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Oct. march on D.C. Push for widespread reforms on Million Man March anniv. By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

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President Barak Obama addresses a gathering at the Greater Boston Labor Council’s annual Labor Day Breakfast at the Park Plaza hotel.

Obama touts worker protections in Hub visit Cites leadership on minimum wage, leave time By YAWU MILLER

In Boston for a Labor Day breakfast, President Barak Obama vowed to take the gains the Massachusetts labor movement has made to the national level. At a breakfast sponsored by the Greater Boston Labor Council, the president announced he has signed an executive order requiring companies that contract with the federal government to provide seven days a year of paid sick leave for employees.

“That’s not a new story here in Massachusetts,” Obama told the labor activists and politicians gathered at the Park Plaza Hotel Monday. “You all have always been ahead of the curve.” Obama’s speech came as political leaders celebrated gains made over the past year, including an increased minimum wage of $10 an hour and a new bill of rights for domestic workers. As Mayor Martin Walsh pointed out, the gains made by the labor movement in Massachusetts stand in stark contrast to strong anti-union rhetoric among

Republican presidential candidates, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who called teachers unions “the single most destructive force in education.” Obama, who has taken more strident stands on race and social justice issues as he has entered his last two years in office, affirmed his support for organized labor. “If I were looking for a good job that lets me build some security for my family, I’d join a union,” he said.

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Louis Farrakhan, minister of the Nation of Islam, will hold a march on Washington, D.C. this October 15 on the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March to demand justice for marginalized communities. The local organizing committee held a rally outside Mosque 11 in Grove Hall on Saturday to promote the cause. The 20th anniversary march goes under the name “Justice or Else” and calls for putting economic and political pressure on politicians should they fail to take action to redress grievances. Justice or Else organizers decry police brutality and killings of unarmed blacks, disproportionate levels of minorities in jail, the treatment of Hispanic and Latino immigrants in America, an education system that does not sufficiently serve minority youth, injustices against Native Americans, and poverty and unemployment. The march is a “blanket cry for justice across the board,” said the rally’s officiator, Brother Randy Muhammad. A specific political agenda is in progress, he said. The rally’s speakers included representatives of the NOI, black churches, black radio, Mass Action Against Police Brutality, Black Lives Matter, the Black Economic Justice Institute, the NAACP and the hip-and hop community. Nuri Muhammad, NOI student minister, was the keynote speaker.

Everyone’s march

“Poor whites … this government doesn’t represent you either,” said Randy Muhammad. Representatives emphasized that the march was not limited to black men, but all races and genders. Brother Walter, the event’s photographer, said even well-off whites who recognized flaws in the system should attend. Several speakers also extolled the strong role of women in holding together the black community. Speakers called for unity across religious divides. Randy Muhammad said that police regarded black people based on race rather than other affiliations or attributes, and so blacks were all in the struggle together. “When the cops pull you over they ain’t asking, ‘Are you Muslim?’” said Randy Muhammad, “So we gotta stop being divided by these labels.”

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Black men represent a disproportionally high segment of the prison population, while increasingly high percentages of black women are entering the criminal justice system. “If you are not inspired and motivated to pursue change,

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Local orgs appeal to Imagine Boston Letter seeks assurances of equality By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

A coalition that includes Right to the City, the Boston NAACP, the Chinese Progressive Association and other community organizations and individuals sent a letter to city and Imagine Boston officials in which they sought assurance that Imagine Boston 2030 will not overlook the needs of lower-income neighborhoods or disproportionately aid affluent communities.

“We call on Mayor Walsh to ensure that this vision is one that not only includes but prioritizes those who have been left out of or harmed by an unprecedented period of economic growth and development,” the coalition wrote in the letter titled “Guiding Principles for Imagine Boston 2030.” Still in its early stage, Imagine Boston 2030 is the first citywide planning effort in nearly 50 years. The letter was sent to Mayor

Martin Walsh; John Barros, chief of Economic Development; Brian Golden, director of the BRA; Sara Myerson, executive director of Imagine Boston 2030; Daniel Koh, chief of staff; and Joyce Linehan, chief of policy. As Imagine Boston will not be setting its vision, principles and goals until Fall 2015/Winter 2016, the letter serves as more of a preventative effort and clarion call than a comment on current progress. The citywide plan is a collaboration between the Boston

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Artist Napoleon Jones Henderson views his installation, Roxbury Rhapsody with MassArt students who served as apprentices on the project.

“Roxbury Rhapsody” mural debuts in Bolling Building By YAWU MILLER

Roxbury artist Napoleon Jones Henderson’s latest work greets visitors to the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal building in Dudley Square with 400 brightly-colored eightinch ceramic copper tiles. “Roxbury Rhapsody”, as the piece is titled, depicts the musical vibrancy of the neighborhood. “You have a whole assortment of musicians who were born in and came through Roxbury and played at Connolly’s, the High Hat, Wally’s,” Henderson said. “The depth of music in Roxbury is very much a part of the piece.” While Henderson recalls noteworthy Roxbury musicians, like drummer Roy Haynes and alto

saxophonist Makanda Ken McIntyre, none of the faces depicted in the mural are of specific ones. The artwork depicts no musical instruments or conventional musical motifs. “But you see rhythm and vibration in the work,” notes artist Ekua Holmes. “It’s a very subtle statement.” Colorful faces of nameless Roxbury residents peer out at the viewer. Vibrant patterns – many with African motifs, radiate outward, pulsing with contrasting colors. “Music is a series of vibrations,” Henderson said. “It has a vibrational aspect to it. And it has color. Most people think of music as an auditory experience, but it’s a visual, cultural and spiritual experience.” Beyond the music, Henderson said the piece captures a bit of the soul of Roxbury and the

African American community that has lived there over the last century. Many of the motifs are Adinkra symbols borrowed from the Ashanti people of Ghana, reflecting the African heritage of the neighborhood’s black majority. Turtles abound. “It’s a universal symbol,” Henderson says of the turtles. “It has the same meaning in different cultures – steadfastness, perseverance.” As Roxbury undergoes demographic changes, including the Fort Hill area where Henderson owns a Greek Revival home, he says the Bolling Building mural will immortalize the current African American character of the neighborhood. “I’m very pleased to be a part of preserving the people of Roxbury’s

legacy in that building,” he said. Henderson took five months to make the mural, assisted by three MassART students selected by Holmes, who serves as the school’s assistant director of Community Engagement. Each of the 400 tiles was individually stenciled. After pouring powdered glass on each one, Henderson and his apprentices baked them, one at a time, in a small kiln. Henderson, who has done similar tiled public art projects in Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Providence, said he got the idea in 1986 when his daughter brought

home a set of enameled cufflinks she made in summer camp. He was busy putting finishing touches on a proposal for an installation on a doorway at Roxbury Community College when the idea hit him. “I said ‘this is what I need to use,’” he recalled. MassArt’s Holmes said the work was painstaking for Henderson and the students, but the result was worth the struggle. “The technique is phenomenal,” she said. “There’s a lot of intensity in this work. This is a real labor of love.”

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Teacher prepares for 3rd year By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

The school year was just days away, and Genet Mehari had poured much of her summer into preparation. As she put some final touches on her classroom, she looked forward to her third year teaching kindergarten through second grade science at Curley K-8. Mehari spoke with the Banner to give an insider’s view on the challenges, and joys, a new teacher faces.

Designing the new year

For Mehari, the summer brought a welcome break that included a month dedicated to professional development. She spent July learning about the Wilson Reading Intervention Program, which she plans on incorporating this year to help students who are struggling with literacy progression. Mehari devoted the last two weeks of summer to lesson plans and setting up the classroom. “It’s not a break in the way most people have romanticized summer to be,” she said. “My summer was spent 60:40. 60 percent school, 40 percent relaxing.” When approaching planning, she said she asks herself, “What did I do for last year? Did I like it? Do I want to start a whole new unit?” Mehari independently creates the curriculum for her K-1 class, made up of four-year-olds. The fiveyear-olds in Mehari’s K-2 class are taught two units prescribed by the district and one that she designs. “One of the greatest things of teaching science at such a young age,” Mehari said, “is there’s a lot of flexibility” in designing the class and selecting books. Her lesson planning process starts with a broad look at what she wants students to get out of the entire school year. Then she goes over it more in-depth. “I want them to enjoy science and love it, and I think a lot about how I’m going to make sure they’re learning what they need to learn, but also having a good time,” she said. Above all, the most significant goal of the first few days, Mehari said, is to make the students feel like a part of a community.

