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Are Hub cops violating rights?

FIO data suggests pattern of unconstitutional stops, searches

By YAWU MILLER

A cold winter afternoon in 2010 started off like any other.

Modesto Sanchez and a group of 14 friends set off to go ice skating at the Kelly Rink in Jamaica Plain. Walking along Amory Street, the group was stopped by four police cruisers.

None had engaged in suspicious or illegal activity before or during the walk, Sanchez says.

“We were just walking down the street, enjoying ourselves,” he recalls. “They put all 14 of us against a wall.”

Sanchez and his friends were searched.

“They searched all of us,” he says. “They went through my front and back pockets. Three kids got arrested because they had weed on them.”

While the teens who had marijuana were in violation of the law, so too were the officers who searched them without probable cause. In a scenario that teens and youth workers say is all-toocommon, Boston teens are routinely stopped and searched by police despite having committed no crimes.

Under U.S. law, police officers cannot search people or their property unless they have probable cause for arrest — a standard that requires police to have sufficient evidence that a crime has been committed. The standard, which is based on the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee of protection against illegal search and

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Demonstrators held a picket line in front of Symphony Hall, protesting predicted BPS budget cuts.

seizure, is meant to protect U.S. residents from dragnet investigations. The amendment has its roots in the 18th century, when British soldiers ransacked the homes of American colonists suspected of harboring seditious literature without first obtaining a warrant.

While a police officer can lawfully stop and question a person if he or she has reasonable suspicion that individual has committed a crime, that standard is lower than probable cause. The standard for a frisk is “reasonable suspicion” that a suspect is armed and dangerous. Even under that standard, an officer cannot search the individual, their property or vehicle without their consent.

But according to electronic entries in the department’s Field Intelligence Observation Record database, illegal nonconsensual searches are not uncommon.

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Mayor outlines plans for Boston’s schools

Highlights unified enrollment, early education

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON & YAWU MILLER

More than 125 Boston Public School parents, teachers, students and activists protested predicted budget cuts to Boston Public Schools last week, maintaining a picket line as guests lined up for Mayor Martin Walsh’s second State of the City address held at Symphony Hall.

Inside, Walsh prepared to set forth his commitment to a number

of policies, some of which the outside demonstrators denounced, including a unified enrollment system that would automatically sign parents up for charter and district schools. Walsh did draw some positive attention for his pledge to sufficiently fund BPS.

Outcry and hope over BPS budgets

Mary Lewis-Pierce, parent advocate and special education attorney who led the protest, said

its goal was to pressure Walsh into prioritizing BPS funding.

Spurred by the mayor’s announcement last week of $50 million in cuts to Boston schools, a coalition of parent and student groups converged for the demonstration, including the Boston Education Justice Initiative, Citizens for Public Schools, the Citywide Parent Council, Quality Education for Every Student and Youth

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Advocates debate millionaire tax Funds would go to transportation, education

By SANDRA LARSON

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Rodney Mohammed, a Brockton health care worker and parent of two young children, testifies at the Massachusetts State House Jan. 19 in support of a proposed state constitutional amendment to add a 4 percent tax on income over $1 million. The new revenue would support education and transportation initiatives.

Supporters and opponents testified at the State House last week on a proposed constitutional amendment that would impose an extra 4 percent state tax on annual income over $1 million in order to generate funds for public education and transportation projects.

Initiated by the Raise Up Massachusetts coalition and predicted to generate approximately $1.9 billion in new revenue, the amendment

could go before voters in 2018.

“The Fair Share Amendment would provide essential revenue to make much-needed investments across all levels of public education and enhance our transportation infrastructure,” testified Barbara Madeloni, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, at a three-hour hearing of the Joint Committee on Revenue.

“In recent years, we’ve seen the divide between rich and poor grow to historic levels,” Madeloni said. “...

We think it is fair to ask those who

have reaped the biggest rewards from our economy to pay a fair share toward reversing barriers to success for Massachusetts families.”

Other supporters testifying included transportation advocates, teachers, parents, senior citizen advocates, clergy and experts on economics and budget policy.

Opposition was voiced primarily by representatives of business and tax watchdog groups.

Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, argued that an

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N.U. profs. study role of Twitter in Ferguson

By CATILIN YOSHIKO KANDIL

Within minutes of Michael Brown’s death on August 9, 2014, an African American woman in Ferguson sent out a tweet.

“Ferguson police just executed an unarmed 17 yr old boy that was walking to the store. Shot him 10 times smh [shaking my head],” she wrote under the Twitter handle @ AyoMissDarkSkin.

Although she wasn’t a celebrity, journalist, politician or activist, this woman’s account — and others coming from black Ferguson residents on Twitter — played an outsized role in shaping the national conversation around race and police violence following Brown’s death, say Northeastern University’s Sarah J. Jackson and Brooke Foucault Welles.

“This story was told in a particular way, at a particular speed and involved a particular set of diverse perspectives because of Twitter,” said Jackson, an assistant professor of communication studies.

“Violence against African American citizens isn’t new — it’s as old as America is — but who gets to tell the stories is always under contention,” she went on. “Yet we see in this case, the early framing of this story from within the African American community seeped into the way more elite sources later framed the story.”

Jackson and Welles examined more than 500,000 tweets sent in the week after Brown’s death that included the word or hashtag “Ferguson” and analyzed which users were most impactful in shaping the early

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Northeastern University professors Sarah J. Jackson and Brooke Foucault Welles say ordinary citizens using Twitter drove the narrative on the Ferguson uprising, displacing the role of the mainstream media in covering the conflict. discussion of the shooting.

They found that many of the most retweeted and mentioned Twitter users were African Americans with connections to Ferguson — while national mainstream news outlets, politicians and celebrities played a lesser role.

Their study, “#Ferguson is everywhere: initiators in emerging counterpublic networks,” was recently published in the journal

Information, Communication & Society.

There are a number of reasons diverse voices are amplified more easily on Twitter than in traditional journalism outlets such as newspapers, magazines, television and radio, according to Jackson and Welles.

“The main difference is in who participates,” said Welles, also an assistant professor of communication studies. “Even people who aren’t

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particularly wealthy can afford the technology, so people can have content-producing devices right in their hands. And the technology itself has integrated several different ways of storytelling — you can have text, images and videos.”

Another reason is that Twitter allows for immediate engagement and critique. “You can speak back to the messages in a way that you can’t in traditional media,” said Jackson.

On the day of Brown’s death, for example, the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper reported over Twitter: “Fatal shooting by Ferguson police prompts mob reaction.”

“Immediately, African Americans in St. Louis and Ferguson started doing media criticism,” said Jackson, who noted that blacks use Twitter at a higher rate than the general population. “They said, ‘We have a problem with how this story is being

told by this elite news source,’ and their critical comments garnered more retweets.”

One of the most popular responses, she explained, came from St. Louis city alderman Antonio French, who replied, “‘Mob’?

You could also use the word ‘community.’”

Although Jackson and Welles can’t say that Twitter alone was responsible for bringing national attention to Michael Brown’s death, they do see the real impact the microblogging social media platform had on the discourse.

“We have a lot of evidence that this story got told in a different way by everyday citizens in Michael Brown’s community on Twitter than it would have gotten told if the St. Louis Post Dispatch was in charge of that story,” said Welles.

“Because of the specific moment where technology was at the time,” added Jackson, “the videos would autoplay and the photos would show up without you having to click through. It absolutely became a moment where it solidified people’s disgust at how these sorts of cases are handled, and perhaps brought more people in from the outside who weren’t thinking about or didn’t have to think about these sorts of issues before.”

But Ferguson wasn’t the first or last time Twitter’s alternative narratives influenced a national discussion. In 2014, Jackson and Welles studied the hashtag “myNYPD,” which the New York Police Department started as a public relations strategy, but quickly turned into a critique about police profiling and stop and frisk. And now they’re turning their attention to the way social media impacted the Baltimore protests in 2015.

“People have figured out a way to make social media work to tell stories from their own perspective,” said Welles, “to change the national conversation — or at least shift the national conversation to include every perspective.”

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New restaurants bring variety, energy & evenings to Dudley Sq.

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

Tranquil piano music played over the sound system and African art adorned the warm yellow walls. Amidst the peaceful ambiance, Dudley residents sipped drinks and tasted samplings of spicy beef suya, jellof rice and flaky meat pies at Dudley Square’s new African restaurant, Suya Joint, last Friday.

Dudley Square — long served by fast food joints, sub shops and takeout restaurants, with only a smattering of restaurants serving alcohol — gains two new venues with late hours and liquor licenses.

Suya Joint, which opened last Friday at 185 Dudley St, seats 84, holds a full liquor license and will serve a variety of African dishes, according to its owner, Cecelia Lizotte. She added a special Roxbury Punch cocktail to the menu in celebration of the new location.

The restaurant has six part-time employees and four full-time.

Tasty Burger, expected to open in the Bolling Building within the next few weeks, will seat 120 in its new 3,400 square-foot location and offer burgers, shakes and salads along with beer and wine, according to a representative. Only two other places in the area offer beer and wine: Dudley Dough and Dudley Café.

Up late in Dudley

Many patrons at Suya Joint’s soft opening last Friday expected the restaurant’s later hours to carry the district’s daytime liveliness into the evenings, filling an important niche.

“It doesn’t really feel like a business district when everything closes at seven o’clock,” said Jeanne Pinado, CEO of Madison Park Development Corporation, directly across the road from Suya Joint’s new spot. Visitors to MPDC’s evening cultural events have had few places to go before or after shows, Pinado said.

During the winter, Suya Joint will be open until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 9 p.m. the rest of the week, owner Lizotte said. Tasty Burger’s locations in Fenway, Harvard Square, South Boston and Back Bay have hours that extend as late as 11 p.m. or even 4 a.m. “[Suya] would be like a

defibrillator for Dudley Square, to bring it alive after 5 p.m.,” Sophia Transtamar, project manager at MPDC, said at the soft open.

Her coworker, communications manager Angel Harris, added that a late option with drinks could make the district more of a destination.

“It would be really good to have an option close to work to pop in and have a drink and have friends meet me in Dudley as opposed to going out to meet them,” Harris said.

Business mix

The restaurants may spur local businesses to stay open longer by keeping customers in the area at night, Pinado said.

The build-up to nightlife in Dudley may be gradual as businesses and restaurants rely on each other to keep customers around. Owners of both restaurants said they will be testing the level of demand for late hours.

David Buois, CEO of the restaurant group behind Tasty Burger, said the Dudley location will not be open until 2 a.m. yet, but will extend hours as called for. In Suya Joint’s case, a lounge with entertainment also is a possibility, if there seems to be an audience for it, Lizotte said.

In thriving commercial districts, businesses attract customers who then will visit other stores and venues in the area said Matt Wagner, vice president of Revitalization Programs for the National Main Street Center.

“When looking at overall revitalization strategy for the downtown or business district, you’re looking for businesses that provide competitive advantage for that district and complement each other, and can leverage each other in terms of like-type customers or complementary goods and services that expand the market opportunity. [They also] give you more than just one reason to come there — so you’re coming for multiple reasons and spending time there and coming perhaps for shopping and grabbing a bite to eat,” he said.

