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Congressman Ed Markey (D) listens to Ralph Edwards, chairman of the Democratic Town Committee of Swampscott, during a campaign fundraiser at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem on Sunday, May 5. Markey, who defeated Rep. Stephen Lynch for the Democratic slot on the ballot, now faces Republican Gabriel Gomez in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Sen. John Kerry. (George Weinstein photo)

Markey, Forry push forward to Capitol Hill and State House Howard Manly Last week’s state special elections threw the national spotlight on the upcoming race between U.S. Rep. Ed Markey and political newcomer Gabriel Gomez, the former Navy Seal, businessman and the state’s first Latino candidate for U.S. Senate.

The June 25 election will determine who replaces Sen. John Kerry, who vacated his seat to become Secretary of State.

Pundits are likening this race to the special election three years ago to replace Sen. Ted Kennedy between Martha Coakley and Scott Brown, who at the time was a little-known state senator from Wrentham. Brown won handily

and became a national GOP darling. But he lost the seat to Elizabeth Warren last year.

Gomez, 47, emerged from relative obscurity to win last week’s low-turnout, three-way Republican primary. Gomez, the son of Colombian immigrants who speaks fluent Spanish and is considered a moderate Republican, supports gay marriage and personally opposes abortion, but hasn’t advocated overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a nationwide right to abortion.

As the senior member of the alldemocratic congressional delegation, Markey, 66, was first elected in 1976 and is poised to take advantage of the seemingly insur-

mountable numbers that Democrats hold over Republicans in one of the nation’s bluest states.

Markey has already attacked Gomez for his refusal to sign a “People’s Pledge” that would help prevent outside groups from spending money in the state campaign. “I’m going to keep pressuring him,” Markey said at a Monday press conference.

For his part, Gomez is not shying away from responding in kind.

“My opponent is effectively talking about everything but the economy and running a negative campaign,” Gomez told FOX News Channel host Neil Cavuto on Monday.

Though the national spotlight Election, continued to page 8

The federal Fair Housing Act turned 45 last month, but vigilance, enforcement and education are still needed to ensure full housing access to all.

This was the message at “Fair Housing Wrongs and Rights,” a workshop presented April 30 by the Boston Fair Housing Commission (BFHC) and the Boston NAACP Housing Committee as part of the agencies’ observation of Fair Housing Month. About 35 landlords, housing agency representatives and tenants attended the event, held at the Boston NAACP office in Roxbury.

The workshop was led

by Dion Irish, executive director of Boston’s Office of Civil Rights, which encompasses the Fair Housing Commission and the Human Rights Commission. He opened with a video that highlighted events leading up to the 1968 Fair Housing Act, including the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington and the work of Martin Luther King Jr. The video emphasized the still “unfinished business” of civil rights.

“So we are here, 45 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act,” Irish said, “and there is still much work to be done.”

Irish said his department investigates and “vigorously enforces” fair housing violations, but that that’s not the only way to combat discrimination.

“We also want to provide education and outreach,” he said, “to be out in the community raising awareness and helping to train housing seekers and housing providers.”

Irish introduced JoAnn Cox, a specialist with the BFHC’s Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing program. This program is charged with actively informing households about available affordable housing outside their neighborhoods and monitoring tenant selection processes and housing advertisements.

Cox said landlords and real estate agents should “think fair housing first” to avoid intentional or accidental discrimination.

While it is clearly illegal to refuse housing to people because of their race or national origin, fair housing laws also forbid more subtle attempts to turn away families with children or to “steer” people to certain units or locations.

She showed examples of apartment listings found on craigslist.com that raise red flags with phrases such as “perfect for a single person,” “looking for a quiet mature person 25 or older,” “Section 8 okay but the unit is not deleaded,” and “no Section 8.”

It is illegal to refuse Section 8 rental assistance vouchers simply because a landlord “doesn’t want to deal with Section 8 recipients,” Cox said, or to refuse an applica-

“So we are here, 45 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, and there is still much work to be done.”

— Dion Irish

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Parents of Madison Park students focusing on school leadership Howard Manly Amid growing concern about management of Madison Park Vocational High School, parents and community activists are meeting tonight with outgoing School Superintendent Carol Johnson to discuss a list of grievances, including the lack of competent leadership.

Earlier this year, Johnson placed acting headmaster Queon Jackson on administrative leave after disclosures that he was the subject of a federal investigation

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into a multi-state credit fraud ring.

The move triggered an outpouring of support for Jackson among students. While some focused on the apparent problems of Johnson’s vetting process of high-ranking personnel, very few focused on leadership at the city’s only vocational high school, with one exception: Madison Park parents.

“Since Jackson’s departure,” a letter signed by several parents stated, “there has been a total disregard of parental and student Madison, continued to page 3

Actor and activist Danny Glover addresses the crowd at the Tremont Temple during a forum held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation as Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. looks on. Hosted by Boston’s Museum of African American History, the forum is part of a year-long series of events that spotlight the momentous changes that occured in 1863. (Photo courtesy of Prophet Parker-McWhorter/Charles Hamilton Houston Institute)

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Racial bias: A dangerous ‘blindspot’ in our society Johanna Wald In a 2010 episode of ABC’s “What Would You Do?” a white teenage boy is filmed at a park as he attempts to break a lock on a bicycle. He may be stealing the bike or he may have simply lost his key.

Hidden cameras capture the responses of passersby. Over the course of an hour, several slow down and stare, a few ask him what he is doing, but only one couple report him.

Later, a black teenager — same age, same dress, same park, same actions — replaces the white youth.

Within five minutes, he is circled by angry onlookers who accuse him of stealing, take photos of him with their cell phones, yank his tools away and call the police.

When the teenager was white, most people assumed he was tinkering with his own bicycle. When he was black, they believed they were witnessing a theft.

The individuals making these assumptions weren’t racist or bad people. They were simply drawing conclusions based upon biases, which, in all likelihood, they were completely unaware they held. In fact, one man who was interviewed vehemently denied that race played a role in his decision to contact the authorities, insisting “he could have been any color.”

Recently, we witnessed this same phenomenon play out as the

South End community leader Frieda Garcia, joined by her husband, State Rep. Byron Rushing, cuts the ribbon at the dedication of the Frieda Garcia Children’s Park on April 29 in honor of her outstanding service. John Hancock Financial funded the park’s design and donated the land to the city. A number of civic leaders and John Hancock executives were at the ceremony including (L-R) City Councilor Ayanna Pressley; State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz; JH volunteer Maureen Willett; City Councilor Felix G. Arroyo; Boston’s First Lady Mrs. Angela Menino; Rushing; Garcia; Chief of Environment and Energy for Boston Brian Swett; Secretary Richard Davey; John Hancock President Craig Bromley; House Speaker Robert DeLeo; John Hancock Executive Vice President Jim Gallagher and JH volunteer Jennifer Pike. (Photo courtesy of Isabel Leon/City of Boston)

nation frantically sought to help the FBI identify the Boston Marathon bombers. In the first hours after the bombing, media attention focused on a student from Saudi Arabia who was “acting suspiciously.”

Just how, exactly?

He was seen running away from the explosion, like everyone else. But his race and ethnic origin turned him into a “person of interest” who was interviewed by the police and whose roommate was questioned by reporters. Several days later, the photograph of a 17year-old high school track star, who happens to be Moroccan, showed up on the front page of The New York Post, under the heading: “Bag Men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon.”

After his identity was revealed online, strangers accused him of committing the atrocities on his Facebook wall. He feared for his life, figuring that his brown skin, combined with his backpack, was enough to turn him into a terrorist in the eyes of at least some of the public.

And yet, something very different happened immediately after the image of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was first shown on television and identified by the FBI as a suspect. People who knew him well could not recognize him. “We made a joke like — that could be Dzhokhar,” said one friend. “But then we thought it just couldn’t be him. Dzhokhar? Never.”

Until his identity was definitively revealed on television, some of his friends literally refused to acknowledge the familiar face on the screen.

“He was so much like me,” many of them seemed to be saying “... therefore he couldn’t have done this.”

It is no accident that one of the

nation’s leading researchers on implicit bias, Harvard psychology professor Mahzarin Banaji, has titled her most recent book: Blindspot: The Hidden Biases of Good People. She and her colleagues have studied brain architecture, and discovered that we allocate one part of the brain for thinking about ourselves and those “like us,” and a different part for considering the “other.”

Not surprisingly, it is much easier for us to access empathy and sympathy from the brain neurons reserved for ourselves and folks like us, than from the parts of our brain that view people whom we perceive to be different. Banaji recently stated that, today, when most overt acts of discrimination are both illegal and socially taboo, “prejudice proceeds” not from whom we exclude or push away so much as “from whom we choose to help out.” Or, perhaps, from whom we choose to give the benefit of the doubt.

Thankfully, those individuals falsely identified as suspects by the media and public suffered only a day or two of terror and fear, rather than weeks, months or even years of living under a cloud. But there is a cautionary tale in this as well.

The implicit biases that allow us to view a student running away from an explosion as suspicious, yet cannot recognize a face we see every day, can be mitigated, but only if we acknowledge and work to overcome them. Otherwise, this same scenario will play out over and over again, often to tragic and unjust ends.

Johanna Wald is director of strategic planning at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School.

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input into the direction and vision for the school … This is totally unacceptable.”

As it is now, the school’s dayto-day operations are being managed in part by Emily Lebo, the director of Career and Technical Education and a member of the state Vocational Technical Education Advisory Council.

Without mentioning Lebo’s name, several parents and members of the Friends of Madison Park, a community group, directed their criticisms at the school’s current “leadership.” In a meeting last month with Johnson, a statement was handed out that detailed “the very serious problems” at the school.

According to the statement, “Individuals who have been selfappointed to run Madison Park do not identify with our children and have not made decisions in their best interests.”

In addition, the statement said, “Their philosophy of education does not reflect the children that they are serving.”

In a letter widely distributed throughout the school and among elected officials, the Friends of Madison Park pointed out that teachers are not given adequate

supplies to perform their jobs and, as a consequence, students are underperforming, dropping out and leaving. According to Madison Park teachers, the school has seen an 82 percent increase in student transfers and a 50 percent increase in drop-outs.

“The basic resources needed to effectively instruct and educate the children are not there,” the letter stated. “Textbooks are non-existent. The miniscule funds that were provided to purchase text books were diverted to other activities …

There are ceiling leaks in the building, rodents running around the class rooms and training equipment in need of serious repair.”

In other statements, the parents have said they want Johnson to start the search for a full-time headmaster and include parents, students and community members in the process.

