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Globe attacks aid for Hub’s small business MB Miller Several Massachusetts public officials developed strategies to assist small business during the Great Recession. Their efforts undoubtedly contributed to the better economic performance in the state during a very challenging period.

However, the Boston Globe chose to ignore this achievement in order to level another attack against the Bay State Banner.

When the nation’s financial system collapsed in 2008, the primary focus of attention was to rescue big banks. The bank bailout, called the Troubled Asset

those businesses are unable to find the capital for growth.

Gov. Deval Patrick knows this.

He signed into law the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation in 2010. The MGCC operates much like a federal Small Business Administration, but on a state level.

The addition of state resources induced other financial institutions to become involved in a business project that would otherwise be “un-bankable.”

One of the first projects initiated by Steve Grossman when he became state treasurer was the Small Business Banking Partnership. He deposited $350 million

Commentary Relief Program (TARP), was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 3, 2008. However, the law originally aided only those banks considered to be “too big to fail.”

Barney Frank, the former congressman from Newton, was then Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. He knew that the banks serving Fortune 500 companies would benefit from TARP, but the smaller banks would fail, much to the detriment of the small business community.

Therefore, he amended the plan to provide much wider access to TARP aid.

Nonetheless, stricter rules by the bank regulators made it more difficult for small businesses to obtain bank loans. Yet, it is generally conceded by economists that small businesses are a substantial source of jobs. Unemployment is to be expected if

of state funds into 54 community banks, provided that the banks agree to make small business loans. This plan has resulted in almost 8,000 loans with a value of more than $1 billion.

Tom Menino, the former mayor of Boston, has always been concerned about business development in the city. The Boston Local Development Corporation was established years ago, primarily to provide working capital for small businesses.

The BLDC is a 501(c)(3) corporation with an independent board of trustees to approve applications for loans and the administration of outstanding debt. The management of the program is by the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

It is expected that most loan applicants would not be well received by the banks or other financial institutions. The BLDC is willing Globe, continued to page 18

On hand to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the newly-renovated Alvah Kittredge House in Roxbury (see p. 3) are state Rep. Byron Rushing, UMass Boston Professor Kwame Mark Freeman and Northeastern University Vice President for Public Affairs Bob Gittens.

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Legislature approves new neighborhood liquor licenses Yawu Miller Restaurateur Karen Henry-Garrett has nearly all the elements for success with her trendy Dot2Dot Cafe, which was voted Dorchester’s best restaurant in Boston Magazine.

But when the last of her lunch customers leaves, Henry-Garrett shuts the eatery down till the next day. Without a liquor license, Dot2Dot can hardly compete with other establishments on Dorchester Ave. “A liquor license would make a great difference,” Henry-Garrett said.

While liquor licenses — which can sell for as much as $500,000 when available — have long been

out-of-reach for many small startup restaurants, that will soon change as the first of the city’s new release of the licenses comes on board in September. The city will make available 25, with 20 reserved for neighborhood business districts like the Fields Corner/Ashmont area where Dot2Dot operates.

The new liquor licenses are part of an economic development bill passed by the Legislature that returns control of Boston’s Liquor Licensing Board to the city and increases the number of licenses available.

The city will release 25 new licenses a year for the next three years, with 60 of those licenses going to business districts in

Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Mission Hill, and Roxbury and are not transferable. If a restaurant closes or is sold, the licenses, which the city will sell for $2000, return to the city.

City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, who sponsored the city council ordinance for the new licenses, says her aim is to help breathe new life into struggling business districts.

“This is a game changer,” she said. “What I wanted to do is to address the contrast between neighborhoods that are saturated with liquor licenses and neighborhoods that are deserts.”

In the North End there are 99 liquor licenses. In Roxbury there licenses, continued to page 18

Activists urge president to reform immigration Nate Homan

Immigration activists rally at Copley Square before marching to the Boston Common last week. While the GOP-controlled Congress passed a measure that would have expedited deportations of child immigrants, Democrats are advocating evaluating immigrants on a case-by-case basis. (Banner photo)

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The tone on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. is distinctively different from the message sent by Massachusetts activists and politicians, who rallied on the Common and demanded a new, more compassionate nationwide approach to addressing the recent deluge of undocumented children arriving at the U.S. border.

The House of Representatives passed two anti-immigration bills on August 1 that would block President Barack Obama from taking ex-

ecutive action on immigration while expediting the deportation process.

The House bill, which passed 216192, seeks to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-backed program introduced during the summer heading into the 2012 election.

Congressman Mike Capuano said that the GOP bills were more political theater and posturing than actual legislative measures.

“This was nothing more than an attempt to send a political message to President Obama and the rally, continued to page 20

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Roxbury woman undeterred by design field discrimination Kassmin Williams Roxbury native Sydney Janey didn’t have plans to run her own graphic design business when she started her college education studying printmaking and American art history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2001.

However, by the time she wrapped up her education with a graphic design certificate from Massachusetts College of Art in 2008, she found herself doing just that with Sydney Janey Design.

Janey found work as a designer at publishing company Houghton Mifflin after graduating from UMass Amherst in 2004, and started graduate school at Mass. College of Art in 2005.

In 2007, Janey was laid off from her position with Houghton Mifflin. At the time, she was still attending graduate school.

Janey said she looked for work for a period of time, but had no luck due in part to the rocky state of the economy and also due to the lack of racial diversity in the design field in Boston.

“In Boston, there aren’t a lot of black people in the field of design, and with some of the larger firms you get a lot of ‘well, I don’t think you’ll fit into this environment,’ or ‘we don’t think you’ll be comfortable with the office dynamic here,’” Janey said.

“So once they saw me, because my name doesn’t always give me away, it was sort of like ‘you have great work, but we don’t know if you’ll fit into the social scene here’ kind of thing.”

After dealing with the challenges of looking for a permanent position, Janey decided to take on freelance design projects as she wrapped up grad school.

“When I finished up [at Mass.

College of Art], I started concentrating on trying to make goals and being on my own because I really liked working for myself,” Janey said.

Janey is a few years away from marking 10 years as a local business owner and in that time, Janey said she has had her share of challenges and accomplishments.

“There’s definitely been some major successes and it’s been great for networking and getting out there and meeting people.

My family is pretty huge for getting to know people beyond my last name, [it has been helpful],” Janey said. “But it’s also had its downside of doing work and not getting paid.”

One of Janey’s most recent successes was working with the Boston Globe and the Boston Association for Black Journalists for the National Association of Black Journalists’ 39th Annual Convention and Career Fair held in Boston on July 30. Janey said

she worked for months to help prepare for the National Association of Black Journalists’ reception and party.

Janey designed all of the graphics for the event including a slideshow that was presented at Fenway covering the history of black journalists dating back to the 1700s, she said.

“It was a lot, but it was very rewarding,” Janey said.

Janey believes that in some experiences her age, 33, and her gender have worked against her.

She told the story about a client she had about two years ago who refused to pay her for a rebranding project she completed after receiving the invoice.

“He called me into his office to tell me he needed to school me on the way of business because the way I’m conducting my business isn’t proper. [He said] he wasn’t going to pay the invoice and I’m lucky that he’s even taking the time to explain this to me,” Janey said. “And [he said] because I work in a home office it was ridiculous for me to ask this much and he asked me do I think my work is even worth this much?”

Janey said the conversation could have been different if she was a man.

To cope with the rollercoaster ride of entrepreneurship, Janey said she views all her experiences, good and bad, as lessons.

When Roxbury native Sydney Janey lost her job in 2005, she took on freelance projects that lead her to start her own business as a graphic designer. (Photo credit: Sydney Janey Design) Along with running Sydney Janey Design, Janey has also made it a priority to remain involved in the community.

Janey is a member of the Ward 12 Democratic Committee, a member of design organization AIGA Boston and a part of Youth Design, a program that

focuses on addressing the socioeconomic needs of urban youth by teaching them design skills.

Janey credits her philanthropic spirit to her family who she said has deep ties in Roxbury.

“It’s just been second nature to be caring about the community I was born into,” Janey said.

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Neighbors turn out to view Kittredge House restoration Yawu Miller For the more than 200 people who turned out for the ribbon cutting on the Alva Kittredge House in Roxbury’s Highland Park section, the event was somewhat of a homecoming — not just for longtime Roxbury residents who remember the building’s past incarnation as the headquarters of the Roxbury Action Program, but also for the building itself.

In the two decades since RAP closed down, the 19th century Greek Revival manse had been in a steady decline, inside and out.

Now, after a $3.8 million restoration job by Historic Boston Incorporated, the building is coming back on line with five apartments, two of them affordable units.

With the doors opened to spectators for the first time in more than 20 years, community residents gawked at the newly-restored interior — the marbled glass ceiling in the foyer, the restored woodwork surrounding the eight-foot tall windows on the first floor, the restored spiraling stairway that leads to an octagonal cupola at the top of the building.

“It’s unbelievable,” gushed local historian Richard Heath. “It’s a beautiful job. A resurrection.”

Circulating through the renovated interior was a who’s who of Roxbury — former RAP housing planner Dan Richardson, former RAP volunteer Marlena Richardson, Paige Academy founders Angela Page and Joe Cook, state representatives Byron Rushing and Gloria Fox, state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz and Fort Hill neighbors including Joyce Stanley, John Kyper, Mimi Jones, Bob Marshall, Kwame Mark Freeman, Napoleon Jones Henderson and Celia Grant.

Like the Richardsons, many of those in attendance recalled the building’s days as RAP’s meeting space where neighborhood activists planned the future of the Roxbury community.

“It was safe enough to work in,” recalled Marlena Richardson.

