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CJ Victor and Anthony Hicks, both youth organizers at the Center for Teen Empowerment, say they’ve frequently been stopped and searched by Boston police, although neither has carried illegal drugs or weapons. (Banner photo)

Teens say stop-and-frisk an everyday reality in Boston Yawu Miller The last time Anthony Hicks was stopped by the police was two weeks ago, as he and his brother crossed Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan Square. It began with a hand on his shoulder.

“I felt someone grab me,” he said. “My first instinct was to turn around and throw a punch, but they said, ‘It’s the police.’ They patted me down, went through my pockets and told me to stomp my feet.”

Hicks, who will begin his freshman year at Boston University this month, said neither he nor his brother were doing anything suspicious before the stop, though police told him the bulge in his

brother’s pants from his Samsung cellphone looked suspicious.

Like many black Boston teens, Hicks says he can’t remember how many times he’s been stopped by police, but says it’s way more than 20. Police have never found any illegal substances or weapons on him, but he is often searched, although he says he has never consented to a search.

When he asks why he’s stopped, there’s always a reason, but Hicks says it’s rarely convincing.

“They try to think of a reason on the spot,” he says. “They say there was a robbery at Ashmont, but you’re in Mattapan Square.”

Hicks’ experience of being stopped is not unique for black teens in Boston. At a recent po-

lice-youth dialogue organized

by Teen Empowerment, where Hicks works as a youth organizer, many teens cited stop-and-frisk as a major problem. And with much of the nation focusing on police practices in Ferguson, Mo., where a white police officer gunned down an unarmed black teen in August, issues of racial profiling and police misconduct are being aired in the opinion pages of newspapers across the country.

City Councilor Tito Jackson says he hears complaints about stop-and-frisk from constituents, although he says the issue is probably not as prevalent as it was in the 1980s, when heavy-handed police response to the Charles Stuart police, continued to page 9

Other get-out-the-vote efforts currently underway in Boston’s It’s the last Friday night in August black community are not tied to any and Dillon King, Tatiana Ear- particular candidate. The Boston nest, Shahara Williams, and Xavier branch of the NAACP teamed up Shropshire could have been out with with MassVOTE this year to kick their friends, but are instead canvas- off the B500 Civic Engagement Iniing for Suffolk County Sheriff in- tiative aiming to mobilize 10,000 cumbent Steve Tompkins. black voters in Boston to participate The get-out-the-vote project, in the November midterm elections. headed by political activist Cliff MassVOTE’s executive director Braithwaite, is aimed at training the Cheryl Crawford said that each paryoung volunteers on the basics of a ticipant is charged with bringing 20 get-out-the-vote effort. or more voters to the polls. At presA man asked Shropshire who the ent, Crawford said they have over candidate was and made it clear that 100 committed participants. he didn’t want to read a pamphlet “Voter turnout in Roxbury, on Tompkins.

Mattapan and Braithwaite Dorchester stepped in and are historically cited Tompkins’ Crawford “The mayoral election low,” reform efforts in said. “Our mishad less than a 34 the Suffolk jails. sion is to beef “That’s all I percent turnout rate up the vote. need man,” the The mayoral for the entire city. I man said. election had “ T h a t ’ s know things could be less than a 34 all it takes,” percent turnBraithwaite said. different if our people out rate for “Bate them with used their power” the entire city. the quote and I know things give them the — Cheryl Crawford could be differliterature afterent if our people wards. Engage used their them first.” power.”

Braithwaite said he thinks the Crawford said that their mission voter turnout for the Sept. 9 primary this week is to go door to door disin neighborhoods like Roxbury, tributing information on gubernaDorchester and Mattapan could be torial candidates in a nonpartisan as low as 12 percent. The GOTV fashion. They intend to educate campaign was started specifically the voting population while sendto get local young adults active in ing elected officials a message that bringing that percentage up. they are watching their legislative Competitive races, like the race records. for Suffolk County sheriff seat, are Tompkins’ get-out-the-vote widely seen as drivers for voter turn- campaign kicked off on Friday and out. The efforts Tompkins’ staff and led up to the big campaigning event volunteers are undertaking may on Monday. well effect greater turnout in BosThe sun hit hard on Columbus ton’s black and Latino communities, Avenue outside of the Park Plaza where Tompkins has focused much Hotel on Labor Day morning, GOTV, continued to page 9 of his campaign efforts.

Candidates turn out to court Puerto Rican vote Yawu Miller Accompanied by guitars and cuatros, Maria Flores sang Verde Luz, the anthemic song extolling Puerto Rico’s beauty. Candidates and their staff made their appeals to voters in the fenced-in Puerto Rican Veterans Monument Square in one of dozens of appearances the politicians made around the state Friday.

For many voters and electoral activists, it was not their first time meeting candidates for gover-

nor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, sheriff and other offices that will appear on the ballot next Tuesday. But in an electoral season where the state’s Latino community could provide an important swing vote, multiple contacts with voters is important.

“It reminds people that their votes count, particularly in communities of color, where people want to feel appreciated,” said Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins. “Multiple appearances in our candidates, continued to page 10

Former City Councilor Felix D. Arroyo, a candidate for Suffolk County Register of Probate, speaks during an event at the Puerto Rican Veterans Monument Square while Sheriff Steve Tompkins looks on. (Banner photo)

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UMass student conducting Ebola prevention in Guinea Laura Onyeneho Whenever Guinea native Oumou Cherif isn’t focusing on academics or volunteering at immigration rights organizations, she is working to support African youth in their pursuit of education in Guinea. But now she’s targeting an issue that has posed a significant risk to the youth that she serves — the Ebola virus.

Cherif, 22, is the CEO and executive director of Children Education Alliance, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization that assists disadvantaged African

Nigeria and her home country, Cherif decided to switch gears and focus on what she needed to do to help her community back home.

“I migrated to the United States in 2003 at the age of 11 in pursuit of a quality education, and now with this epidemic plaguing my country, I want to apply my education to the work that I do in Guinea,” she said.

Cherif completed her associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies from Quincy College and is now pursuing her bachelors in Law and Philosophy at UMass Boston.

This summer, Children Edu-

“I migrated to the United States in 2003 at the age of 11 in pursuit of a quality education, and now with this epidemic plaguing my country, I want to apply my education to the work that I do in Guinea,” she said.

— Oumou Cherif children in their pursuit of an education by providing financial support towards school supplies.

Founded in 2012, CEA provides assistance to thousands of primary school students in Kindia, Guinea, which is north east of the capital Conakry.

This year, when the Ebola outbreak scattered about the countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia,

cation Alliance successfully completed its one-day health awareness program as part of a plan to educate preventative measures against the Ebola virus in rural communities.

In conjunction with local hospital staff and the on-site team members, CEA volunteers traveled north of Conakry to the town of Dubréka to provide the

community with sanitary supplies such as chlorine, water, and disinfectant.

“We were able to serve the whole community,” Cherif said.

“We taught them the different signs and symptoms of the virus, how it is transmitted and preventative measures like how to properly use the sanitary supplies given.”

The Ebola virus, which is a viral hemorrhagic fever disease, has claimed the lives of more than 1,400 people in all four countries according to the World Health Organization. The Guinea Ministry of Health announced 607 suspected and confirmed cases of the Ebola virus, and a total of 406 deaths in Guinea alone.

Before organizing the awareness program, the organization did not hear any reports of families affected by the virus, but when the team left Dubréka they received news of someone who had soon been affected.

“It saddens me that a member of the community was affected, but we’ve spoke to community leaders in the villages, and so far the community continues to follow the prevention steps that our team provided,” Cherif said.

The students sponsored under CEA have not been affected by the outbreak, however the volunteers on-site communicate with its US partners to strategize ways of tackling issues affecting the educational system in the country.

Oumou Cherif’s Children Education Alliance is conducting outreach to teach Guineans how to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus.

“Tackling the issue of education in Guinea is a tough job, and we start at the root…our children. Throughout the academic year, we distribute school supplies, while the schools keep us informed about their progress,” she said.

Though CEA’s mission focuses mainly on African youth achieving high quality education, she says personal health is key to educational success.

“If we don’t make health a priority than our mission as an organization serves no purpose. Education especially in these rural areas is what they will need to live better quality lives and better quality lives begins with a healthy living,” said Cherif.

On September 27th, CEA

plans to host their third annual Back to School Gala in Boston in hopes of raising proceeds to implement upcoming projects for primary schools in her hometown of Kindia, Guinea.

As a young social entrepreneur, Cherif says she has set out to exceed much of her goals since settling in the United States, and she has no intention on stopping yet.

