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Yancey calls for civilian review board

Existing board lacks power to investigate complaints

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Youth and youth advocates march toward the State House last week to call for more jobs funding.

Groups push for youth jobs More than 700 activists march on State House, ask for funding increase

By YAWU MILLER

More than 700 youth and youth organizers marched on the State House last week, calling on legislators to shore up funding for youth jobs programs and pressing for support of criminal justice reform.

Members of 40 youth groups from cities across the state gathered at the Old South Church for

a rally before marching to the State House, where they fanned out to meet with local legislators to plead their cases.

The youth activists have been successful in their efforts to fund summer jobs since they began organizing statewide in 2009.

For the current fiscal year, they were able to secure $10 million in funding, which goes to nonprofits to hire teens for summer and after-school jobs.

But with the minimum wage rising from $8 to $9 an hour this year, the higher wages could cut into the nearly 5,000 jobs the State Youth Jobs Program funded. And the governor’s mid-year Chapter 9C cuts to the budget, which removed $675,000 from the program’s $10 million in funding, will result in even fewer job placements.

And when the minimum wage goes up again to $10 an hour in 2016, youth jobs will be cut again.

In 2010, youth jobs advocates succeeded in stopping cuts to youth jobs funding after 700 marched on the State House. In

City Councilor Charles Yancey has filed legislation that would establish an independent civilian review board with the power to investigate allegations of police misconduct and impose sanctions against officers.

Yancey’s proposal, which has not yet had a hearing in the Council, comes at a time of increased public scrutiny of police practices in the wake of high-profile police killings of unarmed civilians across the U.S. “It’s important for elected officials at all levels of government to understand that police accountability is a serious issue,” Yancey said.

Yancey is proposing a board of 11 members appointed by community-based organizations. The board

would have the power to subpoena witnesses in its investigations.

That approach differs from the current system, in which all investigations of police misconduct are handled by the department’s own Internal Affairs Division. Civilians unsatisfied with an IAD investigation can appeal their cases to Civilian Ombudsman Oversight Panel (CO-OP), which reviews select IAD investigations.

Mayor Martin Walsh announced last week his appointment of two new members to the three-member CO-OP panel.

Former Boston Health and Human Services Chief Larry Mayes and former Judge Regina Quinlan will join New England Law associate professor Natashia Tidwell on the board, which reviews cases that

See CIVILIAN REVIEW, page 9

See YOUTH JOBS, page 20

Snow spurs transit discussion

By SANDRA LARSON

In the aftermath of the historic January and February snowstorms in Boston that led to transit shutdowns, stuck trains, borrowed shuttle buses and frustrating delays at frigid platforms, the MBTA announced it could be another 30 days before full service resumes on its rail lines.

If the T’s very public crisis has

an upside, it may be that it has jump-started active conversation about the agency’s troubles and what can be done to ensure its future health. Some, including Governor Charlie Baker, have speculated recently that part of the problem stems from over-ambitious expansion plans made while core operations were left to deteriorate, but transit advocates have long argued that decades of chronic underfunding have

weakened the system.

“My 1st Suffolk District is a community that relies heavily on public transportation, both buses and trains,” said state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry. “I don’t think these problems are from expansion. This is decades of lack of investment.”

Dorcena Forry was adamant that the improvements

See MBTA, page 7

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City Councilor Charles Yancey filed legislation that would create an independent board to review complaints of police misconduct.

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BPL opens new teen, children’s spaces

By SANDRA LARSON

The Boston Public Library on Saturday unveiled the renovated second floor of its Central Branch’s Johnson Building, featuring dazzling new spaces for children, tweens, teens and adults.

“This library today shows our commitment to the youth of the city of the future, and how we’re going to help them grow and learn and expand their brains,” said Mayor Martin Walsh at the Feb. 21 ribbon-cutting event, “and give them opportunities to have their big dreams come true.”

From the sensory play wall in the doubled-in-size children’s room to the media lounge and diner-style booths and tables in “Teen Central” to the deep red bookshelves and carpet in the open community reading space, the new second floor is dominated by bold colors and natural light.

In the teen room, while books are still plainly in sight and a lighted sign spells out “READ,” young people can engage with technology as well — accessing computers, enjoying Play Station 4 games, learning graphic design software and creating objects with a 3D printer. Software in the digital lab includes Anime Studio, Manga Studio, FL Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, Comic Life and Sculptris.

Teen Central is designed for students in grades 6–12, though there is also an area in the Children’s Library geared toward “tweens” who have aged out of most children’s books but aren’t quite ready for the teen room.

Upcoming youth-oriented programs at the library include after-school anime and book discussion clubs, “maker” and coding sessions and serious fare such as resume preparation and college financial aid workshops.

March 9–14 is Teen Tech Week, and BPL will offer 3D design sessions for creating and printing three-dimensional models.

(Branch libraries in Dudley, East Boston, Grove Hall, Hyde Park and Mattapan will also have special technology programs that week.)

The renovated second floor is the first phase of a larger overhaul of the Johnson Building, which opened in 1972 next to the library’s older McKim Building.

Among the improvements is the removal of the heavy concrete slabs that surrounded the building, creating a forbidding appearance at ground level.

“Today we celebrate ... a library that says ‘Welcome’ where its predecessor said ‘Stand back,’” said Jeffrey Rudman, chair of the BPL Board of Trustees, during the speaking program.

Rudman said the challenge for the BPL is “to use this institution and this wonderful technology to

better serve every toddler, every school-age child, every teen, every college student, every new citizen, every adult learner ... anybody who wants a better shot at the American Dream.”

BPL President Amy Ryan mentioned that Boston’s library, established in 1848, was the first municipally-funded public library in the U.S., and the first to have a dedicated children’s room. Before Walsh performed

the ceremonial ribbon-cutting in front of the “Children’s Library,” Danielle Legros Georges, the city’s new Poet Laureate, recited a poem to Boston.

After the program, visitors of all ages wandered through the new spaces. Some took seats in the media lounge to play video games on two 80-inch screens.

Others browsed the display of old-fashioned typewriters atop the fiction stacks in the teen room. Children ducked in and out of small passageways underneath the three new lion cub sculptures.

And some were entranced by cutting-edge technology in action.

“I had never seen a 3D printer before,” said Mimi Jones, a longtime member of the Friends of

the Dudley Library who helped forge the BPL strategic plan and its principles of excellence several years ago.

Standing in the digital lab of Teen Central, Jones said the new second floor spaces are beyond what she had even imagined the renovation project would produce.

“The openness, the lighting, the colors,” she marveled. “Libraries play a very special role — and I think a very special space and place have been created here for our children.”

ON THE WEB For more information about the Boston Public Library and its programs for children and teens, see www.bpl.org.

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Zoe Colimon, 9, of West Roxbury, takes in the fanfare Feb. 21 at the opening of the new children’s room at the Boston Public Library’s Copley branch while her brother Marcus, 5, settles in with a pile of books about snakes.

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The Future of Late-Night Service We invite you to attend an informational meeting to share your comments about the future of late-night service.

• This event is accessible to people with disabilities and individuals with limited English proficiency. If you need a reasonable accommodation (such as American Sign Language Interpreters, assistive listening devices, handouts in alternate formats, etc.) and/or language assistance (such as translated documents or an interpreter) to fully participate, please contact MBTA Marketing at (617) 222-5740 or email latenightservice@mbta.com at least 7 days prior to the event. Such services are provided free of charge.

• Written comments will also be accepted through Wednesday, March 11, 2015, and should be mailed to: MBTA, 10 Park Plaza, Room 2310, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Late-Night Service Committee, or electronically at the MBTA website mbta. com, by email at latenightservice@mbta. com, or by phone at (617) 222-3200, TTY (617) 222-5146.

MEETING LOCATIONS Monday, March 2 6 p.m.–8 p.m.

District Hall Assembly Space 75 Northern Ave. Boston, MA 02210

Wednesday, March 4 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

State Transportation Building Conf. Rooms 1, 2, 3 10 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116

Monday, March 9

Wednesday, March 11

Tuesday, March 10

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The Inn at Longwood Medical Longwood Hall 342 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115

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State Transportation Building Transportation Library 10 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116

We also invite you to participate in a Twitter Town Hall on Monday, March 2, from 12:00 p.m.

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Please visit mbta.com for a complete list of informational meetings.

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Executive order seen boosting minority, women business office

By YAWU MILLER

Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order last week that will continue the work of a state office that opened doors for minority and women-owned businesses, moving the Office of Access and Opportunity from Administration and Finance to

the Governor’s Office.

The move is widely seen as strengthening the OAO, first created under Gov. Deval Patrick in 2008. The new head of the agency, who has not yet been appointed, will report directly to the governor’s chief of staff.

Flanked by members of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, Baker said

the executive order signals his administration’s commitment to minority and woman-owned business development.

“Despite a growing economy across the Commonwealth, it’s clear not all communities are seeing the same degree of benefits and new opportunities,” he said. “We have room to improve employment and procurement

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Gov. Charlie Baker announces an executive order moving the Office for Access and Opportunity from Administration and Finance to the Governor’s Office. Among those looking on are (l-r) state Reps. Marcos Devers and Gloria Fox, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Deputy Director Rasaan Hall, state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, Union of Minority Neighborhoods Executive Director Horace Small and state Rep. Russell Holmes.

practices that promote diversity and are more inclusive of minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities when doing business with the Commonwealth. Our goal is to help this initiative make more progress by working directly with the Governor’s Office.”

When created in 2008, the position was under the secretary of Administration and Finance.

The office was formally created in January 2010, when Governor Patrick signed Executive Order 519 and produced legislation and guidelines aimed at making government more inclusive.

