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Recent cases suggest bias in Mass. justice Yawu Miller

saults, no restraining orders.

From a prosecutor’s perspective, Former state Rep. Carlos Hen- you take that into consideration riquez was expelled from the state and he should have gotten prolegislature by a House vote he and bation or a continuance without a his supporters say had no basis finding.” in state law. Jailed on two misFacing a process similar to demeanor assault charges, Hen- Henriquez’s expulsion from the riquez will likely be released next House, embattled Suffolk County month before the hastily-sched- Register of Probate Patricia Camuled April 29 election to replace patelli is fighting back, challenghim occurs. ing the Trial Court’s authority to Henriquez’s conviction, and remove her from a seat to which the Legislature’s removal of the voters elected her.

Dorchester representative raise inTheir cases differ in some teresting questions about the im- key facets. Henriquez was conpartiality of the victed of a state’s justice misdemeanor system, espeassault for alcially in light of legedly hitting recent cases of a woman and alleged assault. is serving time A Boston in the BillerGlobe invesica House of tigation this Corrections. week revealed His supportthat Jared ers, and sevRemy, son of eral detractors, sports comsay there is mentator Jerry nothing in the Remy, amassed House rules a rap sheet for authorizing the —Russell Holmes body to expel a multiple assaults, threats member for a and harassmisdemeanor. ment of friends, girlfriends and Campatelli was accused of one police officer, but received striking an employee, Timothy no convictions or jail time before Perry, twice in the face, but Perry he was charged last August in the had not filed charges. Also, an murder of a girlfriend. outside investigator uncovered Henriquez was convicted of allegations that Campatelli reguassaulting a woman Jan. 15. His larly used foul language in front of sentence, 2-and-a-half years with employees, took lengthy and fresix months served, was highly quent cigarette breaks and mainunusual, according his attorney, tained Spartan office hours.

Stephanie Soriano-Mills.

She is currently on paid leave “I was a prosecuting attor- from her $122,500-a-year job ney for four years,” she said. “It’s while a special committee of the something I never would have Supreme Judicial Court reviews recommended for someone with her case. bias, continued to page 13 no prior record. He had no as-

“There is no rule that says if you go to jail, we can remove you from office.”

Barry Lawton, a candidate for the 5th Suffolk District House seat speaks during a forum at the First Church of Dorchester. Looking on are candidates (l-r) Evandro Carvalho, Karen Charles Peterson and Jennifer Johnson. (Banner photo)

Candidates for 5th Suffolk seat debate issues at forum Yawu Miller The forum for the 5th Suffolk District could have ended at the candidates’ opening statements.

The auditorium at the First Parish Church was packed with supporters of the four candidates who showed at the forum with no discernable undecideds in the room.

With little separating the Democratic candidates on policy issues, each delved into their back stories and work experience to distinguish themselves.

Evandro Carvalho came to Dorchester from Cape Verde knowing no English, graduated at the top of his class at Madison Park High School before pur-

suing a career in corporate law that he ended to return to the Dorchester community to be of service.

Karen Charles Peterson grew up in the district, has had experience in city and state government and wants to work on safer streets, support small businesses and enhance the local public schools.

Jenifer Johnson moved to Dorchester 20 years ago, drawn by the neighborhood’s racial and economic diversity. She’s on the board of the Bowdoin Geneva Main Streets organization and sees economic opportunity as the key to solving the 5th Suffolk District’s problems with crime and a lack of affordable housing.

Barry Lawton’s extensive experience in the State House has given him an edge over the other candidates — he’s the only one who has written legislation and shaped the laws that govern the Commonwealth.

Questioned whether they approves lifting the cap on charter schools, thereby reducing funding going to Boston’s public school system, most of the candidates said they favored increasing funding for both charter and public schools.

“As the debate over charters goes on, the funding is still decreasing,” Lawton said.

“It’s not a yes or no answer,” Charles Peterson said. “We need forum, continued to page 8

School department intervenes at Madison Martin Desmarais

Interim Boston School Superintendent John McDonough last week announced the district would be intervening in the running of Madison Park Technical/Vocational High School. (Banner photo)

Boston Public Schools publicly stepped in last week to try and save troubled Madison Park High Technical/Vocational High School, which has been plagued by poor test scores, poor attendance and hardly any internship participation from its students.

With the backing of Mayor Martin Walsh, Interim Superintendent John McDonough began what BPS is calling an “immediate intervention” at the school.

“It’s time for action,” Mayor

Walsh said. “There have been promises made to these students but not enough progress. These students have tremendous potential and they need to see real changes. The existing Innovation Plan is our roadmap to success and I have called an exceptional team together to put it in place.

The most shocking numbers revealed by BPS are that, in a technical/vocational school specifically designed to teach kids trades to put to use in the professional world Madison Park, continued to page 6

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Women’s group fosters business connections

Women We Made It Events’ annual Holiday Bazaar is one of the many ways the organization encourages growth for local women entrepreneurs. (Photo courtesy of Be You Photos) Kassmin Williams The decision to close the brick and mortar accessory boutique for Fleur De Lis and launch an online store didn’t come easy for Boston resident Anna Foster.

However, the experience created a yearning to help others keep their small businesses afloat and led to the launch of the Women We Made It Events, a network that celebrates the personal and professional achievements of women.

“The literal meaning [of WWMI Events] is that the events we do are done to enhance and promote the growth, personally and professionally, of women,” Foster said. “The figurative meaning is a definitive statement of sisterhood.”

WWMI has an empowerment group of about 200 women, Foster said.

Foster founded Women We Made It Events as a way to bring entrepreneurs and potential customers together in one room through quarterly “Girl’s Day Out” shopping events starting in 2010.

“Because the economy has changed so much, you’re consumed with running the business and staying afloat,” Foster said.

“The economy doesn’t allow for business owners to get out and network. With WWMI Events, it kind of brought you to the forefront of your prospective customer base.”

This year, WWMI has taken it a step further with the launch of its “Empowerment Series,” monthly

events meant to “strengthen business practices and add value to the women’s professional and personal lives through professional and social events,” Foster said.

The events alternate month-tomonth between a professional and social event.

The upcoming event in the yearlong series is a single’s mixer to bring together single Boston professionals.

The mixer is on April 13 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at City Limits in Randolph.

The series kicked off in January with a New Year’s brunch at Skye Lounge in Newton.

The event featured Monica Cost, author of “The Things I Used to do to Sneeze!: How to Live an Authentic Life with Awesome Sensations,” which documents her journey to a more genuine life, which followed a career switch and confronting emotional woes.

The talk resonated with attendee Katia Powell who runs nonprofit Strive 2020, which aims to create healthier generations by promoting a healthy and active lifestyle.

