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Rev. Groover steps down as Boston school committee chairman Howard Manly

argued last week that Charles Street “has not made good faith In the midst of a bitter bank- progress…nor has it demonruptcy proceeding in which the strated reasonable prospects as finances of Charles Street AME may regard a viable plan.”

Church are under federal scruOn those points, Charles Street tiny, Rev. Gregory S. Groover Sr., attorneys disagreed, arguing in the church’s embattled pastor, an- their motion for an extension that nounced his resignation as presi- the church has made “significant dent of the appointed Boston progress” by holding “several School Committee. negotiations with creditors” and The sudden announcement was “reaching agreement with two of made just a few days after Groover the three major creditors…” won a Pyrrhic victory in bankChurch lawyers also said disruptcy court when Judge Frank crepancies in the church’s finanJ. Bailey granted the church until cial documents were in part due to Feb. 28 to file a financial reorga- “a mislabeling of one column” and nization plan. that the church The church has “worked filed an initial Appointed to the diligently to plan last March board five years ago correct” its and has since statements. filed six differ- by Mayor Thomas Given the ent amended Menino, Groover said litigiousness of versions. the bankruptcy N o n e o f in published reports case — to date, those plans are that the bankruptcy nearly 15,000 acceptable to pages of sworn O n e U n i t e d hearings were “not the testimony, deBank, the na- driving reason” for him positions, fition’s largest Afstatestepping down as school nancial rican Americanments, moowned bank and committee chairman. tions and other Charles Street documents Church’s single have been filed largest creditor. One significant during the case — it’s hard to beissue is whether the court should lieve that Groover had the whereallow the church to repay nearly $5 withal to balance his pastoral million in debt to the bank over 30 duties at the church with the deyears as requested by the church. mands of working as chairman of OneUnited attorneys have the Boston School Committee. argued that the Church’s finances Appointed to the board five are a mess, filled with major dis- years ago by Mayor Thomas crepancies within the church’s Menino, Groover said in pubown financial documents, and lished reports that the bankruptcy their latest motion requesting an hearings were “not the driving extension further demonstrates reason” for him stepping down as what OneUnited has called “gross, school committee chairman. severe financial mismanagement” Groover told the Boston Globe at Charles Street Church. that in addition to spending more In opposing the motion for an time at the church, he wanted to Groover, continued to page 19 extension, OneUnited attorneys

Before a jammed-packed auditorium at Roxbury Community College, Elizabeth Warren re-enacted her swearing-in ceremony as U.S. Senator, promising constituents to “never, never stop fighting for you.” Story on Page 6. (Patrick O’Connor photo)

Jubilee concert celebrates 150 years of freedom Mandy Miller Far removed from the roaring First Night crowds at Hynes Convention Center — the central location for the nation’s largest and oldest New Year’s festival — songs of celebration and cheers bursted through the halls of the Boston African American Meeting House.

The cause for this celebration dates back to Jan. 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in the rebellious states “shall be then, thenceforward and forever free.”

From that day forth, Jan. 1 was officially named Jubilee Day, and the First Night Jubilee Con-

cert held at the African American Meeting House during this year’s First Night Festival commemorated the sesquicentennial of the document’s signing.

The Meeting House, once a hub for the anti-slavery movement, was host to an intimate gathering that featured a narration of the events that unfolded 150 years prior, accompanied by musical performances from the Handel and Haydn Society and local Boston artist Gordon Michaels.

Read by Beverly MorganWelch, executive director of the Museum of African American History, the narrative told an emotional story, sweeping the audience back to the First Jubilee Day and the anticipation, hard work and

heartbreak that preceded it.

It was on that first Jubilee Day that a crowd of 6,000 gathered at the Boston Music Hall and Tremont Temple in anticipation of the news that the monumental document was signed. Abolitionist leaders such as Anna Dickinson, Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison and authors Harriet Beecher Stowe and Ralph Waldo Emerson were present as well.

“This is 1863,” stated Welch.

“A crowd of 6,000 doesn’t just show up with little to no organization or commitment. Boston was a leader in the anti-slavery movement and this day was huge for thousands. Today marks a special day as Boston once again celJubilee, continued to page 14

Boston residents bring Wally’s jazz flavor to Florida gallery Kenneth J. Cooper

Over 250 people braved this season’s first snowstorm to attend Harvard Law School Professor Charles Ogletree’s 60th birthday celebration at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on Dec. 29. Above, Professor Ogletree enjoys his ‘life of the party’ status as he dances with his grandchildren and family. (Tony Irving photo)

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STUART, Fla. — An interracial pair of Boston residents has transplanted a bit of the jazz and entertainment tradition of the vintage Wally’s Café to Florida — and added a lot of art.

Since opening four years ago, Osceola32 Gallery in the coastal town of Stuart in south Florida has exhibited an eclectic and expansive array of multicultural art. Launching the gallery amid the recession

was the bold initiative of Rachel Goldberg, a commercial real estate broker, and co-owner Michael Penn, a grandson of Wally’s founder Joseph L. Walcott whose diverse talents range from nursing and linguistics to fashion and art.

Goldberg, whose real estate business is based in the South End, had been visiting her father in Stuart for almost four decades. She and Penn currently split their time between Boston and the town of 16,000.

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Top-ranked Roxbury athletes take talents to the next level Meet Donnaizha Fountain and Wayne Selden Jr., four-year scholarship recipients

The University of Kansas’ newest Jayhawk, Wayne Selden Jr., held his commitment signing at the John A. Shelburne Community Center — the very place his basketball career began — on Nov. 16. (Bryan Trench photos) Shanice Maxwell The people of Roxbury believe “It takes a village to raise a child.”

So much so that echoes of the phrase rang out as nearly 100 friends, former teachers, coaches, family and community members gathered to show their love and support for two teens’ college

commitment signings.

Attending college is often confirmation of a dream turned reality, especially for those forced to grow up with the plight of innercity living. But after overcoming obstacles, childhood friends and brilliant basketball players Wayne Selden Jr., 18, and Donnaizha Fountain, 17, have received full,

four-year athletic scholarships to college.

They were sought after by some of the nation’s top schools.

And after much pain-staking deliberation, Wayne, a small forward at the Tilton School, will kick it into overdrive at the University of Kansas. Donnaizha, a guard at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, will grind hard for Georgia Tech beginning in the fall of 2013.

Tears welled up in Donnaizha’s eyes as she explained her greatest challenges: “Growing up without a father and not by choice, because he was murdered, and then also growing up with a young parent that was also growing as I was, I felt I came into this world without a chance,” she said.

Ra-Ra, as she’s known to those closest to her, lost her father, Rasheed Fountain, in a widely publicized 1995 murder.

“I’ll never forget when the newspapers rang off after her father had got killed. My baby shower was the next day,” said her mother, Donniece Watson. “[I always wondered] if whoever wrote that stopped to think, ‘What’s gonna happen to the 15year-old and the baby?’”

Seventeen years later, Donnaizha is an award-winning basketball player and Donniece is working on her Master’s degree.

Fun-spirited and warmhearted, Donnaizha was motivated to turn trials into triumph by a hunger to sharpen her skills and be more than what her surroundings say young black females can be. A matchless family support system also played a part.

Wayne Selden Jr. can relate.

And while his struggles differed, there were bumps along his path to success as well.

“Wayne’s had people he thought were friends but weren’t, friends that started out with him that didn’t follow the rules, and some he’s lost to violence,” said his mother, Lavette Pitts.

When the going starts to get tough, the cool, calm and collected Wayne reminisces on his family, goals, dreams and little brother, his biggest critic.

“Trying to please him means a lot to me,” he said.

Since their early years of shooting hoops, a deep-seated passion for the game has pumped through Donnaizha’s and Wayne’s veins. So as they put pen to paper and confirmed their attendance to their colleges of choice, sighs of relief and shrieks of joy let loose within the crowds. It was all proof that the pair’s success is not theirs alone — it symbolizes what “It takes a village to raise a child” truly means.

