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Protesters on the Boston Common were among demonstrators in 90 U.S. cities who turned out for a moment of silence for Ferguson, Mo. police shooting victim Michael Brown. While many demonstrations were multi-racial, demonstrations in Ferguson for and against the police cleved along race lines. (Banner photo)

Ferguson police shooting highlights US race divide Yawu Miller The Ferguson, Mo., police shooting of Michael Brown has sparked national discussions of race, the militarization of local police departments, racially-segregated housing patterns, the vilification of black males in the media and other issues that underscore vast differences between the experiences and perceptions of blacks and whites in the United States.

The shooting itself boils down to an everyday occurrence: A confrontation between a teenager and a cop.

For whites, the outcomes of such confrontations are often radically different than those for blacks. In Ferguson, blacks interviewed by the media say the police force, with just

3 blacks among its 53 officers, often subjects them to beatings, arbitrary arrests and harassment.

While whites in Ferguson have not been as widely interviewed by media on their experiences of police brutality, the arrest statistics the department turned over to Missouri’s attorney general tell the story: In a town that’s 67 percent black, blacks account for 86 percent of all traffic stops, 92 percent of searches and 93 percent of arrests — this in spite of the fact that 22 percent of blacks arrested were found to have contraband as opposed to 34 percent of whites.

The racial discrepancies in policing in Ferguson mirror a wider divide between the way blacks and whites in the United States perceive

the events that led to Brown’s killing and the aftermath of the killing.

Police initially alleged that Brown tried to wrest a service weapon away from officer Darren Wilson, who is white, before Wilson shot him. Two eye witnesses told reporters Brown had his hands in the air in the universal gesture denoting surrender when Williams opened fire, striking Brown more than six times; twice in the head.

In the days that followed, through the rioting, the tear gassing of black Ferguson residents, protesters, reporters and bystanders, the rubber bullets, a curfew and a police response that has been widely panned in the national media, the story of what Ferguson, continued to page 19

in lifting the minimum wage to $11. There was a large coalition A beachside barbeque on a that worked on it and we were gorgeous Saturday afternoon may pleased to see that,” Veronica not look like the backdrop for Turner, Executive Vice President battle preparations, but the banner of 1199SEIU said. “But it’s not a hanging on the pavilion at Carson living wage. And so we’re saying Beach said it all: Fight For $15, people should have the option to Fight For Dignity. make a living wage and the option Usually, this annual cookout to form a union.” in Dorchester is a community Turner said that union homegathering for friends and fam- care and personal care attendants ilies hoping to enjoy free food earn $13.30 an hour, compared to and to have a chance to get a hold the nonunion workers who earn $9 of free health information cour- or $10. tesy of 1199SEIU, the largest “You’re doing God’s work in union of health care workers in taking care of someone who is the Commonthe most vulwealth, health nerable and in care providers need,” Turner and nonprofit said. “These “A higher minimum agencies make organizations.

This year, wage means people m o n e y, b u t the Wa g e they don’t pass Action Coali- will spend more any on to their tion joined the money in their workers.” community Critics of community. It’s that health providthe $15 hourly ers. Advocates simple.” wage say the armed with increase would — Felix D. Arroyo lead to a hike clipboards and pamphlets colin the cost of lected signatures living. But and handed out former city flyers for imcouncilor and pending marches and protests. They current candidate for Register of are working on building momentum Probate and Family Court Felix heading into the November elec- D. Arroyo said this was a flawed tion, gathering the support of local approach to labor. low wage earners for the Question 4 “A higher minimum wage means ballot initiative that will require em- people will spend more money in ployers in certain fields to provide their community,” Arroyo said. “It’s paid sick days. that simple. They have the support The labor activists are gath- of people like (U.S. Sen.) Elizabeth ering support for their Fight For Warren and a lot of other local pol$15 campaign, part of a nation- iticians in seeing a wage increase. wide push for higher wages and At the state level, there’s no reason union membership for adjunct why we cannot get this accomprofessors, fast food workers, plished. If they are friends of laborretail, home care, transportation ers, they should show it by voting and airport workers. for it. It would benefit everyone.” wages, continued to page 19 “The state went a long way

Dominicans expanding political clout in Mass.

Yawu Miller The first Dominican Festival was held back in 1985 in Mozart Park on Centre Street in what was then the heart of the city’s growing Dominican community in Jamaica Plain. There were no elected officials present. And few people who were not Dominican.

“There were two or three thousand people — no more than that,” said Enerio “Tony” Barros, one of the event’s founders.

On Sunday, thousands lined

the Dominican parade route, which stretched from Hyde Square to Franklin Park. Mayor Martin Walsh, former City Councilor Felix D. Arroyo and Lawrence state Rep. Marcos Devers led the parade. Trailing behind were candidates for local and statewide office including Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker, candidates for attorney general Maura Healey and Warren Tolman, canparade, continued to page 10

Among those leading the annual Dominican parade in Boston were Grand Marshal David Suazo Ortiz, Lawrence state Rep. Marcos Devers, Mayor Martin Walsh, former City Councilor Felix D. Arroyo, Ramona Barros and Jackeline Peguero. (Banner photo)

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VOA Stand Down aims to aid homeless, at-risk vets Nate Homan The Massachusetts branch of the Volunteers of America are offering free services to homeless and at-risk veterans at their annual Massachusetts Stand Down event on Friday, August 22 at the IBEW Local 103 hall in Dorchester.

“The VA will be providing information on housing, employment, and legal assistance, along with education, counseling, food stamp information, HIV/AIDS resources, ID and driver’s license renewals and other medical care information,” Congressional Black Caucus Veteran Brain Trust Ron Armstead said. “We brought this concept here in 1993 in order to coordinate all the necessary care veterans may need in one spot. We start off with housing and work our way through the list of services. But they obviously need a place to live first and foremost.”

Armstead estimated that there are some 30,000 veterans on the streets in Massachusetts. A fundamental shift in policy focusing on housing vouchers has changed the way the VA approaches the issue of getting veterans back on their feet.

“Something like the housing vouchers, which are not the same as Section 8 vouchers, are a big help, but they don’t solve everything. But we’ve seen mass foreclosures and high unemployment in veterans living in communities of color like Dorchester, Roxbury

and Mattapan.”

Armstead said that on a national level, blacks make up about 40 percent of the homeless veteran population, even though they make up 10 percent of the overall veteran population.

“We’ve had no successful answer for the last 20 years,” Armstead said. “It has reached as high as 50 percent without explanation. But we’re battling this scourge. ‘Homeless’ and ‘veterans’ should not exist in the same sentence.”

“Barring any injury or casualties, I think it’s harder to try and navigate the ins and outs of normal civilian life than getting out of a combat situation because you know what to do. You train for that.”

— Orson Buckmire The veterans who come to the VoA for help are from every walk of life, military branch, era, age and gender. The spectrum of their struggles range from someone in need of a few connections to get them going to those with addiction and mental health issues.

Massachusetts VA Director of Development Stephanie Paauwe said that the number of homeless veterans has been in decline for the last four years.

“It’s difficult to get a solid count of people on the streets or in a shelter,” Paawue said. “If you’re staying on a friend’s couch or in your parent’s basement, that’s not your home. It’s not just the common thought of people living under the highway. There are lots of places for vets to stay, but it’s not the place to put your stuff or have a mailing address, which you need to get a job.”

Outreach specialist and case manager Orson Buckmire said that focusing on the issue of finding a veteran a home is the foundation to aiding them in other realms where they may struggle.

“We primarily work with housing, homeless veterans and veterans who are at risk of losing their apartments. We step in to talk with the property manager or the landlord and let them know that their tenant is working with us so that he can get on the right track to move forward.”

Buckmire said that the most common deficiencies with the veterans coming across their desks is the lack of information regarding resources to which they are entitled.

“We’ve seen it with families living in cars, living in inhospitable housing with roaches, no heat, you name it. If I haven’t seen it, one of my coworkers has,” Buck-

Dorchester’s Orson Buckmire uses his experiences in transitioning from life on the battlefield to starting over at home to help struggling veterans. (Banner Photo) mire said. “A lot of them don’t consider themselves veterans or have been deemed a non-veteran. The state of Massachusetts has its own definition of a veteran. The VA has its own definition of a veteran.

We have our own definition. All it takes is one person to say ‘you’re not a veteran’ and that they’re out on their own trying to do it alone.

Then they’re stuck in a cycle.”

Buckmire knows firsthand the struggles ahead of a returning veteran, having served as an Army medic in Iraq, where he worked in the busiest trauma center in Baghdad. He worked on soldiers of every rank, civilians and insurgents as well. After he returned, he bounced around from Kentucky, Atlanta, back to Boston, Texas, and Colorado, before returning to Boston. He said he had to begin his life from scratch, which many veterans find themselves facing if they don’t have a post-service plan.

“Returning to civilian life is a cold snap,” Buckmire said. “You’re used to knowing your schedule. If you don’t know, someone else does.

So after you do 35 push-ups, you’re gonna find out where you need to be. You develop a routine right down to your boot laces, how you park your vehicle, where you keep your pen. And all of that is gone the moment you walk out of there.”

Adjusting to post-war life without developing an addictive habit or suffering from mental health is still a jarring experience. Large crowds, closed quarters, loud noises and the news are things Buckmire will avoid every possible chance. He burned his hand a few days ago and the smell of burning flesh triggered a flashback, which is not uncommon for anyone who

has seen combat. Seeing a report that ISIS is marching on Baghdad rocked him to the core, triggering nausea and conjuring a familiar scent of the battlefield. He described the process of holding it together is an all-day affair.

“Barring any injury or casualties, I think it’s harder to try and navigate the ins and outs of normal civilian life than getting out of a combat situation because you know what to do. You train for that,” Buckmire said. “Once you’re out, you’re left to your own devices. That’s what these guys are facing when they’re on the streets. But now we’re home and it’s time to help each other heal.

Time to clean up the mess.”

Though he doesn’t keep count of the amount of veterans he has helped, he can remember the first one he ever helped. It took upwards of six months of working with this man, who was in need of significant mental health treatment. Buckmire said that the experience of seeing his first successful attempt at helping a fellow soldier resonated so greatly with him, he can remember what day of the week the breakthrough occurred. That experience propelled him to reach out to more people in need.

“Seeing someone get to a better place is an incredible feeling. To take a person who is homeless, living on the streets and putting them in a place and finding a way to help them make their way is a great feeling. We try to put them in a position to succeed. Helping people out of a rough patch is more than just our job. It’s our duty to our fellow vets.”

More information on the Stand Down is available on the Volunteers of America’s web page.

R. Shaheed Henry of Ft. Worth, TX, born January 28, 1964, long-time resident of Atlanta GA, departed this life August 8, 2014, celebration of life service, August 12, 2014 at Ray Charles Performing Arts Center and Music Academic Building at Morehouse College and interment Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA. Son of Jumaada Abdal-Khallaq Henry Smith, J.D., Boston, MA and Robert Henry, III, M.D., Ft. Worth, TX. Brother of Hakeema R. Henry, M.D.; father of Amir Shaheed and Ahmad Qadir Henry and grandfather of Israel Ahmiya-Joy Henry Taylor. Fiancé of Yasmin McLaughlin, daughter, Raven Jackson. Best friend of Daryl Douglas, and godfather of Kai and Asim Spear and Jordan and Ryann Douglas. He leaves to cherish his memory a host of Abdal-Khallaq and Henry family members and many friends. Baby R.S.H. Henry predeceased Shaheed. Shah graduated from Arlington Heights High School in Ft. Worth, TX, received a B.A. in Accounting from Morehouse College, an M.A.T. in Learning with Technology, and was a candidate for a Ph.D. in Education. Devoted to family, Shaheed was a long time employee for and contributor to his family’s business, A Nubian Notion, Inc. in Boston, MA. As a dedicated employee of TransAmerica worldwide, Shaheed designed and implemented the computer-based learning system to improve human performance technology and blended learning initiatives for TransAmerica’s Life and Protection customers. He was a dedicated member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (Psi chapter), member and former president of the Ruff Ryders Biker Club, Gwinnett, GA Chapter, and a host of other professional and civic organizations. Shaheed was fluent in Arabic and Spanish and was a third degree black-belt in Tae-kwon-do. Born to Christian parents, Shaheed also had a strong religious teaching of the Islamic faith. Shaheed was loving, charitable, humorous, optimistic, kind, caring, giving and family-oriented.