The last full-time headmaster was John McAfee. He too was under a cloud of suspicion after he hired several members of his family to work at the school, a clear violation of the school’s nepotism policies. To avoid such charges, Johnson transferred two of McAfee’s three family members to other schools but left McAfee’s wife, Michelle McAfee, to stay at the school.

In all, the McAfee family earned a $369,541 at the school. McAfee’s

son-in-law, Matthew Pearce, worked as a substitute teacher and earned $68,926 per year. Pearce’s sister, Alexis, earned $75,659 per year as a teacher. McAfee’s annual salary was $131,608 and his wife earned $93,348 a year. All have since left Madison Park.

It’s not just parents and community activists that are alarmed at the state of Madison park these days. Teachers are upset as well. In a March 11 letter to Johnson, they said that the student caseload of every teacher has increased by 25 percent, which means that teachers now instruct 150 students per week.

With a district-wide measure to increase the length of school days, Madison Park teachers are concerned that they are already spread too thin.

“Any possible gains from a longer day are negated by students receiving less individualized attention and feedback,” the letter stated.

The teachers also noted that while their workloads have increased, the school administration has not provided the resources to meet the expanded needs. “The district provided no additional resources to support longer vocational and academic periods,” the letter stated, “… and academic teachers have to buy their own books in order to create curricula for new courses.”

A stilt walker steps lively as he leads revelers during the Wake Up The Earth Festival’s parade on Saturday, May 4. Organized

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An emerging multi-ethnic majority For generations, South Boston has been the seat of working-class Irish political power. The symbol of that hegemony has been control of the First Suffolk Senatorial District to which William Bulger was first elected in 1970.

However, South Boston has been changing in recent years. Hotels, office buildings, apartment complexes and upscale restaurants now adorn areas that were once part of a dilapidated waterfront.

And Mayor Menino’s designation of that section of Boston as “The Innovation Zone” will undoubtedly stimulate more development.

This shift in focus has induced many outsiders to move into the Fort Point Channel and the Seaport District areas, Precinct 1 of South Boston’s Ward 6. With this population shift, Steve Lynch was able to defeat Ed Markey in Precinct 1 by only 53 percent of the vote. That is a narrow victory when one considers that Ward 6 is Lynch’s home base and that the customary vote in other precincts was on the order of 87 percent.

It is interesting to note, however, that the solid Southie vote did not waver in the election for the First Suffolk Senate seat. Precinct 1 still came in a

strong 79.7 percent for Southie candidates, Nick Collins and Maureen Dahill. The vote went up from there to 95.56 percent in Precinct 9.

In other sections of the district, the vote for Linda Dorcena Forry was equally lopsided. She tallied 95.9 percent of the vote in Ward 18, Precinct 2 in Mattapan. Were these lopsided votes in Southie and Mattapan merely a show of strong support for local favorites or did they have another significance?

When the polls closed the count was 10,214 for Forry, 9,836 for Collins and 1,593 for Dahill. Forry won by 375 votes. According to some observers, this race marked the end of a long era of ethnic politics. Collins said in his concession statement, “we broke through the geographic and ethnic boundaries that have symbolically and historically seemed to divide us…”

Republican candidates have never had a chance in this heavily democratic district. The results of the general election on May 28 with Democrat Forry facing Joseph Ureneck, a white Republican, will demonstrate whether the district has really crossed the racial divide.

A new challenge for Markey When he expressed interest in running for John Kerry’s open U.S. Senate seat, Rep. Edward Markey got substantial support from the Democratic Party establishment. With 36 years in Congress, Markey’s political acumen on Capitol Hill had earned such an endorsement for him.

It was believed that Markey’s only impediment was to defeat Rep. Stephen Lynch in the primary election. In the two-candidate race, Markey won 57.5 percent to Lynch’s 42.5 percent, but there was an unexpected, complicating development. A Republican candidate, Gabriel Gomez, emerged as an exciting personality.

A political newcomer, Gomez won 51 percent of the vote in a three-man race. Michael J. Sullivan, the GOP front-runner, tallied only 36 percent and Daniel B. Winslow trailed with 13.1 percent. These are both outstanding public officials. Sullivan is a former state prosecutor and U.S. attorney. Winslow is a state representative and former district court judge.

The 46-year-old Gomez is a retired Navy Seal with a compelling biography. A successful private equity investor, he is the son of immigrants from Colombia. With 9.6 percent of the Massachusetts population Hispanic, it is helpful that he is fluent in Spanish.

Democratic operatives cannot rely on the fact that Massachusetts is essentially a blue state. The majority of voters (52.6 percent) are registered as Independents. Undue reliance on the more than 3-to-1 Democratic majority over registered Republicans brought victory to Scott Brown in the 2010 special U.S. Senate election.

Markey has an advantage — 294,602 citizens have already voted for him in the primary and will likely do so in the general election. Only 88,928 votes were cast for Gomez. Markey has only a short time to build a dynamic retail campaign to attract a majority of the state’s uncommitted voters to his political philosophy.

As Mother’s Day approaches, I think of the mothers who live in urban areas where violence occurs without warning and with devastating regularity. The pain these mothers suffer is just as real as those who watched helplessly as the innocence of the Marathon finish line was violated by a senseless act.

Urban mothers can no longer assure the safety of their children by making sure they are home before dark. Shootings take place as children are on their way home from school. The cumulative effect of this violence is whole neighborhoods suffering from trauma.

Since January of this year, 68 people have been shot in the city of Boston. Ten have died. Last year, 58 people were shot. Many of these victims were young people.

Trauma and loss have become common in urban communities and because of this, it is no longer newsworthy. There is little outrage among the public. These mothers mourn alone. And yet, they suffer as deeply

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OPINION Thomas’ race hit on Obama is no surprise Earl Ofari Hutchinson Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did the seemingly impossible — he turned from court mute to a hit man on President Obama.

In an interview at Duquesne University Law School in April, Thomas rapped Obama for being the darling of the “elites.” To Thomas that means liberals, progressives, intellectuals and the supposedly liberal media.

Thomas punctuated his slam of Obama by plopping the race card in the indictment, saying that these “elites” embraced him because he was their kind of black man, presumably in distinction to Thomas. This was a play on the tired conservative charge that liberal whites are so guiltridden on race that they’ll latch on to a black to salve their conscience.

This stunning turnabout for a jurist who brags that he doesn’t say a word on the bench, and not much else in public, is not really a surprise.

Race has always lurked just below the surface in Thomas’ calculus.

When the birther issue took flight for a hot minute a few years ago, Thomas was anything but silent. He took the almost unheard-of step of reopening the issue by agreeing to put the matter to a conference vote of the judges. Thomas’ ridiculous lone wolf effort to arm-twist the justices to examine the birth certificate issue made no sense to most legal experts.

But it fit in perfectly with his jaundiced interpretation of law and its practice and his private vow to get revenge on his liberal and especially black tormentors. Obama was the perfect target. When Obama was asked at a joint church gathering with Republican rival John McCain during the 2008 campaign which justice he wouldn’t have nominated to the Supreme Court, he didn’t hesitate. He named Thomas. And he explained why: “I don’t think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time, for that elevation, setting aside the fact that I profoundly disObama has made it agree with his interpretations of a lot of the Constitution.” clear that he would Even if Obama hadn’t ripped not appoint another Thomas publicly, he still would Thomas to the High have been in his sights. He is the polar opposite of Thomas. He’s a Court. Obama has moderate Democrat, a former civil also made it clear rights attorney and community organizer. He backs expanded govthat the type of ernment, affirmative action, aborjudges he’d appoint tion rights, a severely restricted will be the diametric use of the death penalty, and to the horror of Thomas and opposite of Thomas. absolute hard-line conservatives, a broader interpretation of legal precepts.

Obama almost certainly would have joined the swollen chorus of civil rights and civil liberties groups that pounded Thomas during his High Court confirmation fight in 1991 for his anti-affirmative action, anti-abortion and anti-prisoner rights views. The Senate confirmed him by the narrowest vote of any high court judge in recent confirmation history.

The rebuke stung deeply, and Thomas didn’t forgive or forget. In an American Enterprise Institute lecture in 2001, he wrapped himself in the martyr’s garment and said that he expected to be treated badly for challenging liberal opinions.

When asked how long he’d stay on the court, he reportedly said that he’d stay there for the next 43 years of his life. He was 43 at the time. In a more revealing aside, he supposedly quipped to friends that it would take him that long to get even. Whether this was hyperbole or an apocryphal tale, it hasn’t taken him 43 years to wreak his revenge.

Thomas has been a one-man wrecking crew in expunging race from law and public policy decisions. But this is not simply one man’s personal bitterness over his alleged mistreatment by liberals and civil rights leaders. Nor is it a case of Thomas digging his heels in to push his retrograde view on legal matters. He wants more judges to think and act like him on the bench.

Obama has made it clear that he would not appoint another Thomas to the High Court. Obama has also made it clear that the type of judges he’d appoint will be the diametric opposite of Thomas. There’s a good chance that he will have that chance, maybe two or three chances.

The court’s liberals, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, John Paul Stevens and Stephen Breyer, and the moderate to conservative Anthony Kennedy are in their 70s. Obama will plausibly pick like-minded judges to replace one or more of them. This will decisively thwart Thomas and the conservative’s on the court’s counter-revolution.

Thomas’ sudden discovery of his voice on Obama and the tie-in to race was a salvo and a warning that Thomas will play dirty whenever he can, on race, to thwart and hector Obama. His hit on Obama wasn’t the first and it won’t be the last.

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I’d love to see the next mayor tackle equitable access to education. I’d love to see a land use policy that balances the need for open space with affordable housing.

I would like to see more representation of minorities in City Hall.

It’s a contradiction that we’re a majority minority city and we’re not represented in contracts, opportunities and jobs.

I would like to see more support for communities of color and for queer communities of color, building and maintaining better relationships.

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It’s getting wild out here. We need more police presence. We also need better public housing.

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INthe news Dr. Jossie Owens Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) recently appointed Jossie Owens to the newly created position of vice president for adult and graduate studies, the Christian liberal arts college announced today.

An alumna of ENC, Dr. Owens was the first African American woman in the United States and Canada to be elected district superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. In this role, she had oversight responsibility for 103 churches.

Prior to serving as district superintendent, she served as pastor of Second Church in Dorchester and principal of Parkside Christian Academy.

She has also been involved with the Boston Ten Point Coalition, the Boston Education Collaborative and Boston Justice Ministries.

Her business experience includes serving in numerous management positions with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, where she was responsible for the administration of the cor-

porate Assessment Center Program and served as manager of the Training and Organization Development department.