Powell’s mission to create healthier generations pushed her to change directions in her advanced education, something she felt comfortable sharing after hearing Cost speak.

“Before I never said [I switched my Ph.D. program] out loud,” Powell said. “I said it in my head,

but never out loud.”

Known as the “health guru,” Powell also works as a holistic health practitioner running fitness camps and educating individuals on healthy eating.

Powell participated in WWMI’s Holiday Bazaar last December where she had a table to market her services and said the exposure has made her more visible in the Boston.

The network has helped to keep Powell grounded and focused on her goal to prevent obesity and end health disparities in urban communities, she said.

“WWMI empowers me to keep on doing what I’m doing because I’ve been on this entrepreneur jour-

ney for more than a year and you get tired,” Powell said.

In February, WWMI invited women to a photo-shoot that could be used as a confidence builder or an opportunity to get professional shots of products or new headshots.

The March event brought the women together to participate in a financial workshop.

In the course of four years, WWMI has grown to not only hold its own events, but to also partner with other groups as an event organizer and consultant.

Tickets for the single’s mixer can be purchased on eventbrite.com by typing “WWMI single’s mixer” in the search bar.

Women We Made It Events recently launched a women’s empowerment series that included a New Year’s brunch and talk with brand strategist Monica Cost, who discussed her book “The Things I Used to do to Sneeze!: How to Live an Authentic Life with Awesome Sensations.” (Photo courtesy of Women We Made It Events)

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Sen. Warren convenes local businesses, U.S. agencies

As part of the “Mass. Business Matchmaker” event at Roxbury Community College, area businesses were able to sit down and pitch to government agencies and government contractors in an effort to pursue federal sector contracts.

Martin Desmarais Small businesses got a chance to pitch their services to government agencies and government contractors in a bid to get a piece of the multi-billion-dollar pie that is offered by the federal sector every year.

The event, which was attended by about 200 Massachusetts small businesses at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, featured 25 government agencies and prime contractors — including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Transportation on the federal end, as well as giants such as Raytheon, BAE Systems and Booz Allen Hamilton on the private contractor end.

Small businesses in attendance had the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with agency representatives and contractors to learn about possible contracts in the region.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren was on hand to kick off the “Mass.

Business Matchmaker” event, as were leaders from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, the General Services Administration and the Small Business Administration.

“We are here to produce some jobs,” she said. “We are here to produce some jobs here in Massachusetts. There is work to be done and the good news is we have people who are here to do the work.”

She pointed out that the contractors at the event had large deals in place with the federal government and have a responsibility to use small business to help them fulfill parts of their contracts. She said they “need the work that small businesses do.”

Among the other speakers was Steven D. Wert, program executive officer for the U.S. Air Force.

Wert told those small businesses

owners at the event that there are billions of dollars of opportunity through federal work each year.

He also emphasized that the Air Force, in particular, is increasing its efforts to work with small businesses.

“We will be interacting with you much more,” Wert said. “Our attitude that we are trying to convey, I think across the board, is whatever our attitude was in the past we are engaging small businesses now.”

On the floor at the Reggie Lewis Track the small businesses included minority-owned business, women-owned business, veteran-owned businesses and family-owned businesses.

Daniel Skeritt and Yemisi Oluwole, owners of the Somerville-based Pinctada Banquets & Events LLC, said the opportunity to meet face-to-face with government agencies and prime contractors and learn about access into the federal sector is invaluable.

“It is an outstanding presentation that opens up many opportunities for small businesses,” Skeritt said.

“It is about access,” Oluwole added. “It is a very good way to make that connection with an opportunity.”

Pinctada Banquets & Events is a minority-owned business.

Skeritt and Oluwole said that they have attended other similar events in the past and try to do so at least once a month and even more if possible.

They said that even if they don’t get any immediate contracts from a business-networking-type event, sometimes a connection made can lead to business or a referral down the road.

“You have to build relationships. That is the primary opportunity that you have,” Oluwole said.

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ing company the Fields Group LLC three months ago, said this was the first time he attended an event that connected him to government agencies and contractors.

Fields’ is a minority-owned business that is based out of Concord, Mass., and he said he welcomed any insight that could possible connect his startup with the lucrative government sector. His hope was that the event would lead to some business.

“We are here to get to know some of those people who represent some of the prime contractors,” said Fields. “We are interested in doing some business for them.”

Natalie Leveille and Audrey Lewis attended the event representing their family-owned business Eagle Trophy, which specializes in laser engraving and is headquartered in Fitchburg.

They said that Eagle Trophy is looking to expand its business and that the federal sector is an area of high interest for them.

“We are trying to get a foot into the government business,” said Leveille.

They both said the business matchmaking aspect of the event was exactly the kind of interaction with government sector companies they were hoping to get — and they praised the state’s efforts in organizing it.

“It is great for organizations to set up these events, so you should take advantage of these opportu-

nities,” said Lewis.

“It is a good thing the state and the government are getting involved with small businesses,” Leveille added.

Unlike many of the other businessmen and businesswomen at the event, William Jimenez was there representing a company that has been around for several decades and has been consistently targeting the government sector.

An account executive at the Fitchburg-based Resource Management Inc., a minority-owned resource outsourcing company, Jimenez said that his company has gotten government business through similar business matchmaking events in the past.

According to Jimenez, what is important is getting in front of potential decision-makers who may stay in touch and reach out when services are needed in the

short term or in the future.

“At an event like this you are planting the seeds — it is the networking stage,” Jimenez said.

“There is a government opportunity because they must do this.”

In her remarks, Wa rren echoed the theme of business opportunities.

“This event is about building opportunities,” she said. “It is opportunities for small businesses to be able to work with the government either directly or to do it through a prime contractor. It is opportunities for government agencies to find some of the best small businesses in America to do their work.

“The way I see this: government agencies are lucky that they can get Massachusetts’ small businesses to work for them, with just the tools to make it happen in this room.”

Daniel Skerrit, center, owner of the Somerville-based Pinctada Banquets & Events LLC, talks to other small business owners at the “Mass. Business Matchmaker” event this week in Roxbury.

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Black teens show strength in confronting adversity When the Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman overdosed on heroin in February, America discovered that the nation has a serious drug problem. Until then, many people thought that drug addiction was essentially an affliction of black, urban communities. After all, published reports indicated that blacks were as much as 13 times more likely than whites to go to jail for the same drug offenses. The natural conclusion was that drug trafficking is much more severe in black areas.

However, data indicate that some forms of drug abuse are prevalent only among whites. Research by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has found that 90 percent of teen heroin addicts are whites living in the suburbs. Their research concluded that the number of youngsters from 12 to 17 using heroin has grown by 80 percent since 2002.

