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Fire Department losing diversity Numbers of blacks, Latinos drop in years after desegregation order By YAWU MILLER

To understand why the Boston Fire Department is one of the city’s least diverse agencies, look no further than last year’s class of 53 Fire Academy graduates, 52 of whom are white. Whites constitute 72 percent of the department’s workforce, African Americans make up 21 percent, Latinos, who are 18 percent of the city’s population, weigh in at just 7 percent and Asians are just 1 percent, despite representing 9 percent of the city’s population. With more than 1,600 employees, the Fire Department is the city’s third largest agency. At a time when Boston has become more diverse, the Fire Department has become more white. This trend has not escaped the attention of the department’s top brass, who plan to increase the number of blacks, Latinos and Asians in its ranks by hiring a diversity officer. “If and when that position is approved, a person will be hired/appointed to that slot,” said department spokesman

Steve MacDonald in a statement emailed to the Banner. “They will then be tasked with working with the Mayor’s Office, the department and other staff and firefighters to get in the neighborhoods and talk about how to get hired, what a great career it is, etc.”

A call for change

District 4 City Councilor Charles Yancey said hiring a diversity officer will not likely produce the kind of change he would like to see in the Fire Department’s hiring. “It’s not going to effectively change the picture,” he said. “The only thing that’s going to bring real change is some serious commitment from the mayor.” Blacks, Latinos and Asians occupied 39 percent of the Fire Department’s workforce back in 2000, while the department was still under a consent decree stemming from a 1974 discrimination case. Under the consent decree, the department was required to consider one black or Latino

Teachers, school officials debate merits of testing Civil rights cited on both sides By ELIZA DEWEY

See FIRE DEPARTMENT, page 6

BY THE NUMBERS THE LEAST RACIALLY DIVERSE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON:

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Ayomide Olumuyiwa, student representative to the Boston School Committee, speaks as Citywide Parents Council Co-Chairwoman Angelina Camacho and Boston Youth Organizing Project Lead Organizer Najma Nazyat listen in during a forum on testing held the same day last week that parents and school officials testified for and against a bill that would put a moratorium on mandatory testing of students in Massachusetts schools at a State House hearing.

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The emotionally-charged issue of standardized testing was the basis of a hearing before the state’s Joint Committee on Education last Thursday, with advocates on both sides of the issue describing it as a matter of civil rights. The collection of bills in question, chief among them House Bill 340 from Marjorie Decker of Cambridge, would place a threeyear moratorium on the use of standardized testing both as a graduation requirement and a metric of teacher evaluation.

Supporters of the bills packed the room. The day before, the recently-formed Massachusetts Education Justice Reform group – a coalition that includes Citizens for Public Schools, Jobs with Justice, the Massachusetts Teacher Association, the state branch of the American Federation of Teachers, and the Boston Teacher’s Union – had issued a media alert regarding their attendance at the hearing. The proceedings began with testimony from several state officials, who warned about possibly negative outcomes if the current testing requirements were waived. Secretary of Education Jim

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Dominicans poised to purge ‘aliens’ Haitian-descended Dominicans lose status

The percentage of people of color working at the Fire Department has dropped by ten percentage points in the last 13 years.

Peyser recounted the history of school reform in Massachusetts, tying the 1993 law that created the MCAS to the state’s “outstanding results” in student performance in the decades since. He said that while Massachusetts already was doing well prior to MCAS, its continued improvement since then was a result of testing. “The state assessment system helped,” he said, describing those who criticized it as “reviving arguments from 20 years ago.” “This administration is not about to walk away from statewide assessments,” he said firmly. Mi t c h e l l C h e s t e r, C o m missioner of Elementary and

Nearly two years after the high court in the Dominican Republic stripped citizenship from people descended from Haitian migrants, the Dominican government reportedly is preparing to send tens of thousands of its former citizens to Haiti. Wednesday, June 17 is the Dominican government’s deadline for undocumented people

to submit proof they were born there or provide documentation showing they’re employed in the D.R. Because many people born in rural areas in the Dominican Republic are not given birth certificates, and because the Haitian government has not routinely issued passports or other documentation to Haitian nationals who travel to the Dominican Republic to work, it’s expected that as many as 300,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian

nationals may be sent forcibly to Haiti, a country that is still struggling to house people in the wake of a crippling 2010 earthquake. Haitian Americans are warning that the impending deportations could trigger a massive humanitarian crisis. “You still have people living in tents in Haiti four years after the earthquake,” said state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry. “Four years later, there’s still not enough permanent housing in place.” While Dominican government

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Mattapan neighbors find solace in community garden By ELIZA DEWEY

This weekend, neighbors in the Woolson Street community garden in Mattapan opened up their doors to the public – and ushered in what they hope to be a new era for a neighborhood with a painful past. “After several murders on that street, a lot of people wanted a place that could be healing,” said garden coordinator Robyn Gibson. “So when you see Woolson Street, you don’t just think of violence, you think of something beautiful.” One of the more high-profile recent losses on the street was

the 2010 quadruple murder of three adults and a two year-old boy during a drug-related robbery. Boston resident Dwayne Moore was convicted of the killings in December 2012 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Gibson said that the process to create the garden was about four years in the making, starting with a process of community discussions facilitated by the Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition and Mattapan United to see what neighbors wanted to do with the small plot of land. As an avid volunteer with Mattapan Food and Fitness, Gibson became interested in the project and threw her hat in the

ring when a lottery was held to determine which residents would be allotted a garden plot. After her name was one of the twelve picked, she and her cousin, Kim Blair, stepped up to be garden coordinators. Blair echoed Gibson’s comments while emphasizing the significance of a healthy lifestyle. “With the Woolson Street Community Garden, we hope to revitalize a sense of community within our neighborhood, [and] expose young people to the benefits of gardening by focusing on healthy eating and encouraging a positive lifestyle,” she said. “We also see this garden as an oasis, where calm and peace are paramount.”

Team Effort

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Rows of collard greens growing in the Woolson Street community garden.

The land plot was bought from the city by the Boston Natural Areas Network, which now is renting it to the gardeners. Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition will help with the space’s programming moving forward. Next on the agenda: figuring out how to spend some grant money that the group has at its disposal. Gibson said the Boston Architectural Coalition raised some money for the garden that can be deployed to make it even more community-friendly. “In July, we’ ll start having meetings to see what the community wants to do,” she said. “It’s a chance to fund some art, or

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7-year-old Gizelle McBride of Mattapan showcases vegetables from the Woolson St. garden something expressing peace and harmony.” Although the garden had its official ribbon cutting in a ceremony with Mayor Martin Walsh and local elected officials last August, the ceremony came at the end of the growing season, so the community has not yet seen it in bloom. At Saturday’s opening, neighbors were welcomed back into the space to see the array of vegetables that the gardeners have planted. The long list of produce signals a group that has been putting in a fair amount of work: collard greens, beets, spinach, herbs like rosemary and basil,

eggplant, lettuce, kale and even a pear tree. Gibson said that city hall had been helpful. “The city’s been providing a lot of support – and once we do more programming, I’m sure they’ll offer more,” she said. “They’ve helped us in sharing how positive the garden is …[and] in showing all the positive things that are happening in Mattapan.” And while the vegetables from this garden aren’t for sale, Gibson pointed to the work of partner organization Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition, which will host a farmer’s market in Mattapan Square starting in July.

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Bike repair and coffee shop slated for Upham’s Corner Team to redevelop historic comfort station building in Dorchester By ELIZA DEWEY

The long-abandoned comfort station in Uphams Corner – once a stop for early 20th century travelers looking for a place to rest and regroup, but boarded up for the past 40 years – will soon be transformed into a combination bike shop and café. The venture, appropriately named Bike Kitchen, is the latest venture of local bike enthusiast Noah Hicks. Hicks, a native of the Bowdoin-Geneva section of Dorchester, has an established background in bikes. He started the Bowdoin Bike School in 2013 as a place where local residents could learn to fix, repair and maintain their rides. That establishment will remain in place as he expands to create Bike Kitchen – his first foray into the restaurant business. He envisions the new shop as a way to combine several different concepts. “Bike Kitchen will be a watering hole and meeting spot,” he says, sharing future program ideas such as book readings and discussions on topics like cycling history. He’s especially passionate about the meaning of the new business for local young people. “As a youth from the community, it’s exciting to know that not only will I train people in a marketable skill, but I can offer people economic opportunity and employment,” he says. Hicks says soon he will recruit a staff member to help run the kitchen, describing the ideal

candidate as someone who is “passionate about food and beverage, especially coffee.” He notes he’ll also need an additional mechanic to help run the bike shop so he can split his time evenly between his various ventures. Bike Kitchen isn’t Hicks’ only recent venture. Recently he opened a second location for Bowdoin Bike Shop on New England Ave near Codman Square. A grant of $10,000 from the Boston Alliance for Community Health will underwrite three seasonal employees there for the summer. He’s also preparing an upcoming mass bike ride through Dorchester this summer, ending at Tenean beach. He says that Bike Kitchen is just the next step in what he sees as a long-term growth process. “After this, who knows?” he muses. “I’m looking to grow, I’m looking to create more wealth in the community.”