A Mansfield resident, Owens received her bachelor’s degree

from ENC in 1974. She received a master’s degree in public administration from Northeastern University and a doctorate of education in planning, policy and administration from Boston University.

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Report: Wealth of Latinos and blacks lags behind whites’ Charlene Crowell According to a new research report, America’s racial wealth gaps will persist until public policy reforms provide every family the opportunity to build wealth.

“Less than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation,” from the Urban Institute’s Opportunity and Ownership project, analyzed data and trends from 19832010. Over these years, the average household income of whites remained double that of either

black or Latino families. But when wealth was considered, the amount of available assets remaining after all indebtedness was deducted, white families’ wealth grew at a rate six times greater than black or Latino families’ wealth had grown.

“When it comes to economic gaps between whites and communities of color in the United States,” the report stated, “income inequality tells part of the story.

But let’s not forget about wealth.

Wealth isn’t just money in the bank; it’s insurance against tough

Mayor Thomas Menino delivered the keynote address at the Chief Executives Club of Boston luncheon on Wednesday, May 1. (Photo courtesy of the Mayor’s Office)

times, tuition to get a better education and a better job, savings to retire on and a springboard into the middle class. In short, wealth translates into opportunity.”

The report also found that although the Great Recession years of 2007-2009 hit communities of color particularly hard, the type of financial losses varied. With black unemployment double that of the rest of the nation, black retirement assets fell by 35 percent during these years. This data point suggests that lower-income black families withdrew money from retirement savings following a job loss or other adverse events. For Latinos, the average retirement asset decline was 18 percent.

By contrast, the Great Recession years took half of Latino family home equity, compared to an average of 25 percent for black and white families. To better understand this lost wealth, it is relevant to note that in 2010, only half of black and Latino families owned their homes, while 75 percent of whites were homeowners.

With more assets and diversified income streams, white wealth declined 11 percent during the Great Recession. But black wealth dropped 31 percent during these same years and Latino wealth dropped 44 percent.

Yet despite these findings, it is equally true that many families of color still desire to own a home and their own piece of America. Their dreams may be deferred, but still remain strong.

As the nation’s economy continues to struggle towards prosperity, tightened mortgage lending, higher FHA fees and continued discussions of federally mandated down payments do not bode well for more families of color reaching the American Dream.

the report noted how tax subsidies for homeownership and retirement policies actually help to build wealth.

“The federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year to support longterm asset development,” the report stated. “But these assetbuilding subsidies primarily benefit high-income families, while low-income families receive next to nothing.”

The Urban Institute’s con-

“Wealth isn’t just money in the bank; it’s insurance against tough times, tuition to get a better education and a better job, savings to retire on and a springboard into the middle class.”

— ‘Less than Equal’ For the Urban Institute, the answer to these growing and disturbing disparities is reconsidering public policies.

“Families of color were disproportionately affected by the recession. However, the fact that they were not on good wealthbuilding paths before this financial crisis calls into question whether a whole range of polices (from tax to safety net) have actually been helping minorities get ahead in the modern economy,” the report states.

Contrasting programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families as two social safety programs designed to provide basic essentials,

clusions are strikingly similar to those reached earlier this year by Brandeis University’s Institute on Assets and Policies.

“The evidence points to policy and the configuration of both opportunities and barriers in workplaces, schools and communities that reinforce deeply entrenched racial dynamics in how wealth is accumulated and that continue to permeate the most important spheres of everyday life,” Brandeis stated.

Here’s hoping that those entrusted with policy decisions are listening.

Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending.

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New proposal blocks African and Carribean immigrants Kevin Bogardus and Russell Berman Black lawmakers and civil rights groups are concerned by a proposal in the Senate’s immigration reform bill that would do away with “diversity” visas that are often a pathway for African and Caribbean immigrants to enter the United States.

Advocates said they haven’t seen evidence yet that a new merit-based program is an acceptable replacement for the diversity visas.

Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP Washington bureau, said he is telling lawmakers not to cut the diversity program when comprehensive immigration reform moves forward.

“At this point, we are urging lawmakers not to eliminate the diversity visa program,” Shelton told reporters. “This is one of the places in the bill that needs to be addressed. We will work with our friends in the Senate, and we have started working with our friends in the House as well.”

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., co-chairman of the immigration task force for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), called the Senate bill “a significant step in the right direction” but said his caucus is worried about the plan to eliminate diversity visas.

“With respect to the abolishment of the diversity visa lottery program, the CBC is extremely concerned that it might limit the future flow of immigration for people from certain parts of the world,” Jeffries said. “That’s troublesome, and we’re evaluating the merit-based visa proposal to determine if it’s fair and balanced.”

The diversity program makes 55,000 visas available each year to countries with low immigration rates to the United States. Those awarded the visas are chosen by a lottery, with about half typically going to African immigrants.

Republican lawmakers have targeted the program in the past for elimination, arguing the program’s lottery system can lead to fraud and

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The Senate bill proposes ending the diversity visas in 2015 and creating a new, merit-based visa program. It would make 120,000 visas available per year, rising to a maximum of 250,000, depending on the need for them and the unemployment rate.

Immigrants would earn points toward visas based on their education, employment, family ties and other criteria.

“The jury is still out on whether the merit-based visas will be sufficient to address the concerns we have identified with diversity visas,” said Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “We are concerned, but we are still looking and we are still making a decision.”

Some groups are furious with lawmakers for putting the diversity program on the chopping block.

“This is not a zero-sum game where we take from one to give to another. That is not how comprehensive immigration reform should work,” said Bertha Lewis, president of The Black Institute.

“We are really, really angry about this diversity visa business.”

Jeffries said it was “too early to say” whether he would support the Senate bill without changes.

The CBC is in talks with lawmakers negotiating a House immigration overhaul, he said.

“The situation is still very much in flux, and we won’t know until the end of the month what that bill might ultimately look like,” Jeffries said.

Rep. Steven Horsford, DNev., another co-chairman of the CBC’s immigration task force, said the group met on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the diversity visa issue.

“We continue to be concerned about the discontinuation of the diversity waiver, and the fact that … African and Caribbean immigrants who are participating in the diversity visa [program] per year could lose that pathway,” Horsford said.

Horsford said CBC leaders have been in talks with immigration reform negotiators in both the House and the Senate. He suggested the merit-based replacement program was included in the Senate bill at the urging of the CBC. “In large part, this alternative has been proposed because of our concerns with the diversity visa [discontinuation]. Meaning, we brought this issue up when we heard that it was being talked about [being] eliminated,” Horsford said. “And we said, ‘Look, without some meaningful alternative that ensures that all communities, including Caribbean and African immigrants, are protected, then … we [the CBC] would have major concern.’”

Horsford said Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., another leader of the CBC’s immigration task force, has been in talks with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight,” about diversity visas.

“And now that we have the language, and now that we can see the alternative specifically, we can, you know, begin to work on

how it affects our communities,” Horsford said.

Horsford said he expected the House immigration reform bill would have similar language related to diversity visas and the meritbased replacement program.

Shelton of the NAACP said he was hoping for “a strengthening” of the diversity visa program in the immigration reform bill by increasing its number of visas and expediting their processing time.

“It has not been demonstrated yet that the merit-based visas that are being lifted up will solve the problems that diversity visas

were intended to solve,” Shelton said. “There may be a need for an amendment to fix this problem in the future to help African and Caribbean immigrants.”

African Globe

Cherish good conduct.

Become established on the path of morality.

Earn virtue; shun defects.

One who is anchored in the Self attains bravery and courage.

If you meditate daily on That, you will never depart from it.

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was on the upcoming Senate race, another election marked the end of a long-enduring legacy of the so-called “Southie seat,” held by white Irish-American men from

South Boston.

State Rep. Nick Collins finally conceded the First Suffolk Senate District election to state Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry, a Haitian American from Dorchester, after an election in which both the Boston Globe and the Associated Press called the race for Collins before the official

vote was tallied.

Forry won the special democratic primary by less than 400 votes, and Collins did not call for a recount.

“While I am disappointed in the result, I am proud of the campaign that we conducted in the neighborhoods of our district,’’ Collins said in the statement.

“Congratulations to our Democratic nominee Linda Dorcena Forry. I look forward to working with Linda once we get her elected in June.”

Forry now faces a political unknown, Dorchester native Joseph Anthony Ureneck, in the May 28 election.

Whatever appears in the world is God. No one knows His beginning, middle, or end.

He is self-existent, self-illumined, and full of bliss.

He is ever with you, never far.

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Kweli stays authentic, lacks excitement on new release

Veteran MC Talib Kweli addresses the “conscious” rapper label on his new album, “Prisoner of Conscious.”

Dart Adams There was a significant amount of Internet bellyaching after the track list for Talib Kweli’s “Prisoner of Conscious” was revealed and fans saw hitmakers like Nelly and Miguel on the album. These same naysayers must have forgotten that he has previously collaborated with a long list of artists including will.i.am, Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, John Legend and Norah Jones with-

out compromising himself. What makes these new collaborations any different from his previous ones? The short answer is nothing. For those afraid that Kweli is trying to go pop with this album, fear not; he didn’t stray from what’s he’s always done.

Unfortunately, it’s just not as good.

Kweli’s 15-song set on “Prisoner of Conscious,” the follow-up to 2011’s “Gutter Rainbows,” includes tracks that could appeal to those who aren’t already fans of his rapid-fire

flow and thought-provoking lyrical content. Songs like “Turnt Up,” the Miguel-featured “Come Here” or the Melanie Fiona-assisted “Ready Set Go” might seem like he’s trying to reach out for some radio play or attempting to appeal to a wider audience, but again, it’s nothing he hasn’t done previously in his career.

Standout tracks like the Oh Noproduced “High Life,” S1-produced and Curren$y & Kendrick Lamarguested “Push Thru” and the RZAproduced, Busta Rhymes-featured “Rocket Ships” are in the minority on “Prisoner of Conscious.” Of the 15 selections, only about six qualify as “bangers,” five are “girl songs” and the rest are filler tracks.

The album is balanced both lyrically and sonically. Kweli addresses social issues eloquently on tracks like “Hamster Wheel” and the challenges of maintaining a relationship between two working people on “Delicate Flowers.”

“Prisoner of Conscious” closes with the J. Cole-produced “It Only Gets Better” that features Marsha Ambrosius. While it’s a good song and Kweli’s flow is as deft as ever, this album fails to have the same impact of his previous work.

Kweli doesn’t stray far from the themes of his previous albums, nor has his lyricism fallen off, but this album lacks the excitement and bite of his previous material nonetheless.