A state police report noted that heroin abuse has grown in Massachusetts. During the last four months ending in February there have been 185 heroin overdoses in Massachusetts, and that does not include the number in Boston, Worcester and Springfield. That information is maintained by the municipal police in those cities. It is generally known that heroin is used primarily by whites.

Nonetheless, there is an unshaken belief that life in the suburbs is the healthiest environment for teenagers. Psychology Today reported that another study found that high schoolers from the affluent suburbs smoke more, drink more and use more hard drugs than their inner-city counterparts. This is contrary to the conventional belief that black youngsters from more challenging circumstances would more readily fall victim to bad habits.

Indeed, life is more difficult in the center cities. According to a report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 67 percent of black children under 18 are raised by single parents, compared to only 25 percent of whites. As a result the median house-

hold income is less. While median income for white households was $51,861 according to the 2012 U.S. Census Statistical Abstract, it was only $32,584 for blacks.

The economic status of blacks was further damaged by the Great Recession from which the nation is still recovering. The median net worth for black households declined to only $4,995 compared to $110,729 for whites. And unemployment for blacks at the end of February was 12 percent, compared with only 5.8 percent for whites. Clearly the standard of living for blacks is substantially inferior to that of whites.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that the primary causes for suicide are employment problems and socio-economic status. According to that standard the suicide rate for blacks should be colossal. However, in 2010 the suicide rate for whites was 14.1 per 100,000 whites in the population, more than twice the rate of 5.1 for blacks.

Contrary to representations of the major media, despite the difficulties of their lives, black teenagers are less likely than the more affluent whites to resort to drinking, smoking or heavy drugs; and black adults are less likely to be addicted to heroin or methamphetamine than their white counterparts. Blacks have proven to be mentally tough in the face of economic adversity but they suffer from repressed anger.

The anger begins when a child believes that he or she has been abandoned by a parent. Then for boys there is the stop and frisk hassle, followed by driving while black. Blacks live in a society where the media continually demeanS them. And the criminal justice system is often abusive. Anger over such treatment is an expected response.

Black leaders must find ways to mollify the anger in order to maximize African American achievement. Black resistance to America’s bad habits is already a great accomplishment, but we must end the school-to-prison pipeline.

Kudos to the Banner for covering the governor’s race (at least the Democratic side). Voters need to take the time to understand who these candidates are, what their positions are and where they come from. Although the state convention hasn’t happened yet, it’s important to have these candidates on record on issues like minimum wage, driver’s licenses for the undocumented and tax reform.

It would be beneficial to the voters if the Banner covered other constitutional officers as well. There are open seats for lieutenant governor, treasurer and attorney general, as well as a contested race for state auditor. Voters need to be paying attention to those positions as well.

As we know from past years, the black vote in Massachusetts is an important swing vote and a major bloc for the Democratic Party in

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OPINION ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ — a single father’s perspective Ron Busby

I must admit, being a single father of two black boys isn’t easy, especially since my wife passed away 12 years ago. From breaking up fights to discussing college and career choices, I’ve learned that being a good father means more than just “being there.”

Decisions are made, things happen, but despite the inevitable bumps in the road of parenthood, I am always proud to see how my two sons have grown into bright young men. Recently, you have heard lots about President Obama’s laudable effort to ensure bright futures for America’s young men of color with “My Brother’s Keeper.”

We agree it makes sense to use his bully pulpit to highlight the challenges faced by black and Latino males and to galvanize solution providers around a common work plan.

What makes a lot less sense to us is how — in the face of dwindling contract awards to Black-owned businesses — we are to remain hopeful that equitable opportunity is within the grasp of black businesses.

For sure, there is lots of happy talk in the president’s proposed budget about commitments to SBA loan guarantees, certified development companies and small business investment companies, millions to the Minority Business Development Agency for technical assistance and money for expansion of Promise Zones designed to focus federal resources in targeted areas, both urban and rural.

Against the backdrop of these huge outlays across education, health care/social services, infrastructure and transportation, let’s suppose that the targeted young black and Latino males successfully scale all the hurdles facing them — that they graduate from high school, matriculate to a community college, four-year institution or trade school and set out to pursue their career aspirations. What awaits them?

Shrinking federal contract awards to black and Hispanic-owned businesses seem to preclude any opportunity at supplying their goods/ services to government agencies. Black (and brown) Kauffman Foundation researcher businesses, given Alicia Robb, said in her study of SBA lending that minority bor- access to the tools rowers are “turning to mainstream that fuel expansion, lenders less because they have a are far more fear of denial, which is warranted.” likely to extend job So, it appears that even commitments of loan guarantees won’t opportunities to young be enough to open access to capi- minority males. tal. Tuition costs are skyrocketing while low-income students face cuts in the availability of tuition assistance. Therefore, repayment without improved employment/entrepreneurial prospects will exacerbate the challenge.

To complicate matters, within minutes of President Obama’s announcement, his political opponents cranked up their “anti-anything-Obama” screed and pronounced “My Brother’s Keeper” not only socialist, but racist, as well. While the program is decidedly neither, it may serve to distract from more immediate, short term fixes.

Growing businesses need employees. Black (and brown) businesses, given access to the tools that fuel expansion, are far more likely to extend job opportunities to young minority males. Hence, it makes at least as much sense to expend effort to ensure that federal, state and local contracts are awarded fairly. And, as always, we will contend that healthy, growing, vibrant black-owned businesses are the best cure for black unemployment.

Among the more hopeful signs of support for “My Brother’s Keeper” is the announcement from The Opportunity Finance Network. OFN, which represents more than 225 community development financial institutions, will pledge $1 billion to expand financing for organizations and initiatives working to help young minority men. While OFN CEO Mark Pinsky has yet to define how his organization will allocate dollars raised from network members, the hope is his organization will encourage more business lending, rather than program development.

There absolutely is room in the national marketplace for a program such as “My Brother’s Keeper.” The challenges faced by young, ethnic minority males are well-documented. The futures of these young men — and the future well-being of the nation — deserve the kind of focused solution-searching described in the blueprint for the effort.

In the meantime, though, black business owners — males and females — face the daunting task of building and sustaining enterprises without the safety net implicit in “My Brother’s Keeper.” If we, as a nation, continue to fall short of fostering the healthy economic environment that we know is essential to long-term prosperity for all Americans, then the work of “My Brother’s Keeper” shall be in vain. Let’s put our actions — and dollars — where our economic futures are, for James 1:22 says, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”

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Why do you think black teens are more likely than white teens to be arrested on drug charges?

I think it’s more or less education.

People in the black community don’t understand the laws and they think they need to earn cash now.

They need more education and opportunity.

I think black teens are just profiled more than white kids are. It has a lot to do with the politics of our community.

I think police mistrust people.

