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Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker breaks into a dance routine along with Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts President Darnell Williams (2nd from left) and The BASE President Robert Lewis Jr. (right) during a cookout hosted by the Urban Legue’s Young Professionals Network. (Banner photo)

Baker makes play for votes in Democratic stronghold Yawu Miller For Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker, a chance meeting at a Roxbury cookout with Dwan Chandler sparks memories of a decades-old basketball rivalry.

Back in the early 1970s, Baker recalls, he was playing in a summer league in Dedham and Chandler was at Don Bosco in Boston.

For Chandler, it’s at best a hazy memory. Baker, though, still remembers that his team lost.

And he lost again against Chandler in college.

“I also played at Harvard when you were at B.C.,” Baker recalls. “It was 85 to 83. It was a

close game.”

Chandler’s eyes light up at the memory of his high school and college victories over the man who may well be the Commonwealth’s next governor. Baker, glad to make a connection at the Urban League’s Young Professional Network barbecue event, moves through the parking lot of the organization’s Warren Street building.

As the music blasts from the sound system, Baker takes a moment for an impromptu dance along with longtime friend Robert Lewis and Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts President Darnell Williams. Baker isn’t winning any Soul Train contests, just connecting with voters

in a Democratic stronghold. The crowd gathered at the cookout watches with amusement. Baker has their attention, which is a lot more than most Republicans get out of Roxbury voters.

After the Urban League event Saturday, Baker was off to the NAACP Boston Branch’s Freedom Fund Reception. Sunday morning he was at the Grace Church of All Nations on Washington Street in Dorchester, where worshipers prayed for him and his wife.

In a community where GOP candidates regularly reap less than 10 percent of the vote, it’s almost assured Baker won’t win the vote here on Nov. 4. In the Baker, continued to page 13

who helped revamp New Orleans’ public defense system in the wake After DNA analysis began vin- of Hurricane Katrina. Thompson dicating long-time claims of in- selected Sullivan in the spring to nocence from prisoners on death head up the review panel. row in the 1990s, it was just a “Even before starting my work matter of time before the press in Brooklyn, my research made it and the public began taking seri- clear that wrongful convictions ously appeals from inmates sent were certainly a significant probto jail in cases involving suspi- lem nationally. It was also clear cious patterns in police and pros- that in cases where convictions ecutorial conduct. were up for review that many Nowhere was that more appar- prosecutors’ offices looked first ent than in New York City, where to vindicate their offices rather recently elected Brooklyn Dis- than engage in an honest effort trict Attorney Kenneth Thomp- to review their convictions,” said son rode into office on a prom- Sullivan during an interview in ise to review the dining hall questionable at Winthrop convictions in House, a Har“In too many review murder cases. v a r d u n d e rT h o m p - offices, it’s a case of graduate dorson’s Convicmitory where t i o n R e v i e w the fox guarding the he and his wife, Unit, touted as henhouse — justifying fellow Harvard a model effort, aw School their colleagues’ actions Lalum took on over Steph100 cases that rather than taking anie Robraised quesinson, serve a full and honest tions about as co-masw h a t c r i t - appraisal.” ters — essenics said was a — Ronald Sullivan Jr. tially surrogate winner-takeparents to some all attitude 200 Crimson in Brooklyn’s students. police precincts and courthouses.

Amid the clattering of trays Close to 60 of those cases, and the buzz of conversation prosecuted under former District bouncing off marble floors and Attorney Charles Hynes, were oak-paneled walls, the Gary, Ind., linked to former New York City native and Morehouse College Police Detective Louis Scarcella, graduate said he brought no parwho often used the same dubi- ticular orientation to the task of ous witness to obtain convictions organizing a robust office of 10 against predominantly African full-time prosecutors to review American defendants. convictions — up from three The profound power of the ju- under Hynes — just a desire to dicial system to upend lives and methodically comb through the devastate families should never be files to see that justice was done. exercised indiscriminately, says “Much of my background is Harvard Law Professor Ronald in defense,” said Sullivan, sitting Sullivan Jr., 48, a former Wash- at a long table with his wife and Sullivan, continued to page 9 ington, D.C., public defender

Hub officials showcase Brother’s Keeper effort Yawu Miller Boston city officials, Boston Celtics players and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan met with students at the Mildred Avenue Middle School in Mattapan last week for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing black and Latino boys in Boston.

The meeting showcased partnerships and efforts undergirding the Walsh administration’s local contribution to President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative, a national effort to improve educa-

tional and life outcomes for black and Latino boys and young men.

“We’re here because this matters,” said Walsh administration Chief of Health and Human Services Felix G. Arroyo. “We’re here because we recognize that as men of color, life is harder. It’s not impossible, but it is harder.”

Several dozen students, teachers, city officials and community members gathered in the school auditorium as students shared stories of their successes, challenges and aspirations.

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Fund provides assistance to ailing Delta bluesmen Sandra Larson Mississippi is known as the birthplace of the blues, and over the past decade, the state has raised the profile of its unique heritage, honoring the places blues musicians lived and telling the stories of the birth, flourishing and influence of blues music.

The Mississippi Blues Commission was formed in 2004, and one of its primary projects has been the creation of the Mississippi Blues Trail, a statewide network of some 200 marked sites ranging from birthplaces of blues legends B.B. King and Charley Patton to famous hotels and clubs from the heydey of the “chitlin’ circuit” to still-existing tiny rural juke joints.

But while these legendary bluesmen and their historic stomping grounds spur new tourism and economic development, some blues artists today are struggling to make ends meet, living in poverty and in need of medical care, shelter and other assistance. In recognition of this, the Blues Commission in 2010 set up the Blues Musicians Benevolent Committee to raise money and provide grants to musicians in need.

Dr. Edgar Smith, 80, a retired biochemistry researcher, professor and college administrator who spent much of his career in Massachusetts, is founding chairman

of the Blues Musicians Benevolent Committee.

“Mississippi calls itself the home of the blues, and deservedly so, but we must also pay attention to those from whom the blues derive,” Smith says, speaking by phone recently from his home in Jackson, Miss. “Those who gave birth to the music have not benefited financially as much as those who promoted it, recorded it, wrote about it, and the like — and now that Mississippi is rediscovering the blues, I think those individuals should benefit.”

Since 2011, the fund has given 22 grants totaling more than $20,000, Smith says. Grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 have helped musicians in a variety of circumstances: one man in his 80s who lost an arm earlier in life while rescuing a relative from some train tracks is now ill with cancer. He is still performing music, but needed help paying medical bills. Another used aid money to help purchase a wheelchair lift for his van.

“We’ve even helped with burial costs,” Smith says.

Emergency aid for artists in need is not a completely new idea — the nonprofit Music Maker Relief Foundation has been operating in North Carolina for 20 years, and there are a handful of small, private organizations such as the Craft Emergency Relief Fund that assists craft art-

ists nationwide — but this is the first such effort in the home of the blues, Smith says.

Smith and the Blues Musicians Benevolent Committee team are working now to publicize the fund to musicians needing assistance and to people who can make

grow the Benevolent Fund into a center that provides a broader array of services. The center might include free legal aid, pharmacists to help with medication and chiropractors offering free treatment.

“Some of these musicians have back problems from leaning over a guitar,” he explains.

Smith spent five decades in the Greater Boston area, pursuing a professional career spanning college teaching, cancer and sickle cell anemia research and higher education administration, but his interest in the blues stayed with

Blues Musicians Benevolent Committee founder Edgar Smith (center), with the late blues guitarist James T Model Ford and his wife, Estella. Smith’s organization provides grants to elderly Mississippi Delta blues musicians. (Photo courtesy of Edgar Smith) a donation. The Committee has received money from an annual Blues Marathon sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield and recently received $10,000 from a Jackson area businessman, Smith says. In addition, they have set up a PayPal account tohelp individuals make donations via the Blues Commission website.

Smith says his goal now is to

him from his formative years in the Mississippi Delta town of Hollandale.

“The blues has always been part of my life,” he explains. “I grew up listening to it, in a small town, across the street from the biggest juke joint, the Harlem Club. And up the street there was a line of juke joints. These joints played an important role in the cotton work-

ers’ lives, when they needed a little relief on the weekends. I appreciated the music and the musicians.”

As a child, Smith attended segregated black schools “with old books and poor facilities, but excellent teachers.” His developing interest in science was spurred partly by a chemistry set he bought with money from selling garden-grown vegetables.

He went on to study chemistry at Tougaloo College in Mississippi and then earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in biochemistry from Purdue University in Indiana.

After landing a postdoctoral research position with Harvard Medical School in 1959, Smith lived in Roxbury and Dorchester before settling in Lexington, Mass. for 34 years. Returning to his and his wife’s home state, he taught at University of Mississippi, worked to set up Statewide Area Health Education Centers and took up the cause of impoverished blues musicians.

“When I came back to Mississippi and when I retired, I decided to return to that passion for blues and blues people,” he says. Besides serving on the Blues Musicians Benevolent Committee, Smith also volunteers teaching a course in blues history at Tougaloo College and has served on the board of the B.B. King Museum.

Even during his professional working years, and while raising four sons with his wife, Inez, Smith took on civic leadership roles in Massachusetts, including serving as chairman of the Lexington Civil Rights Committee and co-founder of Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts.

This last group is a one whose importance he feels can’t be overstated.

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Brookview House fills gaps for homeless families Colette Greenstein On a quiet street in Dorchester bordered by Harvard Street and Blue Hill Avenue lies the Brookview House, an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to help homeless and at-risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

In 1990, the Brookview House opened its doors to sixteen moms and children to offer them housing coupled with supportive services. Today, Brookview provides services to more than 350 families per year, with a success rate of 92 percent leaving the ranks of homelessness.

Brookview’s Executive Director Deborah Hughes, who has been involved with the organization for the past 24 years, says part of the organization’s success lies in its ability to evolve to meet the needs of its clients.

“We’re always looking for and listening to what our constituents need, as well as where the gaps are,” she said. “We don’t want to duplicate services. We try to fill in the gaps.”

The methodology to Brookview House’s success is about building a community. The organization embraces a two-generation approach, with the children being the largest component.

“The thing about Brookview House is that we take people where they are and start from there,” Hughes said. “Our focus is for the kids’ academic improvement and behavioral health improvement because the two go hand in hand. And we call our youth work our prevention work because we see that as preventing future homelessness.”