“It wasn’t too dilapidated.”

“This is one of the architectural gems in this neighborhood,” Stanley said. “I am glad this got done. I thought we were going to lose this building.”

Also in attendance were city officials past and present. Mayor Martin Walsh gave remarks. Past Department of Neighborhood Development director Chuck Grigsby and current Director Sheila Dillon attended. After a speaking program, attendees pic-

nicked in the park across Linwood Street from the Kittredge House.

Vacant since the early 1990s, the 6,000-suaqre foot Kittredge House has undergone five two-bedroom residential units, two of which are affordable housing. Built for Roxbury alderman, furniture maker and Eliot Congregational Church deacon

Alvah Kittredge (1798-1876), the Kittredge House is said to be one of a handful of high style Greek Revival period houses remaining in Boston.

Originally part of a large estate in Fort Hill, the Kittredge House was also home to prominent 19th century architect Nathaniel Bradlee.

The apartments are leasing fast, according to a Historical Boston Incorporated press release.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority turned ownership of the property over to Historic Boston after taking the house by eminent domain in 2011 to save it from further deterioration.

The city has contributed several

hundred thousand dollars to the project in addition to federal, state and private funding that was raised to help preserve the landmark and aid in the construction of affordable housing.

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A crowd of more than 200 people turned out for the ribbon cutting at the newly restored Alvah Kittredge House in Roxbury. (Banner photo)

Mayor Martin Walsh and local officials prepare to cut the ceremonial ribbon on the Kittredge House. (Banner photo)

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Decriminalize marijuana: End prosecutorial discrimination against blacks Debate over the decriminalization of marijuana fails to consider the enormous adverse impact on African Americans of the present status of the law.

That policy is especially discriminatory since society accepts and ignores the substantial costs of alcoholism. Also, the original American aversion to the consumption of alcoholic beverages undoubtedly influences a reluctance of public acceptance of marijuana.

American abhorrence to drinking was once so great that opponents were able to obtain ratification of a prohibition amendment to the U.S. Constitution (the 18th Amendment) in 1919. It authorized Congress and the states to pass laws to destroy the liquor industry. Prohibition did not officially end until 1933 when the 21st Amendment to the Constitution changed the law.

Now, 80 years later, society accepts the enormous cost of heavy drinking. According to the Centers for Disease Control, alcoholism costs the U.S. $223.5 billion per year. About 72 percent is from lost productivity, 11 percent are health care costs, 9 percent is from criminal justice costs and 8 percent result from physical and medical disorders.

Some of the results of excessive drinking are fatal. According to the CDC research, about 79,000 Americans die every year from alcohol related causes, such as auto accidents and homicides. The CDC finds that there are more than twice as many deaths from alcoholism as from drug overdose.

A concern of opponents of decriminalization is that marijuana can have a harmful effect on the mental development of young users. There seems to be insufficient evidence to establish this. It is well known, however, that the arrest and imprisonment of black males charged with possession is disruptive to the black family.

A comprehensive report by the American Civil Liberties Union found that blacks are 3.7 times more likely than whites to be arrested for possession of marijuana, although studies indicate that their use of the drug is no greater than that of whites. And blacks are ten times more likely than whites to go to prison for drug offenses.

An arrest record or felony conviction will impose an economic burden on anyone, especially a black male seeking employment. Decriminalization will remove for everyone the threat of such a stigma.

Re-elect Auditor Bump — keep government honest In a democratic society, it is important for citizens to have confidence in the operation of the government. A recent Gallup Poll indicated that 80 percent of the citizens disapprove of the job Congress is doing. This negative attitude is more acceptable because it is politically based. However, if people believed that government funds were being ripped off by fraud the response would be more hostile. Massachusetts created the constitutional office of auditor to protect the public funds.

With Suzanne Bump as auditor, for the first time in years people believe there is competent oversight to uncover waste, fraud and abuse in

government. The Banner endorses Bump to be re-elected auditor, the steward of public funds.

Her first job as the new auditor was to take the necessary measures for the agency to be certified by the National State Auditor’s Association as in compliance with national standards. With the required complement of professional staff, the auditor’s office has uncovered irregularities in numerous government agencies.

Bump’s diligence and commitment to transparency and accountability have forced government agencies to operate at a higher level. Bump’s work also raises the level of public confidence.

Vote for Suzanne Bump as auditor.

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It was good to read about the statewide candidates’ interest in Roxbury voters [Candidates about at RoxVote cookout event, Aug. 8]. We’ve come a long way since ten years ago, when black votes were regularly taken for granted. Now comes the hard work of making sure these white candidates hear us when we voice our opinions.

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Candidate forums have been effective, too, in letting candidates know what we expect and letting us know where they stand. Getting politicians to go on their record with support or opposition to an issue or policy enables us to go back to them and hold their feet to the fire when they do something we

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OPINION The James Brown I Remember Earl Ofari Hutchinson

That evening at a concert in the late 1960s, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, was memorable. The performer was James Brown.

And as always, he was the usual frenetic, non-stop, consummate singer, entertainer, and showman. I and the hundreds of others at the concert had come to know Brown for that and expected that high energy in his concerts. But in between the wild applause that night there were a few scattered boos from some in the mostly black crowd who believed that Brown was a sellout and an Uncle Tom for his seeming endorsement of the Vietnam War and traveling to Vietnam at the behest of the reviled President Lyndon Johnson to entertain the troops.

The mild hostility from some didn’t last long. Brown had just the right tonic to cure that. He launched into a rhythmic, gyrating, full blast shout of what had by then become one of his signature pieces, “Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud.” The crowd went nuts. Brown had gotten them, him and me back on track. I caught Brown’s show on two other occasions when he was groping to stay relevant and even adapt to the changing music scene, and again when he was clearly on the downside of his career and was widely regarded as another in the long train of one-time headline artists who had carved out a career on the Legends circuit.

This didn’t erase the memory for me of the Brown who in his own unique way became a chief messenger for black pride and empowerment.

A bare hint of that is in the biopic Get on Up, mostly with a short scene of Brown with his short natural doing a playful sing of “Say it, I’m Black and I’m Proud” with a group of black school children. This hint was enough to remind us that Brown had once been anointed by the black nationalist poet and critic Amiri Baraka as “our number one black poet.”

Baraka didn’t go far enough. He was much more than a leading ambassador for black cultural awareness. He was a challenging and engaging black political activist. He clearly wanted the world to see and think of him as much more than an entertainer or a musician. He knew that He delighted in he’d be praised and vilified for it, at times in the same breath by the telling how some same individuals. He delighted in radio stations refused telling how some radio stations to play his “Say it refused to play his “Say it Loud, Loud, Black and Black and I’m Proud” and had branded him as a black incendiary I’m Proud” and rebel. had branded him as Brown was simply his own man a black incendiary who could embrace, identify with, rebel. and at times defend black activism.

In a 1968 interview on The Mike Douglas Show, Brown took exception when David Susskind who was also a guest on the show, called black militants “very misguided.” Brown didn’t flinch, and said: “I believe that black people can talk to black people better than you can talk to black people. Don’t you think so? And so we have to have our own way of speaking. We got to have our own way. We want to have our own community.”

He had shown that belief in an empowered black community when he took control of his product, namely himself. He dented the hideous exploitation chain that for decades had seen black performers die broke, while legions of agents, record and concert producers, talent bookers and theater owners had reaped vast fortunes off him. Brown’s pioneering effort here sent the strong signal that making music was not enough if you didn’t control the profits from it. Brown did that. He bought a string of black radio stations and assorted businesses. Despite his galling stumbles with taxes, and his questionable labor practices, he was determined to provide a solid model for black entrepreneurship. This was in part the reason for Brown’s brief flirt with Richard Nixon’s presidential reelection bid in 1972. Nixon had seized on Brown’s -- and a core of other black activist’s -- tout of black business as a key to black uplift.

Nixon seemed to hold open the promise of a slew of new contracts, loans, and initiatives to boost black economic development. This was little more than an opportunistic, self-serving ploy by the always politically cynical and calculating Nixon to quell black protest. But Brown took him at his word. And he called for more federal funds to black businesses and black colleges.

Brown also believed that Nixon would back the growing demand from black politicians and civil rights leaders to declare a national holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. Brown took much heat from blacks for backing Nixon. Though he was horribly misguided in his belief in Nixon, his motives were pure. Brown took the criticism in stride and reminded that though many blacks harangued him for the Nixon tout, he had as he said “lost much of his white audience for ‘Black and Proud’.”

This was Brown the iconoclast, black cultural icon, black economic empowerment pioneer, and black political activist. This is the James Brown I remember.

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Do you think marijuana possession should be a criminal offense?

If they’re giving out medical cards for marijuana, I think it should be legal.

In a way, yes. It alters people’s thinking. It inhibits their ability to do the right thing.

No. I think some people need marijuana for health. There are a lot of others things that should be a priority for law enforcement.

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No. It’s about to be legal. Why waste the taxpayer’s dollars on an herb that grows naturally. I don’t smoke it, but I think people should be able to.

Of course not. It’s not as bad as alcohol. I’m 81 and I’ve been smoking marijuana since I was 14. It should be up to the individual.

No. It doesn’t kill anyone. Alcohol kills more people than marijuana does, and it’s legal.

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Alexie Torres-Fleming Alexie Torres-Fleming has been named executive director of the Access Strategies Fund, a Cambridge-based foundation that supports Boston-area nonprofits working for social justice.

A native of the Bronx, NY Torres-Fleming founded Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice in 1994 with the mission to rebuild the Bronx River neighborhoods of the South Bronx by preparing young people to become prophetic voices for peace and justice. Torres-Fleming served as YMPJ’s Founder and Executive Director for 17 years.