The office served as a focal point for efforts to expand opportunities for minority businesses and businesses run by women, veterans and people with disabilities. The former secretary of the office, Ron Marlow, drafted legislation outlining guidelines for minority business and construction participation in projects ranging from the planned expansion of the Massachusetts Convention Center to the planned construction of casinos.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e o ffi c e strengthened guidelines for minority participation on state-assisted construction projects and established the Civil Rights Impact Analysis process, which requires each executive branch to analyze how any new regulations may impact minority owned businesses and take steps to mitigate those impacts.

The office also improved guidelines for stage agencies to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and established guidelines for the state to contract with businesses owned by disabled veterans.

“I was proud to play a role in advancing a broad agenda of civil rights through the Office of Access and Opportunity,” said Marlow. “The accomplishments of the office cut across procurement and personnel activities, policymaking and questions of access to state services.”

The Baker administration has not yet appointed a secretary for the OAO, nor have they determined the staffing level for the office.

“It’s going to depend somewhat on who we bring in,” Baker told reporters during the announcement last week.

Caucus members stood with Baker during the announcement, before leaving for a closed-door meeting with the governor. The legislators expressed support for the move to bring the OAO under the governor’s office.

“This executive order builds on the work of Governor Deval Patrick and exemplifies the importance of furthering equality within state government,” said state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry.

“I congratulate and look forward to working with Governor Baker to ensure all of the Commonwealth’s residents have full access to economic opportunity.”

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A legacy of terror Everyone agrees that history concerns relevant matters of the past. There is some difference of opinion, though, about how far in the past to venture. Paleontologists delve into conditions thousands of years ago in a time referred to as pre-historic, but their work is still considered to be relevant today.

Yet some conservatives prefer to ignore as no longer significant the American practice of “terror lynching” that was prevalent less than a century ago. To that end, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) recently issued an academically rigorous report on the historical and sociological implications of the odious practice of terror lynching that sustained the national policy of white supremacy.

During Black History Month, it is customary to acknowledge the achievements of African Americans who succeeded despite the adversity of racial discrimination. The EJI report challenges political and social planners to comprehend how “lynching profoundly impacted race relations in America and shaped the geographic, political, social, and economic conditions of African Americans in ways that are still evident today.”

Research by the EJI documents 3959 lynchings of blacks between 1877 and 1950.

This is about 700 more than the number found in earlier studies. These lynchings were not acts of frontier justice but “acts of terrorism because these murders were carried out with impunity, sometimes in broad daylight … [and] horrific acts of violence whose perpetrators were never held accountable,” according to the report.

EJI findings also confirmed that “many victims of terror lynchings were murdered without being accused of any crime; they were killed for minor social transgressions

or for demanding basic rights and fair treatment. Racial terror was a tool used to enforce Jim Crow laws and racial segregation.”

EJI staff spent four years documenting terror lynching in 12 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. According to the EJI report, “terror lynchings fueled the mass migration of millions of black people from the South into urban ghettos in the North and West during the first half of the 20th century.”

Researchers were able to determine the role that terror lynching played in the northern exodus. They found that “parents and spouses sent away loved ones who suddenly found themselves at risk of being lynched for a minor social transgression; they characterized these frantic, desperate escapes as surviving ‘near-lynchings.’”

For decades black refugees from the South were not uncommon in many major Northern cities. Those without families in the area who had in-migrated earlier had the difficulty of becoming established in a strange community. Not surprisingly, some were unable to make the adjustment.

It is unacceptable for whites to reject responsibility for the difficulties created by terror lynching, especially since every effort by liberals to induce federal intervention was rejected. The work and the report of the EJI clearly establishes that the nation tolerated a continual racial abuse that extended from the end of slavery until 1950.

Terror lynching adversely affects many African Americans still living today, so it can be said to be a current event as well as a historic fact.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Is the American business community racist?

The film Selma calls us to consider where we stand today and what we are doing as individuals and communities about racial justice.

In the past few months a rainbow of people has taken to protesting in cities throughout the country. Racial injustice brought to light by failures of grand juries to indict white police officers after the deaths of unarmed black men is moving citizens of all backgrounds to action.

The media feature voices of passionate, concerned black, brown and white people, students and, of course politicians. We see the arts community in solidarity with the movement.

Athletes and entire sports teams put their careers on the line to speak up.

But where are the voices of the business community?

As a business person, I am deeply disturbed by the silence of my peers.

Is the travesty of justice and police corruption, lack of respect and utter disregard for human dignity not our concern? Many of us are already leaders in our communities, working hard to strengthen local and regional economies. Most are good people running responsible businesses. But what does our silence say?

Silence is a signal of acceptance.

Silence is seen as an endorsement of the status quo. Silence is not good for business.

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More and more businesses owners are turning business into a force for good. We recognize the interconnected and circular nature of our economy. If we take care of our employees, they take care of us. If we pay a living wage, then our community has purchasing power that ultimately benefits our business.

The American business community is the most powerful economic force in the country. We are its leaders. We have power. We can make a difference. So, let’s make it.

—MaryAnne Howland, President and CEO of Ibis Communications in Nashville, Tenn.,board member of the American Sustainable Business Council.

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Overhauling U.S. Intelligence

By MARY TREACY “It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.” – Henry Kissinger Former Senators Walter Mondale (D-MN) and Gary Hart (D-CO) hope they can buck that trend. During this past week the two former Senators have taken a lead in speaking out on an issue that has reached front burner status for many organizations and individuals. The issue is a call for reestablishment of a new “Church Committee,” a hallmark in the history of open government initiatives, now honored 40 years after its work.

Chaired by late Senators Frank Church (D-Idaho) and Vice-Chair John Tower (R-TX), the select investigative committee was charged with conducting a “thorough, bipartisan examination” of our government’s secret intelligence operations undertaken over the course of several presidential administrations.” During nine months of hearings the committee, formally titled the “United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities” (the “Church Committee nickname is obvious….) interviewed over 800 officials, held 250 executive and 21 public hearings. Their goal was to probe widespread intelligence abuses by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency.

Bottom line, the Church Committee concluded that every administration, beginning with FDR and continuing through Nixon, had abused its secret powers.

The most visible result of the Church Committee was the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), source of the secret FISA court of recent headline fame. The other visible result is creation of the powerful intelligence committees in the House and Senate. Both entities have warranted widespread criticism from a host of critics. Further, in the wake of 9-11, Congress passed new laws that greatly expanded the reach of intelligence agencies and limited Congressional — thus public — oversight of the federal agencies. In sum, many believe that this has led to overreach and abuse of surveillance programs.

In light of perceived overreach, as well as massive changes in technology and diminished oversight, there is increasing call for establishment of a 21st Century Church Committee. The issues have been boiling over for nearly a year since Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of spying on the committee. The composition of the 114th Congress presents new challenges to the concerned public.

Given their experience and history Senator Walter Mondale and his colleague, Senator Gary Hart, are speaking out. The former Senators have written the foreword to a report issued by seventeen former staff members of the Church Committee who have gathered their thoughts to produce a report calling for a comprehensive re-evaluation of this nation’s systems of intelligence oversight. Briefly, the senators conclude that “much of the error and abuse we found resulted from excessive secrecy that forfeited the strengths of our constitutional system: the value added by the input of informed overseers in Congress and the courts, and the public support earned through democratic accountability.”

The senators add that “today, intelligence activities are back in the news, too often for the wrong reasons. Many Americans are questioning whether the structural reforms developed as a result of the Church Committee investigation remain sufficient to ensure intelligence activities are properly tailored to meet their objectives without infringing on individual rights or betraying American values.”

The recommendations for Congressional action identified by the veteran staffers include: n Assessing whether Congress has the appropriate resources to maintain effective oversight of intelligence activities. n Examining whether committees are able to get the information necessary to properly guide intelligence activities and inform the rest of Congress and the public n Modifying the FISA process to make it more transparent and accountable. n Reassessing the government’s aggressive foreign intelligence surveillance practices, which jeopardize the United States’ role as a leader in promoting human rights and democracy in the international community.

Granted, the inner workings and the intelligence community are overload for most Americans. Still, senators Mondale and Hart stay in touch with the things that probably should matter to us all. Their call to attention is no doubt worth a listen.

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In light of perceived overreach ... there is increasing call for establishment of a 21st century Church Committee”

Mary Treacy is on the staff of OpenTheGovernment.org. This article previously appeared on her blog “Poking Around with Mary.”

How are the snow storms affecting you?

This is my kind of weather. I like the cold and the snow. I don’t have to shovel my home, but I help my neighbors.

It lets me know what the city can do.

We can handle it, but the city is not handling it.

It’s slowing me down. It’s making me lethargic and I don’t want to be in it.

Enrico Laing

Jeri Jones

Christine Brooks

Electrician Roxbury

Counselor Dorchester

Very badly. It’s very cold. The MBTA is not working. Everything is tough.

It don’t bother me.

Lorna Hemsley

Gershon Atiawu

Student Dorchester

I can’t move as fast as I want to. So far, it’s good though. I like the snow.

Johnny

Cashier Roxbury

Retired Dorchester

List.

“This is a humbling and extraordinary honor, particularly because of the profound respect I have for Gabrielle Giffords and for the steadfast efforts of EMILY’s List to support pro-choice women,” Pressley said.

In 2009, Ayanna Pressley made history as the first woman of color ever elected to the City Council. In 2011, she made history again by becoming the first person of color to top the ticket. Pressley founded the Committee on Women & Healthy Communities, which focuses on issues unique to girls and women and addresses community destabilization. She has earned national attention for her work with survivors of violence, on teen parenting and sexual health education.

EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, recruitS and trains women candidates, supports strong campaigns, researches women’s issues and turns out women voters. It has trained more than 9,000 women

to run, and helped elect over 100 women to the House, 19 to the Senate, 11 governors, and over 700 to state and local office. Since its founding in 1985, almost one-third of the candidates EMILY’s List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color — including every single Latina, African American, and Asian American Democratic Congresswoman currently serving.

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AYANNA PRESSLEY EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, announced City Councilor Ayanna Pressley will be presented with the 2015 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award. Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords will present Pressley with the award at the EMILY’s List 30th Anniversary Gala on March 3.

The Rising Star Award celebrates an extraordinary woman serving in state or local office. The award honors women who demonstrate the sort of commitment to community, dedication to women and families, and determination and civility that have been the highlights Giffords’ career, in and out of office.

“As the first woman of color elected to Boston City Council, Ayanna Pressley has worked to be a voice for all Bostonians. She has demonstrated a deep commitment to promoting healthy, safe communities where all women and families have a fair shot,” said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s

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Spotting and avoiding scams in ethnic communities

By GEORGE WHITE

LOS ANGELES – For Lang Zhao, the business she expected to ship her valuable package to in China appeared to be legitimate.

After all, the clerk at the shipping store in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park gave her a tracking code after she paid the shipping fee and the customs charge.

When the package was not delivered, she tried to contact the business.

“I called again and again and the line was always busy,” she said. “I went back to the (shipping) store and it was closed ... I called customs in Shanghai and gave them the tracking number.

They told me that the name of the store — not my name — was on the package.”

Zhao also later discovered that more than 100 people were also victims of that shipping scam.

If any of the previous victims had been more outspoken about the ruse by, for example, relaying their stories to local news outlets, Zhao might not have been victimized. That is one of the messages the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is conveying in a campaign to warn and educate ethnic communities about scams.

Zhao and several other victims of recent financial stings joined representatives from the FTC, the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs and

the Los Angeles Police Department to warn and inform ethnic communities — often the targets of scams — at a February 10 news briefing hosted by New America Media.

Many ethnic communities are now even more of a target because hundreds of thousands of undocumented residents are now coming out of the shadows following two executive orders by President Obama. The first, the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allows children of parents who immigrated illegally to remain in the U.S. The other in 2014 offers a reprieve from deportation for undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and for those who have resided in the country for at least five years.

“When there are new opportunities, scammers are ready,” said Thomas Syta, the Los Angeles-based assistant regional director of the FTC, during discussions at the news briefing.

The FTC says fraud and scams cost U.S. residents $1.6 billion in 2013 — the most recent tally — and that immigrants are frequently targeted because they do not fully understand English or U.S. law. Many of these schemes would have failed if scam targets had consulted friends or relatives, said Monica Vaca, assistant director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection.

“We collect reports from

those scammed and those not scammed,” Vaca said. “We found that many of the people who paid the money to the scammers did not talk to anyone else.”

A warning could have helped

Alba Montoya avoid a costly scam. She wanted to get a green card for her husband. She was contacted by a woman at a company that claimed it excelled at obtaining green cards.

“She told me they were not going to charge a lot,” Montoya said. “When I went to meet with her, I was told to pay $500. But two weeks later they asked for more money.”

In all, Montoya paid $1,000 to the grifters. Her husband did not

obtain a green card.

Other scams involve aggressive frauds that generate a lot more money, said Rigo Reyes, chief of investigations for the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs. He relayed the experience of a man who used his credit cards to borrow $29,000 to pay grifters who contacted him by phone claiming to be representatives of the Internal Revenue

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Snow squall on Common

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Heavy snowfall last Thursday produced near-whiteout conditions on the Boston Common, but left little accumulation.

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continued from page 1 in progress on the Fairmount Line that runs through Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan should not be halted, as that work is already funded and is part of a Big Dig mitigation agreement.

State Rep. Russell Holmes also has Fairmount Line stations and riders in his district.

Holmes said he understands the concerns many have voiced about the expansion of the MBTA at a time when the agency has struggled to maintain its aging infrastructure, but echoed Dorcena Forry in emphasizing that the revitalization of the Fairmount Line, which for decades bypassed stops in the transit-dependent black community, was mandated by the federal government to offset the environmental impacts of increased pollution from the Big Dig project.

Besides, Holmes noted, no one is arguing for a reduction in MBTA service.

“We want more reliable transit and more service, and on the other side, we don’t want to pay higher taxes or higher fares,” he said. “That equation doesn’t work. The crisis going on now gives us an opportunity to look at this again and do major reforms. This crisis should not go on without a resolution.”

A matter of equity

Mela Bush is lead organizer for the Four Corners Action Coalition, a neighborhood stabilization group in Dorchester that spearheaded formation of the Fairmount/Indigo Transit Coalition more than a decade ago. The Coalition has successfully advocated for new stations such as Newmarket and Four Corners/Geneva Ave, and for reducing fares on the line to match subway prices.

Bush cited the mitigation agreement that led to the interior expansion of the Fairmount Linea as an equity issue.

“This was a civil rights battle,” she said. “We were taking an hour and a half to go downtown, while the trains were running right through our neighborhoods without stopping. We fought for these trains and won. Finally, we got the new stations built, and others renovated, and weekend service so workers at Newmarket and other places could get to work.”

She has been thinking a lot about what needs to be done.

“We need our state legislators to be on board, and to make sure at the federal level public transportation is being prioritized,” she said.

“The historical ‘kick the can’ game

continues to go on. If the funding for the MBTA is not prioritized, we’re going to continue to see these things happen,” Bush added that familiarity with the T on the part of high-level decision-makers would go a long way toward achieving the necessary improvements.

“We have this idea that you can’t understand a person until you walk a mile in their shoes,” she said. “Michael Dukakis understood public transit because he took it. I want to know when was the last time Gov. Baker got on the T or the bus or the commuter rail. You can’t think to cut something if you really haven’t ridden a day in a commuter’s seat.”

One of the community groups that make up the Fairmount/ Indigo Line Coalition is the Fairmount CDC Collaborative, a group of community development corporations located in areas served by the Fairmount Line.

Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation is one of those CDCs. Its executive director, Gail Latimore, said that while she believes the Fairmount funding is relatively safe, she’s been following the transit conversation closely.

“We certainly do not want to lose the gains we have seen on the Fairmount line, and do not want to get caught up in the discussion of expansion,” she said.

Baker announced last week the formation of an advisory committee made up of local and national experts to study the T’s operations and make recommendations for improvement by the end of March.

Dorcena Forry supports the new commission, and looks forward to the results of the 30-day examination. She said that while greater efficiency in T operations should clearly be a goal, additional investment is necessary.

“I’m sure the report will show that we have to invest significantly,” she said. “I hope they’ll identify both short-term and long term solutions. I hope we’ll see how we in the Legislature can help. We want to know that if it snows like this again, we’ll be prepared for it.”

Dorcena Forry also mentioned the need to maximize the flow of federal resources for public transit. In her role as Senate chair of a newly-formed Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, she will be in a position to work with the state congressional delegation toward that end.

Kristina Egan is director of Transportation for Massachusetts, a coalition pushing for public transit investment that has made reform recommendations focused on efficiency, expanding

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City residents’patience wore thin in January and February as successive snowstorms made MBTA bus, subway and commuter rail performance unreliable. transportation choices, and a comprehensive long term funding solution. The group’s online petition demanding improvements and adequate funding has received more than 8,000 signatures.

“Our problems were real before the snowfall. The weather just put them all on display,” Egan said.

“We are explaining the situation and preparing concrete solutions.”

A statewide issue

Her coalition’s 47 member organizations include environmental, public health, community development and business interests around Greater Boston and across

Massachusetts. Business organizations easily see how public transportation is an important economic engine, Egan said. As for statewide support, she noted that problems are not limited to the Boston area’s T system; regional bus services around the state, as well as roads and bridges, also need more attention.

“The T is the canary in the coal mine, but the problem is statewide,” she said. “Any T fix should be accompanied by balanced investment in the rest of the state.”

Egan hopes the governor’s new advisory committee produces a plan that includes new revenues.

“Most experts agree that it’s wishful thinking to try to fix the T with just reforms,” she said. “Right now, residents are paying with their time, lost wages, car repair costs. We’re all being taxed in a different way because transportation is inadequate.”

Pushing for tax increases is never easy for legislators, but Egan believes Massachusetts residents actually are not averse to new funding for what they want and need.

“Polls show that if people know their taxes are going to fix the potholes and make their transit service more reliable, they’re willing to pay that,” she said.

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continued from page 6 Service. He realized he had been defrauded when he tried to reach the bogus IRS collectors by phone after making the payment. That phone had been disconnected.

“Our system does not allow the IRS to make such (collection) calls,” Reyes said, noting that the IRS sends collection notifications by mail. “He’s not going to get that money back. Scamming is difficult to stamp out. It’s like

(a game of ) Whack-A-Mole. One head comes up and we go after it and then another head pops up.”

Ethnic media can help government agencies and law enforcement identify scams, said Lt. Al Labrada, a community outreach liaison for the Los Angeles Police Department. He said a news producer at Univision recently contacted the police about a woman who had convinced a cancer patient in South Los Angeles to rely on her herbal treatments instead of medical care. The patient’s health declined dramatically.

LAPD found and arrested the woman.

Labrada said all victims should report scams and that the undocumented can do so without fear of the police.

“We don’t care about their immigrant status,” he said. “We need them to come forward. There is no immigrant checkbox on our complaint forms.”

Scams: warning signs, tips and protections

The Federal Trade Commission says scams perpetrated in

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“The fact that the mayor made the appointments shows he thinks police accountability is important,” said Yancey.