With sites in Roxbury and Dorchester, Brookview provides women and children with a safe environment and a full set of services to get their lives back on track. On average, families live at Brookview House 18 months in 12 two- to three-bedroom units within the site, and have access to a slate of services and programs.

The families are referred by the state and the process of living at Brookview begins with an assessment identifying their full medical, social, and housing history andneeds. Once they go through this process, staff sit with the family

again “to figure out what are the three primary things that they want to work on while they’re here,” says Hughes.

The next phase is to set up a service plan around their three primary needs and to give them the tools and steps to develop for achieving those goals. There is also a full assessment completed with the kids separate from the mothers to ensure that all their social, emotional, and academic needs are also being met. This is all done by a small team that includes a licensed clinician, five graduate level clinical interns, two case managers, and an adult services supervisor who supervises all the programs, and does the actual housing workshops.

Brookview House also offers several workshops to address the needs of the adults and children, both together and separately. For the women, the programs include the Dorchester Women’s Safety Network, a multi-cultural community partnership to prevent and end domestic violence; the workshop “Tapping the Powers Within,” which is about finding that thing within yourself that motivates you; and a housing workshop that reviews rules and regulations along with landlord-tenant rights.

For the girls, Brookview hosts a workshop every Saturday which focuses on self-esteem issues.

When asked about a similar program for boys, Hughes admitted that it’s been tough finding a comparable program for boys. They’ve had a few programs in place that have started-and-stopped but they’re working on developing a more consistent program. This past summer, the organization did have a number of male mentors from Milton Academy and Berklee College of Music that did a lot of physical activities with the boys.

They also offer a parenting workshop called “family fun night” which looks like fun but it’s also about learning how to bond with their children. Hughes says every component of their workshops is intentional.

“What we do is about forming the bonds, working on the behavioral stuff, build community, and relaxing,” she said.

After 24 years, it can be challenging to stay motivated, but what keeps Hughes going is that for her,

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Brookview House is “not about creating expansions, it’s about creating models that work. And models that can be duplicated.”

“We want people to take the model and duplicate it around the country,” she adds. “Looking at our data, we know what we do is successful.”

Mercedes Tompkins, Brookview’s director of development, says that what keeps her motivated is seeing

the families’ progress over time.

“You get a sense of what the impact is on the work that we do, and, of course, seeing the success stories of the families that come through with the children,” she says. “There are kids who come in who don’t talk, and then when they leave they’re engaging and full of life.”

Brookview House does receive government funding, but as with all nonprofits, fundraising is crucial to providing services. The Brookview House will host its primary fundraiser, the 6th Annual “End of Summer Sizzler,” on Friday, Sept. 26 at Exchange Hall on Boston’s Historic Waterfront from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

The evening will include a

four-course tasting featuring wines paired with tasty treats from East Meets West, along with an auction and music by pianist Carolyn Wilkinson. Special guests include Rebecca Miller Sykes, who was recently appointed president of the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, which makes grants to support education and the empowerment of women and girls, and Cindy Stumpo, celebrity home builder and reality star of HGTV’s Tough as Nails, who is this year’s recipient of their “Inspirational Woman of the Year” award.

For more information on Brookview House or to purchase tickets to their fundraiser, visit BrookviewHouse.org or call 617.265.2965, ext. 207.

Enjoying the Brookview House’s Summer Sizzler fundraiser are Joyce King, Mercedes Tompkins, Lurena Lee and Judy Clark. (Randy H. Goodman photo)

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Governor’s race wide open The primaries are over and political pundits are now hovering about trying to predict the winners of the November elections. The big question is who will be the next governor? Since Massachusetts is a major blue state, and registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 3-to-1, there is some expectation that the candidate of the Democratic Party will win.

That conclusion would not be supported by precedent. More than 52 percent of the voters are not enrolled with a party preference. This practice is essentially a declaration that the citizens vote for the candidate rather than the party. In the past 45 years since Francis Sargent was governor, voters have elected four Republicans and only three Democrats to the corner office. And what is more, one of those Democratic governors, Ed King, was more conservative than any of the Republicans during that period.

More significant than party affiliation is the political attractiveness of the competing candidates. In the gubernatorial campaign of 2010, Charlie Baker faced off against Deval Patrick, unquestionably the most skillful politician of this generation. Baker lost 1,108,404-to-962,848, a margin of only 145,556

votes. The state treasurer, Tim Cahill, also ran as an independent and tallied 183,933 votes. Without Cahill in the race, the margin between Patrick and Baker would undoubtedly have been narrower.

Baker’s performance in such a competitive challenge established his campaign qualifications.

Martha Coakley was elected twice as the state’s attorney general. That is quite an achievement.

Ironically, she is remembered more for losing the U.S. Senate seat held for decades by Ted Kennedy to Scott Brown in 2010. In that race, early margins for Coakley in the polls dwindled as Election Day approached, and she ultimately lost by five points 52-to-47 percent.

In addition to Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley, the November ballot will include three independent candidates — Evan Falchuk, Jeff McCormick and Scott Lively. Some Democrats are concerned that after she lost a substantial double digit lead in the polls to lose ground once again to defeat Steve Grossman by only six points, her support will erode against a dynamic challenger like Baker.

Historically, Massachusetts voters have shown little preference for the party affiliation of their governors. This election is relatively open.

No excuses for failure to vote How outrageous for a police officer to believe that he has the authority to pump six slugs into an unarmed citizen who is not in the process of committing a felony. Unfortunately, the political indolence of the black citizens of Ferguson, Mo., enabled such an attitude to develop.

With about two-thirds of the population, black voters should control town government and the police, as well as influence county judicial processes. By not voting, blacks not only relinquished the power available to them, but they also tacitly assented to become targets of judicial abuse from excessive fines and fees.

According to journalistic reports, Ferguson res-

idents blamed the failure to vote on the absence of leaders. How absolutely pathetic. Voting is a personal responsibility. Even when there are no attractive candidates, every citizen still has the responsibility to go to the polls on Election Day. Just blank the ballot but let the record show you are ready to support the right leader.

It is no wonder that talented blacks are unwilling to step forward to represent citizens who are unwilling to inconvenience themselves enough to go out and vote.

According to the St. Louis County Clerk’s Office, only 109 residents of Ferguson registered to vote in the last month ending on Sept. 15.

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Has my son’s or daughter’s life become another statistic lost to street violence, remembered by marches and rallies, embraced by emotions of fear, anger and frustration of strangers?

Has my son’s or daughter’s life become a distant memory replaced by another mothers lost, remembered only in my silence, fears and tears?

Has my son’s or daughter’s life become known as another loved one lost to senseless street violence by friends, community members, civic leaders and relatives who hopelessly watch not knowing what to say or feel for me or my children?

As my numbness gives way and the sweet energy of my son or daughter enters, I can feel my three companions, loneliness, anxiety and fear leave and hope begin to move in. At that moment I remember my son’s or daughter’s life being more than a distant memory, a forgotten march or rally but a call to humanity for justice and equality to stand up for hope for all of God’s children.

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OPINION A glaring omission in the NFL’s approach to abuse Joyce London Alexander Ford

Why do you think voter turnout is low among blacks?

As an inveterate National Football League fan who not only regularly attends games, but watches a significant amount of NFL competition on television, I am deeply saddened and angered by the recent plethora of domestic and child abuse charges on the part of some players in the NFL. Domestic and child abuse are not only abhorrent, but inexcusable.

These crimes against women and children are intolerable, especially when modern sciences clearly demonstrate both the negative psychological and physical effects of human abuse.

More profoundly, I am truly perplexed that the NFL chose to select all white women as advisors who are placed in the role of “fixing” this problem as it exists within the NFL. We should all note that approximately 662⁄3 percent — two thirds — of NFL players are black. The four players recently suspended are black.

Fifty years after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act, we are compelled to ask ourselves: “What is wrong with America?”

While I was impressed that women were chosen by Commissioner Roger Goodell to play a role in the investigation of these instances of abuse and design the new NFL policies that relate to abuse within families, I was appalled at how monolithic this new team was.

Diversity should have played a major role in the selection process, allowing women of color a role and a voice during a proTo date, the NFL cess that seems — to date — to disproportionately impact black missed the mark families in the NFL. Black women can advise, judge and evaluate just as cogently as anyone. Black women are extraordinarily capable of handling any of the advisory duties which the commissioner has accorded to white women.

in favor of bad social policy, family policy, and, ultimately, legal policy.

I am especially embarrassed by The National Organization of Women, who — instead of rising to the occasion — failed abysmally by not insisting on diversity in the appointment of women as advisors.

To date, the NFL missed the mark in favor of bad social policy, family policy, and, ultimately, legal policy. The NFL is a not for profit organization. Congress, where is your oversight?

So where do we go from here?

1. The NFL must recognize that black women must be at the table — not only as experts in domestic violence and child abuse, but sports specialists, mediators, lawyers and experts in relations with the many constituent communities, including policy-making roles in articulating the NFL’s social responsibility obligations.

2. Counselors must be available to the players, their immediate families and significant others.

3. Penalties must be clear and rational, particularly after court findings.

4. Interdisciplinary programs should be made available for spouses and children of NFL players to provide needed support and counsel. In particular, advice provided to such families should not be contrary to law nor encourage these family victims not to seek the assistance of law enforcement, as the public has heard has occurred in some news reports.

These recommendations are in no way dispositive of the myriad recommendations which need to be proposed and implemented by the NFL. They are merely a beginning in what will be a tough process.

Hon. Joyce London Alexander Ford is the retired Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Massachusetts.

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Because they think the people they vote for can’t win.

Because it doesn’t make a difference. It’s the same as it has been.

That’s the way most of us see it.

I think they get to a state where they don’t care anymore because politicians don’t do anything for them. Politicians don’t treat black people with respect.

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They don’t trust the government.

Maybe because people are scared to take the wrong position. People don’t want to get involved.

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Harshana Godamanna Harshana Godamanna, Sri Lanka’s five-time national tennis champion who currently holds the record for Sri Lanka’s most Davis Cup wins, the best singles record, and is part of their best doubles team, is now the second in command on the Sportsmen’s coaching staff, working closely with Director of Tennis Marton Balla, formerly of the Saddlebook Tennis Resort and Academy.

“I’m excited to join the team at Sportsmen’s, to help develop the potential of so many talented and athletic youth. Sportsmen’s recently installed a new fitness center, and also restructured its summer tennis academy. It’s a great time to move into a leadership role at the club.”