Restaurants are especially effective at drawing in customers, said Joyce Stanley, executive director of Dudley Main Streets.

Youth tend to shop online and are more likely to come to a district if

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“You have to have some destination thing to get them into a district, whether something like an innovation center or restaurant, where they can come and meet and sit,” she said. “[Restaurants] are a key element in attracting a variety of customer groups, whether workers in that area or residents that live around there or a tourist market,” Wagner said.

More choices

The two new venues offer sitdown locations, although Tasty Burger does not have a wait staff.

They also bring more offerings to an area much in need of variety and healthy options, Stanley said. Workers in the district represent a variety of ethnicities, further creating a demand for diverse choices.

“Most of our restaurants are takeout, so it’s a lot of the same stuff,” Stanely said.

Rafael Carbonell, deputy director of the city’s Office of Business Development, said various city departments have been working to bring more restaurants in response to community demand for more options, especially ones that are sit-down and offer drinks.

The result: Tasty Burger, Suya Joint, the already-opened Dudley Dough and Dudley Café and P&R Ice Cream and Restaurant,

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Suya Joint owner Ceceila Lizotte offered samples of beef suya, jollof rice and meat pies at her restaurant’s soft opening in Dudley Square last Friday. expected to open its second location at 208 Dudley St in the next few weeks. P&R is a Jamaican restaurant in Mattapan.

The new liquor licenses are a significant business boost for restaurant owners, Carbonell added.

“It’s a really important hook for them to drive customers and really drive revenue for them.”

Pushing employment

Carbonell said restaurants bring employment options to people from diverse walks of life.

“Restaurants are unique because there are lots of opportunities for people from very, very different backgrounds — from different education attainment levels to different experience levels. [They provide] an opportunity for individuals to get jobs and create career opportunities.”

The city provided assistance

to the five new restaurants, including help with permitting and licensing as well as designing the aesthetic for the storefront, menu and signage, Carbonell said. Mayor Martin Walsh has announced Dudley will be a new focus of community planning, and Carbonell expects plans to include continued work to heighten the mix of restaurants and businesses.

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Suya Joint’s Lizotte held a 35-seat location in Roslindale for three years before moving to Roxbury, drawn in part for the larger space and the diversity of the residents. Lizotte, who is Nigerian, seeks to provide a taste of home to foreign-born Africans — a demographic more present in Roxbury — and offer a new

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No more honors for bigots There is a common practice across America for communities to erect statues or monuments to honor the achievements of local residents. For those whose accomplishments are less prodigious, it is customary to place their names on buildings, public squares or streets. The objective is to imbed in the culture the character of the honoree to serve as a role model for future generations. But now protestors have begun to challenge the worthiness of some of those who have been so memorialized.

The strongest protests against such challenges come from those trying to preserve the memory of the Southern Confederacy. They argue that the destruction of Civil War monuments constitutes an unwarranted revision of history. Conversely, some Yankees find it peculiar that the country tolerates the preservation of the memorabilia of a treasonous effort to divide the nation. Conciliation of the two perspectives is probably not possible, but those pushing for change would be wise to follow a sound standard.

Slavery and quasi-slavery were so extensive in the 17th and 18th centuries that participation in those practices alone should not be enough to disqualify an early American from being historically noteworthy. An estimated 41 of the signers of the Declaration of Independence owned slaves. Also, half to two-thirds of the whites who came to America during that period were indentured servants. They were essentially purchased from shipowners and were legally obligated to work for their masters for a period of years to repay the cost of their passage.

Enactment of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution rendered illegal both of those forms of servitude. A slave owner as cruel as Simon Legree in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” should never qualify for a favorable historical remembrance even if his victims were indentured servants rather than slaves. Aside from the issue of physical cruelty, protesters also are concerned

about the propagation of racist ideas that are demeaning to blacks and could foster psychological damage.

In 2002 the Cambridge School Committee voted to remove the name Louis Agassiz from a grammar school. They thought it quite inconsistent to name a school with many black pupils after a scholar who disseminated a theory of genetic black inferiority. The school was renamed the Maria L. Baldwin, after the first black principal in New England of a racially mixed school.

There has been a continuing conflict in Selma, Ala. about the location on public lands of a statue of Civil War Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. He violated civilized rules of military engagement by massacring his prisoners of war. He also failed to win the battle of Selma to secure the armory there. After the war he became the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Although the black citizens of Selma are 66 percent of the population, it appears that they will lose the battle to prevent the aggrandizement of such a vicious man.

Just recently the city council of New Orleans voted 6-1 to remove the statues of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard and Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. Opposition to the move is just becoming organized.

Universities are not immune to the conflict. Last April, students at the University of Cape Town removed the statue of Cecil Rhodes. Now Oxford students also want to dissolve the university’s connection with Rhodes. Some students at Princeton University want to terminate any relationship with Woodrow Wilson, who fired blacks in government service solely for reasons of racial discrimination when he was president. And students at Yale want to rename Calhoun College, which was named after Sen. John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, a racist leader of the Civil War. The battle for new identities has just begun in earnest.

“How am I supposed to be inspired by a statue of a guy who fought to keep my folks in slavery?”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Roxbury hope Recently, I joined Gov. Charles Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and a number of Roxbury community leaders as the inaugural awards from the Commonwealth Urban Agenda Grant Program.

The announcement was held inside the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment at the Washington Street site of what was the home of Woolworths store by Ruggles Street

back in the day when Dudley Station had a thriving retail district.

Inside I heard much hope for this area’s future and much pride in its past glory days. The whole area seemingly fell apart in the ‘80s and any thought of the past was gone forever.

As a Roxbury kid I would walk up to St. Francis de Sales Grammar School after my old St. Rita’s Grammar School closed in June 1961. Talk about a diverse shopping area. One could take

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the train upstairs on the platform or just walk around Dudley and save both time and money.

While elected officials can smile at all the newness pumped into this area, only those who lived through this renaissance or those such as myself can truly understand the transformation of this great section of Boston.

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Do you think the problem of racism is getting better or worse in the United States?

By LEE A. DANIELS With first light on January 16 came the stunning news: “Iran released Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and three other detained Iranian Americans on Saturday in exchange for seven people imprisoned or charged in the United States,” The Washington Post reported, “a swap linked to the imminent implementation of a landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers.”

The article went on to say that Iran also was releasing a fifth American, a student detained in Tehran some months ago, separately from the exchange. The swap, according to an American official, was a “one-time arrangement because it was an opportunity to bring Americans home,” should not be considered something that would “encourage this behavior in the future” by Iran, and that, while it was not directly related to the nuclear talks the U.S. and five other Western nations had successfully completed with Iran in July, the deal those talks produced “greatly accelerated talks about the prisoners.”

U.S. officials emphasized that none of the Iranians held here were suspected of terrorist activities or violent crimes. Instead, they had been charged with or convicted of violating trade sanctions against Iran or exporting technology that could be used to enhance Iran’s military capabilities.

That gripping news was soon accompanied by two other striking announcements. The first was word that 10 U.S. Navy sailors, who had been taken prisoner by Iranian military earlier in the week when their small, lightly-armored patrol boats had mistakenly sailed into Iranian waters, had been released within a day of their capture.

The second, announced by President Obama himself, was that officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency had declared that Iran had met the requirements of the agreement reached with the U.S. and other major world powers last July to limit its efforts to build a full-scale nuclear program. That resulted in the automatic lifting of sanctions imposed by the United Nations, the European Union and the U.S. Republicans, who had bitterly opposed the deal, blustered this way and that about the developments, refusing to offer even a dollop of praise for the administration.

No one with half a brain would think American and Iranian officials will soon be gathering ‘round the campfire singing “Kumbaya.”

Obama made that clear the very next day when he announced that, although the sanctions mentioned in the treaty expired, other U.S. sanctions against Iran remain in force. Foreign policy experts said it would remain difficult for American companies to overcome “the complicated web of restrictions” to doing business there.

But there’s also no doubt the “Iranian crisis” that’s been a significant feature of American foreign policy for four decades is now substantially less tense than it was. Now, both countries’ interests are guarded by a powerful treaty and the pragmatic mutual interest in peace by both the U.S. and Iran — and a host of European and, less conspicuously, Middle Eastern nations. That arrangement can rightly be described by that once-ubiquitous Cold-War phrase: “peaceful co-existence.”

So, now we have another administration achievement that stands in sharp contrast to all those predictions made after the 2010 midterm elections of a doomed Obama administration. And the similarly confident declarations after the 2014 midterm elections, when the GOP gained numerical control of the Congress, that the President was facing a gloomy, ineffectual “lame duck” end to his tenure in office? Perhaps we should retrospectively honor such predictions with the “silly goose” award.

There’s no magic to President Obama’s ability to see what was possible to achieve in reducing tensions with Iran and in other domestic and foreign policy matters, and to get it done. Actually, he identified the fundamental ingredients of any President’s ability to get things done in two brief passages in the State of the Union address he delivered just four days before the bombshell news about Iran.

First, in referencing past foreign policy disasters in Vietnam and Iraq, he said American officials had to learn to take “a smarter approach, a patient and disciplined strategy that uses every element of our national power.” And then, moments later, he stated that “American leadership in the 21st century ... means a wise application of military power and rallying the world behind causes that are right.”

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Of course it’s getting worse. When those who are sworn to protect and serve are killing unarmed black children with impunity, that speaks volumes.

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I don’t think it’s getting any better.

It seems like it, with cop shootings.

People need to learn not to hate.

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Worse. I don’t seen any advancement I would say better. I don’t see as for blacks. A lot of people thought much hatred as I saw five or ten that when we elected Obama, things years ago. It’s different. would get better. It hasn’t.

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Kiia Horton Student Roxbury

Worse. Most people think they’re better than other groups. Therefore, it’s getting worse.

George Johnson Minister Dorchester

Absolutely worse. Donald Trump is making it OK for bigots to say what they feel publicly. Our children are being killed by police offices for being black.

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PETRINA MARTIN Petrina Martin has been named vice president of Sales and Marketing for BMC HealthNet Plan in Massachusetts and Well Sense Health Plan in New Hampshire. In this position, Martin leads and coordinates company sales, marketing and community outreach functions.

This includes all activities related to conceptualizing and implementing market strategy, supporting product lines and ensuring successful achievement of growth objectives.

“Petrina has broad-based experience with strategic development, market research and process improvement, all of which are critical to ensuring a successful strategy for membership growth and retention,” said Eric Hunter, Chief Operating Officer. “Her enthusiasm and collaborative focus make her a key player in achieving the organization’s corporate and strategic goals.”

Most recently, Martin served as director of development for Mattapan Community Health Center.

Her nearly 20 years of professional

experience includes marketing and media consulting, operations management, program direction and training. She formed strategic relationships with her clients and major corporations such as Coca-Cola, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Honeywell, PerkinElmer, Disney, Universal Studios, NBC, Sony and Sara Lee to improve their short and long-term growth strategies. In addition, she led numerous high-profile communications initiatives, including corporate restructurings, new product introductions and grassroots engagement efforts.

