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Skylab with Kai Grant while both were studying at Suffolk UniverThree years ago, a group of local sity in 2011. black entrepreneurs came up with “The SkyLab will be a gateway a vision for the Dudley SkyLab, an for community residents, in partnerinnovation center that would con- ship with advisors and mentors, to nect Roxbury-area entrepreneurs explore what it means to become an with the resources needed to start entrepreneur,” Wallace said. “They successful businesses. will be able to discover what steps “Many people don’t know are needed to bring that to fruition, where the on-ramp is to start a taking a deep dive into what the risks business,” said SkyLab principal and costs associated with starting a Bridgette Wallace. “We want to be venture are — all to question how that ramp.” we might link urban innovators to That vision is on the verge the larger innovation community.” of becoming a reality, with the SkyLab is represented by memSkyLab team as an integral part. bers of the Roxbury community SkyLab has and local tech been selected and entreprealong with The neurial netVenture Café works. The Foundation as “The SkyLab will be a company envioperators of the using the gateway for community sions Roxbury InnoBolling Buildvation Center residents, in partnership ing’s common in the Bruce C. spaces as places Bolling Munic- with advisors and to provide edipal Building in mentors, to explore what ucational sesDudley Square, sions in addiwhich is exit means to become an tion to hackpected to open entrepreneur.” athons, pitch its doors within contests, tech— Bridgette Wallace nology comthe next month. SkyLab will petitions and provide comevents with munity-conBPS adminisnected programming services in trators, teachers and parents. the Bolling Building’s commuThe company’s principals have nity spaces, while The Venture been committed to connecting the Café Foundation will operate the local community to the Bolling 3,000-square-foot Innovation Building since before construction Center. on the facility began. Wallace said it’s as yet unclear In a series of community meethow the two entities will work ings on early redevelopment plans together. for the former Ferdinand Build“We’re still sorting through ing, Wallace and Grant argued that with Venture Café,” she said. passionately for a chance to bring The Venture Café Foundation “Fab Lab” style creative programhas offices in Cambridge and in the ming into the building — eyeing Waterfront area, and in St. Louis, in particular the sixth-floor roof Missouri and works with high-tech deck with its panoramic views of SkyLab continued to page 13 business startups. Wallace founded

Mayor Martin Walsh joins Jamaica Plain residents for the annual tree lighting in Egleston Square. (Mayor’s Office photo by Jeremiah Robinson)

Black and Latino Caucus calls for police reforms Yawu Miller With police practices facing scrutiny across the U.S., Massachusetts Legislative Black and Latino Caucus members are poised to push for a package of criminal justice system reform legislation aimed at promoting greater transparency and accountability in the state’s law enforcement agencies. Among the legislation lawmakers discussed at an information session last week were bills that would require police departments to collect and share data on motor vehicular and pedestrian stops, a bill that would require police to issue a receipt with their name and the reason for pedestrian stops and a bill that would create

a full-time inspector general to review allegations of police misconduct. While the meeting was sponsored by the Black and Latino Caucus, many white legislators and staff were among the more than 70 people who packed into the Members Lounge, indicating increased interest in the legislation, a version of which state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz first filed four years ago. “Attendance was phenomenal,” Chang-Diaz said. “I think there’s a fair amount of support, not only from Caucus members. It’s not to say it will be an easy lift. The traffic bill has been around for several years. But these issues are top of mind for the general public.” The police killings of unarmed,

black civilians in recent months and the Back Lives Matter movement that those incidents spawned have grabbed headlines in recent weeks, with demonstrations in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Lexington and other Massachusetts communities. “I don’t think there’s a person in the United States who does not carry around bias,” Chang-Diaz said. “That extends to the police. And the police have a lot of power and responsibility. Given the extensive power and responsibility that officers of the law are charged with, we have to make sure policing is done without bias.” The heart of the legislation are the reforms continued to page 13

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Protesters handed out leaflets urging passengers to call JetBlue, US Airways and Delta airlines to express concern about ReadyJet’s record on safety, health and timely pay. (Banner photo)

Logan airport service workers along with service union representatives and other supporters rallied Dec. 17 to protest continuing hazardous and unsanitary working conditions for employees of ReadyJet, a cleaning contractor used locally by several airlines. Non-union workers and representatives of 32BJ Service Employees International Union New England District 615 gathered outside Logan Airport Terminal C entrances and distributed leaflets alerting passengers to ReadyJet’s record on health and safety, timely

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wage payment and possible worker intimidation. “ReadyJet is a really bad actor,” said Eugenio Villasante, a spokesperson for 32BJ SEIU and one of the rally organizers. “Airlines should hold their contractors accountable. When workers suffer, all airport users suffer.” Workers at the rally spoke to the Banner about incidents and practices that they said endanger their safety, health, dignity and economic well-being. “They want people to do a perfect job, but they don’t provide the right equipment, and we don’t have ReadyJet continued to page 7

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Summit covers criminal justice progress in Mass. Sandra Larson A summit last week highlighted Governor Deval Patrick’s record of criminal justice reforms and provided a forum for conversations on best practices for prisoner re-entry and the use of data to support and sustain reforms. “Reform, Re-Entry and Results: Promoting Progress in the Criminal Justice System,” held at UMass Boston on Dec. 18, featured a slate of speakers including Patrick, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Secretary Andrea Cabral, MassINC President Greg Torres,

incarcerated too many for too long, cost too much, warehoused people, devastated communities of color and has made no sense to the general public whose tax dollars finance it.” He cited his organization’s data that shows an evolution in public opinion on criminal justice, from “busting rocks” to shorter sentences and greater access to treatment programs. A MassINC Polling Group report earlier this year indicated that 85 percent of respondents statewide support a reform agenda that includes rehabilitation, increased use of probation and judicial discretion instead of mandatory sentences, he said.