Few cases reviewed

The CO-OP board has reviewed just a small sliver of the hundreds of cases of police misconduct filed with the Internal Affairs Division over the last few years. In 2012, the last year for which CO-OP provides data on its website, civilians filed 324 complaints against police, of which the board reviewed 31. While CO-OP does not have the power to conduct its own investigations, it reviews IAD investigations and makes a determination of whether the investigations were fair and thorough. Of the 31 cases it investigated in 2012, it flagged four as not fair or thorough.

Flagged cases are then referred to the police commissioner for review.

Because the current system relies on the police department’s own investigative arm, civilians have little chance of receiving a fair hearing, argues attorney David Milton, who specializes in cases of police misconduct.

“When we do help people go through the complaint process with Internal Affairs, we make sure they lower their expectations,” Milton said. “It’s a biased and totally ineffectual process.”

And the CO-OP board does little to improve the experience for complainants.

August Wilson Monologue Competition

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The Huntington Theatre Company presented the 5th annual Boston regional finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition, celebrating the writing of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright on Saturday, February 7. Carla Velasquez of Codman Academy Charter Public School took first place with her performance as Vera from Seven Guitars.

Maria Gonzalez (Tonya, King Hedley II) of Another Course to College was named first runner-up; Joshua Champagne (Levee, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) of City on a Hill Charter Public School was named second runner-up. The three will compete in the competition’s National Finals at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre on Monday, May 4.

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By MARTIN DESMARAIS

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Roxbury man starts craft distillery in NH

New Hampshire’s state liquor distribution system offers filmmaker new opportunity

By MARTIN DESMARAIS

What exactly does a veteran film director, producer and Emerson College film professor know about distilling alcohol? That is a good question, but Roxbury resident Robert Patton-Spruill has enough passion — and the boost of a federal distillery license — to believe that his recently launched New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery can be a success in the business of booze.

The Winchester, N.H.-based distillery has the added bonus of being in a state that runs its own liquor sales and distribution. That means a startup business like Patton-Spruill’s has to ship its product to just one customer in order to get on the shelves. In addition, New Hampshire regulations stipulate the state must carry the product of any licensed liquor manufacturer within its borders.

“You have one customer to sell to, one distribution chain,” Patton-Spruill said. “From a startup’s perspective, that is a beautiful thing.”

throughout New England. According to the New Hampshire Liquor Commission, sales topped $600 million in 2013 (the last reported year), and 2014’s numbers are expected to be even higher when they are released officially later this spring.

Patton-Spruill joins a growing sector of what is known as microor craft distillers. While liquor manufacturing in the U.S. has traditionally been dominated by large companies or imports from other countries such as Ireland, craft distillers have been on the rise. According to the American

Distilling Institute, small distillers have grown by about 30 percent per year, from around 50 distillers in 2005 to more than 600 in recent years. Changing regulations have made it easier for craft distillers to go into business, and more and more have chosen to do so.

Patton-Spruill notes that his federal distillery permit is number 1,400, suggesting the number of those planning to enter the business is still relatively low.

Many, Patton-Spruill included, hope the craft distillery business

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A business he launched during his time at Harvard University has allowed Matthew Mugo Fields to fulfill a promise he made while a young immigrant student back in high school: to one day help other students better their educational opportunities, just as he was helped.

Fields left Harvard and Boston about a dozen years ago and now is a successful entrepreneur sitting on a number of education-focused ventures that have touched the lives of several hundred thousand students.

He began his foray into educational services with Rocket Learning, a tutoring company he cofounded with several others while a student at Harvard from 2000 to 2002. Rocket Learning won a Harvard Business School business plan competition, which gave the startup a boost to get going.

Rocket Learning evolved into the Rocket Group, a company with a number of different ventures under its wing focused on using technology and innovation to improve education and advance the field of online learning.

Growth potential

One business is GiftedandTalented.com, a website that offers online K-12 courses, expert tutors and information and advice to help students develop as advanced leaners.

Another business is Redbird Advanced Learning, which offers digital curriculum and tutoring services to schools, teachers, parents and students. That initiative evolved out of Stanford University’s long-standing Education Program for Gifted Youth research project. Its curriculum focuses on using advanced learning technologies, graphics, games and digital learning projects to accelerate K-12 learning.

Through these ventures, Fields works with other cofounders and executives from some of the top colleges in the U.S., including Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford. He also collaborates with other businesses across the U.S. After its Boston birth, Rocket Group was headquartered

in Miami. Redbird Advanced Learning is based in San Mateo, Calif., to be near its Stanford roots.

With dual Harvard master’s degrees degrees in education and business, Fields was uniquely qualified to move into the field of online learning, which is being driven in part by private businesses using technology to sell online learning services.

Fields has long seen the future of education being in online learning and using the best technology available.

“Education is ripe for transformation,” Fields said. This means more than putting computers in classrooms and giving teacher iPads — it means helping education transition to all-encompassing digital platforms. Fields believes the days of textbooks, for example, should be numbered and that no matter the subject, learning should become entirely interactive.

Digital future

While others in the education field may agree with these sentiments, for Fields, the key is supporting teachers and educators in making technology work for them and their students, which is what his businesses aim to do.

“We are helping teachers and school leaders fundamentally develop their craft,” he said. “That is the challenge but that is also the excitement.”

Fields says that Redbird Advanced Learning, with its connection to Stanford, may be the business best suited to lead the digital education revolution — largely because of the decades of research conducted by one of the world’s top academic institutions to show exactly what helps students become more advanced learners, and how technology can bolster that.

The Rocket Group was chosen

by Stanford to develop a company that combines the research from its Education Program for Gifted Youth with technology services that could be made available to students around the world.

Stanford officials and Fields began talking several years ago about the project. Patrick Suppes, the late head of the Education

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Booming business

And New Hampshire’s liquor business is booming. The state backs the booze business because it is a major revenue generator in a tax-free state. With large state liquor stores on major highways coming into N.H., tax-free liquor products draw customers from

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT PATTON-SPRUILL

(Front) Robert Patton-Spruill, founder of New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery, with staff members (l-r) Chris Longe, Travis Hill, Mark Kellom.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROCKET GROUP

Matthew Mugo Fields, co-founder of the Rocket Group and president of Redbird Advanced Learning.

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can mirror the success of the craft beer brewing industry, which rose from infancy over the past several decades to a sector with some 3,000 craft brewers and over $14 billion in sales.

The starting place for New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery will be New Hampshire, but with his ties to Boston, Patton-Spruill hope to expand someday to his home state.

His path to New Hampshire began in 1998 when Patton-Spruill bought a 50-acre farm for his parents to live on in Winchester, in New Hampshire’s Monadnock region, a quintessential New England countryside with farms, rolling green hills, stone wall-lined roads and covered bridges, as well as many

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continued from page 11 Program for Gifted Youth, chose Fields and his company based on the work being done with online tutoring. Redbird Advanced Learning was started in June 2013 to handle the effort, with Fields as president.

“Stanford has chosen Redbird Advanced Learning, a Silicon Valley-based enterprise whose mission is to harness the power of research, technology and innovation to help students achieve their ultimate potential. With a

Early setback

It seemed like a great plan — the town of Winchester was on board with approval for the new business — but it was derailed in February, 2014 when the distillery was rejected for a federal license because the barn site was too close to the house. Faced with the decision to move the barn to an approved distance at a substantial cost or look for other options, Patton-Spruill turned to the town center and found

a 140-year-old building on the banks of a historic river that runs through the area. His impetus was the hope that the cost of purchasing the building and renovating it as a distillery would be less than building a new barn, but it also had the added benefit of a better location on Main Street in the middle of town.

The iconic location seemed a perfect fit for the spirit of the Sweetwater Distillery, so in April, Patton-Spruill bought the building.

This time the federal license was quickly approved.

Currently, Patton-Spruill and his New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery staff are hard at work renovating the distillery’s new home, with plans to open for business this fall.

Most of the major distiller equipment — several refining stills — is set to go into the building next month. The plan is to practice the

alcohol recipes over the spring and summer to make sure the products are coming out as designed.

New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery is planning three initial liquor products: Ashuelot Vodka, Clark & Chesterfield Whiskey and Monadnock Moonshine.

While the main initial business will be through the N.H. liquor stores, the license allows the distillery to sell products through a tasting room at the Winchester site as well.

Brand awareness will be crucial to the ultimate success of the distillery products, Patton-Spruill says.

And for that, he can draw on his background in media.

A graduate of Boston University film school, he has been involved in film and TV since the mid-1990s.

He sold his first film, Squeeze, to Miramax in 1996 for $1 million.

He has since directed other films, including Body Count, Turntable,

Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordrome, and Do it Again. He started the production company Film Shack in 2001, rebranded that company 617 Digital in 2008, and still runs it today with his wife, Patti Moreno. He has also taught directing classes at Emerson College for eight years and prior to that taught at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

His wife, well known as “Garden Girl” from the HGTV channel’s Garden Girl TV, will oversee the farm aspect of New England Sweetwater Farm & Distillery.

Patton-Spruill plans to continue to split his living and working time between Roxbury and New Hampshire. He has high hopes for his distillery, especially getting in on the ground floor of growing industry.

“The whole thing is exciting,” he said. “It is such a brand new thing.

Who knows what can happen?”

deep history in digital learning, the innovators at Redbird bring the right combination of educational and technical expertise to complement what Stanford has established,” Charles Junkerman, Stanford Associate Provost and Dean of Continuing Studies, said in a statement.

After its launch, Redbird Advanced Learning grew quickly, harnessing the power of the Stanford name, as well as a network of schools the university already was working with.

Currently, Redbird Advanced Learning serves about 100,000 students every day in 60 school

systems in the U.S. and in 24 other countries.

For Fields, that is just the tip of the iceberg.