Donnaizha’s signing took place at the Frisoli Youth Center in Cambridge on Nov. 19, and Wayne’s was held at the John A. Shelburne Community Center in Roxbury, where his basketball

career began, on Nov. 16.

Both have much to be proud of and a league of people, many their own age, who now call them role models.

“I’m definitely proud of him he’s like my big brother. It’s hard for me to say anything. I’m so happy for him, it feels like I signed my letter,” said Elijah Rogers, 18, friend and former teammate of Wayne’s.

“I love Ra so much. She’s like a basketball model. She’s taught me to never give up and if there’s a will there’s a way,” said Myeisha Worrell, 15, friend and teammate of Donnaizha’s.

In hindsight, Wayne recognizes he and all his friends had the same capabilities.

“We wanted to be something more. I just put in a lot of work at a young age,” he says. “I had a dream and I applied myself to make it come true.”

Donnaizha agreed, remembering Wayne being one to always push her. She didn’t understand it then, but now knows it’s because he saw her potential.

Finally, the endless hours of practicing and conditioning, all the early mornings, late nights and crunch time in class and on the court, though far from over, have paid off for the dynamic duo.

Their secrets to success?

“Staying humble,” Donnaizha said. “And knowing there’s no days off. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”

“Keeping your dreams alive,” Wayne added. “If you can dream it, you can achieve it. Wherever you grow up, wherever you come from, you can get to your dreams with the right mind frame.”

Sporting a piece of her college-to-be paraphernalia, Donnaizha Fountain struck a pose before her commitment signing at the Frisoli Youth Center in Cambridge on Nov. 19.

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Established 1965

The roots of Kwanzaa America is a nation of immigrants. Roughly 13 percent of its residents are foreign born. Add to that the number of children and grandchildren of immigrants in the U.S. and the number becomes substantial. Many Americans have a hyphenated identity such as Italo-American or Irish-American. Their roots in two countries seem to be important to them.

However, for most African Americans there is little awareness of their country of origin. They are the descendants of slaves who were brought here from somewhere in Africa in the 17th-19th centuries. Africa is a huge continent, too large to permit the intimate association a European-American might have with his family’s roots in a village in Ireland or Italy.

The celebration of Kwanzaa was established in 1966 to enhance black Americans’ ties with Africa.

This is a holiday from Swahili speaking Africa, an area with which most African Americans would not naturally identify. Swahili is spoken primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, East African countries. The slave trade was on the west coast.

People often underestimate the vast size of Africa.

Those trekking across the continent to the west coast

would have to travel through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formally Zaire. That country is as large as all of the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. The landmass of all of Western Europe could fit within its borders, with room to spare. Even today the DRC has only about 600 miles of paved roads. Imagine travelling there in the slave trade days.

Nonetheless, African Americans have an affinity for Africa, just as Chinese, Cambodians, Japanese and Koreans consider themselves to be Asian, although they are sometimes at war with one another. Identification with a continent is clearly not intimate enough to generate a strong, emotional bond. There seems to be no substitute for association with the village of origin of one’s family. Kwanzaa hardly bridges the gap.

Each of Kwanzaa’s seven principles is celebrated on successive days: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. The embodiment of those principles by the people would certainly strengthen the community even without hyphenating the identity of America’s black citizens.

Barney Frank, an effective choice Americans averted a dive off the “fiscal cliff,” but the philosophical battle is not over. Conservatives are still ardent to cut government spending drastically, except for the military budget. The programs they want to eliminate are those that benefit the middle class and the less affluent.

Massachusetts must field a full cadre of seasoned public officials when it is time for the campaign to begin. Unfortunately, when Sen. John Kerry leaves the Senate to serve as Secretary of State, the state’s new senior senator will be Elizabeth Warren, who was just elected to her first term. She will need the assistance of someone

with extensive congressional experience.

Gov. Deval Patrick will undoubtedly appoint an interim senator to serve while the politicians fight it out to succeed Kerry. No one is better qualified than Barney Frank, who has served on the Hill since 1981. He has just retired from the House of Representatives, but he is willing to move across the hall until Kerry’s replacement has been elected. Frank’s congressional acumen is much needed now to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.

This is no time for an honorary but inexperienced placeholder.

Africa is three times larger than the U.S. and is almost 25 percent bigger than all of North America, which includes the United States, Canada, Greenland and Mexico.

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LETTERSto the Editor Obama led the ticket Don’t forget that a significant part of the black and Latino vote for Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren was based on her being on the same ballot as President Barack Obama running for re-election (“A grassroots strategy to win state elections,” Bay State banner, Jan. 3, 2013).

State Attorney General Martha Coakley had the worst of all possible worlds — she was a dull candidate who campaigned poorly and there was no one else on the ballot to spur Democratic voters to the polls.

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OPINION Pain of ‘fiscal cliff’ averted, but bigger pain ahead for needy wasn’t Earl Ofari Hutchinson The last minute deal to avert the fiscal cliff brought fiscal relief, but that relief will be short lived.

A year ago, GOP congressional leaders made clear that if they have their way they will wield the axe on vital domestic programs. In March, they will get their chance.

This time, they have the cover and leverage of the debt ceiling battle, and they will be under even fiercer pressure from conservatives not to make any more concessions to President Obama and the Democrats on delaying spending cuts.

The cuts are brutal. The programs targeted for them include food grant aid, job training programs and health programs. The biggest hit will be on programs that directly serve needy children and their families. These programs and the funding for them have long been the most tenuous and vulnerable, even in the best of fiscal times. Many of them have flown quietly under the public radar for years, but no more. They will be back in the budget cut bullseye in March and they will spark yet another fierce fight — and they should.

The devil’s in the details of the proposed cuts, but those details have drawn almost no intense media or public scrutiny. The grim dollars and cents tally of programs to be cut or eliminated in the next budget debate is heartbreaking. More than $600 million could be axed from the Head Start program. For decades it has provided child care, education and nutrition programs for millions of low-income children.

In 2012, nearly a million children were enrolled in the program. Thousands more children were eligible for the program, but were left out because of past funding trims. The budget cuts would eliminate nearly 100,000 needy school-age children from the program. Head Start has been widely recognized as a program which has reduced costs for welfare, special education and the criminal justice system by providing children and their parents with crucial education and job training skills.

A companion program to Head Start is the program that allocates block grant funds to child care and development. This program is scheduled to lose nearly $200 million. The funds provide subsidies to low-income families to help defray the costs of child care. It has been a huge lifeline to thousands of lowincome working parents and it has enabled them to work or to search for jobs.

In 2012 the program provided aid to 1.5 million children and their families. As in the case of Head Start, thousands of families that were eligible for the subsidy program received no funds because of the funding shortfall.

The number of families and children in the program will plunge by thousands more with the proposed cuts.

A similar program funds block grants to the states for urgent child health care and treatment. It provides subsidies to clinics and schools to provide the health care. It will lose more than $40 million. The figure may seem relatively small. But the cost-effective program has provided care for health services and prevention for several million children. The estimate is that 5 million children would lose access to these programs with the funding cut.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will take a major hit to its HIV prevention and testing program. A huge slice of the funding for grants it provides to the states for surveillance, testing, behavioral programs, and other scientifically proven activities will be lopped off. More than half a million people would no longer have access to HIV testing, prevention and drug assistance programs with the proposed $40 million in cuts.

That’s only the start. The AIDS Drug Assistance program will also be slashed by $12 million. The program has literally been a life saver for thousands of persons affected by HIV who can’t afford treatment drugs or to pay for health insurance coverage to get access to medication and treatment.

The program has not just saved the lives of those affected but has been key to stopping the spread of the disease to other potential victims.

These scheduled cuts are just the tip of the iceberg. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies sounded the loudest alarm on the scheduled cuts. It has listed dozens more programs that will be sharply reduced or are on the chopping block. They affect tens of millions of the poorest and neediest Americans.

If ever the “penny wise and pound foolish” line applied, it’s to these cuts.

They would reduce the U.S. gross domestic product for the next decade by nearly $80 billion. The billions do not tell the human toll the cuts will take on the neediest and least protected. The pain of the fiscal cliff was averted, but the bigger pain for the needy that looms wasn’t.