Outside the classroom

Few people realize how much work teachers do when they are not in the classroom. During her first and second years, Mehari spent 3-4 hours a night preparing for her lessons. At least 25 percent of her job occurred outside of the classroom, she said. As she enters her third year, she hopes this decreases.

New teachers often end up funding significant amounts of their classroom supplies, in part because they are not always aware that they can ask the community for donations and also because they often feel urgency to establish their classroom, said Mehari. She recalled that in her first year she spent “a few thousand dollars on school items, supplies, furniture. Things I thought I needed that were beyond the scope of what the school would provide.” By her second year, she gained a better sense of what equipment she truly needed, and was able to ask students and find online resources for some of the supplies. Parents were especially helpful, she said. In a survey conducted by Boston Teachers Union, teachers of every experience level reported that they used their own money to purchase classroom supplies, and most spent $700, said Richard Stutman, BTU president. “[It’s] disgraceful,” he said. Stutman believes it is “reasonable” to require teachers to buy their own hand sanitizer, but not items such as books, bookshelves, crayons and extra calculators for students. “We don’t ask firemen to provide their own hose. … [But] we ask teachers to provide their own chalk.”

Parents pitch in

The Curley school benefits from strong parental engagement. Last year, two parents helped in Mehari’s classroom on a weekly basis, and this year already parents have helped make and put up new school signage. Parental fundraising also made possible a music program for the lower grades. That strong sense of parental community and its reputation for involvement often draws new parents into the school’s orbit. Mehari said that she has found that “parents will be involved in any way they’re given a chance to be involved.” One issue Mehari notes: the lack of diverse parental engagement. White parents primarily are active in the school, which she attributes to greater available time and resources for devoting to such efforts. Curley’s student body was primarily Hispanic (57.9%) and low-income (72.8%) with notable showing of blacks (18.7%) and whites (17%) during the 2013-2014 school year, according to the Boston Public Schools’ 2014-2015 Report on Teaching and Learning.

Struggles for teachers

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needs. In such classes teachers must ensure that “everyone learns at a different pace and at the same time,” said Mehari, who believes that such goals are difficult to achieve without more teacher support. “[Teachers are charged with] making sure that kids who have different kinds of needs are met. All the needs of all the kids are met every day. That’s a lofty hope,” she said. “A lot of teachers are overwhelmed.” More than one-fifth of Curley’s student body fell into the special education category during the 20132014 school year, reports the BPS. Mehari said that in order to meet so many diverse needs, a classroom needs more teachers in the classroom.

New teacher

Her primary advice to new teachers is to network with peers, find a mentor and watch others teach. During her first year, Mehari used her spare time during the school day or used a personal day to observe others teach. “It was great to see someone with a completely different set-up. I watched a lot of teachers who teach out of what we call ‘cart’, who don’t have their own classroom. … To see it being done in that way and know that it still can be done well was great for me. It really changed the way I used my classroom.”

Mutual support

In many ways, teachers come together in a community to help each other. Mehari cited the BTU and its “How to Survive Your First Year” panel at the New Teachers Institute as an “incredible resource.” Speakers there gave advice on topics that

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Genet Mehari set up her k-2 through second grade science classroom at Curley K-8. included how to teach students who are English Language Learners and tips for entering one’s first year. The BTU provides a variety of resources for new teachers such as a program that matches them with a mentor for their first year and a toolkit for new teachers.

Path to Curley

Initially, Mehari envisioned herself teaching science or math to students between 4th and 7th grade. “I knew if I could get a job as a math or science teacher it would be a dream,” she said. Mehari holds a bachelor’s in science from University of California Davis and a master’s in education from University of Massachusetts

Boston. She completed a teaching residency at Orchard Gardens K-8 before joining Curley. Mehari was drawn to apply to Curley because of her proximity to the school and its solid reputation in the community. Its only science opening was for K-2. Her love of the subject inspired her to take a chance on the age group and it paid off. “It’s a great fit,” she said, “teaching science at such a young age is a gift.” Mehari says she has found that young children are deeply curious and eager to match a teacher’s excitement. Every day is a surprise: “You never know what’s going to come out of their mouths or what they’re going to do or what they’ll find interesting.”

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Towards mental health Mental illness is widespread in America but few people are aware it’s so pervasive. When a murder occurs by a seemingly deranged assailant, people often believe that mental illness was the driving force. How could they not think so? Why else would Vester Lee Flanagan II, a disgruntled TV reporter, shoot to death while they are on camera his former colleagues at a Roanoke, Va. TV station? What else would drive Dylan Roof to assassinate nine parishioners at a church in Charleston, S.C.? Despite the alltoo-frequent recurrence of such events, the public still sees mental disease as a relatively minor deviancy. According to the National Association of Mental Illness, about 45 million U.S. adults, approximately 20 percent of that population, annually suffer from a mental illness episode. That is a much larger number than the 14 million living with cancer and the 29 million afflicted with diabetes. Unfortunately, an estimated 60 percent of those suffering from mental illness in any year will not receive treatment. One reason for this treament deficiency

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One million strong Twenty years ago, Minister Louis Farrakhan called for a Million Man March on Washington, D.C. for black men “to unite in self-help and self-defense against economic and social ills plaguing the African American community.” Naysayers predicted the attendance goal could not be reached because the inter-racial crowd of men and women who came to Washington on Aug. 28, 1963 to hear Martin Luther King was estimated at 250,000 — the largest D.C. march ever. However, on Oct. 16, 1995 thousands of black men from all over America converged on Washington. The National Park Service estimated a crowd of 400,000, but that number was disputed. Professor Farouk El-Baz, director

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Carnival a Roxbury treasure In recent years the Puerto Rican and Dominican festivals have migrated to City Hall Plaza. That move is a wonderful affirmation of the central role Latinos now play in Boston and a somewhat belated acknowledgement from city officials that they, too, are a part of Boston’s socio-political fabric. Caribbean Carnival has opted to remain in Roxbury, and I think it should stay that way. The Carnival is one of Boston’s most important and

well-attended cultural events. More importantly, it is one of the black community’s most important and well-attended events. For Boston’s black community to lose this event – and if it moves downtown, we will lose it to some extent – would be a significant loss. I argue that the event should be expanded in Franklin Park. Rather than closing the event down at 6 sharp, extend the show in White Stadium for a few more hours. The best way for the city to

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embrace Caribbean Carnival would be to recognize that it generates revenue, bringing thousands of spectators and participants in from across the state and around the world. Fund Carnival so that reputable bands don’t have to pay to participate and can channel more resources into putting together their presentations. Carnival is a gem in Boston’s black community. Let’s keep it that way.