Currently Martin participates in LeadBoston, an experiential executive education program.

A resident of Milton, Martin is a board member of the Artemis Circle of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston and My Sister’s Keeper Foundation for Women. She also is an active member of Jack and Jill of Boston and Delta Sigma Theta Inc. Martin graduated from the University of South Carolina

and received an executive master of business administration from Georgia State University.

“The opportunity to work with an organization dedicated to the underserved correlates with my personal commitment to individuals who are in need,” Martin said. “That is why I look forward to working with the communities we serve.”

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Grievances & promises aired at meeting on Bartlett Place

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

The latest chapter of the controversy over Nuestra Comunidad’s push to plant a charter school in a Roxbury development project unfolded at a recent community meeting at the Shelburne Community Center in Roxbury.

Representatives of the Conservatory Lab Charter School made their case for why the school belongs on a parcel of land where community residents sought the development of housing and job-generating businesses.

Tensions have been rising over the proposed siting of the school at Bartlett Yard on Washington Street — something the Project Review Committee appointed by the city to oversee development efforts firmly opposes. PRC members say the school will not satisfy the economic development requirement of the Request For Proposals they helped write for the location, and that its entrance into project plans bypassed community due process. Several PRC members said they were blindsided by the introduction of CLS into plans, not event learning the idea was being considered until a newspaper reported the purchase and sales agreement.

Meanwhile, school supporters say CLS will bring economic and cultural gains that meet project demands. David Price, executive director of Nuestra Comunidad, also suggested the school may be critical to the project’s completion.

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Conservatory Lab Charter School’s chair of the board of trustees, Gary Gut, looked on as Nuestra Comunidad’s David Price (right) made the case for bringing CLS to Bartlett Place.

Undermined process

The prevailing view among community residents who spoke at the meeting seemed to be that stakeholder engagement had been subverted. CLS’ chair of the board of trustees, Gary Gut, argued that the school, at least, had done its best to engage with the community through actions such as conversations with residents, abutters, businesses and neighborhood organizations, newspaper ads and an open house.

Gut and several attendees called for forgiveness of any past misconduct on the project process and taking a fresh look at the current situation.

“We want to pledge to you that going forward we’re going to do everything we can on our part to be open, transparent and inclusive in the process,” Gut said. He added that erecting CLS on the site hinges on Boston Redevelopment Authority approval.

food for thought

Gut and Price made their case for CLS, asserting that, along with the other entities to be located at Bartlett Place, the school completes the development project’s economic goals and helps achieve cultural and artistic wants outlined in Roxbury’s Strategic Master Plan.

Many attendees spoke of the value of such a school but the community remained divided over whether CLS was the right choice for Bartlett Place.

CLS makes its case: employment

PRC members have stated that the parcel must feature entities that generate wealth and economic development by providing opportunities for homeownership, business creation, business attraction and employment.

“We firmly believe the entire site should be anchored to

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economic drivers (homeownership and commerce opportunities) that will have an immediate and lasting impact on the community,” wrote Mike Miles, PRC Co-Chair, in an open letter.

Gut claims CLS can deliver sufficient economic value through a level of local hiring and spending.

To comply with 50 percent Boston Resident Employment Standards, the school would hire 151 individuals in Suffolk County for construction jobs. According to the school’s construction management team, 20 percent of its Boston hires are likely to be from the surrounding zip codes: 02119 (Dudley Square), 02120 (Roxbury Crossing) and 02121 (Grove Hall).

At least nine out of 73 employees included in the school’s FY2018 budget will be hired from the neighborhood, according to the school management team.

The management team also anticipates that construction spending on items such as materials and equipment, along with construction wages, will prompt the creation of 53 further jobs in the county. School employee wages and daily staff spending are expected to generate 10 further jobs, according to a report prepared by Next Street Financial and Economic Development Research Group.

One complication: A Boston Public School teacher from Jamaica Plain contested that the lower wages provided by charters may make it difficult for CLS employees to afford to live in the neighborhood.

Spending expectations

Other offerings include paid teacher internships and a preference for hiring previous interns, Diana Lam head of CLS said.

The school management team reported that it expects to appoint at least six interns from Roxbury in FY2018.

Gut envisions that the school

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Local man takes helm of health care workers’ union

By YAWU MILLER

Tyreek Lee’s life in the union movement began as a member in 2002 with a job as a telephone operator at Boston Medical Center.

Over the next 13 years, he worked his way up through the ranks to head one of the state’s fastest-growing locals, assuming the position of Executive Vice President of SEIU 1199 last week.

Lee filled a vacancy left by Veronica Turner, who has assumed the role as senior executive vice president for health systems with the New York-based Service Employees International Union local.

Lee takes the helm as the union is in the midst of a period of extraordinary growth, having increased its membership from 12,000 when he joined to more than 52,000 members today.

Local 1199 and other SEIU unions also are at the forefront of local initiatives to raise wages of the state’s lowest-paid workers, helping to spearhead the Raise Up Massachusetts ballot petition to increase the state income tax on Massachusetts residents earning more than $1 million a year and the Fight for $15 campaign.

Lee, who has worked on campaigns as the union’s political organizer, helped build the 1199’s political arm, SEIU Community Action, a voter mobilization network active in Boston, Worcester,

Lawrence, Springfield and other Massachusetts cities where 1199 represents workers.

“We’re creating and activating a voting bloc around the issues we’re concerned about,” he said.

Lee’s first union job came in 2005, when he was hired as a political organizer, two weeks before he received his high school diploma. In that role, he engaged 1199 members in the union’s political campaigns and corralled legislators into supporting the union’s priorities. In 2007, Lee worked as the union’s business agent, helping to iron out contract negotiations with the various hospitals and community health centers that employ its members.

Lee also continued to work on union campaigns, working as a field organizer on 1199’s campaign to allow personal care attendants to organize. The home health workers are hired by the people for whom they provide care and are paid by the state. Lee and other union organizers had to persuade the Legislature to allow the PCAs to have collective bargaining rights and to convince the PCAs themselves that joining 1199 would be to their advantage.

The campaign was successful.

The union got 22,000 new members. The PCAs are now getting wage increases. While they make $10.38 an hour today, by 2018 their income will increase to $15 an hour.

“It’s been a long road for PCAs,”

Lee says. “They have always worked in isolation. The most important thing is to give them a collective voice. Their work needs to be respected.”

Lee’s work at 1199 has earned him respect, inside and outside the union. He is a vice president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, a member of the SEIU State Council — the group that coordinates work between the various SEIU locals, and a delegate to the Greater Boston Labor Council.

While SEIU split from the AFL-CIO in 2005, along with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Farm Workers, in Massachusetts the unions are more supportive of each other’s efforts. Drawing from the ranks of service workers, the SEIU locals tend to have memberships that are more heavily immigrant, black and Latino than its sister unions in the Greater Boston Labor Council. But while the unions do not always agree on which political candidates to endorse, they do work in support of each other’s labor struggles.

Lee cites an IBEW action where workers were protesting for higher wages from Verizon. Along with building trades union members, SEIU workers targeted individual Verizon retail stores.

“We made it a joint action,” he said. “We protested in front of the stores, went into the stores and did flash mobs.”

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Tyrek Lee, who grew up in Roxbury and Dorchester, is the new executive vice president of SEIU 1199, the union’s highest-ranking official in Massachusetts.

Lee says 1199 also works cooperatively with the community hospitals where its members work, pressuring the Legislature for more support.

“We’re focused on protecting community hospitals and making reimbursement more equitable,” he said. “You have community hospitals in gateway cities providing the same services that larger hospitals provide but getting paid less.”

And 1199 and other SEIU locals also support local social justice movements, such as the Black Lives Matter movement.

On Martin Luther King day, Lee and other SEIU members joined

marchers protesting police brutality and violence against Muslims.

They made sure demonstrators also protested in favor of raising the wages of low-income workers, steering the demonstration into a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise where protesters spoke out in favor of a $15 minimum wage.

“We see a convergence of all the movements — Black Lives Matter, immigration reform,” Lee said.

“All the movements are coming to a crossroads. SEIU will be at the crossroads. We’d be fools to just advocate for nothing more than health care.”

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Boston Police officers tracking encounters with the public recorded 3,533 nonconsensual searches, which they justified by citing “reasonable suspicion,” between 2010 and July of 2015.

That data, which police released earlier this month in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, details police entries into the FIO database. In the database entries, police can list the suspicious behavior that led to a stop and the justification for a search — whether it was consensual or the officer had probable cause. By citing reasonable suspicion, the officers appear to have documented 3,533 illegal searches.

Sanchez and his friends may well be among those encounters.

Or they may be among the 2,295 searches in which officers gave no explanation whatsoever — failing to check “consent,” “reasonable suspicion” or “probable cause.”

The Boston Police Department’s Media Relations Office did not respond to a request for an interview.

Nor did it respond to questioned emailed from the Banner.

Recording stops

Police are required to file a record of every stop or observation of a person in the department’s FIO database. Officers can check the database to monitor the behavior and associations of criminally-involved people while investigating crimes or tracking gang activity.

Last year, the department released data from 2007 to 2010 after several years of demands from the ACLU of Massachusetts.

That data showed that blacks, while making up just 24 percent

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Modesto Sanchez, a youth organizer with Bikes Not Bombs, says he and his friends were stopped and searched by police while on their way to a skating rink in a 2010 incident. Entries from the Boston Police Department’s FIO database suggest police are searching people without consent or probable cause. of the city’s population, accounted for 63 percent of all stops. While the 2010-2015 data show blacks accounted for 58 percent of the stops, their proportion remains more than twice their percentage of the city’s population.

“We have what looks like racedbased policing,” said Carl Williams, an attorney with the ACLU of Massachusetts. “The police department needs to fix that. The first thing they need to do to fix it is to acknowledge that it’s a problem in the city of Boston.”

For those stopped, the encounters put them a greater risk for arrest and often mean they can be subjected to higher levels

of police scrutiny. Sanchez, who says he has been stopped multiple times by police, says the officers who stopped him in 2010 ratcheted up the pressure on him, telling him they were entering his name in a separate gang database as a member of the Latin Kings.

He says neither he nor any of his friends were gang-involved.

“That bothered me,” he said.

“I’ve never been arrested, but anytime anyone looked me up, I would come up as a gang member.

That shook me up.”

Additionally, anyone stopped with Sanchez could be entered into the gang database as “gang-affiliated.” Those police

department-defined labels are among the indicators police use to justify stopping, frisking, questioning and observing people in Boston.

A disparate impact

While police justify their frequent stops of blacks, citing higher levels of criminal activity and gang membership in black neighborhoods, youth activists say black and Latino youths are targeted by police regardless of whether they’re criminally involved — the very dragnet approach that the nation’s founding fathers meant to outlaw with the Fourth Amendment.

“These data show what people

in the community and particularly people who work in the criminal justice system have known for years,” Williams said. “That is: People get stopped in the city based on race.”

