500,000.

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 FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than EIGHT PERCENT (8.0%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business

colleagues for her longtime passion—fighting for the rights of vulnerable children and families.

Massachusetts Advocates for Children kicks off its 45th anniversary, “Let’s Celebrate”, with an award ceremony and fundraising event at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 23 at Venue 13, located in the Law Offices of Bingham McCutchen, LLP, One Federal St. in Boston.

Massachusetts Advocates for Children began 45 years ago when founder Hubie Jones’ Task Force on Children Out of School uncovered the scandal of more than 10,000 children whowere pushed out and excluded from the Boston Public Schools, most because they did not speak English, and many who had disabilities and were misdiagnosed, warehoused,

stigmatized and educationally languishing in separate classrooms.

Since that day the organization has championed equal educational and life opportunities for children, in Boston and across the state. Dr. Jones, an author, playwright, educator, historian and social activist, was selected as this year’s honoree because her lifetime commitment to activism and advocacy intertwines with Massachusetts Advocates for Children’s commitment to advocating for children who are vulnerable because of poverty, race, limited English or disability. Fifty years ago, Dr. Jones played a leadership role in the desegregation movement in Boston, helping to form the Roxbury/ Newton Freedom School and the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO). She

enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in Article 84 of the 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 INVITATION FOR BIDS The Brookline Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids from general contractors for Playground Renovations at High St. Veterans Apartments, in Brookline, Massachusetts, in accordance with documents prepared by DeVellis Zrein Inc. The project includes site preparation, playground equipment, poured-in-place playground surfacing, paving, and site furnishings. Construction costs are estimated to be $95,000.00.

Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.30 §39M and to minimum wage rates as required by M.G.L. c.149 §26 to §27H inclusive and to Federal Davis Bacon wage rates and the higher of the two rates shall be paid.

THIS PROJECT IS BEING ELECTRONICALLY BID AND HARD COPY BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please review the instructions in the bid documents on how to register as an electronic bidder. The bids are to be prepared and submitted at www.biddocsonline.com. Tutorials and instructions on how to complete the electronic bid documents are available online (click on the “Tutorial” tab at the bottom footer).

General Bids will be received until 2:00 PM, on Thursday, October 30, 2014, and publicly opened online forthwith.

All Bids shall be submitted online at www.biddocsonline.com no later than the date and time specified above.

General Bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not less than five percent (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates) and made payable to the Brookline Housing Authority.

Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pick up at www. biddocsonline.com (may be viewed electronically and hard copy requested) or at Nashoba Blue, Inc. at 433 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749 (978-5681167). There is a plan deposit of $25.00 per set (maximum 2 sets) payable to BidDocs Online Inc. Deposits may be electronically paid or must be a certified or cashier’s check. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within 30 days of receipt of general bids. Otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority. Additional sets may be purchased for $25.00 Bidders requesting Contract Documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate check for $40.00 per set for UPS Ground (or $65.00 per set for UPS Overnight), payable to BidDocs Online Inc., to cover mail handling costs.

The work performed under this contract is funded through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and is subject to all provisions and regulations issued pursuant to this act.

The job site will be available for inspection at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Meet at the rear of 194 Chestnut Street Brookline, MA. For information contact Akil Alexander at 617-608-3324 or aalexander@ brooklinehousing.org.

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. B91CN12, EMERGENCY BRIDGE

was the first director of Newton METCO , the school district that educated the largest number of Boston school children of color, and later, she was the first African American elected to the Newton School Committee. Dr. Jones also served on the Board of Directors of the Family Service Association, and presently serves on the Board of Overseers for the Huntington Theatre. The Honorable Mayor Setti Warren of Newton will speak to Dr. Jones’ legacy of promoting equal opportunity in the Newton community. “We will celebrate Katherine’s rich and varied life adventures.

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REPAIR SYSTEM WIDE (CLASS 1 - GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION and CLASS 4A – BRIDGES/STEEL STRUCTURE; CLASS 4B – BRIDGES/ CONCRETE STRUCTURE, PROJECT VALUE - $4,531,130.00), can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on November 5, 2014.

Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.

Work consists of: The work to be done under this contract consists of providing professionals, labor, materials, and equipment to perform condition assessment, construct, and complete emergency bridge repair work within a specified construction schedule. Emergency bridge repair work is defined as work that is of an emergency nature and requires immediate attention and corrective action, as determined by the MBTA. Emergency repair work will be classified as ‘Type A’ or ‘Type B’.

Type A emergency repairs are defined as conditions pose imminent safety concerns, and/or immediately impact the operation of railroad, transit, MBTA busing, or vehicular or pedestrian traffic over or under MBTA property as determined by the MBTA. Type B emergency repairs are defined as conditions, that if not addressed within a specific period of time, defined by the MBTA, pose a safety concern or impact the above referenced MBTA operation.

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. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of 7 percent.

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 October 3, 2014 Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P2233EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Joel Phillips Date of Death: 12/20/1971 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Nathaniel Craigmiles of Roxbury, 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 Nathaniel Craigmiles of Roxbury, 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 10/23/2014. 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: September 17, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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

Docket No. SU14D1938DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Gayle Harris

vs.

Melvin Love

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: Gayle Harris, 249 Lexington St., E. Boston, MA 02128-1010 your answer, if any, on or before 12/04/2014. 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: September 19, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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8 apartments are subsidized under an MRVP Project-Based Subsidized program. There is an Emergency Assistance homeless shelter preference. Verification of shelter status must accompany application. There is NO minimum income required for MRVP apartments. All applicants will be entered into a lottery. If your income is below these limits you may apply for these MRVP Project-Based Voucher apartments Household Size 30% Income Limit 1 $19,770 $22,590 2 $25,410 3 $28,230 4 5 $30,510 6 $32,760 25 apartments are available under an Income-Based Tax Credit Program. If your income is below these limits you may apply for this program. There is a minimum income requirement.

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REAL ESTATE PROJECT MANAGER @ CODMAN SQUARE NDC The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp. (CSNDC) seeks an experienced and energetic Real Estate Project Manager to oversee development and construction of two or more multi-family projects, as well as pre-development activities for future pipeline residential and commercial projects.

Qualifications include: At least 3 years experience in real estate development or related fields; management, organizational, technical and teamwork skills; relevant bachelors or masters degree. Spanish or Haitian Creole language skills a plus.

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Please send cover letter and CV, before October 24th, 2014, to: Mark Dinaburg, CSNDC, 587 Washington St., Dorchester MA 02124, or email: mark@csndc.com.

C S ND C , a long-established community development corporation in the heart of Dorchester, is an equal opportunity employer.

Home Repair Specialist The Home Repair Specialist, reporting to the Senior Services Director, performs minor and emergency repairs to the homes of lower-income elderly residents in the target area. Repairs should enhance elderly residents’ health and safety and promote energy conservation, thus contributing to their independence and ability to remain in their communities.

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