“There are 50 million students in the U.S. There are well over 1 billion globally. We think we are just getting started,” Fields said.

Though his businesses are selling online learning services, Fields says cost is definitely a factor because the goal is to connect with as many students as possible and make it accessible to students from all economic backgrounds.

GiftedandTalented.com, for example, has access to online courses for less than $20 a month.

Fields’ passion for education stems from his own experiences as a young student growing up in Philadelphia. He came to the U.S. with his parents from Barbados when he was in the fifth grade. In Barbados he had been a strong student, but as a young immigrant in the U.S. school system, he was kept back a year and later put into a vocational track. He credits several teachers and administrators who supported him and got him into a college track. These supporters also encouraged him to go to college and even helped raise

funds for him to be able to afford to attend and graduate from Morehouse College in Atlanta.

It was a debt that Fields felt like he could never repay, but these former teachers told him to someday help others in a similar way.

He never forgot this duty.

“This has been a mission that I feel I inherited and I take very seriously,” Fields said. “We just now have the benefit of having many more tools that allow us to touch more lives … We have the ability to develop solutions that can have a global impact.”

historic small villages. In 2012, when he inherited the farm, he immediately began to think of ways to turn it into a working farm and to renovate an existing barn into a distillery that could process the grapes, fruits, grains and potatoes needed to make liquor. The ultimate goal is self-sufficiency, with the farm producing most of the products needed for the distillery.

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Grossman to head business group Steve Grossman, former Treasurer of Massachusetts has been named chief executive officer of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a Roxbury-based organization that has been helping urban entrepreneurs and inner-city business for 20 years.

“Steve brings truly unique assets as a company CEO, government leader, and a person

with deep commitment to communities with strong relationships across America,” Michael Porter, Harvard Business School professor and founder and chair of ICIC, said in a statement. “His energy, vision and entrepreneurial flair will elevate ICIC to a new level as we tackle economic inequality, the nation’s most pressing challenge.”

Grossman, a graduate of Harvard Business School, worked at Goldman Sachs before leaving to build his family business, Massachusetts Envelope Company, into a major enterprise now named Grossman Marketing Group. He has served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, board chair at Brandeis University, and has been involved in numerous other community organizations. He is widely recognized for his public service and many civic accomplishments.

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McKinney to take on national role in minority business development Dr. Fred McKinney has been appointed Managing Director of Minority Business Programs at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He has been serving as President and CEO of Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC), where he designed and led programs that have had a strong regional impact on the East Coast. In his new position — a new role at Tuck — he will have national scope and impact.

The Tuck School is the nation’s oldest graduate school of business, and has the most comprehensive outreach programs for diverse entrepreneurs. The school has run minority programs in 39 states over the past 35 years, and has given completion certificates to more than 7,000 minority, Native American, and women business owners.

As a top-ranked business school globally, Tuck provides thought leadership that shapes public policy as well as corporate and public sector best practices.

McKinney will work in close collaboration with Dr. Leonard

Greenhalgh, Faculty Director of the programs.

“We have a mission of creating a different future for people who have faced historical discrimination and whose inclusion is important to the vitality of the US economy, and Fred is the ideal leader to join us and realize this aspiration,” said Greenhalgh.

McKinney started with the Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC) in July 2001 as President and CEO. In 2009, he merged CMSDC with the New England Minority Supplier Development Council to become the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council. During that time, Dr. McKinney has led the growth of the GNEMSDC from a small staff of three to a staff of 16.

McKinney stated, “The past 14 years have been the most rewarding years in my professional career to date. I’ve had the great opportunity to work with outstanding corporations, minority business enterprises, and public sector leaders committed to minority business development. I

am looking forward to starting this next phase of my career working specifically in the area of developing the capacity of diverse entrepreneurs across the nation. Tuck has an outstanding tradition of working with minority and women business owners. I continue to be passionate about MBE development, and this opportunity to join one of the best business schools in the world will provide me an excellent platform to make a lasting difference for diverse businesses.”

For more information on Tuck School and the Minority Business Programs, click on www.TuckMinorityPrograms.com.

McKinney earned his Ph.D. in economics at Yale University in 1983. He has served on the faculties of Sacred Heart University, Brandeis University and the University of Connecticut. McKinney also spent a year on the Council of Economic Advisers during the Carter administration. He lives in Trumbull, Connecticut with his wife Ivy Thomas McKinney and his two springer spaniels.

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omedian Wyatt Cenac, a former writer and correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, recently starred in his second comedy special titled Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn. Filmed at Union Hall in Brooklyn and directed by the comedian, it streamed on Netflix on Oct. 21, 2014.

On the same day, he also released 1,000 limited edition vinyl LPs of the special through his production company, Amalgamated Bear. The LPs were distributed by Other Music to record stores. The native New Yorker

also embarked on a 12-city U.S. tour in support of the special.

The tour began in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 21, and ended its run a month later in Washington, D.C. In a recent phone interview with the Banner, Cenac mentioned how the Brooklyn special came about piece by piece.

“It mainly came about because I was at a place where I felt like I had a bunch of stuff that I wanted to put out as far as in an album,” he said. “I got lucky when I was getting ready to record the album. I was just going do to an audio and the production company said, ‘We’d like to see this,’ and everything kind of came together like that…and

What could be funnier than a black man marrying a white woman?

Before you say “Loving v. Virginia,” hold on, there’s more: Make that a white Jewish woman.

Isn’t that a stitch?

If same-sex marriage in Alabama hasn’t convinced you we might actually be in 2015, the premiere of the Lifetime reality show, “Kosher Soul,” which arrived Feb. 25, dutifully turns back the clock.

“Opposites attract,” the show’s promos blare, suggesting the protagonists might just be different species. A freelance stylist, Miriam Sternoff, 38, grew up Jewish in Seattle. O’Neal McKnight, 39, her stand-up comedian fiancé, is African American from Lynchburg, S.C. With cameras following their every antic, the pair slapstick their cultures together on the way to their wedding day.

“The fact that I’m wearing a yarmulke, it shouldn’t be a problem for Miriam to wear a grill,” McKnight says, explaining the bejeweled dental appliance’s deep spiritual significance to black America by declaring: “Martin Luther King had a grill.”

He didn’t mention Justin Bieber. But it goes on.

“When you marry a man like O’Neal, you gotta make certain sacrifices,” Sternoff says in her concession to preparing unkosher food. “If he wants me to fry up some catfish real quick, I’m going to fry it up because he has made huge compromises for me.”

One of those is McKnight’s conversion to Judaism, including an adult bris (symbolic circumcision), done to prove his love for

her and appease his mother-inlaw. In return, she accompanies his family to church and actually buys the grill, though secretly vows never to wear it.

All the while, he calls her white and gives her lectures on black culture (black people don’t go to the beach), punctuated with jokes about Stevie Wonder driving, and starving kids in Africa with flies on their faces.

Is this offensive?

Yes, but not for its unfunny attempts at humor. Nor am I the only one suggesting the show is just more of the same old black and Jewish stereotypes, packaged as a “docu-sitcom.” To a person, those in my circle of African American Jews who’ve heard of the show have questioned its portrayal of the match as a freak show oddity.

It wasn’t news 65 years ago, when my mother of Western European Jewish descent married my Baptist (though atheist) African American father. It’s barely a blip on the post-racial radar screen today. According to Be’chol Lashon, 20 percent of American Jews are of color or of similarly diverse heritage.

As anyone who says “blacks and Jews” should be reminded, the two terms aren’t mutually exclusive. Judaism knows no race and black people come in every religion, and to be both is to be 100 percent of each.

Surprisingly, and off-camera, the couple agrees.

“I like that,” Sternoff says of the duality that describes her husband and hoped-for children, echoed by McKnight: “I like that a lot.”

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I showed it to Netflix and they were like, ‘Sure, we’ll take this.’”

Netflix gave him the freedom to put it together the way that he wanted to, including directing his special for the first time.

Cenac learned a lot from the experience.

“I really enjoyed the process of putting it together, especially

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Still, he concedes that Kosher Soul and its “opposites attract” tagline capitalize on seemingly incompatible differences.

“I don’t want to be too coy because obviously that is the name of the show and that’s the way it’s being pushed,” he says. “I think that [when you] watch the show, there’s just a lot of pleasure in it.”

There certainly is in the story of how the couple met, in New York nine years ago when McKnight was a personal stylist to Sean “Puffy” Combs and Sternoff was freelancing in the same field.

It was in an elevator. He was impressed by her pixie cut. She

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In a real-life phone interview from Los Angeles, where they now live, the couple departs from their reality-show personas, with McKnight clarifying that he did not convert solely for her.

In South Carolina, he’d never met a Jew or spoken to an Asian person, he says, a cloistered world that changed when he moved to New York.

“I was around a lot of different cultures, a lot of different people, and I just really was drawn into Judaism,” he says. “For me, the thing about Judaism, it’s mostly a tug of war between you and God. You’re supposed to ask questions.

You’re supposed to be intrigued and curious. And the way I was brought up (as Methodist) was, ‘This is what it is, you don’t doubt it, you don’t question it.’”

That intrigue led him to consider converting before even meeting his future wife, he says.

For her part, with skin Kardashian tan or a shade darker (and virtually the same as McKnight’s black former girlfriend), Sternoff also has examined her identity.

“When people ask me what’s my nationality, it’s because I look more ethnic,” she says. “The first thing I say is ‘I’m Jewish.’ And then people say, ‘Yeah, I get it, but you look like you’re Hispanic or something else.’

So I always then follow it up with my background is Russian.”

Depending on who’s asking and their level of persistence, she

could not help but notice him.

“I literally was holding two little poodles under my arms,” McKnight explains, dogs belonging to Combs that he’d been asked to retrieve.