“Being a social entrepreneur means being a risk-taker. You will not always get things right, but you will go for it anyway, simply because that’s what your heart tells you to do. I want to leave this world knowing there were more smiles in the world than tears, and it all starts with our young future leaders.”

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Yellow bus service ends for most Boston 8th graders Nate Homan Some 2,100 8th graders who last year would have been on yellow buses are now riding the MBTA as their primary means of getting to and from school.

MBTA Spokesman Joe Pesaturo said that the T will use the same number of buses it always deploys for regularly scheduled weekday service. These buses will pick up students and regular commuters alike. BPS staff and City Year workers will have new responsibilities chaperoning students while working with T employees to ensure smooth rides.

School officials had originally proposed ending yellow bus service for both 7th and 8th graders this year, with a projected cost savings of $8 million in the department’s $1 billion budget.

The department pulled back from that plan after meeting stiff resistance from parents.

While in the past some schools have opted out of yellow bus service for 8th graders, this is the first year yellow buses are not an option for 8th graders.

“Our data, so far shows, that schools who already use T buses to transport students are on time and have the same attendance rate as schools who don’t yet use the buses,” BPS Chief Communications Officer Lee McGuire said.

“One other advantage is the ability for students to attend afterschool and before school programs,” McGuire said. “School leaders have shown student excitement when it comes to having more flexibility. If they need to stay later, they can stay later without concern about getting home.”

The new program will hardly boost revenue for the T, given that the students will ride for 50 percent of the normal fare rate.

Students can purchase the same passes as those available for students in grades 9 through 12.

Students are eligible for a Monday through Friday pass as well as seven-day passes, both for $26 per month. Discounted rides or passes require a Student CharlieCard or CharlieTicket, available at participating junior high and high schools.

“Student T-passes are good for unlimited travel on Bus, Subway, Express Bus, and Commuter Rail Zones 1A, 1, and 2 on school days,” Pesaturo said.

Pesaturo said that bus operators are trained to handle all customers, and that additional training for transporting students is not necessary.

“The MBTA has transported students for many years,” Pesaturo said. “This week, we are reminding front line personnel to be aware of the additional stu-

dents on the transit system and to be attentive and helpful at all times. MBTA personnel are also trained to report any issues to the Control Center or Transit Police immediately.”

The MBTA Transit Police have been working closely with

“Stop” and “Watch” the behavior of students on their way to and from school or to school-related functions while they wait for trains and buses. The mission of StopWatch is to build a collaboration of caring adults in the law enforcement and youth advocacy communities. This is done by positively interacting with the 40,000 students who use public transportation daily.

Not everyone is thrilled with the idea of students riding the T for their primary means of getting to school. Boston City Councilor Charles Yancey has been opposed to this new plan for

“School leaders have shown student excitement when it comes to having more flexibility. If they need to stay later, they can stay later without concern about getting home.”

— Lee McGuire Boston Public Schools and Boston Police to focus resources on stations with heavy passenger volume. In addition, the award-winning StopWatch program has been very successful in deterring crime or other unwanted activity.

StopWatch is a collaborative program under the leadership of MBTA Transit Police Chief Paul S. MacMillan. StopWatch encourages and facilitates skillful, respectful interventions into situations of potential disorder, by officers in a manner that will maintain the confidence of the community and the respect of youth.

The program is designed to

financial reasons and safety reasons alike. He has qualms with the $2 million in the BPS budget for transportation for non-BPS students.

“This applies to private and parochial and charter schools as well,” he said. “The irony is that the dollars come out of the school department budget, and they should be a separate line item from another source, preferably from the state. The administration has not taken any steps for reimbursement.”

City Councilor Ayanna Pressley voiced her own frustration, saying that she has been opposed to the plan because of how it was presented to the Council.

“I am skeptical of the savings it will create,” Pressley said. “At a time of increased ridership, we see divestment on the T right now. It was presented as a cost saving measure that most parents were not aware of. I don’t know how they could move forward on a measure like this without every party informed, parents chiefly.”

Yancey said that many parents attended council meetings and expressed safety concerns.

“The plan was announced last spring, and was the source of many vigorous debates in council and in community meetings. It’s a case of being pennywise, pound foolish,” Yancey said. “Some people think they’re old enough to use the MBTA, but that may or may not be true. But disruption in service is unavoidable.”

Pressley echoed Yancey’s concerns over public safety and the academic impact the change may bring about.

“We all have safety concerns and are hoping to see our children arrive safely and on time,” Pressley said. “That was a big issue many parents discussed. But also if the bus is late, we want to know if it will it affect their grades or lead to punitive measures.”

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Ferguson blacks reap consequences of failure to vote Who would have thought that in this the 21st century blacks would be loath to oppose racial oppression in any city or town. That was the case in Ferguson, Mo., until a white policeman shot and killed Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black citizen. Now it remains to be seen whether the residents of Ferguson organize to use their potential might at the polls, and whether blacks in Boston and elsewhere redouble their efforts to become politically significant.

Ferguson has undoubtedly always been racially oppressive. The 7-acre city of 21,000 residents in St. Louis County, Mo., was substantially all white in 1970. By 2010 the racial demographic had shifted. The population is now about 68 percent black and only 29 percent white. Nonetheless, the power structure remains white. The mayor, five members of the six-member city council, and the chief of police are all white. There are only three black officers on the 53 member police force.

Despite the absence of racial diversity, with justice for all in the criminal justice system, life for blacks in Ferguson could be peaceful. But that is not the case. Towns in St. Louis County generate a substantial portion of their revenue from traffic violations and other municipal fines.

Disproportionate enforcement against blacks imposes a substantial financial imposition on the community.

While blacks are 68 percent of Ferguson’s population, they account for 86 percent of all traffic stops, 92 percent of searches and 93 percent of arrests. Only 22 percent of blacks arrested were found with contraband compared with 34 percent of whites.

The practice in municipal courts is to issue an

arrest warrant when anyone fails to appear in court or pay fines that have been imposed. A record of such arrest warrants in Missouri in 2013 finds that the practice is far more common in Ferguson than any other city in the state. In Ferguson the rate of warrants issued based on relative population is about four times greater than the city of St. Louis.

Many Ferguson residents have faced arrest more than once in 2013.

According to a report, many people are financially unable to pay fines. Once a warrant issues, then the offender has to live a very circumscribed life in order to avoid apprehension. Additional fees are added to the fine for court costs. This creates an even greater financial burden.

Despite these oppressive conditions, blacks in Ferguson have not yet decided to end the misery through political action. Of 15,000 residents 18 or older, only about 1,500 voted in last year’s race for city council. More than likely, most of the voters were white.

When asked why they didn’t vote, black residents give the standard excuses: “Voting never does no good.” “Whites run everything, anyway.”

“We don’t have any leaders to show the way.”

Now black Ferguson residents have to face an awful reality. They have failed to become politically active, and they should have done so, if for no other reason than to protect their young. Their political indolence has given license to the power structure to be abusive.

There is a lesson in Ferguson for all African Americans, in Boston and elsewhere. There is a duty to vote. Politics is the front line of defense.

Every registered voter in Massachusetts must vote in the primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

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Church, which he joined when the Puritan-leaning Congregationalists broke away from the Unitarian-leaning branch of the church. There are, indeed, multiple layers of history in Roxbury.

What’s remarkable about black folk, who are the current residents of this neighborhood, is the extent to which we embrace the totality of the neighborhood’s history. Among those gathered at the Kittredge House were many who remembered the building from its years as the headquarters of the Roxbury Action Program, but also history buffs who are genuinely concerned about preserving

Preserving Roxbury’s architectural gems

I was happy to read that the old RAP building has been renovated [Neighbors turn out to view Kittredge House restoration, Aug. 14]. For a few years, it seemed that Roxbury might lose another of its stately old buildings. The RAP building, and others like it in Roxbury, give our neighborhood a uniquely historical character.

It was also interesting to read about Alva Kittredge’s connection to both the First Church of Roxbury, which he probably attended when he was born, and the Eliot Congregational

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OPINION NCES data invokes urgent need for student-centered change Nicholas Donohue Data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that this fall and for the first time in history, the number of Latino, African-American, and Asian students in public K-12 classrooms will exceed the number of non-Hispanic whites. This means that students of color will make up more than 50 percent of the total enrollment in public schools across America and the percentages will increase in subsequent years. As public school teachers and school administrators return to work this fall, it is imperative that they keep the NCES in mind, particularly the socioeconomic differences that so often go hand in hand with racial differences.

This summer vacation, as in every summer vacation, students from more affluent families had rich opportunities to consolidate and strengthen educational gains made in the school year, opportunities largely denied to less affluent students, many of whom are students of color. Even when such opportunities were available, many poor students could not attend high-end enrichment programs because they had to get summer jobs to supplement family income, or they had to spend time babysitting younger siblings while parents were at work, or were absent.