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It’s not, and never should have been, an either or proposition to say black lives matter or police matters matter. The slaying of a police officer must and should be denounced with the same vigor, passion and outrage as the unwarranted slaying of an unarmed African-American. The sad thing is that from virtually the moment that the black lives matter movement exploded on the scene in the aftermath of the Michael Brown killing in Ferguson, Missouri there has been a low intensity verbal war over whose lives are more important, and when an officer is gunned down or an unarmed black is gunned down who, or even whether there should be an outcry. The debate is silly and dangerous. Last December, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund which is a national organization dedicated to tracking the number of officers killed in the line of duty, and promoting awareness of the dangers to law enforcement and commemorating those slain, sounded the alarm that the number of police officers murdered in 2014 had leaped to 120. This was a 20 percent increase over 2013, and it reversed a decade long trend. The brutal killings of two New York City police officers the same month along with the killing of a Tarpon Springs, Fla. police officer less than a day later upped that number to 123 (126 for the year). Though the number of officers slain so far in 2015 has plunged from the stunning number killed in 2014, the killing of officers has seemingly resurged with the slaying of officers in Tennessee. Louisiana, Texas, and Illinois. When one officer is gunned down ambush style as was Houston Deputy Daron Goforth it will draw instant headlines and rage. It should. However, it should not draw a finger point of blame at the civil rights organizations that have been at the forefront of protests over police killings. There is certainly no evidence of any conspiracy, or plot by police abuse protestors to wink and nod at the killing of police officers, let alone to target them for attacks. Nearly every activist organization at the forefront of the protests over the killing of Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Ezell Ford, as well as their family members, instantly condemned the killings of officers. Civil rights groups have made it abundantly clear that anyone who tries to in any way intimate or justify the killings as some kind of retaliation or evening the score for the deaths of the blacks killed is sick, a provocateur, and a vicious murderer. Civil rights groups have been emphatic that attacks on police officers are despicable and outrageous and reinforce the false and irresponsible notion that civil rights groups are anti-police. There’s always been the recognition that police officers have a tough, and dangerous job, and the overwhelming majority of officers do not harass, abuse, or engage in misconduct, and that they take seriously their oath to protect and serve communities and that includes communities of color. The protests have always been aimed at the few officers who don’t and those officials who shield them. There are two other good reasons why those who denounce the killing of unarmed blacks by a police officer must just as swiftly denounce the slaying of a police officer by a deranged or misguided individual. This heinous act could derail the growing public recognition that police violence is a major issue that cannot be ignored. The first steps were being taken toward a national dialogue among law enforcement, including use of body cameras, a grand jury system overhaul, a systematic tracking of civilians killed by police, and a revamp of policies on the use of force by officers. There is also the concern that the killings could heighten tensions between police and minority communities, with deadly consequences. At times when officers have been killed in the line of duty, some police officials have recognized that danger and quietly reminded officers to uphold the highest professional standards. This is crucial, because an officer killing stirs anger, outrage and fear among many police. The other reason is that a failure to speak out when a police officer is killed leaves the advocates for police reform wide open to the knock of a double standard; namely picking and choosing whose lives are important. Nothing could erode public sympathy and support for the victims of unwarranted police violence faster than that charge. Officer safety is, and must, be of paramount importance to those who fight for police reform. Positive and proactive police-community relations, dialogue and engagement is a two way street. If there’s the sense that one side doesn’t give a hoot about officer’s safety and lives, then the well will be hopelessly poisoned. That’s a surefire prescription to escalate the cycle of fear and violence between police and African-American communities. When that happens, we all lose. Yes, black lives and police lives both matter, and it’s an absolute must for us to keep saying that.

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YOLANDA BURNETT Dr. Yolanda G. Burnett, who served as the Boston Renaissance Charter School’s chief of staff since 2010, was recently appointed the school’s new executive director. A veteran of the Boston Public Schools and the Renaissance school, Burnett has 24 years of urban school teaching and administrative experience. During this time, she served as a reading and special education teacher and elementary school principal in BPS; she also was director of Elementary School and the chief accountability officer/chief of staff at Boston Renaissance. She holds a doctorate in Leadership in Urban Schools from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. After 41 years of service in Boston schools, including the last 18 years at the helm of Boston Renaissance, Dr. Roger F. Harris has retired his post as the school’s leader, but will remain involved with the school as an advisor. Renaissance also named a new Head of School, Evelyn D. Lee. Recognized for her leadership of the school’s music, arts, and mentoring programs, Lee has 31 years of experience as a K-12 educator, having served 16 years as a school administrator. The new leadership team will be focused on maintaining the academic success experienced in recent years, as the school has ascended to become a Level 1 school, the highest rating in the state’s academic accountability system. As she welcomed new teachers to the building ahead of the arrival of the students this week, Burnett expressed confidence in the team and the school’s ability to maintain the momentum. “We are ready and excited to meet the challenge of a new year. At Renaissance we put children first, we constantly evaluate and improve our teaching, and we work hard together as a team — we have people in new roles, but these values remain unchanged,” Burnett said.

Kids require support from home and good time management. They need to be encouraged and shown an example of what good, hard work looks like. And they need love from their parents.

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Shortly before Attorney General Eric Holder announced his resignation last September, he told an interviewer: “Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job.” One of Holder’s more activist initiatives received attention last week when The New York Times highlighted how Holder’s Justice Department began the novel practice of filing arguments in state and county courts. “[N]either career Justice Department officials nor longtime advocates can recall such a concerted effort to insert the federal government into local civil rights cases,” Matt Apuzzo wrote for the Times. The agency has used so-called “statements of interest” to file arguments in existing court cases— sometimes cases brought by the ACLU, Equal Justice Under Law or other advocacy groups. One issue that’s garnered particular attention from Justice Department lawyers is fair access to legal defense, a right guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has filed four such statements in the past two years, a time in which bipartisan support has emerged for a renewed examination of how local and state

governments are providing legal representation to the poor. The department maintains that it does not take a position on the facts of the case, but it argues larger points about civil rights issues with national implications. “It’s very much like having an amicus brief, but it’s an amicus brief by the United States Department of Justice,” said Norman Reimer, executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “That carries a lot of weight. No municipality or state wants to be found to be violating Constitutional rights in the eyes of the Justice Department.” As the Times story shows, local prosecutors and defense attorneys for the cities and states that suddenly come under this national microscope may not appreciate the attention, however. Nor do they necessarily agree with the Justice Department’s premise that it is not taking sides in the cases at hand. Scott G. Thomas, the attorney who defended Burlington, Washington in a suit challenging the city’s indigent defense program, objected to the way the case turned Burlington into a political symbol, telling Apuzzo, “it’s the Department of Justice putting their finger on the scale.” Joshua Marquis, the elected district attorney in Clatsop County, Oregon, who also serves on the executive committee of the board of

directors of the National District Attorneys Association, considers problematic indigent defense systems more episodic than epidemic. “The idea that this is somehow symptomatic of some sort of major civil rights emergency in America is just plain crazy,” he said. Where smaller jurisdictions lack funding for indigent defense, it follows that the prosecutors in those same jurisdictions lack funding, too. “To me, that’s just as dire a problem,” said Marquis, “and since, frankly, most victims are poor people and people of color, I would be really impressed to see the United States Justice Department pick that up.” The Supreme Court ruled in the 1963 case Gideon v. Wainwright that each state had to establish means of representation for defendants who couldn’t afford it themselves. But the federal government only provides best practices, grants and training; it’s left to the states to decide how to interpret Gideon’s mandate and how much money to allocate to it. Some states leave the decisions about indigent defense and funding for it entirely to counties. As a result, the quality of one’s counsel heavily depends on the location of the alleged crime.

“It’s very difficult to explain the patchwork quilt that is the right to counsel in America,” said David Carroll, executive director of the Sixth Amendment Center, an advocacy group for indigent defense. “People watch TV cop dramas, where everyone asks for a lawyer in police lockup, and they come back from commercial break, and there’s the lawyer ... The difference between what they believe and what’s actually happening is very broad.” The gap between what many Americans consider to be adequate defense, and the reality on the ground in local courts, is what advocates say these lawsuits seek to close. The potential remains for many more investigations and filings, as well. “The DOJ could almost take a dart, and throw it at a map, and there would be a problem with indigent defense in that particular place,” said Ernie Lewis, executive director of the National Association for Public Defense. “And I don’t think I’m exaggerating.” Here are the jurisdictions where DOJ lawyers have filed statements of interest in cases addressing indigent defense:

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In an August 2013 statement of interest in Wilbur v. City of Mount Vernon, the Justice Department asked a federal court in Washington to appoint an “independent monitor” to oversee new reforms to the indigent defense system there. This was the first statement of interest of this kind, and advocates say it had a huge impact — in signaling that the Justice Department was going to enforce this issue in a new way, and in tangible changes to the Washington system, as well. The judge in the case “took it and really ran with it, and there’s big changes now happening all across Washington,” said the Sixth Amendment Center’s Carroll. In the conclusion of his decision, which refers to the 1963 ruling in Gideon, U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik wrote: “The notes of freedom and liberty that emerged from Gideon’s trumpet a half a century ago cannot survive if that trumpet is muted and dented by harsh fiscal measures that reduce the promise to a hollow shell of a hallowed right.”

New York

Back in 2007, the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a suit on behalf of 20 defendants against the state of New York, arguing that five counties were denying effective counsel to indigent defendants. Ontario, Onondaga, Schuyler, Suffolk and Washington counties did not have a public defense system or standards in place at the time; they had just contracted with private attorneys on an ad-hoc (and apparently inadequate) basis. The Justice Department joined the suit with a statement of interest in September 2014. Asettlement followed within weeks, mandating the creation of a new public defense office, standards for defendant eligibility, and more state funding for the attorneys.