A nationally and internationally sought after speaker, Torres-Fleming has received numerous awards throughout her career including the 2008 Rockefeller Foundation’s Jane Jacobs Medal for New Ideas and Activism, The Caritas Medal from the Vincentian Society for her service to the poor, and the “Servant of Peace” medal from the Permanent Observer Mission of the Vatican to

the United Nations. In January of 2009 she was named one of “50 Visionaries Changing Our World” by the Utne Reader. In addition to founding Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, she is the co-founder of the Bronx River Alliance and the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance.

Torres-Fleming is a trustee of the Sister Fund, a private women’s foundation where she served

as Executive Director from 2010 through 2012. Today, she continues her speaking and writing while also serving as Executive Director of Access Strategies Fund. She has been a Senior Fellow at the Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and is currently a New Voices Fellow for Sojourners in Washington, DC.

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Low-wage Logan workers seek union status, fair pay Nate Homan Gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Martha Coakley and Treasurer Steve Grossman joined local politicians in supporting and listening to the grievances of the low wage-earning, non-union workers at Logan Airport at the SEIU 32BJ Local 615 headquarters in downtown Boston last week.

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assistants, terminal custodians, aircraft cabin custodians, ticket checkers and other employees have demanded better wages, healthcare, paid sick days and a union contract with their employers for months now. These employees earn less than $10 an hour in what they claim are unsafe and unhygienic conditions.

“There’s hundreds of workers at Logan Airport who are strug-

Attorney General Martha Coakley called on the airline companies, advocating for better pay and safer working conditions at Logan.

gling to escape the cycle of poverty by working for $8 or $9 an hour with no benefits,” SEIU 32BJ Director Roxana Rivera said.

“We are here to say that we are going to join them in their fight for dignity. Even after months of employees demanding action from their employers, we find ourselves at a crossroads. We are joining their fight to form a union. If we don’t act, they will continue to be stuck in a system that condemns them to a life of poverty.”

Airline companies have hired private contractors, engaging in what the activists say is a race to the bottom for their employees while they cut costs at the expense of worker’s health and safety. Cabin cleaners have reported exposure to hazardous cleaning chemicals and bodily fluids without proper protective gear or adequate training. Baggage handlers regularly report injuries to their shoulders and backs, but are not allowed to take sick days.

ReadyJet, one of the largest employers of airport workers nation wide, was cited by OSHA in 2014 for two health and safety violations at Logan Airport and was fined $2,000. OSHA issued ReadyJet citations in 2012 for five health and safety violations in Orlando International Airport as well. Coakley’s office or-

State Treasurer and Gubernatorial candidate Steve Grossman fired up the crowd at the SEIU 32JB meeting, telling local leaders they’re either with the workers or against them. dered ReadyJet to pay employees try,” Coakley said. “We need to a total of $13,045 restitution plus make sure that working men and a $5,000 civil penalty for unpaid women have the opportunity to overtime, straight time, training get on the ladder to climb up for hours, vacations and failure to a fair shot at a better life. That’s provide breaks for workers work- what this country is about.” ing 10-hour shifts.

Attorney General candidate Grossman spoke first, pump- Warren Tolman pledged his suping up the crowd by chanting, port for people demanding better “we will win,” “stand together,” wages and safer working condiand “si se puede.” He praised the tions as well. workers who provide the most “What’s happening at Logan basic services, saying, “without Airport today is a disgrace,” these men and women, Logan Tolman said. “I will stand with Airport would shut down.” the workers as I have time The Treasurer issued harsh and again. This is a race to the words, drawing a line in the sand bottom, and we’ll get to the against public officials who hadn’t bottom if we don’t stand together joined in the fight. in the face of these unfair and “Every public official who isn’t unsafe practices.” standing with us today is standing The candidates’ fighting on the other side. There are not words elicited loud cheers from three sides to this issue; there are the audience in both Spanish and two: You’re either with the work- English. While state officials up ers or you’re not with the work- for election used the gathering as ers.” a platform for their campaigns, In this coming November, local legislators pledged their solvoters will have a chance to vote idarity with the outraged workers on Question Four which asks as well. for earned five days sick time for “We’ve bailed out these airworkers. lines so many times just in my Grossman said the Machinist lifetime,” City Councilor Tito Union Local 1726 in East Boston Jackson said. “They have not have been negotiating with the had our backs even after this. airlines because the workers he We need to understand that met with are making less money transportation infrastructure is today than they were in 1999. what brings money and jobs into Local 1726 sent representatives Boston and the state of Masto Thursday’s meeting to show sachusetts. If there has to be a their solidarity with the main- fight, I am definitely ready to tenance workers in pushing for throw down with whoever we better working conditions. have to if it’s MassPort or the “If I am elected governor of folks under the golden dome in Massachusetts, and we don’t have order to ensure that everyone recognition of 32BJ as the repre- of these workers has a livable sentative union for these workers, wage.”

I will stand with you every step of Employees and advocates alike the way until MassPort and those shared their experiences with rebusinesses understand. If the occurring horror stories and inbusiness owners don’t recognize equities. The Massachusetts the importance of their workers, Coalition for Safety and Health we will make it happen.” conducted a survey of working Attorney General Coak- conditions of airport workers last ley said that instead of worry- year. Thirty-five to 40 workers ing about sick time and mini- questioned told MASSCOSH mum wage, the airline bosses are surveyors about the daily hazprobably on vacation because it’s ards, some of which result in back August. aches and sore shoulders due to a “They are not worried about lack of proper employee training. their rent. They are not worried “People who go to clean the about sick time. They are not jets between flights find neeworried about making a life. And dles, excrement and do so withthat is unfair.” out proper respiratory protection Coakley said that she spoke to or sanitary protection for their a couple who work at Logan, the arms and hands,” Rich Rabin of man works the night shift and the MASSCOSH said. woman works the day shift to put “They push wheelchairs food on the table for their teen- whose brakes don’t work. Workage son. ers are taken to parts of the air“It’s time that people who port in overcrowded vans, sitare working hard just to make a ting on each other’s laps, not seat living have a chance to organize belted in. All of this is a violation to make a living wage and get of OSHA and other federal regahead like everyone in this coun- ulations.”

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Mary Evans Wilson: civil rights activist, community servant Organized Boston Branch NAACP Anthony W. Neal Around the turn of the 20th century, African American Mary Evans Wilson emerged as one of Boston’s leading civil rights and community activists. The eighth of nine children, she was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1866, the daughter of Henry Evans and Henrietta Leary Evans, native North Carolinians. Her father had traveled on horseback from North Carolina to Oberlin, where he found work as an undertaker and cabinetmaker.

After graduating from Oberlin College, Wilson moved to Washington, D.C. There, she taught for 10 years in the city’s public schools.

She was not only a teacher, but an accomplished musician. She also wrote a health and beauty column for Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin’s Woman’s Era — the first monthly ever published by and for African American women.

On June 27, 1894, she married Butler Roland Wilson, a renowned civil rights attorney in Boston.

Reverend Francis James Grimké, Archibald Grimké’s brother and the polished pastor of the fashionable Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., performed their marriage ceremony in the nation’s capital, at 934 S Street NW — the home of the bride’s

sister Anna Evans Murray.

Anna was a teacher, a civic leader, a pioneer in the establishment of free kindergarten classes for black children, and the wife of Daniel Alexander Payne Murray — an assistant librarian employed by the Library of Congress.

Mary Wilson was described on her wedding day in the July 1894 issue of the Woman’s Era as a “particularly striking-looking girl,” pos-

Wilson on August 26, 1906.

Having come from a family of activists, it is no wonder that Mary Wilson married a civil rights activist and ultimately became one herself. In 1858 her father, Henry, was jailed for attempting to free a runaway slave from his captor. The event became known as the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue.

Her uncle, Lewis Sheridan Leary, accompanied John Brown on

Her knitting club later became the Women’s Service Club. In 1919, it purchased the building at 464 Massachusetts Avenue in the South End.

sessing a “tall, slender figure,” a “dark complexion and rich, black hair.”

The newlyweds purchased a home at 13 Rutland Square in Boston’s South End. Six children were born of the marriage: Marian E. Wilson on April 12, 1895, Butler R. Wilson Jr. on November 11, 1896, Frederick Wilson on April 17, 1900, Francis Garrison Wilson in 1901, Edward Ware Wilson on August 20, 1903, and Lola Marie

his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and died of injuries he sustained that day. In fact, Wilson’s mother, Henrietta, delivered an impressive address at Harpers Ferry on August 17, 1906, “John Brown’s Day,” at the second annual meeting of the Niagara Movement, a civil rights organization founded by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1905.

Concerned for the safety of black Southerners, on May 20, 1899,

Mary Evans Wilson Mary Wilson and other prominent black women of the Hub led an anti-lynching demonstration at Boston’s Chickering Hall. About 300 people attended — mostly women.

As a keynote speaker who presided over the event, Wilson told the audience that she saw no reason for the South to resort to lynching African American men accused of rape, for all the officers of the law, the judges and the juries were white men. She said any black man rightly charged with sexual assault could be properly punished by the machinery of the law and could not escape, provided the accuser testified and was cross-examined in court.

Sounding much like her husband the attorney, Wilson declared, “we now demand that the law shall have a chance. We stand on the Constitution of the United States, and demand that the Negro, like any other man, when accused of crime be brought before a jury of 12 men, be confronted by his accusers, and punished according to justice by the properly constituted authorities.”