Preservation and renewal

The comfort station was placed up for bid by the city last September, with the condition that its new owners must keep the historical structure largely intact. Historic Boston Inc., a nonprofit preservation and real estate organization, partnered with Hicks as the developer and longterm owner for the property. HBI executive director Kathy Kottaridis said the comfort station held historic significance for the area. “Reactivating the Upham’s Corner Comfort Station preserves a rare surviving building

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An architect’s rendering shows the interior of the cafe, with bike repair toward the rear. associated with the MBTA streetcars that once lined Columbia Road,” she told the Banner. “For Historic Boston, this plan also demonstrates that preservation is not incompatible with the city’s growth. In fact, re-using this building for a new green business operated by a young local entrepreneur suggests that our past can fuel future growth,” she said. The nonprofit organization The American City Coalition also is involved in the project as a provider of technical assistance. “We think this is a fantastic project and that the Bike Kitchen will be another exciting addition to the Upham’s Corner

neighborhood,” said Zachary Nieder, Senior Associate at TACC. “This project sits right in TACC’s wheelhouse, supporting local economic development by helping establish early partnerships between developers and tenants. We will be a partner on the project into the future and ensure that the Bike Kitchen is ready for its opening day.” When the city first put the site up for sale, the opportunity spurred four different proposals: Bike Kitchen, a joint office-space/grocery store from Mattapan resident Jose Rosa, a casual bistro by the owner of local eatery 224 Boston Street, and a daycare center from

Dorchester resident Abram Auguste. Toward the end, the decision was down to just the Bike Kitchen and the day care center. Following the typical process of several community meetings and a public comment period on the proposals, on May 26 the Department of Neighborhood Development announced its selection of the Bike Kitchen project. The project’s estimated cost is slightly lower than the original estimate of $1.1 million, now down to $915,000. Now comes the fundraising phase, which is expected to take about one year, followed by the construction, estimated to last 9 months.

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Police brutality fuels growing anger Reports about police brutality against blacks now are so common that even fervent advocates of aggressive law enforcement are beginning to question police behavior. The once-common attitude was to assume that the person victimized by the police had broken the law and thus deserved such mistreatment. Even many blacks had acquired that point of view. But now modern video technology has made every citizen a witness to violent incidents. The recent killing of Usaamah Rahim in Boston foretells some of the perils to society created by excessive police aggression. Most of the attention now is focused on whether Rahim’s death is what law enforcement officers call “a good kill” — that is whether they complied with all of the rules and regulations that permit them to use lethal force. But clearance of the police on those grounds will not satisfy most black citizens. Police hostility toward blacks over the years has created an aura in the community that any encounter with them is a potential life or death situation. Why did Freddie Gray run from the police in Baltimore, Md. when he had nothing to hide? Why did Walter Scott run in North Charleston, S.C.? In fact, it is not unusual to see black youths running from the police in many cities just to avoid the humiliation of another stop-and-frisk episode. What was so different in the Rahim case is that he refused to run. Rahim stood his ground. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s commitment to non-violence was so persuasive and persistent that people have lost sight of the fact that there are also many African Americans who are willing to fight for their rights. Organized violence did not atrophy from a lack of implementation. People simply realized that a pitched battle would not succeed. Those few attempted were short-lived.

Huey Newton and the Black Panthers attracted considerable press with their dramatic actions from 1966-1982. Less dramatic and less known was Robert Williams, who organized black citizens of Monroe, N.C. into a self-defense unit to confront the Ku Klux Klan. Williams and his wife ultimately were forced to take refuge in Cuba. There also was a black violence group called De Mau Mau in the 1970s formed by black Vietnam veterans who were disillusioned with their status in the U.S. During the civil rights movement, King was able to induce participants to suppress their instinct for self-defense. The Nation of Islam, the Black Panthers and Robert Williams’ group all asserted their American right to self-defense, but none of them had plans for armed assault against peaceful whites. Nonetheless, the willingness to resort to violence was no means abolished. Continued police hostility and the consequences of racial discrimination intensify black anger. Some sociologists assert that this anger fuels the high murder rate among young black men. According to Boston crime statistics, the criminal justice system was able to clear only 38 percent of the murders of black men from 2004-2013. The clearance rate for white victims during this period was twice as high at 79 percent. Because of the low clearance rate for black male victims, some gangbangers apparently believe they can get away with murder. Rahim was a METCO graduate of Brookline High School and a member of a temperate and highly religious family. If, as the police reports suggest, he had planned to go to war against the police, that is indeed an ominous revelation. But it is time for an aggressive plan to change the culture of the police so that they become model public servants instead of potential assailants. The present confrontations could foment a race war.

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My response is mainly befuddlement. Note to Ms. Dolezal: You don’t have to be black to head an NAACP chapter. Civil rights is one thing we never claimed to have exclusive ownership over. White folk were instrumental in the founding of the NAACP and even headed the organization in the early days. Even today, I don’t think many black folk would argue against having white allies. Black sororities and fraternities commonly accept whites. And as Dolezal herself knows, white people are a pretty common sight at historically black colleges and universities.

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Black folks didn’t invent segregation. We’ve worked pretty hard to dismantle it. The whole point of the Civil Rights Movement was to bring into being a world where we are not judged by the color of our skin, but rather by the content of our character. When that day finally comes, I hope people will be accepting enough of who they were when they were born that they won’t feel a need to change their stripes. I hope that day comes soon.

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“What part of democracy are they afraid of?”

Do people need to have African blood to identify as black?

By LEE A. DANIELS

It’s not too soon to ask a critical question of citizens of voting age who tend to vote for Democratic candidates: Do you think you’ll be allowed to vote in 2016? The Republican Party in numerous states across the country has been working hard to ensure that many voters who fit that profile won’t be. A half century ago the Civil Rights Movement’s ultimate legislative victory — the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — guaranteed black Americans’ right to vote, setting the stage for Barak Obama’s 2008 and 2012 electoral victories. In the latter, Obama won 93 percent of Blacks’ votes, 73 percent of Asian-Americans’ votes, 71 percent of Hispanic-Americans’ votes, and the majority of votes from women as a group and voters age 18 to 29. That support, along with gaining 39 percent of votes cast by whites, gave him a 4.7 million popular-vote and 332-to-206 Electoral College victory. Since then, American voters’ access to the ballot box has once again been threatened: by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision to strike down the key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the resulting blizzard efforts in Republican-dominated state legislatures that are intended to suppress voting by those groups whose majorities vote for Democratic candidates. The only Republican justifications for these bills are that they’re intended to prevent voter fraud. But Republicans have never produced any evidence that voter fraud actually exists at any level of American politics. Indeed, the studies of one prominent scholar of voter fraud in modern-day American elections indicate that for the years 2000 to 2010 there are fewer than 10 instances of voter fraud at polling places in the entire country. Those facts exposing the GOP chimera of voter fraud recall the response Jesse Jackson always had during the 1970s to whites’ resistance to the use of busing as a tool of school integration. He would say: “It’s not the bus. It’s us.” That point effectively answers the rhetorical question Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton posed during her June 4th speech about voting rights at Texas Southern University. Referring to the Republicans, she asked, “What part of democracy are they afraid of?” As Clinton well knows, part of the answer lies in considering the voting statistics of the recent past, such as those cited above, on the one hand, and, on the other, America’s current and future demographic makeup. For example, census data show that in Texas from 2000 to 2010 Hispanic Americans comprised 65 percent of its 4 million new legal residents, Blacks accounted for 13.7 percent, and other people of color another 11 percent. True, many of the new Texans are still children, or are adults not registered to vote, and Texas’ population growth significantly outstrips most other states. But, given the GOP’s just-us hostility to inclusiveness and its continuing extremist positions on numerous issues, its only hope of again gaining the presidency depends on decreasing the potential votes the Democrats can count on. That’s why the Clinton campaign and the Democrats’ separate political operation are challenging restrictive voter laws in such Republican-dominated battleground states as Ohio, Wisconsin and Virginia. And that’s why Clinton in her Texas Southern speech proposed several specific ways to both register new voters and ensure that all registered voters will be able to vote next year. Those include: universal automatic voter registration in order to register every American citizen at 18; legislation approving at least 20 days of early voting, including evenings and weekends, in order to make voting more convenient for all; and repeal of punitive state laws that bar ex-offenders no longer on probation or parole from voting. This new battle for expanding the number of Americans who are registered to vote and ensuring that they can vote isn’t a small matter. It’s estimated that as many as one-third of all eligible voters — more than 50 million Americans — aren’t registered to vote. Predictably, GOP presidential candidates and partisans slammed the speech as “divisive” — as if registering new voters and trying to convince them to vote for your party isn’t the essence of democratic-with-a-small-d politics. But then, it’s long been apparent that democratic-with-a-small-d politics is something today’s Republican Party has very little interest in.