They like to bother minorities more. But I know drugs are not just present in minority populations.

Shawntell Usher

Dewayne Vaughn

Liz Pakula

Poverty is a factor. Lack of education is another. Youths who have more education are less likely to engage in illegal activity.

I think stereotypes are the main reason. Also, where we come from.

Our history makes a difference.

It’s because of where they live and how they grow up. If their parents use drugs, they’re more likely to use drugs.

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Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor is being honored with the Edward W. Brooke Distinguished Public Service Award at the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus 13th Annual Good Guys luncheon on April 3 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel.

The caucus introduced the Good Guys Awards in 2002 to honor men who demonstrate an ongoing commitment and partnership in achieving equality for women. The award recognizes that the goals of attaining parity in politics and equality in American society can only be reached through the concerted efforts of men and women in all areas of professional life.

As Massachusetts’ first African American Secretary of Transportation, Taylor appointed women of color to major positions in his administration including as chair of the MBTA Board of Directors.

He also has encouraged, mentored and supported women and young people to aspire to and attain high

positions in the often challenging business community.

U.S. Senator Edward Brooke said he is “honored to have an award in his name given to someone of Richard’s caliber who has done so much locally and nationally as a respected businessman, entrepreneur, community leader and mentor to so many.”

Taylor is currently the founding director of the Center for Real Estate at Suffolk University, and chairman of the Taylor Smith group where he manages multiple real estate ventures.

A respected community leader, he is active in the NAACP, is a former chair of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts and a founder of the Minority Developers Association.

He is a Rhodes scholar, graduate of Boston University and has a master’s degree in business administration and a law degree from Harvard University.

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Political Caucus is a non-partisan organization founded in 1971 to maximize the participation of women of all ages in the political process and to increase the number of women appointed and elected to public office and public policy positions. Prior Good Guys Awards winners include: Gov. Deval Patrick, Thomas M. Menino, J. Keith Motley, Sen. John Kerry, Byron Rushing and Charles J. Ogletree Jr.

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immediately after high school graduation, only 30 of 1,100 students participated in an internship or co-operative career/vocational opportunity last school year.

BPS officials also released numbers that confirmed the average Madison Park student missed five full weeks of school last year; and one in four Latino students at Madison Park missed more than seven weeks of school.

All this is despite the fact that BPS, Madison Park administration and the Boston School Committee put in place an Innovation Plan in June 2012 that was supposed to improve the school.

This plan called for a longer school day, better partnerships with the business and vocational community, and a school schedule that allows students to train for potential future careers. Following the development of the plan, BPS invested $370,000 in Madison Park to turn it into one of the most technologically advanced schools in the city, purchased $350,000 worth of next textbooks and funneled another $340,000 into new technical and vocational materials.

With over $1 million into the plan, McDonough said last week that not enough progress was made, which prompted the intervention from BPS. McDonough told the Banner that despite the attempts to move forward at Madison Park and some good work that has been done in that regard so far, the current data shows there is still a long way to go and there is no more time to wait around for this to im-

prove.

“Something is wrong,” McDonough said. “I think we have left it in large part to individuals to define their own measurement to student success and we as a school and as a district have not reached a point where we are uniform in our focus, we are uniform in terms of what needs to be done and we are uniform in implementing those things that need to be done … In order to do that we need to reset.”

BPS intervention at Madison Park is being conducted in accordance with the teacher’s union and last week McDonough addressed school staff of the plans, along with Boston Teacher’s Union

including administrators and teachers — that the intervention could result in some staff members being involuntarily reassigned from their positions and could lead to the replacement of some leadership staff.

McDonough said he believes the Innovation Plan but in place in 2012 can still drive the improvement and success of Madison Park, but he only wants staff at the school who are fully committed to the work needed.

“The bottom line, in terms of my thinking, is that the greatest challenge that Madison Park has had and continues to have is that they have not developed a culture

“Something is wrong.”

— John McDonough President Richard Stutman.

BPS will appoint three members to a seven-person intervention team, the teacher’s union will appoint three members to the team and the two organizations will jointly decide on a seventh member. The intervention team will start an assessment of Madison Park to detail the reasons for underperformance and then present a plan for improvement after investigating at the school and talking with students, school staff, parents and members of the surrounding community.

Both McDonough and Stutman told Madison Park staff —

that is uniformly focused on student’s success,” McDonough said.

“Until we develop that culture we are not positioning students to succeed.”

According to McDonough, he anticipates that the staff at Madison Park will be there for the duration of this school year, but beyond that the staff will be driven by only those who are united in the team effort to improve the school. He said there will be an assessment of the staff to determine this.

“We will find out who wants to stay and who does not,” he said.

“For those that want to stay at Madison Park we want to make sure they are truly committed to a different culture.”

In addition to the intervention team, McDonough said he will also appoint a team to be on the ground at Madison Park and help the school through the rest of the school year.

The environment he envisions at Madison Park is one in which the students are welcome, valued and have a clear pathway to suc-

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cess that is clear to them and continually reinforced and supported.

BPS has the support of the Boston School Committee on the Madison Park intervention, and committee chair Michael O’Neill came out publicly to back the move.

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson, chair of the council’s education committee is also backing the effort.

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mitted and dedicated to transforming Madison Park, but until now we have not been united to fully support what students need,” Jackson said in a statement. “It’s time for us to look ahead together, make the tough choices together and deliver world-class vocational training our kids deserve.”

But some close to Madison Park are not as encouraged.

Louis Elisa, a member of Friends of Madison Park Technical/Vocational High School, is skeptical that the intervention will result in anything more than another plan to improve the school.

He said the school already has the Innovation Plan and the staff knows what needs to be done — this does not need to examined again.

“You can’t turn around the school without the tools and resources to do it,” Elisa said. “Support comes from leadership. It comes from the top … I would like to see McDonough do what he said he was going to do and give the headmaster the support she needs to implement the Innovation Plan.

“What I would like to see the school to do is to live up to its potential for young men and women to come in there and get the skills,” he added.

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City Sprouts introduces urban youths to gardening, nature Kassmin Williams Starting in 2012, Cambridge-based nonprofit CitySprouts has worked with Boston Public Schools to bring classroom learning outdoors with its Classroom to Garden Program.

Each summer the organization plants edible gardens at participating schools and assigns the school a Garden Educator and Food Corp member to work with teachers to develop academic lessons around the garden.

CitySprouts founder Jane Hirschi’s initial motivation for starting the Classroom to Garden Program was to provide an opportunity for city kids to spend more time outdoors learning and reconnecting with nature.

“I was hearing, reading and noticing myself that kids just didn’t get to go outside as much,” Hirschi said.

“And when they went outside it was to do something really structured like sports.”