These scheduled cuts … affect tens of millions of the poorest and neediest Americans.

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What impact do you believe Elizabeth Warren will have as a U.S. Senator?

Her presence will bring the community together and represent all of us with empowerment, leadership and achievement.

I believe her vision and her ideas of bringing politics back to the people and having the ability to help one help themselves will move the Commonwealth forward.

She’s going to have a positive impact on students and youth as an educator who will bring to light a lot of the issues affecting the next generation.

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She will bring together a broader range of diverse individuals.

I think she’s going to be a breath of fresh air, because she’s not on the payrolls of lobbyists and commercial concerns.

She will bring the voice of the people’s needs to Congress.

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INthe news Kate Guedj The Boston Foundation has promoted Kate Guedj to the role of Vice President for Development and Donor Services.

“Placing our development and donor services efforts under her leadership will improve coordination, enhance communication and create new team synergies,” said Paul S. Grogan, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation. “I am confident in her ability to lead this department as we prepare the Boston Foundation for its second century.”

Guedj joined the Foundation as Director of Philanthropic Services in 2000. In 2005 she was made Vice President for Philanthropic and Donor Services.

Before coming to the Foundation, Guedj was a senior executive with the Massachusetts Bar Association, overseeing their programs and services. Guedj has also served as Director of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and its grantmaking program providing

legal services to the poor.

She began her career at the Council on Foundations in Washington, D.C., as a researcher and eventually became Membership Director.

Guedj is on the govern-

ing boards of Associated Grant Makers, EdVestors, the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation and the Deshpande Foundation. She holds a B.A. with honors in the division of the humanities from Swarthmore College.

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Warren promises to ‘never stop fighting’ Peter Van Delft

The re-created swearing-in ceremony of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren at Roxbury Community College on Saturday attracted many of the state’s highest ranking elected officials, including U.S. Senator John Kerry and Gov. Deval Patrick as well as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan. (Patrick O’connor photo)

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This year’s event will feature a dynamic keynote address from Professor Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and Pusey Minister in Harvard’s Memorial Church.

The master of ceremonies is Nicole Roberts Jones, author, life success coach and nonprofit strategist for Motivate the Masses.

Event proceeds fund student scholarships and community programs sponsored by Union United Methodist Church and St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church.

If one can judge the trajectory of a person’s career based on their initial actions on the job, then Elizabeth Warren is in for a successful career as Massachusetts’ first woman elected to serve in the United States Senate.

Joining the 113th Congress in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 3, Warren began her new vocation with a simple but significant act — she kept her word.

This past Saturday, Warren returned to Roxbury Community College to hold a re-enactment of her swearing-in ceremony in an effort to give residents of Boston — and Roxbury-area residents in particular — the chance to witness the historic event, and also to make good on the promise she made to never forget the community or its people.

“I wanted to hold the ceremony here because Roxbury Community

bury, who face very real and difficult circumstances every day, and she will bring back resources as well as put forth a legislative framework that will encourage growth, opportunity, jobs and economic development as well as economic justice.”

Looking back on the returns from Election Night, 2012, it’s clear that Roxbury feels likewise about Warren, as it helped her to achieve her victory over incumbent Scott Brown during what was, at times, a bruising and exacting race filled with below-the-belt politics.

In the final tallies, Warren defeated Brown 54 percent to 46 percent across the state, but Boston carried her in a landslide – 74 to 26 percent.

In a continuation of that support, the crowd attending the event grew large enough to require event planners to utilize another space to accommodate the overflow.

It was, said interim RCC Presi-

“I wanted to hold the ceremony here because Roxbury Community College matters. It’s the jewel of Roxbury and it has a tangible impact on the community.”

— Sen. Elizabeth Warren College matters,” said Warren. “It’s the jewel of Roxbury and it has a tangible impact on the community.

I believe in building opportunity for all of our kids and that’s what’s happening at RCC. That’s why I wanted to be there with a Supreme Court Justice and the Congressman and the Governor ... because I wanted them to all be there to acknowledge what RCC stands for.”

The ceremony, which featured Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan acting as the administrator of the swearing-in, also drew a host of elected representatives including: U.S. Sen. John Kerry, Gov. Deval Patrick, former Congressman Barney Frank, Attorney General Martha Coakley, state Senate President Therese Murray, and U.S. Reps. Mike Capuano, Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch, along with other notable guests.

Also among those who attended the ceremony was Roxbury resident and District 7 Boston City Councillor Tito Jackson, who was instrumental to Warren’s community outreach during the early stages of her campaign.

“I take people not only at their word, but also for their actions,” said Councillor Jackson. “Elizabeth Warren said she wouldn’t forget us and she put those words into action by holding her swearing-in ceremony in Roxbury at Roxbury Community College. There are 350 other cities and towns where she could have held it, and at least 20 other neighborhoods.

“I feel encouraged and I feel that she’s shown respect by honoring RCC and Roxbury in this way,” Councillor Jackson continued. “And, not only did she come back, but she brought a Supreme Court Justice with her. In my lifetime I have not experienced an event such as this one.”

Jackson was emphatic about Warren’s future and that of the community she has adopted.

“She will be an outstanding senator who fights for the people of Rox-

dent Linda Edmonds Turner, a welcome “problem” to have.

“It was a wonderful program,” said Turner. “By holding her ceremony here at RCC, Senator Warren was able to reach out to not just the college, but to the entire community of Roxbury — everyday people, folks from all walks of life. And, it was great that she acknowledged that many of her supporters were from Roxbury and other communities that are not necessarily high-income, but very important nonetheless.”

By Turner’s account, that Warren chose Roxbury and RCC as the location for her event was significant in and of itself. But, the fact that she stayed on campus long after the ceremony’s conclusion, taking photographs and talking with visitors until the last person in line was able to meet her, bodes well for her future in office and for that of the community.

“She’ll do very well,” Turner said. “You could just see how proud everyone was that she came back and how happy she was to be here. She was here before the event started at one o’clock and she stayed after the event until five-thirty, six o’clock talking and taking pictures with everyone.”

One knowledgeable supporter spoke enthusiastically about the potential impact that Warren could have on community colleges and the community as a whole.

“The significance of Senator Warren’s choice of location for her event is huge,” said Richard Freeland, Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education.

“It represents a clear recognition of Roxbury Community College as a major educational institution.

It’s also significant that the first female senator from Massachusetts chose RCC, because it represents a commitment to diversity in all of its dimensions and a commitment to advancing that diversity. She is going to be a first-class representative for Massachusetts, and for the citizens of Roxbury.”

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Time for action on common sense gun reform Thomas M. Menino As a parent and grandparent, I remain overcome with sadness, grief and outrage by the recent tragedy in Newtown, Conn. This unspeakable act of violence will forever imprint Dec. 14, 2012 in our hearts and minds, and my heart

As a Mayor who has seen too many lives forever altered by gun violence, it is my responsibility to fight for action.

Now is the time for that action. goes out to the families impacted by this senseless tragedy and the many others we have recently witnessed across the United States.

As a Mayor who has seen too many lives forever altered by gun violence, it is my responsibility to fight for action. Now is the time for that action. Each day in the United States, 33 people are murdered by guns. Our nation has been brought to a tipping point.

Now is the time for a real dialogue on national gun reform rooted in common sense.

Six years ago, I joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to create Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Today, our bipartisan coalition is more than 800 mayors strong, and we’ve joined forces with more than 900,000 Americans and 100 survivors of gun violence to urge President Barack Obama to put forward an agenda that will make it harder for dangerous people to possess guns and easier for police and prosecutors to crack down on them. I encourage you to join people from all walks of life who have signed our Demand a Plan petition by visiting DemandAPlan.org. That agenda would:

Require every gun buyer to pass a criminal background check Background checks are the only systematic way to stop felons, domestic abusers and other dangerous people from buying firearms. But they still avoid these checks online and at gun shows, where unlicensed “private sellers” are not required by federal law to conduct the checks.

Millions of gun sales — estimated at more than 40 percent of the U.S. annual total — are conducted through private sellers.