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How a person identifies themselves is a matter of choice. We all have mixed blood. We all have African blood, because that’s where it all started.

Curtis Henderson General Manager Jamaica Plain

You have to have African blood to be black.

Sherry Chatman Cook Dorchester

Yes, I think you do. If not, it’s more of a desire than an actual fact of your birth.

Anita Moreson-Matra Urban Planner Dorchester

I don’t believe in race. I think we’re all human at the end of the day. Black is a culture, not a race.

Andres Marga Student Dorchester

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WILLIAM ONUHA William U. Onuoha is the newly-appointed Assistant Commissioner/Director of Housing at Boston’s Inspectional Services Department. Onuoha previously worked at Northeastern University as a community liaison in the office of City & Community Affairs. Prior to joining the government relations team at Northeastern University, Onuoha served as a neighborhood coordinator for the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill, Fenway and Kenmore neighborhoods in the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services from 2006-2012. During his tenure there Onuoha led and facilitated neighborhood meetings to discuss issues including city services, zoning, licensing, and crime. He worked directly with the mayor and senior administration officials on issues impacting district 8, including business and residential development and

transportation. Onuoha also was responsible for responding to and managing all emergencies within the district, including crime, fires, and water main breaks while working with the city departments to bring the necessary relief to constituents. Onuoha is now the newest addition and member of the Inspectional Services Department management team. He possesses a great knowledge of city government, and ability to balance relationships between local government and the public. As the new Assistant Commissioner/ Director of Housing Onuoha will oversee the day-to-day operations of the housing division. The housing division deals primarily with enforcement of the state sanitary code and habitable living conditions. Onuoha will also continue to further the partnership between ISD, the BPHC and other city departments.

You need to have African blood to be black.

George King Contractor Roxbury

With all it took for Rachel Dolezal to get to her position, it was OK for her to identify as black. If it were the other way around, people wouldn’t complain.

Evelyn Vazquez Teacher Dorchester

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candidate for every white applicant considered for employment. Since that consent decree ended in 2003, the department’s hires became substantially less diverse, contributing to a 10-point drop in the percentage of people of color at the agency, which now is just 28 percent. Darrell Higginbottom, a member of the Boston Society of Vulcans, an organization of black fire fighters, says even without funding for a chief diversity officer, there is much the department could do to diversify its recruits. A major factor in the whitening of the department’s ranks is a state law giving preference to veterans who apply for jobs in police and fire departments. Higginbottom says that law puts black fire fighters at a disadvantage. Although the U.S. armed forces are diverse, blacks, Latinos and Asians in Massachusetts are underrepresented in the military. “Veterans in the Northeast are predominantly white,” Higginbottom said. Higginbotham points to an ordinance proposed last year by atlarge City Councilor Michael Flaherty that would have increased the residency requirement for police and fire department jobs from one year to three years. He argued that would help ensure that veterans of the military who are not from Boston could not simply rent a room for a year, then apply for city jobs. While the City Council voted in support of the ordinance, Mayor Martin Walsh vetoed it, telling councilors he would incorporate the language of the bill as part of

BY THE NUMBERS Boston’s racial makeup, 2013 U.S. Census data:

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‘Fifty Years after Selma’

percent: White (non-Hispanic)

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percent: Asian

Boston population in 2014

his annual legislative package in January of this year. “By utilizing the home rule petition process, we can better protect this legislation from being challenged in the future,” he wrote to the council in a letter in July of last year. But by the Legislature’s January deadline for filing new bills, Walsh had not submitted language increasing the residency requirement. A spokeswoman for Walsh said the mayor’s office is in the process of drafting the language.

Reforms within reach

Even without a home rule petition to modify the Civil Service law, the Fire Department could change the way it scores the exam. While state law mandates that veterans be given preference in hiring for police and fire departments, there is no provision in the law that mandates an absolute preference. Entry requirements for the State Police, for example, award veterans an extra two points on the civil service exam, rather than putting them ahead of all non-veteran applicants.

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On June 10, 2015, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice held its 47th annual reception, entitled “Fifty Years after Selma.” Award recepients from left to right: Harvey Wolkoff, Esq., Jackie Glenn, EMC, and Cheryl Clyburn Crawford. Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, LCCR’s newest Executive Director.

There are provisions in the Civil Service law that could actually be an advantage for people of color, Higginbottom notes. “If you need Portuguese or Spanish speakers, under the Civil Service law, you can hire them,” he said. “We asked our last commissioner to do that.” So far, the department has not

opted to go that route. “It’s the status quo right now,” Higginbottom commented. “It’s the worst I’ve seen in my time in the department.” MacDonald, the Fire Department spokesman, notes that the next state entrance test will be the spring of 2016. “Remember, we hire based on

state law which gives preferences to surviving children of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty, disabled veterans and veterans,” he wrote. “We need to better educate the public on the path in place to get hired. The department has never had an aggressive campaign to make this path known.”

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officials have said their aim is to fix the island nation’s broken immigration system, manty observers say the current push to rid the country of Haitian-descended Dominicans is rooted in decades of discrimination against Haitian immigrants. In one of the most violent anti-Haitian episodes, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the massacre of an estimated 22,000 Haitian migrants in 1937. Yet over the decades, Dominican plantation owners have continued to hire Haitian laborers to cut sugar cane and work on large plantations. And the Dominican constitution extends citizenship to anyone born on Dominican soil, excepting children of diplomats and what the government terms “people in transit.” Although many Dominicans of Haitian descent have been living on the Dominican side of the island for generations, a 2013 ruling by the republic’s Constitutional Court stripped the citizenship rights of people born to Haitian parents after 1929. “It completely changed the definition of who could be considered Dominican,” said Angelita Baeyens, program director at the Robert F. Kennedy Partners for Human Rights. There are three classes of Haitian-descended people living in the Dominican Republic who will be affected by the ruling: those with birth certificates and other documentation proving they were born there, those without documentation and recent immigrants who were born in Haiti. Although the Dominican

government has stated that it will allow Haitian-born workers to remain in the country if they can prove they’re currently employed, many workers lack any such documentation. And human rights groups report that the Dominican Army has been rounding up darkskinned residents and transporting them to Haiti, according to Baeyens. “The army has been conducting deportations without screening,” she said. Dark-skinned Dominicans, including those of Haitian descent, also are being targeted by mob violence. In February, a Haitian-descended man was lynched by a mob in Santiago, the nation’s second largest city. More recent videos from Dominican news outlets show mobs attacking Haitian descended residents with sticks, bats and other weapons, and destroying their homes.

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The Dominican government has set up seven detention facilities they euphemistically refer to as “welcome centers.” “They are in-transit shelters,” Immigration Agency director Dario Paulino told CDN 37, a Dominican news broadcaster, “We cannot hold any undocumented alien for more than 48 hours.” “What we do (in the centers) is received Haitians, clear them, verify whether they have documents or not, and then prepare their transfer.” Baeyens said things could get much worse in the coming weeks when the government begins an official program of deportation. “Many of these people are third and fourth generation Dominicans,” she said. “They don’t have

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family in Haiti. They don’t speak the language. This is a group of people who are effectively stateless.” The Dominican government’s plans to deport Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent have drawn condemnation from the United Nations, the

Organization of American States and the United States, as well as prominent Dominicans and Haitians in the United States. The National Dominican Student Conference disinvited Dominican President Danilo Medina from its March conference in Philadelphia to protest the

government’s plans to move forward with deportations. The state legislatures in New York and New Jersey have passed resolutions condemning the Dominican government’s planned deportations. Dorcena Forry said she is drafting a similar resolution for the Massachusetts Senate.