In the records from the FIO files, numerous stops police logged in — 34,375 out of 149,545 — were explained solely by the line “investigative” — citing no other reason for the stop. On paper, police appear to be justifying stopping people, the majority of whom were black, by saying they simply wanted to investigate them. That pattern resembles the New York Police Department’s discredited “stop-and-frisk” policy that led to a 2010 lawsuit, which the department settled last year after a judge ruled the practice unconstitutional.

While police in Boston have denied they have a stop-and-frisk policy, the department’s data appears to substantiate the claim of youth workers, teenager and adults who say black and Latino teens are routinely stopped by officers without having engaged in criminal or overtly suspicious behavior.

“Most of my friends have had the same experience that I’ve been through,” Sanchez says. “We all know what it is like to be profiled and stopped. It’s a cycle that continues.”

Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, said the department’s data underscores a need for greater training and supervision.

“We need to make sure there’s accountability, that supervisors are reading these forms to make sure officers are making stops within legal bounds,” he said. “We want to make sure that the people who are policing our communities are doing so in a way that is transparent and legal.”

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Two special elections could up diversity in state Legislature

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

Five years after the Commonwealth redrew districts to increase the impact of voters of color, the state Legislature is not much more diverse.

Two special elections this winter could help change that. A House race in Brockton and a Senate seat race in the First Suffolk and Middlesex district have the potential to send legislators of color to the State House. “[The new districts] were not created to be ignored,” but rather to encourage greater political involvement of people of color, emphasized Russell Holmes, state representative and chair of the Massachusetts Legislative Black and Latino Caucus.

Majority-minority

Every ten years, the state is required to redraw district lines to reflect changes in the population.

The 2010 census revealed a sharply rising minority population in Massachusetts — the number of blacks increased by 26 percent, while Latino and Asians increased by 46 percent, according to CommonWealth magazine. The ensuing 2011 redistricting doubled the number of majority-minority House districts — districts whose populations are primarily not non-white Hispanics — from ten to 20, leaving 140 districts majority white. Of the 40 Senate districts, three are now majority-minority.

Currently, the state’s Black and Latino Caucus comprises 13 members. The impact of a membership size more reflective of the population would be substantial, Holmes said.

Brockton race

Focus is now on a fast-upcoming special election to fill the House seat for the 9th Plymouth district, containing a swath of Brockton.

With the only Republican contender, Danny Yoon, failing to meet nomination process deadlines, the Democratic primary election will decide the race — barring a major write-in campaign effort. Three Democratic candidates are competing for the Feb. 2 party primary, and the winner will be formalized in the March 1 general election.

The candidates: Shayna Barnes, at-large Brockton city councilor; Shirley Asack, Ward 7 city councilor; and Gerry Cassidy, former city councilor and former long-time aide to Ted Kennedy.

The district was 68.6 percent minority in 2011, according to state data. If elected, Shayna Barnes — already the first African American woman on Brockton’s city council — would be the first African American woman to represent Brockton in the House.

Currently, nine of the 20 majority-minority districts have representatives of color, Holmes said.

“The seat Shayna is running for down in Brockton is of great interest,” he said.

Minority representation in Brockton

Racial and gender diversity in Brockton politics has been growing in the past several years, but still has far to go, said Allyne Pecevich, longtime Brockton resident and state Democratic Committee member.

“We’ve begun to have a better representation of the community on our boards and commissions and city council, and that’s really been

Shayna Barnes

Gerry Cassidy

the last five or ten years,” she said.

In 2013 — the year Shayna Barnes was elected to city council — Brockton residents also elected their first Cape Verdean council member, Moises Rodrigues.

Personal insight on minority concerns is among the elements making her a compelling candidate, Barnes said.

“Fundamentally, being a black woman brings an inherent familiarity to the issues in the community.

I am the only candidate that can identify with all the residents of the 9th Plymouth district in one way or another,” she said. “The fact that I am of color is just another layer in my ability to represent the residents as we should be represented.”

Her approach to one issue she hopes to tackle — wage equity —is in part shaped by her experiences, she said.

“Wage equality issues — being a woman of color, this is something I’ve faced head-on. I am poised to use my personal experiences to advocate for prevailing wages and equal pay for equal work.”

Challenges for candidates of color

People of color have traditionally been less prevalent in political positions, which can present challenges for minority candidates, Holmes said. They may not have the advantages of a family legacy in politics and a last name that garners voter recognition, or not have as extensive networks of connections or mentors who can pass on institutional knowledge.

“We have not been in the Legislature working as staff, we traditionally don’t have the fundraising that comes with many folks who are not of color,” he said. “Some of it is just institutional knowledge. Names [as well]. People get familiar with names and families and that obviously runs as a barrier.”

Exacerbating that: Many positions, Holmes said, have gone to people who worked as an aide or staff member for the person vacating the seat.

Barnes has surmounted some of these barriers. Her successful 2013 and 2015 city council campaigns grant her a level of name recognition. An extra advantage: She ran on a citywide level, not for a particular ward, which provided her wider visibility. Barnes also is district representative for Congressman Stephen Lynch.

But competition is stiff, Holmes said: “[One is a] city councilor already and the other has strong institutional support — I think it’s going to be a nail-biter, no doubt.”

Where candidates stand

gubernatorial campaign. She said some small local community groups have endorsed her, but that her focus has been on voter outreach instead.

“Endorsements are great, but I’m really focusing on the voters and the people of the 9th Plymouth district,” she said.

On Monday, candidates were required to file reports with the Office of Campaign Finance on their campaign finances during Jan. 5 2014 – Jan. 15 2016. Cassidy, who began with no initial campaign funds, received $24,740 and spent approximately $11,500. Barnes started with nearly $580, received almost $4,600 and spent approximately $1,300. Asack said her campaign ran several successful fundraisers.

According to her filing, she started with approximately $5,140, did not receive funds during this time period and spent $3,060.

referendums in Brockton.

Voter turnout expectations range from 10 to 20 percent. Holmes said that, given turnout for the past two primaries for this seat, he expected 1,800-2,000 votes to be cast, and that 850-900 votes could win it.

“With three candidates and a low turnout it could be anybody’s ball game,” state Democratic Committee member Allyne Pecevich said.

Senate race

A special election also is slated for the First Suffolk and Middlesex district. Candidates’ nomination papers are not due until March 1, so the political field may change. Currently, there are several candidates of color: Lydia Edwards, Equal Justice Works fellow with Greater Boston Legal Services, who is black; Diana Hwang, founder and executive director of the Asian-American Women’s Political Initiative, whose parents immigrated from Taiwan; and Dennis Benzan, departing Cambridge vice mayor, whose parents immigrated to the mainland from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Other candidates include Dan Rizzo, former Revere mayor; Joseph Boncore, an attorney from Winthrop; and Jay Livingstone, 8th Suffolk District state representative.

Holmes said members of the Black and Latino Caucus have focused strategy on encouraging people of color to run in districts that are majority-minority, and on vacated seats instead of tackling incumbents, seeing those races are more likely wins. Running in an approximately 60 percent non-Hispanic white district, minority candidates face steeper challenges to victory, Holmes said. But that does not mean they cannot win, he added.

For campaign manager, Barnes calls upon Tamika Jacques, who ran her past city council campaigns. Difficulties of this race She also has been endorsed by sevCandidates, officials and eral officials: Holmes, Sen. Linda others predicted that a combiDorcena Forry, Boston City Coun- nation of inconveniences will decillor Ayanna Pressley, former press voter turnout.

Brockton at-large City Councillor The unusual timing of speJass Stewart and Congressman cial elections catch people by surStephen Lynch. In her last election prise: Barnes said she found many she secured more than 5,600 votes, people were unaware an election Barnes said. was occurring. In this case, the Each candidate is running an seat became vacant in November, entirely volunteer campaign. Gerry an inopportune time, as candidacy Cassidy estimated he has about 50 announcements then were issued volunteers; other candidates de- during the distraction of holiday clined to name a figure. season, Asack said.

Cassidy’s campaign manager is Further complications: There Carolyn Cruise, who had run the are no other issues on the ballot campaign for Brockton State Rep. to draw people out and harsh Claire Cronin. Cassidy worked on winter will likely make travel diffithe late state Sen. Tom Kennedy’s cult for the elderly, Pecevich said. campaigns during his 28 years as Barnes added that many voters the senator’s aide and his own cam- already are overwhelmed from a paigns for Brockton city councilor, a string of previous elections and position he held from 2000-2003.

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income tax increase imposed on a relatively small segment — the new tax would affect fewer than 20,000 taxpayers — would increase the “volatility” of the state’s revenue stream and have negative consequences as millionaires and businesses opted to exit Massachusetts.

“I think the best way to help folks is to provide employment opportunities and create jobs,” McAnneny said under questioning from Revenue Committee members.

John Regan, executive vice president of Associated Industries of Massachusetts, noted that higher earners pay more in absolute tax dollars than lower earners, and called the new tax unfair.

“It seems like a massive increase, and seems anything but equitable to me,” he said.

Rep. Jay Kaufman of Lexington, one of the Committee cochairs, took issue with Regan’s line of reasoning.

“When I see the wealthiest among us paying under 5 percent of household income in state and local taxes, the poorest paying 10 percent and the vast majority of us paying around 9 percent, that seems fundamentally unfair to me,” Kaufman said.

Arnold Hiatt, former president of Stride Rite footwear, spoke in favor of the amendment.

“Based on my experience, the only way to be competitive with other states is to invest in an educated workforce,” said Hiatt.

Representatives of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center noted that the state’s highest

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A group of 71 economists from dozens of colleges and universities across Massachusetts submitted a written statement supporting the amendment. They reiterate that the proposed increase applies only to the portion of annual income above $1 million, call it “fair,” and assert that the new tax would yield economic gains, not reduce growth.

“While a very small number of wealthy taxpayers may decide to move in response to higher taxes, most will not,” the statement reads. “... When taxes on the very rich are increased, the net result is an overall gain in revenue.”

The economists note that the higher 9 percent rate would be similar to rates on high earners in several other states, including New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Iowa, Oregon and Minnesota, and lower than in California, where income tax on top earners is 13.3 percent.

About a dozen states have raised taxes on their highest

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Some of those states apply the higher rate to annual incomes far lower than $1 million, according to a 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts analysis. For example, Maryland increased taxes for singles earning $100,000 or more and joint filers earning over $150,000; California voters approved a proposition that created new income tax rates for those earning over $250,000; and Minnesota raised the tax rate from 7.85 to 9.85 percent for joint filers earning over $250,000 a year.

Massachusetts Education Secretary Jim Peyser does not support the proposed amendment, despite its aim to aid public education.

“Raising taxes on Massachusetts workers is not how this

administration deals with the spending problem on Beacon Hill,” Peyser said in an emailed statement, noting that the Baker administration has increased spending on public K-12 and higher education.

Education advocates say the Baker administration’s nominal increase in the state’s Chapter 70 funding was not enough to keep pace with the rising costs of education.