Studies have repeatedly shown that all students, regardless of race or ethnicity, lose math skills over the summer vacation; however, middle-income and affluent students move ahead in reading year after year while poor students fall behind.

The difference stems, in large part, from the availability of enrichment and consolidation opportunities. This differential access helps explain the low test scores, why certain high schools are considered to be “failing,” and why dropout rates in poor and urban schools are alarmingly high. And by extension, it helps explain why college enrollment among poor, black, and Latino students is at a staggering low.

The question for which we need urgent answers is how to transform the public education system so that it meets the needs of all learners. The emphasis upon drilling students for A well-tuned standardized “tests” has not proven educational system has to be the success it was hoped to be.

If we treat high school less as a crude a working order that tool to cull and sort students-- the addresses the needs high-achieving learners from the of each and every low-achieving learners--and more student, irrespective of as an orchestrated, student-centered system that provides opportunity for family background and all students to learn in a manner ap- financial means. propriate to their learning style and life circumstances, we might be better able to achieve the desired results.

A well-tuned educational system has a working order that addresses the needs of each and every student, irrespective of family background and financial means. The evidence of this can be found in school districts that have adopted student-centered approaches to learning. These approaches include learning that is personalized, learning that is competency-based, learning that takes place anytime and anywhere, and learning that engages students in their own success so that they own what they know.

In a well-orchestrated student-centered educational system learning is customized to meet the needs of each student. This is “personalized learning,” a system that uses competency-based assessments to move students ahead to mastery of core academic competencies, rather than just pass them along with no real indication of what they have learnt. This type of system uses blended learning techniques, and takes advantage of a host of community and business partnerships that offer extended learning opportunities to students. Students that learn in this system have a far greater degree of confidence than those that do not.

To ensure that all students graduate ready for college and a career and become productive and responsible citizens, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation has adopted an ambitious goal of increasing the college and career readiness rate of all New England learners to 80 percent by 2030. While graduation rates across the country have risen, the truth is that only 50 percent of New England area students entering high school as freshmen will graduate ready for college and a career.

An even starker truth is that the number is lower for some students, with 37 percent of black students, 31 percent of English Language Learners, and 32 percent of low-income students graduating ready. At the current rate of improvement, we can project that it would take 100 years to reach the 80 percent target, and nearly twice as long as that to get to 100 percent. This is obviously unacceptable and untenable. The future of not only our students, but the longterm economic well-being of the nation is at stake.

A broad cultural shift towards a new system of learning opportunities for all students needs to occur. The Foundation’s role is to stimulate this change, but we cannot do it alone. We need an orchestra of dedicated players – students, parents, teachers, administrators, policy makers, thought leaders and more – to help finetune the public education system so that it produces record scores of graduates ready for college and a career before too long.

Nicholas Donohue is president of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

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What do you think blacks should do to curtail police abuse?

We need an open dialogue with the police in our community, and we need to respect ourselves. The tone for our community today should be unity and love of self.

I think you have to call the police commissioner and the mayor.

Things won’t get any better if they don’t make changes.

We need to unite more. We need to prove to them that when they shoot one of us, they’re killing a brother, a son, a family member, a community member. Unity matters.

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If you’re stopped by a cop, just comply with their orders. If you see a cop, walk the other way.

Barack Obama said in order to master change, you have to change yourself.

We have divisions among ourselves.

We have to work together for the benefit of our community. Then it’s much easier to change the things around us.

Protest. March on the State House.

I don’t think what happened in Ferguson would happen here. We have too many black cops.

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The YMCA of Greater Boston is pleased to announce a new addition to its executive staff with the recent hire of Winthrop resident, Andrea Baez, to fill the role of executive director at the Dorchester YMCA. A six year YMCA veteran, Baez, 36, is an experienced Y leader who excels in budget oversight, staff development and recruitment, partnership building, program development and innovation. In her former role, as the director of operations at the Roxbury YMCA, Baez effectively positioned the branch as a partner in the community which in turn brought $6,000 in new donations.

Previously, Baez served as the regional director of early education and youth resource for the YMCA of Greater Boston while working with the Association Task Force for Children in developing the best practices to strengthen quality programming.

In three short months, while serving as the interim executive director of the Dorchester Y, Baez successfully

created a college preparation track for teens and exceeded membership goals each month by five percent of the budgeted goal.

A 2003 graduate of Salem State College in Elementary Education, Baez has been dedicated to inspiring young minds for more than 10 years.

“The YMCA of Greater Boston prides itself on attracting top talent to guide each branch in youth develop-

ment, healthy living, and social responsibility—the Y’s areas of focus—and strengthening communities,” says Kevin Washington, President of the YMCA of Greater Boston. “It’s our goal to promote within and we are excited to see Andrea thrive in this new role and apply her sk illset to continue to positively impact the youth and surrounding neighborhoods in Dorchester.”

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Walsh launches expanded small business permit and licensing assistance Mayor Martin Walsh announced last week that digital kiosks have been installed at several agencies across the city that will connect constituents within two business days to City of Boston business development specialists, trained to help small businesses navigate the complex permitting and licensing system, and connect them with resources and technical assistance.

“I am committed to making sure that small businesses throughout Boston are supported from concept to launch, including the highest level of customer support through the permitting process,” Walsh said. “Technology is an important way to improve efficiency and provide people with the information they need. These kiosks are just one small part of improving the technology behind a better, more user-friendly permitting process.”

The seven kiosks have been placed at the Inspectional Services Department and the Fire Prevention Division at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, and the Consumer Affairs and Licensing Department, the Boston Licensing Board, the Department of Neighborhood Development, and the Boston Redevelopment Authority at 1 City Hall Plaza. The interface is also accessible online at http://businesshub.boston.gov/submitinquiry.

This reform is the latest improvement to Boston’s permitting and licensing system, led by

Walsh’s interagency permitting team, which has been meeting regularly since February to improve the process, technology and tracking of permit applications citywide.

In August, Walsh launched a joint effort with the Department of Innovation and Technology and the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics to host the City’s first-ever Hubhacks Permitting Challenge. The civic-minded Hackathon kicked off a project to reinvent the City’s online permitting experience, one of the most common ways that Bostonians interact with the City of Boston, by reaching out to Boston’s tech community.

In addition, Walsh recently announced the creation of a streamlined Zoning Board of Appeals process for small businesses and 1-2 family owner-occupied residential applications. A subcommittee of the Zoning Board of Appeals will meet bi-weekly on Thursday nights to hear zoning relief requests from small businesses and smaller residential projects. Previously, these meetings occurred less frequently, and these latest changes will aid small businesses and homeowners making renovations to their properties, by directing tailored attention to smaller projects and major developments.

South End resident and Democratic State Committee member Jeff Ross was elected as the new chair of the committee, Rosalinda Midence was re-elected as vice-chairperson, Leonard Nelson is the new secretary, Carol Streiff will continue to serve as treasurer, and Tomiqua Williams was elected as affirmative action/outreach officer.

“This new slate of officers represents the diversity of our community and will work to strengthen the Democratic party in the South End and Lower Roxbury,” said Ross.

Boston reports decline in black infant mortality Black babies are dying at higher rates than other babies in Boston.

For years it has been a stark re-

minder that inequities and disparities in health outcomes can exist even in places with a world-class health care system.

After more than a decade of a concerted effort to improve the health of black women and their children, the Boston Public Health Commission last week released a data brief showing that progress is being made, and announced new funding to continue its work. The data released today shows: • Significant improvement in the black Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) • Historic narrowing of the IMR gap between black infants and white infants • Reduction in preterm births for black infants born in the city

• Decreases in the number of black infants born at low birth weight “These data are encouraging and a reminder that no matter what the issue, or how intractable the problem seems to be, that communities can and must work to eliminate health inequities. This is not a victory, but it is progress and it validates the comprehensive approach we’ve taken to work with our partners across the city to improve the health of black women before, during and after they have given birth,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the BPHC executive director.

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Ward 9 Democrats elect new officers The Boston Ward 9 Democratic Committee met on Saturday at The Piano Factory to elect committee officers and to endorse candidates in the September 9 primary election.

City Councilor Charles Yancey hosted his annual book fair Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center. (Photo courtesy of Charles Yancey)

MBTA PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Blue Hill Ave Station Construction Contract Date:

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Dearborn debacles irks abutters, charter foes Nate Homan Judging from the conversation last week between abutters, former teachers and Boston’s school superintendent last week, it appears that there is little chance of stopping the demolition of the Dearborn School and the construction of a new charter school in its place.