May he rest in peace.

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Gov. Deval Patrick swears in Charlotte Golar Richie as a commissioner at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

With Richie are daughters Kara, Leigh and husband Winston. (Banner photo)

Golar Richie continues life in public service at MCAD Yawu Miller Charlotte Golar Richie planned to have an intimate swearing-in ceremony, with just her husband, her two daughters and six close friends. But word travels fast on Beacon Hill, and faster still among blacks in state government, many of whom have at one time or another worked with or for Golar Richie.

“You invited nine and 900 showed up,” quipped Gov. Deval Patrick, as he maneuvered Richie and her family members around the packed office to swear her in as a commissioner at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

Lining the walls of Patrick’s office were legislators, including Byron Rushing, Liz Malia and Linda Dorcena Forry, former city councilor and current chief of Health and Human Services Felix G. Arroyo, and about two dozen former staffers from her various incarnations in government — legislative aides, staff from the Department of Neighborhood Development and as Patrick’s senior advisor for federal, state and community affairs.

Outside the governor’s elegantly-renovated but space-challenged office, dozens more supporters

waited to congratulate Richie on her appointment, mobbing the lobby.

The depth of support came as no surprise to Golar Richie’s friends.

“First and foremost, Charlotte is a genuine person,” said Ron Marlow, who served as assistant secretary for Access and Opportunity at the Executive Office for Administration and Finance in the Patrick administration. “She’s always shown care and respect for her people — people she’s represented, people she’s worked with and people who look like her and feel affinity for her. She’s earned a tremendous amount of respect from people who like her and political opponents.”

In her new role as one of the MCAD’s four commissioners, Richie hears and renders decisions on discrimination cases in employment, housing, lending, public accommodation and other areas. The caseload can be heavy.

“On most days the lobby is full when you walk in in the morning,” says Golar Richie, who has been sitting in on hearings for the last month. “The caseload is an indication that discrimination is still a problem in the Commonwealth.

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Gone are the days when the overwhelming majority of complainants at the MCAD were African American. Now, with discrimination based on gender, age, physical disability, sexual orientation and other areas, the cases have become more complex and numerous, with an average of 3,000 filed a year.

“Discrimination is more subtle in some ways,” Richie says. “You can never tell exactly whether there’s malicious intent.

A lot of discrimination is the result of people not knowing the law — a person putting an ad in a newspaper saying they want to rent to single professionals. A lot of people don’t know what the law is.”

Golar Richie’s stint at the MCAD is the latest chapter in a career of public service that goes back to 1995, when her neighbors in the Meetinghouse section of Dorchester prevailed upon her to run for state representative in the 5th Suffolk District. She won handily, defeating one-term Rep. Althea Garrison.

In the Legislature, she earned high marks for her ability to deliver for her long-neglected Dorchester district and enjoyed a productive, congenial relationship

with House leadership. She also cultivated the talents of her staff, among whom Dorcena Forry stands out as the most political.

And in an era where most white reps. hired all-white staffs, Richie stood out for the diversity of her staff, which included blacks, Latinos and Cape Verdeans.

When Richie moved from the Legislature to City Hall in 1999, heading up the Department of Neighborhood Development under Mayor Thomas Menino, she maintained a level of diversity in her staff, mentoring black, white and Latino staffers, many of whom, like Dorcena Forry, have gone on to leadership positions in state government. Former staffer Laura E. Younger is Director of Integrated Facilities Management Planning at the Division of Capital Asset Management. Carole Cornelison is Commissioner of DCAM. Reggie Nunnally heads the state’s Supplier Diversity Office. In state offices that until recently were exclusively white, much of the new diversity came through Golar Richie’s efforts.

“She opened a lot of doors in state and city government,” Nunnally said.

Nunnally, who during the 1990s had headed the Enhanced Enterprise Community — a HUD-funded community redevelopment effort, was considering leaving city government when Golar Richie convinced him to work as her government liaison.

“She gave me an understanding of how to deal with the issues of different organizations and constituencies,” he said.

Of course, not all of the newfound diversity in state government is directly attributable to Golar Richie’s influence. With the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick bringing in new blood, the changes in state government have been somewhat widespread.

But Golar Richie has been a major force in broadening the network of people of color in positions of influence, Nunally says.

“A few years back, if you were black, you couldn’t just pick up the phone and call someone you know at another agency,” he said. “Now you can.”

While Golar Richie has spent much of her career working quietly behind the scenes to expand opportunities for people who have long been excluded from government, her career took one of its more interesting turns last year when she entered the Boston mayoral race. Her decision did not come as a complete surprise. For years, pundits have floated Golar Richie’s name as a possible contender for the office.

“I had an opportunity to run,” Golar Richie said. “I thought to not do it, I would have had some regrets.”

Her third-place finish in the field of 12 candidates came as a disappointment to many in Boston’s black community. But Richie made a strong showing as the first black woman to mount a campaign, finishing fewer than 4,000 votes behind second place finisher John Connolly in the preliminary. Not bad, considering she entered the race later than any of the other major contenders and had to take time off in the middle of the race to arrange a funeral for her father, Simeon Golar, a former justice on the New York State Supreme Court.

“I was amazed I even made it to the finish line,” Golar Richie said.

Golar Richie’s endorsement of Martin Walsh, the eventual winner in the race, came at a pivotal moment in the race. The fact that she and Walsh served in the House together, in contiguous districts, contributed to her decision. More importantly, Golar Richie says, Walsh agreed with her conviction that the resources of city government be focused on the plight of young people in Boston.

Richie remains involved in the Walsh administration as a member of his transition team’s youth committee, which is headed by Project HipHop Executive Director Mariama White Hammond.

“Young people in our city need attention,” Golar Richie said. “We need for all of our children to be able to make it in our city. I know the mayor is fully committed to following through on that.”

Golar Richie has made her mark in city and state government in the years since her 1995 run for the Legislature. She has remained rooted in her Dorchester neighborhood. Her two daughters have left home, but Golar Richie is still living with her husband, Winston, in her Percival Street home, just steps from Bowdoin Street.

Just minutes before her own swearing in at the governor’s office, Golar Richie’s Percival Street neighbor and former campaign volunteer, Karen Charles, was sworn in as Commissioner of the Department of Telecommunications and Cable. Yet another member of the Richie team making her mark in state government.

“I’ve supported the careers of a lot of people who have gone on to do great things,” Golar Richie said. “And they’re people I continue to work with and admire.”

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Police homicides: A continuing national problem A war has been waging for decades, or even longer, between the police and black males. News reports of the battles have confused the citizens about the nature of the conflicts. People have been led to believe that the casualties are simply the result of good police work. Periodically, an incident like the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., causes citizens to question the legitimacy of another fatal police shooting of a black man.

During the Civil Rights Movement the police came out in military combat mode to suppress protests. Their storm trooper tactics even offended whites who were the beneficiaries of police efforts to maintain normal public order. The 1965 police attack with dogs and water hoses on women and children at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., was opposed by even some supporters of racial discrimination. And the violent Chicago police attack on protestors at the 1968 Democratic Convention even disturbed conservatives.

In the 1960s, police departments across the country launched “Officer Friendly” programs to counter the bad publicity about the police and induce young people to view the police as committed to public service — “to protect and serve.” This view of the police became prevalent in affluent suburbs, but it was contrary to the reality of black neighborhoods. The demographic shift in Ferguson, Mo., demonstrates how a potential powder keg can be created.

In 1980, the town’s population was 85 percent white and 14 percent black. By 2010 the residents had become predominantly black, 69 percent to only 29 percent white. However, the town’s power structure remained white. Five of the six City Council members are white as well as the mayor and the chief of police. And only three of Ferguson’s 53 police officers are black. The military armaments displayed by the police in the demonstra-

tions following Michael Brown’s shooting certainly created an aura of racial oppression.

The police use of deadly force is a common practice in America. It is estimated that there are about 400 such deaths every year, and the district attorneys and courts usually find that the homicides are justifiable. Black males constitute a disproportionate number of these victims of the homicides by police officers. Black men everywhere consider themselves to be potential targets.

The recent killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., have generated national attention to the police use of deadly force. The FBI is already investigating the Brown case, and the coroner has determined that Garner, who was killed by a chokehold, is a victim of murder. But as often happens in such cases, critics have focused on the wrong target, the “broken windows” policing policy.

The fundamental assumption of that policy is to enforce the law on minor offenses in order to restore a sense of law and order that reduces criminality in the society. Opponents are concerned that contact with the police on petty issues will expose citizens to possible violent interactions. However, it makes no sense to abstain from any law enforcement because America has developed into a violent society.

In England, police officers do not even carry guns except on those occasions when it is necessary to do so. With so many citizens armed in America, the police constantly need firearms. That is a consequence of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The only protection African Americans have against police excesses is political assertiveness.

The situation won’t change in Ferguson until blacks vote and realign the town’s power structure.

Some will say pray, some will say go to Ferguson and march as if that will stop the killings of our young black warriors. It is sad to know that other Michael Brown type murders will come and that anger will not stop hate towards our people. Yes, our young women are killed too and cold cases when it comes to our folks means just that “cold blooded.”

There was the killing of the young man [D.J. Henry] attending college in New York who was killed by the police a couple of years ago and they tried to drag his reputation through the mud, just like they are trying to do Michael Brown’s reputation. The young college student from Massachusetts was an outstanding student and according to his parents an obedient child. There are far too many killings by the police and by our youth and young adults. Far too much disrespect for life. We don’t need to kill, but learn how to live. TOGETHER. Of course the media will come

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probing for reactions from some in the community as if they are experts or are speaking under the mantle of the self-appointed community leader looking to get their picture and their quotes in the media. Sad...

Let us not hate because it takes away from clarity, but instead form community alliances through better organizing and closely examine the intent of these orchestrated murders that the police are carrying out. We must protect our children and begin to stand up to the gang element that is present in our communities and begin to take responsibility as parents and elders to stop living in the

world of the children and bring the children in our world. Too many of our youth are running buck wild and bring the attention of some police with sinister motives to step to them.

Every Sunday for the next year instead of many of our churches being involved with politics, they need to step back and demand that racial profiling be banned and that cultural sensitivities including hiring more black police be implemented from their respective pulpits.

Don’t go to Ferguson, but stay home and work with our youth and their parents/guardians.

Rev. Stanley Deeds

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OPINION Brown and Ford Slayings Prove that Racial Profiling Just Might Kill Earl Ofari Hutchinson The surprising thing about U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s tale of being pulled over twice as a college student driving on the New Jersey Turnpike and again as a federal prosecutor in Washington D.C. at a convention of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network last April was that there was no surprise about it. Holder as a college student or Holder as a federal prosecutor was not immune from the harassment, targeting, possible arrest, and even in some cases violence while walking or driving while black. Tragically, this was not the case with Ezell Ford in Los Angeles or Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Though separated by 2000 miles, both men had three things in common with Holder the student. They were young, black and male. They were not accused of any crimes. Yet they were still stopped and slain by police officers.

Their slayings proved what Holder and legions of other blacks know.

That is that racial profiling might kill. There’s the astounding report that nearly 30 black males have been killed by police or security guards the last two years.

Nearly all were unarmed. There is no conclusive proof that the young men were killed solely because they were black. But the irrefutable fact is that they were black, and countless studies and surveys of police and public attitudes show that young black males are far more likely to be stopped, searched and arrested than white males. It’s at times only a short step from that to a deadly altercation.