Hirschi alluded to a book titled “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder” by Richard Louv, which addresses the division between today’s technologically-savvy children and nature and its connection with obesity, attention disorders and depression. “[The book] isn’t really about city kids,” Hirschi said. “But I am thinking about city kids and how sad it is for them to grow up without really

knowing nature in their own backyard and thinking nature is something you have to take a bus, train or plane to.”

Taking note from volunteers and other parents bringing edible gardens to schools across the country, Hirschi decided to bring the idea to her kindergarten daughter’s Cambridge elementary school in 2000.

In the first year, CitySprouts worked with three different Cambridge public schools. And within six years, the program became available in all Cambridge elementary and middle schools.

Today, the Cambridge school district views the Classrooms to Garden Program as a significant part of its curriculum, Hirschi said.

The purpose of CitySprouts and the Classroom to Garden Program grew along with the number of partnering schools.

The Classroom to Gardens Program also has a significant health component, Hirschi said.

“We know kids make healthier food choices when their involved in the food growing process,” Hirschi said. “Not all parents have the space or time to do that, so it really makes sense for that to be happening in school.”

In 2012, CitySprouts partnered with the Massachusetts FoodCorps Initiative to bring the Classrooms to Gardens Program to Boston.

The Massachusetts FoodCorps Initiative works to provide greater access to local food to families in

Eastern Massachusetts.

CitySprouts’ Classroom to Garden Program is available in Boston at Mather Elementary School, David Ellis Elementary School, Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School and Dearborn Middle School.

CitySprouts will be leaving Dearborn Middle School at the end of the school year and starting the Classroom to Garden Program at the Higginson Lewis K-8 School in September, Hirschi said.

The two most common subjects to pair the edible gardens with are literacy and science, Hirschi said.

David Ellis School kindergarten teacher Boune Siliphaivanh paired

the garden with a theme-based lesson on apples during the fall.

Siliphaivanh read her students books on apples and the different things that could be made with apples.

The students did experiments involving apples and afterwards took their learning to the garden where they made apple cider as a group.

“It’s a really good circle of learning and following through at the end,” Siliphaivanh said. “[The students] were able to have hands-on experience and not just learn the facts about apples and the different things that could be made with apples. They were actually able to go through the experience of making apple cider.”

When the garden opens back up in the spring, Siliphaivanh said she plans to incorporate the garden into a lesson on “thing that grow.”

Siliphaivanh hopes the garden helps students learn to care for the environment and to work as a team.

“There are so many lessons that I can incorporate into the garden,”

Siliphaivanh said. “It’s about beautification. It’s about working together.

It’s about learning new things and planting new stuff.”

Sixth grade science teacher Tory Tolles spent a half-hour three times each week during a trimester with her students as part of an extra enrichment class offered at Putnam Avenue Elementary School in Cambridge last year.

The students used the garden to learn about a number of topics including ecosystems, harvesting seeds, photosynthesis and decomposition, Tolles said.

Tolles said she decided to use the garden at Putnam Avenue to get the students engaged in the food creation process that would otherwise be foreign to them.

“Oftentimes when kids see foods, it’s in the supermarket or at their house on the table,” Tolles said.

“There’s a very divorced understanding of what it takes to bring us that food. I think [the garden] makes it real and tangible in ways.”

Felix Arroyo and CitySprouts middle school interns chat during the Dig It! fundraiser, held at the Liberty Hotel. (Randy H. Goodman Photography)

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Candidates for the 5th Suffolk District gather after a forum at the First Parish Church in Dorchester. (l-r) Evandro Carvalho, Karen Charles Peterson, Jennifer Johnson and Barry Lawton. (Banner photo)

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to ensure that all of our children who live in Boston get a quality education.

Johnson noted that teachers are still required to pay for classroom supplies out of pocket and that the city’s per-pupil expenditures lag behind per-pupil spending in Brookline.

Lawton, a former teacher, stood alone in opposing lifting the cap on charter schools.

On the issue of gun violence,

Johnson drew from recent experience, noting that a car in front of her house was shot 20 times recently, before advocating for a gun buy-back program. Lawton, who lives next door to Johnson, referenced the same shooting, before advocating for fingerprint recognition technology that would prevent a gun from being fired by anyone other than its owner.

Carvalho, a former Suffolk County prosecutor, advocated more funding for youth programs to keep teens from picking up guns in the first place.

On jobs, Lawton promised to work with federal and state agen-

cies to help the district’s small businesses expand.

Carvalho said he would work to increase the minimum wage, noting that his mother worked three jobs but could not afford to buy a home in Dorchester.

Charles Peterson said she would work with the district’s immigrant community to help them open new businesses.

Johnson suggested zoning laws, which currently favor local businesses, could be re-written to allow for national chains to open stores in the Bowdoin Geneva area.

When asked how they would engage residents in the district,

which has among the lowest voter turnout in the state, Johnson said she would maintain regular district office hours. Lawton advanced the same idea, and jokingly suggested his neighbor was cribbing his agenda.

“I should start closing my window when I have these conversations,” he said.

Lawton also advocated for bringing more state services to Dorchester, including a Registry of Motor Vehicles branch.

In addition to opening a district office, Carvalho said he would visit churches and host a segment on a local radio show.

“You’ll see me working here,” he said. “I’m not going anywhere.”

Charles Peterson stressed her experience working in constituent services for the late City Counselor Bruce Bolling.

“I love helping people,” she said. “Constituent services runs through my veins.”

Perennial candidate Roy Owens did not attend the forum.

Althea Garrison, whose name will not appear on the ballot in this election because she only recently switched her registration to Democrat, sat quietly in the back of the auditorium.

While turnout — at about 60 people — was decent for a Sunday afternoon political forum, political activists in the room expressed concern that turnout for the special election could be low.

“It’s always a struggle,” said Ward 15 co-chairwoman Eileen Boyle. “A lot of people are campaign-exhausted.”

The atmosphere at the forum was congenial. Campaign volunteers holding signs and distributing literature outside the church

exchanged pleasantries with the small-town familiarity characteristic of the tight-knight Dorchester neighborhood.

At the head table, Lawton set a cordial tone, walking the microphone over to Carvalho, who was seated at the other end of the table.

The comity of the candidates and their supporters aside, the 6-week race for the 5th District seat is shaping up to be extremely competitive fight among four fairly evenly-matched contenders for a slim majority of the voters in the district, fewer than a thousand of whom will likely turn out for the special election. The winning candidate could easily prevail with fewer than 400 votes.

Although many in the Cape Verdean community are supporting Carvalho, who would be just one of two Cape Verdeans in the House if elected, support for the candidates in the 5th Suffolk District does not appear to be split along race lines. The racially-mixed Ward 15 Democratic Committee endorsed Charles Peterson, who is black. Some blacks are working on behalf of Johnson, who is white. And some whites are working on behalf of Lawton.