“The facility cost is a different thing than money used to address the Level 4 status of the school,” BPS Interim Superintendent John McDonough said in a meeting at the Southern Baptist Church. “It will be the only school in the state designed to support the improvements and efforts addressing their current problematic standings. The cost of the facility is only related to the improvement efforts in housing the opportunity, potential and promise that it will provide.”

The Dearborn is one of four Level 4 underperforming Boston Public Schools teetering on the brink of state intervention despite improved MCAS test scores and transitioning into a science, technology, engineering and mathematics academy.

McDonough said that the BPS will likely partner with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School to develop the new charter as a preventative measure to avoid Level 5 status,

which would automatically trigger a state takeover.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires Level 4 schools to turn around in three years. Dearborn has been in Level 4 status for five years as of this year and, at present, is lacking a rapid improvement plan according to BPS Chief Communications Officer Lee McGuire.

“If we don’t intervene, the state will move in as soon as this September,” McGuire said.

“Other schools in the same Level 4 category have laid out clear plans with the state and other partners for improvement. Most BPS schools are Level Three.”

McGuire said that the state could potentially move in to take the school over as soon as September.

In the meantime, Dearborn students will be housed at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester in a “swing space” with their own floor, rest rooms, and classrooms separate from Burke students.

“Whenever you co-locate schools, there is always a level of concern in integrating the students,” McGuire said. “In this case, I think part of positioning the Dearborn students to succeed in that location is based on prior working relationships between the headmaster and the headmaster at the Burke.”

Amid the discussion of the

Dearborn’s academic issues, residents of Winthrop Street voiced concerns over the impact of the demolition of the Dearborn building.

“This is a neighborhood with very old buildings on a very narrow street,” Loraine Wheeler-Payne, a Winthrop Street resident said. “The Dearborn was dedicated in 1912 and opened in 1913. It’s part of the landscape here.”

“This is a historic district with structures built in the mid-19 and mid-20th style. It’s not possible, at the beginning of the 21st century, to build a 19th century building,” Director and Curator of the Museum of the National Center of African American Artists Edmund Barry Gaither said.

“What’s here is uniquely here.”

Gaither said that many neighborhoods were torn down during urban renewal after WWII. Residents of the Moreland Street Historic District lament the loss of the architecture and cultural identity.

“It’s irreplaceable. We don’t build buildings that compliment this community anymore,” Gaither said. “Urban renewal taught us that there are two ways to deal with significant architectural structures: Rehabilitate them or to reinvent them.”

The residents acknowledge that a change is needed at Dearborn, but the loss of a traditional

building has angered residents.

Elaine Miller taught at the Dearborn for 21 years and said that reconstruction is an inevitable measure. She said the building was in need of serious repair.

The mortar on the building was so worn away that the walls were crumbling enough that students and faculty could see the street.

“In a classroom I had, a closet had a pizza-sized hole where water would pour in,” Miller said. “I’d staple fabric too it just to keep the chips of the wall from getting on the supplies I had in there.”

Miller said that she loved the look of the building, and remembers teaching there when it was

Roxbury High School, but the need for repairs is evident.

Former BPS teacher and lifelong Roxbury resident Herculano Fecteau criticized the superintendent for not doing enough to get the community input on the construction project and the transition to an in-district charter school.

“Winthrop Street is a tiny little 19th century street made for horse and buggies,” Fecteau said. “It’s 18.5 feet long, versus a 26 foot street, as modern streets measure. Why would anyone shove a 21st century building in a neighborhood like this? It’s like taking a size 10 foot and putting it in a size 8 shoe.”

Interim Boston Public Schools Superintendent John McDonough spoke before the crowd at the Southern Baptist Church. (Banner Photo)

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where long lines of campaigners holding signs for Martha Coakley, Steve Grossman, Warren Tolman, Sheriff Tompkins, Deb Goldberg, Leland Chung, and Mike Lake.

Tompkins praised the young volunteers for their interest and commitment to his campaign and the democratic process.

“We obviously want kids to stay out of trouble, but we also want them to be civically active in campaigns,” Tompkins said. “They are the future and Cliff was our pied piper in getting them involved.”

Crawford said the efforts of incumbents like Tompkins and nonprofits like MassVOTE can make a substantial difference in voter turnout.

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murder case highlighted widespread violations of black teens’ 4th Amendment rights against illegal search and seizure.

“Random stop-and-frisk tactics are not part of a modern-day policing strategy,” Jackson said. “It makes the community less safe in that you end up harming valuable relationships the police need to keep communities safe.”

Boston Police spokeswoman Rachel McGuire said the practice of stop-and-frisk, stopping people without a reasonable suspicion that they have broken a law or are about to do so, is against department policy.

“In order to stop somebody, you need reasonable suspicion,” she said.

If an officer has reasonable suspicion he or she can pat down a suspect to find a concealed weapon. In order to conduct a non-consensual search of a suspect, an officer must have probable cause to arrest the suspect.

“It’s a good practice to let someone know why they’re being detained, to say ‘this is what happened, this is why I’m stopping you,’” McGuire said. “At some point, it does have to be written up into a report.”

Officers are required to record their stops into the department’s database of Field Interaction/ Observation/ Encounter Reports, often referred to as FIOs. After a teen is stopped, his or her name, the location and date, as well as other individuals in the vicinity can be entered into the database.

“Our officers are very welltrained in 4th Amendment rights,” McGuire said. “Through the academy, you are trained daily on Constitutional rights and there are specific trainings on FIOs as well.”

“I think that on any given day, when we can mobilize a large number of people of color to the polls, we’re creating a different conversation locally and hopefully nationwide,” she commented. “We at MassVOTE go about getting information out in a nonpartisan way, and we hope to reach people who care about our communities.”

Crawford said that the B500 program plans to grow each election year, asking for 25 voters per member in the 2015 elections and 30 per participant in 2015.

“Every election counts, especially the ones closest to the ground,” Crawford said. “They affect people’s lives the most. We are going to keep pushing until the B500 is a household name. We’re kicking it off for something big this year and we expect it to grow and grow.”

Teens interviewed by the Banner said they were aware that police do not have the right to stop them without reasonable suspicion or search them without probable cause, but said police routinely violate their own policies.

C.J. Victor, a Teen Empowerment organizer who will be attending Mass Bay Community College in the fall, said he never consents to a search.

“When I got into high school, I learned what my rights are,” he said.

His knowledge of constitutional law hasn’t kept him out of harm’s way, though. In the South End, Victor was stopped when police were looking for an armed-robbery suspect.

“Of course I matched the guy’s description,” he said with a note of sarcasm. “I had on khaki pants, blue and orange sneakers, a blue and orange shirt and a blue and orange hat. I said, ‘he wore the same, exact outfit?’”

Victor and Hicks said officers routinely curse at them and often use physical coercion.

“They shove you,” Hicks said.

I’ve been thrown against brick walls. They always swear at you.

They say ‘you little f----ers need to stop what you’re doing.”

Both said stop-and-frisk tactics are counterproductive.

“It doesn’t build trust,” Victor commented. “We don’t trust them, and they don’t trust us. The officers who stop you and frisk you, they’re not here to help you.”

Jackson said stop-and-frisk tactics and officers who show disrespect to teens are undermining the department’s efforts to build trust in the communities they police.

“These individual cases end up harming the relationship we need to build between the police and the community,” he commented.

“People need to understand that individual acts can set the department back light years.”

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community let us know that our votes and our issues will not be taken for granted.”

The event, Atardecer Borincano (Puerto Rican evening), featured live musical performances and poetry recitals punctuated by candidates’ speeches.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Don Berwick made the rounds with state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, an early endorser.

Near the opposite end of the state’s political spectrum, Republican Charlie Baker made his rounds, accompanied by political activists Regla Gonzalez and Juan Gomez.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Evan Falchuck, whose parents were born in Venezuela, addressed the mostly Latino group in Spanish.

Also working the crowd were former City Councilor Felix D. Arroyo who is running for Suffolk County Register of Probate, Warren Tolman, a Democratic candidate for attorney general and Eric Estevez, a Democratic candidate for the 7th Suffolk District House seat.

The presence of the candidates among a gathering of fewer than 200, underscores the fierce competition for votes in this year’s state

election cycle.

“Every year they’re going to have to pay more and more attention to us,” said Jaime Rodriguez, an organizer of last week’s event.

“Every year we’re becoming more active and more aggressive about advocating for what our communities need.”

Latinos have become more active in political campaigns and in party politics, notes Juan Lopez, a co-chairman of the Latino Democratic Caucus, an organization of Latino Democratic Party activists.