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Local Puerto Rican group urges PR’s creditors: No austerity By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

As Puerto Rico’s debt crisis worsens, investors holding the commonwealth’s bonds are positioned to call the shots, potentially prescribing tough austerity measures that some say could cripple the island’s public sector. This week, a group of local activists, Puertorriquenos por Puerto Rico Massachusetts, is making an appeal to Roger Crandall, head of the parent company of one of the island’s major creditors, not to push for austerity measures. OppenheimerFunds owns more of Puerto Rico’s bonds than any other mutual fund company. The firm is a subsidy of MassMutual Life Insurance Company, of which Crandall is the president, CEO and chair. “We want to definitely bring to his [Crandall’s] attention to the fact that there are a number of very concerned Puerto Rican U.S. citizens in Massachusetts,” said Sandra Alvarado of PPR. “There are over 260,000 Puerto Rican citizens in Massachusetts alone. We want to bring him awareness of that fact and also alternatives [to austerity]. We want him to be flexible in terms of what the Puerto Rican community is asking for, and specifically Puerto Rico.” Alvarado said that the austerity measures some bondholders are calling for include lowering minimum wage, closing schools and slashing Medicaid. Crandall will speak at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s executive forum on September 10. When he does, PPR will send him an open letter that also will be shared with the press.

Many have left

Puerto Rico’s debt crisis has prompted mass emigration. Pew Research Center estimated that from July 2010-2013, 144,000 people left Puerto Rico for the mainland U.S. “For the past four years, I knew that the situation was getting hard and life was getting very expensive and the quality of life was deteriorating very fast,” said Elsa Mosquera Sterenberg, director of the arts program for Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción who emigrated from Puerto Rico last August. “As my children and stepchildren started going out of Puerto Rico to study in the States and my husband had an opportunity to leave, I thought it was perfect for us to start a new life.”

One reason the cost of living is so high: the Jones Act of 1920, which requires that goods transported by sea between two points in the U.S. be carried on an American-built and -owned ship, with a mainly American crew. Puerto Rico relies heavily on marine transport of goods, yet is prohibited using foreign ships that might lower costs. “In a globalized economy there should be no absolute reason why goods that should be transported to Puerto Rico could only be transported in U.S. ships and made in U.S. ships, except for the fact of exploitation,” said Pedro Reina, professor of Humanities and Arts and Cultural Management at the University of Puerto Rico. “It serves private interest. You have Puerto Ricans completely dependent on the U.S. maritime fleet, so it’s a monopoly.” This outpouring of residents also reduces Puerto Rico’s tax base.

Crisis: a long time coming

“[The crisis] has been accumulating for the past 30 yrs. When I was leaving Puerto Rico it was 10 years people were saying that this was going to happen. People have been talking about it, but not one governor decided to change ways and to do things to make it better. ... Everyone is responsible: governors from both parties — the party that wants statehood and the party that wants the government as it is now,” said Mosquera Sterenberg. The island has long been divided about whether to remain a territory, become a state, or petition for independence. For many years, U.S. corporations and investors were drawn to Puerto Rico by a combination of incentives. Among these were triple tax breaks — exemptions from federal, state and local governments tax — on interest earned on bonds issued by the Puerto Rican government and a 1976 federal law granting U.S companies tax exemption on income originating from an American territory. U.S. corporations came to dominate the economy. In 2006, the federal government eliminated the tax exemption on income, prompting many corporations to withdraw. A recession followed. To fill budget gaps, the Puerto Rican government borrowed. From 2000-2015, Puerto Rico’s debt increased from 63.2 percent of its GNP to 100.2 percent of its GNP, according to the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

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“The Puerto Rican government’s overconfident approach to taking loans was the largest cause of the [current] crisis,” said Reina. “Everyone behaved as if money was endless. For the past three decades the government basically took out some many more loans than they could repay.”

Puerto Rico’s creditors

Puerto Rico’s debt measured $72 billion in June, when its governor declared the commonwealth could not repay. The majority of it is owned by hedge funds and bond mutual funds. Many view the hedge funds that the commonwealth now says it cannot repay as more opportunists than naive victims. “The bottom line in the current fiscal crisis has to do with the abuse of Wall St. and hedge fund managers that took advantage of a very dire situation that was present in the island. They were receiving triple tax breaks and so they jumped in, knowing full well that Puerto Rico’s economy was not doing very well,” said Alvarado. “Puerto Ricans in the U.S. should pressure their elected representatives not to allow investors to simply put Puerto Rico through an austerity phase that could last 20 or 30 years just to satisfy the financial appetite, because they’re [the hedge funds] partially responsible for what’s going on,” said Reina. “They did not spend money ignorant of the fact that they were aiding an economy that was weak and could be

Commonwealth status

Puerto Rico’s special commonwealth status restricts ability to react to the crisis. It is part of the U.S. but has limited autonomy. Puerto Ricans cannot vote in presidential elections or elect a voting representative to Congress, which severely limits its ability to pass legislation aimed at improving its economic status. Because it is not a nation, it also cannot apply to the International Monetary Fund for assistance.

Bankruptcy

One impediment facing Puerto Rico as it seeks to resolve its debt crisis: federal law prohibits Puerto Rico’s cities and public corporations from declaring bankruptcy, a strategy employed by mainland cities such as Detroit. Thus it cannot suspend interest payments and work with creditors to hammer out a new debt repayment plan. “The U.S. needs to pass a law to let Puerto Rico restructure the debt ... and maybe have a future. Otherwise it [debt] will eat the Puerto Rican future,” said Mosquera Sterenberg. It may also be the solution that offers creditors the most return on their investment. “Puerto Rico’s economy is so crippled that what the government is doing is going to the loan holders and hedge funders and saying, ‘If you take me to court and cripple me even more, you get much less than if you sit down with me and negotiate,’” said Reina. “The general U.S. population has

a lot to lose if Puerto Rico goes under because 401k municipal funds hold Puerto Rican bonds,” said Alvarado. Marco Rubio, Florida senator, has spoken against granting Puerto Rico the right to authorize municipal bankruptcies, while Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton support it.

PREPA

With a verbal agreement last week, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority became the first Puerto Rican entity to make a deal with its creditors to restructure its debt. This raises hopes that other entities will be able to secure similar agreements. PREPA owes $8.6 billion. The Ad Hoc Group, which includes mutual funds and hedge funds such as BlueMountain Capital and Knighthead Capital, owns about 35 percent of PREPA’s debt. They agreed to secure 85 percent of their existing claim and exchange the rest of their bonds for new ones. OppenheimerFunds is among the creditors who support the agreement. “We believe that the agreement, if implemented, will be a win for bondholders, PREPA and the people of Puerto Rico,” according to a statement posted September 2 on its website. Should 75 percent of uninsured bondholders, excluding those in the Ad Hoc Group, also agree to the restructuring plan, PREPA is expected to save more than $700 million in interest payments and principal over the next five years.

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In addition to the appeal to Crandall, PPR plans on continuing efforts to educate the general population in Boston and other cities with a large Puerto Rican presence about the island’s situation, said Alvarado.

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It all started with a Grace Jones haircut. Rica Elysee went to a hair salon to get a haircut similar to her idol, but much to her dismay, it took four and a half hours to get the cut and style that she wanted. Normally, it would have taken 20 minutes. That experience, coupled with stories from other women who also faced difficulties getting to the salon for a variety of reasons, inspired the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate to create the online platform BeautyLynk.com. It offers personalized hair and make-up services by beauty professionals — all in the comfort of one’s home. “After doing the research and talking to the right people, it made a lot of sense to go with BeautyLynk, and offering it for the woman that’s like me — who’s really busy, and doesn’t have the time to sit at a salon, and wants to look great all the time,” says Elysee, founder and CEO. The budding entrepreneur — whose professional background is in development — wanted to create something different. She began by placing a job posting on Indeed.com and that first week received 187 applications, many from women who graduated from beauty schools but couldn’t find work within the beauty industry. Elysee knew she was on to something. She created a rigorous interview process that included vetting certified and licensed professionals and assessing their skill sets. She also was searching for individuals who had a passion for beauty. One of the questions posed to each applicant was, “Why do you want to be in this particular profession?” The common thread for every hair and make-up stylist on the BeautyLynk platform is that “they want to make everybody beautiful,” according to Elysee.