“Unlike years past when the sensational crime of the day drove policy, work on positive reform measures is being conducted at the highest levels of the three branches of government.” —Greg Torres Undersecretary of Criminal Justice Sandra McCroom, former Boston Police Department Commissioner Edward Davis, and Christine Cole, executive director of the Crime and Justice Institute at Community Resources for Justice. Torres, in his introduction of Patrick, praised the governor for “reform of a criminal justice system that has

Torres listed numerous actions the Patrick Administration has taken: Criminal Offender Record Information reform; sentencing reform, including changes to parole and probation; new re-entry initiatives; and a newly invigorated Massachusetts Sentencing Commission. “Unlike years past when the sensational crime ofT:5.933” the day drove policy,

work on positive reform measures is being conducted at the highest levels of the three branches of government,” Torres said. And finally, Torres highlighted what may be one of Patrick’s most significant long-term impacts: his large number and diversity of judicial appointments. Five of seven members of the Supreme Judicial Court, and nearly half of all the state’s 411 judges are Patrick appointees. Overall, 45 percent of his appointees have been female and 18 percent come from minority groups. For Patrick, the event was a chance to deliver a farewell address of sorts to an audience of some 500 nonprofit, law enforcement, judicial, government and grassroots leaders passionate about reforming criminal justice systems. “Thank you for making a personal choice not to discard your neighbors,” he said, “but instead to think about how we reintegrate the overwhelming number of people who will get out one day, and who we all need to succeed.” Patrick said he has taken a “pragmatic, long-term approach” to criminal justice instead of focusing on the next election cycle or news cycle. He highlighted his administration’s accomplishments, including reducing mandatory sentences for non-violent drug crimes; redefining the size of school zones to be fairer to urban offenders; increasing the chances for prisoners to earn “good time” for program participation in order

Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the “Reform, Re-Entry and Results” summit held at UMass Boston on Dec. 18. (Banner photo)

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to help them develop skills while in prison; new transparency and evidence-based policies for the Parole Board; the Safe and Successful Youth violence prevention strategy; greater focus on mental illness services and special mental health courts that divert people from the prison system; and better service to victims and the public with stronger repeat offender and restraining order measures. “This is what I think it means to govern for the next generation,” Patrick said. On the CORI changes he signed into law in 2010, he said, “57,029 times, ex-offenders applying for jobs, seeking housing or volunteer opportunities were able to take advantage of those opportunities without being automatically disqualified.” Following the speaking program, separate panel discussions focused on using data to support criminal justice and on improving re-entry systems and outcomes. In the re-entry panel session, moderator Edward Davis posed questions to four panelists: Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes; Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins; Department of Youth Services Commissioner Peter Forbes; and Harry Spence, Court Administrator of the Massachusetts Trial Court. Much was made of the Chelsea Police Department’s progress in community policing, including such trust-building initiatives as “Coffee with Cops” where community residents can drop by and converse with officers. “You have to get out of the car, you’ve got to interact with people, so they know you on a first name basis,” said Kyes. Spence, who worked to increase community policing in Chelsea in his earlier role as receiver there, voiced high praise of Roca, the Chelsea-based organization that engages with young men involved with juvenile justice and prison systems and partners with Chelsea police to address youth needs.

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Spence also lauded judges around the state who are experimenting with positive incentives in probation such as arranging to cut probation time upon successful completion of a GED. Tompkins offered that his department is working on a “continuum of care” that includes bringing services into prison before prisoners are released and urging ex-convicts to stay in touch so the Sheriff’s Department can help link them to services later. He mentioned that he will be joining incoming Governor Charlie Baker’s transition team and hopes to convene all the state’s sheriffs soon to help inform the new administration on public safety issues. Afterward, state Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry said the panel discussion on re-entry provided a useful window on what’s working and what is still needed. “It was good to really hear what they need on the legislative side,” she said. “I want to make sure if programs are working, they continue.” She also commented that increasing the age of juvenile court jurisdiction from 17 to 18 is “a big deal” and that connecting people to services while still inside prison clearly works. Cabral told the Banner she felt the summit’s takeaway was that it is possible to fundamentally change the criminal justice system in a short time, even though the system moves at a “glacial pace” traditionally. “By being intentional, deliberate and relentless, you can move the needle. And once you start, momentum keeps it in motion,” Cabral said. “But it doesn’t happen without the governor.” The Summit on Reform, Re-Entry and Results was presented by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security in partnership with MassINC, Community Resources for Justice, the Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Correctional Industries and the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Reform Coalition.

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Fund to boost affordable housing near transit lines Yawu Miller A coalition of nonprofits and foundations has teamed up with state officials to launch a $5 million fund aimed keeping housing affordable in public transit-accessible neighborhoods. Officials gathered at the new Talbot Avenue station on the Fairmount Line to announce the Accelerator Fund, which they estimate will help attract $30 million in early-stage funding for affordable and mixed-income developments. While real estate values have long been depressed in the Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park neighborhoods through which the Fairmount Commuter Rail line travels, real estate speculators have shown interest in the neighborhoods with the completion of new stations in those neighborhoods and the announcement that the MBTA will make the line a rapid transit line with weekend service. “We want our community to be able to stay once this transit development is complete,” said state Rep. Russell Holmes. The Local Initiative Support Corporation teamed up with the Boston Foundation, the Hyams Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development and MassDevelopment to provide the seed money for

the Accelerator Fund, which they expect will help to create 950 units of housing along the Fairmount other rapid transit and commuter rail lines across the state. “LISC is delighted to be working with our partners to insure that low and moderate income residents benefit fully from both new and existing transit,” said Bob Van Meter, executive director of Boston LISC, which will be managing the fund. “Access to transit is increasingly seen as vital to economic opportunity and this fund will insure that low and moderate residents have equitable access to opportunity.” Affordable housing developers typically tap government and private foundation funds to acquire land and build new homes. It’s not uncommon for developers to tap as many as five different funding sources. The loans provided by the new fund will help finance the acquisition and pre-development costs involved in rehabilitating or building new housing, which can include the purchase of land, architectural planning and engineering and environmental impact studies. “Investing in this new fund with the Boston Foundation, LISC and the Commonwealth is an example of how foundations can partner with the private and public sectors and use their endowments to address critical affordable housing issues,” said Beth

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Smith, Executive Director of The Hyams Foundation. “We see the Accelerator Fund as a means of spurring the creation of affordable housing that can take advantage of benefits of being close to public transportation while also reducing the pressures of gentrification that proximity to transit can create.” The Codman Square CDC

hopes to tap the fund for 19 affordable units it is seeking to build a stone’s throw from the Talbot Avenue station on New England Avenue. “The fund will be a major resource for us,” said Codman Square Executive Director Gail Lattimore. In Salem, officials plan to use the fund to help purchase and renovate 66 apartments located in seven 19th-century brick buildings in the historic Point neighborhood, within blocks of two MBTA bus stations. Easy access to bus and train systems links residents to wider employment opportunities, education

and a range of services. Affordable rents in the buildings will be maintained for a minimum of thirty years. “The Patrick Administration has shown unwavering support in the preservation and expansion of our affordable housing stock for families across Massachusetts,” said Secretary Greg Bialecki of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, who has spearheaded the state’s involvement with the fund. “Through key collaborative initiatives such as the Accelerator Fund we are making our communities great places to live, work and play.”