Federal legislation known as The Fix Gun Checks Act (H.R.1781/ S.436) would close this enormous gap in our laws by requiring a criminal background check for every gun sale.

Get high-capacity rifles and ammunition magazines off our streets Military-style weapons and highcapacity ammunition magazines have no appropriate civilian function. They are designed to kill large numbers of people quickly and are disproportionately used to kill law enforcement officers; approximately one in every five law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty is killed with an assault weapon.

The time has come to review the federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and draft a new law that will take these weapons out of our communities.

Make gun trafficking a federal crime Today, there is no clear and effective statute making gun trafficking a crime. Prosecutors are instead forced to rely on a weak law prohibiting the business of selling guns without a federal license, which carries the same punishment as trafficking chicken or livestock. Mayors Against Illegal Guns supports proposals to empower law enforcement to investigate and prosecute gun traffickers and their criminal networks.

As the nation engages in a dialogue on legislation and policy to make communities safer, our own Boston Police Department continues to remove illegal guns from Boston’s neighborhoods. Despite some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, our law enforcement officials continue to remove

weapons due to glaring loopholes in federal law.

This year, the Boston Police Department has removed more than 500 illegal firearms from our streets. Sixty percent of all crime guns recovered by BPD come from outside the state, demonstrating a clear need for nationwide laws.

Preventing gun violence — whether a mass shooting in a school or a murder on a street corner — will take much more than strengthening our gun laws.

We must reverse the culture of violence in our nation so that a violent act isn’t the first response to settling a difference or compensating for a wrong. We need to strengthen and more adequately fund our mental health system so that we can identify troubled individuals earlier and get them the help they need.

But strengthening our gun laws should not have to wait for these other actions to occur. It’s clear: The time for action is now.

Thomas M. Menino is Mayor of Boston.

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NEWSBriefs NIH concludes that BU biolab poses minimal risk to community Decision comes after thorough and comprehensive analysis The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently concluded that Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) poses minimal risk to the surrounding community.

The issuance of the Supplemental Record of Decision follows a thorough and comprehensive analysis by distinguished scientists and researchers of the potential safety risks posed by the NEIDL, according to a statement by NIH. The 2,717 page Final Supplementary Risk Assessment extensively reviewed and analyzed scenarios involving the potential of human health consequences of an exposure to laboratory workers and the general public as a result of unintentional or malevolent events. It also addressed these same scenarios at potential alternative locations for the lab.

“The NIH conducted an exhaustive review of the lab and its findings were affirmed by an independent panel of eminent scientists on the Blue Ribbon Panel,” said John R. Murphy, PhD, NEIDL Director ad interim. “The NEIDL will be an important addition to life science research in our region and its work to improve public health will have local, national and global impact.”

There are a number of necessary next steps to take in the process to open the lab for BSL-3 and BSL-4 research, including obtaining a certificate from the Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs and seeking approval from the Boston Public Health Commission. BU will soon be filing the necessary documentation, including a Supplementary Final Environmental Impact Report with the Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

BU must also seek approval from the Boston Public Health Commission, the agency that regulates BSL- 3 and 4 research in the city. Finally, before any research can begin, projects must also be approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee and, if Select Agents are being used, approval must be granted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and/or US Department of Agriculture.

Patrick awards $6.8 million in workforce training grants Gov. Deval Patrick announced last week $6,846,496 in Workforce Training Fund grants to 87 Massachusetts companies. The grants, which support up to two years of training, will create 682 new jobs and train over 6,300 workers, according to a statement released by the Patrick Adminsitration.

“We are focused on addressing the skills gap issue in the Commonwealth so that workers can compete in today’s ever-changing jobs market,” said Patrick. “The Workforce Training Fund focuses on the needs of both our businesses and workers, as Massachusetts continues to lead the nation in economic recovery.”

The companies are located in 66 cities and towns across the Commonwealth and training will be provided to employees in a range of sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, engineering and hospitality.

The fiscal year 2012 budget established the Workforce Training Fund as a trust fund, allowing for collection and disbursement of funds as needed by businesses, rather than on an annual appropriation cycle.

Here is a partial list of grant recipients:

BOSTON A RTA I C , L L C . $ 8 2 , 0 0 0 awarded, seven employees to be trained, four additional jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

BOSTON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., $63,980 awarded, 62 employees to be trained, 10 additional jobs to be created as a result of training.

EASCARE AMBULANCE SERVICE, LLC, $54,180 awarded, 45 employees to be trained, 45 additional jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY COUNCIL, on behalf of a consortium of medical device manufacturers, $118,802 awarded, 189 employees to be trained, 23 additional jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

MCCOURT CONSTRUCTION, $91,978 awarded, 130 employees to be trained, no additional jobs are expected to be created as a result of training.

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‘Soul Food Junkies’ set to premiere on PBS

Critically-acclaimed filmmaker and Northeastern alum Byron Hurt returned to Boston for a special screening of his latest documentary, “Soul Food Junkies,” on Nov. 16. Hurt is pictured above with Keyla Jackson, assistant director of the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute, where the film was screened. “Soul Food Junkies” premieres nationwide on Jan. 14 as part of PBS’ Independent Lens program. (Eric Esteves photo) Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil When Byron Hurt learned that his father had been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, he was determined to figure out what had caused the deadly disease.

He started investigating, and found that a poor diet — high in fat and red meat — was one of the primary causes.

Looking back on his father’s eating habits, Hurt recalled fried chicken, barbeque, fried pork chops, buttered biscuits, gravy, ham hocks, grits and macaroni and cheese, leading him to wonder: Was soul food to blame?

Hurt pleaded with his father to change his eating habits, and even though he started to make small changes in his diet, it was too late.

Three years after his diagnosis, Hurt’s father died in 2007, at the age of 63. The question of whether African American culinary traditions led to his father’s death nagged Hurt, and eventually led him to create “Soul Food Junkies,” a documentary exploring the intersection of food, culture, race and health in the black community.

In his film, the award-winning documentary filmmaker and Northeastern alum travels across the country, interviewing activists and scholars such as Dick Gregory, Marc Lamont Hill, Jessica Harris, Bryant Terry, Michaela Angela Davis and Will Allen.

Hurt traces the history of African American cuisine from West Africa through the Civil Rights Movement, showing how soul food has nurtured communities physically and spiritually for centuries.

In one poignant example, Hurt features Ms. Peaches, the owner of Peaches Restaurant in Jackson, Miss. She used her soul food kitchen to feed civil rights protestors in the 1960s, and the Black Panther Party, who once set up free breakfast programs for poor children in their neighborhoods.

But something has changed over the past 50 years. Today, African Americans like Hurt’s father face a host of nutrition-related illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, obesity, heart disease and hypertension in higher proportion than other racial and ethnic groups in the country — leading many to point the finger at soul food.

Hurt’s research led him to see that the answer is bigger than just African American cuisine. Even though soul food is usually high in calories, he argues that the industrialization of the American food system — in which food is made more processed and convenient, but less nutritious — and the abundance of fast food have also taken a toll on black people’s health.

In addition, the prevalence of food deserts in poor communities of color — which Hurt says is a prime example of racism today — is another contributing factor.

Hurt says African Americans don’t need to abandon soul food entirely to stay healthy — they just need to modify it.

“There are ways to prepare traditional soul food in a way that is very healthy, nutritious and tasty as well,” he says, which includes baking meat instead of frying it, using more green vegetables and holding back on butter and salt.

But the key to reversing the current health crisis, he says, is public education.

“There have to be people who are willing to be leaders in the community by changing their own diets and being role models for others,” he says.

On top of this, public officials must be willing to make the policy changes necessary to help people make good decisions, Hurt says, citing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recent move to reduce the amount of sugarsweetened beverages in schools and other public places.

Hurt hopes his film will inspire audiences to make healthier choices and talk to friends and family about those decisions.

“If people have a loved one in their life who is suffering from a preventable disease that could be reversed or cured by changing their eating habits,” he says, “I hope they have conversations with them and talk to them about how to make changes in their lifestyle.”