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The company, which is selffunded, began in February of this year when Elysee completed the Future Boston Accelerator program. She initially walked into the program with the concept of Boston Naturals (a meet-up group comprising women with natural textured hair and similar

interests in hair care), but soon realized that the concept wasn’t sustainable as a business. “I had to dig deeper, and I hit a pivot and that was BeautyLynk. And BeautyLynk wasn’t going to be actual hair services. It was going to be delivering a product, and then it flipped into actually doing services. It was a real interesting journey,” says Elysee. The company now is up and running, offering hair and makeup services to women who have a variety of hair textures and come from different ethnic backgrounds. Customers can either be matched with a beauty professional by reviewing their profiles on the website or call or email BeautyLynk to speak to a representative. Once the customer decides on a service and sets up an appointment, advance payment is required. Elysee states that “everybody that goes through our platform pays before an appointment is actually done, so that way our beauty professionals know for sure that they’re getting paid.” The company is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. with the majority of the services available on the same day. “They were originally supposed to be in real-time,” says Elysee, but she’s discovered that a number of her clients like to book out in advance. BeautyLynk’s team consists of 15 beauty professionals and after September 15 they’ll expand to a team of 30 people, providing beauty services throughout Boston and the surrounding areas. Similar to the hair services offered by the company, the make-up service operates in a similar manner. A make-up artist will go to a client’s home and instruct them on how to do their make-up. For an additional fee, the make-up artists also will accompany a client to help assure the right makeup is purchased. PHOTO: MAYA REARDON

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NEWSBRIEFS AG Healey sues property owner for denying housing to individual receiving rental assistance A property owner and manager have been sued by Attorney General Maura Healey for violating state anti-discrimination and consumer protection laws when they denied an individual a rental unit on the basis of the source of his income. The complaint was filed in Suffolk Superior Court against Matteo Gallo, as trustee of Ocean View Nominee Trust, and IPM Management, Inc. The AG’s Office alleges that the defendants refused to rent an apartment in Woburn to the individual based on his receipt of assistance through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program and the requirements of the rental assistance program. “Discrimination against prospective tenants who receive public or housing assistance is against the law,” AG Healey. “These programs help low-income families obtain affordable and safe housing, and landlords cannot use the requirements of these programs as an excuse to refuse to rent.” Gallo is the sole trustee of OVNT, which owns and manages approximately 31 housing units in three buildings located in Woburn, where the tenant was looking to rent. In addition, OVNT owns and manages several other residential properties, including properties in Boston, Everett and Reading. IPM Management, Inc. is a real estate management, marketing, and consulting company for several residential properties, including the building in Woburn. According to the AG’s complaint, the tenant, who sought to find housing before a major surgery he was scheduled to undergo in October 2014, applied for an apartment and was told by OVNT

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that his rental application was approved. He then paid a key deposit. However, rather than going through with an inspection required by the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, which administers the voucher program, the defendants rented the unit to individuals who did not receive Section 8 housing assistance. Because of the defendants’ actions, the complaint alleges, the tenant was unable to secure alternate housing before his surgery and spent his recovery living in shelters and staying with friends. He found more permanent housing four months later located in a community further from his medical appointments in Boston. The AG’s Office seeks injunctive relief, compensatory damages, civil penalties and attorneys’ fees and costs. Under Massachusetts law, it is illegal to refuse to rent to a prospective tenant because the tenant is a participant in a housing subsidy program, or to avoid any of the requirements of such a program. It is also illegal to make a statement indicating a preference, limitation or discrimination against a recipient of a Section 8 subsidy. The case is being handled by Assistant Attorneys General Kerry Tipper and Brittany Williams of Attorney General Maura Healey’s Civil Rights Division.

All men free and brethren: Prince Hall and black Freemasonry Freemasonry is considered by many to be the world’s most wellknown secret society. Its membership is a Who’s Who of world history — George Washington, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, Winston Churchill, Mozart, Davy Crockett, Franklin Roosevelt and John Wayne among them. However, what is lesser known is that on March 6, 1775 at Castle William Island in Boston Harbor, an Irish soldier initiated a

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petitioned the Grand Lodge of England, through a Worshipful Master of a subordinate Lodge in London (William Moody of Brotherly Love Lodge No. 55) for a warrant or charter. Granted on September 29, 1784, the charter was delivered in Boston on April 29, 1787 by Captain James Scott, brother-in-law of John Hancock and master of the Neptune, under its authority African Lodge No. 459 was organized one week later, May 6, 1787. Prince Hall, appointed a Provincial Grand Master in 1791 by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, established African Lodge #459 of Philadelphia on March 22, 1797 and Hiram Lodge #3 in Providence, Rhode Island on June 25, 1797. The African Lodge of Boston became the “Mother Lodge” of the Prince Hall Family. Today, the Prince Hall fraternity has more than 4,500 lodges worldwide, forming 45 independent jurisdictions with a membership of over 300,000 masons.

Baker-Polito administration awards $2.4 million to boost college access, student success As nearly 300,000 students return to Massachusetts’ community colleges, state universities and University of Massachusetts campuses this week, the Department of Higher Education (DHE) awarded $2.4 million in competitive grants to increase access to college by students across the

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The president’s push for labor did not go completely unchallenged at the breakfast. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren twice mentioned the Trans Pacific Partnership, a trade deal the Obama administration is pushing that she said would facilitate international trade for corporations and harm the economic prospects of local workers. “The economic survival of families in Lawrence and Fall River and Boston hangs on the balance of an international trade deal,” Warren said. The labor breakfast came between two demonstrations. As labor activists entered the Park Plaza Hotel, members of Boston Carmen’s Union 589 demonstrated outside against the administration of Gov. Charlie Baker, which is moving forward with

plans to privatize some MBTA services. Following the breakfast, members of SEIU Local 32BJ led a march to show solidarity with workers in non-union sectors: employees of contractors at Logan Airport and fast food workers. “The president is here today and it’s an honor,” said 32BJ Vice President Roxana Rivera. “But we know there’s a lot of work to be done. There are people with families working full time and living in poverty.”

New challenges

Locally and nationally, SEIU is at the forefront of union organizing, bringing in new members as overall union membership has been on the decline. “Ten years ago, we had 12,000 members,” said SEIU 1199 Vice President Tyrek Lee. “We have 50,000 now in Massachusetts.” The gains at 1199 and other SEIU locals comes as organizers are bringing new sectors of the service industry into the fold. SEIU Local 509 has organized adjunct professors as part of its Fight for $15 campaign to raise wages in key industries to $15 an hour. The unions also have been negotiating pay raises for nonunion members and supporting the bill of rights for domestic workers — a break from past organizing tactics. “You see the labor movement growing in non-traditional ways,” Lee said. “It’s part of a new movement for social justice.” Rivera said the growing awareness of the inequality between the wealthy and the middle class has given SEIU and other unions fighting for service workers political cover to push for and win worker protections. “I think that folks are seeing the

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Above: Labor activists march on Winter Street in an action in solidarity with nonunion service employees. Right: President Barack Obama announced an executive order extending earned sick time benefits to employees of contractors doing business with the federal government. reality that the gap between the richest people and everyone else is widening,” she said. “People understand that we need to fix this.” The earned sick time, minimum wage increase and growing Fight for $15 campaigns in Massachusetts are part of what Rivera sees as a new phase in labor activism. “We’ve created a new movement,” she said. “I think the time is ripe for some big changes.”