In Ferguson, a study based on police statistics found that in 2013 while African-American drivers make up a little less than two-thirds of the driving-age population in the city, they made up nearly 90 percent of all traffic stops. They were almost twice as likely to be searched as whites and twice as likely to be arrested even though police found no weapons or drugs on them.

An ACLU study found that blacks were likely to be stopped, searched and arrested in nearly every category of crime than whites. The LAPD has tried several approaches to root out In Ferguson, a study based on racial profiling from mediation to police statistics found that in dialogue sessions to intense sensi2013 while African-American tivity training of officers. But the hard reality is that despite hundreds drivers make up a little less of complaints of racial profiling re- than two-thirds of the ceived by the LAPD almost none driving-age population in the have been sustained. city, they made up nearly 90 Many police officials hotly deny that racial profiling exists. Yet they percent of all traffic stops. have no credible answer to two crucial questions about these stops. One is that the overwhelming majority of stops result in no arrests, or even citations. And no weapons or drugs are found. New York City has continually topped the list of big city police departments that make the highest number of unwarranted street stops. A study of the city’s study and frisk policy shows that only a small fraction of those persons stopped were arrested. The studies also found a comparable low number of arrests in relation to the high number of street stops in every other city. The other troubling and largely unanswered question is why many of those who have been stopped have been prominent black and Latino professionals, business leaders, and even some state legislators and House representatives as was the case with Holder? The susceptibility of even celebrated black men to be hauled off when there’s even the slightest suspicion, mistaken or otherwise, of criminal wrongdoing has left many police officials red-faced with embarrassment when they realized their goof.

Before the 9/11 terror attacks, civil rights leaders had made some headway in drawing public attention to the fight against racial profiling. In its report “Police Practices and Civil Rights in America” issued in 1999, the Civil Rights Commission called on police departments to immediately fire any officer guilty of racial profiling. The Justice Department initiated investigations of police departments in several cities for civil rights violations, mostly against young black and Latino males. It brokered consent decrees with city officials in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles to rein in the blatant, and well documented abusive practices of police departments in those cities in those years.

There was some hope that Congress would finally consider passing the Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act introduced by Michigan Democrat John Conyers in 1999 and 2000. The bill required the Justice Department to compile figures from local police departments by race on highway traffic stops.

The data would document why a driver was stopped and whether an arrest was made or not. The Justice Department could use the figures to determine how pervasive racial profiling was. The bill did not force local police agencies to collect data and imposed no sanctions on those that refuse to compile stats. It has gone nowhere in Congress.

The admission that racial profiling does exist is a hard slap to the official embedded notion that justice is color blind and impartial. The killings of Brown and Ford aren’t likely to change that. But the brutal reality is that they stand as stark proof that racial profiling just might kill.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst The Banner welcomes your opinion. Email Op-Ed submissions to:

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Why do you think police shootings of unarmed black men happen?

It’s an age-old problem. We need to build better race relations. We need to get police officers to learn how to work with black people.

I think they’re scared of us. That’s all it is.

Anthony Brewer

Jerry Caesar

There’s a lot of fear there. I think they’re trying to destroy our population.

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Transportation Worker Dorchester

Youth Outreach Coordinator Dorchester

I think they’re afraid of us. Black people are starting to vote more.

They want us to feel like we can’t have power.

It’s because things aren’t equal. Police take care of white people, but not blacks. They hire Irish people to police blacks. It’s genocide of young black men.

There’s not enough black officers.

You need diversity and communication. It’s a problem when you have a minority being policed by the majority.

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Ron Marlow

Ron Marlow has joined MassHousing as the Director of Diversity and Inclusion and assumes responsibility for the Agency’s diversity and inclusion programs including those stemming from the construction and ongoing management of the affordable rental developments in MassHousing’s portfolio.

Marlow previously served in Governor Patrick’s administration as the Assistant Secretary for Access and Opportunity at the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. He has also previously held positions with the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation and the Boston Housing Authority.

“I know that Ron will prove to be an excellent addition to our management team and will help MassHousing in its strong, continued commitment to providing equal access to MassHousing’s programs and services,’’ said MassHousing Executive Director Thomas R. Gleason.

Marlow is a doctoral student in the Public Policy program at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he is a McCormack Scholar.

He earned his master’s degree from Northeastern University and his bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University.

“I am humbled by the professional and personal opportunities that have been afforded me. I am honored to serve in a capacity that

will allow me to continue efforts to ensure non-discrimination and equal opportunity in the administration of procurement and employment programs and in the development and implementation of public policy,” said Marlow.

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Neighbors rally to save Dearborn from demolition Isabel Gonzalez The Boston Public Schools plan on building a new high school for the first time in a decade. But in an area that prides itself on its historical roots, residents are not to keen on the plan, which includes tearing down the former Dearborn Middle School.

The school building was constructed in 1912 when it first served as the High School for Practical Arts. The school became Girls High School until it eventually transitioned into a middle school. Located on Greenville Street, next to the Moreland Street Historic District that runs from Resurrection Lutheran Church to Waverly Street, the building is not considered part of the Historic District.

Residents are hoping to secure a historical designation for the school, circulating a petition to stop the demolition. They also plan to submit a proposal for the Dearborn to the Landmarks Commission.

With the recent renovation and restoration of the Alvah Kittredge House into affordable and market-rate housing, residents hope to save the Dearborn as well.

“We’re trying to get the attention of the mayor and the governor to say that building is as important to us,” said Moreland Street resident Lorraine Wheeler.

The school department sent out fliers to inform residents of the Dearborn’s impending demolition.

But residents were outraged they were not included in the decision, despite the number of homeowners in the area.

“You gave them a flyer, but you didn’t give them enough adequate information for them to make an assessment of whether they’re for it or not,” said Jason Sutton, senior pastor for the Southern Baptist Church, located near the Dearborn and the location where residents hold their meetings.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Architect Charles W. Bradley III spoke about his experience at the Dearborn two years ago when he was brought in with a group of architects to inspect the building.

“The building is significant, I think just for the neoclassical architecture that you see on the outside,” said Bradley.

The architects toured the school and were asked to develop a proposal to renovate the school and bring it up to current standards.

Bradley decided not to pursue the job at the time, but feels the school still has potential based on what he saw during his visit.

“I’ve been in this profession 33 years and I’ve seen some bad buildings, and this is definitely not one of them,” he said.

With an estimated $70.7 million budget for the new school building, some residents wonder if it would be cheaper to renovate the building instead of tearing it down. But according to Bradley, this is not always

the case. “What I’ve been told by estimators is that existing buildings do cost more. It does cost more to renovate than it is to build new,” said Bradley.

Bradley thinks a cost-effective renovation can be done, but this plan is not as simple as tearing the school down.

“It takes really getting the right people at the table,” said Bradley.

“Whether it be contractors, archi-

tects, or engineers who can basically help specify systems like mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems that will keep costs down.”

With houses in the area that date back to the 1800s, residents are concerned with the overall look of the neighborhood if the building is torn down.

“I think this is a landscape and that all of the buildings fit together.

And that is a loss to the community,” said Wheeler.

But Roxbury residents have not forgotten about students. They have researched areas in Roxbury that are owned by the city of Boston they feel would serve as a better location for a school, if the Dearborn cannot be renovated into a high school.

“There are other places that are a larger size, that would give better amenities,” said Wheeler.

“We’re interested in education, we’re interested in the building too,” said Wheeler. “But we want to have the best outcome for everyone, and were not sure that this is it at all.”

Residents plan to meet on Thursday with Carlton Jones, the Director of Facilities Management for the BPS. They also plan on attending a BPS community meeting being held on Tuesday to discuss their proposal of turning the new high school into an in-district charter school.

“History is important, our legacy is important, and homeowners in Roxbury are important too,” said Wheeler.

Architect Charles W. Bradley III discusses the possibility of renovating the Dearborn School building. (Isabel Gonzalez photo)

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Study: bias colors support for criminal justice reforms Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil Racial disparities in the criminal justice system are well-known today: African Americans comprise 12 percent of the country’s total population, but account for 40 percent of its prisoners — about one million of the 2.3 million behind bars today. One in every three black men will go to prison at some point in his lifetime.

And as legal scholar Michelle Alexander has written, there are now more African Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, or on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850.

But how does this information influence public opinion about the criminal justice system? New research out of Stanford University in California shows that yes, its impact is huge — but not in the way one might expect. According to a study released earlier this month, when whites are shown evidence of racial disparities, their support for punitive policies, such as California’s three strikes law and New York’s stop and frisk, goes up.

“A lot of people assume that if the public is shown evidence of racial inequality, that alone is enough to motivate the public to want to change the status quo,” says Rebecca C. Hetey, one of the authors of the report. “Our results show that ironically, the evidence of racial disparities in incarcer-

ation is not enough, and that it might backfire — people might double-down and become more accepting of policies that contribute to racial disparities in the first place.”

Hetey and her co-author, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, both Stanford psychologists, conducted two studies to test the impact of racial disparities on the white public’s support for certain policies. In the first, which took place in San Francisco, white participants were shown a series of real mug shots of black and white inmates — but unbeknownst to them, the racial makeup of the photographs was manipulated so that some saw only 25 percent black faces, while others saw 45 percent.

Participants were then asked to evaluate how punitive they thought the state’s three strikes policy was, and were given the option to sign a petition to amend the law to make it less harsh. Even though all the participants on average said the three strikes law was too punitive, the group that was shown more images of black inmates was much less likely to sign the petition to reform the law as the group that saw fewer black inmates.

Similarly, in their second study, conducted in New York City, white participants were shown statistics about the racial makeup of the prison population — some were told it was 40 percent black, and others, 60 percent — and then

asked to evaluate the police department’s stop and frisk tactics and whether they wanted to sign a petition to end the policy. Again, those who were told that the proportion of black inmates was higher were far less likely to endorse the petition.

“The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration, and as a country, we incarcerate more people than any other country on earth,” says Hetey. “The focus is

how we think the criminal justice system should work.”

Hetey and Eberhardt’s work builds upon years of research into racial bias in the criminal justice system. A similar study, published in 2011, shows that white support for the death penalty significantly increases when whites are told that African Americans are disproportionately executed. “That’s pretty shocking,” says Jon Hurwitz, co-author of the study. “Essentially all you have to do is remind people that things like the death penalty are racially discriminatory and it makes them even more approving of them.”

Eberhardt also published a study in 2006 that shows that in capital cases with a white victim, African American defendants who

“If we’re going to talk about the problems in the criminal justice system, we must talk about race.”

— Carlton Williams

usually on how this incarceration boom affects those behind bars, but we wanted to start to make the case that the incarceration boom affects us all. We found that simply being an observer of the complexion of the prison system—and by that I mean how many blacks are in prison — can change the public’s taste for the level of punishment that they think is acceptable.”

“It’s important for the public to know that prison isn’t just something that affects those behind bars,” she goes on. “It can affect

have “stereotypically black” physical features are twice as likely to receive a death sentence than those who don’t.

“We’re finding pretty conclusive evidence that people do have these sorts of stereotypes,” says Hurwitz, professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh. “The thing that’s particularly disturbing to us is that when whites think about crime, they almost always think about African Americans, and when they think about African Americans, they almost always think about crime.”

Hetey, who is sure to point out that her research isn’t about targeting whites — they focused on this group for “methodological” reasons, since it represents the biggest portion of the American population — says that many people concluded from her research that the answer is to avoid talking about race. “I don’t think the take-home message of this work is that we should never talk about race or that we should never present statistics on racial inequality,” she says. “Maybe the answer is that we need more statistics that draw attention to the process and the workings of the criminal justice system.”

Carlton Williams, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, agrees, saying activists shouldn’t ignore race to avoid the white response described in Hetey and Eberhardt’s work.

“If we’re going to talk about the problems in the criminal justice system, we must talk about race,” he says. “We have to talk about the fact that the criminal justice system is beginning to look like a system of racial control.”

“Racial inequality is a very serious matter in our society and I don’t think ignoring it or not bringing it up is the answer,” adds Hetey. “This is the beginning of the dialogue, not the end.”