Godamanna joins a Tournament Training team which also includes former Davis Cup player Robert Amartey, and Sara Redd, formerly the Head Tennis Pro at Spelman College in Atlanta. Godamanna recently graduated from UMass

Boston with a Bachelor’s of Science in International Management.

Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center has a 50+ year track record of developing high performing diverse tennis players, and the latest coach to join their ranks will assure that this continues into the future.

Sportsmen’s provides private and group tennis lessons for children ages five and up and for adults of all ages and skill levels.

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BPHC receives grant to promote healthy eating and physical activity in Roxbury

The Boston Public Health Commission announced today that it has received the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Mass in Motion Municipal Wellness and Leadership 3-year grant to support obesity and chronic disease prevention efforts in the neighborhood of Roxbury. The annual funding of $50,000 will support a robust partnership of representatives from multiple sectors including community-based organizations, resident coalitions, healthcare, local business, and city government.

“This new collaboration among residents, city agencies, and community-based organizations with deep ties to the neighborhood will allow us to build upon the great work that’s already happening here,” said Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “It is exciting to be a part of the innovative and thoughtful programs that will continue to transform Roxbury.”

BPHC will serve as municipal lead with Madison Park Development Corporation serving as the principal community partner for the new initiative, Roxbury in Motion. For nearly 50 years, MPDC has worked to promote the revitalization and redevelopment of Roxbury. This new endeavor builds on their years of experience in organizing adults and youth around healthy eating and active living.

Strategies will focus on policy, systems and environmental changes aimed at reducing ineq-

uities in obesity and chronic disease that Roxbury residents experience at a higher rate compared to Boston overall. In Roxbury, the prevalence of adult diabetes is significantly higher than that of Boston overall at 15 percent, compared to 9 percent citywide.

“Roxbury in Motion aims to transform where residents already call home, and give them better access to healthy and safe places to live, work, play, pray, and learn so that they can lead healthier, more productive lives,” said Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission.

Roxbury in Motion will focus on three action areas: 1. Expand existing initiatives by MPDC, the Dudley Real Food Hub, and other Roxbury organizations to improve on the availability and affordability of healthy food through farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), community gardens, urban agriculture, and improved options in retail stores 2. Support ongoing efforts by the City of Boston, resident groups, and other stakeholders to design and develop shared space for all modes of transportation, including vehicles, bikes, and pedestrians, within Dudley Square and along Melnea Cass Boulevard 3. Collaborate with established neighborhood initiatives, including the Violence Intervention Prevention coalition, to develop innovative strategies that will increase usage of Roxbury’s many parks and green spaces

“Madison Park Development Corporation is honored to embark on this exciting new endeavor to promote the health and wellbeing of the residents of Roxbury,” said Jeanne Pinado, Chief Executive Officer of MPDC. “We are excited to work alongside partners from across the neighborhood to make lasting changes that support our community to thrive.”

Roxbury in Motion will launch on Oct. 1, 2014, aligning with Roxbury Rising Against Diabetes, a month-long series of events led by the Healthier Roxbury Coalition. Residents and other interested stakeholders are welcomed to join Roxbury in Motion for free Wednesday Walks to learn about this work and become involved.

Gently-paced walks will begin and end at Hibernian Hall and will be held each Wednesday in October from 12 – 1 p.m.

For a complete calendar of Roxbury Rising Against Diabetes events, visit www.bphc.org/RoxRising. For schedule updates and additional information, visit www. facebook.com/HealthierRoxbury or follow the conversation on Twitter @HealthyRoxbury with the hashtag #RoxRising.

Governor Patrick marks Hispanic Heritage Month Gov. Deval Patrick has proclaimed Sept. 15, 2014 to Oct. 15, 2014 as the 26th annual Hispanic Heritage Month in Massachusetts. Throughout the month, the Governor, joined by leaders from the Patrick Administration, will be participating in events

that highlight the social and civic contributions and rich heritage of Massachusetts’ Hispanic community. This year’s theme, Civic Reflection Promoting Diversity in Leadership will recognize the impact of the Hispanic community’s leadership and service to the Commonwealth.

“Since my Administration first took office, the Commonwealth has emerged as a leader in creating access and opportunities for people of color,” Patrick said. “We still have work to do. Membership in a community is about understanding the stake that each of us has, not just in our own dreams and struggles but in our neighbors’ as well. If we keep that sense of community alive, if we make it an integral part of the work we are doing in and between government and our citizens, I’m confident our best days are ahead.”

Patrick will present the official Hispanic Heritage Month proclamation at an event at the State House on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

The Governor will be joined by David Morales, former Commissioner of healthcare policy and finance at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and now Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at Steward Health Care; Joel Barrera, Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Jaenyffe I. Santos, a student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and previous Intern at the Governor’s Western Massachusetts Office. Prior to the remarks, there will be a display of Hispanic artists and musical expression, and an opportunity for

networking to continue the advancement and collaboration in leadership roles.

“Governor Patrick has been a staunch ally of Hispanics in Massachusetts, and this event highlights our community and its contributions to the Commonwealth,” said Barrera, who is also founder and executive director of the Commonwealth Seminar, whose mission is to open the doors of state government to underrepresented groups.

Under Governor Patrick’s leadership, over one quarter of executive branch employees are people of color and over half are women. His advocacy has encouraged diverse and Hispanic leadership at all levels.

During his first month in office, Governor Patrick signed Executive Order 478 which reestablished the Commonwealth’s commitment to hiring a diverse workforce by promoting inclusion in hiring and board appointments, and providing enhanced access to state services and contracts for all Massachusetts residents. That executive order also outlined a specific process to implement the hiring of people with disabilities, resulting in the creation of the Disability Task Force to establish and implement best practices for recruiting, hiring and promoting persons with disabilities.

For further information on Hispanic Heritage Month in the Commonwealth, or Hispanic Heritage Month events hosted by the Patrick Administration, please contact the Governor’s Western Massachusetts Office in Springfield at 413-784-1200.

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One of the more compelling stories, however, came from Celtics forward Jeff Green, who shared how he struggled to finish his undergraduate degree after leaving Georgetown University in 2007 to enter the NBA draft.

His opportunity to finish college came in 2011, after he had heart surgery and had to sit the season out.

“I graduated in May 2012,” he told the audience members, who responded with applause.

“Being the first in my family to graduate was big,” he continued, “especially from a university like Georgetown. I knew getting my education was really important. I know basketball won’t last forever.

I’ll still be young. I’ll have to start a new career. Getting my degree gives me plenty of opportunities to choose from.”

Now Green can add mentor to his resume. He is part of the Celtics’ contribution to the My Brother’s Keeper effort in Boston, speaking to students about the importance of staying in school. The NBA has made a five-year commitment to supporting the My Brother’s Keeper initiative, and Green and other Celtics have been deeply involved in the effort.

Celtics President Rich Gotham noted that the Celtics are rated number one in the NBA for community engagement, and pledged to keep that rank.

“We’re going to reach that each year, hopefully on the court too,” he said. “This is the most gratifying work we do and the most valuable partnership we have.”

City officials said mentoring, tutoring and volunteering for youth enrichment activities are among the most important ways to support the My Brother’s Keeper effort. Economic Development Chief John Barros, who is co-chair of the effort along with Arroyo, said city officials are creating partnerships that will help expand volunteer opportunities.

City officials met earlier this month with a 40-member advisory committee which includes clergy, educators and nonprofit leaders to discuss the effort.

“We want to create partnerships to do more work on this initiative,” Barros said. “Mayor Walsh asked each member of the city’s leadership body to think of different ways the city can collaborate on this issue.”

While neither the president nor the mayor has committed federal or local funds to the effort, Barros says the collaborations between agencies, nonprofits and individuals will yield results.

“We’re in a great position to eliminate the achievement and op-

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portunity gap in Boston,” he said.

“We need our boys and young men of color to believe in themselves, to believe in their potential and their ability to meet that potential through hard work.”

One student who modeled that mentality was Burke High School Senior Humphrey Ajike, who advised other students in the auditorium to view their education as an opportunity.

“I don’t see it as something my dad or my mom is forcing on me,” he said. “If you see it as an opportunity, you’ll go far.”

Duncan commended the gathered My Brother’s Keeper supporters for their efforts.

“I see a city with a mayor who’s committed,” he said. “What I see here is alignment with business, city and the nonprofit sector coming together.”

Boston school students listen to a panel discussion on the city’s efforts to improve educational outcomes for black and Latino students. (Banner photo)

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“That is by far the best group I’ve ever been involved with,” he says of the Concerned Black Men group, which is about to celebrate its 25th year of mentoring black boys and young men toward success in school and beyond.

“That, to me, represents what needs to be done in the communities at this time — black men committing themselves to young black

males,” he adds. “I would like to promote that more than anything else. If we don’t take care of our young black males, no one else is going to. And they are doing it.”

With an illustrious career and much civic activity behind him, but still busy teaching and advising and working with the Blues Musicians Benevolent Committee, Smith is almost ready to devote himself to quiet yard work and more time with grandchildren. But still, he looks ahead to his “bucket list” of things yet to do. His large

library of blues music on tape and vinyl needs digitizing, and he has a longstanding goal of visiting the islands off Georgia and South Carolina to study Gullah culture.

And people keep telling him he should write, he says — “but right now, I really want to see this blues fund expand.”

For more information about the Mississippi Blues Commission, Blues Trail and Blues Musicians Benevolent Fund, see http://www.msblues trail.org.

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two sons. “I’m not a former prosecutor and hold no allegiance to prosecutors’ offices. That was a clear signal from the DA that he wanted someone to come in and take a fresh look at the cases. In too many review offices, it’s a case of the fox guarding the henhouse — justifying their colleagues’ actions rather than taking a full and honest appraisal.”

Since taking up the review, seven convictions have been vacated and 13 affirmed. A separate conviction review panel, headed by another independent counsel, reviews recommendations from Sullivan’s unit and files a confidential report with the DA, who then decides whether to take the case to a judge for final disposition.

Thompson, raised by a single mother who was one of the first black female New York City Police Department officers, became the first candidate to defeat a sitting Brooklyn district attorney when he triumphed over the entrenched white incumbent in the 2013 Democratic primary.

As a former federal prosecutor, he won conviction against a NYPD officer in a notorious case in which a Haitian immigrant, Abner Louima, was tortured in the bathroom of the 70th Precinct in Brookyn. Later, working in private practice, he helped convince the U.S. Justice Department to re-open the investigation of the horrific 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, whose lynching by white supremacists on a visit South from Chicago helped galvanize the civil rights movement.