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“Increasing collaboration between high schools and higher education is important to making a college education more affordable and creating more opportunities for students across the Commonwealth to succeed in college and their careers,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “These awards also present opportunities for college campuses and their regional partners to focus creatively on boosting college completion rates and advancing more students from diverse and underserved populations.” “Together, our competitive Dual Enrollment and Performance Incentive Fund grant programs help growing numbers of students realize the dream of obtaining a college degree,” said Commissioner of Higher Education Carlos Santiago. “It is terrific to see UMass, state university and community college faculty and staff working together and also with local school districts to widen the pathways from high school to college. This is at the core of the mission of public higher education, which is to strengthen Massachusetts families, communities and industries by educating our future citizenry

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“You’re hearing the eclecticism that is something I can’t even escape because it’s really who I am and what my life is like, but you’re also hearing my acceptance of it,” says the Georgia native. Released five years after her gospel album “Fellowship,” “Freedom & Surrender” is Wright’s fifth album and first on Concord Records. The album, which was produced by Grammy-winning producer Larry Klein, debuted on September 4 and is already at #1 Jazz and #10 overall on Amazon and #1 on iTunes Jazz.

to be able to write what I actually have in me. I think as artists we’re not here to necessarily keep something going that’s already happened. I think I just embraced myself and allowed myself to really use my full range.” Being able to tap into her full range came in part from singing in the church as a child with her family. It offered a training ground for the young singer who would end up singing professionally as an adult. “Within the church you get to practice, putting music in order, and arranging music specifically for the emotional impact that it’s supposed to have and the environment it’s supposed to create. It’s such a constant study of

nown for weaving gospel, jazz and pop to country and blues into her music, Lizz Wright has continued that tradition on her newest album, “Freedom & Surrender,” which she considers a reflection of where she currently is in her life. Wright, who grew up singing in the church with her family, wrote ten of the 15 songs on the album and describes this project as having grit and vulnerability that she allows both in the writing and in the singing. “There’s more range of color coming out of me and I did a little more writing because I wanted to step forward as myself,” says the singer/ songwriter. She further adds, “I don’t think I need to hide behind a genre, an idea, or even the way of my own personal history. I want

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practice, but of course, I didn’t see any of that until I was not there anymore.” And now the pastor’s daughter, whose singing was a natural expression of communicating with her family growing up, is singing professionally and traveling all over the world sharing her talent and her music. But she still considers herself “Lizz, the home girl.” She describes the sentiment as “I still feel like the same girl who showed up with all the same people and I still feel like I’m visiting my friends when I go on tour. I realize that making the connection personal, and simple, and level allows me to do what I’ve always been doing and that makes it feel real enough to me.”

Tony-Award nominee Sanaa Lathan delivers a striking presence and undeniable energy to each project she takes on and continues to build on an already impressive career. She recently completed production on two films. In the independent feature, “Ad Inexplorata,” she plays Emily Maddox, a captain on one of four spaceships making a one-way trip to Mars. The film, which was developed in the Sundance Lab, also stars Mark Strong and Luke Wilson. In the highly anticipated sequel, “Now You See Me 2,” Sanaa plays FBI Agent Natalie Austin in an ensemble cast that includes Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman. It was recently announced that she will star in and executive produce the screen adaptation of Omar Tyree’s “Flyy Girl” trilogy. Most recently, she was seen in the smash hit, “The Best Man Holiday” with Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Regina Hall and Morris Chestnut. Lathan starred in the title role in the play “By The Way, Meet Vera Stark” at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, a role she originated at the Second Stage Theatre in New York. She received the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actress for her leading role in the play. Prior to that, Lathan starred as Maggie the Cat in the West End (London) in the critically-acclaimed and Olivier Award-winning revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Among her other film credits are “Contagion” directed by Steven Soderbergh; “Something New” opposite Simon Baker; Tyler Perry’s “The Family that Preys”; “A Wonderful World” opposite Matthew Broderick; “Brown Sugar” alongside Taye Diggs, Queen Latifah and Mos

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International superstar and Queen of Motown Diana Ross is coming to Boston September 19. The music icon is one of the most successful female music artists in history. She has over 70 hit singles which includes her work with the Supremes and as a solo artist. She has also sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

What can your fans expect at the show? Will the show have all the hits throughout the years?

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continued from page 15 Def; “Love and Basketball” with Omar Epps; and “The Best Man,” one of the highest grossing African-American films in history. Here, Lathan talks about her latest outing opposite Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut in the psychological thriller “The Perfect Guy.”

Hi Sanaa, thanks for the time. I’m honored to have another opportunity to speak with you. Sanaa Lathan: My pleasure.

I told my readers I’d be interviewing you, so I’ll be mixing their questions

Diana Ross: I named the show “The Essential Diana Ross: Some Memories Never Fade,” so that the audience and my band and I can take a musical journey of memories, and create new memories. Each song reminds me of something, somewhere or someone. Music is magic. I love to sing and perform and every show feels like a celebration. It is all about the music and those private and personal memories: energy, pure love, excitement, joy — fun.

Having been in the music industry for so long, how do you still feel about touring? DR: Touring to me, each place,

in with mine. SL: Okay, fabulous!

What’s the difference in preparing for a thriller like “The Perfect Guy”? SL: You know, there’s really no difference. You prepare by kind of trying to create the world of the character, and by doing rehearsals. It’s really about reading the script and letting ideas come to me over and over, kind of building their history, because that will naturally inform you when you’re on set.

What exactly is a perfect guy? And how is your perfect guy in real life different from the one your character, Leah, is looking for in the movie?

even though I might be returning, feels brand new. And it’s like a new adventure. I tour because I enjoy it and I am having fun. I love to sing. I love performing before an audience and entertaining, it makes me feel good, and I do hope that the audience shares in that feel good feeling too. I have a wonderful backing band, rhythm section, horns, and singers, and we just have a good time on stage. My band and I have been together for a very long time. We’re like family. We enjoy each other’s company and really love to play, we have fun! We have a joyful time performing.

What’s the main focus of your offstage life these days?

am performing, there is a tremendous amount of energy with the audience, my band, and myself. I interact with the faces and eyes in front of me. It’s a really amazing feeling. It’s like a vibration, a flow. When I am off stage, I really do enjoy having my private life. I live a very full life. I’m happy being here in this time in history, there’s so many good things happening in our world and I focus on the good things. My favorite time of day is early mornings. I love to see the day began and I love the feeling of the morning quiet.

What is your favorite Diana Ross song to perform?

energy and thought behind them.

What do you think is the reason/secret to your longevity in this industry? DR: Love. You must love what you do and also keep your life balanced. I’m always balancing my travels and my family. My family is the most important priority to me. I have always felt it’s important to stay present, to stay in the moment. I never try to think about longevity or legacy. For me, if I could live a good life now, if I can do the things that bring me joy, if I can enjoy my children and grandchildren and enjoy performing...that is LOVE and that is my life.

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DR: I love my time both on stage and off stage. But, when I

I like “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “I Will Survive.” I love songs that have very positive

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SL: I think there is no perfect guy. I believe that to be human is to be imperfect. I find that I get to know people from the inside out. So, I don’t really have a type. It’s more about how I feel when I’m with them. I like people who love to communicate and who have a good sense of humor. And I like a confident man, somebody who is not afraid to stand by my side and then let me shine sometimes.

and as hot as they are, they’re really great actors, too. And they happen to be really cool human beings. Just nice guys! They’re both about teamwork and really wanting the other person to shine. I was really impressed with how they’d ask, “Is there anything you need from me?” A lot of actors are very self-centered and narcissistic. These guys are tjust he total opposite, so it was really a treat to work with them.

their own message, depending on where they are in life. So, I just want people to come to the theater and enjoy the ride.

Congrats on the new movie. I’m also a huge fan of Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut. What was it like working with them?

What message do you want people to take away from “The Perfect Guy”?

SL: It was great! I mean, who wouldn’t want to go to work and look at that every day? But as sexy

SL: I think people are so different that each person will get

If you were cast as the mother of Trayvon Martin, what would you try to bring to the role? SL: Oh my God! What would I try to bring to the role? Her pain. It’s really about her pain and transforming that pain into the fire that, hopefully, inspires our communities to raise our voices and create some change.

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continued from page 16 Which African American actress do you most admire? SL: I really love Viola [Davis]... Ruby Dee ... Eartha Kitt ... There are so many.

Are you interested in producing or directing in the future? SL: Yes, I produced this picture, and I am actively developing other projects.

How would you would describe your role of Leah in The Perfect Guy?

and she’s in a relationship with Dave [played by Morris Chestnut] who’s kind of dragging his feet. So, they break it off. She then meets this seemingly perfect guy [played by Michael Ealy] with whom she has amazing chemistry. He says and does all the right things during their whirlwind romance until the day she sees a side of him that’s pretty scary. And her journey goes on a real roller coaster from there.

How has your acting style changed over the years?

SL: Every role is different, so I don’t think of my acting as a style. This role certainly presented some SL: She is a professional new challenges for me which were woman, a lobbyist who wants it great, since I got to play so many all. Her biological clock’s ticking Oleta Adams BSB_Oleta Adams BSB 9/4/15 2:40 PM Page 1

different colors. It had romance to it ... It had terror to it ... it had strength ... It was great to be able to play Leah Vaughn.