She laid bare America’s hypocrisy, pointing out that the United States had recently driven the Spanish out of Cuba and the Philippines in the name of humanity but allowed African Americans to be shot down and burned at the stake at home. She asked why shouldn’t black men, who “saved the day” at El Caney in the Spanish-American War, enjoy the right in their own country to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness without being lynched?

Wilson criticized President William McKinley for refusing to call attention to this “grave state of internal affairs” and for taking no steps to remedy it. Among the other speakers at the anti-lynching demonstration that day were Mrs. Florida Ruffin Ridley, Mrs. Edna D. Cheney, and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.

Wilson also played an important part in helping to build the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization.

In 1915, she volunteered her time and paid her own expenses traveling to western New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and laying the groundwork for new branches in those states by recruiting church and community leaders.

One of the organizers of the Boston Branch of the NAACP,

Mary Wilson, along with her husband, Butler, directed much of its early activity. In one instance, Mrs. H. E. Plunkett, a black woman of Melrose, Massachusetts, had arranged, through a telephone call, for her confinement in the maternity ward of the New England Sanitarium — a hospital at Spot Pond in the town of Stoneham. When she presented herself for admission, however, she was refused service.

Wilson, an officer of the NAACP, charged the hospital with discriminating against Plunkett on account of her color. On March 29, 1916, she made a call to several members of the Stoneham Board of Selectmen, informing them that, in 1910, the New England Sanitarium, by a ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, had won exemption from local taxation on the ground that it was a charitable and benevolent institution.

Wilson asked the board whether the sanitarium’s action in turning away a worthy patient because of her color was an example of charity or benevolence.

On the evening of April 3, 1916, the board held a hearing at which Wilson cleverly employed the tactic of questioning the town’s patriotism. By shaming Stoneham and calling upon the town to make good its “reputation for patriotism,” she persuaded its hospital live up to the ideal of extending equal privileges to all American citizens. Dr. H. P. Steele, a manager of the sanitarium, told Wilson that the exclusion of Plunkett was the unauthorized act of an employee of the facility, which he deeply regretted, and he gave his assurance that from then on, black people would be admitted to the hospital.

Also in 1916, as an officer of the Boston Branch, Wilson, and others, made a strong appeal to the city’s department stores to hire black women as salespeople.

A dedicated community servant, Wilson organized a knitting club during World War I to provide scarves and gloves to black soldiers from Boston. Her knitting club later became the Women’s Service Club.

In 1919, it purchased the building at 464 Massachusetts Avenue in the South End and incorporated for the purpose of providing needed services to Boston’s African American community. Today, the Women’s Service Club remains committed to providing those services.

After the war, Wilson used the club’s knitting circles and other means to launch a membership drive for the local branch of the NAACP. In time, she recruited over two thousand new African American members.

Wilson often spoke publicly.

For instance, on October 20, 1920 at Boston’s Clarendon Street Baptist Church, she delivered a lecture titled “The Negro: A National Asset.”

Mary Evans Wilson died at her South End home on March 28, 1928. Her funeral took place three days later at the Columbus Avenue AME Zion Church. She is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery beside her husband, Butler.

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Africa’s so-called leaders. They love to wield power, but resent the responsibility that comes with it.”

African immigrant media also covered some of the many summit “side events.” For example, the New Jersey-based African Sun Times produced a report on a forum on civil society organizations in Africa, an event attended by Presidents Mahama of Ghana and Kikwete of Tanzania, Secretary of State John Kerry and Dr. Nkosazana Diamini-Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission,

Mr. Robert Crowe, Partner at Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, His Excellency Navichandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius, Mr Charles Stith, Director African Presidential Center at Boston University, Mrs Salma Kikwete, Wife of the President of Tanzania and His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania.

U.S. media fall short in covering African summit George White For decades, the mainstream American media has painted Africa as a tortured continent beset by disease, famine and poverty. That image hasn’t changed despite dramatic changes sweeping the region — rapid economic growth, cutting-edge innovation and shifting perceptions of Africa in the rest of the world.

For the Obama Administration and the African Union, a coalition of 54 states on the continent, the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. last week was an opportunity to help expand the narrative beyond the story of American aid, to reflect the current opportunities of investment and trade.

Journalists from around the world assembled in the nation’s capital to hear the opportunity stories. Among the American-based news media, it was those either managed by nonprofits or owned by African Americans or African immigrants that proved the best at providing context as well as coverage.

Consider this excerpt from a report on Aug. 4, the first day of the week-long summit, in Mshale, a Minneapolis-based news outlet founded by a Kenyan immigrant.

“White House officials say the American interests in Africa are immense. The continent is home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies and a rapidly expanding middle class. The U.S. is also competing for those consumers with China, which surpassed the United States in 2009 as Africa’s largest trading partner.”

However, the Mshale report also noted that it would be difficult for the mainstream American media to establish a new narrative on Africa, as long as global headlines are dominated by news from other regions.

“Even as Obama immerses himself in talks on regional security, democracy building and business investment in Africa, the world’s attention – and much of his own — will be on an extraordinary array of urgent over-

seas crises. Among them: Gaza clashes, Russia’s provocation in Ukraine and mounting extremism in Iraq, to name just a few.”

That point was observed by Uchenna Ekwo, a Nigerian journalist working in the U.S. for a non-profit organization. In a column, he concluded that a more expansive Africa narrative “is not important to Western media” after witnessing President Obama and reporters at a press conference that was designed to highlight the achievements of the summit. During the question and answer session, Obama called on reporters from the Associated Press, ABC News, Bloomberg, NBC News and the Nairobi-based The Standard.

“In the end,” Ekwo noted, “only one question by Nairobi’s Standard newspaper specifically referenced Africa and the Summit that necessitated the press conference in the first place... Nothing exemplifies the ignominy of Africa in international policy agenda than for the president of the United States to hold a press conference to discuss the outcome of a three day summit that literally uprooted Africa to Washington, D.C., only for reporters to divert the attention of the president to other issues.”

Meanwhile, African-American media focused on trade and investment opportunities on the continent. The Washington Informer, for example, produced an article that quoted U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, a stalwart supporter of trade policies that promote African development. Newsone produced a video roundtable dubbed, “What you missed from the U.S.-Africa Summit.” Black

Enterprise magazine had two reporters at the summit and produced several reports.

Some African-American owned media posted coverage produced by other outlets. For example, The Africa Channel curated a wide range of summit reports on its home page. Many African-American newspapers – the Afro American chain and the San Diego Voice among them – posted summit reports produced by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, which serves the black press.

Media owned or founded

by African immigrants also devoted extensive coverage to the summit. For example, a report on an Obama pledge of $14 billion in commitments from U.S. companies for Africa is one of a half-dozen stories on the summit posted on the website of Arise News, a global broadcast team with offices in London, New York and Washington, D.C. As for analysis, the New Yorkbased Sahara Reporters published a commentary by Sonala Olumhense on the alphabet soup of economic development initiatives related to Africa –NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development), the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union) and the current MDGs (Milennium Development Goals) among them.

Olumhense’s point: “…it is not a shortage of conferences or summits or resolutions that Africa suffers from. The principal challenge is that the philosophy of democracy, and the accountability that underpins it, has yet to be accepted by most of

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creative ways of covering Africa,” said NNPA Chairman Cloves C. Campbell, Jr. in a statement, “because the Motherland is too important for us to ignore.”

African immigrant media also face technology challenges -many outlets are limited to newspapers, and lack a web platform.

Without correspondents or Internet presence, it is difficult for diaspora African media in the United States to discover and relay information on encouraging developments, such as the elections monitoring and the oil and gas industry watchdog activ-

“Nothing exemplifies the ignominy of Africa in international policy agenda than for the president of the United States to hold a press conference to discuss the outcome of a three day summit that literally uprooted Africa to Washington, D.C., only for reporters to divert the attention of the president to other issues.” which conducts the work of the AU. To be sure, the African Union Commission recognized the potential of the African immigrant press and the African-American media to provide a broader and more nuanced narrative on Africa before the summit began.

The AUC had scheduled an Aug. 4 town hall meeting with African immigrant and African-American media “to not only raise awareness of AUC activities, but also engage the Diaspora journalists and the international media interested in covering…the development agenda of the continent.” Before the planned gathering, the AUC cancelled that forum but currently has plans to organize such a session in New York, during the United Nations General Assembly in September.

However, without a news exchange involving African media on the continent and diaspora media in the U.S., it will be difficult to expand the dissemination of news related to economic development on the continent.

Many African-American news organizations have expressed interest in expanding their African coverage. For example, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, which represents more than 200 African-American newspapers, has expressed an interest in doing so despite the fact that NNPA members do not have the resources to assign reporters to cover African affairs.

“We have to come up with

ities of the International Institute of ICT Journalism, or the agribusiness promise of the Songhai Centres for development in West African states.

News media based in Africa is also seeking to improve its coverage of business and government corruption. Media mogul Michael Bloomberg plans to aid this effort with his recently announced Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa, a three-year, $10 million pan-African program to build media capacity to improve business coverage and help advance government accountability. Bloomberg also demonstrated his interest in Africa by co-sponsoring the day-long U.S.-Africa Business Forum, a major summit event.

Nigerian banker and philanthropist Tony Elumelu was among those participating at the business forum. The Wall Street Journal published his summit-related op-ed in advance of the week-long conference. During a brief press conference at the summit, he was asked about his entrepreneurship development programs. However, his most animated comment was in response to a question about the media coverage of African development.

“Much of the coverage of Africa is so negative and imbalanced,” he said. “This discourages many from investing. We have to do a better job of telling and sharing our story.”