Jose Barros, who is backing Carvalho, said he was impressed with all four candidates.

“They know this community well,” he said. “They love their community. You can see the passion in every one of them.”

But given the narrow universe of regular voters and the fact that most in the room were already committed, Barros said their performances Sunday probably didn’t make much of a difference.

“I don’t think they changed anyone’s mind,” he said. “Everyone here is supporting someone.”

Frederick J. Gumbs (February 2, 1926- September 18, 2013)

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It is with deep sadness that I write to inform you of the passing of Mr. Fred Gumbs. There will be a Memorial Service for Coach Fred Gumbs on April 10, 2014 at Twelfth Baptist Church, 160 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 at 11:00 AM. The Memorial Service will celebrate the contribution and life of Coach Fred Gumbs. Fred Gumbs was an educator in the Boston Public Schools teaching at the James P. Timilty Junior High School and Jamaica Plain High School where he became a Legendary Coach for his outstanding teams. He was also a line coach at Boston Latin School in the 1950’s and early 60’s before going on to Jamaica Plain High School to become the first Black Head Coach in Football and Basketball in the Boston Public Schools. Mr. Gumbs also coached at the Newman School from 1963 to 1965. After leaving the Boston Public Schools Coach Gumbs went on to Brookline Public Schools as a House Master at Lincoln House and worked with the International students at Brookline High School. He later was appointed Deputy Secretary of State, under Secretary Michael Connolly. In 1984 Fred Gumbs was inducted into the Massachusetts Football Hall of Fame. Please join us in celebration and salute of a True Legend of Boston.

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The Fire This Time Festival hits Boston stage

Above: Actors perform in three of the six plays from The Fire This Time Festival, which is coming to Hibernian Hall. Clockwise from top: “Citizen Jane Super She-ro,” “Breakfast” and “Portal.” (Photos courtesy of The Fire This Time Festival) Kassmin Williams Hibernian Hall is bringing a sample of the annual The Fire This Time Festival to Boston.

The Fire This Time Festival is presented by Horse Trade Theater Group and serves as a platform for early-career African and African-American playwrights.

The festival encourages the playwrights to “move beyond the common ideas of ‘black theater’ and “explore new voices, styles and challenging new directions for 21st century performing arts,” according to firethistimefilm festival.com.

It has taken place in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, N.Y., each year starting in 2007.

The troupe will perform an ensemble from the festival Friday, March 28, through Sunday, March 30. Friday and Saturday’s shows start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday’s

show begins at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for seniors and students.

The Sunday performance includes a public reception at 2 p.m. that features The Fire This Time director Nicole Watson and one of the playwrights Kevin Free.

The program consists of six one-minute plays from the original The Fire This Time Festival.

Each play is performed with the same four actors.

“This type of production is a stimulating continuation of our performance series. We’re inspired to invite kindred spirits from The Fire This Time Festival as guest artists, and can promise our audience an evening of the finest from New York’s diverse theater scene,” Hibernian Hall Artistic Director Dillon Bustin said.

The six short plays are “The Portal,” known as “Metaphorical Tricycle” by Kevin R. Free; “Po-

etics of the Creative Process” by Kelley Nicole Girod; “Poor Posturing” by Tracey Conyers Lee; “The Pitch” by Zoey Martinson; “Citizen Jane Super She-ro”

by Derek Lee McPhatter; and “Breakfast” by Yusuf Miller.

“The Portal” follows an artist as he reflects on his past and dreams about his future while getting slapped in the face by his present.

“Poetic of the Creative Process” tells a story about when a professor’s young mentee mistakes the shadow of a tree limb for the professor’s arm reaching out to her.

“Poor Posturing” deals with the ins and outs of getting along and “Citizen Jane Super She-ro” focuses on super-hero Citizen Jane.

“The Pitch” takes a comedic look at two young writers trying to sell a modern black movie to studio executives.

Bustin decided to work on bringing The Fire This Time Festival performance to Boston after attending the festival last winter, which he was “favorably pleased with.”

The concept of “universal theater” shown throughout the festival is what caught his attention, Bustin said.

The concept says any playwright should be able to write on any topic, theme and subject matter in any style.

Bustin said he wanted to give Boston audiences a glimpse at the theater movement happening in New York when it comes to diverse theater.

“I think the younger generation of playwrights often feel shorted if they’re African American because the large established theaters tend to do a limited repertoire. Since most of the bookers or producers are in their 50s and 60s, they

tend to program things that they were familiar with when they were young, so you see certain plays by very well recognized black playwrights that are programmed over and over and over again,” Bustin said. “It’s just hard for a young person to break through that glass ceiling and have a chance, so this was the whole motivation.”

The festival weekend is kicking off with a free writing workshop titled “Spark! Fire! Blaze!” led by Kevin Free for college-aged playwrights from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Hibernian Hall Friday. Participants will learn a series of exercises to generate work, revise work and share work in a collaborative environment with other young writers. There are 15 seats available for the workshop.

For more information on registering for the workshop, visit hibernianhall.org or call 617849-6322.

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Jaden’s Ladder celebrates 10 years with ‘Bright Lights, Big City Black & White Gala’

Jaden’s Ladder will host its sixth annual “Bright Lights, Big City Black & White Gala” on April 5 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel with a star-studded lineup of entertainment and celebrity guests. The annual fundraiser will feature a performance by Will Champlin, a 2013 finalist on NBC’s “The Voice,” as well as appearances

by NFL great Marshall Faulk, former NBA hoopster Charles Oakley, and

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former New England Patriot Patrick Pass and Harold Shaw. Mehki Phifer, who currently stars in the movie “Divergent” will also be in town to support the fundraiser. Guests will dine and dance to the music of HOT 96.9 DJ Roy Barboza, and will be able to bid on fabulous sports memorabilia and vacation packages during the live and silent auctions. Emceeing the event will be long-time supporter and local radio/TV personality Coach Willie Maye.

The mission of Jaden’s Ladder is to assist survivors of domestic violence with life-enhancing, post-shelter programs that provide support, build confidence and foster self-reliance. The organization provides care and guidance to empower domestic violence survivors to take back their lives and become active and vital members of the community. Over the past 10 years, Jaden’s Ladder has been able to help 200 women and their children to rebuild their lives.

Oneta Bobbett, one of the co-founders of Jaden’s Ladder, spoke with the Banner about her inspiration to do this work and the future of the organization.

Have your goals changed in any way from when you first started?

We’ve actually turned our goals this year to more of a children’s organization, focusing on really making the change of domestic violence and stopping the cycle.