After all, Hurt knows too well what happens when families don’t talk about health sooner rather than later.

“Soul Food Junkies” will premiere on the PBS series Independent Lens on Monday, Jan. 14 at 10 p.m.

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CAREERS AND EDUCATION A Special Advertorial Section

Partners in Career and Workforce Development Provides Career Tools and Support These days, administrative assistant Laphen Walrond has a packed schedule.

When she’s not at Brigham and Women’s Hospital managing the calendars for Care Coordination and assisting the nursing director and director of Social Work, Walrond is working to achieve her bachelor’s degree through an online program and raising three daughters, 10-year-old twins and a 2year-old. Her list of professional goals includes completing a master’s degree in management and someday advancing to a managerial

role at BWH. “I feel like there’s so much I need to achieve,” said Walrond.

Walrond joined BWH in January 2010 after graduating from the Partners in Career and Workforce Development (PCWD) program — a collaboration between Partners HealthCare Human Resources and Community Health.

The program’s mission is to help community residents explore health care careers, broaden their skills and continue to grow personally and professionally through an

extensive job readiness program. It also provides managers and supervisors with a pipeline of trained, motivated and prepared individuals who are ready to begin careers across the Partners HealthCare system.

After moving to Boston from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, in 2009, Walrond discovered the PCWD program.

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CAREERS AND EDUCATION A Special Advertorial Section

Middlesex County Chapter of the Links, Inc. honors two promising doctors and paves the way for others a trailblazer in the field of psychiatry. A graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Bell served as a psychiatrist at the Brockton’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital, was an assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University School of Medicine and had a priLinks, Inc. members (L to R) Jackie Benson Jones, Juarez Farrington, Donna Norris, Jennifer DaSilva, Fred Bell, Angel Byrd, Jason Sherer and Fran Bernat at a reception vate practice in clinical psychiatry in Milton. dinner last November. (Don West photo) At a recent fundraising The Middlesex County eration of African American gala held at the Four SeaChapter of the Links, Inc. doctors, scientists, and re- sons Hotel, the Middlesex is committed to supporting searchers due in large part Chapter of the Links honthe education of a new gen- to Dr. Anne Murray Bell, ored a young woman and

man who are following in Dr. Bell’s footsteps. Angel Byrd and Jason Sherer are the 2012-13 recipients of the Anne Murray Bell, M.D. Scholarship. The financial support provided by the Chapter will enable these promising doctors to continue their work in the field of medicine and thus, pave the way for others.

Angel Byrd is on her way to becoming a leader in the field of research medicine.

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bachelor’s degree in chemistry and began medical school. She is currently an M.D./Ph.D. candidate in the pathobiology department at Brown University and will resume her matriculation in medical school in April 2014. Angel aspires to become a pediatric endocrinologist focusing on childhood obesity to prevent the onset of diabetes. Active in her school community and her church, Angel is committed to serving others.

The Chapter also honored the outstanding accomplishments of Jason Sherer, a magna cum laude graduate of Hampton College and a medical student who is in his second year at the Boston University School of Medicine and due to graduate in 2015. Jason has a long-standing involvement in the Student National Medical Association and has served as a Congressional Intern dealing with health policy as a member of the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program in Washington, D.C. Jason is deeply committed to shaping policy and legislation he believes will impact the health and outcomes of minorities. He recognizes the importance of mentoring high school students, which he continues to do while also completing his residency BU’s School of Medicine.

Founded in 1946, The Links, Inc. is an international service organization devoted to improving the quality of life for others, and the Middlesex County Chapter of the Links, Inc. is one of 275 chapters committed to service. The Anne Murray Bell, M.D. Scholarship enables promising young people to meet their educational goals and serve the broader community. Eligible college seniors or college graduates accepted to medical school are encouraged to apply for the Anne Murray Bell, M.D. Scholarship for 2013-14. The deadline is Feb. 15, 2013.

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“PCWD has paved the way for my career,” she said.

“It was a great opportunity to learn more about my weaknesses and strengths.”

Walrond has also taken advantage of Microsoft Excel certification and

other courses offered by BWH Workforce Development, which works closely with the PCWD program.

Her manager, Sonia King-Green, business manager for Care Coordination, says she knew that Walrond would thrive in the program. “Her demeanor is so infectious, and she’s a go-getter,” said King-Green. “She’s always willing to do whatever it

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takes to get the job done.”

Walrond encourages other PCWD graduates to take advantage of PCWD resources, which continue after graduates complete the program in the form of a now eight-week cycle, half in a classroom and half on an internship within the Partners system. Graduates are offered continual career coaching.

“As part of the program, PCWD staff members

check in with graduates and their managers postplacement to assess how they are doing,” said Dena Lerra, Career Development coordinator/Virtual Learning Community administrator for Partners Community Health.

Lissi Abreu, practice secretary for the BWH Endoscopy Center, also raves about the program, from which she graduated six years ago.

“The support the PCWD staff provides is tremendous,” Abreu said. “It helped get me exactly where I want to be. Now, when I meet current PCWD students, I see other people trying to better themselves and their futures; they’re on the right path with PCWD.” Article and Photo Courtesy of BWH Bulletin, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

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ebrates Jubilee Day.” When the massive crowd received the news, the Handel and Haydn Society, also present that day in 1863, sang Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus, one of three selections featured during the First Night Jubilee Day Concert.

Welch encouraged attendees to share the news of Jubilee Day on social media, with friends and by any other means possible.

“Today is special,” said Ira Pedlikin, director of artistic planning and education for the Handel and Haydn Society. “As the Society also performed that day, we dug deeper into the first Jubilee Day in Boston to ensure what we presented today was historically accurate.”

The concert closed with a performance from the smooth baritone voice of Michaels, who sang “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

Applause roared from the main floor to the balcony seats and attendees buzzed with excitement as

they made their way out into the chilly weather.

In the quiet of the empty Meeting House, Welch later explained that she had spoken with many First Night attendees who had never heard of Jubilee Day until then.

She hopes that in learning about and celebrating Jubilee Day and the battles fought to end slavery, others will show fearlessness in the face of troubles they struggle with in today’s world.

“If you can come here and feel nothing else at all, feel inspired,” she said.

The choir from St. Angela Parish in Mattapan and Fr. Bill Joy pose for a photo after Mass honoring Haitian Independence Day on New Year’s Day. (Patrick O’Connor photo)

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Quintessential

QUENTIN! Acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino talks about his controversial new film, “Django Unchained”

Kam Williams With a vibrant imagination and dedication to rich, layered storytelling, Quentin Tarantino has established himself as one of the most celebrated filmmakers of his generation. His World War II epic, “Inglorious Basterds,” was nominated for eight Academy Awards and landed an Oscar for Christoph Waltz for his portrayal of Colonel Hans Landa.

Prior to “Inglorious Basterds,” Tarantino thrilled audiences with “Death Proof” starring Kurt Russell and Zoë Bell. In “Kill Bill Vol. 1 and “Kill Bill Vol. 2,” Uma Thurman as “The Bride” enacted a “roaring rampage of revenge” on her former lover and boss, played by David Carradine.

Tarantino wrote and directed “Jackie Brown,” a crime caper starring Pam Grier in the title role. Loosely based on Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch, the picture netted Robert Forster an Academy Award nomination for

Best Supporting Actor.

Tarantino co-wrote, directed and starred in “Pulp Fiction,” which won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. He wrote, directed and starred in “Reservoir Dogs,” which marked the beginning of his career and made an auspicious debut at the Sundance Film Festival.

Here, he talks about his new movie, “Django Unchained,” a Western featuring Jamie Foxx in the title role as a slave-turnedbounty hunter, and co-starring Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kerry Washington.

How did you come up with the characters Django and Dr. Schultz [played by Christoph Waltz] and how did you dream up their relationship?

As for the scriptwriting process, it was kind of funny. I always knew I wanted to do a Western.

And trying to think of what that

would be, I always figured that if I did a Western, it would have a lot of the aesthetics of Spaghetti Westerns, because I really like them. They’re really brutal and operatic with a surreal quality to the violence.