Officials, foundation representatives and community residents gathered at the new Talbot Avenue station on the Fairmount Line to announce the Accelerator Fund for affordable and mixed-income developments near new transit lines. (Banner photo)

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Building wealth, even in the season of giving America is a highly competitive and acquisitive society, but every year with the coming of Christmas people demonstrate a more humane spirit. There is a generous desire to lavish expensive gifts on loved ones. However, a recent report from the Pew Research Center indicates that a better strategy for African Americans would be to spend more moderately, and focus on building wealth. The Great Recession has widened the racial wealth gap. For most people, the determinant of wealth is an individual’s level of consumer consumption. A Bentley or a high-end Mercedes-Benz is more than a very comfortable ride, it is also a status symbol. Conspicuous consumption indicates for many people business or professional success. It proclaims to others that those capable of paying the substantial bills have succeeded and have risen to the top. Every now and then there is an obituary about someone who lived modestly but left a multimillion dollar estate, much to the surprise of those who knew him. Building wealth is so important for black progress that it is wiser to build assets than to fritter away funds that could be profitably invested. One difficulty of beginning the process is that people often cannot distinguish between a consumer expenditure and an investment. Someone might assert that he has invested in a new Cadillac, but that is hardly an asset that returns dividends. In fact, the owner will have to pay higher excise taxes, more insurance and substantial interest on the car note. A car is technically an asset, but it is not one that will increase in value. The recent Pew Research report indicated that the difference between the wealth of blacks and whites has increased since the Great Recession. In 2007, whites had 10 times the median household net worth of blacks. By 2013 that gap had grown to 13 times. The median black household net worth

was only $11,000 compared to $141,900 for white households. One’s net worth is calculated by determining the value of all assets minus the amount of debts. Assets would include real estate, stocks and bonds, savings, personal property and, indeed, automobiles. Debts would be mortgages, amounts due on credit cards and personal loans. The remaining balance is the net worth, the value of one’s wealth. A trivial net worth places blacks in a very precarious financial position. Emergency situations arise all the time and families with no cash reserves are unable to meet their financial obligations. A problem like the unexpected loss of a job, illness or an accident could lead to homelessness. Even without an emergency the absence of wealth frustrates future plans such as buying a house or financing higher education for one’s children. And most critically, the absence of wealth eliminates provision for retirement. The expansion of the racial wealth gap did not result from the profligacy of minorities. The income of minorities fell 9 percent between 2010 and 2013, while white income fell by only 1 percent. During that period median black household wealth dropped 33.7 percent, from $16,600 in 2010 to $11,000 in 2013. The decline in real estate values in black neighborhoods was responsible for some of the loss in wealth. Recovery will not be easy for blacks. According to the Pew report, the wealth gap between all upper- and middle-class households is the greatest in 30 years. For many black households it will be like starting over. People will need extraordinary discipline to resist the advertising inducement to spend on consumption rather than on an investment plan. You can still have a merry Christmas without increasing your load of debt.

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Many people believe that just because we have black people in political office, even one in the highest office in the land — the presidency — that racism is dead. But the truth is: racism is alive and well, and living in the USA. How else do you explain the unnecessary use of deadly force by white police officers against unarmed black men left to die on our city streets? How do you explain an innocent 7-year-old black girl being shot in her head by a white police officer while she lay sleeping in her bed? And how else do you explain those same white officers being exonerated by a majority of white jurors, or not even being indicted — or disciplined, even when the evidence is overwhelming against them? Racism is an institution unlike any other. While certain institutions like banks and universities — even the sacred institution of marriage — may crumble, the demonic institution of racism is a deeply entrenched stain ingrained into the very fabric of this red, white, and blue nation.

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Racism knows how to become invisible. It does this by disguise or by camouflage, though its most preferred stealth mode is blending in or hiding behind the shadow of its close cousin — tolerance. But, while the blatant display of racism remains invisible to many, the obvious evidence of racism is all around us — right under our noses. Racism may be good at hiding, but it always leaves behind the rotten stench of tension and unrest in black communities, often making an “appearance” in the form of profiling and brutality by white police officers against black men and women and even innocent black children. Racism, by its very nature, is a cow-

ard. But occasionally it removes its mask, drops its disguise and boldly steps out from behind the shadow of tolerance to reveal itself completely. “Another n-- dead,” it says coldly. “So what?” Then, continuing to feign an act of courage, it laughs and smirks at the angry mob of protesters as it slithers away, exonerated by a jury of its peers — back behind the shadow of its cousin. Blatant racism, because of its cowardice, usually makes a quick entrance — and an even quicker exit. So, if you blink, you may not always see it. But the rotten stench of racism will linger long after it has returned to its hiding place. Brett Godwriter Mallory Boston