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Gov. candidates weigh in on immigrant rights in Mass.

Nate Homan With less than four weeks left before the Democratic Primary, the candidates agreed on a majority of issues when discussing their views in the only debate focused on immigrant’s rights issues in the Commonwealth.

The three Democratic, two independents and one Republican gubernatorial candidates spoke at Bunker Hill Community College in a four-question forum on immigration on Wednesday night.

When asked whether they supported the state issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, all but Tea Party conservative Mark Fischer said they would.

“I testified at the State House against the bill to legalize issuing a license to an illegal immigrant,” Fischer said. “There’s a woman I know who lost her son in a drunk driving accident. An illegal immigrant was behind the wheel. But he also had his 6-year-old son next to him. So not only did he commit vehicular homicide, he was guilty of driving under the influence, not having a license, and reckless endangerment of his own 6-year-old child.

So what good would a license do him? It would just be one less thing he’d be charged with.”

Following his story, a member of the audience shouted, “no one is illegal.”

Democratic candidates Don Berwick, Treasurer Steve Gross-

man and Attorney General Martha Coakley along with Independents Jeff McCormick and Evan Falchuk each supported the idea of allowing all drivers to be tested, insured and licensed regardless of their immigration status as a matter of public safety.

Citing a case from Fitchburg in which a man was arrested for driving without a license and was detained for five months due to his immigration status, moderator Philip Martin, the senior investigative reporter for WGBH, asked the candidates how they would handle the issue of enforcing the Secure Communities Act. “If they are among us, they are of us,” Berwick told the audience.

“We have constant patterns of undercutting equality of access, especially to people of color and in immigrant communities, and these are the people who we should be helping.”

Grossman, not wanting to pass up on the chance to take a swing at Coakley, who leads him in the polls, said, “when you have the opportunity to look at something called Secure Communities as I have, unlike our current Attorney General, you see that this is profoundly problematic. When more than 50 percent of the people deported have no criminal record, all it’s doing is tearing families apart. A governor has to demonstrate moral leadership by speaking out against policies that are wrong.”

Coakley defended her stances on the Secure Communities Act, saying that given the lack of a federal ruling on how to handle undocumented immigrants, it is up to the states to weigh in.

“The original purpose, and the way that it was adopted by former Mayor Menino and former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis was to allow for law enforcement to target the most dangerous people who were preying on people of their own community. We want to protect our public safety, but not at the expense of installing fear.”

Falchuk told the audience that he was frustrated with the current set of policies like the Secure Communities Act that gave a green light to racial profiling and the “cowardly political leaders who want to make cheap political points over people’s lives.”

“My father came to this country from Venezuala and became a doctor. I know that the opportunities he had available to him were possible because he worked very hard, but his skin was also white like mine,” Falchuk said. “So he didn’t face the same kinds of racial disparities that we see today.”

Each candidate said that they would oppose nativist legislation like the measures seen in Arizona and Georgia that encourage profiling, telling the audience that they each saw immigrants as an enriching aspect of U.S. society. Berwick noted that 60 percent of new busi-

nesses are started by first generation Americans. Falchuk said that he was tired of the portrayal of immigrants as helpless victims and praised them for their economic value to the Commonwealth. Coakley and Grossman said that their administrations would reflect the makeup of the Massachusetts population.

The candidates also acknowledged the need for reform with some 20,000 people on waiting lists for English as a Second Language classes. Grossman praised the English for New Bostonians program, which he said was a game changer for 1,200 immigrants a

chance for all individuals across the board, but took a hard stance towards immigrants who “don’t follow protocol and go around the path” to citizenship.

“We are compassionate people who are already housing over 200,000 illegal immigrants,” Fischer said. “But I take issue when I listen to the mayors of our cities and towns on how dysfunctional they’ve become because they’re overburdened of services. I don’t know if there is a hard number for capacity in our state and in our country, but when I listen to these mayors, they say ‘we are over ca-

Tea Party candidate Mark Fischer weighs in against licenses for undocumented immigrants at the gubernatorial debate at Bunker Hill Community College in Charlestown. year. Coakley said that the next governor should adopt inclusive policies regardless of language, disability, ethnicity and religious background.

Fischer said his administration would focus on an equal

pacity.’ It’s making our cities and towns dysfunctional. The mayor of North Adams said he’s on the verge of becoming Detroit.”

Leading Republican candidate Charlie Baker did not attend Wednesday’s debate.

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U.S. Rep. James Clyburn discusses book at RCC Nate Homan Roxbury Community College hosted an evening with civil rights champion Congressman James E. Clyburn on Thursday evening, who was promoting his autobiography, Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black.

Born in Sumter, South Carolina on July 21, 1940, Clyburn began his career as teaching history in public schools of Charleston.

Clyburn was elected to congress in 1992. In 2002, he became the Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus and became the House Majority Whip in 2006. He is currently the Assistant Democratic Leader, which is the third highest position in the Democratic Party.

Prior to his congressional career, he was an activist during a volatile period in the American South.

He was elected president of the NAACP youth chapter at the age of 12, graduated high school at 16 and recalled staying up all night talking until 4 a.m. with Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was 19. Clyburn’s book title, Blessed Experiences, fits the tumultuous path he walked. He happened upon a blessing in disguise in the midst of grim circumstances when he met his wife, Emily, in a jail cell during one of his arrests for civil disobedience.

“Jail works pretty good for some people,” he chuckled. “Worked fine for us. We just celebrated our 53rd anniversary. But I’m not advising anyone to go to any jail looking for a spouse.”

A younger life of fervent civil rights activism paved the way to a life of political aspiration. His policy-oriented passion on civil rights issues resonate with current events, including the ongoing tensions, protests, and violent clashes between police and protesters in Ferguson, Mo. “People cannot sit on their laurels because, as we have noticed over the last 72 hours, we are about to relive some things that we thought were behind us,” Clyburn said.

“There are forces that would like to turn the clock back. When you build a narrative for centuries that certain people are not equipped to run things, to make laws and to run the country and then you wake up one morning and there is a person of color running the country, your job is to change that very narrative which you have been living and

breathing for all those years. People often shy away from it. But there’s a blessing of being over the age of 70 where you say what you darn well please and you don’t give a hoot. I’ve reached that point.”

Clyburn named his book after an instance where he was in the governor’s office. John West was a progressive Governor who pushed progressive legislation in 1970. There were legislators who were less than thrilled with these policies.

He sat in on committee meetings monitoring legislators’ reactions to the governor’s proposals. In one meeting, a legislator had gone beyond the bounds of decency.

When Clyburn called him out on it, he said, “well Clyburn, you have to understand that I’m a southerner.”

“I didn’t think being a southerner gave you license to be insulting. Nor did I believe that you could say things that were unbecoming of an office that you held.”

At the end of the day, he decided he would write a book called I Too Am a Southerner.

“I wanted to write about what being a Southerner meant to me and what I thought it should mean to the region.”

About half way through the process, he hit the wall of writer’s block; something he didn’t believe existed prior. “You just sit there as if your brain is numb.”

He sat in a corner in his house to

contemplate and recalled his father, a fundamentalist minister, would take his last meal at 6 p.m. on Friday and wouldn’t eat another full meal until after his church services on Sunday.

Clyburn said his father would spend Saturday reading and writing.

When he took a break, he’d hum his favorite hymn, Blessed Assurance.

He drew inspiration from the words of the hymn and the memory of his father and he said the words then flowed from him.

He told the room that his father had a 1937 Chevy.

“You could hit a telegram pole with that truck, put it in reverse and keep driving. But, that Chevy seemed to know when it was Saturday, because it would just stop running. We took it to the neighborhood mechanic.”

He and his two younger brothers started to roughhouse and his father told them to go out into the field nearby.

“My brothers and I got into a discussion, which some onlookers might have called it a fight,” Clyburn said. “It was not a fight. It was a physical discussion. My dad was watching us. He called out to us once he thought that discussion went on long enough.”

He said his father had a piece of string in his hands. He lined up his sons and gave each of them a piece of string and asked them to snap it,

U.S. Rep James E. Clyburn. (Banner Photo)

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a task that neither boy could accomplish. His father then put the string in his palms and rubbed them together, unraveling the string into three pieces. He gave a piece to his sons, and kept one himself. All three could snap the string without much effort. It was then that his father said, “don’t you let the small disagreements between you grow into such friction that they separate you. If you do, the world will pop you apart and you may never know why.”

Clyburn said that that message resonated with him throughout his years as an activist and carried over into his political career as well as his personal life. His message that he imparted on the crowded room was that of hope in the face of defeat.

“I ran for office for the first time in 1970,” he said. “I lost. I ran again in 1978. I lost. I ran again in 1986. I lost. And a friend said ‘what are you

going to do now? Three strikes.’ I said to her, that’s a baseball rule. No one should live their lives by baseball rules.”

Guests lined up to have their books signed once the Congressman finished his speech.

“I’ve followed the congressman throughout his career. He is a legend in paving the way for us as a generation coming into elected office,” state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry said.

“His cousin representative, Willie Mae Allen, served with me in the House of Representatives before Russell Holmes. She lives in Mattapan and is a good friend. We’ve talked a lot about growing up in the south and the work congressman Clyburn has done for a long, long time. It’s wonderful to have him here and for him to take the time to be here and meet us.”

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didate for state treasurer Barry Finegold and Mike Lake, who is running for lieutenant governor.

There are now an estimated 103,000 Dominicans living in Massachusetts. While they constitute little more than one percent of the state’s population, political strategists increasingly see them as an important demographic, as evidenced by the abundance of elected officials in attendance at the Boston parade.

“Dominicans are truly a powerful bloc,” said Finegold, who is relinquishing his state Senate seat in his bid for treasurer.

Finegold noted that when Attorney General Martha Coakley lost to Scott Brown in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat in a 2010 special election, only 5,000 people turned out in Lawrence, which has a majority Latino electorate.

“The reason we lost that race was a lack of interest in the Dominican community,” he said, noting that U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren was able to oust Brown from the seat with a strategy that included a get-out-the-vote effort in communities of color.

Turnout in Lawrence the year of Warren’s 2012 victory was 22,000.

Politics runs deep in Dominican communities in Massachusetts. In Boston, political parties active in the Dominican Republic maintain storefront offices, raise funds for candidates and court the support of local ex-pats, who are allowed to vote in Dominican elections.

“They’re very active at home, and when they come to this country, they stay active,” Mayor Walsh said. “Last year, in the same parade, every one of us who was running for mayor marched.

That shows how influential this community is.”

Walter Gonzalez and Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins enjoy a moment during the Dominican parade. (Banner photo)

Novelist and MIT Professor Junot Diaz, candidate for attorney general Warren Tolman, Victoria Devers (wife of state Rep. Marcos Devers and Cambridge City Councilor Dennis Benzan. (Banner photo)

While gentrification has pushed many of Boston’s estimated 13,300 Dominican residents out of Jamaica Plain, Dominicans still dominate the businesses on Centre Street and make up the majority of the youth organizers at the Hyde Square Task Force.

“It’s hard to match the vibrancy and civic engagement of the Dominican community,” said Task Force Executive Director Claudio Martinez. “They’re making Boston and Massachusetts stronger with their dedicated and inspiring young people.”

As in Jamaica Plain, the Dominican population in Cambridge has declined since the end of rent control in the ’90s. But those remaining in the city provided first-term City Councilor Dennis Benzan with critical support.

“It’s a small community that almost instantly became involved in my campaign,” he said. “I didn’t have to convince anyone. This is a community that has a lot of faith in its people.”

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Dancer Julius Anthony Rubio Tackles Dual Roles In A.R.T.’s Finding Neverland

By Colette Greenstein “With passion and persistence anything is possible,” says Julius Anthony Rubio, of his roles as dance captain and swing in the musical Finding Neverland playing at the American Repertory Theater in Harvard Square.