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Wesley T. Snipes Kam Williams Wesley T. Snipes is a globally celebrated actor, film producer, master in various martial arts, and a loving father and husband. Born in Orlando, Florida on July 31, 1962, he spent his childhood between Orlando, Florida and Bronx, New York while he attended the High School of Performing Arts in NYC, and graduated from Jones High School in Florida.

While attending the High School for Performing Arts, Wesley started appearing in Off-Broadway productions where he started to fine-tune his craft as a drama and musical theater artist.

He later founded a bus-n-truck street troupe called Struttin Street Stuff with friends which took him into Central Park, dinner theaters, and regional productions around Florida before his college years at the State University of New York at Purchase.

Wesley’s work onstage and in TV commercials soon caught the attention of Joe Roth who cast him as an Olympic boxing hopeful in Streets of Gold. He was then handpicked by Martin Scorsese and Quincy Jones to play the gang leader in Michael Jackson’s Bad music video. And he subsequently joined the cast of Wildcats (1986) as well as Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues (1990) and Jungle Fever (1991).

The unique diversity of Wesley’s charisma, acting ability, and proficiency in the martial arts led to roles alongside some of showbiz’s biggest names — Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Dennis Hopper and Sylvester Stallone. These roles include Major League (1989), Passenger 57 (1992), Rising Sun (1993), Boiling Point (1993), Demolition Man (1993), Drop Zone (1994), The Fan (1996), Future Sport (1998), and Undisputed (2002), all of which made him a most favored African-American action star not only in Hollywood, but internationally, as well.

Wesley has pleasantly surprised audiences with his versatile dramatic acting skills, evident in his award winning roles in The Water Dance (1992) and as a drag queen in the drama To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995). Other notable dramatic roles include Disappearing Acts (2011), One Night Stand (1997), Murder at 1600 (1997) and US Marshals (1998).

In 1998, although faced with strong opposition and concerns, Wesley recognized the need for an urban action hero. Hence Blade, a lesser known Marvel character, was adapted and released. The Blade Trilogy is still one of the highest grossing adaptations at over $1.5 billion worldwide.

Wesley ranks among the highest paid African American actors with gross earnings worldwide estimated at over $2 billion. He has been married to Korean artist Nikki Park since 2000, and has four children with her and an older son from a previous marriage.

Here, Wesley talks about his latest outing as Doc alongside Sly Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Terry Crews and Kelsey Grammer in The Expendables 3.

Kam Williams: Great! What interested you in The Expendables 3?

Wesley Snipes: [Sarcastically] Really, it was the filming location, the food, and the wonderful hotel suite that they could give me. [Laughs] No, honestly man, it was the opportunity to work again with Sly, and the chance to be a part of that ensemble with a lot of the best of the best of this particular genre.

KW: Did you enjoy watching this genre of film growing up?

WS: Oh yeah! All the way back to The Seven Samurai. I’m a big fan of this type of film. And hearing about all the heavyweights they Snipes, continued to page 15

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Restaurants serve French, Southern in Leather District Colette Greenstein Nestled among the brick and cement buildings on the first block of Lincoln Street is Savvor Restaurant & Lounge. The restaurant which opened in early February of this year is the latest entry into Boston’s bustling restaurant scene, and is quickly finding its place among the many restaurants in the Leather District.

Located at 180 Lincoln Street in the old District nightclub, Savvor Restaurant & Lounge offers a fun, hip and diverse atmosphere. It’s a great place to unwind with friends after work for drinks, grab a quick bite to eat, or take that special someone out for dinner.

The restaurant/lounge is equipped with two fully-stocked bars, comfortable booth and table seating throughout the restaurant, with the sounds of ’90s and contemporary R&B, soul and hip-hop music adding to the inviting scene.

If you’re into live music, then stop

by Thursday through Saturday nights as they present local jazz and R&B artists, and on Fridays and Saturdays there’s a live DJ spinning a mix of old school, hiphop, R&B, and reggae.

Savvor Restaurant & Lounge’s menu is a distinct and mouth-watering blend of Southern cuisine

with a Caribbean twist. The bar menu offers several items including Tennessee Hot Fried Chicken, Pimiento Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Johnny Cakes, Crispy Fresh Bacon, Tostones with Jerk’d Sugar and 45 cents wings.

The Tennessee Hot Fried Chicken (which isn’t for the faint of heart) is tender and well-sea-

type-sugar is a nice touch to the traditional Caribbean fare.

If you’re still hungry, you can’t go wrong with the Crawfish Hushpuppies. The hushpuppies are a good starter to a meal or to share as a small plate with a friend. The hushpuppies have a delicious and light coating with a tender center of seasoned crawfish. To compli-

Hidden gems, Savvor Restaurant & Lounge and Les Zygomates Wine Bar & Bistro offer a taste of Southern and French cuisine in Boston’s Leather District

soned with a light crispy batter that slides off of the bone. I recommend a side order of the Macaroni & Cheese (it’s hearty and very filling on its own), as an accompaniment to the fried chicken. The cheesy shells covered in breadcrumbs will help absorb some of the heat tingling in your mouth from the delicate bites of fried chicken. Or, order the Tostones with Jerk’d Sugar. The combination of the naturally sweet plantains with a little bit of brown and cinnamon

ment your meal, Savvor Restaurant & Lounge offers a varied list of wine and cocktails such as the Haitian Lemonade using famed Haitian rum, Rhum Barbancourt, produced and bottled on the island of Haiti.

Another restaurant to visit for lunch, dinner or just an after work apéritif is Les Zygomates Wine Bar & Bistro located prominently at 129 South Street. Open since 1994, Les Zygomates offers a warm and inviting atmosphere,

traditional French cuisine, and an award-winning wine list. You can’t miss the restaurant as you make your way down South Street with its soft lights and warm reddish glow radiating through the huge windows facing the bustling street.

Once you enter into Les Zygomates you’re immediately transported to 1930s Paris with its black and white bistro café. As you make your way through the intimate restaurant, you’ll step into an elegant dining area that flows into the jazz side of the wine bar & bistro with its huge brass bar lined with high-back wooden chairs enveloped in a warm shade of deep red.

Behind the bar is a large mirror that dominates the wall reflecting all who sit along it. Spread out among the bar and cocktail tables is an interesting mix of 25- to 45year old professionals, business people, artists, financiers, what have you, all laughing, eating, drinking and just all-around having a good time.

Les Zygomates is moderately-priced and a three-course prix fixe option is available. You can begin your evening with a number of appetizers from the cool and refreshing Bibb Lettuce Salad topped with Citrus Vinaigrette, Heirloom Apple, Toasted Hazelnuts, and Blue Cheese, or for something a bit more filling, you can’t go wrong with the French Onion Soup Gratinée made with Gruyère and Aged Gouda cheese, and a bit of Sherry. And, your meal won’t be complete without a taste of their delicious Crème Brûlée for dessert.

Les Zygomates Wine Bar & Bistro offers live music five nights

a week (Tuesday thru Saturday evenings), with local artists such as popular singer Alex McDougal and jazz pianist Yoko Miwa in a lively and hip setting with wonderful food, delicious and colorful cocktails, and over 35 wines by the glass.

If you haven’t been to the Leather District or it’s been a while since you made the trip downtown, make sure to stop by both Savvor Restaurant & Lounge and Les Zygomates Wine Bar & Bistro. They both offer something for everyone.

Savvor Restaurant & Lounge offers Dinner nightly from 5 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. with bar service until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. The late night menu is offered on Fridays and Saturdays from 10:30 p.m. – 12:30 am. Savvor Restaurant & Lounge is closed on Mondays. Metered street parking is available.

Lez Zygomates Wine Bar & Bistro serves lunch Mondays – Fridays with dinner served six nights a week. The restaurant is closed on Sundays. Valet parking available for a one stop evening of entertainment.

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were bringing back only made it even more attractive. It was a blessing, Kam, just to be on the set with some of these iconic actors, to see how they perform, to have a chance to get up close and personal with them, and to crack a joke or two or three or four with them.

KW: Was it ever trouble making any elbow room with so many egos on the set?

WS: Not really. What would make you think that?

KW: So many matinee idols having to share the limelight might make for sharp elbows.

WS: [Chuckles] Yeah, but you’re talking about some of the best in the game. They’re all veterans who bring a certain level of sophistication and professionalism to the table. For what it’s worth, this action hero/action star genre is a small clique. There aren’t a lot of guys that do it. And there aren’t many guys who have excelled at it.

There’s an appreciation for what it takes to pull it off, and for the durability reflected in being able to survive after all these years.

KW: You are one of the few marketable African-American actors who

can be effective in any genre, including comedy. Are you aware of any up-and-coming black actor who is as versatile as you have been?

WS: Well, I think they’re out there, but I don’t know whether they’ve been given the opportunity to shine like I have. I hope there are. It’d be great to work with them. But, hey, it’s been a blessing. I was fortunate enough to be trained in the theater.

Coming from the theater background, you’re schooled to play diverse roles in preparation for the repertory environment, or the repertory type of lifestyle.

So, to me, going back and forth from genre to genre is only keeping true to the way I was trained in the theater. And I’m really an action fan. I’m a movie fan in general, but I’m definitely an action fan, as well. I appreciate all the work and thought it would be cool if it could be one of the tricks that I could bring to the table.

KW: What styles of martial arts have you studied, and how do you feel about Mixed Martial Arts?

WS: I appreciate Mixed Martial Arts. I’ve been training for a long time. I started training in the Japanese system, when I was 12, in Goju and Shotokan. From there, I was exposed to Grandmaster Moses Powell which is

the Aiki-Jujutsu form. And after that, I got into Capoeira, and I got ranking in three different systems: Indonesian, African and Japanese. And I’ve done Tae Kwon. So, I’ve done pretty well.