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OPINION How the white South became the white South again Earl Ofari Hutchinson Lyndon B. Johnson made history in two ways with his trouncing of GOP rival Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election. The first is that he won a greater percent of the popular vote than any other presidential winner in more than a century. He scored nearly 500 electoral votes and carried every state except six. But therein lies the second history-making aspect of his victory: It was the states that he didn’t carry that reveal much about how the South became the white South again. Five of the six states Johnson lost were Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. Johnson himself explained why in his now-famous quip that in ramming through the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Democrats had “lost the South for a generation.” Johnson’s prescient remark wasn’t totally accurate, though: It has been more like two, almost three, generations since white Democrats lost their stranglehold on the South. The ousting of three-term U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) from her seat in the U.S. Senate by U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) put the capper on the white Southern flip-flop from Democrat to Republican. Cassidy even found the words to punctuate that fact when he declared that his victory put “the exclamation point” on the GOP’s total dominance in the South. The South has no more white Democratic senators or governors, and the GOP controls nearly every Southern — and nearly every border-state — legislature. The stock explanation for the white South’s political cartwheel is race. Whites, nearly all of whom were staunch Democrats before 1964, were so angry with Johnson and the Democrats for championing civil rights and voting rights that they were ripe for the GOP pickings. An astute Richard Nixon quickly picked up on this in 1968 with his “Southern strategy,” which meant, “Say little, and do less, about civil rights in the South.” An even more astute Ronald Reagan launched his 1980 presidential campaign at the Neshoba County Fair near Philadelphia, Mississippi, which was a stone’s throw from where three civil-rights workers were murdered Among white male in 1964. Reagan nakedly pandered to whites’ not-so-latent racial hos- voters in the South tility when he told a virtually lily- and the American white, wildly enthusiastic throng at heartland, Obama the fair, “I believe in states’ rights.” In the 1980s GOP political guru Lee made almost no impact. Atwater kicked race baiting into even higher gear, dangling a generous blend of vicious anti-black stereotypes, code words and phrases and outright naked racial pitches that played on white racial fears. The GOP strategy firmly locked down the majority of the popular and electoral vote in the 11 old Confederate states and the border states. Together these states hold more than one third of the electoral votes needed to bag the White House. But apart from race, there’s another explanation for the GOP’s lock on Southern whites that’s every bit as compelling. Goldwater, Nixon and Reagan never once uttered the word “race” in their campaign pitches to Southern whites. They took another tack. In his Mississippi speech Reagan punched all the familiar coded attack themes: big government, liberals, welfare, and law and order. The template was set for reshaping the white Southern political dynamic. Fast-forward three decades. In 2012 GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan picked their joint campaign starting point and their audience just as deliberately as Reagan did. This time it was a battleship draped in red, white, and blue, docked in Norfolk, Virginia. The virtually lily-white audience cheered as Romney and Ryan punched the same familiar coded themes: out-of-control spending and bloated government. They punctuated it with the hard vow to take back America. Romney and Ryan didn’t openly champion states’ rights as Reagan did. Instead they updated the coded themes by lambasting Democrats, wasteful big government and runaway deficit spending on entitlement programs, launching a full-blown assault on the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and labor unions. The majority of the recipients of these programs have always been white seniors, retirees, women and children, and white workers. But these programs have been artfully sold to many Americans as handouts to lazy, undeserving blacks, Hispanics and other minorities. The final tallies in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections gave ample warning of the potency of the GOP’s conservative white constituency. Obama made a major breakthrough by winning a significant percentage of votes from white independents and young white voters. Among white male voters in the South and the American heartland, though, Obama made almost no impact. Among white voters in South Carolina and other Deep South states, the vote was even more lopsided against Obama. The only thing that made Obama’s showing respectable in those states was the record turnout of black voters and the record percentage of the black vote that he got. Landrieu, like every other white Democrat in the South, lost her Senate reelection bid in part because of race and in part also because Obama, like every other Democratic presidential candidate since Nixon’s win in 1968, has been sold to white Southerners as the epitome of evil, big government. This is what made the white South the white South again, and the brutal reality is that it’s going to stay that way for a long time. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. The Banner welcomes your opinion. Email Op-Ed submissions to:

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It’s about Jesus’s birth. It’s not about giving or receiving presents. It’s about the Lord.

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Maicharia Z. Weir Lytle The Board of Directors of United South End Settlements announced last week the selection of Maicharia Z. Weir Lytle as the organization’s next CEO. Lytle will succeed Kevin Hepner, who served as CEO for over six years before leaving USES in late June to become the Vice President for Administration and Finance at Roxbury Community College. Ruth Aaron has led the organization as interim CEO since Hepner’s departure. The board’s search committee selected Lytle after an extensive national search. “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Maicharia to the USES family,” said Bill Meserve, Chair of the USES board and of its search committee. Lytle has over fifteen years of executive leadership and management, fundraising, community development, program management, and alliance management experience in Boston’s nonprofit sector. For the past five years she has served as the first executive director of LIFT-Boston, where she revitalized the organiza-

tion’s vision and model of community engagement. Prior to LIFT, Lytle worked as vice president of development at Whittier Street Health Center in Roxbury, was a fundraiser at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Bentley College, and served for six years as executive director of the Organization for a New Equality. Lytle’s service and leadership extend to her volunteer roles as a founding board member of Mothers for Justice and Equality, a board member of the Community Center of Needham, a former board member for the Simmons School of Management Alumni Association, and a former volunteer for Big Sisters. Lytle received an MBA from Simmons School of Management, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Connecticut. USES’ mission is to build a strong community by improving the education, health, safety and economic security of low income individuals and families in the South End and Lower Roxbury and to serve as a national model

of successful community engagement. USES’ innovative programs serve more than 3,000 individuals of all ages annually through a diverse portfolio of programs and services including early childhood education; after-school and summer camp experiences for both boys and girls; arts activities; adult education and workforce readiness; and senior health, wellness and home repair services. For further information, visit www.uses.org.

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BRA approves MassDOT plan to construct new transportation bldg. in Roxbury

The Board of Directors for the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Economic Development Industrial Corporation revised the tentative designation for Parcel P-3 in Roxbury so that

the Massachusetts Department of Transportation can develop nearly one million square feet of space for a new state transportation building, the National Center for Afro-American Artists museum, and retail, entertainment, and educational uses. Since 2007, the parcel has been tentatively designated to Elma Lewis Partners, which later merged with FeldCo Development Corporation to form P-3 Partners, to develop the mixed-use Tremont Crossing project. MassDOT is expected to construct approximately 800,000 square feet of office space and 21,000 square feet of space for the museum. The state agency will lease an additional 126,000 square feet to P-3 Partners for the retail

and other uses. With several major development projects taking shape in that area of Roxbury, the BRA hopes that MassDOT will be a catalyst for jumpstarting construction at the site. In addition to the development projects slated to move forward, the Board also approved the hiring of McKinsey & Company to conduct an independent evaluation of the BRA’s Planning Division. The firm was awarded a $420,000 contract to complete an end-to-end review of the division’s activities, processes, and procedures, as recommended by KPMG’s audit of the BRA earlier this year. McKinsey will analyze the performance, transparency, and efficiency of the BRA’s planning functions beginning in January and is expected to complete the review and issue recommendations by spring.