J.M. Barrie and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies have a musical moment. (Jeremy Jordan and Laura Michelle Kelly) Photo credit: Evgenia Eliseeva

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orn in the Dominican Republic and raised in Miami, Julius Anthony Rubio had a less than perfect upbringing. His parents split when he was a child and his father disappeared leaving his mom to raise him as a single parent. The dancer admits to being very dramatic and rambunctious as a child. He started theater at the age of 10 because it was an outlet for him.

He began dancing at the age of 15, but not before he spent 11 months living in a homeless shelter.

“It was at the beginning of freshman year in high school,” Rubio recalls. “It was the hardest secret for me to keep but it was what drove me to be the best because my mom had told me that no matter what you do if you’re going to do something, you just have to be the best at it.”

After being introduced to free dance classes by his best friend in middle school, Julius had six solid months of technical training before auditioning for the New World School of Arts and Dance Attack Studios in Miami, Florida.

He was accepted as an incoming sophomore, and developed into a competitive dancer the last three years of school. Although he was accepted into Juilliard for dance and NYU for musical theater, Julius chose not to go to either school because he simply couldn’t

afford it, and he was somewhat overcome by fear. Deciding not to pursue school as the next step in his learning, Rubio made a vow to himself “that I had to have and lead an extraordinary life.”

Since then, life became his teacher. Rubio worked on a cruise ship which helped him to understand that his craft was “getting him to places.” From Miami, he

moved to Los Angeles where he ride the wave to New York. But lived for five years, and “learned the show closed after just one how to be seasoned, how to have week. an edge, and how to find his own “I didn’t see it coming,” he said. personality.”

“I didn’t expect something like that He left L.A., and moved to would happen. It was the biggest New York with a Broadway lesson to be learned of how fickle credit under his belt. Wonder- this business is.” land was going to open up on Even with all the challenges Broadway and Julius thought this and disappointments, he’s conwas the moment that he could tinued to work hard and pursue a

career that he really loves.

Rubio has performed in the national tour of Come Fly Away; on The Academy Awards, on MTV, and is now making his A.R.T. debut in Finding Neverland.

As dance captain and swing with this production, Rubio is responsible for seven different roles in the show along with being “incredibly familiar with what everyone else does in the show at every single point.” He shares duties with co-captain Jamie Lynn Verazin. One of the most important things about being a dance captain, Rubio says, is that his job is to always listen to people.

“I’m probably going to be wrong at the end of the day and I have to be ok with that,” he says.

“There’s no space for pride.”

In addition to knowing what everyone else does in the show, one of the responsibilities of being a dance captain is to really take care and clean up the show.

“Should things start getting messy or should things start getting comfortable my job is to make sure it stays at its strongest potential of what it was when we first started,” Rubio comments, adding that he is “always absorbing what the director has to say about different things and seeing the intention and the integrity of where that number or where that Finding Neverland Opening Night Reception at the A.R.T. (L–R) Emma Pfaeffle, Ron Todorowski, Mia Michaels (choreographer), scene is supposed to be going.”

Rubio, continued to page 17 Julius Anthony Rubio, and Jaime Lynn Verazin. Photo credit: Gretjen Helene Photography.

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Hollywood typecasting limits Latinas to sexualized roles Sabrina Vourvoulias It’s no news to anyone that Latinas don’t get much diversity of roles in popular entertainment media.

On TV we have sexy domestic workers Ana Ortiz and company on Devious Maids, and sexy bimbo Sofia Vergara on Modern Family. On film, we’ve got sexy badasses Zoe Saldana in Colombiana and Michelle Rodriguez in the Machete and Resident Evil flicks.

We’ve got sexy prostitutes and strippers, too, like Rosario Dawson and Jessica Alba in Sin City 1 and 2. We’ve got Eva Mendes as the sexy homewrecker on film in The Women, and Eva Longoria as the sexy wife who wrecks her own home on the Desperate Housewives of relatively recent memory.

Nothing wrong with being sexy, of course, but the sheer redundancy of the preceding paragraph should give us pause when we think about Latinas and their representation on big or little screen.

As it happens, a recent study from

the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism of the University of Southern California gives cause for more than just pause. One of the findings in a study on race and ethnicity in 600 popular films conducted by Stacey Smith, Katherine Pieper and Mark Choueiti is that while Latinas were more more likely to be featured in popular films than any other race or ethnicity, no other race/ethnicity is more sexualized.

“Nudity or showing exposed skin between the mid chest and upper thigh region varied by race/ ethnicity,” the report states. “Hispanic females (37.5 percent) were more likely than females from all other races to be shown partially or fully naked on screen.”

In numbers, the report found that 36.1 percent of the Latina characters were depicted in sexualized attire (White women – 32.2 percent; Black women – 24.6 percent; Asian women – 23.6 percent; other races/ethnicities – 26.1).

Additionally, 37.5 percent of the Latina characters were depicted

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partially or fully naked (White women – 31.9 percent; Black women – 23.5 percent; Asian women – 18.2 percent; other races/ ethnicities – 21.7 percent).

And, since these numbers didn’t necessarily correlate to attractiveness (only 11.1 percent were referenced as “attractive” or “hot” according to the study), the findings indicate such portrayals are tied to limiting and abiding cultural stereotypes.

This last is borne out by another finding of the report — that Latino men were also the most likely of any of the races/ethnicities in the study to be depicted in “tight, alluring or revealing” clothing.

The study further reports on the representation of speaking roles (wherein a “living being” speaks more than one word overtly on screen) across 100 of the top-grossing films of 2013. Of the 3,932 speaking parts evaluated, 74.1 percent were White; 14.1 percent were Black; 4.9 percent were Latinos; 4.4 percent were Asian;

In the show Desperate Housewives, Eva Longoria portrays a sexy wife who wrecks her own home. A recent study found that Latinas are more likely and actors of any ethnicity to appear nude and less likely to have speaking roles than whites. (Image from Wikipedia) 1.1 percent were Middle Eastern; less than 1 percent were American Indian or Alaska Natives and 1.2 percent were from “other” races and ethnicities). Since 16.3 percent of the population is Latino, the report states, “Hispanics clearly are the most underserved racial/ ethnic group by the film industry.”

The entertainment industry is telling Latinas: Shut up and

get naked. If you want to get on screen, this is how we see you.

It is time for Latino audiences — who purchase 25 percent of all movie tickets and command $1 trillion in spending power — to demand a change.

This article originally appeared on aldianews.com, and is reprinted with permission.

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Mystic’s 13-Year Journey Toward ‘Beautiful Resistance’ Jamilah King It wasn’t the allure of another Grammy nomination or the possibility of teaming up with hip-hop heavyweights Kanye West and Mos Def that brought Mystic back to music. Instead, it was a professor at U.C. Berkeley, where the 39-yearold rapper is working toward finishing up a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. In the middle of a lecture about global poverty and the role of artists in facilitating social change, she broke down in tears and then sought advice from Professor Ananya Roy about what to do next. Roy’s advice: Keep making music.

That’s at least some of the story of how, 13 years after her debut solo album “Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom” spawned the hit “The Life” and earned her a BET award nomination for best female hip-hop artist, she’s on the verge of releasing her second album “Beautiful Resistance.” It’s a journey that’s had detours and pit stops. She met and buried her father, became committed to arts education, appeared in a few films, worked on the business side of a major label and went back to school. Each experience gave her perspective, some of which appears on the new album, which she began as a protest to George Bush’s re-election in 2004. “I wasn’t interested in the music business,” she says of the time between albums. “I wanted to create music freely and on my own.”

I spoke with Mystic by phone about the new album, which will be released digitally through W.A.R. records on August 26.

I know that specifically because the title track was written after Bush stole his second election.

Were you still making music during this time?

While I was in school, I continued to record the album with [producer] Eligh. I’d go over and we’d work on music and I would go home and study. I was kind of balancing it all. I graduated in 2009 with an A.A. in anthropology, with honors. I was also working in the music industry on the business side of Universal Music, which was a fascinating experience. I got to learn about how the business works from the inside and obviously the digital aspects of the music industry, which were really growing.

Tell me about when you decided to finally release the album.

I got to Berkeley and one of my first classes was Global Poverty with Ananya Roy. She’s an amazing professor and researcher, but in one of her later lectures during the semester she started talking about what she called “insurgent architects.”

We were talking about them in the context of the I.M.F. and United Nations, people who work from within institutions to help facilitate and create change even though those structures may not support

What strikes me is that a lot of the album is very California in tone. You have what’s probably one of the more unique Californian experiences in that you’ve literally lived all over the state, including the actual Northern California. How did your experience growing up and living in different places in the state impact your music?

Most of my life has been in the Bay Area and I say I’m from Oakland because it’s where I became a woman and discovered myself.

How did you react to that?

It created this shift within myself where I saw that it was possible for me to be a full-time student and pursue tools to be of greater service to children around the world, but also to be an artist and come back and try to use the platform to advocate for children and basic human rights issues. Here we are. I finished my first year at Berkeley. That’s kind of a journey. I wasn’t interested in the music industry, the business.

I wanted to create music freely and on my own.

Your music has always centered around activism. It seems like you made this conscious decision to engage in that activism in a way that wasn’t recorded and shared with fans, which is as important as anything else.

Exactly. I don’t know that it always fits within the music.

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But I was conceived in Berkeley, my mother took me to U.C. Santa Cruz with her when I was in kindergarden. That was in 1980 or so and it was the kind of environment where people believed that children have voices and I got to be around all these awesome students who were critical thinkers.

Then we lived in Visalia where my mom was working for the Legal Aide Society with farmworkers on

listen to this album and songs like “Country Road” and know that at the time I was taking an African-American studies class and we were looking at slavery. Then in a song like “Payback,” I can tell that my references to Ancient Rome are because I was taking a Western Civilization course. I think being introduced to wider theoretical frameworks at Berkeley will definitely show up in my music in the future.

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Tell me about what’s been happening since “Cuts for Luck.”

After “Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom” was released and the original distributing label folded, I went over to DreamWorks. We were going to re-release the album with new tracks on it with people like Mos Def and production from Kanye, Donelle Jones and other folks. Then DreamWorks was absorbed into Interscope, which was disheartening. I actually fought through a legal battle to get released from my contract. When I was finally released from my contract, I wasn’t really interested in taking meetings with other labels that were interested. People were trying to figure out what was wrong with me, but there was nothing wrong with me [laughs]. I just wasn’t interested.

It had been heartbreaking watching people lose their jobs.

That was around 2003 or so, and I also decided that I really wanted to go back to school. I had dropped out of high school at the end of 11th grade, got my GED, and began working with children when I was 17. I always dreamt about opening a community arts center and elementary school in Oakland. So I entered into community college in about 2004 and fell into love with anthropology. I was still engaged with art here and there. I did stuff for a couple films, but really I was dedicated to school. I also started to record the “Beautiful Resistance” album around that time. That’s how long ago this album was started, and

the progressive kind of change that they think will be most impactful.

She just talked about how insurgent architects could be anywhere, and they could include artists. I cried during the lecture, came home and sent her an e-mail in which, for the first time, I shared that I was an artist. I shared a couple songs and she wrote me back saying, “You gotta keep making music.”

That’s why I think of the platform that the music provides me. It’s not that I don’t think that people would respond to it or I don’t feel like sharing that part of myself. It would be a little bit more challenging to write lyrics that are about designing curriculum, but I think that whatever the album is after “Beautiful Resistance” — there will be one and it won’t take 13 years — we will begin to see more in my music what I’m learning at Berkeley. I’m able to

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It was recently announced that the musical will be heading to Broadway in the spring of 2015, no small feat for a musical of this magnitude that’s directed

by Diane Paulus, A.R.T. Artistic Director and a 2013 Tony Award-winner, along with Emmy Award-winner choreographer Mia Michaels of FOX-TV’s So You Think You Can Dance.