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On a recent Monday night at the Grove Hall Community Center, about 50 hopeful home-buyers came to hear a presentation about city-sponsored programs that could help them achieve their dream of ownership. Each person had a different story, but they all shared a common goal: to own a home. Lisa Franklin of Dorchester says she and her husband already took the “Homebuyer 101” class offered by the city and want to keep working toward their goal of buying their first house. “This is our first step,” says Franklin, who works as a medical assistant. “We haven’t done the research on home prices yet – we’re just here trying to get a better understanding of things.” Others were looking to build on the assets they already had. Felicia Valentine, a teacher at the Henderson School in Dorchester, said she owned a condominium in the city, but was interested in learning more about city-sponsored incentives that might help her sell it and purchase a single-family unit. A native of Hyde Park, she says she is interested in staying in the neighborhood or nearby, like West Roxbury or Roslindale. Another man who declined to give his name said he and his family hoped to purchase their first property soon. He arrived in the United States from West Africa in 2001 and, after working many long hours, was able to bring his wife here to join him. They now have two young children and are looking to expand their dwelling. He said the city’s assistance would help because even though he makes “fairly good money” from his job in IT and has good credit, things are always more expensive when raising a family. “When you have kids, you don’t have cash,” he laughed. Still, he had a tentative plan in place. “If I keep working, I think I can come up with the down payment in about 16 months,” he said.

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Felicia Valentine of Hyde Park attended the city’s homebuyer presentation in Grove Hall last week to learn about ways she might be able to buy new property. “We’re a one-stop shop for all your home ownership needs,” he summarized. “We’re the city department that helps people obtain, retain and maintain their homes.” To that end, the city offers programs to educate people on homeownership and affordability. The Center’s Financial Assistance Program provides eligible first-time homebuyers with a subsidy to help cover the down payment and closing cost. It program offers up to 3 percent of the purchase price for 1- and 2- unit properties and condos, and up to 5 percent of the purchase price for 3-unit properties. To be eligible, households must earn less than 120 percent of the Area Median Income ($118,200 for a family of four) and have less than $75,000 in assets. The program is offered through a partnership between the city and 11 approved mortgage lenders. According to city data, last fiscal year (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014) FAP issued subsidy loans for 99 new homebuyers at a total cost of $835,000, leveraging a combined $27 million in mortgage investment from participating lenders. To date, this fiscal year (which will end on June 30) the program has assisted 105 new homebuyers. When asked how much of a dent it can make in the displacement crisis facing many Bostonians who are finding it increasingly difficult to afford life in their hometown, Consalvo sounds a hopeful note.

“It can make a huge dent,” he says. “Without financial assistance, plenty more people would not be able to be homeowners – we help close that gap.”

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The city also provides programs to help families avoid foreclosure – an ongoing concern in many neighborhoods. The city’s Foreclosure Prevention & Intervention Program offers financial counseling to residents, as well as connections to hardship assistance programs. The program works with lenders on behalf of homeowners who have fallen behind on mortgage payments, helping to modify their loans and avoid foreclosure. The counselors also help residents develop and implement financial plans for better long-term outcomes. Carline Chery, a foreclosure prevention counselor at partner organization Nuestra Comunidad, described a fluid relationship between the city’s programs and nonprofits like NC. “We partner with [the city],” she said. “If people reach out to the city, they will refer them to us. … We all get the same training. It’s the same service [at both places].” She said that a significant part of the service provided by groups such as Nuestra Comunidad was a helping hand from someone with a “trained eye” to guide people through what often is an overwhelming and confusing bureaucratic process.

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Maureen Flynn, executive director of the Coalition for Occupied Homes in Foreclosure, said the city’s foreclosure prevention program was a vital part of the network of services for people in danger of losing their homes. “Those programs are very, very helpful for people in foreclosure or at risk,” she said. “The more those programs help, the less people are coming to COHIF.” She said the city’s help in stemming the stream of people to nonprofits like COHIF meant an overall decrease in the number of homeowners facing real trouble. “When we see former homeowners, the bank has usually taken the home, [or] bought it back at an auction, [and] people are being evicted by the bank for small infractions,” she said. “We’re the program of absolute last resort – that’s why we’re glad [the city programs] are there.” Nuestra Comunidad’s Chery underscored the importance of proper financial education as a means to prevent foreclosure in the first place. “One of the ways to prevent homeowner crisis is to make sure they have the right [mortgage] product when they sign those lines,” she said. To that end, the city and its partners offer homebuyer classes to ensure potential buyers are properly prepared.

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Obama administration looks to Hub for small business, start-up ideas By MARTIN DESMARAIS

Last week President Barack Obama picked Boston as the launchpad for his new plan to make it easier for entrepreneurs to get their businesses off the ground. The goal: streamline the license and permitting process via the creation of one-stop, business-friendly digital tools, thus reducing the time and cost of navigating government red tape. “I’m calling on city halls across the country to join the initial eleven mayors in a simple but powerful pledge to entrepreneurs and small business owners: If you want to start a business, we’ll make it so easy to navigate the license and permitting system online, that you’ll be off and running within 24 hours,” the president said in a statement. U.S. Small Business Administration head Maria Contreras-Sweet came to Boston to announce the “Startup in a Day” initiative, a collaboration with the White House, the SBA and the National League of Cities. In its first phase, participating cities make a pledge to create a “Startup in a Day” online tool by the end of 2015; develop a streamlined, business-friendly online permitting system; and share best practices to encourage other municipalities to join in. In addition to describing the program, Contreras-Sweet lauded Boston’s efforts to foster small business growth while easing the startup burden on entrepreneurs. She called upon Mayor Marty Walsh and a group of local small business owners gathered at District Hall on Northern Avenue to promote the initiative and help lead the way with other cities across the country. She said the SBA will develop a companion portal to augment the digital tools developed by the Startup in a Day cities. She also announced: $1.5 million in prizes for two competitions — a “Start Small” and “Dream Big” contest — that will be awarded to U.S. cities

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U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announce the Startup in a Day Initiative on June 11 at District Hall at a table full of Boston small business owners. and Native American communities across the country that adopt the Startup in a Day goals with their ideas and implementation. Walsh said he had no problem shouldering the challenge. He pointed out that Boston already has made progress reducing the hurdles small businesses face, so as to make Boston a more welcoming environment for innovation and startup activity. “We are really trying to change the culture here,” Walsh said. There are substantial barriers to opening up a new business, such as forming a legal business structure, understanding zoning laws and licensing requirements and acquiring

various permits, according to a “business friendliness survey” of a wide range of business owner-operators, sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation, this kind of red tape is considered the number one obstacle. Reducing the days or sometimes weeks spent on the paperwork to get a business running allows entrepreneurs to turn their attention to the kind of things that help a business succeed, such as developing goods and services, finding customers and hiring talented employees. As for the “Start Small” and “Dream Big” competitions, Contreras-Sweet said the hope is the $50,000 prize to 25 winning cities

and up to 2 Native American communities can help offset overtime costs or extra time needed to develop and launch online portals. Another $250,000 is available to local and state governments that develop online tools covering multiple regions that can be replicated elsewhere.

Boston leads the way

Late last year, Boston launched an online tool that increased ontime permit issuance by 12 percent, shortened the time to review and issue long-form permits by eight business days and shrank the backlog of building complaints

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continued from page 11 from 3,5000 to less than 300. “We have been watching and we are really admirers of what you are doing,” said Contreras-Sweet. “We are asking the rest of the country — mayors across the country — to follow your lead.” Walsh took the opportunity to burnish Boston’s lead role by announcing the release of “Boston Zoning Check”, an online tool that will help small businesses navigate Boston’s zoning code. Instead of wading through the arcane details of Boston’s Zoning Code — which currently comprises three volumes and roughly 3,000 pages — a user can answer a few questions online and make an initial determination if they are eligible to open a new business or expand an existing one. “We should be encouraging our residents with great ideas to focus on building their businesses, not being burdened with understanding municipal code,” said Mayor Walsh. “This new tool will

help make the process of starting a business in the city one step easier.”

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A number of Boston area small business owner-operators were able to express their views and concerns with Contreras-Sweet during a roundtable discussion of the Startup in a Day program, along with other pressing issues. chat with Contreras-Sweet . “This is an opportunity for you to tell us what we can do better by you and I don’t mind you being candid,” Contreras-Sweet said. “We can grow. We can learn. And we think that is important.” Participants included Solmon and Rokeya Chowdry, owners of Shanti Taste of India; Jose de la Rosa, president and CEO of Guardian Healthcare; James DiSabatino, CEO of Roxy’s Grilled Cheese; Sherie Grillon, owner of Nola’s Fresh Foods; Juliette Mayers, president and CEO of Inspiration Zone; Todd Snopkowski, president and CEO of Snapchef; Ian So, CEO of Chicken & Rice Guys; Melissa Tyler, head of

TummyToys; and Tricia YoungShaw, founder and principal of TLE Consulting Group. They all expressed a similar refrain: better access to loans to start or expand their businesses. Ian So recounted the experience of seeking a small business loan for their food truck company, yet discovering it wasn’t possible. That ended up providing their own financing, with the help of family members. Solmon Chowdry said the 15year saga of his business to succeed — Shanti Taste of India now has restaurants in Dorchester and Roslindale and more on the horizon — would have been a lot easier if loans were available. “We have been to many banks and we were never able to get any loans for the restaurants,” he said. “The way we financed some of this was we refinanced our house and got money.” Contreras-Sweet reiterated the SBA’s commitment to improving access to capital for all kinds of businesses, because that’s part of its mission.