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opportunity for low- and moderate-income families in Massachusetts and helping to revitalize communities at the same time,” said Gornstein. The Community Investment Grant Program is designed to enable local residents and stakeholders to work with and through CDCs to partner with nonprofit, public and private entities to improve economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income households and other residents in urban, rural, and suburban communities across the Commonwealth. “The Community Investment Tax Credit will leverage private dollars for the state’s best CDCs so they can undertake high-impact, resident-led community development,” said Joseph Kriesberg, President of the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations. “This program will help to ensure that every community and every family has a better opportunity to fully participate in our economy.” The Department of Housing and Community Development is the administering agency for CITC, responsible for managing the process by which the credits are allocated to eligible CDCs. The program was created in 2012 through the Jobs Bill signed by Governor Patrick in August 2012, and is available to CDCs through 2019. Improving the housing stock at all levels has been a priority for the Patrick Administration. Since 2007, it has invested over $1 billion in state and federal resources to create 24,000 units of housing across the Commonwealth, of which approximately 22,000 are affordable. Among CDC receiving the tax credit allocations are the Codman Square NDC; Dorchester Bay EDC; Dudley Neighbors, Inc.; Fenway CDC; Jamaica Plain NDC; Madison Park CDC; Nuestra Comunidad; Urban Edge; and Viet Aid.

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Kwanzaa Celebration, sponsored by the Black Community Information Center in Boston. Each day is represented by one of the Nguzo Saba (7 Principles). Friday, December 26 UMOJA – Unity Helen Y. Davis Academy (formerly Smith Leadership Academy): 23 Leonard St., Dorchester/Fields Corner: 7 pm Sponsors: Davis Academy Charter School, Jah-Jah Drummers, Massachusetts Black Mental Health Alliance Saturday, December 27 KUJICHAGULIA – Self-Determination St. Katherine/Drexel Church: 517 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester/ Grove Hall: 7 p.m. Sponsors: Mass. Black & Latino Caucus, State Rep. Gloria Fox, Leadership Forum Sunday, December 28 UJIMA – Collective Work & Responsibility Hibernian Hall (3rd floor ballroom): 184 Dudley St., Roxbury: 7 p.m. Sponsors: OrigiNation Inc., Osiris Group, Concerned Citizens Monday, December 29 UJAMAA – Cooperative Economics Muhammad’s Mosque #11: 10 Washington St., Dorchester/ Grove Hall: 7 p.m. S p o n s o r s : M u h a m m a d ’s Mosque #11, Pyramid Builders Tuesday, December 30 NIA – Purpose Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club: 15 Talbot Ave., Dorchester: 7 p.m. Sponsors: Stajez Dance Co., Askia Academy, National Assoc. of Black Social Workers (Boston) Wednesday, December 31 KUUMBA (KARAMU – FEAST NIGHT) – Creativity Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center: 100 Malcolm X Blvd., Roxbury: 7 p.m. Sponsors: Roxbury Community College, Boston NAACP Thursday, January 1 IMANI – Faith Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists: 300 Walnut Ave., Roxbury: 4 p.m. Sponsors: The Black Community Information Center, Inc. Sponsored by The Community Kwanzaa Committee, a program of the Black Community Information Center. For more information visit www.blackinfonow.org or call BCIC at 617-427-2522

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the right clothing for working outside.” said Jose Candelario, 20, who cleans planes for ReadyJet. “They don’t make a safe environment.” Wages are often left out of paychecks, Candelario added. “Every paycheck, there are hours missing,” he said. “You have to go to them, and then it takes weeks to get the money.” Some of the reported conditions may also be public health hazards. Edwin M. Lopez, 46, described a lack of protective clothing and antibacterial soap for workers who clean lavatories. Fluids spill on their shoes or clothes, he said. In one particularly horrific case, a co-worker’s face and shoulders were covered in waste while he worked from below to drain the lavatory from outside the plane. Lopez said he and other workers have often been directed by supervisors to clean the airplane’s cabin, and even to carry ice or other items into the plane while still wearing soiled clothing from lavatory extraction. Lopez lost his $10-an-hour fulltime job at ReadyJet in September, and he believes it was because he communicated with union organizers and filed a complaint last year with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration reporting unsanitary and unsafe conditions at ReadyJet. In June, OSHA concluded an investigation into Lopez’s complaint and issued citations and penalties against ReadyJet for lack of proper protective equipment and effective training on hazardous chemicals and for failing to clean equipment the company loaned to employees. In addition, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office in July 2014 ordered ReadyJet to pay $13,000 restitution to employees and a civil penalty of $5,000 for illegal paycheck deductions. Still, ReadyJet continues to operate at Logan. The Dec. 17 rally was lowkey and followed airport security rules that prohibit carrying signs, chanting and gathering in groups of more than 10. Besides handing

out leaflets, small groups walked silently into offices of JetBlue, Delta and US Airways to deliver letters signed by about 100 workers and supporters. The letters describe citations and investigations against ReadyJet and urge each airline to ensure the contractor complies with laws on worker safety and rights. Asked about the response to worker concerns and protests from the airlines, Villasante replied, “Radio silence.” Tolle Graham, labor and environment coordinator for Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, was at the rally. MassCOSH plays an advisory role helping workers understand when conditions may be violations, and has interviewed ReadyJet workers, she said. “It was clear they were being exposed to potentially infectious material,” Graham said. “It seems totally irresponsible that [the airlines] are allowing a contractor to operate with these safety issues.” Another concern mentioned by 32BJ SEIU representatives and Graham is that ReadyJet has fired a large number of workers — nearly one-third of its Logan workforce since January, they said. The National Labor Relations Board and OSHA are investigating whether ReadyJet has illegally terminated workers for exercising protected rights. “You cannot be fired for raising complaints,” Graham said. “It’s a pretty chilling thing for all workers.” Radouane Fadel, 47, has worked at Logan for six years for a different non-union employer. At one time, he earned $9.75 an hour as a cleaner, but the company lost that contract and now Fadel earns only $8 an hour to do tasks such as wheelchair assistance, baggage handling and security. He would like to work full time but nearly all positions at the company are parttime, he said. None of the workers interviewed have employer-provided health insurance. Non-union airport workers like Fadel will get a little financial relief on Jan. 1 when the Massachusetts Port Authority implements a $10 wage floor policy for contracted

ReadyJet workers and supporters hand out leaflets at Logan Airport Dec. 17. (Banner photo)

“You cannot be fired for raising complaints. It’s a pretty chilling thing for all workers.” — Tolle Graham

service workers. This increase, set to rise to $11 in 2016, comes ahead of the incremental increases statewide that will bring Massachusetts’ minimum wage to $9 in 2015, $10

in 2016 and $11 by 2017. The Massport decision came after several years of 32BJ SEIU’s organizing on behalf of airport workers. Tempering this victory somewhat,

25 full-time ReadyJet workers had their hours cut to part-time after Massport approved the wage hike, according to SEIU. Now, airport workers are continuing to ask for not only fair and timely pay, but safe and sanitary working conditions and the right to organize and report violations without punishment. “We are trying,” Fadel said. “A mouth which is closed cannot be fed. We have to raise our voice.” ReadyJet declined to comment for this story. Inquiries by the Banner to US Airways, JetBlue and Delta were not answered.