My son helped us start up a portion of the non-profit last year called “Ballers to Scholars.” Jaden loves basketball, and we have girls in our programs for volleyball, and we have kids for soccer. Then I realized that one of the kids who came into our program, their parent came and was really concerned about their kids being bullied in school. You know, I went “that’s violence to them.” And so, I’m focusing on bullying with the children.

Will you still have the same process in terms of accepting referrals from shelters and extending the process with the children?

I think I would love to extend it.

As a board we’re still developing it.

It would be called Jaden’s Kids. And, then we want to really specialize in a summer camp. We’re really talking about an annual summer camp where we can donate to any kids from the shelters in the area from Boston to Rhode Island to wherever.

And extend these scholarships to these kids to come up in this area and meet celebrity ballplayers and have mentors talk to them about being bullied as a child, or being abused by a parent.

How have you changed since it started?

I’ve become a better person.

I’ve heard that from friends who’ve known me a long, long

time. I’ve become less guarded.

I’ve become more accepting. My women, my children have taught me so much. They’ve taught me unconditional love on top of my son. They light up my life.

On the website there’s a testimonial from one of your survivors who said, “thank you for having a vision of me even though I could not see it at the time.” How have you been able to see the vision for these women and make them believe that?

You know it’s day-to-day. When these women come to me they can’t think minute-to-minute or second-to-second. They’ve lost everything. I remember that feeling. I look at them and say “what’s your biggest goal?” They say “I want to get my RN license.” I’m like ok, “Did you graduate from high school? Ok, let’s go get your GED.” And work on that. In order to go to full-time school, we need to get you day care.

So, we do these baby steps and in two years they turn around. I just set these little baby steps for them. They did all the hard work and it’s amazing. I’m so proud of them.

Speaking of the program it obviously takes funding.

This is the 6th annual gala.

How do you keep it going?

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When you see the kids come up and they need help or you see a woman who says “I can’t go week-to-week without you,” you realize, “I can’t give up.” There have been times [when] I’m like my son is twelve, and I’ve got an

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adopted kid in the house, and I’m going through a divorce. I need to let go of something. And, then I think, “well, I can do a little of Jaden’s Ladder,” and then I meet my families, and I can’t let that go. I have to fight harder to make the money, to make the funding. It’s a hard thing. People like Mekhi Phifer call to say “where are you guys?” and “when can

I come in?” They donate that time. Like Marshall Faulk. He finds our events. And, that gives me strength. If these guys feel that it’s worthy, and I obviously know its worthy, we have to continue this journey to make sure these families are safe.

What are your goals for the next five years for Jaden’s Ladder?

The next five years it would be to really grow the children’s program. I truly believe in my heart right now that working with the children in therapy, one on one with them, and working with them and their parents to understand the abuse, that’s ending the cycle of abuse.

The “Bright Lights, Big City

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Venezuelan conductor raises funds for youth orchestra Susan Saccoccia At its fundraiser for programs to advance social change through music, the Cambridge-based Longy School of Music at Bard College chose to present an open rehearsal rather than a polished production.

Yet the Saturday event at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium was as stirring as a formal concert.

Conducting the rehearsal was Gustavo Dudamel, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and an alumnus of Venezuela’s national youth orchestra movement, El Sistema — the program that inspires Longy’s initiatives to educate musicians as agents of change.

Economist and composer José Antonio Abreu founded El Sistema in 1975, envisioning music as a vehicle for personal and community transformation. Reaching the country’s poorest neighborhoods, El Sistema today serves more than 300,000 children a year through its network of local orchestras. Each is a micro-community that nurtures life skills in children from ages 6 to 18 while immersing them in the joy, discipline and grandeur of ensemble musicianship.

As he conducted Longy’s Side by Side Orchestra, composed of local children and their Longy mentors, Dudamel demonstrated the sense of play, as well as respect, for both children and music that are integral to El Sistema.

Wearing black Side by Side T-shirts and black pants, the 60-

strong ensemble featured 30 children from El Sistema-inspired programs.

These young musicians came from Conservatory Lab Charter School, Josiah Quincy School, Margarita Muniz Academy, Boston String Academy, El Sistema Somerville and Kids 4 Harmony, a program in Pittsfield, Mass.

Fanned out before Dudamel on stage in symphony formation, the well-trained children shared music stands with graduate students from the Longy Conservatory Orchestra and a cohort of 10 visiting musicians from Youth Orchestra LA, an El Sistema program of the LA Philharmonic.

Buzzing with joyful anticipation, the packed hall included tots with their parents, boisterous teenagers, grey-haired academics, and leaders of Boston musical institutions.

After introductions by Karen Zorn, Longy’s president, and Deborah Borda, president and CEO of the LA Philharmonic, maestro Dudamel strode to the podium and doffed his jacket. In a short-sleeved black shirt and navy pants, he started by joking a bit. “What do you want to play?” he asked. “I will follow you.”

In fact, the children had prepared for months to tackle passages from two 19th century masterpieces, “L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2”

by George Bizet; and Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Opus 64.”. The latter was one of the works that Dudamel would conduct the next day with the LA Philharmonic for its Celebrity Series of Boston per-

formance at Symphony Hall.

Enveloping the young musicians in his warmth and charisma, Dudamel guided them in bringing the scores to life. In a series of starts and stops, he let them perform a passage and then, after coaching, let them try it again.

Using his arms and hands rather than a baton, he led the orchestra through the opening strains of a dramatic and forceful passage. They played it with the gusto of a parade band while also conveying a hint of its yearning undertone.

Dudamel interrupted the music, urging the players to communicate the “two characters” of the Bizet piece, which combines a triumphant royal procession with the tender outreach of a hopeful young lover.

Speaking of the composer, Dudamel said, “He’s a Frenchman. It is elegant.”

“Don’t push the tempo — it is opulent, never heavy,” he added.

Stretching his arms in emphasis, he told them that the procession moves with “long legs.”

Overhead, a video projection showed the audience what the children saw, Dudamel’s dimpled, smiling face, framed by black ringlets, and a frontal view of his constantly moving arms, torso and hands.

Playful and serious at the same time, Dudamel drew out the humanity of both the music and the young players, encouraging them to strive for precise emotional expression.

Nudging the musicians to put themselves into the story and its

changing emotions, he voiced a litany of phrases, as if the music spoke for the lover. “No. Yes.” “Please don’t leave me.”

Dudamel sang and whistled a few notes to highlight a melodic vein.

Gesturing as if he was soaping up, Dudamel told the musicians that he sings as he takes a shower and also when he conducts, to get at “the sound that I want.”

After the players started, he again halted them, saying, “We think of the winds having to breathe. But strings have to breathe too.”