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Dope’s Shameik Moore discusses starring film role By COLETTE GREENSTEIN

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(L-R) Olivia Cooke as “Rachel,” Thomas Mann as “Greg,” and RJ Cyler as “Earl” in Me and Earl and The Dying Girl.

ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL

coming-of-age film’s actors reflect on their roles By COLETTE GREENSTEIN

ased on the book of the same name by author Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl tells the poignant, sweet and refreshingly honest coming-of-age story about high school senior Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), who has pretty much “flown under the radar” throughout his high school years by not drawing attention to himself and consciously avoiding any meaningful or deep friendships. His one friend and constant companion Earl Jackson (R.J. Cyler), with whom he makes short film parodies of classic movies, describes him more as a “co-worker” than a best friend. But all of that is about to change. During his senior year, Greg’s mom (Connie Britton) insists he spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, and through visiting her he allows himself to become vulnerable, and ends up discovering the true meaning of friendship. In Boston recently to promote the film, the three actors chatted with the Banner about what drew them to the script and their individual experiences on working on the movie

Each of your characters was refreshingly honest. What was it about the script that made you want to be a part of this film? Olivia Cooke: It was just that.

It’s rare that teenagers are depicted in a way that’s not just a fantasy to teenagers. They’re real people. They’re much more astute to things nowadays. They’re exposed to a lot

of things. They’re smarter. It’s much harder to fool a teenager. Then they’re given a tragic circumstance to try to overcome. You’re not equipped with the things to be able to cope when you have to deal with that stuff. You never are, but especially at that age. It’s just so confusing. Thomas Mann: The honesty. As an actor you get to play all these

different things. At least for my character you get to do all these crazy accents and be in all these fun films, but then also it’s so emotionally resonant. You get to go to these deep places that, as an actor, I hadn’t really gotten to go to before. It’s so rare that you get to find a role that allows you to play this wide range of emotions. And the honesty of the characters is something that just reminded me about the kind of teenager I was in high school and how I might have dealt with this situation similar to this. R.J. Cyler: For me it was a sense of familiarity. It’s just like each character in the movie was somebody that was relatable to somebody in the crowd. So, you know, when this plays on the screen, it’s somebody in the crowd or in the audience that’s just like, ‘Oh, that’s me.’ I think that’s another thing that makes it close to the audience that watches it. In my case, it’s Earl, obviously. I thought Jesse and Alfonso were stalking me throughout my 20 years because they knew who I was and just

IF YOU GO Me and Earl and the Dying Girl opens in theaters nationwide this Friday, June 19.

played it off by writing a movie with me in it. ….When I read the script I just had to have it.

Thomas, I read in the notes that after the audition with RJ you felt that he was the right person for the role, that he was Earl. Is that true? He just had this really raw quality. It’s not like he had over rehearsed the scenes and had one way to do them. He was so open to direction and kind of reacted to what I was doing. It just felt right. It’s not something you can explain or teach even, but he had this natural quality. I felt like the whole time we were shooting I was working hard to be as natural as he just already is.

Considered a nerd by those in his neighborhood and bullied by students at his school because he dresses differently, studies a lot, and plays in a punk band with his friends Jib and Diggy, Malcolm is simply trying to navigate through the minefield of high school and the dangers of living in his neighborhood, The Bottoms. An invitation to a party by local drug dealer Don (A$ap Rocky) gives Malcolm the chance to try to connect with Don’s girlfriend Nakia (Zoë Kravitz) with whom he is smitten, and leads Malcolm into a situation where his whole life turns upside down. Directed and written by Rick Famuyiwa (The Wood, Brown Sugar), Dope (which opens in theaters on Friday) is the coming-of-age tale of Inglewood, Calif. high school senior Malcolm (Shameik Moore), who lives and breathes ’90s hip hop culture and hopes to one day attend Harvard. His bandmates Jib and Diggy are played by Tony Revolori of The Grand Budapest Hotel and Kiersey Clemons from the Amazon series Transparent. A fan of ’90s hip hop in real life, the Atlanta native’s showbiz career began in 2011 with appearances on Tyler Perry’s House of Pain and BET’s scripted series Reed Between The Lines. In 2012, Moore made his film debut in the Queen Latifah/ Dolly Parton film Joyful Noise, and a year later, he became a series regular on the teen live-action sketch comedy series Incredible Crew, created and produced by Nick Cannon.

His big break

Olivia, you mentioned at the Q&A that you chose to shave your head for the role after going to Children’s Hospital and also created a chart of Rachel’s

For Moore, Dope is a major step. “It feels great,” he said in a phone conversation with the Banner. “It’s a lead role. I would dream about that happening. I don’t take it for granted. I get to work with some amazing people and it’s being seen by the world. I was able to bring Malcolm to life and I’m just extremely thankful for it and the position that I’m in right now.” While in Atlanta, Moore would audition for roles by sending in videos. He did the same for

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On November 23, 2012, 45 year-old Michael Dunn attended his son’s wedding in Jacksonville, Florida with his girlfriend Rhonda. After the reception, the couple stopped at a gas station where they pulled in next to a red Dodge Durango blasting rap music. Dunn asked the teenagers sitting inside to lower the volume. When they refused, a heated exchange ensued. According to Dunn, one of them in the back seat opened the door and leveled a shotgun directly at him. In fear for his own life, he pulled out his own pistol and emptied it into the car, mortally wounding 17 yearold Jordan Davis. Instead of immediately calling the police, Dunn fled the scene.

visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGl1IwNwSgo But he was eventually apprehended with the help of a bystander who had scribbled down his license plate number and reported it to the authorities. The trial drew national attention because it focused on yet another incident involving the shooting of an unarmed, young black male by a white man in Florida where trigger-happy aggressors tend to avoid prosecution by relying on a Stand Your Ground rationale. Just the year before, George Zimmerman had successfully invoked the statute as giving him the right to ignore a 911 operator’s explicit order to stay in his car and

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The documentary 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets revisits the killing of a Florida teen-ager and the court case and conviction that followed. not pursue Trayvon Martin. Thus, the burning question in this instance became whether Dunn might also somehow prevail in the face of damning testimony from Jordan’s three friends, who survived the attack, that none of them had threatened Dunn and that there was no gun in the Durango.

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Furthermore, Jordan couldn’t have opened the back door even if he wanted to, since the car’s child-proof lock would have prevented him. And the icing on the cake was that Dunn’s own girlfriend would testify for the prosecution, admitting that he fabricated a bunch of alibis after the fact, like the claim that Jordan had brandished a weapon.

Still, to be found not guilty, all Dunn needed to do was convince the jury that his fears were wellfounded and that his response was reasonable. But because it was also clear that Jordan and his friends had not broken the law,

the case would ostensibly serve as a test of whether black lives mattered in the eyes of the supposedly colorblind criminal justice system. Directed by Marc Silver, 3½

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chemotherapy. Did you find that after meeting the young girl at the hospital, that that was necessary to get into the role of Rachel? Definitely. Just seeing how still she was on the bed and kind of just void of anything that would distinguish her. When you shave your head, that’s kind of your identity just gone. You look almost

like a newborn. You haven’t grown into yourself yet, but yet she still had One Direction posters on the wall. She loved popular culture. She was very much a 16-year-old. You’re still the same person. You don’t lose your personality or your sense of humor or lose what you learn or what you don’t learn because you’re going through this illness. Seeing that, I didn’t want to make Rachel a victim or a tragic character. ‘Oh, she’s so strong.’ She’s the stronger one out of this

relationship with Greg. But, I think it was very necessary for me to shave my head. Just for me as an actress to get into the role and to feel all the emotions; to try and feel as much as possible without actually having cancer. The scene where I tell Greg the reveal, where I lost all my hair and I tell Greg, ‘I feel so ugly.’ We shaved my hair the night before and I don’t think I’ve ever been as honest as I was

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continued from page 13 Dope and said he couldn’t believe it when he got the call that the movie studio wanted to fly him out to LA. “I was in the dance studio and my manager called and told me and I was like ‘Oh, snap!’ because this could be for real. The dude that taped me said that this was my best audition and then told me that they really wanted me, that it was possible I could be booking this role. So I went out to LA and ended up booking the role. The whole process was kind of like ‘Yo, this is it!’ It came out of nowhere. I did hundreds of auditions on tape and finally got one.” In making this film, the 20-yearold Moore was able to combine his love of music and acting. He worked on the soundtrack with Pharrell Williams, one of the executive producers on the film as well as music supervisor. “It was amazing working with Pharrell. To be able to work with

him directly and watch him create and edit and write — that was a treat. It’s amazing. I’m not just watching it on TV, and I’m not reading about it, and I’m not hearing somebody else tell me about it. I’m watching it for myself in the moment — watching somebody create. I thought that was amazing.” Next up for the talented musician/actor is the musical drama series The Get Down, produced by Baz Lurhman and due out on Netflix next year. Moore also has an upcoming music project called 30058, the Atlanta zip code where he grew up. He hopes to release it online via his website. Moore says his goal is to show everybody that he’s still doing music but is getting them ready for the album. It’s “for the people that have been supporting me since I was 12 or have followed me on my journey. They’ll appreciate seeing me keep up with what I’ve been doing,” he says. “It’s also for the people that are just now finding out about me being able to see where I’ve been and look forward to where I’m going.”