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BusinessNews Life Sciences Center grants $100,000 for diversity study Martin Desmarais The numbers show the life sciences industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and Massachusetts is leading the way as a renowned hub for the sector. However, industry insiders are concerned about the lack of diversity in life sciences and are spending money to address the issue. The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center — a Walthambased organization that supports life sciences innovation, research and development — is giving $100,000 to The Partnership to examine the state of diversity in the life sciences industry and create a professional development program that will help train and retain underrepresented minorities in the industry. In addition, the money will back a workshop bringing together some of the state’s top life sciences companies to generate the best practices for increasing diversity in the sector and

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of The Partnership, says the life sciences industry’s current and expected growth rate warrant specific attention. “The future of any industry will be critically tied in to diversity in its workforce,” Fulp says, and she wants her organization to help the leading sectors achieve the diversity they need to be successful. She has been very impressed, she said, with initial forays into life sciences and the desire of industry leaders to assure communities of color are better represented. “Life sciences is global and innovative in nature, and diverse,” Fulp said. “Diversity is very valuable in this industry because you need diversity to create innovative products.” As part of The Partnership’s efforts to better understand the diversity needs of the life sciences industry, the organization has added Javier Barrientos, senior

director of global diversity and inclusion at Cambridge-based biotechnology company Biogen Idec, to its board. Biogen will help host the planned workshop with life science industry companies and executives. The Partnership will also use some of the funding to tailor its leadership development program for professional of color in life sciences jobs. According to Windham-Bannister, the money from the MLSC will help The Partnership get its feet in the door of the life sciences industry, but will not be an ongoing source of funding. Nevertheless, she expects life sciences companies to step up and provide ongoing funding once the organization shows what it can do to bolster diversity. The collaboration with the MLSC has Fulp very excited about The Partnership’s foray into life sciences. “It seemed like just a really great natural fit,” she said. “We just see a very promising future.”

Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister (2nd from left) with (l-r) UNCF CEO Dr. Michael Lomax, Governor Deval Patrick and UNCF Area Development Director Lois Smith. (Don West photo)

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“We had a really nice mix of how the community was represented, and they gave us ideas on what they thought the art mobile could be,” Holmes said. On a recent Saturday evening in November, the sparc! the ArtMobile program collaborated with the Dudley Branch Library, the Roxbury Action Program and The Makanda Project, for the event Paint! Jazz! The event drew residents from Roxbury and other neighborhoods to the library to paint and draw while listening to the music of The Makanda Project, a well-known Boston jazz ensemble. Sparc! provided the paint, pastels and the canvas that night. Holmes, a lover of jazz music, who several years ago began attending The Makanda Project’s concerts, mentioned how she and John [Kordalewski of Makanda Project] were talking and he suggested that they do something with the visual arts and jazz, and that’s how the idea of Paint! Jazz! came about. The concept has grown and the audience has expanded in new ways. “Now, instead of 40-plus jazz heads we’ve got little kids coming in here who are listening to live tubas and trombones and vocalists. It’s a beautiful scene,” she said. Now in its fifth year, one of the goals for sparc!, which is grantfunded, is sustainability. Holmes and her program associate Richard Rozewski are teaching the students at MassArt how to coordinate the events. One of the ideas is to get the students in on the ground level of planning events, attending and sitting in on meetings, and learning how to listen and to throw their ideas out. Holmes says she would love for the program to grow. “I would love to have a bigger van or another one because we’re at the point that we have to say ‘no’ to some requests,” she said. “Students are in college to get a degree, ArtMobile continued to page 12

The “Paint! Jazz! event at the Dudley Branch Library drew Roxbury residents out to paint while listening to live jazz. (Photo courtesy of Ekua Holmes)

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AVID OYELOWO (pronounced – “oh-yellow-oh”) is a classically-trained stage actor who is working successfully and simultaneously in film, television and theater, and has quickly become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents. He was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for his stirring performance as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the highly-anticipated, civil rights drama Selma. Directed by Ava DuVernay and produced by Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt’s Plan B, the film follows the black fight for the right to register to vote culminating in the march from Selma to Montgomery and in President Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. Oyelowo currently can be seen in Christopher Nolan’s space travel, sci-fi adventure Interstellar and in A Most Violent Year, opposite Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac. He just wrapped production on Captive, a true-life crime thriller, and will soon co-star in Nina, a biographical drama about Nina Simone (played by Zoe Saldana).

A year ago, he co-starred in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, alongside Forest Whitaker, John Cusack, James Marsden and Oprah Winfrey. And in 2012, he was seen in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated drama Lincoln, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Additionally, David starred in the critically-acclaimed independent drama Middle of Nowhere, also directed by Ava DuVernay, and in Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy, opposite Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron. His other screen credits include the George Lucas-produced Red Tails, Rise of The Planet of The Apes, The Help, 96 Minutes, The Last King of Scotland and Who Do You Love. David first impressed audiences on the stage when he starred in The Suppliants at the Gate Theatre playing King Palasgus. Next, he played the title role of Henry VI, becoming the first black actor to play an English king for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Selma continued to page 12

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so when midterms and finals come around they’re not there. I would love to see the staff grow and our capability and sustainability grow in the community.” The ArtMobile already has started going beyond Mission Hill and Roxbury. They’re working with a school in Dorchester and have done some things in JP, according to Holmes. The ArtMobile is open to children, teens, adults and seniors. A lot of their teen programs take place in schools, while younger children become aware of sparc! through their parents. “We’re finding that parents will bring the kids in and they say, ‘Oh, my kids are going to love this,’ and then they get hooked because they haven’t had a chance to play since they got out of high school,” notes Holmes of

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The “Paint! Jazz! event. (Photo courtesy of Ekua Holmes)

the Paint! Jazz! event. “And then we have elders. Some of them are really good painters but they weren’t able to find a job as a painter or nobody really took them seriously. Now, in their later years they can come here and listen to music and be creative.”