“The election of Deval Patrick and President Obama increased our interest,” he said. “It’s our job to make sure people continue to turn out. We have to be active in every aspect of the political process so we’ll never be taken for granted again.”

Under Obama and Patrick, Lopez said, Latinos have been appointed to judgeships, cabinet positions and key posts in state and federal government.

“Obama has named more Latinos to judgeships than any president before him,” Lopez said.

“We have to keep that momentum going. We have to make sure people understand that’s the way we make change happen. If we’re not vigilant, we can slip back. We have to be in every place where decisions are being made.”

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of life — over 12 years, breaking down the data into three 4-year periods. The data show that black IMR decreased from 13.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2001–2004, to 7.4 in 2009–2012, a rate 44 percent lower than the 2001–2004 rate. This improvement is equivalent to 59 fewer black infant deaths from 2005 to 2012.

For decades the gap in mortality between black and white infants has been increasing, a fact not unique to Boston. In the United States, from 1935 to 2007, the gap between white and black infant mortality grew. In 1935, the IMR for black infants was 58 percent higher than white infants in the United States. By 2007, the black IMR was 135 percent higher than the white infant mortality rate.

Consistent with trends seen nationally, the BPHC data released today show the persistent gap may be narrowing. The IMR gap between black and white infants shrunk by 25 percent between each of the three time periods analyzed from 2001–2012. That means that the black IMR went from being four times the white IMR in 2001– 2004, to two times the white IMR in the 2009–2012 time period.

The Commission also noted improvements in low birth weight and preterm births among black infants in Boston; an important finding given that premature births and low birth weight are major contributing factors to infant mortality. Compared to 2001–2004, the 2009–2012 rates of low birth weight and preterm black infants were 10 percent and 16 percent lower, respectively.

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Postal union to Staples: U.S. mail not for sale Nate Homan The Postal Workers’ Union, the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the Boston Teachers Union have a message for Staples: The U.S. mail is not for sale.

Staples, the Framingham-based office and school supplies store, plans to create in-store post offices after Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe agreed to enter a partnership in November 2013. The Banner was unable to reach Donahoe for comment.

Stores in California, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Western Massachusetts have instated the Approved Shipper program and Retail Expansion plan, which allows Staples employees to sell certain postal products in the stores. Postal Workers in the Boston area are worried that this will lead to a large cut in jobs

held by working class laborers, 40 percent of whom are minorities.

“The Postal Service agreed with Staples to make little post offices manned by Staples workers, not postal workers,” Vice President Treasure of Boston metro area local Bob Dempsey said. “All of our employees have taken an oath to protect the sanctity of mail. It’s as much an issue of worker’s dignity as it is a public safety if we lose control of mail.”

In response to this pilot plan, the American Postal Workers Union has called for a nationwide boycott of Staples stores, a call that the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the Boston Teachers Union have joined. The aforementioned unions and their supporters have led protests all over the country and raised their banner on the steps of City Hall

on August 27.

“The Postal Service entered into a contract, not a very public contract, with Staples to put postal counters in 85 stores,” APWU Northeast Region Coordinator John Dirzius said.

“There are six of them in Massachusetts. Staples is looking for more foot traffic and the Postal Service is looking to contract our jobs out. Our people are trained and go through a vetting process.

These people at Staples don’t at all.

People are looking to buy back to school supplies and we’re trying to spread the message.”

The APWU put in a request under the National Labor Relations Act to get more information on the contract in order to find out, among other answers, how much this deal costs. Dirzius said that they received heavily re-

dacted documents. A representative from the Staples headquarters did not immediately respond to questions about the potential merger between their company and the Post Office.

With the election looming 12 days away, attorney general candidate Warren Tolman showed up to speak at the rally and commended the APWU and other union presence, saying that they represented public service at its finest.

“If we have the race to the bottom, where decent jobs are stripped from hard working men and women, we’ll have an economy based on keeping people stuck at the bottom,” Tolman said. “That’s not the way a good, civilized society ought to go.

It’s not where the United States economy ought to go.”

Tolman told the crowd that he remembers when the first Staples opened on Soldier’s Field Road in Brighton in 1985. He was once proud to support them, but he will join the boycott until they “act like good corporate citizens.”

Tolman said that raising awareness on exercising consumer choice is the frontline to affecting local change. When asked what a local voice can do in standing up to a federal issue, Tolman quoted former speaker of the house Tip O’Neil’s famous line: “All politics is local.”

Rich Rodgers of the APWU said that this was a clear case of union busting as well as a grand disservice to the American people.

“You take workers earning decent, livable wages and retirement plans and you take their jobs and give them to minimum wage workers is an outrage. Staples is not doing that well. What will we do if they go down?”

The Massachusetts Teachers Association joined the National Education Association in a vote to endorse the boycott.

“The efforts to privatize our public spaces are dangerous to our democracy,” MTA President Barbra Madeloni said. “When we lose our rights to collective bargaining and to organize, that’s where democracy starts to disappear.”

All is not well in the financial world of Staples, whose sales dropped two percent during the second quarter of 2014 compared to their 2013 earnings. They closed 80 stores in North America and are expected to close 140 more during 2014. The struggles of the U.S. Postal Service are well documented, as they currently owe almost $100 billion in benefit payments to current and retired workers.

Locally, patrons of the Dudley Square Post Office at 55 Roxbury Street weren’t keen on Staples taking over the postal service, despite the common long lines and frustrations with collecting packages.

“Privatizing the Post Office doesn’t sound right,” Roxbury resident Drew Brooks said.

“Missing the package delivery and the other frustrations you experience here don’t stack up high enough for me to support them privatizing the Postal Service.

Keep it local and provide jobs in the community. There’s Staples in the South Bay Plaza, so if they open their Postal Service there, they won’t be hiring people from this community. That doesn’t make sense to me.”

“I’ve never had a problem with this Post Office,” patron Kevin Moore said. “I just tried to ship something at the UPS store, but I think the rates are cheaper here than there.”

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Baltimore artist Shinique Smith debuts Bright Matter exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Colette Greenstein

Shinique Smith’s latest solo exhibit, Bright Matter, debuting at the Museum of Fine Arts, is somewhat of a homecoming for the artist, who completed her Master of Arts in Teaching at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and graduated from Tufts University in 2000.

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(top) Splendid, 2014. Ink, acrylic, fabric and collage, ribbon, rope and yam on wood panel. Dimensions: 60 x 78 x 6 inches. (Shinique Smith photo). (left) Shinique Smith with Especially In The Afternoon (detail) 2008. Ink, acrylic, fabric, and collage on canvas over wood panel. (Keith Bedford photo). (right) Seven Moons, (detail) 2013. Ink, acrylic, fabric and paper collage on canvas over panel. (Alissa Christine photo).

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that was chosen for this movement. It was about the show is strong and it also sway, things that could pohas this line of connection.” tentially move.” continued from page 15 Smith has been develAnd one of her works oping the exhibit in colthat reflects this movement, Bright Matter features 30 laboration with the MFA this sway, is the painting works, 14 of which are new, since 2012 and says the exSplendid created this year and includes vibrant and hibit came about when she for Bright Matter. It’s an colorful calligraphic and started talking about the eye-catching painting that collaged paintings, largeunderlying principles of the “makes you want to eat it, scale sculptures of recycled work. like candy,” says Smith. garments, installations, “Over the course of the “Embedded within it is an video and performance. two years these ideas shifted affirmation that I want to Smith’s work is imbued and developed,” she said. have an energy transference,” with an energy and moveshe explains. “That’s my ment. Confident about this “Through those under-currents we chose those works biggest hope that someone exhibit and her latest works, that shared an affinity, a geswould feel like it’s nourishshe says that “everything ture, a memory, a potential ing in that way but it might

be a hippie new-age thing.”

Splendid draws in the viewer with its swirls of white, pink, and black accents all on “a palette of crisp turquoise that reflects the popular product colors of Smith’s teen years, centered by an effervescent web of scrunched fabric and ribbon braids,” as described by the MFA. Influenced by hip hop, graffiti, Japanese calligraphy, dance, fashion, and the poet Rumi, the Baltimore-born artist displayed an eye and talent for art at an early age.

Encouraged by her mother, a former magazine fashion editor, Shinique studied ballet at the age of four and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts before heading to the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1992.

Smith didn’t plan a career in art. In fact she tried to do other things.

After undergrad, she worked in film as a production assistant, working on costumes. She tried to set art aside “but I was in denial” Smith said.

“The things that felt natural to me didn’t feel like they were because they were natural,” she said. “I needed to do something real with my life.”

And yet, she found herself coming back to art.