What was the biggest obstacle you had to overcome on career-wise on your way up the showbiz ladder? SL: To hang in there on those days when I just didn’t feel like continuing. My first acting teacher in drama school said on the very first day of class that only 1% of people who try to make a living as actors actually do it. He said one of the keys to success is persevering. So, as low as I sometimes felt, I never really allowed myself to think about the possibility of giving up. But there were certainly days when I wanted to.

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SATURDAY FALL EVENTS AT THE PAUL REVERE HOUSE This fall our “Saturday Happenings” explore a variety of elements of life in 18th century Boston. On Saturday afternoons from 1-3pm presenters will demonstrate crafts, play period music, or represent real people who lived in colonial Boston at the Paul Revere House. Paul Revere will be “at home” on Thursdays in October, make plans to visit with him if you can! Saturday Happenings & Visit with Paul Revere are free with admission to the museum: adults $3.50 seniors and college students $3.00, children ages 5-17 $1. Members and North End residents are admitted free at all times. Through October 31 the Revere House is open daily 9:30-5:15. Beginning on November 1, the museum is open daily 9:30-4:15. September 12, Royal Irish Artillery, 1-3pm Fred Lawson, founder of the reenacting troop brings sample artillery tools copied exactly from period originals. The Royal Irish Artillery fought against Paul Revere at the Siege of Castine in Penobscot Bay.

PARKARTS WATERCOLOR PAINTING WORKSHOPS The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has announced the September

schedule for its popular series of ParkARTS Watercolor Painting Workshops at six Boston locations. The series of workshops for budding artists ages nine and up is sponsored by Holly and David Bruce. These hands-on watercolor painting workshops enable participants to create their own greenspace-inspired masterpieces. Local art instructors welcome artists of all skill levels to join them and capture Boston’s parks on canvas. The free workshops include instruction and materials provided. All classes are held from 12-2 pm weather permitting. Saturday, September 12 — Christopher Columbus Park, 110 Atlantic Ave., North End/ Waterfront. For further information on the workshops and other ParkARTS programs, please call 617-635-4505 or visit the Parks Department online at www.cityofboston/ parks or www.facebook.com/bostonparks department.

WEDNESDAY THE STAMP ACT CRISIS — WHAT DIFFERENCE DID IT MAKE? To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act Crisis, the Paul Revere Memorial Association, in cooperation with Old South Meeting House, will present a series of lectures exploring the effect of the crisis on Boston citizens from all social

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

MAYOR MARTIN J. WALSH’S MOVIE NIGHTS

Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Movie Nights, part of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s ParkARTS program, will give residents and visitors the opportunity to enjoy popular films under the night skies on Boston Common on three evenings in September. All shows begin at dusk (approximately 7pm) and are sponsored by Northeastern University with media support by the Boston Herald and HOT 96.9, and presented in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment. Free popcorn will be provided by AMC Loews Theatres. Friday, September 11 — Frog Pond, Boston Common, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” For more information please call 617-635-4505 or visit the Boston Parks and Recreation Department online on Facebook or at www.boston.gov/parks.

classes, and how it has been viewed in succeeding centuries. Funded by the Lowell Institute. Admission Free. What were the long-term consequences of the crisis? This episode is important for what happened — a broad mobilization of Bostonians, who demolished property and forced the resignation of Crown officials — for how the British government reacted — by rescinding the Stamp Act — and for the way Bostonians would remember these events. Professor Robert J. Allison of Suffolk University, will discuss the overall significance of the Stamp Act Crisis. September 16 from 6:30-7:30pm. All Lectures Take Place at Old South Meeting House: 310 Washington St. at the corner of Milk Street in downtown Boston. Sign Language interpretation is available upon request (with advance notice.) Wheelchair accessible. Assistive listening devices are available. Accessible

by MBTA. Use State or Downtown Crossing Stops. A Revolution 250 event. This consortium of historians, historic sites, arts and cultural organizations, and non-profit public history organizations aims to commemorate the 250th anniversary of important events leading up to, and through, the American Revolution.

UPCOMING FATHERS & FAMILY FUN DAY Strong fathers, strong families, strong communities = strong nations. Join us to celebrate fatherhood and families. Raise awareness of the unique role fathers play in the healthy development of our children. Live entertainment, food, bouncy houses, face painting, games, prizes and fun! This event is offered at no cost to the community. Saturday, September 19, 12-4pm,

Harambee Park (Franklin Field), 15 Talbot Ave., Dorchester. www.familynurturing.org.

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT AWARENESS DAY STEPRox Recovery Support Center presents “Mind” “Body” “Spirit” Awareness Day in recognition of National Recovery Month Monday, September 28, 11am 5:30pm. STEPROX Recovery Support Center, 9 Palmer St., Roxbury (Between Warren Street and Harrison Avenue). For more information, call us at 617-442-7837. This is a FREE indoor and outdoor event.There will be information tables and presentations on the following: Hep C, Nutrition, Smoothies 101, Meditation, Diabetes, Breast Cancer, Health/ Wellness, Self-Esteem, Rapid HIV Testing, L.I.P.S.T.I.C.K. (Ladies Involved in Putting A Stop To Inner City Killing). Healthy refreshments will be served.

The Community Calendar has been established to list community events at no cost. The admission cost of events must not exceed $10. Church services and recruitment requests will not be published. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF PUBLICATION. To guarantee publication with a paid advertisement please call advertising at (617) 261-4600 ext. 7799 or email ads@bannerpub.com. NO LISTINGS ARE ACCEPTED BY TELEPHONE, FAX OR MAIL. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. Deadline for all listings is Friday at noon for publication the following week. E-MAIL your information to: calendar@bannerpub.com. To list your event online please go to www.baystatebanner.com/events and list your event directly. Events listed in print are not added to the online events page by Banner staff members. There are no ticket cost restrictions for the online postings.

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New ways to enjoy pasta and veggies If you’re looking for new ways to enjoy the delightful flavors of veggies, you may find inspiration in unexpected places. Pasta provides the perfect backdrop for a medley of your favorite garden flavors, but you can take those dishes to a whole new level with a little update to your everyday meal. Building your dish around flavored pasta allows you to instantly create layers of deliciously palate-pleasing tastes and textures. One way to brighten up your flavor is with new Buitoni vegetable-infused pasta, which is inspired by the abundant gardens of Italy. SUDOKU 5 7 This unique style of pasta is created by folding real vegetables into the 1 2 dough for a visually stunning pasta. For example, the pasta in a recipe for Red3 9 Pepper Ravioli with Pan-Roasted Corn2 1 features pureed sweet red pepper incorporated directly into the dough for a 4rich 6 combination of color and flavor. 7 8 — Family Features 6 5 8

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Redevelopment Authority and other groups under the leadership of city-appointed executive director Sara Myerson. It launched in May and emphasizes public involvement as one of its goals.

Public engagement

In its letter, the coalition called for Imagine Boston 2030 to involve elected councils of neighborhood residents in the planning and development processes. BRA’s director communications, Nick Martin said community engagement will be central. “The public is key to this process,” said Martin. “The community will be involved at every step of the way.” “The visions, principles and goals will be determined through a comprehensive community engagement process that begins this fall and continues throughout the planning process,” said Myerson. One example of that commitment: a survey on Imagine Boston’s website asks visitors to select preferred methods for participating in the planning. By September 4 the survey received 1,255 replies. Myerson said that the majority of responders want to participate through public meetings, small group discussions, email notifications, surveys/polls and a speaker series. According to Myseron, the Imagine Boston team distributes printed materials at neighborhood events to further raise awareness and connected planning professionals with high school students at an “Imagine Boston 2030 Youth Brainstorm” event to gather ideas. Martin said that the themes presented by Imagine Boston are just guiding ideas for city development and will change as the community becomes more involved. “We’ve discussed some principles that we feel could shape the overall plan but … [we] will have meetings in the communities … to see if they [residents] feel the same way, whether language around those principles needs to change, whether new principles

need to be added. Principles we’ve put out aren’t hard and fast, just principles to get the conversation started,” he said. Some coalition members expressed concerns that submitted feedback may have insufficient impact. Horace Small, executive director of Union of Minority Neighborhoods, said he did not believe that the BRA and Imagine Boston were genuine in their request for public feedback. “You have to have belief that they [the BRA] actually care, and I don’t believe that,” Small said. “History shows me that they’ve never given squat about what community people care about before, so why now? It’s natural for me to enter this process with a level of skepticism” “I’m quite clear that they have their plan. … This [request for feedback] is acting to give license to do the things that they want to do.” Richard Giordano, community organizing director of the Fenway Community Development Corporation, said that in his experience, the BRA had entered planning meetings with a course of action already in mind. “[The citywide plan] can’t be rolled out with preordained ideas, with them saying ‘Oh gee, this is what we’d like to do here and here and here and we’ll try to sell you on it.’ It should happen the other way around. They should be saying, ‘We have data. We can tell you what’s going on here but we want to hear what you think should be going on here.’” Giordano also was wary that an agreed-upon plan would see implementation, “The BRA basically sits down after the fact with whatever developmental entity is there and renegotiates everything. … Sixmonths later the developer comes back, cries, and says we really can’t afford to have 15 or 20 percent affordable housing … and the BRA says, ‘Ok … we’ll let you do 10 less, just give us a million dollars over here.’ That happens all the time.”