Last fall, Raise Up Massachusetts volunteers gathered 158,000 signatures as the first step in the long constitutional amendment process. The coalition recently pushed successfully for a Massachusetts minimum wage hike and a new paid sick leave law.

The Fair Share Amendment

text, which organizers said was approved by the attorney general’s office, directs the new tax revenues to be used only for “quality public education and affordable public colleges and universities, and for the repair and maintenance of roads, bridges and public transportation.” The $1 million income specification would be adjusted annually to reflect any increases in cost of living.

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Good communication benefits both employers and workers More American families than ever before have two parents working, but recent studies show many employers haven’t adapted to this change in the workforce demographics. Working parents feel burnt out and unloved at work, making them less creative, less productive and more likely to quit because of work-related stress, according to the 2015 Bright Horizons Modern Family Index.

Employers can do their part to create a culture that supports working parents and reduces the risks of valuable employees quitting or experiencing burn out. Managers should watch for signs of employee burnout and provide opportunities for working parents to voice their concerns. The Modern Family Index, which surveyed working parents across the country and in different industries, found: n Sixty-two percent of working parents don’t believe their employers care about them. They also say employers are inattentive to the needs of working parents (64 percent) and don’t have their best interests at heart (76 percent). n Just 34 percent of managers are concerned working parents struggle to balance work and life demands, while just 30 percent worry about whether working parents feel their company doesn’t care about them. n Although nearly all parents say they experience burnout, 70 percent don’t speak up about it. Meanwhile, 60 percent of managers say working parent burnout can be avoided. The same percentage of parents say their manager wouldn’t even realize when parents experience burnout. n Seventy-nine percent of working parents and 77 percent of managers say to curb burnout, changes need to occur in the office, not at home. The first step is for parents to begin voicing their concerns.

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The labor market is tightening. Jobs are expected to outnumber workers by 5 million by 2020, and competition for top talent will continue to intensify.”

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Nadine Boone, U.S. Small Business Administration Massachusetts District Office Lead Lending Specialist.

Loan specialist lands in Hub

SBA officer looks to expand lending to local small businesses

By MARTIN DESMARAIS

Nadine Boone has made small business loans her work for much of the nearly two decades she has been with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Next week the Roxbury community has a chance to connect with her face-to-face in her role as the SBA’s local lending guru.

Boone is the SBA Massachusetts District Office Lead Lending Specialist. She joined the office in June 2015, coming up from the D.C. offices and a lifetime spent in Virginia. One of her main jobs is to work with local banks to make sure they continue to provide the money for the loans that fuel the SBAs many loan programs, which often are the main chance for local small businesses to get the capital they need to survive, grow or succeed.

On Feb. 2, Boone will be at the Roxbury Innovation Center for an “Access to Capital Workshop” from 5:15-6:15 p.m. The purpose of the event is to showcase some of the things Boone and the SBA can do for local small businesses and make sure they are aware of the lending programs out there.

The event caps off Boone’s first half-year in Boston and a spree of her hitting the streets to try and get to know her new community.

She already has spent time with

“

This office had a success story when I arrived and I perceive my job is to make certain that the success story of the Massachusetts District Office is all-inclusive. Therefore, I need to make certain that I am in the underserved community, that the underserved community knows about what it is that we do here, what it is that we offer. That is what I bring to this table.”

— Nadine Boone

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www.eventbrite.com/e/access-to-capitalworkshop-tickets-20303373938 those running the Roxbury Innovation Center, made the prerequisite meet-and-greets at many local banks, is in talks to work with Roxbury Community College and has made the rounds to many local Main Street associations.

In short, she is leaving no stone unturned in her efforts.

“I just need to get out there on the street and really be able to talk with the small business owners about how this really works and what we need to do,” Boone said.

Boone also strongly embraces the SBA’s efforts to better serve

communities of color.

“We are growing SBA’s presence in the minority communities and the underserved communities,” she said.

The numbers suggest there couldn’t be a better time for Boone to lift the mantle in this regard.

Locally, the SBA just finished a banner year in lending to minority and underserved businesses.

Of a record $645 million from about 2,500 loans, the underserved categories also hit record highs with 64 loans to Black/African American businesses, 124 loans to Latino-owned companies and 177 loans to Asian American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs. The biggest underserved rise was in the American Indian category, up from four loans in

BY THE NUMBERS The local SBA just finished a banner year in lending to minority and underserved businesses.

$645 64 124 177

million: Amount given out in loans to small businesses

Number of loans to Black/African American businesses Number of loans to Latino-owned companies Number of loans to Asian American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs

2014 fiscal year to 14 in 2015.

One of the reasons for this is Massachusetts’ strength in connecting businesses with low-dollar loans, the loans that banks are not interested in giving but small companies often need. For all SBA loans in the U.S., Massachusetts is No. 1 in loans of less than $50,000 and No. 2 on loans of less than $150,000.

“This office had a success story when I arrived and I perceive my job is to make certain that the success story of the Massachusetts District Office is all-inclusive. Therefore, I need to make certain that I am in the underserved community, that the underserved community knows about what it is that we do here, what it is that we offer,” Boone said.

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continued from page 11 “That is what I bring to this table.”

Not lost on Boone is her ability to connect with the communities the SBA is trying to reach because of her own background.

She is a first-generation college graduate who attended Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va., while raising her teenage daughter as a single mom.

She spent much of her life doing what she could to make ends meet, selling furniture, working in real

estate and doing some teaching before getting her foot in the door with the SBA in Washington D.C. “I understand being focused and having to have a lot of irons in the fire and feel like you are ducking the darts or daggers that are being thrown at you,” she said.

Coming up on 18 years with the SBA, Boone has worked in a variety of positions for the organization, from loan specialist in its National Guaranty Purchase Center to working in the lender relations office. She said the opportunity to be a lead lender in a district office was too good to pass up.

“I left everything I knew and what was familiar to me for this opportunity. I had never been to Massachusetts when I accepted this challenge, this job, to come here and make a difference,” said Boone.

SBA Massachusetts District Director Robert Nelson feels they have the right person for the job in bringing Boone to Boston.

“The small businesses, financial institutions and the entire economic development ecosystem will benefit from Nadine Boone

joining SBA Massachusetts and serving the public for the growth of the local economy,” Nelson said. “Nadine’s experience as an access-to-capital expert and problem solver at different servicing departments for SBA will help communities successfully navigate the different programs and services that everybody should have access to and be aware of.”

Boone’s drive to Boston was the longest she had ever taken. She has settled into Revere near the

waterfront, perhaps to feel some echo of her years in Newport News, which is also close to the ocean.

Despite the drastic move, she has only positive things to say about the decision to come to Boston.

“To be here as the lead lender relations specialist in Massachusetts, where I am out front to help build dreams, to help facilitate making some dreams come true, I am very excited. I feel like I am working on my God-given purpose in life,” she said.

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Cambridge College’s 45th Anniversary Gala To celebrate its 45-year milestone anniversary, Cambridge College kicked off its celebration with a gala dinner, held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston on Thursday, January 14th. The event was emceed by Reporter and Producer of WCVB’s Chronicle, and featured Honorary Co-chairs Gerald and Kate Chertavian as well as Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and his wife Diane. Current Massachusetts first lady Lauren Baker also stopped by to deliver a proclamation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts honoring Cambridge College for its work in the state. Honorary awards were presented to Mr. Jonathan Z. Larsen and Susan and Daniel Rothenberg.

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The Third Annual U. Dream College Fair a Big Success The BASE’s U. Dream College Fair at Melnea Cass Recreation Complex on Saturday, January 16th drew a record turnout of more than 2,000 attendees, with participation by 44 colleges and universities, and 16 community organizations that provide college readiness support and services to urban youth. In addition, 6 college acceptances were awarded on-site and attending colleges pledged $250,000+ in scholarships.

More than 30 families received free health-screening exams courtesy of Harvard Medical School’s mobile Family Van. Highlights of the event included remarks by Governor Charlie Baker, MA Education Secretary Jim Peyser, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Tommy Chang, and Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins. Governor Baker noted that “44 colleges and universities have turned out to pitch themselves to interested high-schoolers, rather than the other way around. How cool is that?”

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Left to right, Borris York, Gabrielle McClinton and Mathew deGuzman star in “Pippin.”

PHOTO: JOAN MARCUS

Gabrielle McClinton stars in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical

‘Pippin’

By COLETTE GREENSTEIN

G

rowing up in Los Angeles, Gabrielle McClinton always knew that she wanted to be a performer, even as far back as the fourth grade.

“I remember writing on a little proof card to my teacher saying that I wanted to be a ballet actress. I knew I always had those dreams,” says McClinton by phone recently. “I started taking dance

classes first when I was about six years old. And then, I would do this musical summer camp every single summer. We would do different musicals. Once I joined that program, I knew I was meant to be

doing this and I just stayed with it.”

And stay with it she did, all the way through high school and college, where she earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in Music Theatre/Acting from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Since then, the working actress has appeared in several regional productions, including the national tour of Green Day’s “American Idiot,” playing Johnny’s

rebellious and free-spirited girlfriend ‘Whatsername.’ She also appeared in the film “Won’t Back Down” starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis, and on the television series “The Mentalist.”

One of her biggest dreams — appearing on Broadway — materialized in 2013 when McClinton starred as the Leading Player in the Tony Award-winning musical revival “Pippin” under the direction of Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus. “Pippin,” which originally premiered on Broadway in 1972 with Ben Vereen as the Leading Player, tells the story of Pippin, a young prince, who’s on a journey to find meaning in his life.

McClinton is thrilled to be returning to one of her most challenging and exciting roles, that of Leading Player, in the first national tour of “Pippin” which opens at the Boston Opera House on February 2. In anticipation of the tour coming to Boston next month, the actress discusses what drew her to “Pippin” and what she’s learned about herself in her role as the Leading Player.

See ‘PIPPIN,’ page 16

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Pulitzer-winning ‘Disgraced’ has had strong run Drama on stage through Feb. 7 at BU Theatre

By SUSAN SACCOCCIA

Ayad Akhtar’s play “Disgraced” has had a strong run since its 2012 debut at American Theater Company in Chicago. A drama about a Wall Street lawyer who has rejected his Muslim heritage but then finds he cannot break free of his past, “Disgraced” won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for drama and in 2014 premiered on Broadway.

Among the 10 major theater companies staging the play this season are the Huntington Theatre Company and Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. Their joint production is on stage through February 7 at the BU Theatre.

Its director is Gordon Edelstein, artistic director at Long Wharf Theatre, whose productions often explore outsiders. This summer, his staging of Eugene O’Neill’s “A Moon for the Misbegotten” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival cast black actors, including Audra McDonald, in the roles of the play’s have-nots — an Irish sharecropper family.

As a play, “Disgraced” is fast-moving, smart and topical, but it disappoints as drama. Its characters are not fully fleshed out and at times their cerebral exchanges sound like passages from an op-ed page rather than interactions among live, nuanced human beings.