Since 2002, the New York-based artist has had more than 20 solo exhibitions around the world including at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Deutsche Guggenheim (Berlin, Germany), Yvon Lambert (London, Paris & New York), the James Cohan Gallery (New York, NY), Brand New Gallery (Milan, Italy), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Of her creating so many pieces of art over the years, Shinique remarks that “it doesn’t seem like it at the time because it’s every year.

Maybe there’s 10 pieces.

And there’s group shows.

You’re in the moment of making. It’s not until you have a show like this one where there’s 30 works.

Where you’re like, ‘wow, I made a lot of stuff’. I’m always going to be making.

It’s part of who I am and I think I need to do it.”

In addition to the Bright Matter exhibit, Smith was also commissioned to create a new 70-by-70 foot temporary mural by the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy to be unveiled in Boston’s downtown Dewey Square this month.

The mural which was inspired by her 2013 painting Seven Moons will be on display for a year across from South Station.

Of Bright Matter, Smith hopes the take-away for visitors is that “collectively I would want a viewer to see my thought process and feel a sense of discovery, [that it] evokes a sense of something in them,” says Smith. continued to page 17

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Detail of Majesty, by Shinique Smith. (Olga Khvan photo)

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Bright Matter will run through March 1, 2015 in the Henry and Lois Foster Gallery at the MFA and is sponsored by Celebrity Cruises.

Presented with generous support from the Robert and Jane Burke Fund for Exhibitions, The Contemporaries, and the Callaghan Family Fund for Contemporary Exhibitions. Additional support provided by the Eugenie Prendergast Memorial Fund, made possible by a grant from Jan and Warren Adelson.

For more information, visit www.mfa.org.

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Misty Copeland inspires new generation of ballerinas

Misty Copeland, soloist for the American Ballet Theatre. (Photo, courtesy Penguin Young Readers Group) Colette Greenstein “This is for the little brown girls,” writes Misty Copeland in the prologue of her New York Times bestselling memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, which chronicles Copeland’s turbulent life growing up as the fourth of sixth children to a single mom in a chaotic household in Southern California.

Despite the struggles and upheavals in her and her siblings’ lives, Misty was able to find her voice and herself through her discovery of ballet. She came

late to the profession — she was 13 when she took her first ballet class at the San Pedro Boys and Girls Club in California. Within three months she was able to stand en pointe (dancing on the tips of her toes).

Copeland, in fact, was more than a natural at ballet, she was considered a prodigy and within a year she began performing professionally. At age 15, Misty won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards in California and caught the attention of several major ballet companies — including the Dance Theatre

of Harlem, the American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet.

After graduating from high school at 17, Misty accepted an offer from the American Ballet Theatre (considered America’s top ballet company), to be a dancer in their Studio Company.

Just two years later, she was promoted to ABT’s Corps de Ballet.

And in 2007 at the age of 24, she became only the second African American soloist in the American Ballet Theatre’s history, and the first in more than two decades.

Inspired as a teen by famed ballerinas Gelsey Kirkland, Paloma Herrera, and Raven Wilkinson, whom she refers to in her memoir as “a guiding light in her life”, Copeland is very grateful for the many individuals who have inspired and helped her along the way. “Ballet has given me opportunities that I wouldn’t ever have had,” says Copeland.

A mentor to young female dancers, she’s also written her first children’s book called Firebird in collaboration with Christopher Myers, an award-winning author and illustrator. The book, which is beautifully illustrated, tells the story of a young girl whose confidence is fragile and

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[Penguin] moved a bit slower,” says Copeland.

Christopher Myers told Penguin that he wanted to co-author the book with Misty, “but they didn’t know who I was” she recalls. “We hung out for the summer and the concept came from hanging out with me and Raven Wilkinson. He liked the relationship I had with Raven.”

The role of Firebird is special to Misty because she was the first black woman in history to play the title role at the Metropolitan Opera House in 2012. In her memoir, Copeland describes the Firebird “as a work that melds the most virtuosic parts of ballet with bravura solos that tell a story of spells, mystical creatures, and love triumphing over evil.”

In addition to her love of ballet, Misty is an ardent supporter, alum and an ambassador for the Boys and Girls Club.

Misty is proud of the diversity initiative that is in the works with the Boys and Girls Clubs and with the American Ballet Theatre called Project Plié. The goal of Project Plié is to increase the ethnic and racial makeup in ballet. She says that it’s “still in the very beginning stages” but the idea “is to bring affordable top notch training to the clubs across the country.”

The world of ballet has afforded Misty many opportunities. She’s the latest female athlete to represent Under Armour in their campaign, I Will What I Want, and the sports apparel company is banking on Misty to inspire and empower a whole new generation of women athletes.

When asked what her advice would be to those brown girls who are struggling to find their voice, Misty says, “it’s important to know who you are. You’re going to be viewed by society by the way you look. Stand proud in those things but don’t let them become you. Don’t let others’ ideals box you in.”

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POLITICAL Roundup Democratic voters heading to the polls Tues. Sept. 9 will face an array of choices. Voters registered as Republicans will face far fewer choices.

Candidates are listed here as they will appear on the Democratic and Republican ballots. The lists were pulled from the website of the secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts www.sec. state.ma.us/.

Auditor

Democratic ballot

Senator in General Court 1st Suffolk District

Suzanne M. Bump 409 N. Plain Rd., Gr. Barrington

Representative in Congress 7th District

Michael E. Capuano 172 Central St., Somerville

Representative in Congress 8th District

Stephen F. Lynch, 55 G St., Boston

Linda Dorcena Forry 110 Richmond St., Boston

Senator in Congress

Edward J. Markey 7 Townsend St., Malden

Senator in General Court 2nd Suffolk District

Sonia Rosa Chang-Díaz 18 Saint Rose St., Boston Roy Owens, 6 Woodville St., Boston

Governor

Donald M. Berwick 131 Lake Ave., Newton Martha Coakley 46 Coolidge Rd., Medford Steven Grossman 30 Huntington Rd., Newton

Representative in General Court 5th Suffolk District

Lieutenant Governor

Leland Cheung 157 Garden St., Cambridge Stephen J. Kerrigan 325 Neck Rd., Lancaster Michael E. Lake 103 Gainsborough St., Boston

Evandro C. Carvalho 17 Corwin St., Boston Althea Garrison 98 Howard Ave., Boston

Representative in General Court 15th Suffolk District Jeffrey Sánchez 41 Malcolm Rd., Boston

District Attorney, Suffolk District Daniel F. Conley 265 Corey St., Boston

Secretary of State

Representative in General Court

Patricia “Patty” Campatelli 1189 Bennington St., Boston Felix D. Arroyo 36 Seymour St., Boston Richard J. Joyce 176 Marine Rd., Boston

Attorney General

John B. Miller 40 Westland Ave., Winchester

Suffolk County Sheriff

Steven W. Tompkins 106 Williams Ave., Boston Douglas Bennett 37 South Munroe Ter., Boston Jeremiah F. Goodwin, Sr. 64 Roosevelt St., Revere

Republican ballot

Governor

Secretary of State

David D’arcangelo 183 Bainbridge St., Malden

Treasurer

Michael James Heffernan 244 Grove St., Wellesley

Auditor

Brian J. Herr 31 Elizabeth Rd., Hopkinton Charles D. Baker 49 Monument Ave., Swampscott Mark R. Fisher, 10 Stone Meadow Farm Dr., Shrewsbury

Patricia S. Saint Aubin 6 Shady Way, Norfolk

Sen. in General Court, 2nd Suffolk David James Wyatt 62 Weaver Ct., Boston

Representative in General Court 5th Suffolk District Claudette N. Joseph 27 Ingleside St., Boston

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Gloria L. Fox, 7 Harold Park, Boston Eric M. Esteves 13 Highland Ave., Boston

Rep. in General Court, 9th Suffolk

Thomas P. Conroy 265 Old Conn. Path, Wayland Barry R. Finegold 42 Stirling St., Andover Deborah B. Goldberg 37 Hyslop Rd., Brookline

Karyn E. Polito, 11 Coachman Ridge Rd., Shrewsbury

Senator in Congress

Register of Probate, Suffolk County

Rufus J. Faulk 120 Humboldt Ave., Boston

Treasurer

Lieutenant Governor

Russell E. Holmes 80 Goodale Rd., Boston

Rep. in General Court, 7th Suffolk

William Francis Galvin 46 Lake St., Boston

Dan Cullinane 51 Hillsdale St., Boston Corey J. Allen 65 Greenfield Rd., Boston Ruthella J. Logan-Cruz 270 Hebron St., Boston Carlotta M. Williams 225 Hebron St., Boston

David T. Keenan 86 Butler St., Boston Martin J. Keogh 18 Howitt Rd., Boston John Sepulveda 11 Trenton St., Boston

Representative in General Court 6th Suffolk District

Attorney General

Maura Healey 40 Winthrop St., Boston Warren E. Tolman 30 Stoneleigh Cir., Watertown

Representative in General Court 12th Suffolk District

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Blacks, Indians see no rift in wake of Ferguson row Sandip Roy Amidst all of the hell breaking loose in Ferguson, here is one more old scab to pick at — immigrant-black tensions in small towns and inner cities.