Working with the students and the community definitely has informed Holmes’ current paintings and artwork. Roxbury always has been her “wellspring for inspiration” for the beauty she sees as she travels through it, but her work

with sparc! has changed her. “When I come out here and I see kids painting and I see grandmothers painting and how spontaneous they’re able to be, they’re not trying to make a piece of art. That inspires me to go back to my

studio and refresh my practice.” For more information, visit sparc!’s blog at www.cacpartmobile.com and at www.massart.edu/ About_MassArt/Center_for_Art_ and_Community_Partnerships/ sparc_the_Artmobile.html.

Selma

So, we’re really, really happy, particularly when it comes to her.

immeasurably get to where I got.

Kam Williams: Congratulations on the announcement of Golden Globe nominations for you and Ava DuVernay.

KW: You have had a very successful and varied career, but your role portraying Martin Luther King in Selma must have been an extraordinary experience.

nation, it’s criminal that he hasn’t had a feature film that was centered around him until now. That, in and of itself, was emotional. But when you’re doing scenes on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, with people still living in Selma and now in their 60s and 70s who had actually marched, who were there that original Bloody Sunday, that’s humbling. That’s deeply moving. You’re no longer acting at that stage, you’re just reacting, because it takes the filmmaking process to another dimension. So, yes it was an intensely emotional shoot, but also an intensely joyful shoot, since we really felt we were paying honor and doing service to these great men and women who had participated.

Nowhere with Ava, I had found someone I deeply trust, not just as a human being, but in terms of her creative and artistic vision. And in playing a role as exposing as Dr. King, you want someone leading you that you implicitly trust. That was one of the blessings of working with Ava again on this. And not only do I trust her as a person, but I think her ability as a director is world class. She’s as good as anyone I’ve worked with before, and that’s something that instills confidence.

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David Oyelowo: Yes, that was a very, very nice moment for us. I’m particularly proud of her. When you look at that list of directors she’s in the company of, it’s pretty extraordinary to think that she’s only been directing for five years, and that she’s the first black woman to be afforded this honor.

DO: It was a deeply-emotional experience for numerous reasons, not the least of it being that the film had been very hard to get off the ground. So, there were several times when I had to pinch myself about the fact that we were actually getting it made. When you reflect upon the significance of Dr. King to this

KW: How did you prepare for your definitive performance as the iconic Dr. Martin Luther King?

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DO: Even though the journey towards doing it was long and at times frustrating, one of the good byproducts of its taking awhile was that I had time to really study King, to study his movements. I also had the God-given opportunity to be in films like Lincoln, The Help, The Butler and Red Tails, films that look at the black experience in this country over the past 150 years. So, I had this historical education going on before stepping into this role. All of those things, combined with talking to Dr. King’s children, and spending a lot of time with Andrew Young who, of course, knew him intimately, were all elements that helped me

KW: How does an actor faithfully embody an historical figure without simply presenting another newsreel portrayal?

DO: Well, I think the way you do that is by focusing on what’s behind the newsreels. If you merely focus on what we already know, then it’s not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a documentary or a few videos on YouTube, and you’re good. What I had to do was go and find the guy who is the father, the friend, the man who was unsure, the man who needed friends around him in order to be able to keep on going. What does a moment where he’s home alone with his wife feel like? What does a moment where he’s just completely on his own feel like? To show what he’s like when he’s quiet, as opposed to when he’s giving a speech, are things that I think are absolutely necessary in order for an audience to feel like they’re seeing a side of this historical figure that they didn’t know before.

KW: What was it like collaborating with director Ava DuVernay again? Did it make a difference that you’d worked with her before?

DO: Well, in what I do for a living, trust and confidence are key. Inevitably, you can’t make brave choices and do your best work, if you don’t have those, because it’s such a subjective art form, and you don’t have eyes on yourself. Having done Middle of

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KW: Your performance in Selma was remarkable. We saw the human and iconic side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in your performance. Was there anything that surprised you, something new that you discovered about Dr. King, while studying for the role?

DO: I think what a lot of people don’t realize is how much being the leader of this movement weighed upon him. After all, he was only 39 years old when he was assassinated, and only 36 during the Selma campaign. He always seemed older than he actually was, and I believe part of that had to do with just how much life he had to live in order to lead this movement. He was away from home 28 days of any given month. He was a voice for the voiceless and had so many people relying upon him. As a result, that made for a man who, to be perfectly frank, had lived two lifetimes by the time he was killed. That was something I felt in the playing of it. I don’t think I could have done what he did. That was quite extraordinary.

KW: Well, you made history in your own right with your performance as Henry VI when you were the first black actor to play an English king with the Royal Shakespeare Company.JANUA How did that accomplishment feel?

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DO: It felt great, because I was glad to be the one to break the deadlock. Yet, it was bittersweet because, like Ava says of her Golden Globe nomination, even though I was the first to be afforded the honor, I’m sure I wasn’t the first black person deserving of that honor. So, it’s something to be proud of, but we’re keen to move on from the first and to be an undeniable part of the conversation going forward. To see a trailer for Selma, visit https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=kPgs2zshD9Y

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Roxbury and the wider city. For a time, it appeared their dream was not to be, as they were denied exclusive use of the sixth floor community space in an July, 2012 Dudley Vision Advisory Task Force meeting. Eventually, Grant moved on to other pursuits, but Wallace and others persisted with the SkyLab plans. The Roxbury Innovation Center will be located on the second floor of the building, which will also be the new Boston Public Schools headquarters. The Bolling Building’s common areas, where SkyLab will coordinate programming, include the first two floors and the sixth floor community space and roof deck. “The Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building will be a gathering place for Dudley Square’s growing innovation economy,” said Mayor Martin Walsh in a press statement. “Not only will it launch new businesses from the Roxbury Innovation Center to boost the local Roxbury economy, but it will strengthen the connections of the surrounding neighborhood to innovation and the opportunities it creates.”