Thompson has called the $1.1 million Kings County review process “a top priority because the people of Brooklyn must have confidence in the integrity of the criminal justice system. To give them that confidence, we must thoroughly and fairly investigate wrongful conviction claims, so that justice is done.”

In a recent case, Sullivan won exoneration for Gregory Hall, an accused murderer whose case file includes a receipt, apparently overlooked, proving that he was not in the city at the time of the murder.

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jail. He insisted throughout that he was innocent,” said Sullivan.

There was no evidence of deliberate misconduct, said Sullivan, but the case did raise questions about whether exculpatory evidence was being withheld — a common theme of misconduct.

“At one end of the continuum is actual malice — ‘I want to send this defendant to jail no matter what’ — and at the other is sloppiness because of overwork or some other reason. Wherever a prosecutor falls in that continuum, it’s no excuse for the courts to take away someone’s liberty.”

The high-profile reversals of convictions in such cases as the racially inflamed New York City Central Park jogger attack, in which five black and Hispanic teenagers were convicted based on coerced confessions, or the vacated Shawn Drumgold conviction for the 1988 murder of 12-year-old Darlene Tiffany Moore as she sat atop a Humboldt Avenue mailbox in Roxbury, have led to closer national scrutiny of prosecutors.

In many cases, prosecutors were found to coax or bribe witnesses, withhold evidence from the defense, or coerce confessions from the innocent. A series of sto-

ries about defendants walking free after decades behind bars have accelerated while efforts like the Innocence Project use DNA evidence to win freedom for inmates and public pressure increases to review death-row cases in particular. It has also led to calls for holding prosecutors and police accountable for their mistakes.

The non-profit Center for Public Integrity looked at 11,000 cases of misconduct since 1970 and found that less than 50 percent resulted in any professional sanction for the prosecutor.

“What we’ve seen with DNA evidence exonerating so many has been an opening of the eyes of Joe Q. Public, who simply wasn’t aware of the problem,” said Sullivan.

“We know that some people who have been confined have been wrongfully convicted. We know that eyewitness testimony can be unreliable. And we can try to get to the bottom of it, even in cases where we are pursuing cases the old-fashioned way — without DNA evidence, reviewing case files, re-interviewing police and witnesses. The borough of Brooklyn should feel good about what’s going on. This district attorney is committed to making sure that no

Harvard Law Professor Ronald Sullivan Jr. is heading a review panel investigating prosecutorial misconduct in Brooklyn, NY. innocent people go to jail.”

T h o m p s o n ’s r e v i e w u n i t should be replicated in other offices, added Sullivan, saying a thorough re-examination of dubious cases is long overdue in jurisdictions across America.

“Every urban prosecutor’s

office should invest in a real conviction review program,” said Sullivan. “When appropriate, it will free innocent people who shouldn’t be in jail and it ensures that citizens are much more confident in the integrity of our justice system.”

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HUD grant promises major changes in Lower Roxbury Yawu Miller Across from the Boston Police headquarters on Tremont Street near Ruggles, the Whittier Street public housing development sits alone, surrounded by an expanse of vacant lots.

That could all change in the next two years.

City planners are working with two nonprofits on a $30 million HUD grant to raze and redevelop the Whittier Street housing development, a project they hope to leverage into more than $330 million in new housing and commercial buildings that could redraw a large swath of Lower Roxbury.

Along with proposed development of housing, commercial and office space on Parcel P3, directly across from the Boston Police Department headquarters, Lower Roxbury is poised to see its most radical transformation since the state cleared much of the land in the late 1960s.

The Boston Housing Authority, Madison Park Development Corporation and Preservation of Affordable Housing have teamed up to submit a proposal that would create 550 units of new housing, including replacements for the 200 currently occupied units in the Whittier Street development, market rate units and moderately affordable units.

The team is vying for a HUD Choice grant, a program designed to redevelop public housing developments along with the neighborhoods in which they are sited. The Choice grant program is the latest iteration of the HOPE VI grant program, which provided housing authorities with funds to redevelop public housing developments into mixed-use developments with market-rate and affordable units.

The area the BHA and its nonprofit partners are planning to redevelop includes the present footprint of the Whittier Street development and extends to the corner of Tremont Street and Melnea Cass Boulevard, follows Melnea Cass to Shawmut Avenue, and Shawmut Avenue to Ruggles Street.

According to the current iteration of the development team’s plans, new construction would include an 18-story tower of market-rate units along Tremont Street, a new community center on the so-called Crescent Parcel at the corner of Melnea Cass and Tremont, new affordable and mixed-income development along Melnea Cass and a new affordable housing building at Dewitt Drive with a community center and gymnasium.

The project would radically transform the vacant parcels of land in and around the nearby Madison Park housing development.

“We will have an enhanced community,” said Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee Chairman Darnell Williams. “What I’d like to see is a person making $1 million and a person on public assistance living in the same building. You should not be able to tell the difference between their units. Folks will know what it’s like to live in a quality neighborhood.”

The land along Tremont Street and Melnea Cass Boulevard was cleared in the late 1960s and early ’70s to make way for the planned extension of Interstate 95 and an Inner Belt Highway that would have run where Melnea Cass Boulevard now lies. Hundreds of housing units, storefronts and factories were razed, but after community opposition derailed the highway project, the land sat vacant.

In addition, in the Madison Park area, the Boston Redevelop-

ment Authority demolished hundreds of housing units and erased streets and a park to clear the way for Madison Park High School.

Activists formed the nonprofit Madison Park Development Corporation and were able to secure funds to develop the subsidized townhomes and high-rise buildings MPDC now manages.

In recent years, redevelopment has begun on parts of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Tremont Street. Madison Park is currently developing projects at the corner of Washington Street and Melnea Cass Boulevard, including the new Tropical Foods Supermarket now under construction. A mixed-use hotel, residential and commercial project is slated to begin construction across the street on Parcel 9 near Jim Rice Field.

Across from the police headquarters on Tremont Street, the development team P3 Partners LLC is planning 450,000 square feet of commercial space, 300

units of housing, a 175-room hotel and a 21,000-square foot cultural center.

If the P3 Partners project receives the green light from the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the BHA-led development team receives the HUD Choice Grant, the transformation along Tremont Street and Melnea Cass Boulevard will radically alter the landscape in Lower Roxbury.

“It’s huge,” said Madison Park Executive Director Jeanne Pinado of the development plans.

“But it’s been a long time coming.

We’ve had 40 years of vacant land. If we can’t do something now, shame on us.”

A plan to redevelop the Whittier Street housing development could bring new housing and commercial buildings,transforming a large swath of Lower Roxbury. (Image courtesy of The Architectural Team)

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Developer, WWII veteran Marvin Gilmore turns 90 Sandra Larson Marvin Gilmore, World War II veteran, African American business trailblazer and longtime leader of the nonprofit Community Development Corporation of Boston, celebrated his 90 th birthday in high style Monday night with 200 of his friends, family members, colleagues and admirers.

Held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Boston, the party featured a lavish spread of food, musical performances by David and Marque Gilmore and Grammy-Award winner Gregory

Porter, and spoken tributes to Gilmore’s lifetime achievements and personal qualities.

“Mr. Gilmore can best be described as a renaissance man,” said University of Massachusetts Chancellor J. Keith Motley, who led off the tributes. “He’s been a heroic soldier, a musician, a banker, an entrepreneur, a nightclub owner and operator. He’s one of those who can simply not be classified as any one type.”

Jackie Jenkins-Scott, president of Wheelock College and former president and CEO of Roxbury’s Dimock Community Health

Center, said Gilmore epitomizes the “servant leader.”

“Those of you here representing organizations Marvin has been involved with, you know he never misses a meeting,” she said. “He never fails to support whatever event you are holding.

He never fails to remember how important the work is that we all do.” She cited his commitment to health care, housing, jobs and veterans services.

Turning to Gilmore, seated at a table with his children and grandchildren, Jenkins-Scott said, “I just want you to know, there are thou-

Marvin Gilmore raises a toast with family and friends at the celebration of his 90th birthday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Boston.

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sands and thousands of unnamed people who have benefited because you have walked the walk and delivered and cared deeply about what happens in our community.”

New England Conservatory President Tony Woodcock thanked Gilmore for his mentorship of the college’s music students, including accompanying youth ensembles on trips to Venezuela and Argentina. (Gilmore is a great Tango dancer, Woodcock reports.)

Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence spoke of Gilmore’s contributions as both a philanthropist/benefactor and a crucial role model to students in the school’s Transition Year Program, founded in the aftermath of the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. to help students arriving from “tough backgrounds” to thrive in the college environment.

For the champagne toast, Lawrence sparked applause with a Yiddish phrase meaning “To a hundred-and-twenty.”

No brief tribute easily contains all the roles Gilmore has played over the years, though organizations honoring Gilmore have tried to condense the enormous list.

The Massachusetts Cultural Council, in naming him a 2013 Leadership awardee, described Gilmore as a “humanitarian, entrepreneur, political advisor, honored World War II veteran, musician, and family man, to name just a few of the many incarnations for which he is known.” Project A.B.L.E. honored Gilmore last spring at its Starfish Thrower awards gala, calling him a “philanthropist, entrepreneur, visionary, musician and war hero.”

As President and CEO of the Community Development Corporation of Boston since 1973, Gilmore has played a role in changing the face and economic prospects of Roxbury with projects such as the Southwest Corridor redevelopment, the NewMarket industrial district and the Crosstown Industrial Park development. The birthday party doubled as a fundraiser for the Community Development Corporation, with Gilmore himself unveiling a $100,000 donation.

In 1968, Gilmore was a cofounder of Unity Bank and Trust Company in Roxbury, the first African American owned commercial bank in Boston.

A musician as well, Gilmore trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and New England Conservatory, on whose board he still serves. For 46 years, his nightclub, The Western Front, brought live jazz, reggae and R&B acts to Cambridge’s Riverside neighborhood.

Adding icing to the cake, he made the Boston Globe’s list of the “25 most stylish Bostonians” in 2007, at age 83, for his wellknown elegance and fashion flair.

But long before all this, a teenaged Gilmore enlisted in the U.S. Army and embarked for Europe to fight in World War II. He was part of the storming of the Normandy coast on D-Day, June 6, 1944, providing cover from an antiaircraft unit for American soldiers at

Utah and Omaha Beaches.