KW: Was it difficult to produce the documentary, John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk?

WS: No, that was a very personal project which meant a lot to me because Dr. Clarke was a teacher and mentor of mine. I made the movie because I wanted future generations to learn about him and read his books, too. I’d love to make more films like that.

KW: What was the toughest stunt you had to do for this movie?

WS: Hanging onto the side of a truck. That was pretty hard. Another that was tough, because of the horrible air quality on the set, was the wild scene we shot inside a big, abandoned building.

A lot of us had respiratory issues for a couple of weeks afterwards because of all the stuff flying around.

KW: How did you feel about getting to play Blade, one of the first black superheroes?

WS: I don’t remember getting that excited at first, because it hadn’t been done before. So, the reception was all a big surprise.

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AUGUST 14 – CHILDREN’S BOOK RELEASE PARTY 6 – 8 pm Award Winning Author, Storyteller and Historian Irene Smalls presents her new books, My Nana and Me and My Pop Pop and Me

AUGUST 21 – THE HOUSE SLAM! 6 – 9 pm The House Poetry Slam hosted by Janae and Porsha

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BOSTON scenes A LiteWorks Event LiteWork started as a vision to create an Urban Socialite Network in Boston, Ma to facilitate unique networking events for urban young professionals. Through its events and special programs, LiteWork highlights the power of social interaction within the young, urban demographic.

This group is motivated, spontaneous and fresh. LiteWork takes the photo: (l-r) Farrah Belizaire, Dericka Canada, Kanisha Louis-Jean, John Buckner, Akilah perceived “work” out of networking, joining these urban socialites around Daniels, Kareem Lyder common interests. #LiteWorkAfterWork: Summer Edition in collaboration with The Fab Empire, LLC (Boston Fab) & The Boston Natural Hair Meetup Group (Boston Naturals) Thursday July 10, 2014 at the Rooftop at Revere

NABJ Mixer welcoming the 2014 Convention of the National Association of Black Journalists.

This was part of the NLE After Work Series with Nightlife Execs & The Young Black Women’s Society, Inc. Held July 31, 2014 at Savvor Restaurant & Lounge | 180 Lincoln Street | Boston, Ma

752 Kids Make A Very Big Splash!

On Friday, August 8th youth and teens from 10 youth groups from Boston’s neighborhoods and surrounding communities took part in Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s 4th Annual Beach Bash and Splash at the BCYF Curley Recreation Center at M Street Beach in South Boston, including: BCYF Curley Community Center – South Boston Braintree After School Enrichment – Braintree Castle Square Youth Education Program – South End Curtis Hall Community Center – Jamaica Plain East Boston YMCA – East Boston Greenwood Shalom – Dorchester Home for Little Wanderers – Boston Jackson Mann Summer Program – Brighton South Boston Boys and Girls Club – South Boston Tynan Fun in the Sun – South Boston It was a perfect day for a beach party. Temperatures in the 80s, clear skies, clean water, 1200 hot dogs, 1000 bottles of water, and 752 Boston area youth and teens added up to a beautiful day of fun in the sun for everyone.

“It’s great to see so many kids from across the city on the beach and in the water,” said Save the Harbor’s Director of Strategy, Communications and Programs. “What a great way to celebrate the success of the Boston Harbor Clean-up, which has made these beaches among the cleanest urban beaches in America and among the most popular beaches in the region.”

Over the course of the day, youth and teens engaged in healthy outdoor activities, including swimming, fishing, Frisbee and sports, and enjoyed learning about crabs and lobsters caught and released at the beach. Save the Harbor’s summer artist in residence, Sam Schreiber, helped youth create some spectacular murals and art on the shore.

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COMMUNITY Calendar Thursday August 14 Artists in Residence Craft Workshops The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s annual ParkARTS program, sponsored

by Holly and David Bruce. From East Boston to West Roxbury, children ages three to ten can enjoy watercolor painting, mask and jewelry making, treasure bottle creations, and more at the Artists in Residence Craft Workshops. The workshops are from 9am-12 noon in parks across the city. Participation is free and all materials are provided, but young children must be accompanied by an adult. August 14: Ringgold Playground, South End and Shubow Park, Allston/Brighton. August 15: Dorothy Curran Playground, Moakley Park, South Boston and East Boston Stadium, East Boston. Groups of six or more should make prior arrangements by calling the Boston Parks Department at 617-635-4505.

For information on this and other ParkARTS programs, please call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505, visit www.facebook.com/bostonparks department or www.cityofbos ton.gov/parks or follow @Boston ParksDept.

Saturday August 16 “BLACK GIRL YOGA” Video Release Party “BLACK GIRL YOGA,” is a comedic music video about being the only black woman in a yoga class. This video features the talented Obehi Janice a local artist, who was recently named “Boston’s Best Actress” by the Improper Bostonian. This event will also feature local artists who will perform stand-up, poetry, and music. Featured Artists: Obehi Janice, Kirosha Huggan, Shiyan Animashaun, Kenice Mobley, Stirling Smith, and more! The Center for Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville, 7-9pm.

Register for this event at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ black-girl-yoga-video-releaseparty-tickets-12499501345. *If you pre-register for this event on Eventbrite you will only pay $5 at the door. Cost: $5 in advance $10 at the door.

Sunday August 17 Blue Hills Reservation 1 pm. Moderate walk, hilly terrain, 3 miles. Headquarters Path to Doe Hollow Path and return via Bugbee Path. Meet at the Houghton’s Pond main parking lot at 840 Hillside St. 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.

Line to Forest Hills and the #16 bus to the Zoo. By car, the park can be reached from Blue Hill Avenue, Seaver Street, or Circuit Drive. There is ample free parking and the park is fully handicapped accessible. For further information, call 617-635-4505 or visit www.facebook.com/boston parksdepartment or www.cityof boston.gov/parks.

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ParkARTS Neighborhood Concert Series The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is proud to announce the 2014 ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concert Series presented by title sponsor Eastern Bank in parks citywide.

ParkARTS neighborhood performances are outdoor summer concerts presented free of charge in local City of Boston parks. 7pm, the Sugar Babies Band sponsored in part by Roslindale Village Main Streets at Fallon Field, 910 South St., Roslindale. All ParkARTS neighborhood performances are free of charge. For more information or a full schedule of events, please call please call 617-6354505 or visit the Parks Department online at www.cityofboston/ parks or www.facebook.com/ bostonparksdepartment.

August 18 Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Movie Nights Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Movie Nights, part of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s ParkARTS program, will give residents and visitors plenty of chances to enjoy popular films under the night skies in city parks in August and September. All shows begin at dusk (approximately 7:45pm). Bring your blankets and chairs and make yourself comfortable as you enjoy these family favorites in the outdoors. Monday, August 18 — M Street Park, 775 East First St., South Boston, “Rudy”; Thursday, August 21 — Hynes Playground, 502 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, “Frozen”; Monday, August 25 — Ringer Playground, 85 Allston St., Allston-Brighton, “Planes”; Wednesday, August 27 — Doherty Playground, 1545 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, “Monsters University.” For more information please call 617-6354505 or visit the Boston Parks and Recreation Department online on Facebook or at www.cityofbos ton.gov/parks.

Tuesday August 19 Boston Children’s Festival comes to Franklin Park Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department are proud to present the free ParkARTS Boston Children’s Festival at Franklin Park in Dorchester from 10am1pm, with a rain date on August 20. ParkARTS is made possible through the generosity of Holly and David Bruce. Children and families from throughout Boston have the opportunity to participate in a variety of free activities including playing with robots, fun with plants, exploring a Boston Fire Department fire truck, a show

by Rosalita’s Puppets, scientific wonders, digging for ancient artifacts, hands-on learning with the New England Aquarium tide pool, and more. These activities are made possible by Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Plant Mobile, iRobot, Science on the Street, and City Archaeologist Joseph Bagley. The August 19 event will also include book giveaways from ReadBoston, identification kits from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, a visit from the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit, the Bubble Guy, free treats from HP Hood LLC, and more. The location of the festival is on Pierpont Road off Circuit Drive, near the back entrance of the Franklin Park Zoo. By MBTA, take the Orange

Wednesday August 20 Wednesday Night Concert Series The Dorothy Curran Wednesday Night Concert Series on City Hall Plaza closes August 20 with Charlie Thomas’ Drifters. For more info call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505, visit www.face book.com/bostonparksdepart ment, or go to www.cityofboston. gov/parks.

Memory of the Civil War At Noon. This talk explores various monuments and memorials of the Civil War and how these influence our collective public memory of the Civil War. Museum Entrance Fees Apply. Museum Members Free. Adults - $5, Senior Citizens (62 and over) - $3, Youth 13-17 Years Old - $3, Children 12 and under - Free. The Museum of African American History, 46 Joy St., Boston.

Upcoming “The Importance of Preserving Stories” with Journalist Thatcher Freund The Shirley-Eustis House, National Historic Landmark house museum and carriage house in Roxbury, Massachusetts is pleased to present a special afternoon talk with Journalist Thatcher Freund, Saturday, August 23 at 2pm Shirley Place, 33 Shirley St., Roxbury. Thatcher Freund, a journalist and memoir writer, will talk about the importance of stories in our lives both to ourselves and to the culture we live in, and why it matters so much that we preserve them. Thatcher is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in History, and the Columbia School of Journalism, and has lived in New England off and on for the

last 20 years. His published work includes a book, “Objects of Desire: The Lives of Antiques and Those Who Pursue Them,” which follows the lives of three pieces of American furniture from their creation in the 18th-century to their sales at Sotheby’s some 250 years later. He currently helps people to write the stories of their lives.