One of the best moments in the 90-minute, intermission-free production at the Huntington is its opening scene. Amir, the protagonist, stands before his wife, Emily, in their swank apartment. He wears an elegant suit jacket, attire that comes with his high-powered job; but instead of pants, he is in boxer shorts. Posing for Emily, a painter who is doing a portrait of him, he is exposed and vulnerable — a hint of more brutal exposures to come.

Lee Savage’s set and costumes

by Ilona Somogyi bring telling touches to the staging. Outfitted

‘Pippin’

continued from page 15 What was it about “Pippin” that made you want to be a part of this show?

Gabrielle McClinton: ‘Pippin’ is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Even when I got the audition I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I didn’t really know anything about the show.

I remember getting the material and the words just fit in my mouth. It just felt, not necessarily easy, but it felt really free and comfortable. I was like ‘Oh, my god. This just feels really great.’

And then I saw the show on Broadway and I just kept sobbing. It affected me so much.

And it’s just so extraordinary because not only does it take a million different skills to pull this show off; I mean you have to be a great dancer, a great singer, a

PHOTO: T. CHARLES ERICKSON

Left to right, Shirine Babb, Rajesh Bose, Nicole Lowrance and Benim Foster in “Disgraced” at Huntington Theatre Company. in a bland modernist style, the couple’s apartment has no more warmth than a furniture showroom. Its décor includes a large mandala and a statuette of a dancing Shiva, a gift from Amir’s colleagues, who believe his heritage is Hindu rather than Muslim.

Whose identity?

As cell phones ring and door buzzers drill, the outside world presses in on the couple and their carefully curated lives.

Amir answers his phone and viciously chews out a paralegal who owes him paperwork. He then returns to tender banter with his wife, who waxes romantic about the Islamic elements she is incorporating into her paintings.

Another disruption comes with the unexpected arrival of Amir’s

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Tuesday, February 2 through Sunday, February 14 at the Boston Opera House, located at 539 Washington Street in Boston. For tickets and show times, visit www.boston.broadway.com/ shows/pippin-baa/. great actress, and you have to do acrobatics. It’s so fulfilling in that regard, I’m stretching myself to the most extreme of everything that I have to do. Artistically and technically it’s very fulfilling in that way, but then also ‘Pippin’ has such a deep message. It’s all about exploring your life and going through the journey of life, what it means to be extraordinary, and really figuring out who you want to be in your life. That’s why it’s so moving because you have this beautifully visual show but then also it’s asking you some of the deepest questions. It’s so

nephew. He has dropped his given name, Hussein Malik, and calling himself Abe Jensen, he sports the casual chic of a young urbanite.

But unlike his uncle, he attends a mosque, and he asks Amir to intercede on behalf of the mosque’s imam, who is facing a court hearing about his suspected terrorist ties.

Amir declines, telling his nephew that he regards Islam as “a backward way of thinking and being.”

Emily joins the boy in pleading Amir to intercede for the imam and, against his better judgment, Amir agrees to do so. Later, Amir’s meeting with the imam is reported by a newspaper, bringing unwelcome publicity to his firm and compromising his career.

The turning point in Amir’s fate is the dinner party that he and Emily host a few weeks later. fulfilling in every regard that it can be sometimes overwhelming, but I know it’s probably one of the hardest most fulfilling jobs in my life.

You get to embody all these wonderful and fascinating characters.

Are there ever any remnants of these characters that kind of stay with you?

GM: I think every character that an actor or actress does stays with them at some point. As in every role that I’ve played, they’ve all informed my life in a certain way. I’ve definitely taken pieces of them with me; I also feel like I’ve left pieces of myself with those characters. And definitely with ‘Pippin,’ at first the Leading Player, she’s a devil-like character and I didn’t think I was like that at all.

You know [laughs] I’m definitely not the devil. That was definitely a stretch to find that darkness because I’m mostly a happy-go-lucky

Their guests are Isaac, an art dealer and nonobservant Jew, and Jory, his African-American wife, who is a lawyer at Amir’s firm. Among the play’s amusing details is Emily’s dinner menu, which features pork, forbidden by devout Muslims and Jews alike.

Power shift

As the play unfolds and Amir’s life unravels, he is a man things happen to, rather than someone striving to shape his destiny.

Rajesh Bose, the actor who plays Amir, has little to do but deepen his stoic grimace. In her role as his perky blond wife, Nicole Lowrance resorts to soap opera gestures to render her character’s frustration or dismay. Benim Foster is Isaac and Shirine Babb is Jory, Amir’s self-assured rival for

person. It was a stretch for me to find that inner darkness, but the more I do this character, the more I’m finding deeper parts of myself.

That I’m like ‘Oh, I guess she lives deep down inside of there.’ I definitely learned a lot about myself.

I’ve been able to explore more parts of myself and been able to challenge myself too, and figure out new things.

This musical has such a great history with Ben Vereen performing as the Leading Player to John Rubinstein, who originated the title role in the 1972 production and is currently in the national tour. Do you feel a sense of responsibility to the original vision of the show in any way?

GM: I think that John is so supportive and so onboard with all of us making it our own that I don’t really feel any pressure to live up to the history of the show. But I definitely have a deep regard. Ben

partnership.

Amir’s perplexed and searching nephew is the only sympathetic character and Mohit Gautam brings warm vulnerability to this role. The others are unlikeable and remote, more types than human beings. They exist to illustrate a dilemma: What is the cost of assimilation in a society that regards you as an outsider?

Stock characters hold an ancient and honorable place in the world of theater, particularly in satirical comedies. But despite its witticisms, “Disgraced” is not a comedy. It is a domestic drama, a form designed to reveal its characters’ private lives.

Clever, fast moving, and steeped in wit, “Disgraced” is entertaining enough. But it seldom rises to the level of drama.

Vereen is incredible. I’ve watched his videos and really admire him and have taken pointers from him, for sure. I definitely feel that you want to live up to those expectations but at the same time it is a different ‘Pippin.’ It’s a new ‘Pippin’ for the 21st century. I feel that I have been able to make it my own and also honoring the past and the roots of [Bob] Fosse. So, that’s been exciting. As I’ve said before, John is so supportive and having him there keeps us rooted in what ‘Pippin’ really is.

What do you hope that audiences take away from seeing ‘Pippin’?

GM: I hope that they surprise themselves and let themselves go on the journey and feeling what they’re feeling without judgement, and enjoy themselves. I really think they’ll be surprised by what they’re seeing on stage, and to go along the journey with everyone.

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SOUP IS LOVE HOMEMADE TOMATO SOUP WARMS THE SOUL

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A

container or two of comforting Creamy Tomato Soup, a loaf of bread and bag of salad — it’s dinner. This soup makes 10 cups, so you’ll have enough for a friend, with some leftover for you.

CREAMY TOMATO SOUP n 2 Tbsp olive oil n 1 medium onion, chopped n 1 carrot, peeled and chopped n 1 bay leaf n 1 garlic clove, minced n 2 to 3 Tbsp brown sugar n Pinch of ground cloves n 3 cups reduced-sodium vegetable broth n 2 (28 oz.) cans crushed tomatoes n ½ tsp salt n Freshly ground black pepper n ½ cup half-and-half

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gallons: The world record for largest bowl of soup was made in The Netherlands on May 16, 2009. The vegetable soup included more than 16,000 pounds of tomatoes.

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Heat olive oil in a large saucepan.

Add onion, carrot and bay leaf; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 to 2 minutes.

Add brown sugar and cloves. Stir until vegetables are well coated.

Add broth and tomatoes; bring to a simmer. Cover pan, reduce heat to medium low, and cook, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.

Remove pan from heat. Remove bay leaf and discard. Puree soup with an immersion blender or in a blender until smooth.

Add salt and pepper. Slowly pour in half-and-half, stirring constantly.

Refrigerate until just before serving time.

When reheating soup, do not to bring to a boil to keep cream from curdling.

If you plan to freeze soup, do so before adding half-and-half. Makes 10 cups.

Serves 6.

— Recipe by Amy Sgarro

WORD TO THE WISE Pho: Pronounced “fuh” it is a hearty broth-based Vietnamese soup most often made with beef. It can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

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SATURDAY MEMORIES OF HOME True Story Theater presents “Memories of Home” Saturday, January 30, 4-5:30 pm at the Fairmount Innovation Lab, 584 Columbia Rd., Uphams Corner, Dorchester.

Note: space is up one flight of stairs (no elevator). All are Welcome — Free Admission — Your stories of home become the performance, brought to life by improv ensemble True Story Theater with guest artist Oluwadamilola Apotieri-Abdulai founder of Playback Nigeria. Details at: http://truestor ytheater.com/event/memories-of-home/.

SUNDAY BLUE HILLS RESERVATION Moderate walk, some hilly terrain, 3.5 miles. Meadow Road to Three Pines Trail to No Name Trail. Meet at the Donovan School at 123 Reed St. in Randolph.

Sunday, January 31 at 1pm. The Southeastern Massachusetts Adult Walking Club meets each weekend on either a Saturday or Sunday at 1:00 for recreational walks. This club is open to people of 16 years of age and older, and there is no fee to join. Walks average 2 to 5 miles. New walkers are encouraged to participate. The terrain can vary: EASY (mostly level terrain), MODERATE (hilly terrain), DIFFICULT (strenuous & steep).

Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites. Some DCR sites charge a parking fee. The rangers recommend wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.

ADDRESSING GLOBAL INEQUALITY Several of the world’s most influential leaders in global economic policy will take part in a public dialogue, entitled “Addressing Global Inequality,” on January 31, at Wellesley College’s Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs. The event will feature Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Sri Mulyani Indrawati, managing director and chief operating officer of the World Bank; and Mark Malloch-Brown, former deputy secretary general and chief of staff for the United Nations.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ’59, a Wellesley alumna who founded the Institute, will also take part. The public dialogue is the keynote event for “Impact Albright,” a weekend symposium that draws on scholars, policy makers and government officials to discuss global inequality in areas such as public health and hunger. Symposium panelists will include Ophelia Dahl ’94, co-founder and chair of the board for Partners In Health; Rajul Pandya-Lorch ’85, head of the 2020 Vision Initiative and chief of staff to the director general for the International Food Policy Research Institute; and Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the H. E. Babcock professor of food, nutrition and public policy and the J. Thomas Clark professor of entrepreneurship, and professor of applied economics at Cornell University. The Public

Dialogue begins at 2:30pm. Both the dialogue and the morning symposium panels are free and open to the public.

For full details, see this public schedule: https://albrightinstitute.swoogo.com/ impact-albright/public-schedule.

MONDAY HOW EIGHT ORDINARY CITIZENS TOOK DOWN THE FBI On Monday, February 1, “Breaking the Story: How Eight Ordinary Citizens Took Down the FBI” will begin with a screening of 1971, a documentary about how eight ordinary citizens blew open J. Edgar Hoover’s secret FBI operations: spying on civil rights and Vietnam War protestors. Betty Medsger, the Washington Post reporter who originally broke the story, will discuss her 2014 book on which the film is based, “The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI.” A panel discussion will follow with Medsger, two of the burglars, John and Bonnie Raines, and Schuster Institute founding director Florence Graves.