Earlier on the day of his birthday party, Gilmore sat down for an interview with the Banner at his home of 55 years, a stately five-bedroom Victorian house near Porter Square in Cambridge filled with family pictures, awards and other mementos of his life and travels. Amid visiting family members bustling about, and juggling calls and visits from well-wishers, Gilmore shared some reflections on his past and present.

He flipped through a folder of photographs from his June trip to France for observances of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

There are pictures of himself with President Obama, with mayors of French cities, soldiers old and young, ordinary citizens and children who thanked him for his service, and with Milène Guermont, a Normandy-born artist who gathered his handprint for a public art installation at Utah Beach.

“I cried, to be honest with you,” he said. “So many soldiers honoring the anniversary, even those not living at the time of the invasion. And mayors came from everywhere to shake my hand, saying ‘thank you for my service.”

But he was not always so properly honored. In the service and upon his return to the U.S., he faced prejudice and discrimination.

“Even after surviving all that, America still separated black troops from white troops,” he said. “The insult.”

In a 2010 Massachusetts State House ceremony, Gilmore was finally awarded the French Legion of Honor for his 1944 role in liberating France.

“Marvin Gilmore’s heroic service in World War II alone is enough to recommend him for the Legion of Honor,” said Christophe Guilhou, consul general of France, as quoted in Boston Globe coverage of the ceremony.

“But his bravery and dedication in the face of discrimination make Marvin a true hero.”

On the day of the party, Gilmore was delighted to hold for the first time a copy of a new biography of him. For four years, author Paul Katzeff conducted a series of interviews that culminated in “Marvin Gilmore: Crusader for Freedom,” just published by BookLocker.com. The books had just been delivered that morning.

“This is the bible of how people young and old can be successful,” Gilmore said. “It’s about what it takes to be somebody as a black man.”

He continued, “People give up to early in life. We retire too soon. I’m still working full time, traveling full time, and still enjoying life full time. I’m still driving fast cars.”

At the party, at his turn at the podium, Gilmore attributed his wisdom to his mother and to his grandmother, who was born in slavery.

If there’s an overarching message he wants to convey, as a role model to young people and to everyone, it’s this, he said: “You’re never too old to learn, nor too young to teach.”

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2010 gubernatorial race when Baker challenged Deval Patrick, he garnered just 94 votes in Roxbury’s Ward 12 to Patrick’s 4,530 — less than 2 percent of the vote total.

But this year’s Democratic nominee, Martha Coakley, is no Deval Patrick. And Baker doesn’t need to win Boston to secure the state’s top office. He only needs to peel off some Democratic voters in the cities and hold down his Republican strongholds in the suburbs.

Tr a d i t i o n a l l y, R e p u b l i can candidates have been able to win votes out of the white working class neighborhoods in Boston — South Boston and the Savin Hill, Neponset and Cedar Grove sections of Dorchester. In 2010, Baker won 9 of the 19 precincts in South Boston and came away with 2,220 votes in Ward 16 (Neponset and Cedar Grove) to Patrick’s 4,482 votes there.

This time around, Baker has been working hard for votes in South Boston and Dorchester.

Last week, he poured beers and his campaign paid for a round at the L Street Tavern in South Boston.

But he’s also been trawling for votes in the more solidly Democratic-voting predominantly black and Latino sections of the city. He marched in the Puerto Rican Festival Parade, the Dominican Parade and in Caribbean Carnival, and worked the crowd at each event with handshakes and one-on-one voter contact.

Baker has earned high marks from political pundits for what

many see as a political makeover.

Against Patrick in 2010, he often played the role of the angry white man, a ploy that may have earned him votes in the hinterlands, but likely alienated voters in communities like Roxbury.

This time around, Baker appears more at ease as he connects with voters one-on-one.

When asked how much of the vote he expected to get in the black community, Baker was blunt.

“I’m chasing 100 percent of the vote,” he said. “I want to take my message about job creation and better schools to everybody.

I’ve made a point to reach out to communities of color, to the black community because I want them to know, I want to work on those issues in the community that they’re concerned about.”

Even dyed-in-the-wool Democrats acknowledge Baker has been making inroads in Boston’s black community.

“I think he’s spent a great deal of time trying to cultivate the black vote,” says Melvin Poindexter, an affirmative action officer for the Massachusetts Democratic Party and chairman of the party’s Black Caucus. “The Republicans have learned from prior elections that they need to increase their appeal in the black community.”

Poindexter says that in spite of Baker’s outreach efforts, the candidate remains solidly Republican, with his opposition to earned sick time, his refusal to take a stand on the minimum wage and his insistence on cutting the state’s income tax — all of which Poindexter says are at odds with the tenor in the black community.

Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker chats with former high school basketball rival Dwan Coleman. (Banner photo) “Baker would be a step backwards for people of color,” he said. “He’s taken some strong Republican positions that aren’t going to change.”

One of Baker’s most vocal supporters in Boston’s black community, Robert Lewis, said Baker has been supportive of his efforts to provide better educational opportunities for black and Latino teens.

“When I call him, he shows up,” Lewis said. “He’s always been there for me.”

Lewis and Regla Gonzalez, national vice president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, have accompanied Baker to numerous community events in recent months. Political activist Hodari Cail is serving as

deputy political director on the Baker campaign.

At most events, like the Urban League barbecue, Baker receives a warm reception. But so far, the endorsements from blacks have not been forthcoming.

“I support the democratic process,” Urban League President Williams said, when asked which candidate he was leaning toward.

Williams did say he appreciates Baker’s campaign activity in the black community, though.

“I don’t think black people should be beholden to one party or another,” he said. “I think they should vote in whoever supports the community.”

Baker campaign officials say they will soon hold a press con-

ference with black Baker supporters. Lewis says many Baker supporters are hesitant to tip their hands and draw fire from die-hard Democrats in Boston’s black community.

“My hope is that by me going public, I’ll pull out more folks,” he said.

The field of black Republicans is not deep in Roxbury. In the September primary, only 21 voters cast GOP ballots for Baker. But in the Nov. 4 election, voters need not be registered as Republicans to cast a ballot for a GOP candidate. And Lewis is hoping more Ward 12 Democrats do.

“I think he’s going to be great for the Commonwealth,” Lewis said.

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Author studies historical roots of American Dream Sandy Close Ed. Note: In an interview with New America Media Executive Director Sandy Close, noted author and essayist Richard Rodriguez says there now exist two American Dreams: the one “transformative,” gaudy even, the other “diminished” and “less ambitious.” Rodriguez is the author of four books, including his most recent, Darling — A spiritual Autobiography.

What is the American Dream for immigrants? Can you define it?

In some way, the immigrant created the American Dream.

It wasn’t a native-born idea. It began in the 19th century as immigrants — mainly Irish and German — began coming to the United States and describing their experience as transformative. They were no longer living the lives of their parents and grandparents.

They could separate themselves from their past. They created the American Dream. In the beginning of the 19th century the immigrant was seen by native born Americans as foreigners, as intruders, tolerated only because they brought cheap labor. By the end of the 19th century, the immigrant was seen as crucial to the meaning of America, the myth of America, that you could separate yourself from the past and become someone new.

There’s a familial aspect of the American Dream that you could call

‘the dark side’. It’s that you begin to live in a country with very different values, different manners, a different voice, a different ideology from your parents and your ancestors. The dark part of the Dream is that you separate yourself from your ancestors.

A recent poll by CNN Money found 59 percent of respondents think the American Dream no longer exists.

Why and when did the American Dream collapse?

The Dream collapsed in my view when we told ourselves that we no longer needed the immigrant, when we told ourselves that America, the American Dream, was finished, complete. We didn’t need immigrants to redefine us.

The drama going on along the U.S.-Mexico border now is very significant. You have young Latin Americans coming to America to change their lives, and native Americans who don’t want them and see them as an intrusion.

America’s drug addiction is part of this. Unhappiness in America has created drug dealers in Latin America who supply us with drugs of every sort — to wake up, to sleep, to run faster, to work harder, to have more sex. Narcotics of every sort. That’s now part of the American experience.

Native-born Americans have a different relationship to the Dream.

When you don’t make as much money as your father, when you don’t own your own home the way

your parents did, your Dream begins to go the other way, you — the native-born American — begin to wonder if the Dream was just an illusion. Or you think the American Dream no longer satisfies you.

The native-born American doesn’t believe in the American Dream the same way the immigrant does.

What definition can we apply to the new American Dream?

There are two versions of the American Dream. The first is the Dream of the outsiders, the immigrants, that “I will come to America and I will change my life.” For those born in the United States, there’s a different notion. It’s not about changing one’s life. It’s about acquiring more, or trying to hold on to what you have. In that sense the American Dream is failing those who live in this country but not failing those who come to this country.

The American Dream is alive and well all over the world, but it is dying in the United States.

If there’s a new American Dream, how does it differ from the traditional one?

The immigrant Dream, the foreign Dream, is as gaudy, as magnificent and as romantic and impractical as it always was: “I will go to America and become a millionaire, and marry a blonde woman, and have children who are six feet tall.” That Dream is still alive.

Richard Rodriguez Those who were born in America, including children and grandchildren of immigrants, have diminished our Dream. Some of us have become stuck. We work two jobs, we rent an apartment, we don’t have a car, we see no movement in our lives. What’s the American Dream to us?

Some Americans downgrade our vision of the Dream out of good motives. We don’t want a big car that guzzles gas, we want a small car, an electric car. We don’t want a huge American Dream because we realize how much it costs Nature.

We’re downgrading our version of the American Dream and we resent those who come to America with their gaudy ambition.

What are the major factors we need to make the Dream come true for immigrants?

It was always the immigrant

ambition that made the American Dream work. There was a wildness to the immigrants coming into the country. The 19th century saw people coming of all ages from all over the world who upset the order of things in the country. But they gave us a confidence in our own meaning.

Right now, the challenge is how do we live in a country that is less and less dependent on the immigrant to give us our sense of meaning? We are becoming less radical, less romantic, less religious, less ambitious.

This is a crisis of imagination. How does America remain America?

What is your personal opinion? Can new immigrants still dream the American Dream? Does it still exist?

The American Dream exists every time someone legally or illegally crosses the border into the United States.

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Boston’s best-kept fashion secret, The Haute House Design Studio

Colette Greenstein For years, the words Boston and fashion were never used in the same sentence, but much has changed in the last several years due to the influence of televised red-carpet shows, television series like Project Runway, and social media.