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in any other thing I’ve done. I felt everything. But also visually I didn’t want anything on me like a massive big bulky bald cap to take anyone out of the film because the whole film is so honest. That would definitely have taken everyone out of the movie.

R.J., this was your first movie. How do you feel? I feel like a flower. I never got the chance to open up. I feel really, really, really blessed to be on this movie as my first, and also at the same time a little scared because it doesn’t get any better than this. You’ve got the perfect director, perfect cast, perfect script, and perfect writer. It’s also fun. It was literally the perfect set, the perfect movie to be a part of. And so, they’ve set the bar so high, I’m like ‘Dammit, you can’t get better than this.’ Now, every other director or cast has to live up to this.

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ouisiana Creole food is food of the country, not the city. It stars tomatoes (a notable difference from city Cajun food) and is a blend of Italian, Spanish, Caribbean, Native American, Portuguese and other cultures. When preparing the ingredients for this take on a Creole salad, keep in mind how they will look on the plate and fit on the fork. In a single mouthful, there should be some of everything — rice, vegetables and shrimp. A good way to show off the shrimp’s curly shape and make sure they mix easily with everything else is to cut them crosswise into about 1-inch pieces. A pound of unshelled shrimp will be more than enough for the recipe. Use any extra shrimp whole to decorate the salad or put in the fridge for some lucky person’s lunch the next day.

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n 2 ½ cups cooked long-grain white rice n 1 cup grape tomato halves n 2⁄3 cup diced celery n 1⁄3 cup diced green bell pepper n 1 ½ cups (8 ounces) cooked shrimp, cut into bite-size pieces n 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil n 3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar n 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves n ½ teaspoon salt n 1⁄8 teaspoon ground red pepper In a large bowl combine rice, tomatoes, celery, bell pepper and shrimp. In another bowl whisk oil, vinegar, thyme, salt and pepper. Pour over salad. Mix gently with a large spoon. Serves 4. — Recipe by Jean Kressy. Photo by Teresa Blackburn.

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THURSDAY DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACT OF INCARCERATION Personal story of author, “Alicia Jefferson,” who grew up as a child with parents in prison and Andrea James, a dedicated worker for “Families for Justice as Healing” will discuss raising public awareness about the incarceration of women and the impact of children in our communities. Thursday, June 18, 5:30-7:30pm, Dudley Branch Library, 65 Warren St., Roxbury, 617-442-6186 Contact: Allen Knight.

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Hillside St. in Milton. Saturday, June 20 at 1pm. The Southeastern Massachusetts Adult Walking Club meets each weekend on either a Saturday or Sunday at 1:00 for recreational walks. This club is open to people of 16 years of age and older, and there is no fee to join. Walks average 2 to 5 miles. New walkers are encouraged to participate. The terrain can vary: EASY (mostly level terrain), MODERATE (hilly terrain), DIFFICULT (strenuous & steep). Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites. Some DCR sites charge a parking fee. The rangers recommend wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.

UPCOMING

JUNE 19 AND 20

SPRING TOURS AT FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (Olmsted NHS), located at 99 Warren Street in Brookline is offering regular tours of the historic Olmsted design office and Olmsted-designed grounds on Friday June 19 and Saturday June 20 at 10:00, 11:00, 1;00, 2:00, and 3:00. The tours take roughly 45 minutes, and admission is free. In addition, visitors are welcome to view self-guided exhibits on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12-4:00pm and Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30am - 4:00pm. For further information on Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, on-site tours, and other programs, please visit www.nps.gov/ frla or call 617-566-1689 Monday through Saturday. The site is a 15-minute walk from the Brookline Hills Green Line MBTA station and also walkable from the MBTA’s #60 bus that runs between Kenmore Station and Chestnut Hill. Limited parking is availSUDOKU Easy able on-site for those coming by car. Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site was the Brookline, Massachusetts home and 9 4 8 7 5 1 3 6 2 office of America’s premier parkmaker and the designer of the Emerald Necklace park system. Now administered by the National Park Service as one of its 407 sites around the United States, Olmsted NHS was for nearly1a century 5 2 the6headquarters 8 3 4of the 9 first 7 full-scale professional landscape architecture office in the United States. The site maintains 3 the6 Olmsted 7 2Archives, 9 4 a collection 8 1 5of the Olmsted firm’s plans, drawings, photographs, and other work product for thousands of landscapes around the continent. 8 3 1 9 4 2 7 5 6 2

for children as young as 3 up to adults. In 2014, we were joined by Olympia Fencing Center, who provided demonstrations with six of their fencing members. CRC’s Sunday Parkland Games actively engage community members of all ages to enjoy the Charles River and the parklands. All activities are free of charge and the program does not require registration — anyone can attend, and all are welcome to participate. For more information and updates, email crc@thecharles.org, or call 617-608-1410.

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The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has announced that its popular summer series of ParkARTS Watercolor Painting Workshops will return during the month of June at five Boston locations. Local art instructors welcome artists of all skill levels to join them and capture Boston’s historic parks in bloom. The free workshops include instruction and materials provided. All classes are held from 12-2pm weather permitting. This summer’s featured instructor is Brigid Watson, a Boston-based artist, writer, and educator represented by Hallspace Gallery in Boston and four eleven studio in Provincetown. Watson holds a master’s degree from New York University and undergraduate degrees from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University. She has taught art at numerous local institutions including the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and the Eliot School. Dates and locations for the workshops are as follows: Boston Public Garden — Saturday, June 20; Kelleher Rose Garden, 70 Park Dr., Fenway — Sundays, June 21 & 28; Muddy River Round House, Riverway (opposite Short Street) — Saturday, June 27. For further information on the workshops and other ParkARTS programs, please call 617-635-4505 or visit the Parks Department online at www. cityofboston/parks or www.facebook.com/ bostonparksdepartment.

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continued from page 1 Secondary Education, warned that the bills rolling back testing would “put us in non-compliance with federal education policy.” In 2012, Massachusetts was granted a flexibility waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act, the latest version of federal education policy enacted under President Bush in 2001. The anti-testing bills, he said, would either put that flexibility waiver at risk or jeopardize $200 million in federal Title I funds. Chester added that the potential funding cut “would disproportionately impact urban school districts with disproportionately low income, English Language Learner students.”

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However, Scott Lang, who served as mayor of New Bedford from 2006 to 2012, followed them with a passionate testimony against testing, based on what he characterized as all-too-common observations. “Many of these kids [who don’t pass the tests] are part of the achievement gap, below the poverty line,” he said. “We’re setting up a caste system. …We can’t tell someone, ‘You don’t get a diploma, even though you would’ve if you went to Tabor,’” he said, referring to the private school located in Buzzards Bay. Private schools are exempt from the testing graduation requirement that applies to public schools. “I believe in assessment, I believe in accountability — I don’t believe, though, in setting up a

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Scott Lang system for failure,” he said. “I’ve seen an awful lot of kids locked out of society because of this test.” Other bill supporters echoed similar equity concerns as the hearing moved from the small room in which it began to Gardner Auditorium to accommodate the large turnout. “We think few would argue that resources differ significantly from district to district,” testified Juan Cofield, President for the NAACP New England Area Conference. “Some are fortunate and some are not so fortunate,” he said. “It’s a matter of resources and the equal education we provide for all our citizens.” Barbara Fields of the Black Educators Alliance of Massachusetts voiced similar concerns. “The overuse and misuse of high-stakes testing has resulted in the denial of high school diplomas, especially to economically disadvantaged children,” she said. Others focused on the disparate

impact that they said testing requirements had on students with learning disabilities and non-native English speakers. “I’m a fan of standards, but in what moral universe is it acceptable to have standards that neglect ELL and Special Education students?” asked Dr. Louis Kruger, an associate professor at Northeastern University who specializes in school psychology. He added that while an alternative assessment exists for special education students, it is a “dead end” for almost all who attempt it. He said that last year, out of 964 special education students who attempted the ELA assessment, only one was able to score the required minimum score of “needs improvement” or higher.