It is a troubling image. The hazy security camera screen captures from the convenience store reinforced those fears. The store clerk was slightly built. Michael Brown, the customer holding him by the collar was a much larger man. Though the storeowner, Andy Patel, later told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch no shoplifting or robbery had occurred in his store, the screen-grab encapsulated a story of suspicion, tension, and conflict.

Soon thereafter Michael Brown was gunned down by police in Ferguson.

We have seen this storyline before with Korean shopkeepers in the 1992 Los Angeles riots, for example. Four white police

officers beat up a black motorist named Rodney King. But, when riots broke out after the verdict, armed Korean shopkeepers were the ones standing guard against looters in front of their stores. Korean-black tensions were high.

“I think the black people are

we’re making money.” It was a prejudice many had but rarely shared in public.

If any good came out of the horror of Ferguson it was this: It didn’t turn into a black vs. brown issue.

Ferguson’s South Asian popu-

“If you’re a newcomer, ‘an outsider’, it’s always been clear that the way to become an American is to join the general prejudice against African Americans.”

— Hugh B. Price jealous of the Koreans,” Carl Rhyu, a member of the community’s security force candidly told the New York Times at the time.

“They’re lazy; we are working hard. They’re not making money;

lation is very low but storeowner Mumtaz Lalani tells India Abroad that of the 30–50 minority-owned small businesses, at least a dozen are Indian-owned. Lalani’s own store was burned and looted. But

he said so were other stores. “So it is not only that our community was targeted,” he said.

“The violence affects an entire community, including all of its citizens,” Anil Gopal, president of the St. Louis Asian Indian Business Association told India Abroad. “Therefore I would not turn this into an issue about Indian Americans only.”

But, it could easily have become one. Indian storeowners are highly vulnerable. They run small convenience stores in crime-ridden pockets of inner cities and small towns. Miscommunication festers across a language gap. They are an easy target for robberies and violence because they have cash in their registers. Often they do not even report thefts. Sometimes it’s because they think the police will not care beyond filing a cursory report. Sometimes it’s because the clerk himself might not have his immigration papers in order.

“A convenience store clerk, often a Patel or someone of Indian-origin, is killed in a robbery every few months somewhere in America,” writes Chidanand Rajghatta in Times of India. Though the Ferguson store altercation was not fatal or armed, it can be, writes Rajghatta.

“In July this year, Rahul Patel, 26, was shot dead at a family-run liquor store in Montgomery, Alabama in a suspect robbery attempt. In June, Satish Patel, who was working at the Phillips 66 off of Highway 59, just north of Beltway 8 in Humble, Texas, was shot dead by three masked gunmen who stormed inside just before midnight in yet another robbery attempt. In December 2013, Lexington police charged an 18-yearold man with murder and robbery in the fatal shooting of store clerk Parag Patel of A&M Beverage, another botched robbery.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. might have drawn inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi, but closer to the ground Indian-black relations have always been complicated.

“There is no racial conflict between blacks and Indians or other South Asians,” Lalani told India Abroad. That was probably a bit of wishful thinking. Prejudice and suspicion run on both sides even as there are points of convergence.

In the 1970 census, 75 percent of Indian-headed households identified as “white.” Immigrants carry their own racial baggage with them to America. African Americans resented many immigrants and white women for taking fuller advantage of the opportunities afforded to them thanks to the affirmative action. “If you’re a newcomer, ‘an outsider’, it’s always been clear that the way to become an American is to join the general prejudice against African Americans,” wrote Hugh B. Price, president of the National Urban League.

African Americans complained that South Asian cabdrivers in New York routinely refused to take them as passengers. But cab drivers say it’s not about race, it’s about going into far away crime-ridden neighborhoods. Cab drivers carry cash, like liquor store clerks, making them especially vulnerable noted CNN. Palash Ghosh wrote in IBTimes, “they are caught in a vortex of prejudice in which they are both the victim and perpetrators of racism and discrimination.”

Media, of course, is always more interested in the story about racial conflict where there are sides and tensions and head butting. That is regarded as the unfiltered “reality” while coming together across racial lines is regarded as “NGO-dreaming.”

Sometimes NGOs too go overboard in trying to “brownwash” an event to project an idealistic vision of racial solidarity.

Or they rush to embrace the issue with such fervor the real victims get left out of the picture. Deepa Iyer who headed the South Asian Americans Leading Together makes that important point in The Nation.

She points out stories that clearly indicate that, “Latinos, Asian and Arab-Americans are no strangers to police violence and profiling based on skin color, accent, language, immigration status and faith.” But while calling for different groups to come together to reform discriminatory police practices, Iyer is clear that “African Americans in Ferguson must remain the primary voices and decision-makers calling for action to address the murder of Michael Brown.”

Finding common ground with a tragedy and co-opting it are very different things.

Ferguson will not miraculously break down racial barriers and create a multicultural Ferguson, continued to page 21

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California legislature passes bill to protect temp workers Michael Grabell The California legislature has passed a bill that would hold companies legally responsible if the temp agencies and subcontractors they hire cheat workers out of their wages or put them in harm’s way.

Labor officials across the country have increasingly expressed concern about the rapid growth of the temporary staffing industry since the recession.

They have also noted the push by hotels and warehouses to subcontract work that is part of their core business, such as cleaning guest rooms and unloading trucks.

Assembly Bill 1897, passed Thursday night, was inspired in part by a ProPublica investigation last year that found that temp workers were more likely to be injured on the job than regular workers and that some temps for brand-name companies were being charged fees that brought their pay below minimum wage.

“We are one step closer to

Ferguson

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Kumbaya moment. But it drives home a simpler point about race relations in America. Despite all the suspicion and prejudice, in hardscrabble towns and neighborhoods, the chances are the shop-owner could be a Indian or a Korean and the customer could be African American or Latino.

When a group vents its anger it might be ironically against those very stores that serve them because they are the ones on hand.

But after the shattered glass is swept from sidewalk, they are still all in it together, for better or for worse. And if anyone rebuilds the neighborhood it will be all of them.

“Can we all get along?”

Rodney King had famously and rather helplessly pleaded during the L.A. riots. America is nowhere close to that and King himself is dead. But while he

preventing companies from engaging in a 21st century scam by claiming the men and women who do their work are not really emp l o yees , b u t ‘tempor ar y workers’ for labor contractors or agencies,” Jim Hoffa, president of the Teamsters union, said in a statement after the bill passed the state Senate earlier this week. “This corporate shell game allows corporations to deny responsibility for basic worker rights like pay, benefits, and working conditions.”

The Teamsters and the California Labor Federation were key supporters of the bill , which they pushed in tandem with a campaign to unionize workers— many of them temps—at a produce-processing plant in northern California. Taylor Farms, which runs the plant, supplies salads and cut vegetables to McDonald’s, Subway, Olive Garden and Pizza Hut. Under the bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, companies could face fines if their temp agencies

and subcontractors fail to pay employee wages or provide workers’ compensation insurance.

The legislation faced fierce opposition from the California

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Louise M Kelley Date of Death: 04/21/2012 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Thomas M Finneran of Mattapan, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Thomas M Finneran of Mattapan, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 09/05/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: August 28, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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The final version of the bill exempts homeowners, highly-paid tech workers, trucking and cable companies in most circumstances, businesses with fewer than 25 employees and companies that don’t employ more than five temp workers at a time. It now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk to be signed into law or vetoed within 30 days.

Mayor Martin Walsh reads the book Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School to children at the Fields Corner Library in Dorchester.

(Mayor’s Office photo by Jeremiah Robinson)

might have despaired at how little has changed when it comes to police and accountability in the 20 years since the L.A. riots, he might have found a glimmer of hope as well in Ferguson.

Anil Gopal, the president of the St. Louis Asian Indian Business Association and a 21-year resident of Ferguson told India Abroad that “a lot of black people came to help the (Indian) community. They came out in droves to help clean up the neighborhood, and helped the victims clean up their stores. Some of them even kept vigil outside the store as long as they could to protect the stores.”

Perhaps not a great leap in race relations, but in times of great strife when so many things seem to be stuck in old patterns, every small step counts.