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requirements that police collect and report data on the race of drivers and pedestrians they stop and the reasons for their stops, said ACLU Massachusetts Attorney Carlton Williams, who attended the meeting last week. “You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” he commented. “We need

Through partnership with the Patrick Administration, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative has committed to provide Venture Café and Skylab grant funding totaling up to $150,000 to support the operation of the Center and programming in the building. “I am excited that the City of Boston has chosen these great organizations to provide unique and innovative services at the Roxbury Innovation Center,” said Governor Deval Patrick. “This new investment will continue to revitalize the Dudley Square neighborhood and provide opportunities for generations to come.” Mayor Walsh announced plans for the Roxbury Innovation Center during his Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce speech in April 2014. In July, the city released a Request for Interest, Ideas and Innovation (RFI) to gauge interest in the innovation community for programming the location, and received 16 Statements of Interest in response. Information gathered from the RFI informed a Request for Proposals (RFP) released in November to find an operator for the Roxbury Innovation Center and a programmer for the building’s public space. The RFP submissions were reviewed by a Selection Committee to be able to measure the effectiveness of policing jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction and see what’s working and what’s not working. It’s a way to build accountability into the system.” In 2001, police departments across the state began collecting and sharing data on traffic stops and race, after Caucus members pushed through a bill requiring them to do so for a period of two years. In 2004, the state released the data, showing blacks,

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Latinos and Asians were stopped at a rate higher than their percentage in the population by 247 of the Commonwealth’s police departments, including the State Police. “That clearly bought into light the need for more data collection,” Chang-Diaz said of the 2004 report. Whether or not those departments have changed their policing practices to reduce bias in traffic stops

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MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No L599-C3, ELEVATOR HYDRAULIC PISTON 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 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2015. The work includes REPLACE THREE HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR PISTONS LOCATED IN TERMINALS C, E AND AMELIA EARHART TERMINALS. Bid documents will be made available beginning MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 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 ELEVATOR. The estimated contract cost is TWO HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($290,000.00). Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. No filed sub bids will be required for this contract. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Sealed proposals submitted on a form furnished by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) and clearly identified as a bid, endorsed with the name and address of the bidder, the project and contract number, will be received at the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108, no later than the date and time specified and will forthwith be publicly opened and read aloud.

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JOB ORDER CONTRACT – IFM SOUTHEAST REGION Job Order projects under this Contract may include alteration, conversion, maintenance, and/or repair (as defined in the Contract Documents) of state buildings and facilities located in the following cities and towns which are grouped by the counties in which they are located: Barnstable County: Barnstable; Bourne; Brewster; Chatham; Dennis; Eastham; Falmouth. Harwich; Mashpee; Orleans; Provincetown; Sandwich; Truro; Wellfleet; and Yarmouth; Bristol County: Acushnet; Attleboro; Dartmouth; Dighton; Easton; Fairhaven; Fall River; Freetown; Mansfield; New Bedford; North Attleborough; Norton; Raynham; Rehoboth; Seekonk; Somerset; Swansea; Taunton; and Westport; Dukes County: Chilmark; Edgartown; Gay Head; Gosnold; Oak Bluffs; Tisbury; and West Tisbury; Middlesex County: Ashland; Berkley; Holliston; Natick; and Sherborn; Nantucket County: Nantucket; Norfolk County: Avon; Bellingham; Braintree; Canton; Cohasset; Dedham; Dover; Foxborough; Franklin; Holbrook; Medfield; Medway; Millis; Needham; Norfolk; Norwood; Plainville; Randolph; Sharon; Stoughton; Walpole; Wellesley; Westwood; Weymouth; and Wrentham; Plymouth County: Bridgewater; Brockton; Carver; Duxbury; East Bridgewater; Halifax; Hanover; Hanson; Hingham; Hull; Kingston; Lakeville; Marion; Marshfield; Mattapoisett; Middleborough; Norwell; Pembroke; Plymouth; Plympton; Rochester; Rockland; Scituate; Wareham; West Bridgewater; and Whitman. Each Job Order project will have an estimated cost of construction of not more than $100,000. The total of all Job Orders performed by a Contractor under an awarded Contract may not exceed $1,000,000 subject to terms of the Contract Documents. Job Orders will be priced based on Bidder’s Contractor’s Coefficient(s) multiplied by applicable Unit Prices in the Contract Documents. Maximum Contract term is one year with a one year option to renew by Awarding Authority. Time for completion of individual projects is TBD in Job Orders. The pre-bid informational meeting will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the Ashburton Café Function Room, Plaza Level, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA, 02108. Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Director of the Department of Labor Standards under the provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27H. Wage rates are listed in the contract form portion of specification book. Each general bid and sub-bid proposal must be secured by an accompanying deposit of $5,000 in the form of a bid bond, in cash, a certified, treasurer’s, or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The bidding documents may be examined at the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108, Tel. (617) 727-4003, bidroom.dcamm@ state.ma.us. Copies may be obtained by depositing a company check, treasurer’s check, cashier’s check, bank check or money order in the sum of $100.00 payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No personal checks or cash will be accepted as deposits. Refunds will be made to those returning the documents in satisfactory condition on or before FREBRUARY 17, 2015 (ten business days after the opening of General Bids) otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Commonwealth. WE DO NOT MAIL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Messenger and other types of pick-up and delivery services are the agents of the bidder and the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance assumes no responsibility for delivery or receipt of the documents. Bidders are encouraged to take advantage of a rotating credit plans and specifications deposit program initiated by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to encourage the easy accessibility of documents to contractors.

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

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Mishawum Park Apartments Affordable Housing Opportunity Reopening Wait List*

Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Date: October 8, 2014

An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Mirlene Lewis Gervelus, 48 Mora St. #3 Dorchester, MA 02124 your answer, if any, on or before 02/12/2015. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: December 2, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

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NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Barbara Ruth Wedgeworth

Property Manager

If you are eligible, your application will be placed on the wait list and will be decided by lottery. The lottery will be held on February 11, 2015 at 2 PM at Mishawum Park Community Room. You are not required to attend.

In the matter of Barbara Ann Reese of Roxbury, MA

A petition has been presented by Barbara Ann Reese aka Barbara Ruth Wedgeworth requesting that Barbara Ann Reese be allowed to change her name as follows:

Call Sandy Miller,

at Mishawum Park Community Room 95 Dunstable St., Charlestown, MA

Docket No. SU14C0474CA

To all persons interested in a petition described:

0 BR units = $1,027/mo 1 BR units = $1,101/mo All utilities included.

Wednesday - January 14, 2015 9AM-12PM; 4-7PM

To the Defendant:

The Complaint is on file at the Court.

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Tuesday - January 13, 2015 9AM-12PM; 1:30-4:30PM

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The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Section 1 B.

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