Finding Neverland is based on the 2004 Miramax motion picture by David Magee starring Johnny Depp, and the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee, and follows the re-

lationship between playwright J. M. Barrie and the Davies family that inspired Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. Getting to this point in his life, Julius has learned many lessons, both personally and professionally. Growing up under difficult circumstances made him learn to be fearless and versatile, but now he’s also learning to balance it with humility.

“I’m super indebted to the people around me that I love which are my friends because I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them either,” he said. “It’s me listening and me ultimately giving back for what I feel like they give to me.”

And, of his continued love

for the theater, Julius says that what’s so great about that is that everyone matters.

“Not one person goes unnoticed,” he said. “And, I think that is something that is so regal and timeless. That’s what I love about theater. You really matter.

You’re not just a dancer. You’re not just a singer. Everyone is an actor. We’re all the same. We just excel at different things.”

Finding Neverland is playing now through September 28th at The American Repertory Theater’s Loeb Drama Center located at 64 Brattle Street in Cambridge. Tickets: $25, $50, $55, $70, $85, and $95. To purchase, go to www.amer icanrepertorytheater.org.

The American Repertory Theater presents the world-premiere of the musical Finding Neverland now playing at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge through September 28, 2014. Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva

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water pollution issues; that was obviously a different experience. It was a part of California that was racist and my mother was very concerned that I would internalize that racism as a black child. Then we went to San Francisco and lived in the Mission District. I’ve just grown up around diverse people in California. But I think definitely the Bay Area has made me who I am because of the natural resistance and rebellion that exists here.

You open and close the new album with tracks with “mommalove” in the title. Can you talk to me about tapping into that energy? On “Cuts for Luck,” one of the most popular songs was “Fatherless Child,” so that seems like a little but of switch.

The intro “Mommalove” is actually a poem by a young woman who’s also an amazing artist named Emoni Fela. Emoni and I connected via Myspace and she’s become a daughter to me. To journey with her from the time that she was about 15 or 16 to being a young black woman in this country has been beautiful but also challenging. She calls me Mommalove, and I call her Lil’ Mama — and I was calling her that before the artist Lil’ Mama blew up, no disrespect.

I asked Emoni if she would write a poem and she wrote one about our relationship, mentoring, sisterhood, and the connection between women and young women. I made this intentional decision to put it first on the album because I was thinking

that if nobody knows anything else about me, they will have a look into this beautiful, powerful relationship that I have with this brilliant young woman. The closing track, “Love, Mommalove” is a spoken word piece from me to her.

But describe the shift, because it’s very palpable on this album.

There is a shift on this album.

The song “Higher Ground” is a reference to my mother. The only references to my father on this album are in “Clean Paper” which is about me coming to understand that love is not supposed to hurt. I was having these behaviors where I would wait for these men and I was hurting inside. I had to love myself and examine how my father’s absence in my life was impacting my romantic relationships. I think having my father come into my life right around when I was signing my [deal], that’s why it was so present on the first album. I was also in my 20s and still processing that. I’m still on a journey.

But in the time since then, I’ve really grown into my relationship with my mom, who was the primary person who raised me. She showed me what it is to be dedicated to the community; she taught me how to be a black woman. Even though she’s a white woman, she gave me the books, the inspiration to really love my identity. I’ve come back to her and realized that I’ve put her through painful things, so “Higher Ground” is an apology to her.

This article originally appeared in on Colorlines.com and has been reprinted with permission.

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COMMUNITY Calendar Thursday August 21 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.

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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.

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. Friday, September 5 — Frog Pond, Boston Common, “Jaws”; Friday, September 12 — Adams Park, 4225 Washington St., Roslindale, “The Nut Job”; Friday, September 19 — Frog Pond, Boston Common, “Frozen”; Friday, September 26 — George Wright Golf Course, Hyde Park, “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” For more information please call 617-635-4505 or visit the Boston Parks and Recreation Department online on Facebook or at www.cityofboston. gov/parks.

History & Landscape of the Back Bay Fens S u n d a y, S e p t e m b e r 7 , 11am - 12:30pm, Saturday, September 13, 11am - 12:30pm, S a t u rd a y, S e p t e m b e r 2 7 , 11am-12:30pm: From foul muddy flats to the parkland of today, the Fens has undergone many transformations in the last 125 years.

Join Emerald Necklace docents as they talk and walk the historic landscape. Includes stops at the Kelleher Rose Garden, with its 1,500+ roses, and the oldest World War II Victory Gardens in America. Tours start and end at the Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston. Website: www.emeraldnecklace.org/calen dar/tours/. Phone: 617-5222700. Free.

Have You Heard?

A Public Forum of Hearing and Hearing Loss Mass. Eye and Ear will be holding its 14th Annual Public Forum on Hearing and Hearing Loss on September 20 from 8am-12:30pm at 243 Charles St.,

Boston. Topics to be discussed include Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Dr. Sharon Kujawa and Biomedical Research on Hearing Loss by Dr. M. Charles Liberman. Author Katherine Bouton will share her perspective on living with hearing loss. There will also be a reception following the program to meet the speakers. While the event is FREE, you must RSVP quickly, as seating is limited. To RSVP, call 617-5734466 or e-mail AudiologyPublic Forum@meei.harvard.edu.

Hidden Gems of the Back Bay Fens Sunday, S e p t e m b e r 2 1 , 11am-12:30pm: What do a 17th century Japanese Temple Bell, a historic bridge made of Roxbury puddingstone, the oldest continually operating victory gardens in the country and a tree once thought extinct have in common? They all reside in the Back Bay Fens. Learn about these and other treasures on a guided walking tour of the Back Bay Fens led by Emerald Necklace docents. Tours start and end at the Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston. Website: www.emeraldnecklace.org/ calendar/tours/. Phone: 617522-2700. Free.

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

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. 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.

Etchings from Moscow The Multicultural Arts Center and From Russia with Art Gallery presents Etchings from Moscow on view until September 2, in the Lower Gallery, exhibiting works by Alexander Vetrov and Stanislav Nikireyev, two honored Russian artists with an exceptional eye for detail and beauty. Each artist works in etching, presenting stunning images of the landscape (both cultural and natural) of Moscow. Together, the two Russian artists give an almost surreal view into Moscow with the details only those with deep passion about their homeland can portray. FREE and open to the public. Regular Gallery hours: chess@gmail.com for more info.

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

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

English High School, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain. Contact: 617359-1552 Toddler Drum Circle Toddler Drum Circle series with Cornell Coley will run every Saturday during the school year. 9:30-10:30am. Songs, stories, puppets, drumming and cultural info! Ages 1–4 yrs old!

Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St., Jamaica Plain.

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

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happened that day continued to unfold.

When, after days of stalling, Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson released Wilson’s name, he also released video footage from a store security camera showing a black man alleged to be Brown being confronted by a store owner.

While Jackson said the video depicts Brown stealing cigars from the store, a lawyer for the store owner said the owner did not know or identify the man in the video and did not call police to report a robbery.

Police later admitted that Brown was not suspected of robbery or any other crime when he was stopped by Wilson. But the message of the release of the video was clear: Ferguson Police were linking Brown’s alleged criminal activity to his death, much in the same way lawyers for George Zimmerman sought to link Trayvon Martin’s past use of marijuana to a criminal mindset.

In so doing, the Ferguson Police were tapping into a deeper narrative about race and crime in American society. While 80 percent of blacks contacted by pollers from the Pew Research Center said the Ferguson shooting raises important issues about race, just 37 percent of whites agreed with that statement and 47 percent of whites agreed that the issue or race is getting more attention than it deserves.

The images of Ferguson and St. Louis County police dressed in military fatigues with body armor perched on top of armored vehicles and training high-powered assault

rifles at unarmed protesters drew a mixed response from whites, with 33 percent saying the police response had gone too far, 30 percent saying the police response has been “about right” and 35 percent undecided.

The majority of blacks — 65 percent — said the police response had gone too far, while 20 percent of blacks said it was “about right.”

As if the militarized police, clouds of tear gas, stun grenades and rifles trained on unarmed black protesters and passers-by weren’t enough, a CNN broadcast captured one officer on video taunting the protesters: “f---ing animals.

Bring it. I don’t give a f---.”

In a spectacle that stood in stark contrast to the black experience, white residents of Ferguson held a protest of their own, holding signs expressing solidarity with Darren Wilson, who has been suspended with pay and in hiding during the unrest. A crowd estimated at 150 turned out for the demonstration.

Many wore teeshirts with a police shield with the words, “I stand by Darren Wilson.” In place of the badge number are the numbers 8.9.14 — the date Wilson gunned Brown down.

As wide as the chasm appears between black and white Ferguson — and black and white America — it’s worth noting the instances of solidarity that bridge that gap. Here in Boston, solidarity rallies on the Boston Common and in Copley Square were mixed-race events with blacks, whites, Latinos and Asians denouncing police violence against black men.

That same solidarity was reflected in rallies held in more than 90 cities across the United

States, and in cities around the world — including London, UK, and Sydney, Australia. In Gaza, Palestinians used Twitter to express solidarity and share advice on how to survive tear gas attacks.

As the protests over Brown’s shooting entered their 10th day Monday night, Ferguson residents suffered through more tear gas and stun grenades, rubber bullets and live ammunition. And the divide between accounts provided by Ferguson residents and the police remained as wide as ever, with police accusing the protesters of pelting them with Molotov cocktails and stones and the protesters claiming they were fired on without provocation.

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On May 24, 2014, the Seattle City Council voted to raise that city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, which is currently the highest minimum wage in the country. This vote, with the support of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, came at the dismay of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Restaurant Association, two Washington, D.C. lobbyist powerhouses.

“There’s been a major conversation here in Boston and across the country about wage inequality, Spokesperson for 1199SEIU Jeff Hall said. “1199 is proud to be part of the Wage Action Coalition, which includes labor groups, community groups and religious groups all trying to raise awareness about the challenges that wage inequality and corporate greed present to our neighbors.”

Activists and elected officials gathered on Carson Beach under the banner ‘Fight For $15 Fight For Dignity.’ Protests, marches, demonstrations and voter registration events are in the works as the election season heats up.

Hall said that despite positive numbers in public polling on the question of a minimum wage increase and paid sick time, corporate lobbyists are adamant in derailing the initiative in the name of greed.

“It’s a very popular initiative and corporate lobbyists are having a hard time making a case against it,” Hall said. “The community, the workers, the voters and elected leaders have all expressed support for this measurement. We are out to celebrate the growing low-wage workers movement in this country.”

Wage Action has several marches, rallies and protests in the works around Boston, start-

ing with the Protest Staples: The U.S. Mail is Not for Sale event on Wednesday, August 27 at 1 Washington Street. The Greater Boston Labor Council is hosting a breakfast followed by a demonstration in downtown Boston on Labor Day, Monday, September 1. The next day, the advocates will take to social media to host the Online Day of Digital #WageAction. The final march will take place on September 4, called All Out for LowWage Worker Mobilization at Park Street Station.

Voters will vote on four ballot questions, along with constitutional offices, state representatives and senators and county offices November 4.

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CHURCH MASONRY REPAIRS Request for Bids The Theodore Parker Unitarian-Universalist Church, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, the Awarding Authority, requests bids for the re-pointing of mortar and the repair of capstones and masonry joints on the south-facing (Centre Street) wall of our historic stone church circa 1900 which is listed in the State Register of Historic Places and by the Boston Landmarks Commission. An alternate will be considered to repair and replace, as needed, the wood trim, sash, and skills on the six windows in the south-facing wall.

The project is being partially funded with a grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund through the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

All work must be performed in accordance with the documents prepared

by Donham & Sweeney, Inc. – Architects, (68 Harrison Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02111, Telephone: 617-423-1400, jshaw@donhamandsweeney. com). State law prohibits discrimination. Awarding of this contract is subject to the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity guidelines. A copy of work specifications and contract documents may be obtained by writing or telephoning the architect at the above address.

A pre-bid meeting will be held at the Theodore Parker Church, 1859 Centre St., (at Corey St.) on August 27 at 10:00am.