Hoping to shine a light on affordable fashion and unknown designers (in Boston and from around the country) is Taneshia Camillo-Sheffey, owner of The Haute House Design Studio, an online fashion site. Haute House, whose tagline is “We’re Bringing the Runway to Your Closet,” launched in March of 2012, and Camillo-Sheffey’s concept behind the site, she says, was “to showcase the underground designers who weren’t exposed to the fashion industry.”

Raised in Milton, Mass., Taneshia has always expressed herself creatively. As a child, she acted modeled, and sang. And growing up, she also performed in an R&B group with her three sisters called Fortress (kind of like En Vogue, she says), where they would often be outfitted by private designers.

“As I grew up I became more and more addicted to fashion,” says Camillo-Sheffey.

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Sheila E. & Dionne Farris step to the beat of their own drums Colette Greenstein What’s great about Berklee’s BeanTown Jazz Festival, (coming up this Saturday, September 27, 12 noon – 6 p.m.), is that it brings together a community of people from diverse backgrounds who have a shared love of music. With a lineup of artists representing Brazil, Chile, Italy, Japan, and the United States, it’s no wonder then, that this year’s theme is “The Global Ambassador.”

Two artists who share a love and passion for music are world-renowned drummer and percussionist, Sheila E. and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, Dionne Farris, who are both scheduled to perform at the annual music festival.

Sheila E., the daughter of legendary percussionist Pete Escovedo and goddaughter of Latin star Tito Puente, first picked up drum sticks at the age of three. At the age of five, the music prodigy made her concert debut on the congas at the former Sands Ballroom in Oakland, when her father invited her on stage to play a solo in front of an audience of 3,000.

In her memoir, The Beat of My Own Drum, (released earlier this month), Sheila recounts how she played with her dad, “Pops,” all

the time at home, even “stepping up to his congas (with the help of a chair), and hammering out a rhythm with my tiny hands.”

“Even when he wasn’t around, I’d create music from anything — beating on pots and pans, a window, a wall, a table or my chest,” she recalls.

Influenced by the sounds of Latin jazz and Motown all around her, Sheila recalls how musicians were always coming in and out of her family’s home, jamming with her dad who played the congas, bongos, and timbales. In her autobiography, she describes how “my father’s conga playing touched me somewhere deep within my soul.”

Her father would often tell her that before she was born she would “kick in time to the percussion inside her mom’s belly.”

Sheila, whose sole passion was music, made the decision to quit school in the tenth grade to join her dad’s band, Azteca. Despite her parents’ pleas, they realized that music was her life and gave in to her decision.

Dionne Farris, who was raised in Bordentown, New Jersey, was introduced to music at a very young age by her parents. Named after their favorite singer, Dionne Warwick, she sang in church and in a regional children’s choir beginning in the third grade. She was also enrolled in various dance classes from ballet and jazz to tap and toe, but came to back music in her early teens.

The singer/songwriter who always wanted to sing came to national prominence as the vocalist behind Arrested Development’s

1992 hit song Tennessee. Once she departed the group, Farris was able to fully realize her goal of being a solo artist.

“I consciously said to myself that I wanted to create music that would provoke thought,” she said in a recent phone interview.

And she did exactly that with her 1994 debut album Wild SeedWild Flower. It was released to critical acclaim and yielded the top 5 Grammy nominated hit, I Know. She followed her album with a string of singles for the movie soundtracks of Ghosts of Mississippi, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, the First Wives Club, and Love Jones.

Celebrating 40 years in the music industry this year, Sheila E. has paved her own path in an industry known to be tough on female artists and musicians. In a recent phone interview, she was asked how she’s been able to retain artistic control and integrity of her work. She mentions that when she was performing in Japan with Terri Lyne Carrington, Lalah Hathaway, and Esperanza Spalding, she asked them, ‘Has it been any easier for you as women in this business?’ and they all burst into laughter,’ because they’re all still dealing with the same issues.

Like Carrington, Hathaway and Spaulding, Sheila E. has retained her musical integrity, to some extent at the expense of greater commercial success. And she says she’s fine with that.

“I’m not going to change who I am for publicity purposes,” Sheila says. “I like who I am and I’m comSheila E., continued to page 17

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Sheila E.

continued from page 16

fortable with who I am. I’m sharing who I am. I’m not here to compete.

It’s not how people accept me or not. I’m going to be me.”

Similar to Sheila E., Farris has also defied being pigeon-holed by taking charge of her career. She’s approached the industry by just being herself.

“I like music. I wanted to just sing. It’s what I always wanted to do,” she says.

Farris has gone the independent route in producing and distributing her music. She’s been able to collaborate with musicians that she’s chosen. She worked with trumpeter Russell Gunn on the album Dionne Get Your Gunn.

“Working with Russell has

opened my jazz chops,” she says.

Her most recent project is the album, Dionne Dionne, with guitarist Charlie Hunter. The album reimagines some of the best pop standards of the modern era by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Holland-Dozier-Holland.

Farris has also established her own record label, Free & Clear Records, where she’s the sole artist on the label, for now. She eventually wants to work and produce other artists but in the meantime, she says, she wants to establish herself first as a business person.

Much has changed and evolved in the music industry since Sheila E. first joined her dad’s band at the age of 15. To performers of today, Sheila’s advice is to be responsible for the business end of your career. She says you’ve got to “learn about the business and

the contracts” and that it’s important to “educate yourself, to empower you.”

Farris would agree. When she first started out, the advice that she would have liked to receive would have been about understanding publishing, songwriting, and copywriting. “The real business of things,” she says.

But at this stage in her life, Farris is in a good place.

“I’m excited about all the possibilities in my life,” she says.

Farris is enthusiastic about what’s ahead and says she is “creating her own place” and isn’t afraid to “go for it” anymore.

For her performance this Saturday at the BeanTown Jazz Festival, Farris is teaming up with the Russell Gunn Quartet and performing music from Dionne Get Your Gunn along with many of

her classic songs; Sheila E. will be backed by a Berklee student band.

“I’m blessed that they’re allowing me to come into their world,” Sheila E. says of the students. “I will mentor and show them things that might be able to help them.

I’m hoping that people will come out and enjoy the day. Musically, I want to be a part of what they’re doing. It’s not about me.”

For a schedule of events, visit www.beantownjazz.com.

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Join us for an Artist’s Reception for Lolita Parker Jr’s “Designated Dreamers” exhibit – followed at 7 pm by a special Art is Life Itself!, with an artist panel called “No Space. No Art.”, a candid discussion about the current state and potential future of the arts in Roxbury. After the panel, enjoy the cool sounds of Fulani Haynes and the Jazz Collaborative.

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find a job at a boutique?’ or ‘why can’t your collection be placed in a boutique?’ Their responses were often ‘they won’t give me a chance. I’m not known. I haven’t been out for five years or more. They won’t showcase me,’ she says.

Taneshia Camillo-Sheffey, owner of The Haute House Design Studio

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cided to focus on retail, which eventually led to a 10-year career working in visual merchandising and retail management.

In high school she always had Before starting her online a part-time retail job, assisted boutique, she had a lot of in Boston Fashion Week and friends who were designers worked backstage with stylists. and stylists, and they could Having been around fashion and never find jobs. She would the industry all of her life, she de- often ask them, ‘why can’t you

With a background in market- the designers in accommoing, promotion and retail, Ca- dating their clients’ needs. If millo-Sheffey, who attended you can’t find your size on the N o r t h e a s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y, website, you can contact them worked with The Center for about having a specific item Women & Enterprise to bring custom-made. Her staff makes her business idea to life. After house calls to those who live five months, she successfully in the Boston area to take meaearned a certificate in Busi- surements and do fittings.

So, Camillo-Sheffey decided it ness Planning and was ready was time to fill that void. The to launch her site. Of working “If you want to add a sleeve to a budding entrepreneur always with the CWE she says “they Frock LA dress, the designer can wanted to open a boutique put me on an amazing track to do that,” Camillo-Sheffey says. where she could “showcase starting my business. They’re local and international private literally my life-saver.”

As a pre-kickoff to Boston designers that are the fashion Fashion Week, which takes industry’s best-kept secret. The Fast forward to March 2012 place Oct. 5–11, The Haute underground designers that no and to the launch of The House Design Studio is hostone knows about, almost like a Haute House Design Studio. ing a trunk show and industry Project Runway-type thing.”

The e-commerce site caters pri- networking event on Thursmarily to women, (but there day, Oct. 2 at the HarborAfter the passing of her mother are some clothes for men), be- side Lounge in downtown in 2011 due to breast cancer, tween the ages of 21–37, who Boston. The first hour will “everything just came at me at are professionals and “who be an industry mixer, and in one time,” says Camillo-Shef- love boutique shopping and the second hour Haute House fey. “I was like, ‘what am I wait- unique pieces” says Camil- will feature a trunk show and ing for?’ ‘What am I doing?’ lo-Sheffey. When asked to de- fashion preview of new de‘I’m not going to wait any- scribe her clientele she says signers that were just signed more.’” Camillo-Sheffey says that it’s women “who are in- by Camillo-Sheffey. she woke up one day and de- terested in fashion and unique cided that it was now or never clothing.” to fulfill her dream.

Two years in, Camillo-Shef“I went into work one day and fey has developed her criteria said ‘I quit. I’m starting my for choosing designers for her own business,’” she recalls. site. These include looking at their point of view, their Her departure from Neiman quality of work and the type Marcus was the beginning of her of design — high fashion or journey toward bringing cre- ready-to-wear. One such deative designs and innovative de- signer that fits all three criteria signers and stylists to the public. is FROCK, a firm producing hand-made clothing from Los Angeles. They offer an array of casual and evening wear that A FROCK design. are high in quality, designed in flattering cuts and are carefully constructed using ecofriendly fabrics, she says.

Another designer signed to the Haute House site is Lisa Astor. One of the featured designShe began working with Tane- ers will be Lisa Astor, who will shia when she launched her debut a series of 14 dresses from third collection (A/W 2014) her new spring 2015 collecthis year. For Astor, it’s been a tion called “Thoughtful.” Local great experience working with vendors Madison Ave of MelCamillo-Sheffey because “she rose and Black Box Boutique in definitely has the greatest fash- Chelmsford will also be on site ion sense and knowledge of showcasing their jewelry. what the fashion industry is all about,” according to Astor. Camillo-Sheffey, whose life And, the site has exposed As- has always been involved with tor’s line to a new market like fashion, is looking forward to Boston, which she finds “less the evening of music, cocktails, demanding than the New York mingling and networking. Of market”. her pre-Boston Fashion Week event, she says the night “is Another benefit that Haute gonna be fabulous.”