Fans of his back catalog should enjoy this project, but others might just come away feeling underwhelmed.

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Essay contest spurs financial know-how

Teri Williams, president of OneUnited Bank. (Chris Aduama photo) In honor of National Financial Literacy Month, OneUnited Bank is hosting its 3rd annual essay contest to promote financial literacy among the nation’s youth.

Children ages 8 through 12 are encouraged to read “I Got

you build wealth, and my hope is that through the book as well as through the contest, that kids will really focus on building wealth and how to make money as opposed to just how to spend it.”

Essay submissions must be electronically submitted or postmarked by June 15, 2013 in order to qualify for the grand prize.

Three winners will be chosen to receive a $1,000 OneUnited Bank savings account.

Written by Williams, “I Got Bank” covers topics such as bank accounts, credit scores and interest rates through the story of Jazz Ellington, an African American boy whose grandfather teaches him the importance of saving by creating a savings account for the child.

Williams began working on the book after failing to find appropriate teaching materials for the bank to use during a program in which OneUnited staff made appearances at schools to spread financial literacy.

“Some of the issues that the urban community has to deal with are different than [the issues faced by] the communities that

“Financial responsibility is a part of the equation for a happy, successful life and I don’t think you really can be too young to learn. It really does form a foundation for future success.”

— Teri Williams Bank!” or a similar educational book promoting financial literacy and write a 250-word essay detailing how lessons from the book can be applied to their lives.

“Financial responsibility is a part of the equation for a happy, successful life, and I don’t think you really can be too young to learn. It really does form a foundation for future success,” said Teri Williams, president of OneUnited Bank. “I think it’s important for our kids to know.

There is a lot of rap music and popular culture about money, but there isn’t a lot out about how do you obtain wealth, how do you manage wealth, how do

are depicted in the other books, so when I looked at the books, they just weren’t characters or stories or information that I really thought our community could relate to,” said Williams.

“It really wasn’t something that I necessarily wanted to do my entire life, it was just a need that I saw wasn’t being fulfilled.”

The “I Got Bank” Essay Contest was created in 2011 in an attempt to provide an extra incentive for kids to become financially literate. Submissions can be sent via mail to the OneUnited headquarters or through the bank’s website: https://www. oneunited.com/blog/i-got-bank/

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Boston Ballet dazzles with

“C Chroma” Susan Saccoccia The Boston Ballet is presenting two 20th-century masterpieces by George Balanchine and a company premiere of “Chroma,” a 2006 work by Wayne McGregor, choreographer of the Royal Ballet in London.

The freshness of the classics stands out despite — or maybe because of — the explosive energy of “Chroma,” which hammers the audience with the hard work of dance. On stage through May 12 at the Boston Opera House, the three-part program offers an alternately dazzling, serene and fierce taste of movement and showcases the stunning versatility of the Boston Ballet.

Conducted by its music director, Jonathan McPhee, the Boston Ballet Orchestra manages the shift between eras and moods with as much bravura as the dancers.

Opening the program is “Serenade” (1934), the first work in America by Balanchine, who had settled in New York from St. Petersburg, Russia, to join visionary art patron Lincoln Kirstein in creating a ballet company in America. Their collaboration led to the 1948 debut of the New

York City Ballet, with Balanchine as its ballet master and principal choreographer until his death in 1983. Along the way, he took four centuries of dance tradition and reshaped classical ballet as an American art form.

“Serenade” gently deconstructs classical ballet, streamlining its language with modernist elegance while retaining its nobility. Dancing to a yearning old-world score

by Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the ensemble crafted

by Balanchine dissolves formal hierarchies. It is a democracy in the making. Writing in “The Wall Street Journal,” former Balanchine dancer Toni Bentley describes “Serenade” as “the Rosetta Stone for a new kind of dancer, the American classical dancer.”

Just six men are among the ballet’s 26 dancers. The women’s costumes are faithful to the originals designed by Barbara Karinska, which show the athletic legs of the ballerinas beneath layers of nearly transparent, floating tulle.

The dancers intertwine into a succession of sculpted forms.

Whether moving in unison or as individuals, they infuse grace without ornamentation into every gesture.

Balanchine’s choreography takes a dramatic turn inward to the psyche as well as forward toward a more streamlined future, in the final movement. A ballerina unleashes her chignon into a blond mane and drops to the floor, seemingly dead. A male dancer enters carrying a female dancer on his back. She shields his eyes with her hands — she is the ghost-like double of the inert woman. As the male bends, she flutters her arms like a bird, evoking an angel of death. Lit by Ronald Bates and John Cuff, the arresting scene suggests both an end and a beginning.

In “Chroma,” Boston Ballet’s dancers and orchestra show their prowess with a 21st-century piece that is decades away from the calm classicism of the Balanchine works.

“Chroma,” the Greek word for color, is an element that is notably underplayed in this work. The 10 dancers — five men and five women — wear short, flesh colored costumes by Moritz Junge.

With such muted attire, the focus is on bodies and muscles.

The subtle palette extends to the set by John Pawson, lit by Lucy Carter and Simon Bennison. Rectangular panels in neu-

tral tones frame the dancers, who step over the edge of one panel to enter the dance floor. This stylized entrance is one way that “Chroma” explores the horizon between being on and off stage.

Neutrality applies to the flat affect of the dancers, whose faces remain inexpressive even as they perform astonishing feats, extreme backbends and then unravel into an aloof, runway-style strut as they leave the dance floor.

What isn’t subtle is the driving score by Joby Talbot, arranged

by Jack White of the White Stripes, a torrent of percussive electronica that accompanies the almost violent choreography. Yet “Chroma” builds in lyrical passages too; solos and duets with long, slow leg extensions are accompanied by chamber segments of the piano, cello and violin.

The audience responded to “Chroma” with repeated standing ovations. While the execution of Boston Ballet’s dancers and orchestra was admirable, the relentless focus on the sheer arduousness of dance seemed too small a tale to tell.

Balanchine’s “Symphony in C” (1947) glitters with the hard brightness of jewels. Its harmonious couplings and ensemble formations

draw the dancers into geometric patterns that increase in size and complexity, climaxing in an exultant grand finale of 52 dancers.

Dancing to a score by George Bizet against a blue backdrop, the women wear stiff white tutus, with hair pulled back into garland-encircled chignons. The ensemble’s dozen men are attired in blue velvet jumpsuits.

Uniformly clad, each dancer is part of a larger whole that celebrates the joys of discipline and human interaction that are at the heart of dance. They fire off precise pirouettes and whirring footwork and, linked in a human chain, they loop under each other’s arms with the ease of children in a schoolyard game. Yet this is grown-up pleasure, with full control and mastery on display.

Four tiara-crowned prima ballerinas, one per movement, render various solos and duets.

Groups grow in size while repeating patterns set by the preceding, smaller band of dancers.

In contrast to its simple color scheme, the panorama of white and blue figures becomes an increasingly complex composition. It’s as if through his dancers, Balanchine is saying, “Can you top this?”

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about it. When he explained to me what he was trying to do with this movie, it was something that I felt was right up my alley and that I wanted to be a part of.

cation. To get in shape like that involves a whole lifestyle change. It’s not just going to the gym. It’s also eating and sleeping differently, and spending your time differently.

How would you describe your character, Adrian? Are you anything like him in real life?

I heard that you and Mark Wahlberg even trained together.

Nelson,” “Crossover,” “Haven” and “Freedomland,” starring Samuel L. Jackson.

Besides an impressive film career, the gap-toothed thespian has performed both on and off Broadway, making his Broadway debut as the stuttering nephew, Sylvester, alongside Whoopi Goldberg in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” He was later seen as the lead in Regina King’s modern retelling of Chekov’s “The Seagull,” in Stephen Belber’s “McReele,” and in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Soldier’s Play.”

Here, he talks about his new movie, “Pain & Gain,” a fact-based crime comedy co-starring Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg.

[Chuckles] That’s funny! No, I’m not anything like him at all.

The thing that I enjoyed about doing Adrian was that he never backed down. He admired Daniel [played by Mark Wahlberg] so much and just wanted his friend to succeed. And he also wanted to achieve The American Dream.

Yeah, we worked out together every day, once we arrived on set.

I think that’s why we subsequently became such good friends. He appreciated the fact that I wasn’t taking this opportunity lightly, since he’s not the type of person who takes the stature he’s achieved for granted. He’s a leader and a hard worker. He liked my dedication to the project, which was reflected in how I accompanied him daily to the gym to push it as hard as we could.

What interested you in “Pain & Gain”?

[Laughs] I really enjoyed this character and talking about him.

I’m lucky because I get to do projects I like and believe in. And it’s exciting to see people react positively to your work, to something you’ve invested so much time and so much of yourself into.

No pain, no gain — Anthony Mackie reflects on success

Anthony Mackie stars in the Michael Bay-directed “Pain & Gain” with Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Kam Williams Born in New Orleans on Sept.

23, 1979, Anthony Mackie attended the Julliard School of Drama. He was discovered after receiving rave reviews for playing Tupac Shakur in the off-Broadway play “Up Against the Wind.”

Immediately following, Anthony made an auspicious film

debut as Eminem’s nemesis, Papa Doc, in Curtis Hanson’s “8 Mile.”

His performance caught the attention of Spike Lee, who subsequently cast him in “Sucker Free City” and “She Hate Me.” He also appeared in Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby” and Jonathan Demme’s “The Manchurian Candidate.”

Anthony appeared in five films in 2006: “We Are Marshall,” “Half

It was the script. I was really psyched about Michael [Bay, the film’s director] doing a story with three-dimensional characters like these who you could really delve into to see what makes them tick.

A Michael Bay flick with that trademark action as well as some complex character development. It almost felt like I was watching a new genre of film.

That’s what made me so happy

I saw you on several talk shows over the last couple of weeks, and between being pumped up from the weightlifting and the way you trash-talked like you were shot out of a cannon, you seemed almost like a different person, or as if you were still in character.

How much time did you devote to the exercise regimen to get yourself in such great shape?

About four months. I worked out for six weeks before we started shooting, and then every day on lo-

You’re obviously comfortable on stage and also doing great work on screen. How do you approach each as an actor?

Stage and screen are completely different. Stage is like a marathon. It’s more of a physical muscle because you have to do eight shows a week. With a movie, you do it once, it’s in the can, and you move on. On the stage, you have to recreate that moment every night. You have to figure out a way, mentally, to find yourself in the same place every performance. You have to believe that whatever’s happening in that world is actually happening every night, whereas with film you just have to believe it once before you Mackie, continued to page 15

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All 1,100 seats in Harvard’s Sanders Theater were filled last month when Matt Damon received the 2013 Harvard Arts Medal from the university’s president, Drew Faust, and joined an onstage conversation with fellow actor John Lithgow (’67).