Or so he says.

“Right!” Sternoff responds, laughing at the suggestion that maybe it was a ploy. “He was riding, literally up and down, up and down, waiting for the perfect girl to come on. You know, I have to say, if that’s what he was doing, I’m glad he was there.”

It’s a wonderfully charming story but it’s nowhere in the show.

Not surprising: It’s reality, not reality TV.

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(l to r) Miriam Sternoff and O’Neal McKnight star in Lifetime’s Kosher Soul. may say she’s white. “It’s a tricky thing,” she says. “Jews, we think of ourselves as kind of a whole separate entity.”

So where’s the story?

So if Sternoff is perceived as “other” and they’re both practicing Jews (his conversion was Conservative), is there a story here without playing to stereotypes?

Two Jews get married. So what?

“I would dispute that it is stereotypes. I think that Miriam and O’Neal are who they are,” Michael Hirschorn, the show’s executive producer, says from New York, acknowledging dialogue like “I want

to have Shabbat dinner with my Jewish husband”/“But she’s going to have sex with a black man.”

“Saying ‘This is a stereotype,’ and ‘This is not a stereotype’ gets you into kind of a Talmudic culde-sac,” he argued.

Perhaps, but there are guides for the perplexed, the obvious being other Black Jews who can clearly tell you what’s over the top. Hollywood has many — from director Chris Erskin to rapper Drake to actress Rashida Jones — though Hirschorn (who is Jewish and not black, and has a co-producer who is black and not Jewish) says he doesn’t know any.

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Celebrity Series, Madison Park bring shows to Hibernian Hall

By J. COTTLE

It’s time to shrug off that blizzard-induced lethargy and start celebrating the return of Neighborhood Arts, a collaboration between the Celebrity Series of Boston and Madison Park Development Corporation. Saturdays at 2 p.m., from Feb. 28 through March 14, the two organizations present renowned professional artists and gifted young performers in free events at Hibernian

Hall in Dudley Square.

Kicking off the three-week series is the ensemble Sol y Canto. Known for “quirky original compositions that address matters of the heart” and their “unique and driving interpretations of contemporary Latin music,” the band has performed in venues from Boston’s Symphony Hall to the Kennedy Center to the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico in San Juan. La Piñata, a Latin American youth ensemble based in Jamaica Plain, will perform with Sol y Canto on Feb. 28.

The following week, the Guy Mendilow Ensemble will perform world music, including pieces from their recent recording Tales of the Forgotten Kingdom. Also performing on March 7 is the Boston City-Wide String Orchestra, a multi-generational ensemble made up of string players from the Boston area ranging from 9 years old to adulthood.

Closing out the series on March 14 is the Boston Public Quartet,

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Sol y Canto Quintet

IF YOU GO The hour-long concerts will be held at Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley Street in Roxbury, during three Saturday afternoons beginning Feb. 28. After each concert there will be a reception provided by Celebrity Series of Boston for the audience to meet the artists.

FEB. 28, 2 P.M: Sol y Canto with La Piñata MARCH 7, 2 P.M: Guy Mendilow Ensemble with Boston City-Wide String Orchestra MARCH 14, 2 P.M: Boston Public Quartet with Cantare FOR MORE INFORMATION contact Robin Baker, Manager of Community Performances for Celebrity Series of Boston at rb@celebrityseries.org

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The comic is referring to Miles Kahn, a filmmaker, writer and producer who also happens to be a senior producer for The Daily Show. Kahn directed Cenac’s first hour-long special Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person which premiered on Comedy Central in 2011. The biggest lesson he learned from Kahn, he said, was about “finding ways not to get discouraged by the idea that something can’t happen, and really trying to figure out how to make it happen.”

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THROUGH BARBED WIRE THE POWER OF OUR STORIES PRESENTS 4TH FRIDAY READING “The Power of our Stories: Sign Language Interpretation, Movement & Visual OF PRISONERS’ WRITINGS Arts” — FREE Family Art Workshops!

February 27, 7-8:30pm, monthly prose & poetry participatory event focused on prisoners’ writings & their impact as tools to sway youth in the community towards positive decision-making. Audience participation encouraged, light refreshments, bring a friend. MBTA #15 or #19 bus (check schedules), Fields Corner Red Line. Created/directed by Arnie King. Location: 1st Parish Church in Dorchester, 10 Parish St. (Meetinghouse Hill, next door to the Mather School). Contact: www. arnoldking.org or throughbarbedwire@ yahoo.com; tel: 857-492-4858. Free/ Donation.

March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1 from 6-7:30pm with sandwiches, beverages at 5:30pm. Jamaica Plain Head Start, 315 Centre St., JP. Enter through Stop & Shop parking lot, bear left. Two blocks from Orange Line Jackson Square T-Stop. Families Creating Together offers these FREE multi-generational workshops for children ages 6-12 with and without disabilities and their families.

Children explore their life stories through sign language interpretation, movement and visual arts. Spanish and ASL interpreters. Led by a creative team of teaching artists. Wheelchair accessible. Register for two, three or all five workshops; pick the dates best for you. FCT is a program of Community Service Care/Tree of Life Coalition. To register and for more information call 617-522-4832 or email mfcabrera53@gmail.com Additional information at www.familiescreatingto gether.org.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

DISCUSSION ON CONTEMPORARY BLACK AMERICAN ISSUES

Papercuts J.P. will host an event to conclude Black History Month on Saturday, February 28 at 2pm. Join Papercuts J.P., Jabari Asim, and Emmett G. Price III for a discussion on contemporary Black American issues. The event will be hosted in-store at 5 Green Street in Jamaica Plain, and will feature a conversation between the two local authors, a question and answer session. The discussion will include content from Asim’s book The N Word, as well as a intellectual conversation about events in the news, including police brutality and race relations. Where: Papercuts J.P., 5 Green St., Boston. Cost: Free. All ages.

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6 1 The 3 West 9 End 5 UMass Lowell History Department, is mance by Wallace Shawn and André improve memory and focus, and help offering four free lectures on the history 6 manage 2 1 stress, 7 8energy 3 and 5 emotions.

9 4 1Museum 6 3 is dedicated 5 8 9 to the 7 collection, 2 4 Gregory. “O Meu Jantar com o André” of the Portuguese “Age of Discovery.” is a passionate, volatile and humorous preservation and interpretation of the Modifications will be made for people SUDOKU Moderate WOMEN AND WEAVING AT 2 1 5 9 3 7 6 4 8 9 3 1 6 4 5 2 8 7 The sessions, including wonderful visual encounter between two friends who with disabilities/injuries.Saturdays, history and culture of the West End 2 4 6 3 5 7 8 9 1 7 3 8 6 4 1 9 5 2 2 8 5 1 3 7 9 4 6 SIMMONS COLLEGE material, will consider the first encoun9 4 6 2 5 8 7 1 3 haven’t seen each other for a long period 7 4 6 8 9 2 5 1 3 10-11am, through March 28. neighborhood.

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6 2 What 5 98 47 61 23 5 8 7 7 4 1 6 3 8 9 72 1sion 3 amazement, admiration 7 9 8 6 4 1 2 3 5 are free and open to the public. Skirting Americas to the farthest shores of 5 6 1 7 4 3 8 2 9 finally emerges is a 1sensitive 64 98 3CHAPEL 6 9portrait 3 of 7 a 12 KING’S 5 7 2 TUESDAY 6 4 9 8 2 5 3 5 68 94 27 31 25 4 68 3 54 7 87 9 11 Identity: Women and Weaving in Laos, Asia. In some regions, these Europeans 4 6 9 7 1 5 3 2 8 2 9 5 3 3 57 1 26 9 81 7 44 6 8 friendship that survives and transcends 71 42 HOUR 89 6 RECITAL 5 3 1 1 2 8 9 7 2 34 STAR 16 85 GAZING 79 72 9 AT 3 7 4 8 6 35 NOON 84 6 46 1 25 3 59 Thailand and Myanmar is the fruit of would seek to replace the civilizations contrasting assumptions about love, 5 7 3 8 2 6 9 1 4 8 1 6 9 4 65 9 74 1 52 3 27 8 3 two sabbaticals Professor Hanni spent they encountered with new ones made 8 5 2 1 9 4 3 6 7 King’s Chapel announces the Tuesday THE OBSERVATORY 8 5 demand 2 1 of 9 4 3 6 7 4 5 7 9 1 46 58 73 92 51 7 36 8 28 6 93 1 42 death, art, and continuous 8 1 Hour 2 9 3 programs 4 5 6 MARCH 7 2 91 3 49 5 66 7 3 7Public 4 2 8 18Night 5 visiting Southeast Asia. This exhibit is a in their image; elsewhere they would at the Observatory man by self-realization.

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3 7 4 8 6 35 are 71 42 89 1 63 4 553 8 121 6 278 9 9 7 2 34 9 16 2 85 4 79 66 25 19 44 51 68 77 53 32 9 8 ary 28. For information regarding the to the public and wheelchair accessible. stairwell to the Observatory is on the fifth The Multicultural Arts Center presents Programs begin at 12:15pm and last 2 1 9 84 53 26 17 9 4 4 3 5 6 7 7 9 1 46 5floor 8 1to9room 2 3More 6 2 1Info: 58 7 right 73 3 92next 6 4 8520. content of the lectures, please contact For more information, contact Marcia YOUNG ARTISTS on 8view5through approximately 35 minutes; for more inforDr. Ana Valdez at ana_valdez@uml.edu.