House provides is custom-made clothing. Camil- To attend, RSVP at: thehautelo-Sheffey works closely with housebfw2014.eventbrite.com.

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Business education program aimed at food service entrepreneurs Interise, CropCircle Kitchen and the Boston Public Market announced a new partnership that will provide business training to local food vendors at the planned public market slated to open in summer 2015.

Vendor applicants and local small food businesses will participate in the business development education program aimed at growing jobs and creating more revenue. Created by Interise, a Boston-based small business assistance nonprofit, the program covers topics including business development, strategic planning, access to capital, government contacts, financials, marketing and sales, and human resources.

Each participating business will use their own experiences as a case study. As business owners learn about each topic, they instantly apply the lessons to their business and implement change.

CropCircle Kitchen operates Boston’s only shared-use commercial kitchen and culinary business incubator. They recently opened a second, new facility in the former Pearl hot dog factory in Dorchester. The Pearl Food Production Small Business Center features a state-of-the-art shared-use commercial kitchen, large cold and frozen storage space, and a separate commissary where CCK staff will offer contract processing options to local farmers and market vendors.

CCK will play a key role in advis-

ing on curriculum and facilitating connections between market vendors and other Boston-area food businesses. CCK will also recruit other wholesale and retail food businesses to participate in the program.

“This new partnership between our organizations is a game-changer for local food businesses,” said Jen Faigel, CCK’s Executive Director. “It directly connects Interise’s excellent business education program with CCK’s hands-on food production training and shared kitchen facilities, and links them to the tremendous opportunity for retail sales at the new Boston Public Market.

CCK is thrilled to be partnering on this effort.”

On September 29 from 6 – 8 p.m. at 196 Quincy Street in Dorchester, the organizations will host a tour of CCK’s Pearl Food Production Center, where vendor applicants and local small food businesses will be able to learn about funding, business planning, bookkeeping and marketing opportunities available to them.

The Boston Public Market will be a permanent, year-round, self-sustaining market featuring fresh locally-sourced food brought directly to and from the diverse people that make up Massachusetts and New England.

The market’s permanent, indoor location on the Greenway directly above the Haymarket MBTA station is slated to open next year.

The Boston Public Market currently runs two seasonal farmers markets each year along the Rose Kennedy Greenway featuring over 30 local producers. For more information and to follow the progress of the market, visit www. bostonpublicmarket.org.

Retired Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Roderick Ireland received the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award during the Boston Branch NAACP Freedom Fund dinner. (Michael Hailey photo)

The City of Boston Public Schools Department, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services and the Property & Construction Management Department invite all interested persons to a meeting to review plans for the demolition and reconstruction of a new Dearborn STEM Academy at 35 Greenville Street, Roxbury.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2014 from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m. at the Dudley Branch Library located at 65 Warren Street, Roxbury.

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

Docket No. SU14P2155GD

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

at State expense.

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

Date: September 08, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court

In the matter of Dully Ecclesiastre Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by DMH c/o Office of General Counsel of Westborough, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Dully Ecclesiastre is in need of a Guardian and requesting that DMH c/o Office of General Counsel of Westborough, 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 10/16/2014. 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: September 10, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

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

Estate of Printis Washington Date of Death: 11/09/2010 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Velma Brinson of Mattapan, MA requesting that an Order of Complete Settlement of the estate issue including to approve an accounting and other such relief as may be requested in the Petition. For the Amended 1st and Final Account.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 10/09/2014. 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.

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

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 10/09/2014. 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: September 09, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13P2060GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Gloria Greene Of Roxbury, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Royal L Bolling of Mattapan, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Gloria Greene is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Royal L Bolling of Mattapan, 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 10/09/2014. 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

Docket No. SU94P0544

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Removal of a Guardian of an Incapacitated Person In the Interests of Dully Eccesiastre Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person

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

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Dept of Mental Health of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Jeffrey Toney is in need of a Guardian and requesting that some suitable person (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.

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

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

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

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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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

Date: September 08, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Docket No. SU14P0017GD

In the matter of Jeffrey Toney Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person

Docket No. SU11P0834EA

Citation on Petition for Order of Complete Settlement of Estate

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

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Department Of Mental Health of Westborough, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court: Remove the Guardian of the Respondent The petition asks the court to make a determination that the Guardian and/ or Conservator should be allowed to resign; or should be removed for good cause; or that the Guardianship and/or Conservatorship is no longer necessary and therefore should be terminated. 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 10/23/2014. 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 avoenamed 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 bhlaf 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: September 17, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. M414-C2, CONLEY TERMINAL CRANES 5 & 6 REHABILITATION, PAUL W. CONLEY TERMINAL, SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S - Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 021282909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CONLEY TERMINAL (940 E 1ST STREET, SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS) ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM AT 11:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014.

The work includes DRIVE SYSTEM REHABILITATION, HYDRAULIC POWER SYSTEM REHABILITATION, ELECTRICAL HOUSE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM REHABILITATION, BOOM HOLD-DOWN ROLLER SYSTEM REHABILITATION, MAIN TROLLEY CLEAN-UP, BRAKE LIMIT SWITCH ADDITION, MAIN HOIST DRUM COUPLING REPLACEMENT, LUBRICATION PIPING REHABILITATION, AND TROLLEY SHEAVE PART REPLACEMENT. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014.

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

The estimated project cost for is SEVEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($7,300,000.00).

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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1515-C1, FY 2015-17 NONAIRSIDE PAVEMENT REPAIRS - TERM CONTRACT, MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES, BOSTON AND BEDFORD, MA, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014.

The work includes EXCAVATION, PAVEMENT SAW CUTTING, BITUMINOUS CONCRETE PAVEMENT PATCHING, MILLING, AND OVERLAY, CURB SETTING, CASTING ADJUSTMENTS AND STRUCTURE REMODELING, CONCRETE PAVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC, AND OTHER INCIDENTAL WORK ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014.

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

The estimated contract cost is NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($900,000.00).

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

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

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

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

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

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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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

DESCRIPTION

DATE

TIME

WRA-3919

Purchase of Ten Electric Burden Utility Vehicles (per specifications).

10/07/14

12:00 p.m.

WRA-3920

Purchase of One Diesel Powered Automatic Hook Life Truck (per Specifications).

10/07/14

12:00 p.m.

*WRA-3917

Purchase of Vehicles: Five (5) GM 10/07/14 or Ford Gas All Wheel/4-Wheel Drive, 4-Door SUV’s; Sixteen (16) GM Pickups; Nine (9) Cargo Van’s; Four (4) Sprinter Van’s

WRA-3914

VMWARE Vspere Licenses

2:00p.m.

10/08/14

11:00 a.m.

**WRA-3915 Purchase of Horizontal Split Case Hot Water Pump & Motor (per Specifications)

10/08/14

11:00 a.m.

WRA-3924

SQL Server Licenses

10/08/14

11:30 a.m.

WRA-3921

Purchase of Five (5) 6˝ and Three 10/08/14 (3) 4˝ Dri-Prime Pumps, Trailer Mounted Centrifugal

12:00 p.m.

WRA-3908

Inspection and Refurbish/ Overhaul on Primary and Secondary Scum Mixers Deer Island Treatment Plant

2:00 p.m.

10/08/14

Treatment of Historic Properties. State law prohibits discrimination. Awarding of this contract is subject to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity guidelines. A copy of the bidding documents may be obtained by emailing the architect at pguthrie@spencervogt.com. A pre-bid meeting will be held at the Church at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Dale Street, on Thursday, October 2, 2014, at 10:00 AM. 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 prior to Friday, October 17, 2014, to be eligible for consideration. All grant funded work must be completed by June 30, 2015.

LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION FOR BID PAINTING PROJECT CONTRACT MEDFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY The Medford Housing Authority invites sealed bids for a PAINTING PROJECT CONTRACT. BIDS FOR Painting Project Contract will be received until 2:00 PM Thursday, October 16, 2014, at the Medford Housing Authority at 121 Riverside Avenue in Medford, MA 02155 at which time they will be publicly opened. Deliver bids in two envelopes, an outer mailing envelope, and an inner envelope clearly marked “Bid for PAINTING PROJECT” This one-year contract, (with two one-year renewable options) for PAINTING PROJECT includes painting occupied units that have not been painted for ten (10)+ years (35 unit minimum). The estimated cost is $50,000 for Year One.

Authority at 121 Riverside Ave., Medford, MA, 02155. There is no charge for bid documents. There are no filed sub-bids.

A walk-thru will be held Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 10:00 AM. Attendees meet at 121 Riverside Avenue, Medford, MA. All bidding procedures included in M.G.L. c.30.B, Section 39M, c. 149, 24 CFR 85.36 and the provisions of Instructions to Bidders shall be strictly adhered to.

The bid proposal must be accompanied by a bid surety in an amount no less than 5% of the total bid (Total of years one, two and three). Bid surety must be in the form of a certified check, bank draft, or a bid bond made out to the Medford Housing Authority. Company or personal checks will not be acceptable. Bid surety of all but the three (3) lowest bidders will be returned within one (1) week of the bid opening. Bid surety of the three (3) low bidders will be returned upon final approved execution of the contract.

Questions to Bernie Kirstein by email at bkirstein@medfordhousing.org or telephone: 781-396-7200 Ext.140.

The Medford Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts therein if it is in the public interest to do so.

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Specifications are currently available by email to Bernie Kirstein at bkirstein@medfordhousing.org, or in hard copy from the Medford Housing

To access and bid please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. *To obtain Bid Package please e-mail request to Melina.Limardo@mwra.com. **To obtain Bid Package please e-mail request to MWRADocumentDis tribution@mwra.com.

The Eliot Congregational Church, Boston, Massachusetts, Owner, requests bids for reroofing asphalt shingles, over roofing a flat tar and gravel roof and targeted brick and stone masonry repointing and reconstruction. Eliot Church is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places. 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 Spencer & Vogt Group, Inc. and meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the

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1-bedroom Condo in North Andover at Campion Estates Sales Price: $110,700 Open House on 10/18/2014 from 2-4 PM. Call for details Income Limits Apply

Deadline: These units will be awarded by a Lottery. Pre-applications must be received by November 7, 2014 Visit: http://metrowestcd.org/housing-services/informtion-for-homebuyers-owners/units-for-sale/ for information and pre-application or call Nathan at Metro West Collaborative Development, Inc. at 617-923-3505 x 3.