After graduating from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in 1988, Damon went on to study at Harvard, majoring in English. Leaving to take occasional acting jobs, he attended Harvard on and off until 1992. In the spring of 1993, he departed without graduating to pursue a film career in Los Angeles. Accompanied by his childhood friends Ben and Casey Affleck, Damon carried with him 40 pages of a screenplay that became “Good Will Hunting.”

The 1997 movie earned two Oscars and garnered nine Academy Award nominations. Damon, then 26, shared an Oscar with cowriter Ben Affleck for Best Original Screenplay. Damon was nominated for Best Actor, and his co-star Robin Williams won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Since then, Damon has starred in more than three-dozen films, including the blockbuster “Bourne Identity” and “Ocean’s Eleven” franchises, “Saving Private Ryan” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” In his latest film, “Behind the Candelabra,” he plays Liberace’s lover.

A co-founder of Arts First, Harvard’s annual weekend festival of the arts, Lithgow hosts the Harvard Arts Medal ceremony that kicks off the three-day event, now in its 21st year.

Lithgow said that at age 42, Damon “had already packed in the accomplishments of four or five extremely productive people as an actor, writer and producer as well as a philanthropist committed to solving global problems most of us aren’t even aware of, and as the father of four young daughters.”

Asked about childhood clues to his future career, Damon recalled how at age 5 he helped his mother douse excess smoke in their fireplace. He donned a fireman’s hat and red galoshes and pointed a fake hose at the embers. His story shows, Damon said, “how useful actors are in emergencies.”

“As long as I can remember, I

Actors John Lithgow (left) and Matt Damon at Harvard’s Sanders Theater last month.

(Jon Chase photo) always wanted to be an actor,” said Damon, who found a mentor in his high school acting teacher, Gerry Speca. “Ben and Casey Affleck and I, as well as a number of other people from that program, just came out with a real love of theater and acting.

We had a world-class teacher and we were just lucky that we stumbled into this man at this point in his career.”

At Harvard, Damon found another important mentor, David Wheeler, then resident director at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater. Wheeler, who died in 2012, gave Damon priceless opportunities as an actor and understudy, nurturing the young man’s skills and confidence.

When a student asked him whether school or work was more important in developing as an artist, Damon advocated for both. “Apprentice yourself,” Damon said. “Log in your hours. Fail a lot. School can help and give you those hours that in the real world you might not get. Spend as much time doing it as you can.”

Lithgow asked Damon how he deals with movies that miss their mark at the box office or with critics. While admitting that such letdowns hurt, Damon said he sees novel projects as risks worth taking and spoke of his wife, Luciana Barroso, as a source of support and honest feedback.

When considering a role, Damon said he bases his decision on the director. “The director is the horse you bet on,” said Damon. “You ride the horse all the way to the end.”

Describing Damon as remarkably “self-possessed as a person”

in a high-stress industry, Lithgow shifted the conversation from craft to life beyond movie sets. He asked Damon about his local roots.

“I’m a kid from Central Square, Cambridge,” said Damon. “Before rent control ended, it was a mostly middle-class and working-class neighborhood. It was a wonderful place to grow up. But between MIT and Harvard, we couldn’t help but feel a townie thing.”

Damon noted that Ben Affleck’s father was a janitor at Lowell House, where he lived as a Harvard student. Such town-gown experience informed “Good Will Hunting,” whose protagonist is a brilliant young janitor at MIT. Speaking of the Boston Marathon bombing, Damon said that, like everyone else, he was “still in shock and wondering what it all means.” From childhood, Damon said, he has regarded the annual Patriot’s Day Marathon as “sacrosanct — a life affirming day.”

Lithgow asked Damon about his philanthropic endeavors, including water.org, the nonprofit he cofounded that enables hundreds of communities in Africa, South Asia and Central America to access safe drinking water. Without clean water, said Damon, “Every 20 seconds a child under 5 years old dies. That’s three little kids a minute.”

After President Faust presented the medal, Damon stepped up to the podium and briefly addressed the audience. He told the college students, “You are influencers in the world. Hold onto your humanity as you go out into the world.”

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move on.

So, stage is really difficult but, at the same time, it’s much more gratifying than film. So many people have a hand in your screen performance whereas, when you step on the stage, no one tells you what you can and can’t do.

It seems to me like the film actually has a message about the growing distance between classes in America. Or am I asking too much from a spring blockbuster?

I think the movie deals more with The American Dream, and the skewed perception of it in our generation. The idea used to be that you worked hard to achieve more. Now, it’s “Do as little as you can to achieve as much as you can.”

I loved your performance in “Desert Flower,”which brings to mind this saying: “There are no small parts, only small actors.”

I agree. That’s one of the reasons I did “Desert Flower.” I feel very strongly about that picture’s subject-matter [female circumcision]. So, I did the film even though I knew I wouldn’t get any fanfare or recognition from it, because its message was important to me.

Did you meet naysayers before your first big break as an actor? There are people who do not give themselves permission to pursue their dreams. What advice do you have for them?

[Chuckles] I still meet naysayers every day. This business is funny. It’s all about your journey and the road that you’re on. There are so many people who like to comment on my career and on what I am or am not

doing. But I know that it’s my path, and I’m going to decide for myself which direction I want to go. When I meet naysayers, I just thank them politely for acknowledging my career and I wish them many blessings on the success of their own careers.

leanians who are behind it. And that’s the problem. Every time a New Orleanian tries to get behind a project, it gets shot down. But you have all these folks from outside the state trying to change the culture. That’s what the backlash

is all about right now. We want to keep the city the way it was. New Orleans is not New York, L.A. or Las Vegas, and we want to push all the outsiders out in order to get back to where we were before Hurricane Katrina.

Do you have any interest in bringing any historical or cultural stories about Louisiana to the screen?

Of course! One of the biggest projects I’ve been working on, for about six years now, has been a movie about the jazz musician Buddy Bolden. Louisiana is near and dear to my heart. I moved back to New Orleans five years ago, because I realize that New Orleans is what made me into something that I cherish.

Are you attached to any post-Katrina rehabilitation project in New Orleans?

No, I’ve been staying away from the revitalization of New Orleans, because it’s not New Or-

You have played Tupac Shakur twice, once off Broadway, and also in the film “Notorious.” Did you listen to a lot of his music growing up?

Definitely! The very first CD I ever owned was a Tupac CD. He’s one of my all-time favorites. I have every CD and bootleg CD of his. He was a huge inspiration of mine. Since my parents didn’t allow me to hang out on the streets as a child, my way of experiencing the streets was by listening to Tupac.

Anthony Mackie hits the big screen with co-stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Mark Wahlberg in action comedy “Pain & Gain.”

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“My dog Stella follows me everywhere: down to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, upstairs to the room where I write, downstairs again when I need more cream. Stop, I tell her. Back off, please, you’re suffocating me. Have your own life. Have some dignity.

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Class of 2013: Demonstrate courage and compassion Marc Morial “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are…for all the land that you see I will give to you.” Genesis 13: 14-15 University commencement season is a time of high hopes and great celebration. I was again reminded of that this past Saturday when I delivered the commencement address at Huston-Tillotson

(HT) University in Austin, Texas.

Perhaps best known as the university where Jackie Robinson served as athletic director and basketball coach before he set out to break the color barrier in baseball, Huston-Tillotson is the oldest Historically Black College and University (HBCU) west of the Mississippi.

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closed to many African American students. The enthusiasm and optimism I saw in the faces of this year’s HT graduates reaffirmed my belief that the future is indeed in good hands.

My message to the graduates was simply to make sure that in addition to emerging from college academically prepared, they should also embrace their obligation to pave the way for the next generation and leave this world better than they found it. I am all too aware that this is easier said than done.

So, I also shared three key observations — or better yet life lessons — to help them navigate this next phase of their journey. I call them the three C’s: courage, choice and compassion.

The class of 2013 is graduating at a pivotal moment in American history. Fifty years ago, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King shared his passionate dream that America live up to its promise of liberty and justice for all. That same year, four little black girls were killed by a terrorist bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan at Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, and civil rights hero Medgar Evers was assassinated in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Miss.

Now, 50 years later, we have witnessed the second inauguration of the nation’s first black president. As I told the HT graduates, we’ve come a long way baby, but we still have a long way to go.

While many of the legal impediments to equal opportunity have been eliminated over the past halfcentury, new challenges including voter suppression, criminal justice abuses, economic inequality and opposition to common sense gun safety legislation have risen to take their place.

The baton is now passing to a new generation, and I have no doubt they will rise to the challenge.

The National Urban League has always engaged young people in our empowerment movement.

For more than 40 years, our Black Executive Exchange Program (BEEP) has been cultivating new leaders and inspiring achievement by enabling African American students to interface and network with African American business professionals to prepare for careers in corporate America.

My message to the graduates was simply to make sure that in addition to emerging from college academically prepared, they should also embrace their obligation to pave the way for the next generation and leave this world better than they found it.

— Marc Morial All of these problems will require this generation of graduates to muster the kind of courage shown by people like Jackie Robinson, Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, and National Urban Leaguer Heman Sweatt, who fought the battle to integrate the University of Texas in 1950.

They each found the courage and made the choice to devote themselves to a cause greater than themselves. They each demonstrated the kind of compassion required to act beyond individual interests and clear obstacle-laden paths so that those who followed could have better opportunities.

In addition, the National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP) engages young professionals ages 21-40 in voluntarism and philanthropy to empower their communities and change lives.

Many of today’s HBCU graduates have been touched by those.

We expect that they will use the blueprint of courage, choice and compassion summoned and shown by so many before them.

We expect that they will pass it on and choose to serve.

Marc Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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Undocumented immigrants – financial burden or boon?

Paul Kleyman SAN FRANCISCO — As the debate over immigration reform tugs predictably back in Washington, an undercurrent of ageism and disability bias has been flowing beneath more obvious racial and class implications.

Take, for instance, the recent USA Today op-ed co-authored by former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., now president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, which warned, “The truly enormous costs come when unauthorized immigrants start collecting retirement benefits.”

DeMint and his colleague continued, “Social Security, Medicare, food stamps and other entitlement programs already impose huge, unfunded liabilities on taxpayers.” The op-ed goes on to declare that “an amnesty” proposed for 11 million unauthorized immigrants will add significant taxpayer costs because unauthorized immigrants average only a 10thgrade education.