Bids shall be evaluated on the basis of price, previous experience with similar types of construction projects, ability to perform the work in a timely manner, and references. All bids must be delivered to the architect’s office at the above address or by email prior to September 4, 2014 to be eligible for consideration. Work must commence immediately upon selection of the winning bid.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE (DCAMM) Sealed proposals submitted on a form furnished by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) and clearly identified as a bid, endorsed with the name and address of the bidder, the project and contract number, will be received at the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108, no later than the date and time specified and will forthwith be publicly opened and read aloud.

General Bids at 2:00 PM:

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Every General Bidder must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance for the category of work and for no less than the bid price plus all add alternates of this project.

Consultant will also be required to provide the necessary acceptance testing during construction and manage the closeout of the construction contract.

A BIM model may be required. The implementation of these services will be dependent on available funding, but if fully funded, the project is likely to take place over a three to four year period.

A Supplemental Information Package containing a previously completed Snowmelter Facility Study will be available to interested parties beginning Tuesday August 26, 2014, by contacting Susan Brace at 617-568-5961 or sbrace@massport.com.

The contract will be work order based, and Consultant’s fee for each work order shall be negotiated; however, the total fee for the contract shall not exceed $700,000.

Each submission shall include a Statement of Qualifications that provides detailed information in response to the evaluation criteria set forth below and include Architect/Engineer & Related Services questionnaires SF 330 (www. gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486) with the appropriate number of Part IIs. M/WBE Certification of the prime and subconsultants shall be current at the time of submittal and the Consultant shall provide a copy of the M/WBE certification letter from the Supplier Diversity Office, formerly known as State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) within its submittal. The Consultant shall also provide an original and nine copies of litigation and legal proceedings information, signed under the pains and penalties of perjury, in a separate sealed envelope entitled “Litigation and Legal Proceedings”. See http://www.massport.com/business-with-massport/capital-improvements/resource-center for more details on litigation and legal proceedings history submittal requirements.

The Authority may reject any application if any of the required information is not provided: Cover Letter, Insurance Requirements, Litigation and Legal proceedings, and SF330 Part IIs for the Prime and every sub-consultant. The above-mentioned information shall be highlighted in the cover letter.

The submission shall be evaluated on basis of: (1) current level of experience and knowledge of the team for similar projects, particularly the Project Manager, (2) geographic location and availability of the Project Manager, resident inspectors and other key personnel to be assigned to the project,

(4) demonstrated ability to perform work with minimal disruption to facility operations, (5) familiarity with Massachusetts public bid laws (6) cost management and scheduling capabilities,

The Category of Work is:

Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems

Mass. State Project No.

TRC1303 Contract No. FC1

(8) current level of work with the Authority, (9) past performance for the Authority, if any,

TRC – Ed Brooke, Brockton & Roxbury Courts – Sprinkler Heads Boston/Brockton, Massachusetts And the following Sub-Bids: None.

(10) experience with sustainable design concepts and resiliency, and

E.C.C: $1,338,000

(11) project understanding and technical approach to this project.

Replacement of sprinkler heads at Edward W. Brooke Courthouse, Brockton Trial Court and Roxbury District Court. Scope of this work is to replace recalled, defective sprinkler heads as required to assure life safety and facility protection. During the entire construction period, the courthouses will remain occupied and operational. The pre-bid informational meetings will be held on Friday, August 29, 2014 at Brooke Court @9:00AM; at Roxbury Court @11:30AM; at Brockton Court @1:00PM. Contact: Mr. Alain Haddad, Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, 781-221-1125 or 781-221-1000.

Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Director of the Department of Labor Standards under the provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27H. Wage rates are listed in the contract form portion of specification book.

Each general bid and sub-bid proposal must be secured by an accompanying deposit of 5% of the total bid amount, including all alternates, in the form of a bid bond, in cash, a certified, treasurer’s, or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The bidding documents may be examined at the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108 Tel (617) 727-4003. Copies may be obtained by depositing a company check, treasurer’s check, cashier’s check, bank check or money order in the sum of $100.00 payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No personal checks or cash will be accepted as deposits. Refunds will be made to those returning the documents in satisfactory condition on or before SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 (ten business days after the opening of General Bids) otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Commonwealth.

WE DO NOT MAIL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Messenger and other type of pick-up and delivery services are the agents of the bidder and the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance assumes no responsibility for delivery or receipt of the documents. Bidders are encouraged to take advantage of a rotating credit plans and specifications deposit program initiated by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance to encourage the easy accessibility of documents to contractors.

Carole Cornelison COMMISSIONER LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. L1281-D1, INSTALLATION OF NEW IN-PAVEMENT SNOWMELTERS AIRFIELD WIDE, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The Authority is seeking qualified multidiscipline consulting firms/teams, with proven experience to provide professional services including planning, design, and construction related services including resident inspection relative to the design and construction of new in-pavement natural gas fired snowmelters of varying capacities at several locations within the cargo and terminal areas at Logan International airport. The Consultant must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner.

The consultant shall demonstrate experience in several disciplines and including but not limited to Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Environmental, Cost Estimating, Construction Phasing, Permitting and Sustainable Design.

Scope of services shall include, but is not limited to: preliminary design, final design, bid phase, construction administration, resident engineering services, and acceptance testing for the planning, design and construction of new in-pavement natural gas fired snowmelters and removal of existing diesel fired snowmelters. Construction of the new work will impact aircraft operations and it is essential that the work be designed and constructed in such a manner that disruptions to aircraft operations are minimized.

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The selection shall involve a two-step process including the shortlisting of a minimum of three firms based on an evaluation of the Statements of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed immediately by a final selection of the consultant by the Authority. The Authority reserves the right to interview the firms prior to final selection, if deemed appropriate.

By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. The exception to this standard agreement is the insurance requirement of $10,000,000 of commercial general liability.

The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage.

Submissions shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 1/2” x 11”), no acetate covers. Ten (10) copies of a bound document and one PDF version on a disc each limited to: 1) an SF 330 including the appropriate number of Part IIs, 2) resumes of key individuals only each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section E, 3) no more than ten (10) projects each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section F,

Estate of Walter T Harris Date of Death: 04/12/2010 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Julian L Bennett of Virginia Beach, VA 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 Julian L Bennett of Virginia Beach, VA 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: August 14, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 021282909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66.

The procurement process for these services will proceed according to the following anticipated schedule: EVENT

DATE/TIME

Solicitation: Release Date

August 20, 2014

Deadline for submission of written questions

September 5, 2014

Official answers published (Estimated)

September 12, 2014

Solicitation: Close Date / Submission Deadline

September 25, 2014

Times are Eastern Standard Time (US).

Questions may be sent via email to CPBidQuestions@massport.com subject to the deadline for receipt stated in the timetable above. In the subject lines of your email, please reference the MPA Project Name and Number.

Questions and their responses will be posted on Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http://www.massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/ CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Docket No. SU09P1149GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition to Expand the Powers of a Guardian In the Interests of Richard Smith Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Roscommon Extended Care Center of Mattapan, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court expand the powers of a Guardian.

The petition asks the court to make a determination that the powers of a Guardian and/or Conservator should be expanded, modified, or limited since the time of the appointment. The original petition is on file with the court.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 08/28/2014. 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 cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

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

4) no more than 3 sheets (6 pages) of information contained under SF 330 Section H addressing the evaluation items (except for the litigation and legal proceedings history), and 5) no more than 2 sheets (4 pages) of other relevant material not including a 2 page (max.) cover letter, SDO certification letters, covers, dividers, and other required information.

Docket No. SU11P1682EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

(3) experience and expertise of subconsultants,

(7) M/WBE and affirmative action efforts, please indicate the proposed % of M/WBE participation

This project is scheduled for 365 calendar days to substantial completion and in general includes:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P1841GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Donald Harrison Of Roxbury, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Brigham & Women’s Hospital of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Donald Harrison is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Richard Peter 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 09/04/2014. 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.

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

Date: July 31, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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

Docket No. SU10P2207GD In the interests of Jasyah A Goode of Boston, MA Minor

NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Resignation or Petition for Removal of Guardianship of a Minor 1.

2.

NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition to Resign as Guardian of a Minor or Petition for Removal of Guardian of a minor filed by Kevin B Goode on August 12, 2014 will be held 10/16/2014 10:30 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 3rd floor Probation Dept.

Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to: File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.

3.

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

4.

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

THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice.

Date: August 13, 2014

To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Elbert M Sharpe, Jr. 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 Elbert M Sharpe, Jr. 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 09/11/2014. 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.

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13P1548EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Odin Leonardo J Lloyd Date of Death: 06/17/2013 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Ursula V Ward of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Ursula V Ward 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.

In the matter of Alice G Jones Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Helena N Tonge of Brookline, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Alice G Jones is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Helena N Tonge of Brookline, 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, and 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 09/11/2014. 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

Docket No. SU14P1825EA

Estate of Gracie Lee Redfearn Date of Death: 04/26/2014 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Onett Redfearn of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Onett Redfearn of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve 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 09/11/2014. 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: August 01, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court

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

Date: August 11, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Docket No. SU14P1866EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Elbert Moye Sharpe, Sr Date of Death: 03/27/2014

Docket No. SU14A0092AD

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.

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NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 06/17/2014 by Marla J Biddy of Mattapan, MA will be held 08/29/2014 08:30 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 ~ Family Service Office.

Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to: File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.

3.

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

4.

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

THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice.

Date: June 23, 2014

Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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

Docket No. SU14P1890EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Mary C Johnson Date of Death: 06/14/2014

A petition has been filed by Lawanda Johnson of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Lawanda Johnson of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve on the bon d.

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 09/11/2014. 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: August 11, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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

Docket No. SU14P1451GD In the interests of Karon Jordan Taylor of Mattapan, MA Minor

NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor 1.

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Suffolk Probate and Family Court 24 New Chardon Street Boston, MA 02114 (617) 788-8300 SUFFOLK Division

NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor

To all interested persons:

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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Docket No. SU14P1450GD In the interests of Nardia Simone Taylor of Mattapan, MA Minor

Docket No. SU14P1917GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304

SUFFOLK Division

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

SUFFOLK Division

2.

SUFFOLK Division

Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

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

Date: July 24, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

SUFFOLK Division

Date: June 23, 2014

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

Date: August 18, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice.

NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 06/17/2014 by Marla J Biddy of Mattapan, MA will be held 08/29/2014 08:30 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 ~ Family Service Office.

Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to: File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.

3.

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

4.

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

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BID NO.

DESCRIPTION

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WRA-2432

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SECTION 00020 INVITATION TO BID

Sealed Bids for the construction of the Elm Street Sewer Improvements for the Town of Blackstone, Massachusetts, will be received by the Department of Public Works at the office of the Department of Public Works, 15 St. Paul 888-842-7945 Street, Blackstone, Massachusetts until 10:30 a.m. prevailing time, on March 29, 2005 and at which time and place said bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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WOLLASTON MANOR

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service, Waste and Water Grants and Loan program. Special attention should be paid with respect to 91 Clay Street the (U.S.D.A.) requirements for Bids.

Quincy, MA 02170

All bids for this project are subject to applicable bidding laws of Massachusetts, including General Laws Chapter 30, Section 39M as amended. Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract as determined by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under the provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149, Section 26-27D, inclusive, as amended.

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The Bidder agrees that this bid shall be good and may not be withdrawn for 0 BRofunits $1,027/mo a period thirty = (30) working days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded of bids.