Civil rights cited both ways

However, concerns about civil rights and education equity were voiced just as forcefully from those who testified against the bills, saying that standardized testing provided them with the best tools to elevate their performance and better serve their students. One teacher who testified in favor of standardized tests provided the most emotional statements of the day. “This is a civil rights issue,” said Bernadine Lormilus, a 5th grade teacher at the Channing Elementary School in Hyde Park, her voice wavering as she began to cry. “All our students need to have some standards. … We need to do what we need to do for these children, because they want to learn, and we can’t ignore them.” She read aloud letters from her students that conveyed their dreams for their futures and referred to the standardized tests

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as helping to facilitate their education. “They want to be surgeons and doctors,” she said through tears to the Joint Committee on Education. Kalimah Rahim, who teaches AP Literature at New Mission High School in Hyde Park, said she opposed the bills up for discussion because of her personal experience in a Boston public schools system that did not adequately serve many of her peers. “When I was in school in the ‘70s, it was possible to graduate from high school and be functionally illiterate,” she said. She added that as an AP teacher, a structured curriculum proved helpful. “I’m not teaching to the test – I’m teaching skills,” she said. She clarified in a conversation with the Banner after the hearing that even though she taught AP classes, her class was open to a broader range of students than one might assume, including students with a range of special education needs. Another woman who did not want to give her name or the name of her school district for fear of how it might impact her professionally testified in favor of the testing requirement. As a special education teacher, she said, the requirement provided her students with valuable lessons. “Many of my students do not pass the MCAS on their first try – in their own words, it’s because they ‘Didn’t really try,’” she said. “It teaches them even if they didn’t pass the first time, they need to regroup and try harder next time. I can think of no better lesson [for life],” she concluded. Brittany Vetter, an English teacher from the charter school Excel Academy in Chelsea, testified in favor of the testing requirement. She acknowledged that while society was “not fair,” testing was a useful tool for teachers to help address such concerns. “Our only option is to defy the odds and gain access to opportunities to change the system,” she concluded. To that end, she said, standardized testing had helped her to be more effective as a teacher. “Student tests are an imperfect

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measurement,” she added. “However, without them, we would have not method for seeing how our students stack up and how to alter our approach – [and] how we are delivering on the promise to help students defy the odds.”

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Aside from the broader issue of whether testing should be done at all, Massachusetts is undergoing changes with respect to which test to use. While most are familiar with the MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) standardized test, the state is now wrapping up a two-year test-drive of an alternative assessment tool known as PARCC. During the trial period, about half of Massachusetts school districts opted to use PARCC instead of MCAS for grades 3 through 8, with the exception of the larger districts of Boston, Springfield and Worcester, where the choice was made on a school-by-school basis. A final decision on the implementation of PARCC statewide will be made this fall by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. A spokesperson for the department reached by phone could not give a more specific time for the decision than the fall. The 10th-grade MCAS test will continue to serve as the benchmark graduation requirement through the class of 2019. Members of the Boston Student Advisory Council have voiced their hopes for changes on testing regardless of the test used. “BSAC believes that standardized tests can provide helpful information to teachers and administrators, but we have concerns about how the information is used and how we see it negatively impacting education,” the group said in an emailed statement. The group drafted a series of recommendations in partnership with another group known as Youth Organizers United for a Now Generation, calling for not only the end of standardized testing as a graduation requirement and an evaluation method for teachers, but also a limit of three standardized tests per student – once in elementary, middle and high school.

On May 22, 2015 Mr. Henry W. Taylor Jr. formerly of Roxbury ( Cabot St. ) Ma. died unexpectedly at his home in Detroit, Mich., at the age of 68. His death was caused by a severe asthma attack. A home going service was held on June 1, 2015 at Holy Tabernacle Church, Dorchester. He was intermed at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Mattapan. A repass was held in Grove Hall at BIFFS. Visit Henry W. Taylor’s Facebook.

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It isDWwithDishwasher deep sadness that the The Johnson Family announces the passing of their beloved mother, Ms. Joyce W/D Washer/Dryer Elaine Johnson. Born Joyce Elaine Gibbons on September Heating and Air Conditioning 25, 1932 in Newport, Rhode Island. She lived her formative years in Newport with her parents, then moved her own family to Boston. Joyce was an intricate member in building Boston’s ABCD educational program. She dedicated many years of service to community activism by providing educational opportunities to the youth of Boston, as well as her seven children. Joyce was preceded in death by her 203 Linden Ponds Way, Hingham, MA 02043 781-337-2255 1-800-832-5319 parents, Ernest orand Theodora Gibbons, as well as one child, ERICKSONLIVING.COM her son, Eric Johnson. Joyce is survived by: three (3) brothers Ernest Gibbons Jr., Charlie Gibbons and Ted Gibbons, all of Newport, RI. Joyce leaves her legacy of six (6) children: Robert Johnson (Hyde Park, MA), Lynn Baxter (Norfolk, VA), Robin Johnson (Mattapan, MA), Rynel Johnson (New York, NY), Rhonda Johnson (Mattapan, MA) and Woodie “Chuckie” Johnson (Dorchester MA). Joyce’s legacy continues on through her grand children, great-grand children, nieces and nephews; all of whom she knew by name, until she took her last breathe at Brigham & Women’s Hospital on Friday, June 5, 2015.

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The Gibbons-Johnson Family will honor their mother’s and sister’s wishes with an intimate ceremony of “returning of the ashes”, in her hometown of Newport, RI. Cards of well wishes can be sent to 38 Algonquin Street, Dorchester MA 02124. If you knew Joyce, then you know that her garden is vibrant of color and full of life this time of year…remember her in this same fashion.

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Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. L1242-C1, FY16-18 LOGAN AIRFIELD PAVEMENT REPAIRS TERM CONTRACT, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) IN THE BID ROOM AT 11:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015.

The work includes CRACK FILLING; PAVEMENT PATCHING; ADJUSTMENT OF UTILITY STRUCTURES; COAL-TAR AND ASPHALT EMULSION SLURRY SEAL; SEALING OF PCC PAVEMENTS; JOINT, CRACK, AND SPALL REPAIR OF PCC PAVEMENT; MILLING; REHABILITATION OF TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY IN-PAVEMENT LIGHTS; BITUMINOUS AND PORTLAND/HYDRAULIC CEMENT PAVING; GROOVING; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; PAVEMENT MARKINGS REMOVAL; AND ON-CALL REPAIR OF AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000). A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $10,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1013-C3, SARATOGA STREET SIDEWALK LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015.

The work includes CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING, POLES, BASES, HANDHOLES, CONTROL PANEL, AND FOUNDATIONS, INCLUDING NEW UNDERGROUND DUCT BANKS AND WIRING. WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE REMOVAL OF BRUSH, AND APPLICATION OF LOAM AND SEED. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($170,000). A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and /

LEGAL or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000 Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than Four and Nine Tenths Percent (4.9%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in Article 84 of the General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1527-C1, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND CONTROLS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, AND SEAPORT DISTRICT, SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015.

The work includes MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; AND REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT OF IN-PAVEMENT LOOP DETECTORS, VEHICLE DETECTORS AND ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE EQUIPMENT THAT SUPPLY THESE STATIONS. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000). A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

LEGAL (93A) MP 8.04, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (CLASS 1 – GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION and CLASS 4A-STEEL SUPERSTRUCTURES, PROJECT VALUE - $4,500,000), can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on July 20th, 2015. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly. The work under this Contract consists of the temporary and permanent relocation of MBTA power , signal, and communications systems; the site preparation, excavation, and grading; traffic signage, and traffic controls; the construction of the roadway by lowering profile and adjusting existing utilities in two stages; the installation of temporary abutment and pier extensions for staging area; the preassembly of proposed concrete encased steel beams (CESB) bridge superstructure; the demolition of the existing bridge superstructure; the placement of the proposed bridge superstructure; the construction of precast approach slabs; the repairs of existing abutment and pier walls; the placement of roadway top course and pavement markings. This Contract is subject to a financial assistance Contract between the MBTA and the Federal Transit Administration of U.S. Department of Transportation. FTA Participation 80 percent. Bidders’ attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of 7 percent. Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/cur rent_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Francis A. DePaola, P.E. Interim General Manager of the MBTA June 15, 2015 INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.