Role of the BRA

The coalition members said the city should take responsibilities for planning back from the BRA and

deny the BRA urban renewal powers until the organization is reformed. “Lots of people are saying, ‘Why should we renew the urban renewal powers for 10 yrs before we have a clear and unified vision for the city?’” said Lydia Lowe of the Chinese Progressive Association. She added that it also was unclear why these powers should be renewed if the mayor intends to reform Boston’s development and planning processes. A critical issue with the BRA’s role is that much of its funding comes from surcharges levied on developers during review processes, said Giordano. “How could you have a planning department that’s going to plan democratically for what people need when the very existence of the BRA is dependent on money or fees that are charged as part of the review process?” he said. “Recently with Mayor Walsh’s administration there’s been a verbal commitment to reform the BRA and its culture. We could like to see more action on it,” said Lisette Le of Right to the City. Martin said the BRA is just one component of Imagine Boston. “BRA is just one cog in this overall wheel,” he said. The Department of Neighborhood Development also is involved with Imagine Boston, but only in an advisory capacity. Lisa Pollack, director of media and public relations regarded the project as “spearheaded by the BRA.”

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Inequality and a new conversation

“Any city plan needs to have a central focus on keeping working class families and people of color in the city, because we’re facing a displacement crisis,” said Lowe. The coalition members said that much of Boston’s improvement over the past decade that helped reduce unemployment rates and increase home ownership did not equally benefit communities of color, immigrants and the working class. They called for equality goals to be made integral in all areas Imagine Boston impacts, such as health and economic development, instead of raised as a separate topic. They also sought

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assurance that public resources be used exclusively for public benefit and neighborhood sustainability and not solely to encourage profits. Giordano said a new planning approach was needed in which the first step would be to evaluate the social impact of previous developmental efforts, “looking at it through the lens of race and economic justice [and] disparate development” to determine which decisions resulted in desirable outcomes and which should be avoided. Too often planning focused on less vital, though still important, elements such as traffic, parking, streetscape and building height, he said. Myerson said that housing was a key theme and that the City “will look to develop implementable strategies to responsibly plan for preserving, enhancing and growing Boston by aligning policies and investments to stimulate housing and economic opportunity for all, while promoting environmental sustainability, neighborhood livability and social equity.” Imagine Boston organizers are taking a more holistic approach to planning, said Martin. That means going forward and not “just on a block by block or neighborhood

level but really getting a citywide perspective,” he said. “[The goal is] to spur communication across the city, as opposed to neighborhood by neighborhood.”

Meeting between coalition and city officials

Myerson responded to the coalition’s letter with the offer to hold a meeting with its representatives, Golden and Barros, to discuss the plan and community involvement, said Myerson and Le. “It would be very helpful to have such a meeting as long as the people running the process have the power to actually implement this kind of thing that we’re talking about [a ground-up and more equitable approach to planning],” said Giordano, “On the other hand, if the people running the meeting already have marching orders, I guess we’ll all have to put our cards on the table and say, ‘What’s going to happen?’ and go from there.” Le said that the coalition was “looking forward to meeting with the administration” and being part of the planning process. Imagine Boston expects to present a drafted plan for public review by winter 2017.

BANNER CLASSIFIEDS LEGAL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. H266-C1 TAXIWAY S, TAXIWAY J & TAXIWAY G TOFA IMPROVEMENTS, L. G. HANSCOM FIELD, BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE 3RD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, CIVIL AIR TERMINAL, L. G. HANSCOM FIELD, BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS AT 1:00 PM (LOCAL TIME) ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015. The work includes: PAVEMENT MARKING REMOVAL, NEW PAVEMENT MARKINGS, BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT REMOVAL, EXISTING FENCE REMOVAL, NEW FENCE INSTALLATION, INSTALLING NEW GENERAL AVIATION TIE-DOWN ANCHORS, AREA FLOODLIGHT AND ELECTRICAL CABINET RELOCATION, LEDGE REMOVAL ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY G AND ASSOCIATED GRADING, RELOCATION OF AN EXISTING GUIDANCE SIGN, LOAMING AND SEEDING AND OTHER INCIDENTAL WORK. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

LEGAL the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. Bidders must submit a Buy American Certificate with all bids or offers on AIP funded projects. Bids that are not accompanied by a completed Buy American Certificate must be rejected as nonresponsive. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $10,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

The estimated contract cost is THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($360,000).

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

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in Article 84 of the General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

LEGAL The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. A Contractor having fifty (50) or more employees and his subcontractors having fifty (50) or more employees who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more will, within one hundred twenty (120) days from the contract commencement, be required to develop a written affirmative action compliance program for each of its establishments. Compliance Reports - Within thirty (30) days of the award of this Contract the Contractor shall file a compliance report (Standard Form [SF 100]) if: (a) The Contractor has not submitted a complete compliance report within twelve (12) months preceding the date of award, and (b) The Contractor is within the definition of “employer” in Paragraph 2c(3) of the instructions included in SF100. The contractor shall require the subcontractor on any first tier subcontracts, irrespective of the dollar amount, to file SF 100 within thirty (30) days after the award of the subcontracts, if the above two conditions apply. SF 100 will be furnished upon request. SF 100 is normally furnished Contractors annually, based on a mailing list currently maintained by the Joint Reporting Committee. In the event a contractor has not received the form, he may obtain it by writing to the following address: Joint Reporting Committee 1800 G Street Washington, DC 20506 Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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LEGAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is soliciting Design Engineering Services from one (1) consulting firm for the rehabilitation or replacement of Saugus River Draw Bridge, in conformance with the latest prevailing codes and specification guidelines. Services will include, but not be limited to: Perform investigations, testing and inspections to evaluate the existing conditions of the bridge superstructure and sub structure, identify the problem areas and submit reports on the findings with recommendation as to whether the bridges need to be rehabilitated or replaced; Meet with the Authority’s respective divisions to select the right procedure (either rehabilitation or replacement); Having selected the procedure, prepare (15%) Design Submittal which includes Type Study Report with three alternatives for rehabilitation or replacement of the bridge with cost estimate and useful lifespan for each approach; The report shall indicate suggested alternates to maintain service while rehabilitating or replacing the existing bridge; Prepare seismic analysis including stability check for direct and lateral loads on support structures; Follow stipulations in relevant codes; For the selected bridge structure type, perform all detailed investigations and submit design plans, specifications and estimate for Phase I through Phase V; Prepare and submit to the Environmental Division of the MBTA, all relevant environmental documents for environmental compliance; Assist the Authority by attending meetings with relevant agencies and preparing documents, as needed; Assist the Authority in various office and field engineering services, as detailed in the scope of work, during the design and construction phases; Prepare and submit Inspection and Load Rating Report for the bridge upon completion of the construction; The Saugus Draw Bridge shall be rated for Cooper E-80, F40PH Modified Car, 263K Rail Car, 286K Rail Car and 315K Rail Car; Perform quality control and quality assurance for the Inspection and Rating Reports. This contract will be State and Federally Funded. The DBE Participation Goal for this contract will be 8%. The complete request for qualifications can be found on the MBTA website. Please use the following link: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solic itations/ This is not a request for proposal. The MBTA reserves the right to cancel this procurement or to reject any or all Statements of Qualifications. Stephanie Pollack Mass DOT Secretary & CEO

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A petition for Formal Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Hugh V.A. Starkey of Boston, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The petitioner requests that Hugh V.A. Starkey of Boston, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/24/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 20, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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