1 BR after unitsthe=opening $1,101/mo

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

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

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BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION INVITATION FOR BIDS

The scope of work includes furnishing and installing approximately 3,065 linThe Boston Water and Sewer Commission by its Executive Director invites ear feet of 8-inch gravity sanitary sewer main with all appurtenances; fursealed bids for CONTRACT # 04-308-001, WATER MAIN RELAY AND nishing and installing approximately 8,135 linear feet of 10-inch gravity sanSEWER/DRAIN REHABILITATION IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, CITY PROPER, itary sewer main with all appurtenances; furnishing and installing approxiHYDE PARK AND JAMAICA PLAIN. Bids must be accompanied by a bid mately 4,100 linear feet of 6-inch PVC gravity sanitary sewer service condeposit, certified check, treasurer’s or cashier’s check, or in the form of a 640 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02118 nections and all appurtenances, furnishing and installing approximately 315 bid bond in the amount of 5% OF BID payable to and to become the properlinear feet of 4-inch and 3,475 linear feet of 6-inch sanitary sewer force ty of the Commission if the bid, after acceptance, is not carried out. The bid Lists for Federally Subsidized Villa Victoria bereturned open on the following mainThe withWaiting all appurtenances, furnishing and installing Apartments fully functionalatsanideposit iswill to be only when all stateddates/times: conditions of the Contract doctary sewer stations located at ��, the���� Corrosion Facility (CCF), • pump Thursday, September fromControl �:�� �� – �:�� �� ument are carried out. In addition, a performance bond and also a labor and Quickstream crossing, Fire Station, and Mill River crossing with all appurtematerials payment bond, each of a surety company qualified to do business • Friday, September ��, ���� from �:�� �� – �:�� �� nances, standby generator housed within a prefabricated building at the under the laws of the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Executive • Saturday, September ��, ���� from �:�� �� – ��:�� noon Director, and each in the sum of 100 % OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, must be Quickstream and Mill River pump stations; furnishing and installing bituminous concrete trench pavement (permanent); water system reconstruction submitted within the time specified in the Contract document. Bids must be (Add Alternate 1); miscellaneous drainage improvements (Add Alternate 3); submitted on the forms obtained from the Purchasing Manager, Boston Victoria Apartments Viviendas Apartments furnishing and installing associated manholes, paving, project wide mainteWater and Sewer Commission, 980 Harrison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA �, �,other �, �,appurtenances � and � Bedroom Apartments 1, 2,and 3, 4must and 6beBedroom nance of traffic and required to complete the Work asStudio, 02119, submitted Apartments in sealed envelopes to the Purchasing specified in the Contract Documents. Work must be substantially complete Manager clearly marked BIDS FOR CONTRACT # 04-308-001, WATER MAIN Casas Borinquen South End Apartments within 1153 days of the Notice to Proceed.

The estimated cost of the projRELAY AND SEWER/DRAIN REHABILITATION IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, CITY ect is $4,500,000.00.

PROPER, HYDE PARK AND Apartments JAMAICA PLAIN. Bids will be publicly opened and 1, 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom Apartments 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom read at the office of the Purchasing Manager on THURSDAY, MARCH 24, Bid Security in the form of a BID BOND, CASHIER’S, TREASURER’S, OR CER2005 AT 10:00 A.M. There will be a non-refundable charge of $25.00 for TIFIED CHECK issued by a responsible bank or trust company is required in each set of contract documents taken out. If the bidder neglects to bid on Income Limits by Household Size must be at or below HUD’s 50% Area Median Gross Income Limit as follows: the amount of five percent of the bid price payable to the Town of each and every item, it may lead to the rejection of the bid. The rate of 1 Person: $32,950 3 Persons: $42,350 5 Persons: $50,850 Persons: $58,350 Blackstone. wages paid to7mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs, and laborers in the work to be performed8under the contract 2 Persons: $37,650 4 Persons: $47,050 6 Persons: $54,600 Persons: $62,150shall not be less than the rate of wages in Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations: the schedule determined by the Commission of Labor and Industries of the Commonwealth, a copy of which schedule is annexed to the form of contract Applications housing be obtained in the 01608 following ways: BSC Group, 33for Waldo Street,can Worcester, Massachusetts referred to herein. Copies of said schedule may be obtained, without cost, F.W. Dodge Division, McGraw-Hill Information Services Co., Boston, upon application therefore at the office of the Executive Director. Before •Massachusetts Picked up at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts locatedcommencing at �� West Newton Street, Boston, MA ����� performance on this contract, the contractor shall provide by the dates and times mentioned above Town on of Blackstone, Department of Public Works, 15 St. Paul Street insurance for the payment of compensation and the furnishing of all other Massachusetts benefits under Chapter 152 of the General Laws (The Workmen’s •Blackstone, Downloaded from our website www.villavictoriaapplication.com Compensation Law, so called) to all persons to be employed under this con• Mailed upon request Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the BSC Group locattract and shall continue such insurance in full force and effect during the ed at 33 Waldo Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01608, from 9 a.m. to 12 term of this contract. Attention is called to Chapter 370 of the Acts of 1963, noonAll andapplications 1 to 4 p.m., upon payment of a deposit of $100.00 in the which complied with.

No bid for the award of this project will must be received or post-marked noform laterofthan 5:00must pmbe onstrictly September 26, 2014. a check payable to the Town of Blackstone. Any unsuccessful bidder or nonbe considered acceptable unless the Contractor agrees to comply fully with Applications returned by mail inspecified person in must be sent to Villa Tremont Boston,Utilization MA 02118. bidder, upon returning such set within the or time the Instructions the Victoria, requirement640 of the MinoritySt, Employee Requirement as set to Bidders and in good condition, will be refunded his payment. Contract forth in Article VIII of the Contract and the Utilization of Minority and Women Documents be mailed viamember USPS to prospective biddersor upon request and Owned Business Enterprises as set forth in Article Xcompleting of the Contract. Included If you will or any family has a disability, limited English proficiency, and as a result need assistance receipt of a separate non-refundable check payable to BSC Group, Inc. in the with the Contract documents are copies of the Bidder’s Certification theofapplication and/or any assistance we’lland be happy provideReport. assistance request. amount $25.00 to cover handling and mailingduring fees. the application process, Statement Weekly to Utilization Each upon Contractor must complete, sign and file with his bid the Bidder’s Certification Statement. Failure to do The selected contractor shall furnish a performance and payment bond waiting so willlists result in rejection the bid.and The State Weekly Utilization Reports shall be All developments have existing waitlists.bond Placement on these will occur byoflottery Preferences in amount at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price submitted in accordance with section 8.2 (ii) and (iii) of the Contract. Failure will apply.

The lottery take place on October �, ���� at �:�� �� at �� West Newton Street, Boston, MA �����. as stipulated in Section 00700will GENERAL CONDITIONS of these specificato comply with the Minority Employee Utilization Requirement may result in tions. Anticipated funding for this project will be from the Unite States imposition of the sanctions set forth in section 8.2 (f) and (g) of the Contract.

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The Executive Director reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or any item or items of the bid, and to waive technical defects which are not of a substantive nature if the Commissioners should determine that it is in the best interest of the Commission to do so.

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OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC NOTICE

617-283-2081

The City of Somerville is requesting comments on the City’s One-Year Action Plan for the period of April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 for the Community Development Block Grant Program, the Emergency Shelter Grant Program and the HOME Program, which are funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This document will be available for public review and comment from Friday, February 11, 2005 to Monday, March 14, 2005 at the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development (SPCD), 3rd Floor, Somerville City Hall during normal business hours and at the front desk of the Main Branch of the Somerville Public Library.

Anyone wishing to submit public comment should send their written comments to Meredith Smith, Director of Finance, SPCD by fax 617-625-0722 or email msmith@ci.somerville.ma.us by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14, 2005. Anyone having general questions regarding the proposed 2005 One Year Action Plan should contact SPCD at 617-625-6600 x2500.

Joseph A. Curtatone Mayor REOPENING OF WAITING LIST Notice is hereby given by the Braintree Housing Authority that on March 15 and March 16, 2005 applications will be available for its one (1), two (2) & three (3) bedroom State-aided MRVP project-based housing program and three (3) bedroom Chapter 705 Family Housing Program. Placement on the waiting list will be assigned by random order (lottery).

MRVP Eligibility Income Limits Limits Number of Household Members One (1) $18,620 Two (2) $24,980 Three (3) $31,340 Four (4) $37,700 Five (5) $44,060 Six (6) $50,420

705 Family Housing Eligible Income Number of Household Members One (1) $46,300 Two (2) $52,950 Three (3) $59,550 Four (4) $66,150 Five (5) $71,450 Six (6) $76,750

Application will be available from 9:00am – 4:00 pm on March 15 and March 16. Interested persons may apply in person at 25 Roosevelt Street, Braintree or obtain an application by mail by calling (781) 848-1484. Faxes will not be accepted. Applications must be received or postmarked no later than APRIL 19, 2005. The BHA will not accept applications including (Emergency Applications) that are hand delivered or postmarked after April 19, 2005. The lottery will be held at 10 am on April 27, 2005 in the community building at 25 Roosevelt Street, Braintree. The Braintree Housing Authority will close the MRVP family project based waiting list for one, two & three bedrooms and the 705 three (3) bedroom Family Housing Program wait list on March 16, 2005 at 4pm. EHO

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United South End Settlements, an outstanding community-based nonprofit advocacy and services organization, is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). USES provides early childhood education, after school and summer enrichment, youth arts programming, summer overnight camp, adult education and workforce readiness, and senior health, wellness and home repair services. www.uses.org. Qualifications include experience leading a comparable organization, fundraising experience, fiscal and staff management experience and commitment to neighbors helping neighbors build a strong community in the South End and Lower Roxbury. Send cover letter, résumé and salary history to Susan Egmont, Egmont Associates, segmont@egmontassociates.com.

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Free job-search and career development help: • Most people who complete our 60hour job-search workshop qualify for free, individual job-search help.

• We refer people to jobs that pay $20,000 — $30,000 and offer benefits.

• We mentor people who accept jobs through our referrals for two years.

If you are a low-income adult who is: • Looking for a full-time permanent job; • Willing to participate in our two-year mentoring program; • Age 22 to 55; • Legal to work in the U.S.; • Able to succeed in an English-speaking workplace, then…

Orientation Every Thursday, 1:00 PM. Call us to see if you qualify at (617) 424-6616.

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• You will need to bring your résumé • If you do not have a résumé, bring a list of: Jobs and military service since high school; Education and training.

Be sure to include month and year; be sure that all dates are correct.

We look forward to working with you!

YOURSELF WITH TWO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOOKKEEPING PROFESSIONAL

Do you need to upgrade your skills? Ready for a new career?

ADMINSTRATIVE AND BOOKKEEPING PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM ONE PROGRAM…TWO CAREER CHOICES… MORE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES The Administrative and Bookkeeping Professionals Program uses a combination of hands on classroom instruction and online learning experiences designed to give you employer ready skills, and the self confidence from achieving new, professional level skills for today’s economy.

INFORMATION SESSION • August 26th at 10 am The Administrative and Bookkeeping Professionals Program offers: • Introductory and advance levels of computer skills training using Microsoft Office 2010 (MS Word, Excel, Outlook) • Bookkeeping essentials and procedures for office professionals • Opportunities to create professional business documents using digital, social media and internet technologies • Computerized bookkeeping using QuickBooks • Procedures for recording, managing and securing client/ customer financial and non-financial data

Training Grants available to qualifying applicants.

Contact: Mr. Royal Bolling, Computer Learning Resources Phone: 857-266-3407 Email: clr2paths@gmail.com

Licensed by the Massachusetts Division Professional Licensure Office of Private Occupational School Education

The New Tropical Foods Project We have appreciated your loyalty and support and we look forward to serving you for many more years in a new, modern supermarket!

Do you know who is building the New Tropical Foods Supermarket?

Together, Tropical Foods and NEI are.

• We are proud to bring a new supermarket to our community, it is the first major private investment in Dudley Square in  years.

•  of all construction hours worked have been by minority workers.

• . of all construction hours worked have been by female workers.

• The projected average hourly wage: /hr.

• For  consecutive weeks, our * numbers have improved. We are at . Boston residents and on our way toward the target of .

• . of our workers’ hours are from walk on workers (all Boston residents).

• We have a long history as an anchor in our community— providing staple food items, offering community jobs and assisting countless local organizations. * Boston Resident Jobs Program.