Admission to this special program is $5 for adults, $4 for students and seniors. Free admission to this lecture with paid house tour admission. This is a free talk for members. For more information about Shirley Place, its architecture, residents, gardens and collections, visit www.shirleyeustis house.org, call 617-442-2275 or become a fan on our Facebook page to stay connected to our events and announcements.

Blue Hills Reservation Sunday, August 24, 1 pm.

Easy walk, 2 miles. Loop around Houghton’s Pond and old Rte. 128. Meet at the Houghton’s Pond main parking lot at 840 Hillside St. in Milton. 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.

Special Talks at Faneuil Hall Boston African American NHS presents Special Talks at Faneuil Hall. The Middle Passage, Monday, August 25 at 1pm: This talk looks at the Middle Passage and Boston’s role in the Atlantic Slave Trade. Please Note: These talks will be presented from 1pm to 2pm in the Great Hall of Faneuil Hall. In case of scheduling conflicts, the talks will be held on the fourth floor of Faneuil Hall, in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Museum.

Charles C. Yancey Book Fair Come to the 28th Annual Charles C. Yancey Book Fair on Saturday, August 30 from 12noon-3pm at the Reggie Lewis Track Center, 1350 Tremont St.,

Boston. Free books, entertainment. To register visit https:// charlesyanceybookfair2014. eventbrite.com. For more information call 617-635-3131.

Nickerson State Park Saturday, August 30, 1pm.

Moderate walk; about 3.5 miles.

Walk through the piney woods of Cape Cod’s Nickerson State Park. Meet at the Nickerson State Park Nature Center. The entrance to Nickerson State Park is located at 3488 Main Street (Route 6A) in Brewster. 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.

Ongoing Free Summer Scene Program at Marcella Park Hawthorne Youth and Community Center invites you to participate in free instructional programs for 5-70 year olds at Roxbury’s Marcella Park through August 28. Our lineup includes Mondays: Tennis – 5-6pm for 6-10 year olds; 5-8pm for 11 year olds-adults.

Tuesday and Thursdays: Soccer/ Rox 6:30-8:30pm, Hawthorne Walkers 6:30-7:30pm. Wednesdays: 6-8pm basketball for all ages.

Fridays: Everybody Dances! Series 5:30-8:00pm: Hip Hop – August 15. Contact us at hyccroxbury@ hotmail.com or 617-427-0613 for registration forms or information.

Franklin Park Yoga Every Saturday morning at 10am through Labor Day. All levels encouraged to join Linda, the Wellness Warrior, on Schoolmaster Hill. Bring a mat if you have one, there’ll be plenty for those without. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle.

Cancelled if raining. Look for a sign midway along the main park road or go to www.franklinpark coalition.org for more information and directions.

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to accept great risk when the proposal provides Boston jobs and the development of an institution of importance to the city. The funds invested in these loans are not collected from taxes.

In addition to BLDC loans, Mayor Menino operated the Main Streets Foundation to make Boston’s 19 neighborhood commercial areas more attractive. Businesses can get help with signage design and plans to make their place of business more aesthetically appealing.

Technically, the Great Recession is over but the economy has not yet become robust. The data indicates that Massachusetts has indeed weathered the storm. In December 2009 unemployment in the U.S. was 10.0 percent. By the

end of last June it had dropped to 6.1 percent. But Massachusetts did better than the national average during this same period — unemployment dropped from 9.1 percent to 5.5 percent. And Boston did even better — 8.2 percent unemployment to 5.2 percent.

Whenever elected public officials are involved, the press cannot be far behind. Americans expect that. But here we have a great success story that is ignored. Barney Frank, Deval Patrick, Steve Grossman and Tom Menino all had visionary strategies that successfully lifted business development in the state, and the only issues of interest to the Globe are the problems. Readers expect more from Morrissey Blvd than nitpicking negativity.

M.B. Miller is publisher and editor of the Bay State Banner which has an outstanding loan with the BLDC.

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Family members joined Dorchester resident Barbara Nascimento to celebrate her 100th birthday at a celebration at the Upham’s Corner Health Center organized by Commonwealth Care Alliance.

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are just 26, and 17 of those are for liquor stores. In Mattapan there are only nine.

Pressley says restaurants like Dot2Dot can serve as economic engines for neighborhood business districts if they remain open for dinner.

“Restaurants play an important role in building community and building wealth,” she said.

Most restaurants make only modest profits off the sale of food items. Selling wine and beer boosts restaurants’ profit margins and attracts more customers.

Henry-Garrett says she has tried to host dinner events, hosting art exhibits at Dot2Dot, but with limited success.

“It’s hard without a liquor license,” she said. “We don’t make money on these events. People want a glass of wine with their meals.”

Like Dot2Dot, many restaurants have expansion plans on hold, while waiting for the availability of a liquor license. The new licenses are expected to sell for just $2,000 each.

Dudley Square Main Streets Executive Director Joyce Stanley says restaurateurs are looking to site eateries or expand existing ones in the neighborhood, when the licenses become available, citing the Dudley Grill.

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Pressley notes that the new liquor licenses will not go to liquor stores.

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With three weeks till classes, Madison Park short 62 staff Yawu Miller With just three weeks left untill classes resume, the administration at Madison Park High School is attempting to fill dozens of vacancies in its teaching and administrative staff.

The vacancies came after a March 12 meeting when acting School Superintendent John McDonough reportedly told teachers at the vocational high school they would have to re-apply for their jobs, then reportedly blocked Headmaster Diane Ross Gary from making new hires.

The school department contracted with a hiring firm in June, three months after other Boston schools began their hiring process.

That firm held a July 29 job fair, but with a five-month head start, other schools in the city may have gleaned all the talent. Madison Park still has 62 vacancies in its faculty and staff, teachers and volunteers at the school say.

“They haven’t even hired the administrators who are going to be on the leadership team,” said teacher Dennis Wilson. “They are setting Madison Park up to fail.”

A school department spokes-

man did not respond to a request for comment by the Banner’s press deadline.

Members of the Friends of Madison Park, a group of former teachers, graduates and community supporters, said the school department’s inaction on hiring has dealt Madison Park a serious blow.

“The superintendent has thwarted every effort of the headmaster to replace the teachers who left,” said Friends of Madison Park member Louis Elisa. “Then he turns around and says he has the interests of the children at heart.”

When Ross Gary arrived in 2013, 35 percent of the student body was classified as having learning or behavioral disabilities. The average vocational high school in the state has 19 percent of its student body in special education programs.

Madison Park has had no staff trained in working with special education students.

The school department formed an intervention team of educational professionals to help turn the school around, but has repeatedly denied Ross Gary’s requests for crucial support staff like assistant headmasters and a discipline officer.

Last year, Madison Park meted out 205 suspensions — more than one a day. With no assistant headmasters, those duties fell on Ross Gary. The apparent lack of resources has many wondering about

the department’s plans for the school.

“We need to make sure the headmaster is supported, that she’s given all the resources — financial and human — that she needs to turn the school around,” said District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson.

“It’s imperative that a headmaster be able to hire her staff.”

But with classes set to begin the first week in September, it’s doubtful Madison Park will have full complement of teachers, according to former Madison Park teacher

Bob Marshall, who volunteers at the school.

“You can’t hire 60 people in three weeks,” he said.

“The best teachers were scooped up in March,” Wilson added.

McDonough has publicly questioned the viability of the school, but Jackson says he’s committed to seeing Madison succeed.

“Madison park has to be successful,” he said. “It is our pathway into careers, living-wage jobs and 21st century jobs.”

The school department hired a search firm to fill vacant teaching, administrative and staff positions at Madison Park High School.

With just three weeks until classes start, the school still has 62 vacancies, teachers say. (Banner file photo)

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Democrats in Congress,” Capuano said. “It has no chance of going any further. The Senate is already gone on break and the President would veto the bill even if it somehow passed the Senate.”

Capuano said that he voted against these bills because the measures are “Anti-American.”

“My guess is that many of these children will be sent home. But these are different children from different countries with different stories, and some of them may fit the criteria for refugee status. My hope is that the immigration policy should be willing to help human beings to help get their fair share of the American dream.”

“I am all for secure borders and for following rules. But each of these children should be treated and judged on an individual basis,” Capuano said. “This is time consuming and it makes people uncomfortable, but it’s the right thing to do.”

Last week, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition hosted a rally at Copley Square and marched up to the State House, calling on President Barack Obama and Congress to adopt a more compassionate approach to the children fleeing to the Mexico/ Texas border from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, where rampant violence and poverty are driving many to make the risky journey north.

Marchers held signs calling for due process and asylum for the children held in detention centers and thanked Governor Deval Patrick for his compassion towards reuniting families.

“We believe that all of the children coming here from Central America deserve full due process and a chance to prove their case for asylum,” Frank Soults, MIRA Coalition communications director said.

“We also want to thank Governor Patrick for offering a center for these children that’s no longer needed. But there are hundreds of children already here and hundreds more on their way.”

Soults said that MIRA and other activist groups condemn the House bills, calling them cold, mean spirited pieces of legislation.

“Both of these bills seem to be pandering to the Republican base, who are out of touch with what the American people want,” Soults said.

“Passing these bills showed a lack of understating towards the children who were brought here by their parents who just want a chance at an education and a decent life here. They seemed to be coming around in 2012, but then they turned around and passed a bill that called for deportations. It seems as if they’re pushing for a pure enforcement regime that will create economic hardship for the country while tearing families apart. It’s a mean spirited approach that will ultimately fail them.”