So about eight years ago I came up with the idea of a black man who was an ex-slave who had become a bounty hunter. And his job would be to track down white outlaws who were hiding out as overseers on Southern plantations.

Now, that’s not a story; that’s just an idea. That was kicking around in the incubator for about eight years, waiting for its time.

At the same time, I was writing a film criticism book on Sergio Corbucci, the director who did the original “Django.” So, I was kind of getting immersed in his world. Toward the end of the “Inglourious Basterds” press tour I was in Japan. Spaghetti Westerns are really popular there, so I picked up a bunch of soundtracks and spent my day off listening

to all these scores. And all of a sudden the opening scene just came to me.

It just came to me, and I knew I had to sit down and write it, even though I didn’t even have my notepad with me. So, I was just writing it on the hotel stationery.

What was the most challenging aspect of writing the script?

Did you feel any pressure to conform to politicalcorrectness, or did you feel free to take poetic license?

I felt no obligation to bow to any 21st-century political correctness. What I did feel an obligation to do was to take the 21st-century viewers and physically transport them back to the antebellum South in 1858, in Mississippi, and have them look at America for what it was back then. And I wanted it to be shocking.

Have you seen the film yet with a black audience?

Yes I have!

And what was their reaction?

I know how an all-black audience feels comfortable enough to talk back to the screen and let you know exactly how they feel about what’s happening.

[Laughs] Let’s put it like this: We screened it for heavily-black audiences quite a few times, where the audience was between 40 and 60 percent black. That’s pretty black. We also screened it for a 100 percent black audience, and you would’ve thought it was 1973 and they were watching the end of “Coffy” [A blaxploitation era flick starring Pam Grier].

It’s funny because I was sitting next to [executive producer] Harvey Weinstein and he turns to me and says, “I guess we know who we made this movie for.”

[Laughs] But the film really has a lot of ups and downs, and taps Tarantino, continued to page 17

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into a lot of different emotions.

To me, the trick was balancing all those emotions, so that I could get you where I wanted you to be by the very end. I wanted the audience cheering in triumph at the end. So, as rough as some of the things I show in the movie are, they couldn’t be so rough that you’re too traumatized to enjoy the movie any longer.

Why this film? Why now, in the Obama era?

[Chuckles] I would’ve written this story if Obama were president or if he never existed. For one, I think it’s time to tell a story that deals with this subject, which America has avoided for so long. Most countries have been forced to deal with the atrocities of their past that still affect them to this day.

But America has been pretty slippery in the way that it has avoided looking slavery in the eye. I believe that’s a problem. We should be talking about it to get past it and to get over it. Not only that, frankly, this is an American story that needs to be told, when you think of slavery existing in this country for 245 years. In slave narratives there were all types of tales and drama and heroism and pain and love that happened during that time. That’s rich material for drama! Everyone complains that there are no new stories left to tell.

Not true, there are a whole bunch of them, and they’re all American with a capital A.

Why do you think you’re the

first director to confront slavery in such a frank fashion?

I hate to sound full of myself but maybe I just have the shoulders.

Why do you think Westerns are so unpopular?

I actually think there’s something else going on. There was that last blast of Westerns that came out in the ‘70s, those Vietnam/Watergate Westerns where everything was about demystification. And I like that about those movies.

And there’s another aspect about the ‘70s. Blazing Saddles, as wonderful as it was, sort of hurt the Western. It made such fun of them, that you almost couldn’t take them seriously from that point on. That’s why only Westerns that had the stink of Watergate or Vietnam could be taken seriously. There were so few Westerns made since then, from the ‘80s on, that the few directors who did were so pleased with themselves and so happy to have the opportunity that they got lost in visuals, they got lost in the vistas and the pretty scenery.

Suddenly, Westerns, which were our action films and what the working man went to see to blow off steam and have a good time, became boring to most people growing up from the ‘80s on, because they’re kind of pastoral.

What would you say were the most essential components in a script you consider working on?

That’s kind of a tough question. Well, maybe not. The dia-

logue. But the dialogue and the characters would be wrapped up in each other, because if I’m doing my job right, then I’m not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I’m just jotting it down. So, it’s all about me getting into the heads of the characters. I prop them up a little bit, and then they take over from there.

ties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues.

However, I have it all in perspective. If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn’t make the movie

any better, just as if it’s ignored that doesn’t make the movie any worse. A lot of the movies I love didn’t get nominated the years they came out. “The Wild Bunch” didn’t win best picture in 1969 — “Oliver” did. [Laughs]

Since you’re also the director, do you ever have trouble adapting your vision to the screen?

Sometimes. But usually the process is that it gets better, because when I’m writing in my bedroom, in a bar, at my kitchen table or wherever, I’m conjuring it all up on the page. That’s all well and good, but it is going to be a limited perspective at that point in time. Occasionally, what I write might read really well initially, but then you change your mind while hunting for locations when you discover settings which offer even better opportunities for drama or dramatic staging.

How do you feel about the end of the year award season? Is it too much? Are you honored when recognized or do you not even care?

[Laughs] For some reason, everyone thinks I’m always too cool for school when it comes to competing for trophies. But I worked extremely hard on this movie all year long, so it’s really nice to get recognized and be considered one of the best in the end. And it’s nice to get invited to the par-

Quentin Tarantino hard at work on the set of his new Western, “Django Unchained.”

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‘Lincoln’ begs the question: Where is Douglass?

Marc Morial “If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning.” — Frederick Douglass No doubt many of you will take the opportunity to see the movie “Lincoln,” Steven Spielberg’s muchacclaimed dramatization of Abraham Lincoln’s determined 1865 fight for the passage of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.

I came away from the movie impressed with its gripping depiction of the legislative maneuvering and horse-trading that Lincoln employed to win passage of the amendment.

But I am concerned that the movie leaves the false impression that the fight to end slavery was waged solely by white men in Washington and white (as well as a few black) soldiers on the battlefield.

What about the brave abolitionists of that time? Where are Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and William Lloyd Garrison? And most puzzling of all, where is the great African American anti-slavery champion, Frederick Douglass?

In a recent New York Times letter, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner noted this omis-

sion in the film by making the point that “Emancipation — like all farreaching political change — resulted from events at all levels of society, including the efforts … of slaves themselves to acquire freedom.”

But aside from the presence of some black Civil War soldiers, the few African Americans in Spielberg’s film were cast as admiring and grateful maids and butlers. In criticizing the fact that the movie overlooked the important role that free and enslaved blacks played in the abolitionist movement, Civil War historian Kate Masur wrote, “Mr. Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ gives us only faithful servants, patiently waiting for the day of Jubilee.”

That is not only factually incorrect, but it does a disservice to the historic efforts of numerous black and white abolitionists of that time, none more courageous and effective than Frederick Douglass.

Born in Talbot County, Md. in 1818, Douglass spent the first 21 years of his life as a slave, working variously as a household servant and unskilled laborer. In 1838, he escaped bondage and quickly became one of the most eloquent and forceful abolitionist voices of his day.

Self-taught, he published in 1845 his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, and in 1847 he launched

his anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star, in Rochester, N.Y. At great risk to himself, Douglass recruited black soldiers for the Union Army during the Civil War, influenced Lincoln’s thinking and even challenged the President’s slow, legalistic walk toward emancipation.

Douglass saw the end of slavery as only the beginning of the fight for full economic and political equality, beginning with extending the right to vote to freed slaves. He argued, “What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.”

Douglass’ efforts subsequently led to the passage of the 15th Amendment in 1869, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote.

Stephen Spielberg’s “Lincoln” affirms the fact that President Lincoln played a pivotal role in ending slavery in America, but it egregiously omits the fact that Frederick Douglass and a courageous group of grassroots abolitionists led Lincoln and the nation to this victory.

Marc Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League

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“dive deeper” into his Grove Hall neighborhood and help to turn around schools there. Groover said he would remain an active school committee member.

“I’m not going anywhere,” Groover told the Globe. “I’m still around.”

The relationship between OneUnited and Charles St. started on Oct. 3, 2006 when Groover agreed to borrow $3.6 million to build a 22,000-square-foot community center on church-owned land near Grove Hall.