Doing the right thing Rather than being a burden, however, according to the Social Security Administration’s chief actuary, those presumed drains on the system have been a boon.

They add $15 billion a year to Social Security in payroll taxes, only taking out $1 billion annually in benefits. In the long term, immigration reform would mod-

estly cut Social Security’s deficit, not worsen it.

According to Pew Research, that’s partly because of future rising income and home ownership levels for those immigrants’ children.

“Those opposed to immigration reform have attempted to use vital programs, like Social Security, as an economic excuse to avoid doing the right thing,” said Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM).

In a policy brief last month, NCPSSM cited Edward Alden of the Council on Foreign Relations, who has said that immigration reform would actually lead to higher wages and allow immigrants to pay more towards Social Security.

“They’re going to pay more into the Social Security system.

The CBO has run these numbers in the past; in the short-run, there’s a big boost for the Social Security system,” Alden said.

White House and Senate ‘roadmaps’ According to a new policy analysis by the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) and National Council on Aging (NCOA), today’s approximately 11 million unauthorized immigrants include 1.3 million individuals ages 45-54, and another half million who are 55 and older.

NHCOA’s Jason Coates and NCOA policy analyst Joe Caldwell examined “roadmaps” to citizenship outlined so far by the White House and the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang of Eight,” with legislation to come in a few months.

Both proposals signal long waits before eligible immigrants could even apply for lawful permanent resident status (green cards) and citizenship. And their access to health care and economic security benefits, especially important to elders and those with disabilities, is in doubt.

Under the current proposals, unauthorized immigrants could end up waiting a decade or more to qualify for health care and other safety net programs.

While the Senate plan would link the waiting period for being able to apply for green cards to some assurance of border security, the White House has proposed allowing undocumented immigrants provisional status for six to eight years before they could become permanent residents. (Both the administration and Senate frameworks would expedite the process for “DREAMers,” agricultural workers and highly skilled immigrants with advanced degrees in such areas as science and technology.)

Once an immigrant waited through those years on provisional, or temporary status and qualified for a permanent status (the green card), he or she would

begin the five-year process toward naturalization. During that time, the White House and Senate proposals would deny them access to federal benefits, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps). President Obama’s proposal would deny access to subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. People could have to wait more than a decade for assistance.

Older adults would also have to wait that long to access Medicaid, which is the primary payer of longterm care in the U.S. States can waive the five-year waiting period normally required once someone becomes a permanent resident,

managing money.

The advocacy groups say reforms should afford these workers the same streamlined and expedited visa process as those proposed for scientists, engineers and workers in other high-need areas, because the nation is facing a looming shortage of care workers.

The paper explains that as the U.S. population ages, U.S. demand for long-term care will leap from today’s 12 million to 27 million by 2050. The country will need 1.6 million additional direct-care workers by 2020 and 3 million by 2030.

Immigration reform is vital for meeting that projected need, say NHCOA and NCOA, because almost one in four current direct-

“Comprehensive immigration reform will help millions come out of the shadows. Many of the half-million older adult immigrants [among them] have worked for decades and contributed millions to Social Security.”

— Jason Coates but only for pregnant women and children, not for individuals with disabilities or seniors.

Statistics show that six in 10 undocumented Hispanics are without health insurance.

They would also have to wait another five years — about a decade after starting on the path to citizenship — to qualify for federal Medicare.

Many of those 11 million undocumented people are overrepresented in low-paying and often physically demanding occupations, frequently incurring high rates of work-related injuries and contributing to high rates of disability and chronic conditions over time.

Looming shortage of care workers The NHCOA-NCOA report also calls on the government to strengthen and stabilize the shrinking direct-care workforce, such as the nursing aides who assist patients with such daily activities as getting dressed, taking medication, preparing meals and

care workers is foreign-born.

About half today are naturalized citizens and others have legal status, “but a significant portion is estimated to be unauthorized.”

Policy changes offering these workers authorized immigration status would improve the quality of care, says the paper, by allowing for improved background checks, providing workers opportunities for training and career advancement, building registries to assist individuals and find workers, and enabling workers to legally drive.

“Comprehensive immigration reform will help millions come out of the shadows. Many of the half-million older adult immigrants [among them] have worked for decades and contributed millions to Social Security,” said NHCOA’s Jason Coates. Rather than begrudging them income and health security protections they have earned, he added, “We should reward their contributions to the United States.”

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Fleming Ortiz, 11, introduces some rainbow trout to their new home in Jamaica Pond during a fish stocking event on April 25. The Jamaica Plain youngster joined city and state officials, including Gov. Deval Patrick, for the release of 1,100 hatchery-bred trout provided by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game in partnership with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.

(Jon Seamans photo)

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tion from someone whose income comes from Social Security. It is permissible to refuse anyone who cannot pay the rent — but the right procedure is to provide a standardized application to anyone interested in the unit, and then judge eligibility on uniform criteria such as income, references and background checks.

A workshop attendee reinforced this idea, saying that even bad credit doesn’t necessarily mean someone can’t pay rent; they may have fallen behind on other bills in the past while taking care

to never miss rent payments.

The Fair Housing Act, signed

by President Lyndon Johnson on April 11, 1968, prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing based on race, color, religion or national origin. With additions over the years, the federal law also prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, disability and familial status (families with children under age 18).

Massachusetts law provides additional protections, barring discrimination for marital status, age, gender identity and expression, military or veteran status, ancestry, public assistance recipiency and genetic information.

And in April, the Violence

Against Women Act added protection at the federal and state levels for victims of domestic violence or stalking. For instance, victims cannot be evicted because of police calls or restraining orders; they cannot be penalized for breaking a lease to flee an unsafe location; and landlords must comply promptly with requests to change locks.

There are some exceptions to fair housing protections — for instance, in a property with three units or fewer that currently houses an elderly or infirm person, children can be disallowed — but advertisements cannot state such restrictions. People must be allowed to apply, and their eligibil-

ity then judged based on facts and legal criteria.

Rather than steering people away from units with lead paint, the law requires owners to delead units for families with children under age 6. It also requires reasonable disability accommodations and/or modifications, such as changing doorknobs for a tenant with arthritis, allowing service animals or installing grab bars in bathrooms.

The most common discrimination complaints the BFHC receives are related to lead paint issues, Section 8 and reasonable accommodation, Cox said.

It is complicated, Cox acknowledged, to know what can

be forbidden (smoking? pets? someone with a prior eviction?) or requested (deleading when a tenant becomes pregnant?) and even what questions can be asked of an applicant. Innocent questions from real estate agents about marital status, ages of children or national origin, even if asked in friendly conversation, could later be seen as discriminatory if the apartment is not offered, she said.

Cox and Irish encouraged housing seekers, providers or advocates who have questions or complaints to contact the Civil Rights Office at 617-635-2500.

More information can also be found online at www.cityofboston.gov/civilrights/fhc/.

Participants of Neighborhood Health Plan’s Stand Against Racism event, part of the YWCA’s national Stand Against Racism project, lined the Summer Street Bridge in Boston’s Fort Point Channel as part of a peaceful demonstration on April 26.

Top left: Sylvia Ferrell-Jones, president and CEO of YWCA Boston, and Deborah Enos, president and CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan joined many of the event’s participants in signing the YWCA’s pledge against racism. (Sylvia Stagg-Giuliano photos)

LEGALS PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS MBTA CONTRACT NOS. B92PS16-20 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and rehabilitation of all bridge structures owned by the Authority. In addition to the regular inspections done by in-house bridge inspectors, the Authority has consultants inspecting and evaluating the bridges. In this respect, to adequately protect the structural integrity of the bridges and to provide reliable service for the riders, the Authority is soliciting professional engineering services from five (5) experienced bridge engineering firms for the In-depth Inspection, Fracture Critical Inspection and Load Rating of Authority Owned Bridges Systemwide, to be performed in conformance with the latest relevant manuals, codes, references, standards, specifications and State and Federal Guidelines. The Authority will assign the list of bridges to the consultants, upon selection.

LEGALS NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013.

The work includes: BASE BID: •

REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF CIRCUIT SERIES CABLES WEST OF R/W 4L.

•

REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF CIRCUIT SERIES CABLES SOUTH WEST OF R/W 15R.

•

CONVERSION OF EXISTING AIRFIELD GUIDANCE SIGNS.

•

REMOVE AND REPLACE 15KV FEEDER (15W1-5)

ADD ALTERNATE NO. 1: •

This contract will be Federally Funded. The DBE Participation Goal for this contract will be 16%.

The complete request for qualifications can be found on the MBTA website.

Please use the following link:

EFAROS SITE UPGRADES

ADD ALTERNATE NO. 2: •

TAXIWAY Q CENTERLINE LIGHTS, CABLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

ADD ALTERNATE NO. 3: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/

•

MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCH UPGRADE

LEGALS 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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($ 10,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

This contract is subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged 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.

Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013.

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).

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

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

The 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.

Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. L797-C4, 2013 TAXIWAY LIGHTING CIRCUIT AND 15 KV FEEDER REPLACEMENT AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AIRFIELD ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS, 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, MAY 29, 2013 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

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)

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.

The estimated contract cost is FOUR MILLION, FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($ 4,057,000).

This is not a request for proposal.

Richard A. Davey Mass DOT Secretary & CEO

Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. General Manager and Rail & Transit Administrator

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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

DESCRIPTION

DATE

TIME

*WRA-3627

Distributed Antenna System (DAS) for RF Doner & BDA Equipment for Various Locations

05/15/13

11:30 a.m.

*WRA-3631

Purchase of One (1) Screening 05/15/13 Pod (Ejector) for Remote Headworks

11:30 a.m.

*WRA-3632

Purchase of One (1) Vicarb Heat Exchanger Model V60CDX71, Stainless Steel Plates

12:30 p.m.

*WRA-3614

*WRA-3630

05/15/13

Aquatic Invasive Macrophyte 05/15/13 Survey Update at MWRA/DCR Source and Emergency Reservoirs

2:00 p.m.

Supply and Delivery of Sodium 05/22/13 Hypochlorite to the John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant and Ware Disinfection Facility

11:00 a.m.

RFQ/P Agency-Wide Technical Assistance Consulting Services

and to the Secretary of Labor's Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

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

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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

INVITATION FOR BIDS

*To access and bid on this event, please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com **7436

LEGALS

05/24/13

11:00 a.m.

**Bid Documents available on the Comm-PASS Website (www.comm-pass. com)

Bids are subject to M.G.L. c. 30B sec. 5. HUD-Determined Maintenance Wage Rates shall apply.

Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., May 23, 2013. Bids shall be mailed or hand delivered to Brookline Housing Authority, 90 Longwood Avenue, Suite 1, Brookline, MA 02446 and received no later than the date and time specified above.

Interested contractors please contact George Lalli, Director of Maintenance, at the Brookline Housing Authority, at 617-277-2022 x312 or glalli@brooklinehousing.org for a set of Contract Documents.

Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1025-C5, MASSPORT RETIREMENT OFFICES, 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, JUNE 12, 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, MAY 29, 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 (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10A.M LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 The work includes RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING VARIOUS OFFICE SPACES LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE LOGAN OFFICE CENTER INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OFFICE PARTITIONS AND FINISHES AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING MEP/FP SYSTEMS. RELATED TRADES INCLUDE CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, CEILINGS, PAINTING, HVAC MODIFICATIONS, FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS, PLUMBING AND RELATED ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTING MODIFICATIONS. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY MAY 9, 2013.

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

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The estimated contract cost is $ 438,000.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, filed Sub-bidders must submit with their bid a current Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance 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. cedures 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 /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 $1,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

The Project sites will be available for inspection on May 15, 2013. Bidders interested in visiting the sites shall meet at 90 Longwood Avenue at 10:00 a.m.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Suffolk Probate and Family Court 24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114 (617) 788-8300

ELECTRICAL

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

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,

Docket No. SU13P0830EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Rosa Mae Gladden Date of Death: 02/22/2013

A petition has been filed by Stanley Cargill of Worcester, 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 Stanley Cargill of Worcester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 05/23/2013. 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: April 17, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

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

A petition has been filed by Harold A. Trouit, Jr. of Jamaica Plain, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of Adjudication of Intestacy & Determination of Heirs and for such other relief requested in the Petition.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 05/23/2013. 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: April 17, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

Docket No. SU10P1785EA Citation on Petition for Removal Estate of Marguerite K Polin Date of Death: 07/18/2010

To all interested persons:

To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Anne M. Trevisone of Norwood, MA requesting that Robert Polin of Randolph, MA be removed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 05/16/2013. 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.

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

Date: April 12, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

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

Docket No. SU13P0844EA Estate of Enid G. Myers Date of Death August 14, 2012

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

Docket No. SU13W0498

INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Colin Myers of Roxbury, MA a will has been admitted to informal probate.

Summons By Publication Michael Raggiani , Plaintiff v.

Pedro Hernandez , Defendant To the above named Defendant: A Complaint has been presented to this Court by the Plaintiff (s), Michael Raggiani, seeking a Complaint to Establish Paternity pursuant to G.L. c.

215, Section 6.

The estate is being administered under informal 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 interested parties 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. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

You are required to serve upon Michael Raggiani — plantiff (s) — whose address is 50 Oak St. Apt 201, Brockton, MA 02301 your answer on or before May 30, 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 in the office of the Register of this Court at Boston.

Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Justice of said Court at Boston, this 22nd day of March 2013.

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

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

Docket No. SU13C0164CA

In the matter of Darius Quentin Pomare-Taylor of Boston, MA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Darius Q Pomare-Taylor requesting that Darius Quentin Pomare-Taylor be allowed to change his name as follows: Darius Quentin Omari IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE

Docket No. SU12D2398DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Maria Tavares Coleta

Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate Court

$67,824.00

This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) 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.

SUFFOLK Division

Estate of Bernice Trouit Date of Death: 09/01/1977

$74,639.00

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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Docket No. SU13P0836EA

Filed sub bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work: HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING

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

Date: May 3, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

To all interested persons:

The Brookline Housing Authority is seeking sealed bids for Janitorial Services at Federal Subsidized Housing. The contract sum is estimated to be $50,000 per year. The initial contract term shall be one (1) year. Brookline Housing Authority shall have up to two (2) options to extend the contract for an additional one (1) year period for a maximum total contract period of three (3) years. The option to extend the contract shall be at the sole discretion of the Brookline Housing Authority.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 06/06/2013.

vs.

Marcelino Coleta

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 1 B. 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: Maria Tavares Coleta, 102 Marlboro Street, #1, Chelsea, MA 02150 your answer, if any, on or before 06/20/2013. 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: April 8, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

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LEGALS

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

Docket No. SU13P0779EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Roosevelt D Harris Also known as "Que" Harris Date of Death: 02/09/2012 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Anthony M. Harris of Roxbury Crossing, 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 Anthony M. Harris of Roxbury Crossing, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 05/16/2013. 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: April 10, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

LEGALS The Complaint is on file at the Court.

Estate of Elvis Lenox Waterman Also known as Elvis L. Waterman Date of Death: 10/05/2012 To all interested persons:

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.

A petition has been filed by Keitra E. Waterman 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 Keitra E. Waterman of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Marjorie Phitryon, 11 Putnam Gardens, Apt. 105, Cambridge, MA 02139 your answer, if any, on or before 05/30/2013. 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.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 05/30/2013. 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.

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

Date: March 26, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

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: April 24, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13P0891EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

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SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13D0672DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Maiysha Jacob

vs.

Ramon Maddrey of Roxbury

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 1 B. The Complaint is on file at the Court.

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

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.

Docket No. SU13D0412DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Marjorie Phitryon

vs.

Raynold Moise

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 1 B.

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Maiysha Jacob, 58 Angell St #2, Dorchester Center, MA 02124 your answer, if any, on or before 06/20/2013. 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: April 8, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

Yard Sale 34th ANNUAL, Sat. 5/18, 9am-2pm. Over 50 houses on lovely Ashmont Hill, Dorchester.

Ocean St. 617-288-6626 or www.ashmonthill.org

CONDOS FOR SALE

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Affordable housing lottery for Rose Court (Rose Landing) Three bedroom, two bedroom, and one bedroom condominiums at Rose Court Danvers, MA

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Affordable unit prices - $168,500- $208,000 Informational meeting- April 24, 2013 at 7 pm Danvers Town Hall, Danvers, MA

Unquity House 30 Curtis Rd., Milton

Applications and information for first-time home buyers* Available at Danvers Town Hall, Peabody Institute Library Or online at www.roselandinglottery.com

Unquity House is a 139 unit apartment complex offering activities and security for ages 62 and over.

Studio and One bedroom apartments with utilities included, prices range from $695 to $872. Accepting applications, some income restrictions apply.

Applications must be submitted to: Jwo Consultant Services P.O. Box 323, Westwood, MA 02090

By May 31, 2013

Please call 617-898-2032 or visit our website at www.mreinc.org

For questions or to request an application to be mailed Call and leave message (781) 329-8201 * Certain Exceptions Apply to First-Time Home Buyer Definition

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE

ARBORPOINT AT MARKETSTREET 150 King Rail Drive, Lynnfield, MA 01940

Arborpoint at MarketStreet is a BRAND NEW smoke-free apartment community featuring professional on-site management, club room with demonstration kitchen, business center, fitness center, outdoor pool with patio and an 80% low-income affordable 40R housing program. The community is now under construction, occupancy will begin in September of 2013

Applications will be accepted from May 3, 2013 through July 5, 2013 Application forms may be obtained by mail or in person at: Lynnfield Public Library 18 Summer Street Lynnfield, MA 01940 Arborpoint at MarketStreet C/O Arborpoint at Seven Springs 1 Seven Springs Lane Burlington MA 01803 Phone: (877)272-6778 TTY: 711 Email: Arborpointms@natdev.com

Applications may be submitted via mail or in person to: Arborpoint at MarketStreet C/O Arborpoint at Seven Springs 1 Seven Springs Lane Burlington, MA 01803

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9am-6pm; Thursdays 9am – 7pm; Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 12pm-5pm Completed application drop off deadline close of business: July 5, 2013 Completed application by mail postmarked no later than July 5, 2013

Informational sessions to be held: Thursday May 16, 2013 and Thursday June 13, 2013 both at 6:00pm.

Location: Lynnfield Middle School, 50 Main Street Lynnfield, MA 01940 Monthly Rents (80% Program)* # of Units

Type

Maximum Rent

27

One Bedrooms

$1,211

18

Two Bedrooms

$1,353

Maximum Income Limits / Income Eligibility Persons in Household

80% Max

Persons in Household

80% Max

1 person

$47,150

3 person

$60,650

2 person

$53,900

4 person

$67,350

Arborpoint at Market Street Residents are responsible for gas, electric, water/sewer, phone, and cable utilities.

Selection by lottery. Lottery to be held July 25, 2013 1:00pm MarketStreet Lynnfield, MA Preference/priority for accessible units for households with at least one member with a disability requiring such accessible units. For more information, applications or reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities, please call (877)272-6778 TTY: 711

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Hartwell Terrace Apartments Dorchester, Massachusetts Applications are now being accepted for our waitlist of section 236 for 1BR and 2 BR apts, with convenient location, MBTA accessible, off street parking, wall to wall carpeting, dishwasher, laundry room, convenient shopping center within walking distance, heat and hot water included. Section 8 voucher holders are welcome to apply.

Unit Size

Income Range

Basic Rent

1BR

$34,250 - $45,500

$839

Market Rent $931

2BR

$39,150 - $52,000

$1,020

$1,132

Applications are available in our office located at 530 Warren Street, Dorchester, Ma 02121 on Tuesdays from 9:00AM to 12 noon and Thursdays from 1:00 to 4:00PM.

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Hillside School 15 Capen Street, Medford

Sale Price: $221,400

Maximum Household Asset Limit is $75,000.

3 Affordable Loft Style Units

Priority given to households with need for bedrooms.

Price Change Square Footage

Franklin, MA

Maximum Income Limits: 3 Person Household: $60,650 4 Person Household: $67,350 5 Person Household: $72,750 6 Person Household: $78,150

Medford, MA

Type

Beaver Court

Colonial Style, 3 Bedroom 1½ Bath, Gas Heat, Fire Place

AFFORDABLE RENTAL OPPORTUNITY

Units

Affordable Housing Home Ownership

HH size* Min-Max

Monthly RENT*

1

2br/1bath

1227

1-4 people

$1166

2

1br/1bath

733-735

1-2 people

$ 861

You Must Be a 1st Time Home Buyer.