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Jambalaya — jambalaya invites many variations. With tomatoes, it’s called red jambalaya, and RELISH MAGAZINE without, it’s brown. Rice is always the main “Jambalaya (on the Bayou),” the title of the ingredient. toe-tapping Hank Williams song, is also the The word “jambalaya” comes from name of the one-pot Louisiana dish that’s jambon, French for “ham” that’s sometimes hard to stop eating. The recipe, a Cajun spin added to the recipe, and yaya, West African on Spanish paella, is exactly right for Mardi for “rice.” Together, they make the bouncy Gras feasting. jambalaya that rolled off Williams’s tongue Traditionally made with a trio of vegewhen he sang, “Son of a gun, we’ll have big tables — celery, onion and green pepper fun on the bayou.”

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EASY RECIPE

Tuna Edamame Salad

— Family Features

WORD TO THE WISE Mignonette: The French word mignonette originally referred to a peppercorn- and clove-filled cheesecloth sachet used to flavor soups, but now is coarsely ground, white peppercorns. A mignonette can also mean the choice, nugget-like parts of various meats as well as potatoes cut in thick matchsticks.

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Serves 4 n 2 tablespoons olive oil n 1 cup diced onion n 1 cup diced celery n 1 cup diced green bell pepper n 1 medium zucchini, diced n 1 cup uncooked brown rice n 1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained n 2 cups vegetable broth n ¾ cup water n 2 bay leaves n 1 teaspoon dried thyme n 1 teaspoon smoked paprika n ¼ teaspoon ground red pepper n ¼ teaspoon salt n ¾ pound medium shrimp, peeled and cleaned n Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

Add onion, celery, bell pepper and zucchini. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion softens and starts to brown, about 10 minutes. Add rice, tomatoes, broth, water, bay leaves, thyme, paprika, red pepper and salt.

Stir to combine.

2. Cover and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. Add shrimp. Cover and cook until shrimp are done, about 5 minutes. Remove bay leaves. Sprinkle with parsley.

— Family Features

n 1 cup frozen shelled edamame, cooked according to package directions n 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half n 1 cup carrots, shredded n 1 can tuna, water packed, drained n ½ cup golden raisins n ¼ cup red onion, diced n ¼ cup bottled, reduced-fat Italian salad dressing Mix edamame, tomatoes, carrots, tuna, raisins and onion in medium bowl. Pour dressing over salad and toss until combined.

Serve with pita bread halves or whole grain crackers.

Jambalaya with Shrimp

— Recipe by Jean Kressy, a food writer in Ashburnham, Massachusetts

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BLACK HISTORY

Trotter’s Guardian advocated African American advancement Chronicled black Boston 64 years before the Banner From THE BANNER ARCHIVES

Since 1965, the Bay State Banner has been the newspaper of record in Boston’s African American community. But the Banner’s 50 years of news coverage are just one chapter in the history of black publications in Boston.

Sixty-four years before the Banner began publishing, the Guardian began to record the opinions, struggles and events of black Boston. Its publisher, William Monroe Trotter, stands as one of the preeminent black thinkers of the 20th century.

The son of James Trotter, an ex-slave and civil war veteran, William was raised in Hyde Park.

After working a year as a shipping clerk, Trotter attended Harvard University. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1895, the first African American to be awarded that honor.

After college, Trotter had trouble finding a job in Boston. The barriers to black advancement precluded educated African Americans from all but the most menial jobs. Trotter took up the family business of real estate — a field that bought him a relative degree of prosperity.

But politics was Trotter’s true calling. The bitter yoke of oppression, intensified during the era of reconstruction, gave birth to a generation of black activists who battled tirelessly for the rights of

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William Monroe Trotter African Americans. Nationally, Booker T. Washington was recognized as the preeminent black leader, a power broker whose go slow approach to the “negro problem” as it was then called, earned him the friendship of white liberals and the enmity of black radicals.

Segregation

In Boston, discrimination and racial segregation were rampant. Trotter joined the Massachusetts Racial Protective Association where he met with other blacks to organize opposition to a growing number of lynchings in the South and the atmosphere of hostility toward blacks in the North. Trotter and fellow activists

Rev. William Scott and George W. Forbes founded the Guardian in 1901, Boston’s first black weekly.

The mission of the Guardian was to be “an organ which is to voice intelligently the needs and aspirations of the colored American.”

The first issue appeared November 9, 1901 and cost a nickel.

Although Forbes and Scott eventually left the Guardian staff, for Trotter it became his life mission.

“With its establishment,” Trotter said, “my decision to enter the lists against discrimination because of color took a tangible form.”

The Guardian began on a controversial note, levelling attacks at Booker T. Washington. By then, Washington controlled what was widely known as the Tuskegee Machine. From his base a Tuskegee University, a black college in Mississippi, Washington preached a message of tolerance.

“We shall not agitate for political or social equality,” he said in his famous Atlanta Compromise speech. “Living separately, yet working together, both races will determine the future of our beloved South.”

Washington advocated that blacks should work in agriculture, tending to the fields while whites worked in industry. He preached against giving blacks the right to vote and teaching black students the classics, arguing that instead blacks should learn trades.

Trotter clashed with Washington in July, 1903 in what came

to be known as the Boston Riot.

Washington and his followers met at the Columbus Ave. AME Church to organize the National Negro Business League.

Trotter had published the week before a challenge to Washington.

“In view of the fact that you are understood to be unwilling to insist upon the negro having his every right (both civil and political), would it not be a calamity at this juncture to make you our leader?”

Trotter wrote.

“Don’t you know you would help the race more by exposing the new form of slavery just outside the gates of Tuskegee than by preaching submission? Are the rope and the torch all that the race is to get under your leadership?”

Trotter and his followers disrupted Washington’s meeting at Columbus Ave. AME by shouting questions at Washington. The shouting match escalated into a shoving match and Trotter was arrested for inciting riot, imprisoned for a month at the Charles Street Jail and fined $50. He continued to write articles for the Guardian from his cell.

A new ally

Trotter found a vocal anti-Booker T. Washington ally in W. E. B. Du Bois, a fellow Harvard graduate and professor at Atlanta College. Du Bois later said of the paper, “The Guardian was bitter, satirical and personal, but it was well edited, it was earnest and it published facts. It attracted wide attention across the country; it was quoted and discussed.”

After Trotter’s arrest, Du Bois and other opponents of Washington met with the Boston Publisher and planned a meeting of radical forces. In 1905, Trotter, Du Bois and 27 others founded the Niagara Movement to advocate for full

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2012, they pressured large corporate firms, including Fidelity and Putnam Investments, to hire teens for summer jobs.

The youth organizations have also supported other efforts, including current initiatives to reform sentencing guidelines, reduce the state’s prison population and pass the savings along to job training programs. The organizations also worked on the campaign to raise the minimum wage, helping to collect 190,000 signatures to place the wage increase on the statewide ballot last year.

A learning experience

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Youth jobs advocates gathered at Old South Church before heading to the State House,

Youth activist Angela Djimba said the coalition’s focus on broader issues reflects a growing awareness organizing around social movements in Massachusetts.

“We are people of color whose lives definitely matter,” she said, speaking to youth activists gathered at the Old South Church.

civil rights for blacks. The Niagara Movement was a precursor to the National Association to the Advancement of Colored People.

Although Trotter attended the founding meeting of the NAACP in New York in 1909, he devoted his energies to the running of the Guardian. Trotter distrusted the white leadership of the fledgling NAACP and espoused more radical views.

The Guardian became Trotter’s life’s mission. He devoted his time, energy and financial resources to the publication. At the same time, he continued his activism. In 1914, Trotter went to the White House to protest the segregation of black federal employees in the work place. After a vexatious exchange with President Woodrow Wilson in his office, Trotter and his followers were asked to leave.

In 1915, Trotter led a boycott of the Tremont Theatre over the showing of the racist D.W. Griffifths film “Birth of a Nation.”

Trotter was arrested after he refused to leave the lobby of the cinema.

Trotter fought discriminatory hiring practices at Boston City Hospital in 1929. His efforts led to the admission of two black women to the nursing program there.

In 1930, a competing paper, the Chronicle began publication, cutting into the Guardian’s revenues. With the onset of the depression, Trotter struggled to put out the Guardian, draining his financial resources. He persevered until 1934, when he died after a fall from the roof of his Lower Roxbury apartment building that many called a suicide.

Trotter’s sister, Maude Trotter Steward, and her husband, Dr. Charles Steward, a dentist, continued to publish the Guardian until 1957.

Youth organizer Roy Daily said his life turned around when he got his first summer job with the City School, after spending a previous summer playing video games with friends.

“I had such an amazing time learning about social justice issues, and I was getting paid,” he said.

“That was when I found my voice.”

Legislators who spoke to the students expressed support for their campaign.

State Sen. Sal DiDomenico urged the teens to engage their representatives and senators.

“Make your voices heard,” he told the youth advocates at the Old South Church. “It’s a very easy issue for me, but sometimes you need to give people a push,” he said.

Speaking at Gardiner Auditorium at the State House, state Rep. Mary Keefe said she would support the teens, but stressed that they need to reach as many legislators as possible.

“We need to be ready, file an amendment for the funding and get as many legislators signed on as possible,” she said.

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be held on Wednesday, March 25th at 10:00AM in the BRA board room and the AEI proposals will be due April 24 by 4:00 P.M.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE (DCAMM)

The WIOA and AEI RFPs seek to identify programs for funding for fiscal year 2016, from July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016. For further information, please contact Midori Morikawa, Senior Planner, at midori.morikawa@boston.gov.

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

General Bids at 2:00 PM:

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Maryluz Paguero, 1160 Harrison Ave. Roxbury, MA 02119-1176, your answer, if any, on or before 04/02/2015. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.

INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following:

March 18, 2015

This project bid in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 30 Section 39M. Mass. State Project No.

An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.

BID NO.