The event will take place in Rapaporte Treasure Hall in the Goldfarb Library at Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham from 6 to 8:30pm. The event is free and open to the public.

TUESDAY ART OF JAZZ: FORM/ PERFORMANCE/NOTES Opening Reception — “Art of Jazz: Form/ Performance/Notes,” a new three-part exhibition at The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art held in collaboration with the Harvard Art Museums, explores the interaction between jazz music and the visual arts.

With more than 70 pieces ranging from early Jazz Age objects to mid-century jazz ephemera to contemporary works by established African American artists, the exhibition traces how jazz was embraced internationally as an iconography for Black expression and visual dialogue.

Tuesday, February 2, 6pm, Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, 102 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge. Free and open to the public.

THURSDAY EXTRAPOLATION Simmons College presents Extrapolation with Daniel Kornrumpf and Kathy Soles, painters creating personal responses with their media, from February 4 March 4 at the Trustman Art Gallery, located on the fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway in Boston. A reception from 5-7pm will be held on Thursday, February 4, 5-7pm with a February 11 snow date. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. The images of Daniel Kornrumpf and Kathy Soles entice the viewer in divergent ways. Kornrumpf is an observer who creates portraits derived from social media and his personal life. His small, finely wrought embroideries are set within a larger linen field that plays call and response to the threads creating the

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DEAD ROSES: A VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF LOVE Experience love and all of its definitions through a collection of photographs depicting its beauty and even innocence, but also its dark and painful side. “At first love is a fresh rose, but time reveals thorns,” said artist, Pedro Cruz. Don’t miss this unique take on such a powerful and universal theme. Opening night is January 29, but the exhibition will run through February 26. To schedule a viewing after the opening reception contact Elsa Mosquera: 617-9271737. About the artist: Pedro Cruz was born in the late 1980s in Boston and had the “typical life of a city kid... Public schools, train rides, busy streets and neighbors that knew my parents.”

He grew up in the Villa Victoria neighborhood of the South End and began his creative career through drawing. Soon, however, this led to other forms of art which include poetry and photography which he was inspired to pursue by a high school English teacher. During his freshman year at college he “fell in love with” photography. “I realized that every picture is a point of view of my life. It is the only way I know how to stop time & save memories.” Friday, January 29, 6-8pm at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 W Newton St., Boston. Free. image. Within his oil paintings he leaves us open space, reflective of the partial narrative available even amongst one’s intimates. Soles’ paintings are exuberant in both form and color, based on her interest in the natural world. Painting con brio with oil, Soles uses colors that energetically evoke the sea, sand and sky. The Gallery continues its Lunchtime Lecture series on Thursday, February 25, 12:30-1:30 with Professor Bob White, Communications, presenting Pandemonium Shadow Show. Trustman Gallery hours are 10am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. The gallery is free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Marcia Lomedico at 617521-2268, or visit the Trustman Art Gallery website at www.simmons.edu/trustman and visit us on Facebook.

UPCOMING INTERROGATING WHITENESS PART II ArtsEmerson announces the next event in its new Public Dialogue Series entitled Interrogating Whiteness Part II: Controversies and Interventions in the Theatre, moderated by Sylvia Spears, Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion at Emerson College, and featuring panelists Summer Williams, Director of An Octoroon (and Co-Founder of Company One), Ralph Pena, Producing Artistic Director of Ma-Yi Theatre Company, and Polly Carl, Co-Artistic Director of ArtsEmerson and Director of HowlRound. In the past year, the theatre community has seen its share of controversies regarding racial representation on stage, including productions cancelled because of inappropriate casting choices.

Across the country, artists and producers are working together to create productions and initiatives that actively respond to questions of racial identity in and through theatre. As artists and audiences, what can we learn from these conversations and interventions?

What do we need to do to position theatres as vital spaces for civic conversation inspired by art? The event is Tuesday, February 9 at 7pm in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box at the Emerson/Paramount Center, located at 559 Washington Street in Boston’s historic theatre district. The event is open to the public and admission is free with RSVP by calling 617-824-8400.

GOSPEL AND BLUES WITH JOHN LINER AND THE FAMILY In honor of Black History Month, come listen to soulful renditions of blues and gospel from a unique and talented band from Berklee College of Music. With an impressive array of instruments and Liner’s amazing vocals John Liner and the Family is sure to have you dancing all night long! About the band — Liner, who first began to play the trumpet classically while playing gospel music in church, admits that gospel music holds a special place in his heart. “With a family full of singers and musicians it is no surprise to my parents that I kept the musical tradition strong in the family.” Every player in the band, which includes piano, guitar, trumpet, bass, and drums in addition to Liner’s trumpet, has roots in gospel music that extend to their youth. Friday, February 12, 6:30-8pm at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton St., Boston. Suggested donation of $7. For more information and to buy tickets visit www.ibaboston.org.

LOOKING BACK SEMINAR SERIES Celebrate Black History Month with the Disparities Solutions Center Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Looking Back Seminar Series — Racial & Ethnic Health & Health Care Disparities & Dysfunction: Historical & Contemporary Issues. Tuesday, February 16, 12-1:30pm*, Sweet Conference Room, Gray/Bigelow 4th Floor, Massachusetts

General Hospital. *A light lunch will be served. The Looking Back seminar reviews a key historical topic in racial and ethnic disparities and highlights its impact on present-day configurations of disparities. The information presented in this seminar will be indispensable for participants interested in applying lessons learned from the past to correct the contemporary crisis we face in our health care system today. In honor of Black History Month, please join us for a presentation by Drs. W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton, nationally known health policy experts whose work focuses on the medical history and health experience of African Americans and other populations that experience disparities in the U.S. health system.

Drs. Bryd and Clayton will present the development of the unequal health system that evolved in English North America from antiquity to the present, followed by an exploration of present-day disparities in our health care system. The presentation will include a survey of health and health care disparities in Massachusetts, along with the impact the Affordable Care Act has had on disparities. The seminar will be followed by an audience question and answer session. This event is free and open to the public, and members of local health care organizations are encouraged to attend. Please RSVP (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ SCBXMXV) to reserve your spot.

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Driving in winter wonderland takes preparation After two of the worst winters ever in many parts of the country, the Car Care Council suggests that motorists take a little extra time now to make sure their vehicles are prepared for the unexpected when weather arrives.

“The last two winters brought record-setting snowfall. That may sound like a winter wonderland, but many motorists experienced breakdowns because they did not take preventative measures to make sure their vehicles were ready for the elements,” said Rich White, executive director, Car Care Council. “Taking the time now to have your vehicle checked will help you avoid getting stranded in sub-zero temperatures and facing a costly repair bill.”

The non-profit Car Care Council recommends checking the following areas of your vehicle so it is road ready when severe winter weather strikes. n Check the battery and charging system for optimum performance. Cold weather is hard on batteries. n Check the antifreeze. As a general rule of thumb, clean, flush and put new antifreeze in the cooling system every two years. n Check that heaters, defrosters and wipers work properly.

Consider winter wiper blades and use cold weather washer fluid. n Check the tire tread depth and tire pressure. If snow and ice are a problem in your area, consider special tires designed to grip slick roads. During winter, tire pressure should be checked weekly. n Check the oil and filter and be diligent about changing them at recommended intervals. Dirty oil can spell trouble in winter. Consider changing to “winter weight” oil if you live in a cold climate. Check the fuel, air and transmission filters at the same time. n Check engine performance before winter sets in. Winter magnifies existing problems such as hard starts, sluggish performance or rough idling. n Check the brakes. The braking system is the vehicle’s most important safety item. n Check the exhaust system for carbon monoxide leaks, which can be especially dangerous during cold weather driving when windows are closed. n Check to see that exterior and interior lights work and headlights are properly aimed.

During winter, drivers should keep their vehicle’s gas tank at least half-full to decrease the chances of moisture forming in the gas lines and possibly freezing.

Motorists should also check the tire pressure of the spare in the trunk and stock an emergency kit with an ice scraper and snowbrush, jumper cables, flashlight, blanket, extra clothes, bottled water, dry food snacks and needed medication.

To learn more about winterizing your vehicle, view the council’s Car Care Minute video and visit www.carcare.org to order a free copy of the 80-page Car Care Guide.

THE LIST According to BestRide contributors, the favorite cars reviewed in 2015 are (in no particular order): 2015 Dodge Charger Hellcat; 2015 Hyundai Genesis 3.8 AWD; 2016 Honda Accord V6 EXLN SENS; 2016 Mazda Miata MX-5, Club trim; 2016 Nissan Maxima SR and the 2016 Toyota Tacoma.

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President Barack Obama (left) gets a tour of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV with the help of General Motors President Dan Ammann and GM North America President Alan Batey January 20 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV President visits auto show, checks out electric vehicle

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If you’ve been watching the news, you probably know that the 2016 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit just ended on January 24.

NAIAS occurs in January of every year and is widely regarded as one of the biggest and most important auto shows of the year.

This year, as a guest of the General Motors in-house diversity team, I was privy to all the latest and greatest offerings from GM, including a fabulous new concept car from Buick (the Avista), Buick’s first convertible in 25 years (the Cascada) and a fully electric car from Chevrolet (the Bolt EV).

The cars were amazing and so were the group of college journalism students that GM brought in to experience the auto show for the first time. These twelve students, who had to apply to be selected for the program, came from all over the Unites States, representing schools like Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Palo Alto College, NYU and Wayne State University. During their time in Detroit, the students were paired with professional writers, like myself, to help them navigate the world of automotive writing and create a group project about the auto show.

One of the most impressive cars to both college students and the veteran journalists alike was the aforementioned 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV. Green cars are certainly the wave of the future. The fact that

Above, the Buick Avista concept. Below, the Buick Cascada. our four weather seasons are blurring into each other is proof positive that the environment needs a helping hand. Some of the car companies have been quick to adopt hybrid technology. Notably Toyota was one of the first in the game with the hybrid Prius. More recently, the BMW i3 and i8 have been making waves and, at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show this year, the Bolt EV was all the rage. With a range of more than 200 miles per full charge, the Bolt is the first of the hybrids that have enough of a driving radius to be practical.

During the auto show, General Motors CEO Mary Barra drove the Bolt EV on stage herself, which can certainly be counted as a ringing endorsement. Even President Obama visited the auto show floor to check out the Bolt for himself.

AT A GLANCE

2017 CHEVROLET BOLT EV n Chevrolet’s first all-electric vehicle n Goes into production end of 2016 n Will offer more than 200 miles of range on a full charge n “Bluetooth low-energy” technology can unlock the car as the user approaches it n OnStar 4G LTE can turn the Bolt EV into a

mobile Wi-Fi hotspot n Electric vehicle-specific navigation can design a route that offers maximize range and shows locations of charging stations n MyChevrolet Mobile App offers functions, like remote start, car climate pre-conditioning and charge level of the car’s battery

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culinary and cultural experience to non-Africans.

“Anyone who comes in from Africa will be able to come to Suya Joint and feel at home based on what we offer,” she said.