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To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

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Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Marion Evelyn Jones Date of Death: 12/01/2013 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Monique Sherell Jones of Roxbury, 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 Monique Sherell Jones of Roxbury, 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 07/02/2015. 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: June 01, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU15P1330EA

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

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

To all interested persons:

Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200 BOSTON, MA 02110 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date. Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. H73CN01, NEEDHAM LINE OVER LAGRANGE STREET, BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION, BRIDGE NO. B-16-119

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Viviene Ellis Date of Death: 12/01/2011

A petition has been filed by Paula Ellis of Snellville, GA and Alwin Thomas of Randolph, 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 Neufield Ellis of Boston, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve With Corporate 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 07/09/2015. 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: June 04, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

receipt of a separate non-refundable check payable to BSC Group, Inc. in the amount of $25.00 to cover handling and mailing fees. The selected contractor shall furnish a performance bond and payment bond in amount at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price as stipulated in Section GENERAL CONDITIONS of these specifica22 • Thursday, June00700 18, 2015 • BAY STATE BANNER tions. Anticipated funding for this project will be from the Unite States

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The Holbrook Housing Authority announces the opening of the 705 3-bedroom Family Waiting List and the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) list for all standard and emergency applications beginning Tuesday, July 14, 2015 until Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Applications are available between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at the Holbrook Housing Authority, 1 Holbrook Court, Holbrook, MA 02343, or by calling (781) 767-0024. Applications can also be downloaded at www.mass.gov/dhcd. On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 a • Relocation lottery will be heldBuying at the office•ofSelling the HHA located at 1 Holbrook Ct.

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Waterside Place Type

Rent

% Income

1 Bed

$1365

Up to 80%

2 Bed

$1560

Up to 80%

3 Bed

$1755

Up to 80%

Maximum Income Limits for Households is 80% AMI which is as follows: HH size

80%

$55,150

$63,050

$70,900

$78,800

$85,100

$91,400

From Thursday June 18th through Wednesday June 24th applications can be requested by phone (617.936.0004) or email (watersideplace@bozzuto.com) supplying Waterside Place with your name and mailing address. Applications may also be picked up at Waterside Place (505 Congress Street, Boston MA) in person on: Friday, June 19th from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Deadline for returning applications is 5 pm on July 1st. Applications can be returned in person to: 505 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 by 5pm until July 1st, or by mail postmarked by July 1, 2015. For more info or reasonable accommodations, Jackie Chancholo, Bozzuto Management Company 617-936-0004 Selection by lottery. Asset, Use & Occupancy Restrictions Apply. Disabled households have preference for 1 wheelchair accessible unit. Preference for Boston Residents. Preference for Households with at least one person per bedroom. Waterside Place is a smoke free community. For more information or reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities call 617.936.0004

HELP WANTED LEASED HOUSING COORDINATOR

Full-time coordinator needed for busy Section 8 Dept. Knowledge of and experience in Section 8 Voucher Program required. Excellent communication and analytical skills, ability to work independently and experience with a variety of populations essential. Related college degree desirable. Contact bvivian@medfordhousing.org for a complete job description. Forward resume, cover letter and salary history to Medford Housing Authority, 121 Riverside Ave., Medford, MA, 02155, or by e-mail as noted above, by July 6, 2015. AA/EOE, Section 3 Employer.

Busy Management Office seeks full time receptionist with excellent communication and organization skills; clerical and computer skills, and ability to multi-task are required. Duties include answering telephone, greeting clients, collecting rents, data entry and filing. Applicant shall be energetic and display a strong desire to succeed. Must Have HS Diploma/GED – Bilingual English/Spanish is a must. Submit resume and cover letter to United Housing Management LLC, 530 Warren Street, Dorchester, Ma 02121 or Fax at 617-442-7231 no later than June 19, 2015. United Housing Management LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Administrative Assistant Regional Planning Agency in Boston seeks Administrative Assistant. This staff position is a core member of MAPC’s three member Administrative team, which supports the 70+ members of the MAPC staff, who work at 60 Temple Place in Downtown Crossing, Boston. This is a full-time position. Base work week is 37.5 hours. This position is non-exempt from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Duties include: Manage Outlook calendar for extremely busy Executive Director, including setting up meetings and juggling multiple schedules both internally and externally; handle all office vendor orders; responsible for timely processing of all Admin invoices; provide courier services to CTPS in the Transportation Building (daily walk, approximately .25 mile) and other locations as requested; serve as chief point person in managing MAPC’s contacts database, answering questions and trouble-shooting technical issues for staff as they collectively maintain MAPC’s database of contacts; assist all staff members with miscellaneous administrative projects, including copy jobs, and mailings; assist all staff members with short-term research tasks.

OCCUPANCY SEPTEMBER 2015

# of Units

Dorchester, MA

Call today to schedule an Information Session: 617-542-1800

The Parc at Medfield offers the ultimate in amenities including a luxurious clubhouse, fitness center, business center with computers, playground and community garden. Spacious apartment homes feature ceramic tile, wood flooring, washers and dryers available, decorator designed kitchens with silestone countertops and are wired for cable TV, internet and phone.

505 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210 Affordable Rental Opportunity

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STRUCTURAL ENGINEER – PORTSMOUTH, NH

Hoyle, Tanner is currently seeking a Mid-Level Structural Engineer with 4 to 8 years of project management experience in structural building design. Successful candidate should have strong Revit and AutoCAD skills with the ability to manage projects independently or with minimal supervision. BSCE and PE required. Please send resume citing career code LMP10615 to: Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc., 100 International Drive, Suite 360, Portsmouth, NH 03801, or e-mail sfournier@hoyletanner.com.

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Qualifications: High School diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree preferred, or student working toward a BA or higher degree. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite programs required; knowledge of databases and customer relationship management (CRM) and content management systems (CMS) preferred. Extensive Outlook Calendar experience required. Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the USA and a valid driver’s license and/or the ability to arrange transportation to meetings in different parts of the region; excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to word process documents, create databases and spreadsheets, and manage multiple activities utilizing electronic communication tools. Salary range from $38,000 - $43,000 for a 37.5 hour week. MAPC employees receive excellent state employee benefits package, including health insurance. Compensation consistent with experience. Benefits based on MAPC’s personnel policy. Please see “Jobs at MAPC” at www.mapc.org and use the link there to apply for the position on-line. Position open until filled. Review of applications begins immediately. MAPC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. MAPC takes pride in the diversity of its workforce and encourages all qualified persons to apply. Thomas E. Hauenstein, Operations Manager. Posted 6/11/15.

Are you interested in a

Healthcare CAREER? Project Hope, in partnership with Partners HealthCare is currently accepting applications for a FREE entry level healthcare employment training program. Program eligibility includes: • • • • •

Have a high school diploma or equivalent Have a verifiable reference of 1 year from a former employer Pass assessments in reading, language, and computer skills Have CORI clearance Be legally authorized to work in the United States

For more information and to register for the next Open House please visit our website at www.prohope.org/openhouse.htm or call 617-442-1880 ext. 218.

The Benjamin Healthcare Center is looking for:

n Director of Nursing (DON): With at least 5 years experience as a DON; 2 years experience as a Nurse Manager; acute clinical skills; BSN preferred and n A Staff Educator/Infectious Control Coordinator: Must be a RN with 3 years clinical experience, Both must have experience in supervision and principles, practice of teaching, communication and leadership skills to work with us at our Long Term Care facility.

Please contact the HR Department at 617-738-1500 Ext 156 or 112.

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EOE/AA A non-profit Community Action Program, in Gloucester, MA, is seeking an

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR To oversee Action Inc.’s non-profit fiscal, operations, fundraising, marketing, human resources, technology, and programmatic strategies and to ensure policies, procedures and management standards and practices are effectively implemented across all segments of the organization. Action, Inc.’s mission is to improve the lives of economically disadvantaged individuals and families on Cape Ann and beyond by minimizing the effects of poverty, promoting economic security, and advocating for social change. Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the position n Strategic Vision and Leadership n Fiscal Responsibility n Program Development Qualifications n Minimum of a BA/BS degree, ideally with an MBA, MPA or related advanced degree. n Minimum 10 years of overall high level management experience, preferably in a nonprofit organization. n Excellent coalition building skills with an ability to communicate and work effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. n Outstanding presentation and communication skills and the experience and proclivity to be an outgoing spokesperson, relationship builder, and fundraiser. n Strong commitment to the professional development of staff; successful track record of recruiting and retaining a diverse team.

Position Available: October 1, 2015 Interested candidates send resume by June 30, 2015 to: Judy Manchester, Director, Human Resources Action, Inc. 180 Main St Gloucester, MA 01930

Email: jmanchester@actioninc.org

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