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Call Maxine at 508-520-4949 or email mkinhart@franklin.ma.us

1BRs @ $1,255/mo 2BRs @ $1,398/mo Rent does not include any utilities except water and sewer

LIP SMSA 2013 Income Limits Maximum Income Allowed (80%)

1

$47,150

2

$ 53,900

3

$ 60,650

4

$ 67,350

Applications will be available ONLINE, BY EMAIL, IN PERSON, and BY MAIL From April 15June 15, 2013

Call 781-393-2480 or stop by the office Mon, Tues & Thurs 8:30am – 4:30pm Wed 8:30am – 7:30pm Friday 8:30 – 12pm

Online: www.hillsideschoolapartments.com email: info@hillsideschoolapartments.com phone: 781-518-1244 IN PERSON DURING OFFICE HOURS from: Medford City Hall Office of Community Development 83 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford

Applications must be returned BY MAIL ONLY, POSTMARKED BY June 15th to:

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Alta Legacy Farms Apartments is a Garden-style 3-story walkup development on 18 acres with 6 acres of “restricted land” set aside as permanent conservation land. There are a total of 240 one and two-bedroom rental units, of which 25% will be reserved for individuals and families earning 80% or less of area median income (AMI). Unit finishes include wood cabinets, stainless Whirlpool appliance package including microwave range hoods, cultured marble vanities with integral sinks in bathrooms, full-size sideby-side washers and dryers in all units. Development amenities include clubroom with coffee bar and cyber-café, media room, billiards table, fitness center with personal televisions on cardio equipment, outdoor lounge areas with built-in grilling stations, fire pit, resort-style pool and sundeck.

The Maximum Income Limits for Households are as follows:

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Hillside School Apartments PO Box 53097, Tufts Branch Medford, MA 02153

Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities.

Selection will be done by lottery. All units have a Local Preference for Medford Residents (certain restrictions apply). For the 2br unit: preference for households demonstrating a need for two bedrooms. Estimated occupancy date September 2013.

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*Utilities not included in rent and are estimated to be $118 for 1br, $150 for 2br.

Unassigned parking for up to two cars per unit is available in the adjacent parking lot.

Household Size

ALTA LEGACY FARMS

1 Person — $47,150 3 Person — $60,650

2 Person — $53,900 4 Person — $67,350

A Public Info Session will be held on June 5th, 2013 (6 pm) in Room 215 in Hopkinton Town Hall, 18 Main Street.

Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be received, not postmarked, by 2 pm on July 8th 2013 The Lottery will be held on July 18th in Room 215 in Hopkinton Town Hall Library.

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AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

7 AFFORDABLE TOWNHOUSE CONDOMINIUM UNITS

Merrimac Condominiums

5 AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES

Turnpike St.(Rt 114) & Compass Rd. (200 ft east OF 1890 Turnpike St) North Andover, Massachusetts TO BE SOLD BY LOTTERY TO ELIGIBLE HOMEBUYERS

169 Westford Road, Tyngsborough TO BE SOLD BY LOTTERY TO ELIGIBLE HOMEBUYERS

(7) 3 Bed, 1-1/2 Bath Townhouse Style Condominiums $216,900, 1924 – 2327 Estimated Sq Ft.

(5) 2-Bed, 2-1/2 Bath Units $185,300 2080 apprx sf

Max Income

Maximum Income:

at Wyndbrook at Tyngsborough (55+)

1 Person – $45,100 2 Persons – $51,550 3 Persons – $58,000 4 Persons – $64,400 5 Persons – $69,600 6 Persons – $74,750 Other Restrictions Apply

1 Person - $45,100

3 Persons - $58,000

Applications at: Tyngsborough Town Hall, 25 Bryants Lane Tyngsborough Public Library, 25 Bryants Lane Or Write To: JTE Realty Associates, P. O. Box 955, No. Andover, Ma. 01845 Or Call: 978-258-3492 Or e-mail: wyndbrook@jterealtyassociates.com MAILING ADDRESS MUST BE PROVIDED

Applications at: Stevens Memorial Public Library, 345 Main St No. Andover Town Hall, Clerk’s Office, 120 Main St Or Write To: JTE Realty Associates, P. O. Box 955, No Andover, Ma. 01845 Or e-mail: merrimac@jterealtyassociates.com

Deadline for Completed Application Received by 5/21/2013

MAILING ADDRESS MUST BE PROVIDED 978-258-3492

Project Hope, in partnership with Partners HealthCare and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, is currently accepting applications for FREE entry level health care employment training programs.

Program eligibility includes: • Have a high school diploma or equivalent • Have a verifiable reference of 1 year from a former employer • Pass assessments in reading, language, and computer skills

2 Persons - $51,550 4 Persons - $64,400 Other Restrictions apply

OPEN HOUSE: 5/11/13 1-3PM Turnpike St. (Route 114) & Compass Rd (200 ft east OF 1890 Turnpike St)

Are you interested in a CAREER?

• Attend an Open House to begin the eligibility & application process • Be legally authorized to work in the United States

For more information and to register for the next Open House held the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month please visit our website at www.prohope.org/openhouse.htm

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A GREAT OFFICE JOB! Train for Administrative, Financial Services & Medical Office jobs (ESL classes also available) Work in hospitals, health care, finance, banks, colleges, & more.

Deadline For Completed Application - Rec’d By 5/29/13

YMCA Training, Inc. is recruiting training candidates now!

Job placement assistance provided. We will help you apply for free training.

No prior experience necessary, but must have HS diploma or GED. Free YMCA membership for you and your family while enrolled in YMCA Training, Inc.

MARSHFIELD HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

Call today for more information about our training program: 617-542-1800

PURCHASE PROGRAM • ROUND 8-B The Marshfield Housing Partnership is accepting additional applications from qualified applicants for grants to assist them in purchasing an existing market rate home or condominium in Marshfield. A deed restriction will be recorded on each unit purchased with a grant to secure affordability in perpetuity.

MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNTS 1 Bedroom

2 Bedroom

3, 4 and 5 Bedrooms

$45,000

$60,000

$80,000

Senior Bridge Engineer Self-motivated team player with eight (8) to twelve (12) years of experience in bridge and structural engineering to join our growing team. Responsibilities include design of State Agency and municipal bridge projects including construction observation and administration as well as client interaction and business development.

Experience or training with steel, reinforced concrete, timber and prestressed concrete design required. Experience or training using STAAD, Merlin-Dash, RCPier, Geomath or comparable software a plus. BSCE and PE (or ability to obtain) required. Masters degree preferred. (Career Code MJL10513)

MAXIMUM HOUSE/CONDOMINIUM AMOUNTS BEDROOMS

SALE PRICE

MAXIMUM GRANT

NET PRICE AFTER GRANT

1 BR Condo

$189,000

$45,000

$144,000 $178,000

1 BR House

$223,000

$45,000

2 BR Condo

$222,000

$60,000

$162,000

2 BR House

$260,000

$60,000

$200,000

3 BR Condo

$266,000

$80,000

$186,000

3 BR House

$302,000

$80,000

$222,000

4 BR House

$320,000

$80,000

$240,000

5 BR House

$338,000

$80,000

$258,000

Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. .an employee owned, mid-size national consulting engineering firm with offices in the Northeast, Florida and the Virgin Islands, has the following openings in our Manchester, New Hampshire office:

Marketing/Administrative Assistant

MAXIMUM ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME 1 Person

2 Person

3 Person

4 Person

5 Person

6 Person

7 Person

8 Person

9 or more

$47,150

$53,900

$60,650

$67,350

$72,750

$78,150

$83,550

$89,950

Please call

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

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

Informational sessions will be held at the following locations: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 7:00 PM: Hearing Room # 2, Marshfield Town Hall, 870 Moraine Street, Marshfield Saturday, June 1, 2013, 10:00 AM: Hearing Room # 2, Marshfield Town Hall, 870 Moraine Street, Marshfield

Full time person to perform a variety of marketing and administrative duties. Ideal candidate will possess strong word processing skills, and be comfortable working independently, under strict deadlines, and on several assignments simultaneously. Familiarity with Word, Excel and Power Point or equivalent required. Knowledge of basic engineering concepts a big plus! (JEP10513) Please send resume citing Career Code to: HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC., 150 Dow Street, Manchester, NH 03101 or e-mail jhann@hoyletanner.com or fax to 603-669-4168.

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A lottery will be held on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7:00 PM at the Marshfield Town Hall, Hearing Room # 2, to select grant recipients.

Successful grant recipients are required to have at least one family member attend and complete a Homebuyer Education Workshop.

For additional information or to receive an application please contact either the Marshfield Housing Authority (781-834-4333) or the Marshfield Housing Coordinator: (781-834-1051). Applications are also available at the Marshfield Town Hall.

All applications must be received and date stamped by the Marshfield Housing Authority no later than 12:00 PM (Noon) on Friday, June 14, 2013.

Marshfield Housing Authority, 12 Tea Rock Gardens, Marshfield, MA 02050 MHOPP Funding was made possible by the Town’s adoption of the Community Preservation Act

General Dentist Wanted New Grad or Recent Grad Welcome 1–3 Days Per Week.

Please Fax Resume To: 617-536-3839 Start: June 1st. 2013.

Lead Community Organizer

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CALL: 617-261-4600 baystatebanner.com

City Life/Vida Urbana seeks Lead Community Organizer for Boston Metro North communities. Primary responsibilities: Anti-displacement, post-foreclosure, and tenant organizing.

Skills required: • Excellent written and verbal skills • Two years experience organizing, paid or as a volunteer • Commitment to the CLVU’s vision of radical organizing • Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office, database skills) • Familiarity with issues of affordable housing, foreclosure, displacement • Bilingual in Spanish Skills preferred: • Social media skills — using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube To Apply: Email a cover letter and resume to jobs@clvu.org; or mail to City Life/Vida Urbana, 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 CLVU is committed to hiring staff that reflect the diverse communities we serve. Visit clvu.org for full job description.

Part-Time

ACCOUNTING CLERK BSC Group, Inc., a consulting engineering firm located in the South Boston Seaport District, is looking for an individual to fill a position in Accounting Job responsibilities include: • Preparing A/P invoices and expense records • Processing checks as directed • Basic bookkeeping • Data entry • Filing of Accounting and payroll records • Posting cash receipts • Preparing A/R statements • Providing billing support • Coordinating insurance certificates Qualified candidates will have the following: • Excellent organizational and communication skills • General office computer skills • Working knowledge of Excel • High school diploma or equivalent • Experience working in a business environment Basic bookkeeping knowledge is preferred.

This position is part time (25 hours per week).

Qualified candidates should send, fax or e-mail cover letter and resume to: Human Resources Department, BSC Group, Inc., 15 Elkins Street, Boston, MA 02127; Fax no: (617) 896-4302; e-mail: info@bscgroup.com.

No telephone calls, no recruiters, please.

BSC Group is an EEO employer.