Lizotte’s main audience includes the older generation, college students and young professionals. The proximity to Harvard and Northeastern, the Boston Public School headquarters at the Bolling Building and the more central location in Boston were all draws, she said.

Tasty Burger’s Buois said Dudley has all the qualities a business like his seeks and that many have overlooked the district’s growing vibrancy.

“We like to try to be going into areas that have a tremendous amount of strong demographics, strong numbers, but aren’t necessarily where everyone wants to be at that moment, and Dudley fits that criteria,” he said. The company has been looking to enter Dudley for three

and a half years. “This is a strong community down here with a lot of people that are underserviced and need this to be one of the hearts of the community, like it has been in the past, in such a big way. Everybody talked about it, talked about it, talked about, it but now it’s happening.”

The location has many of the kinds of customers Tasty Burger tends to serve, including college students, high school students and third-shift workers — who currently have few options, he said. The several hundred employees at the Bolling Building, along with the immediate proximity to Dudley Station and its daily commuters, make opening there even more compelling.

“The Bolling Building was a slam dunk because it’s literally put us right next to the bus station and gave us a lot of visibility on Washington Street. It put us in the heart of the Square and had the added benefit of having 300-400 city employees there for built-in lunches and having meetings down there,” Buois said “[Choosing the location] was just a no-brainer.”

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continued from page 6 will draw large numbers of visitors to its concerts. The Next Street/EDRG study estimates $56,000 in annual visitor spending. Additionally, the school management team predicts CLS staff will spend $10 per day.

Arts & Culture

Although the community may not have required such attractions at the facility, CLS representatives pointed to arts and cultural benefits the school could bring.

These include offering its spaces — such as gymnasium, music practice rooms and auditorium — for public use, and bolstering Roxbury’s image as an artistic and cultural center via its programming and potential partnerships with local arts organizations, representatives said.

Seventy Roxbury students attend CLS and 50 are on the waiting list, according to the school’s presentation at themeeting. Representatives said they expect bringing the school into the neighborhood will increase local enrollment.

Lam added that CLS seeks to secure a policy change that would allow it to grant preferred enrollment for local students.

“Just as we give sibling preference we would also be able to

give neighborhood preference.

We have taken the initial steps [for this],” she said.

For some, the question is not just CLS’ value to Roxbury or whether CLS is a quality school, but whether this geographical location is the best use of the parcel.

Several attendees, including Louis Elisa, president of the Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association, argued that the community already has enough schools, but lacks sufficient employment and economic development opportunities.

“I would love to have and to host the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Roxbury,” added City Councillor Tito Jackson. “It’s just simple that this is not the site.”

Choices: CLS or nothing?

Some wondered if Bartlett Place has other options than to accept CLS. Price presented the school as key to letting the project happen in a timeframe where it will be impactful.

“The price [CLS] will pay for land will help us build out affordable housing and small and local business spaces on schedule,” Price said. “The school can help stave off gentrification.”

Nuestra needs to provide the affordable apartments and homes within four to five years before the residents who would

have used them are forced out of the neighborhood by rising rents, Price told the Banner.

“We’re in a race against time,” he said. “If we can’t deliver [the promised jobs, business opportunities and housing] during this economic cycle, it’s a tremendous loss for the community.”

Some attendees said they simply wanted something to happen with the land and questioned if there were viable alternative businesses to go there if CLS is rejected.

“I have yet to see someone come to this mic and say, ‘I have this technological company that will come here and anchor this place.’ I hear all of this naysay but with all this time we have had, what is the alternative?” one attendee asked.

Meanwhile, Miles argued that the way land sale was handled prevented other businesses or even other charter schools from being considered.

“If there was going to be a sale of 1.5 acres of that land, it should have been open to the public,” Miles said. “We didn’t have a chance to have that economic opportunity.”

Miles admitted that looking for another anchor entity could delay completing Bartlett by several years, but said it would be worth it to ensure the project was handled well.

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Organizing United for the New Generation “Things are at a breaking point now,” Lewis-Pierce said “If they continue to slice away resources from the schools, the schools will become non-functional.”

“These budget cuts to public education are not acceptable, especially in the light of all the tax breaks that are being given to big corporations to come into Boston,” said Marléna Rose, campaign coordinator with Boston Education Justice Alliance, who attended the protest.

Speaking before the mayor’s speech, city Councillor Tito Jackson said the city has the resources to better fund its schools, citing the recent tax break deal to bring General Electric’s head office to Boston.

“We are a very well-resourced city,” he said. “If we can give tax breaks to corporations, why aren’t we fully funding schools? We’re not moving in the right direction.

Our budget is a values statement.”

Walsh acknowledged such budget fears in his State of the City address.

“I’m calling on everyone to come together to back all our children, all our teachers and all our schools.

That means fair and sustainable funding for both district and charter schools,” he said in a copy of his remarks sent to the media.

He underscored his commitment to BPS by inviting hundreds of its students to attend the speech.

“I invited them, because they need to be part of the conversation about the direction their city is heading,” Walsh said in his remarks. “When it comes to our schools, they deserve to know that their mayor stands behind them.”

Richard Stutman, president of the Boston Teachers Union, said the statements were encouraging. “[Walsh] did comment that he wanted to see a thriving city with enough money and resources for charter schools as well as public schools. I took that to be a positive comment that he would perhaps address the budget issues that we’re facing right now,” Stutman said.

“He’s shown that he wants a unified city with good schools of both kinds.

That was encouraging. I think he went out of his way to say that.”

Walsh’s statement did not

irresponsible for the proposal to be made and go forward.”

Berents-Weeramuni said the proposal asks to modify the enrollment system at a time when no analysis has been presented on how well the current system performs.

Parents who favor charter schools have expressed complaints as well at several Boston Compact meetings on the issue, charging that it would reduce their options, he added. Presently, a child may be accepted at multiple charter schools and into a BPS school; after receiving acceptances, the family takes their pick. Under unified enrollment, families rank preferences, receive only one school acceptance and can place the child on up to three waitlists.

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School Superintendent Tommy Chang speaks to parent activists Peggy Wiesenberg and Karen Kast-McBride during a demonstration outside Mayor Martin Walsh’s State of the City speech at Symphony Hall. include specifics on how funding needs would be addressed.

At the protest, school Superintendent Tommy Chang observed and engaged parent activists in discussions. Chang told blogger Karen Kast-McBride that the proposed school budget may well change.

“The mayor has told me that he’s committed to getting more resources,” Chang said. “We’re early in the budget process.”

But Chang also cautioned that the city has to work on fixing a longstanding structural deficit caused by rising costs of pensions, health care and transportation.

“Those are costs we have to look at,” he said. “I’m proud the Boston Public Schools invests more in teachers than other cities do, but these are costs we have to look at.”

Chang said that until the district is able to rein in expenses, budget shortfalls likely will be a yearly challenge.

“We’re in a structural deficit,” he said. If we don’t figure this out, we’ll be in the same place next year.”

Among the demonstrators were Michael Salazar a sophomore at Boston Community Leadership Academy, which is slated for a $800,000 budget cut.

“I don’t think it’s fair,” he said.

“Were one of the best schools in Boston.”

Amarielis Moralis, a 2013 BCLA graduate now attending Wheelock College, said the cuts would likely diminish the school’s stature.

“It had a good student-toteacher ratio,” she said. “It’s going to have an impact on the kids who are our future.”

Baker reassess reimbursement budget

Tuesday Jan. 26, James Peyser, state education secretary, told The Boston Globe that the governor intends to rework charter reimbursements in his new budget.

Under current policy, the first year that children attend a charter school, their home districts are supposed to receive reimbursement of 100 percent of the lost tuition, and 25 percent for five years after. In the past several years, the full refunding has not been paid.

Governor Charlie Baker proposes to add $20 million to charter reimbursement budget to help ensure payment. The amount is enough to cover first- and second-year refunding in the next fiscal year, Peyser said.

In Baker’s new plan, districts may only receive up to three years of reimbursement: 100 percent of lost tuition the first year, and — for applicable districts — 50

percent the second and 25 percent the third. Only low-performing districts with high charter enrollments would be eligible for first and second year repayment, and would need to provide outlines of how the money would be spent.

Unified enrollment

Another item on Walsh’s education agenda is exploring universal enrollment.

“This spring we will deepen the enrollment conversation, to address challenges in special education, language services, discipline policies, and transportation,” he said. He called unified enrollment “[a] system that could help families and level the playing field among schools.”

Unified enrollment has been unpopular with BPS activists, many of whom see it as a system that may draw more resources out of the public school system.

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Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Darren Dwayne Harris Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Reginald F. Harris of Mattapan, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Darren D. Harris is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Reginald F. Harris of Mattapan, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.

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You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 02/04/2016. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

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Tenants pay for Electricity only – Utility Allowances are as follows: 1BR - $62; 2BR - $90; 3BR - $111 *Minimum income requirements do not apply to Section 8 Voucher holders. All utilities, except electricity are included in rent. Voucher holders are eligible. Applications are available at the property daily between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday or call Lisa Perez @ 978-623-8155, TTY:711 or 800-439-0183.

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Completed applications must be submitted in-person or via U.S. Mail to: • St. Helena’s House, Management Office, 89 Union Park Street, Boston, MA 02118 • Office hours for in-person submissions are: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm Application Deadline for Entry Into Lottery: All completed, original applications must be received or postmarked by 5:00pm on February 26, 2016, and if considered preliminarily eligible, will be entered into the lottery to determine placement order of lottery applicants and then added to the existing waiting list.

The waiting list will remain open after the lottery application deadline; therefore, any applications received after 5:00pm on 2/26/16 will be added to the post-lottery existing waiting list based on date and time of application (after lottery applicants have been added). A preference will be given for the four (4) accessible units to qualifying households who need these design features. Final determination of all eligibility and suitability criteria will be required when applicants near the top of the waiting list as vacancies become available.

If any assistance is needed in completing the application or during the application process for any reason, including if you or a family member has a disability or limited English proficiency and as a result need such assistance, we will be happy to provide assistance upon request by calling 617-426-2922/MA Relay 711.

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Location: Lobby - 319-329 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain 02130 Completed applications must be returned by the deadline– remit by mail only: Postmarked no later than February 18, 2016 Maloney Properties, Inc. Attention: Hyde Square Commons Lottery 27 Mica Lane, Wellesley MA 02481 Selection by lottery. Asset, Use & Resale Restrictions apply.

Preference for Boston Residents. Preference for Households with at Least One Person Per Bedroom.

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The Experimental College at Tufts University seeks adjunct instructors from a range of backgrounds and professions for the Fall 2016 semester. Applicants are asked to design and – if selected – teach small, discussion-based courses that promote active learning and that engage Tufts undergraduates in an exploration of ideas and experiences shaping the world today. Classes that offer critical, and quite often, interdisciplinary contexts form the core of the Experimental College’s curriculum. Our mission is to challenge an already motivated set of students and get them thinking in new ways about such important subject areas as current affairs, cultural studies, media, technology, politics, race, gender, law, world religions, environmental concerns, business, healthcare, and ethics. Twenty courses will be chosen from a very competitive pool.

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