DESCRIPTION

DATE

WRA-3992

Provide Quality Assurance Diving 03/18/15 Services for Stillwater Basin Invasive Aquatic Plant Control Wachusett Reservoir

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

Date: January 15, 2015

TIME

Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

11:00 a.m.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

To access and bid on MWRA Events please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com.

DCP1513 Contract No. HC1

DCP – HRD – McCormack Carpet Replacement , 3rd Floor Boston, Massachusetts

SUFFOLK Division

In the interests of Rafael Enrique Ramirez of Roxbury, MA Minor

REQUEST FOR FOR BIDS

E.C.C: $98,000

The Boston Center for Jewish Culture, Boston, Massachusetts, Owner, request bids for removal and replacement of the existing elevated pedestrian deck and site entry steps immediately in front of the Vilna Shul and bounded by Phillips Street in a northerly direction. Project scope includes the careful dismantling of the deteriorated historic wrought iron fencing and gate assemblies at the perimeter of the existing deck, and access gate assemblies to either side of the deck. Fence and gate assemblies shall be carefully dismantled, removed to a remote shop location for cleaning / paint removal and restoration, including reconstruction of missing components and decorative details of the fencing fabric.

This project is scheduled for 30 calendar days to substantial completion and in general includes: Remove and recycle existing carpet tile and install new carpet. System furniture is not to be dismantled. Successful bidder will lift all existing system furniture, as well as, move loose furniture and full file cabinets needed to perform work. Twenty (20) library carts and two hundred (200) legal size cardboard moving totes are to be provided. All work to be performed during off-hours (nights after 5:00 pm & weekends starting at 7:00 am). The prebid site walkthrough will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the site @10:30 am in the 3rd Floor Elevator Lobby of One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA. Any bidders who would like to attend must contact John C. Ferrara at 857-204-1821 or john.c.ferrara@state.ma.us.

NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor 1.

The Vilna Shul is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The project is being partially funded with a grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund through the Massachusetts Historical Commission. All work must be performed in accordance with the documents prepared by Spencer & Vogt Group, Inc. and meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Director of the Department of Labor Standards under the provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27H. Wage rates are listed in the contract form portion of specification book.

2.

The bidding documents may be examined at the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108 Tel (617) 727-4003. Copies may be obtained by depositing a company check, treasurer’s check, cashier’s check, bank check or money order in the sum of $30.00 payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No personal checks or cash will be accepted as deposits. Refunds will be made to those returning the documents in satisfactory condition on or before APRIL 1, 2015 (ten business days after the opening of General Bids) otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Commonwealth.

Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to:

3.

Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.

4.

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

THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice.

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

NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 11/12/2014 by Fausta Estevez Rodriguez of Roxbury, MA will be held 05/05/2015 09:00 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 - Probation Department.

File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.

State law prohibits discrimination. Awarding of this contract is subject to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity guidelines. A copy of the bidding documents may be obtained by emailing the architect at pguthrie@spencervogt.com. A pre·bid meeting will be held at the site, 14-16 Phillips Street, on Monday, March 2, 2015, at 10:00 AM. Bids shall be evaluated on the basis of price, previous experience with similar types of construction projects, ability to perform the work in a timely manner, and references. All bids must be delivered to the architect’s office at the above address prior to 3 pm, Wednesday March 11, 2015, to be eligible for consideration. All grant funded work must be completed by June 30, 2015.

Each general bid proposal must be secured by an accompanying deposit of 5% of the total bid amount, including all alternates, in the form of a bid bond, in cash, a certified, treasurer’s, or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Date: February 5, 2015

Docket No. SU15C0037CA

SUFFOLK Division

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Messenger and other type of pick-up and delivery services are the agents of the bidder and the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance assumes no responsibility for delivery or receipt of the documents. Bidders are encouraged to take advantage of a rotating credit plans and specifications deposit program initiated by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance to encourage the easy accessibility of documents to contractors.

Estate of Alice W. Yancey Date of Death: 03/20/1996

A petition has been presented by Edward J. Gillyourd requesting that Edward James Gillyourd be allowed to change his name as follows:

To all interested persons:

Edward James Reed

A petition has been filed by Eleanor Fuller of Mattapan, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Eleanor Fuller of Mattapan, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 03/12/2015.

CITY OF BOSTON

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

Date: February 5, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

JOBS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (a division of the BRA/EDIC) PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION INITIATIVE

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 03/12/2015. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

On Friday, March 6, 2015, the Mayor’s Office of Jobs and Community Services (JCS) will issue an open and competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) for services under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act for Youth (WIOA Youth). The RFP solicits programs that establish a framework to move low-income Boston youth along the career pathways continuum.

The WIOA Youth RFP will be available at 43 Hawkins St. after 1:00 P.M. on Friday, March 6th for pick-up, or online at www.bostonjcs.org. JCS will hold a WIOA Youth Bidders Conference on Friday, March 13th, at 2:00 P.M. in the BRA board room on the 9th floor of City Hall. Proposals will be due April 17th by 4:00 P.M.

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU15D0079DR

The estate is being administered under formal przocedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Maryluz Paguero

vs.

Juan Paguero

To the Defendant:

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

Date: February 04, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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

On Friday, March 20, 2015, JCS will issue an RFP for alternative education services for youth ages 16-21 under the Alternative Education Initiative (AEI).

The AEI RFP will be available at 43 Hawkins St. after 1:00 P.M. on Friday, March 20th or online at www.bostonjcs.org. The AEI Bidders Conference will

Docket No. SU15P0237EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

To all persons interested in a petition described:

Carole Cornelison COMMISSIONER

Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

In the matter of Edward James Gillyourd of Roxbury, MA

WE DO NOT MAIL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.

Docket No. SU14P2677GD

The Complaint is on file at the Court.

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action may be taken without further notice to you.

Docket No. SU15P0191EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Howell T. Yancey Date of Death: 06/22/1987 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Eleanor Fuller of Mattapan, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Eleanor Fuller of Mattapan, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 03/12/2015. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: February 04, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU15P0321EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Muriel Wallace Date of Death: 10/26/2013 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Terri N. Simms of Mattapan, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Terri N. Simms of Mattapan, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: February 18, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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A petition has been filed by Sharon E. Saunders of Dorchester, MA and Robbin L. Saunders of Canton, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

And also requesting that Sharon E. Saunders of Dorchester, MA and Robbin L. Saunders of Canton, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 03/12/2015. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: February 06, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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Assistant to the Vice President Requisition Number: STFR002035 / Division/College: City and Community Affairs Position Summary: The Administrative Coordinator will provide professional administrative, research, budgeting, and editorial support and ensure fluent daily operations within the office. This includes managing the Vice President’s calendar, scheduling meetings, and responding quickly and efficiently to schedule changes. The Administrative Coordinator will also screen calls for the Vice President. The Assistant will draft correspondence, briefings, memos, and other documents for the Vice President, and proofread documents when requested. The Administrative Coordinator will prepare itinerary and event information and, when needed, will also make Vice President’s travel arrangements, including processing and tracking travel/expense vouchers. The Administrative Coordinator will also work with the Vice President on any other administrative, community and research projects as they arise. Prepare and coordinate all City and Community Benefits/Space meeting, including the processing of all invoices.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree preferred. Strong writing and editing skills required. Must have 2-4 years of prior experience in an administrative position, with demonstrated experience in a fast-paced, high pressure office. Must have the ability to work independently. Strong computer skills needed (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint). Must have demonstrated reliability, proficiency in interpersonal, organizational, social media and communication skills, including the ability to analyze problems and identify solutions.

To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: http://apptrkr.com/582052 Northeastern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Educational Institution and Employer, Title IX University. Northeastern University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women and persons with disabilities. Northeastern University is an E-Verify Employer.

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Reports to: Executive Committee of Board of Directors Primary Site: Agency Headquarters – 520 Dudley Roxbury, MA 02119

Summary The Agency Executive Director is a dynamic and visionary leader with a strong commitment to support the process of creating a shared vision and implementation of our mission. The agency’s mission is to provide high quality services to economically disadvantaged infants, children, adolescents and their families, thereby promoting and strengthening family life and individual growth. The agency works throughout Massachusetts in partnership with families and in collaboration with public and private health, human service, education and other government agencies to improve the lives of families that may be at risk.

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Understanding of social change and the role of community based organizations

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Understanding of all of the programs offered by the Agency, including behavioral health, homeless services, foster care, child care centers, shelter services, and substance abuse.

Knowledge of the Massachusetts community and the State’s human service network, understanding of local and state politics and how they affect state agencies.

Director - Neighborhood Partnerships & Programming Requisition Number: STFR002043 Division/College: City and Community Affairs Position Summary: The Department of City and Community Affairs seeks to support Northeastern University’s long-standing mission to serve its community, both globally and locally. The Department of City and Community Affairs is actively engaged in civic and community efforts, with hopes of further progressing a shared goal of positive community and campus development.

By collaborating with the Center of Community Service (within City and Community Affairs), the Director of Neighborhood Partnerships and Programming will lead the Northeastern community in this continued effort by managing the development and success of the Northeastern Crossing Community Center, as aligned with Northeastern’s priorities.

Qualifications: • Master’s degree required in related field • Strong leadership, organizational, communication, interpersonal, and problem solving skills • Experience in the field of community engagement and/or community organizing • Management and budgeting experience • Experience in working in an institution of higher education is desirable • Demonstrated ability to work with faculty, staff, students, and community members and organizational leaders To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: http://apptrkr.com/583582 Northeastern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Educational Institution and Employer, Title IX University. Northeastern University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women and persons with disabilities. Northeastern University is an E-Verify Employer.

Education/Training: Master’s degree preferred from an accredited school.

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