State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz said that Governor Patrick’s office has received letters of support at a rate of three to one in favor of protecting the migrant children instead of shipping them back to their home countries in broad sweeps.

“It wasn’t just our Governor who opened our state’s arms to welcome these children who risk their lives to cross our border,” Chang-Diaz said. “Thousands and thousands of people across Massachusetts have also stood up and defined what kind of state we’re going to be.”

Massachusetts General Hospital received the first-ever AHA Equity of Care Award from the American Hospital Association.

MGH is recognized for its efforts to reduce health care disparities and promote diversity within its leadership and staff. Shown are (l – r) Eugene Woods, Executive VP and CEO of Christus Health, Joseph Betancourt, Director of the Disparities Solutions Center, MGH (winner) and Rich Umbdenstock, President and CEO, American Hospital Association.

Representatives from The Chelsea Collaborative, The National Association of Social Workers, SEIU, The Haitian Community Partners, The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers joined various religious groups and local legislators who marched in solidarity with hundreds of people, demanding the federal government treat the thousands of undocumented minors as refugees, not criminals.

“We have children fleeing here from Honduras, where the murder rate is 30 times that of the entire United States,” Reverend Mairama White-Hammond told the crowd. “It is unimaginable that we are fighting about the safety of children. The soul of our country is at a crossroads.”

Thursday’s march was lead by

young children carrying a large banner reading “#Stand Up 4 All Kids. Keep Families Together.”

Drummers kept the marching tempo for the hundreds of participants who carried signs and chanted in Spanish and English, calling on Congress to end the deportation of undocumented children.

Organizers shouted call-and-response chants into bullhorns, calling for justice, “Obama! Obama!

Protect our children,” and “education, not deportations.” They marched up Boylston Street, blocking traffic to the dismay of rush hour commuters and reached the stairs across from the State House next to the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial.

“We are marching to show that we want our leaders to protect the

children fleeing the violence in their home countries,” MIRA Coalition Organizing Director Cristina Aguilera said. “We have over a hundred organizations standing together with us today. All of us are sending a message that we are welcoming all of the children.”

“All my life in Boston, I have supported the rights of children and families to be a part of our country,” former City Councilor Felix D. Arroyo said while marching. “They are fighting for basic rights. I consider them as people who should be accepted here. Their parents go through a very traumatic experience in sending their children here for them to have a better life. It’s a very difficult situation. In many cases, sending these children back to their countries is a death sentence.”

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Notice of Public Comment Period and Public Meeting

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY

The City of Peabody and the North Shore HOME Consortium, an organization comprised of thirty cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley and the North Shore, are seeking public comment on their respective Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Reports (CAPERs) for the 2013 Program Year.

These written documents are intended to 1.) Report on the use of HOME funds for the development of affordable housing in this region over the past year, and 2.) Report on the use of CDBG funds in the City of Peabody over the past year, to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and to the general public. The City of Peabody and the Consortium will make these documents available to the general public and will encourage comments from all interested parties.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The member communities of the Consortium include: Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleton, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury and Wilmington. A draft of Consortium’s CAPER will be forwarded to each member community at their respective City or Town Hall, and will be forwarded to a number of nonprofit organizations. A copy of both draft CAPERS will also be available at the Community Development & Planning Department of the City of Peabody, City Hall, 24 Lowell Street, Peabody during normal business hours.

The public comment period will begin on Friday, August 29th, 2014 and will end on Monday, September 29th, 2014. All interested parties, representatives from the Consortium’s member communities, and nonprofit providers whose clients are impacted by the need for affordable housing are urged to review these documents and to respond with comments.

A Public Meeting will also be held on Thursday, September 11th, 2014 in the Community Development Conference Room, Peabody City Hall, 24 Lowell Street, Peabody at 5:00 p.m. to provide the public with an opportunity to offer comment.

Written comments are also encouraged, and may be addressed, on or before September 29th, to: The Department of Community Development City Hall, 24 Lowell Street Peabody, Massachusetts 01960 FAX (978) 538-5987 e-mail addresses: lisa.greene@peabody-ma.gov or stacey.bernson@peabody-ma.gov MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1201-C1, HTHW HEAT EXCHANGER – TERMINAL A, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST 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 021282909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 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 1:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014.

The work includes REPLACEMENT OF ONE HIGH TEMPERATURE HOT WATER LINE TO REHEAT HOT WATER SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH TWO REPLACEMENT SHELL & TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS, SEPARATION OF PIPING BETWEEN HOT WATER AND GLYCOL HEATING SYSTEMS, NEW HOT WATER CIRCULATING PUMP WITH VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE AND CONCRETE FLOOR CURBING. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014.

Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. The estimated contract cost is TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000.00).

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

No filed sub bids will be required for this contract.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1510-C1, FY2015-2017 HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE TERM CONTRACT, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MA; L.G. HANSCOM FIELD, BEDFORD, MA; WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT, WORCESTER, MA; BLACK FALCON CRUISE TERMINAL, SOUTH BOSTON, MA; AND CONLEY TERMINAL, SOUTH BOSTON, MA, 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, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 2014.

The work includes PROVISION OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE REMOVAL, REPAIRS, RELOCATION AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT FOR AND TO THE ELECTRICAL MEDIUM VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (1KV THROUGH 15KV) INCLUDING SWITCHING EQUPMENT, AND FEEDER CIRCUIT CABLES AT THE AUTHORITY’S PROPERTIES. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014.

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

In the matter of Zariyah Melissa Tiffany Hankerson CITATION G.L. c. 210, § 6 To Wleesaymah Hankerson Last Known of Dorchester, MA And Now Of Parts Unknown and any unnamed or unknown parent and persons interested in a petition for the adoption of said child and to the Department of Children and Families of said Commonwealth.

A petion has been presented to said court by Zola Hankerson of Dorchester, MA and Robert M. Hankerson of Dorchester, MA requesting for leave to adopt said child.

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 09/11/2014.

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

Date: July 1, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of ELECTRICAL. The estimated contract cost is THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS $350,000.00.

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $10,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

No filed sub bids will be required for this contract.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY RE-ADVERTISEMENT SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Design and Construction Department has identified the need for “on-call” engineering services to provide advice and consultation, on minimum notice, for a variety of smaller short-term, time-sensitive situations. The amount of $500,000 available for each of the three to five consultants selected has been budgeted for this project.

The scope of services will include advice to and consultation with the authority’s design and construction directorate on matters of design, construction and quality engineering on an as-needed basis. Services may include, but are not limited to: feasibility surveys/analyses; multidiscipline engineering (i.e. mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, etc.); construction engineering; contract management assistance; scheduling; quality control/quality assurance; construction systems and methods; construction planning; construction staging and constructability; construction innovations; field safety; construction training; computer management applications; environmental assistance; public information; and materials testing. Design and feasibility services may be required, and may be limited to the development of 30% design of a project. Should the authority decide that it is in its best interests, projects may be taken to the 100% design level, including construction phase services.

The DBE participation goal for this contract is sixteen-percent (16.0%).

The complete request for qualification can be found on the MBTA website.

Please use the following link: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/ This is not a request for proposal.

Richard A. Davey Mass DOT Secretary & CEO Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. General Manager and Rail & Transit Administrator

Docket No. SU14A0092AD

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

Docket No. SU14P1812EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Maggie Phillips Date of Death: 10/19/2009 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 08/28/2014. 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: July 29, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P1781EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Jennifer C Hamlin Date of Death: 04/23/2014 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Davina Hamlin-Chisolm of Boston, 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 Davina HamlinChisolm of Boston, 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 08/28/2014. 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: July 24, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU12W1213WD Summons By Publication and Mailing Jamal Blake, Plaintiff v.

Lindsey Johnson, Defendant

To the above named Defendant: A Complaint has been presented to this Court by the Plaintiff (s), Jamal Blake, seeking Complaint to Establish Paternity.

You are required to serve upon Jamal Blake — plantiff (s) — whose address is 18 Duke St., Mattapan, MA 02126 your answer on or before September 11th, 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 in the office of the Register of this Court at Boston.

Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Justice of said Court at Boston, this 1st day of July, 2014.

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

Docket No. SU14P1131GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Sharmake T Abdi Of Roxbury, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Tahalil A Shaiye of Roxbury, MA, Marian Farah of Roxbury, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Sharmake T Abdi is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Tahalil A Shaiye of Roxbury, MA, Marian Farah of Roxbury, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.

The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondant is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 08/21/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

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

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

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Responsibilities include: ov erseeing the p ersonnel , op erations and equipment of the MBTA Transit Police Department, providing public safety and law enforcement services for the protection of the customers and employees of the MBTA, the general public and the assets of the Authority. The selected candidate will plan and direct the activities of the Department to preserve peace, protect riders, employees and property, and enforce the law. The qualified candidate must have: A Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Business, or a related field from an accredited institu tion; ten (1 0 ) years of law enforcement experience in a large, multi-jurisdictional setting; five (5 ) years of command experience; knowledge and training relative to the Incident Command System; sound knowledge of Massachusetts and federal laws and regulations; familiarity with Police Accreditation operations and standards (The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies - CALEA); knowledge of budget development and/or administration; the ability to pass a formal firearms test; the ability to obtain a valid License to Carry a Firearm in Massachusetts; a valid driver’s license; a certification demonstrating the successful completion of Basic Police Recruit Academy; and the ability to supervise and work effectively with a diverse workforce. Preferences Include: W ork experience in the law enforcement field in an urban environment; and/or work experience in the law enforcement field in a transit setting.

Application deadline: 8/25/14. To view the complete job description or to apply online, please visit the MBTA’s Career O po rtuni ties pa ge at www.mbta.com.

The MBTA is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer.

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