WoodLand Walk Apartments

Located in Charlton, WoodLand Walk Apartments offers one & two bedroom apartments available to applicants. All units are assisted by Rural Development and are available on an open occupancy basis to low income applicants.

To receive an application, write to the above address or call (508) 248-6639. We are accepting applications, currently there are no vacancies.

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A senior/disabled/ handicapped community 0 BR units = $1,027/mo 1 BR units = $1,101/mo All utilities included.

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“Alexander Estates” 38 Alexander Road, Billerica, MA 01821 12 single family homes of which 3 homes will be affordable. Each home is 3 bedrooms, 2½ bath and will be sold to eligible households who qualify. Maximum Affordable Price is $184,200.00.

Income Qualifications Number of Occupants 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Maximum Annual Income 44,750 51,150 57,550 63,900 69,050 74,250 79,250 84,350

Informational Meeting is scheduled for October 22, 2014 at 7:00 pm At: Billerica Town Hall Auditorium 365 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821

The purchasers of these homes shall be chosen pursuant to a lottery.

People from all communities, including minorities, and families with children are encouraged to apply.

Applications will be made available starting September 15, 2014.

Applications are available by calling or by writing to The Law Office of John J. McKenna, 572 Boston Road, Billerica, MA 01821.

Tel. (978) 663-2170, Fax. (978) 663-2596.

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The Marshfield Housing Partnership is accepting additional applications from qualified applicants for grants to assist them in purchasing an existing market rate home or condominium in Marshfield. A deed restriction will be recorded on each unit purchased with a grant to secure affordability in perpetuity.

MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNTS 1 BEDROOM

2 BEDROOM

3, 4 & 5 BEDROOMS

$80,000

$100,000

$120,000

Ocean Shores Apartments Ly n n , M a s s a c h u s e t t s

Ocean Shores Apartments in Lynn, Massachusetts is actively seeking applications for our wait list.

Applicants must be at least 62 years of age, with annual income not to exceed: One Person = $45,100 Two Persons = $51,550 and must meet HUD eligibility criteria.

MAXIMUM HOUSE/CONDOMINIUM AMOUNTS BEDROOMS

SALE PRICE

MAXIMUM GRANT

NET PRICE AFTER GRANT

1 BR Condo

$212,000

$80,000

$132,000

1 BR House

$249,000

$80,000

$169,000

2 BR Condo

$250,000

$100,000

$150,000

2 BR House

$290,000

$100,000

$190,000

3 BR Condo

$297,000

$120,000

$177,000

3 BR House

$332,000

$120,000

$212,000

4 BR House

$350,000

$120,000

$230,000

5 BR House

$368,500

$120,000

$248,000

Financed by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency.

Please call 781-598-5564 TDD 800-439-2370

MAXIMUM ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME 1 PERSON

2 PERSON

3 PERSON

4 PERSON

5 PERSON

6 PERSON

7 PERSON

8 PERSON

9 OR MORE

$47,450

$54,200

$61,000

$67,750

$73,200

$78,600

$84,050

$89,450

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Subject to periodic change by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Net family assets may not exceed $75,000.

Households interested in applying should attend one of the two informational sessions being provided.

Informational sessions will be held at the following locations: Thursday, October 9, 2014, 7:00 p.m.: Hearing Room # 2, Marshfield Town Hall, 870 Moraine Street, Marshfield Saturday, October 11, 2014, 10:00 a.m.: Hearing Room # 2, Marshfield Town Hall, 870 Moraine Street, Marshfield A lottery will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Marshfield Town Hall, Hearing Room # 3, to select grant recipients.

Successful grant recipients are required to have at least one family member attend and complete a Homebuyer Education Workshop For additional information or to receive an application please contact either the Marshfield Housing Authority (781-834-4333) or the Marshfield Housing Coordinator: (781-834-1051). Applications are also available at the Marshfield Town Hall.

All applications must be received and date stamped by the Marshfield Housing Authority no later than 12:00 p.m. (Noon) on Friday, October 24, 2014.

MARSHFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY, 12 TEA ROCK GARDENS, MARSHFIELD, MA 02050 MHOPP Funding was made possible by the Town’s adoption of the Community Preservation Act

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GRANT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the regional planning agency for Metro Boston, seeks a Grant Management Coordinator (hereafter, Coordinator) to assist the Senior Grant Management Coordinator in the management of emergency preparedness grants.

The Coordinator will draft and ensure the completeness of approval documents, scopes of services and equipment specifications for grant funded projects, develop and regularly track performance metrics for grant funded projects, as well as coordinate all public outreach activities to showcase grant funded initiatives. Candidates must have a BA in business administration, non-profit management, finance, public policy, grant management or emergency management, plus and at least 2 years of relevant work experience. This is a full-time position with an excellent state employee benefits package. Starting salary will range from $44,000 to $48,000 depending on qualifications and experience. This position is exempt under the guidelines of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The position is open until filled. Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the USA and a valid driver’s license and/or the ability to arrange transportation to meetings in different parts of the region.

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

PLEASE SEE COMPLETE JOB AD AT MAPC WEB SITE (www. mapc.org) and APPLY AT LINK SHOWN THERE. Posted 9-19-14.

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Executive Director The North Attleboro (MA) Housing Authority is seeking highly qualified and experienced applicants for the position of Executive Director. The ideal candidate will have significant management experience in public and affordable housing. Additionally, the person should have a strong understanding of Public Relations, Human Resources and Finance. A Bachelor’s degree is required and a Master’s degree in a related field is desirable. Experience with Economic Development and CDBG is a plus. In addition, candidates should have or should be prepared to obtain certification as a Public Housing Manager (PHM) from a Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) approved organization, as well as Massachusetts Certification ( MPHA) within one year of hire.

The North Attleboro Housing Authority consists of 272 total State Conventional units (elderly/disabled 226, Family Disabled 12, Family 14, Veterans 20) and 104 Housing Choice Voucher ( HCV ) units.

The agency also administers a turn of the century Victorian Community Center that houses the local council on aging, an evening literacy center, and 3 commercial units.

Salary is commensurate with experience and education, and will include benefits in accordance with DHCD and HUD guidelines.

The candidates will be subject to certain qualification verifications prior to employment. More detailed information will be required of applicants that advance to the next level of consideration.

Submit a cover letter and résumé to Executive Director Search, D&V/Mainsail Associates, PO Box 3571, South Attleboro, MA 02703, or email to Cindy White Overton at info@DVMain Sail.com. The deadline for receipt of application is October 24, 2014 at 12 noon EST. Late applications will not be accepted. The North Attleboro Housing Authority is an EOE.

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Maintenance Technician Cruz Management Company, Inc. is seeking experienced candidates to fill open positions in our maintenance department.

The ideal candidate must have 5+ years of experience in property maintenance which includes but is not limited to: Painting Electrical Carpentry

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Prospective candidates must be a team player and have the ability to complete work orders timely on their own. Candidates must be able to work overtime which includes overnight on-call duties and snow removal when necessary. A valid driver’s license is required as well as your own vehicle to travel to properties. All maintenance technicians are required to have their own tools.

Cruz Management Co., Inc. offers our employees a competitive salary and excellent benefits package which includes paid vacations & sick days, paid health & dental, holidays and a 401K plan.

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

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

Handyman: Part-Time, Seasonal The Medford Council on Aging is seeking an individual to assist elders in their homes with minor repairs. Experience with building & maintenance, semi-skilled plumbing and carpentry required. Candidates must have a valid MA driver’s license. Hour’s flexible but daytime only.

For a full job description: call P. Kelly at 781-396-6010.

Send résumés to: Medford COA, 101 Riverside Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, by October 24th.

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Competitive salary, plus benefits, depending on qualifications.

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

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

Span’s goal is to assist offenders and ex-offenders to successfully re-integrate into the community by obtaining employment, education, and training and developing career paths that sustain independence.

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Responsible for the preparation, service and storage of nutritious meals and snacks for a Head Start/Early Head Start Center. Maintain established standards of sanitation, safety and food preparation at all times. Follow menus planned by the Nutrition Component of Head Start in accordance with CACFP guidelines. Document any changes in substitutions to the menu on a daily basis. Order food and supplies from vendors or the Nutritionist according to a designated schedule. Check all incoming food orders against invoices for quantity and quality at the time of delivery. Report any problems to the Nutrition Coordinator or Nutritionist. Arrange work schedules for aides and volunteers. Attend component meetings and participate in in-service training. Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum of a high school diploma/GED, with up to twelve months of related experience required. Must pass a Food Preparation Certification class within six months of hire. Demonstrated ability in quantity food preparation and lifting up to 25 lbs. required. Must be able to read, maintain and prepare simple written reports. Ability to work in a team and have strong time management skills. Must be able to work sensitively and effectively with individuals of diverse educational, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

Please note: there are 43-week and 52-week positions available.

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All applications and inquiries should be directed to the Human Resources Department, 178 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02111, fax: (617) 423-7693, or email hr@bostonabcd.org.

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ABCD Inc. is an equal opportunity employer actively seeking applications under its affirmative action program.

· BA in related field preferred · Experience coordinating volunteer program and training experience preferred · Demonstrated networking skills and the ability to represent Span outside the agency

A demonstrated understanding of the primary issues facing · offenders and ex-offenders · Demonstrated sensitivity to the diverse socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds · Demonstrated ability to assess needs of clients · Strong team and independent skills · Strong organizational skills, detail oriented and able to multi-task · Excellent interpersonal communication skills/bilingual Spanish helpful · Ability to travel by both public transportation and car required for outreach Responsibilities

· Coordinate all aspects of mentoring program, including individual and group mentoring · Perform effective community outreach to identify mentors to work with ex-offenders · Train mentors around all relevant issues related to supporting ex-offenders in their re-entry

· Match mentors with mentees, and monitor mentoring relationships · Orient clients to provide education about the mentoring program · Collaborate with other Span program staff to provide multidisciplinary team approach · Input all grant and agency specific data into Span’s Access System · Adhere to standards of care defined by program funder, as well as all agency protocol

· Actively participate in regular supervision including performance evaluation · Assist with agency-wide activities and perform other tasks as approved by supervisor Send cover letter and résumé to: amontgomery@spaninc.org