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

Chamber of Commerce and other industry groups, which said it would punish some businesses for violations they didn’t know about and had no ability to prevent.

This bill “will make it harder for California employers to do business in this state,” the chamber’s labor policy advocate Jennifer Barrera said in a video news release. “It will discourage further growth in this state, and it will certainly discourage out-ofstate companies from locating

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

Docket No. SU08P1381GI1

Citation Giving Notice of Petition to Expand the Powers of a Guardian In the intrests of Jessie Bryer Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Robert Nolan of Mattapan, MA and Melinda G Reyes of Mattapan, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court expand the powers of a Guardian of the Respondent.

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

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 09/11/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE 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: August 08, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU11P2150EA

Citation on Petition for Order of Complete Settlement of Estate Estate of Arthur White Date of Death: 10/01/2009 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by William White of Charleston, SC 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.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 09/18/2014. 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.

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

Date: August 12, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi, Register of Probate

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

Docket No. SU14C0298CA In the matter of Freud L Delva of Mattapan, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Nadege Cassagnol requesting that Freud L Delva be allowed to change his name as follows: Nathen Z Cassagnol IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 09/18/2014.

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

Date: August 11, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Court SUFFOLK, ss.

Case No. 14E0082

To Margery T. McNeil of Brockton in the County of Plymouth, Joan E. Mitchell of Framingham in the County of Middlesex, Prince O. McNeil of Everett in the County of Middlesex, Don F. McNeil of Boston in the County of Suffolk, Melissa Pleasant of Brockton in the County of Plymouth, Lawrence McNeil of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Elaine Girmai of Brooklyn in the State of New York and to all other persons interested.

A petition has been presented to said Court by Arthur R. McNeil of Framingham, in the County of Middlesex representing that he holds as tenant in common an undivided part or share of certain land lying in Dorchester in the said County of Suffolk, and briefly described as follows: 64 Radcliffe Street, Dorchester setting forth that he desires that all of said land may be sold at private sale for not less than $300,000 dollars and praying that partition may be made of all the land aforesaid according to law, and to that end that a commissioner be appointed to make such partition and be ordered to make sale and conveyance of all, or any part of said land which the Court finds cannot be advantageously divided either at private sale or public auction, and be ordered to distribute the net proceeds thereof.

supplements thereto.

Authorization for the Bidders to view the site of the work on the MBTA's property shall be obtained from the Project Manager, Linda Hager, 100 Summer Street Suite 1200, 617-222-6122. The Authority will conduct an inspection tour of the site on September 8, 2014. Bidders are requested to be present in front of the main entrance to Braintree Station at 197 Ivory Street in Braintree, Massachusetts, at 10:00 a.m. to participate in the tour.

Bidders are advised that they should have representation at this tour as no extra visits are planned.

A prebid conference will be held on September 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the office of the Project Manager, Linda Hager, 100 Summer Street, Suite 1200, Boston, MA 02110 617-222-6122. Any request for interpretation of the Plans and Specifications should be submitted in writing at the same time.

Bidders will be required to certify as part of their bids that they are able to furnish labor that can work in harmony with all other elements of labor employed or to be employed on the work.

This Contract is subject to Federal wage and hourly laws and minimum State wage rates as well as all other applicable labor laws.

Bidders are advised that the "Buy America" provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (Pub. L-97-424) as amended, apply to any Contract, procurement or agreement which results from this solicitation.

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The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive informalities, to advertise for new Bids or proceed to do the work otherwise, as may be deemed to be in the best interests of the Authority. This information may be viewed at the MBTA website: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solic itations/

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MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Date: August 29, 2014 By: Richard A. Davey Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of MassDOT

Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. General Manager of the MBTA & Rail & Transit Administrator of MassDOT

Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. L1279-C1, TERMINAL C ENTRANCE DOORS REPLACEMENT, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S - Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 021282909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. W46CN03, MBTA SOUTH SHORE PARKING GARAGES URGENT REPAIRS PROJECT, Braintree and Quincy, MA, Class 12A General Concrete, and Project Value - $1,388,000 can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o'clock (2:00 p.m.) on September 24, 2014. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.

Each prospective bidder proposing to bid on this project must be prequalified in accordance with the Authority's "Procedures Governing Classification and Rating of Prospective Bidders." Copies may be obtained at www.mbta.com.

Requests for prequalification for this Project will not be accepted by the Authority after the tenth (10th) day preceding the date set for the opening of bids.

Refer to MBTA Procedures for Governing Classification for General Concrete Classification requirements. Additionally, refer to paragraph 1.12 of specification section 00200 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS for additional Bidder competency requirements.

Prequalified bidders may obtain from the Contract Administration Office a "Request for Bid Form" which must be properly filled out and submitted for approval.

Repairs to concrete beams and concrete parking decks, replacement of caulking joints, replacement of parking deck expansion joints, installation of new floor drains that tie into the garage plumbing systems, temporary signage and detours, and removal and disposal of pigeon guano (allowance).

This Contract is subject to a financial assistance Contract between the MBTA and the Federal Transit Administration of U.S. Department of Transportation.

FTA Participation 80 percent.

Bidding documents may be obtained from the Contract Administration Office at the address above from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., beginning on August 29, 2014, Monday through Friday, at no charge. Copies of the Bidding Documents will be available in electronic format (CD). Contract Specifications and Drawings shall be available in portable data file (.pdf) format. If requested, bidding documents will be shipped for a fee of $25.00, made payable by check to MBTA. For overnight mail service, a completed mailing label, with an approved carrier account number ( i.e. Federal Express), must be included. All bidding documents requested by check will be shipped via U.S. Postal Service. NONE OF THESE CHARGES ARE REFUNDABLE. Bidders’ attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of 5 percent.

Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Bidders will be required to comply with Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Regulations and the President's Executive Order No. 11246 and any amendments or supplements thereto. Bidders will also be required to comply with the Governor’s Executive Order No. 481, prohibiting the use of undocumented workers on State Contracts and any amendments and

Filed sub-bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work:

The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond each for the full amount of the Contract price.

WITNESS, Joan P Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 19th day of August, 2014.

Ann Marie Passanisi, Register

Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance, Auto 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.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

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.

Bid Guaranty shall consist of a bid deposit in the amount of five (5) percent of the value of the bid, in the form of a bid bond, cash, certified check, treasurer's or cashier's check.

If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Boston before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the 18th day of September, 2014, the return day of the citation.

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION BUILDING 10 PARK PLAZA BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116-3975

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.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed filed sub bids for the same contract will be received at the same office until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014, immediately after which, in a designated room, the filed sub bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT, SUITE 209S, LOGAN OFFICE CENTER, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02128, 2ND FLOOR BID ROOM AT 2:00 PM LOCAL TIME ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2014.

The work includes: The proposed scope of the project shall include, but not be limited to, the construction of new men’s and women’s public toilet rooms and the construction of two (2) new entrance vestibules to replace the existing entrances. Modifications to existing exterior concrete sidewalks. Construction of new corridor ceilings, including new lighting and modifications to existing HVAC and fire protection systems.

Construction of new corridor architectural walls and wall finishes.

Repairs and replacement of existing terrazzo flooring and finish.

Infill of and modifications to existing exterior glazing system where existing vestibules are demolished and removed. Installation and configuration of a new public address speaker system to connect to the existing Terminal C public address system. Related demolition and abatement of asbestos-containing material. Installation of new way finding signage. The project includes one (1) Alternate: Alternate #1: Detail #5/A-560 (in lieu of full height stainless steel column enclosures) • Furnish and install stainless steel panel column enclosures around existing columns, where indicated, up to 4’-0” A.F.F. • Furnish and install 5/8” Type-X gypsum wallboard (level 5 finish) from 4’-0” A.F.F. up to underside of structure above • Furnish and install vinyl graphic wall wrap on gypsum wallboard from 4’-0” A.F.F. up to underside of ceiling above Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014.

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

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The estimated contract cost (Base Bid) is TWO MILLION, SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,658,000).

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, filed Sub-bidders must submit with their bid a current Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The filed Sub-bidder must be certified in the sub-bid category of work for which the Sub-bidder is submitting a bid proposal.

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

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

$25,500

GLASS AND GLAZING

$134,200

$160,800

PAINTING

$21,000

FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM

$57,100

PLUMBING

$55,800

HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING

$195,000

ELECTRICAL

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The Authority reserves the right to reject any sub-bid of any sub-trade where permitted by Section 44E of the above-referenced General Laws. The right is also reserved to waive any informality in or to reject any or all proposals and General Bids.

This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than FIVE AND TWO TENTHS PERCENT (5.2%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Se cretary 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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