Called the Roxbury Renaissance Center, the building would feature a grand ballroom, multipurpose meeting space, conference rooms, prayer and meditation space and sound proof musical practice rooms. To pay for the

construction, Groover said that he would raise money by renting space for wedding receptions and community meetings.

The OneUnited construction loan became due on June 1, 2008, and despite a total of five extensions, the church was unable to satisfy its debt by Sept. 1, 2009. A year later, on Aug. 17, 2010, OneUnited then sued in Suffolk Superior Court for breach of contract.

Also named in the suit was Charles Street AME’s co-signer, the First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church based in Philadelphia. At the time, the First District, based in Philadelphia, claimed it had $65 million in cash and nearly $500 million in assets.

Charles Street had also borrowed another $1.1 million, separate from the $3.6 million construction loan.

That loan is also in default.

To forestall the pending foreclo-

sure of its property by OneUnited Bank, Charles Street filed for bankruptcy in March in a move to keep the church o perating as it has for nearly the last two centuries.

Although Groover publicly denied any delinquency, the church was late on 43 of its 56 payments and missed its final two payments, according to court records.

That “pattern of delinquency,” OneUnited stated at the time, triggered 17 notices of intent to foreclose and forced Charles Street to

pay about $17,000 in late fees.

In addition to OneUnited, Charles Street owes about $630,000 to Thomas Construction Company, the Dorchester firm hired to build its proposed Roxbury Renaissance Center; another $450,000 is owed to Tremont Credit Union for a loan to repair the church’s roof.

Under oath during bankruptcy proceedings, Groover admitted that “mistakes were made.”

To replace Groover on the

school committee, the board selected on Monday Michael O’Neill, a life insurance executive who has served on the panel for four years, as its new chairman.

O’Neill, 52, a Charlestown resident and the committee’s vice chairman for the past year, was selected on a unanimous vote of the seven-member board.

Alfreda Harris, who has served on the committee for the last 20 years, was elected as the new vice chairwoman.

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Michael Penn, grandson of Wally’s founder Joseph L. Walcott, in front of his “Dancing Drums” painting at Osceola32 Gallery in Stuart, Fla. (Lucilda Cooper photo)

“Our choice either was to sit around and say there’s no culture or bring it,” Goldberg explained.

The cultural enterprise has entailed more than art. On First Thursday art walks and evening opening receptions, jazz reverberates inside the downtown gallery, which is also licensed to serve wine.

“That’s why I wanted to do jazz here — to honor my grandfather,” Penn said.

It’s good business too: Marketing studies have found considerable overlap between jazz and art lovers.

The long-germinating seed for the gallery was actually planted in Wally’s, the South End jazz landmark. Penn was a teenager working in the family business, and Goldberg was a neighborhood

resident who frequented the club when they met in the 1970s. She was already acquainted with his sister, Elynor Walcott, who now runs Wally’s with sons Paul, Frank and Lloyd Pointdexter.

In the decades between that meeting and their gallery’s founding, Penn would live for years as a fashion designer in Germany and travel the world as a military intelligence analyst, and Goldberg would build her real estate business in Boston and get acquainted with Stuart during family visits.

The gallery’s aesthetic inspiration is more New York than Boston — “a bit of SoHo,” the co-owners bill it. The focus is on contemporary art with an international, cross-cultural flavor.

The current show, “Diversity and Divinity,” features about 30 artists from Jamaica, Colombia, Chile, Russia, Poland, Denmark and other countries besides the United States.

The narrow, rectangular gallery is packed with bursts of bright colors, including a central row of paintings on easels and metal grid walls. Penn has two abstract paintings; one is “Dancing Drums,” with the percussion instruments floating unmoored by stands. Goldberg offers several digital photo collages with dreamily soft, spiritual images.

Valerie Bloomfield-Ambrose, a former instructor at the Jamaica School of Art who has moved to Stuart, has on exhibit a disconsolate nude black woman peering out an open window while seated on an unmade bed.

Displayed in a side window, another painting, this one by Russian refugee Helen Kagan, harkens back up coast to Wally’s and kindred clubs. Swirling images of a keyboard, saxophone and bass illuminated by city lights suggests a night jazz scene.

Penn and Goldberg have a taste for avant-garde techniques. They are showing the “panctures,” a name trademarked by Francis Mesaros, who applied oil paint to threedimensional thickness to represent

the undulating shades of the ocean’s blues. Robert Ottesen has trademarked “kinetic pointillism,” short dashes of paint that form images.

Osceola32’s first show in early 2010 featured a Boston artist — Marian Christy, a former Boston Globe columnist. Penn said the gallery since then has been flooded with Florida artists and has yet to tap his and Goldberg’s home turf again.

“Our choice either was to sit around and say there’s no culture or bring it.”

— Rachel Goldberg Penn encouraged Boston artists to submit digital images. Goldberg said that one goal is to establish a similar satellite gallery in Boston.

Penn and Goldberg hope Osceola32 — the name reflects the gallery’s address — resembles Wally’s in one more way, besides offering jazz and libations. Founded in 1947, Wally’s is among the oldest family owned and operated jazz clubs, the sole survivor of the jazz age along Massachusetts Avenue.

Despite the rough economy and Stuart’s depopulation during the hot summers, Osceola32 has so far proved more sustainable than some local competitors. At least five nearby galleries have closed during the economic downturn.

Paintings from one of them, the Steinhausen Gallery, are included in the current exhibit.

“Stuart is like a little provincial town,” Goldberg said. “It’s a hard place for the arts. We’re like the last gallery standing.”

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Comedian Cedric The Entertainer wows the crowd at Boston’s Wilbur Theatre on Dec. 30. (Michael Helly photo)

Ceddy Bear comes to town…

In his trademark fedora hat, comedian Cedric The Entertainer hit The Wilbur stage to cap off 2012 with two shows of comedy. His stand-up is the smooth blend of comedy with his singing and dancing. His humor is light and fun and the dancing and singing only add to the enjoyment of the show. There’s no doubt as to why he’s called Cedric The Entertainer!

Food for the soul…

The latest entries to Boston’s booming restaurant scene are Abby Lane Food & Spirits in the revived theater district and Estelle’s Southern Cuisine and Vejigantes Restaurant in the South End. The opening party for Abby Lane was on the second floor of the restaurant and it was

bubbling with a mix of Boston’s restaurant and media honchos.

The ambience on the top floor was inviting, with a mix of warm color tones coupled with a huge lounge in the center of the room, a bar on the left side and huge bay windows on the right, which are great for people-watching.

The music was upbeat and kept the party going along with the specialty drinks and food flowing throughout the affair.

Next up was a visit to the South End for a taste of Southern and Puerto Rican cuisine.

Estelle’s Southern Cuisine, so named after the former Estelle’s nightclub/restaurant, is actually a few blocks down from the old neighborhood spot on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Tremont Street. The warmth of the staff quickly made up for the cold outside.

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Even though there were hushpuppies, fried chicken and jambalaya on the menu, the special of the night won out. The Big Beauty Burger special was made with spicy aioli, bread and butter pickles and cheddar cheese all packed on a sesame seed bun with spicy fries as its side.

The simplicity of the meal was what I was looking for and it delivered. The chef stopped by to ask me how everything was, and all I could do was give him a thumbs up since I was midchew. Out of the three desserts on the menu, I chose the chocolate-peanut butter pie topped with fresh whipped cream over the sweet potato pecan pie or red velvet cake.

It was a huge slice, definitely great for sharing and surprisingly light in taste. And the Southern hospitality continued as a gentle-

man from the restaurant helped me with my coat before I headed out the door.

I found the same warmth at Vejigantes Restaurant over in Villa Victoria. It was early on a Sunday evening and the restaurant was packed with families having Sunday dinner. The new spot is owned by Hector and Nivia Piña, who own the Dominican restaurant Merengue over on Blue Hill Avenue.

It was a great mix of folks eating dinner and having a good time. First up was the fried Codfish Fritters and the Grilled Chicken Kabobs with a Vejigantes BBQ Sauce. The main course was the Chuleta de Cerdo Frita or Center Cut Fried Pork Chops accompanied with white rice and red beans and sweet plantains.

The pork chops were so satisfying, delicious and well-seasoned.

After dinner it was on to the flan for desert, which is a must. It was very good and just the right portion for two to share along with a cup of café con leche. I loved the whole feel of Vejigantes. It’s a warm and inviting local restaurant where the family can gather and have dinner and friends can meet up to have a good inexpensive meal. Both Estelle’s and Vejigantes are welcome additions to the South End.

Coming Up… Scottish singer/songwriter Emeli Sande performs at The Paradise Rock Club on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 8 p.m.

On Thursday, Jan. 17, Scullers Jazz Club presents country/blues artist Shelby Lynn for one show at 8 p.m.

For a double dose of comedy, The Wilbur presents comedians Tommy Davidson on Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Tracy Morgan on Saturday, Jan. 19 for two shows at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.

In honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, The Multicultural Arts Center presents Joyful Noise Gospel Concert featuring The Harlem Gospel Choir on Saturday, Jan. 19 at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre.

The musical “Sister Act” comes to the Boston Opera House beginning Tuesday, Jan. 22 and running through Sunday, Feb. 3.

The 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical “Jersey Boys” returns, based on the life of the Four Seasons, on Jan. 30 and runs through March 3 at Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre.

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/or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

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 a Sub-bidder 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.

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.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1229-C1, FY13-15 TERRAZZO REPAIRS TERM CONTRACT, 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, FEBRUARY 6, 2013 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

Sealed filed sub bids for the same contract will be received at the same office until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013, 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 AT THE LOGAN OFFICE CENTER, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02128-2909 AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013.

The work includes THE REPAIR OF THE EXISTING TERRAZZO FLOORING WHERE MINOR FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED AND THE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TERRAZZO FLOORING WHERE MORE SIGNIFICANT FAILURE HAS OCCURRED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT LOGAN AIRPORT. WORK SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING TERRAZZO WHERE INDICATED AND THE PREPARATION OF THE SURFACE TO RECEIVE NEW TERRAZZO. THE SCOPE OF WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF EXPANSION JOINTS AT SELECT LOCATIONS. THE DURATION OF THIS CONTRACT SHALL BE TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE NOTICE TO PROCEED (NTP).

Bid documents will be made available beginning FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2013.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING

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.

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 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

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

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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.

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The project includes furnishing all labor, materials, supplies and miscellaneous appurtenances necessary to modify existing fire protection systems and to furnish new fire protection systems in existing and proposed bag screening rooms and associated spaces at Boston Logan International Airport. The work shall be accomplished under multiple procurements advertised over a two year period. The value shown below represents that aggregate value of the fire protection work to be accomplished under this contract.

In accordance with Massachusetts Construction Manager at-Risk requirements, MGL Chapter 149 Section 44F, Qualification Statements are being requested from trade contractors capable of performing the following classes of work: (a) fire protection.

The estimated cost of the Contract is $1,300,000 and the estimated construction duration is twenty-four (24) months. The estimated value of work to be performed by trade contractors is as follows: •

Fire Protection - $1,300,000

The Authority is implementing this project in accordance with MGL Chapter 149A, Sections 1 thru 13. This selection of trade contractors conforms to MGL Chapter 149A, Section 8, subsections (b) to (k) inclusive. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be utilized to prequalify trade contractors capable and experienced in the renovation and construction of airline passenger terminals. The Authority shall utilize a two-step process including the prequalification of trade contractors based on an evaluation of the Statement of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed by an Invitation to Bidders that will only be issued to the prequalified trade contractors. A Prequalification Committee consisting of four representatives, one each from the Designer and the CM at Risk and two Massport staff.

This Prequalification Committee will be conducting a qualifications-based evaluation of submittals received from interested trade contractors in order to identify prequalified trade contractors who will be invited to respond to a written Invitation to Bidders. Please note that the Authority is not utilizing this process to prequalify subcontractors who are not trade contractors which shall be done separately in accordance with MGL C149A, Section 8, subsection (j) Qualification Statements shall be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria: (1) Management Experience: (2) Project References including a Public Project Record and (3) Capacity to Complete including a demonstration that the contractor has the financial stability and long-term viability to successfully implement the Project. A Supplemental Information Package that discusses these Evaluation Criteria and the Prequalification Process in more detail as well as any other requirements for the Qualification Statements will be available to interested parties beginning Wednesday, January 2, 2013, by contacting Cindy Monahan at 617-568-5978 or via email at cmonahan@massport.com The qualification statement document, as detailed in the supplemental information package shall be addressed to Mr. Houssam H. Sleiman, P.E., CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs, and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909.

Questions regarding this RFQ shall be directed to CPBidQuestions@Massport. com with the MPA project number referenced in the subject line.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY Thomas P. Glynn CEO and Executive Director MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1310-C1 FY13-15 PUMP & MOTOR SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE; ALL MASSPORT FACILITIES; BOSTON AND BEDFORD, 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, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 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 8:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013.

The work includes PROVIDING LABOR, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS TO SERVICE, MAINTAIN, AND REPAIR WASTEWATER AND STORM WATER PUMPS AND MOTORS OF VARIOUS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES IN BEDFORD AND BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Bid documents will be made available beginning FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013.

The estimated contract cost is $150,000.

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.

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

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

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

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

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10:00 a.m. on 01/24/2013. 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: December 21, 2012 Sandra Giovannucci Register of Probate

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Project No. L1230-C2, LOGAN AIRPORT GREENWAY CONNECTOR, 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 30, 2013 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, SUITE 209S, LOGAN OFFICE CENTER, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02128-2909 AT 2:00 LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013.

The work includes FURNISHING ALL LABOR, MATERIALS, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE WORK OF THIS CONTRACT. IN GENERAL, THE WORK OF THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PAVED AND LANDSCAPED MULTI-USE PATH. SPECIFICALLY, THE WORK INCLUDES THE DEMOLITION OF A PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS BRIDGE AND CSO BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION OF FULL-DEPTH BITUMINOUS CONCRETE AND SCORED CONCRETE PAVEMENTS, FULL DEPTH PAVEMENT BOX WIDENING OF LOVELL STREET, AND CONSTRUCTION OF RETAINING WALLS, GRANITE CURB, GUARD RAIL, FENCE, CEMENT CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND WHEELCHAIR RAMPS, UNDERGROUND WATER SYSTEMS, ELECTRIC AND COMMUNICATION DUCTBANKS, STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, SITE LIGHTING, CONDUITS, IRRIGATION, TRAFFIC AND GROUND MOUNTED GUIDE SIGNS AND SUPPORTS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, SITE FURNITURE AND ALL OTHER APPURTENANT WORK. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013.

The estimated contract cost is $5,000,000.

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

Devon Newman

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance for Bodily Injury and Property Damage for a combined single limit of $1,000,000. The successful Bidder will also be required to purchase and maintain Railroad Protective Liability Insurance for Bodily Injury and Property Damage for a combined single limit of $2,000,000.

Said policies shall be on an occurrence basis and the Massachusetts Port Authority and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall both be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than TEN PERCENT (10%) 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 Article 84 of the 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 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU12P2457EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Thu D Hoang Also known as: Thu Dinh Hoang Date of Death: 08/21/2012 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Kieu T. Tran of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Kieu T. Tran of Dorchester, 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

vs.

Camille Gibbon

To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage under G.L. c.

208, Section 1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court.

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: Devon Newman, 735 Adams St, Dorchester, MA 02122 your answer, if any, on or before 01/31/2013. 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: November 19, 2012 Sandra Giovannucci Register of Probate

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

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.

Docket No. SU12D2565DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing

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

Docket No. SU12D2711DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Ruth Guzman

vs.

Rafael Guzman

To the Defendant: 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 1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court.

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: Ruth Guzman, 820 Parker St #1, Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120 your answer, if any, on or before 02/14/2013. 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 10, 2012 Sandra Giovannucci Register of Probate

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