As the orchestra reached the concluding passage, Dudamel reminded them that the composer’s score described it as “molto maestoso” (very majestic). Rising to the challenge, the ensemble delivered an exultant finale, earning a standing ovation from the jubilant audience.

While showcasing the Side by Side Orchestra, the event also promoted Longy’s joint program with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to enhance teaching in El Sistema-inspired programs. Entitled Take a Stand, the program has as its centerpiece Longy’s new Master of Arts in Teaching in Music program, based in Los Angeles. Students will work with Youth Orchestra LA and faculty who have come up through El Sistema in Venezuela, including members of the LA Philharmonic.

With this partnership, Los Angeles and Boston become dual hubs of the El Sistema movement in the U.S., building on pioneering initiatives of New England Conservatory. In 1999, NEC developed the El Sistema curriculum at the Conservatory Lab Charter School, and a decade later established fellowships to train teachers in El Sistema principles. A guiding figure in these ventures was retired NEC dean Mark Churchill, who now heads El Sistema USA, a support network for the nationwide El Sistema movement.

Following the rehearsal, Dudamel, just 33, was presented with Longy’s Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society. Joining Zorn for the presentation was Jamie Bernstein, the daughter of iconic composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Speaking of her father’s passion to bring classical music to underprivileged children, Bernstein said that if he were alive today, El Sistema “would have been the next thing for him.”

Holding up the plaque, Dudamel seized the moment to honor El Sistema. “I come from a huge family of musicians who make the world a better place through music,” said Dudamel. “I accept this award in the name of all the children and teachers, families and parents. I did not create the program. I am a son. Being part of this family is the best gift I could receive from life and from God.”

Gustavo Dudamel, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducts Longy’s Side by Side Orchestra in an open rehearsal at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium. (David Green Photo)

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Unlike Campatelli’s case, Henriquez’s offense had no discernible relation to his duties as a legislator. The alleged assault took place outside his Dorchester district in Arlington at 3 a.m.

The Legislature’s vote to strip Henriquez of his office was based on a law aimed at lawmakers caught accepting bribes or otherwise seeking compensation in exchange for executing the duties of his or her office. In fact, there is no prohibition against legislators who have committed misdemeanor offenses from serving in office.

“Who are we, as people who can’t vote in his district, to remove him from office?” says state Rep. Russell Holmes, a Mattapan Democrat who was one of the five lawmakers to vote against expelling Henriquez from the House. “There is no rule that says if you go to jail, we can remove you from office.”

Others who voted against expelling Henriquez, including Somerville Rep. Carl Sciortino, argued the same point.

“The Legislature opened up a

slippery slope that allows them to remove anyone at any time they choose,” said Soriano-Mills.

Other state representatives who have been convicted of misdemeanor crimes in recent years were not expelled from the Legislature. Former state Rep. Paul Kujowski was convicted of operating a motor vehicle under the influence in 2004 and remained in the House. Former state Rep. Anthony Galluccio, who had two prior convictions for driving under the influence, pleaded guilty in December 2009 to leaving the scene of a car crash in which he rear-ended a car, injuring two occupants.

Galluccio was sentenced to six months of home confinement, during which he was to be allowed to cast votes in the Senate, but after failing a court-ordered Breathalyzer test, he was sentenced to a year in prison.

He resigned his house seat in January 2010.

When House leadership and other elected officials including Gov. Deval Patrick and Mayor Martin Walsh asked Henriquez to resign his seat he refused, maintaining his innocence. His lawyer, Stephanie So-

Legal Notice – Invitation to Bid: Sale of MBTA Property, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA Sale of approx. 11.6 acres (land and water) in the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy Minimum Bid Price: None established Bid Due Date: April 16, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.

Pre Bid Meeting: April 3, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the TRA offices Written questions or comments are due: March 28, 2014 by 5:00 pm This bid may be subject to a best and final offer process.

To obtain a copy of the Invitation to Bid and become a registered proposer go to www.transitrealty.com or contact: Transit Realty Associates, LLC 77 Franklin St. 9th Floor Boston, MA 02110 Attn: Francis DeCoste Telephone 617-502-1416, Fax 617-482-0210 Email: fdecoste@transitrealty.com For information on this and other MBTA opportunities visit www.transitrealty.com.

Invitation to Bid The Brookline Housing Authority invites written quotes from contractors for the Health and Safety Initiatives – Asphalt Paving and Related Repairs.

The Project consists of: Removal and repaving areas of cracked pavement, cutting and removing tree roots, grinding raised cement pads and miscellaneous cement patching.

Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.30B sec. 5 and to minimum wage rates as required by M.G.L. c.l49 §§26 to 27H inclusive.

Sealed bids must be received before 2:00 p.m., April 10, 2014.

Sealed bids may be hand delivered or mailed to Brookline Housing Authority, 90 Longwood Avenue, Suite 1, Brookline, MA 02446, and should be received no later than the date and time specified above.

The Project site will be available for inspection on April 3, 2014. Interested bidders shall meet at 224 High Street, Brookline at 10:00 AM. All bidders are strongly urged to visit the sites; failure to do so will not relieve the bidder from any requirements of the contract.

A procurement package will be emailed to interested bidders that send an email request to glalli@brooklinehousing.org. Bidders with questions or requests for alternative arrangements to visit the sites call George Lalli at 617-277-2022 x312.

CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANGEMENT & MAINTENANCE (DCAMM) Request for Qualifications for Construction Management at Risk Services Massachusetts State Project No. RCC1201 DC1 Major Campus Renovation, Roxbury Community College, Roxbury, Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through its Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM), requests that qualified and experienced firms submit a Statement of Qualifications and required information to the DCAMM Bid Room no later than 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Firms interested in providing Public Construction Manager at Risk Services (“CM” or “CM at Risk”) for the Roxbury Community College – Major Campus Renovation (“Project”) are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) to the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (“DCAMM”). This CM at Risk procurement is conducted pursuant to M.G.L. 149A, contained in Chapter 193 of the Acts of 2004. This Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) is the first phase of a two-phase procurement process as set forth in M.G.L. 149A. DCAMM is prequalifying firms interested in pro-

riano Mills, said he may be released as soon as next month.

Although, in arguing for his expulsion, House leaders said Henriquez’s confinement would prevent him from discharging the duties of his office, Soriano Mills

says Henriquez could likely be freed before April 14, two weeks before his successor is seated.

Five Democrats are vying for the seat he vacated in a special election primary that will be held April 1. The general election will

be held April 29, the same day nomination papers for the Nov. 5 election are due.

Henriquez’s supporters say he will likely run in November for re-election to the seat from which he was expelled.

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viding public CM at Risk services for the project through the RFQ process.

DCAMM will evaluate submitted SOQs based upon the identified evaluation criteria as set forth in the RFQ and will select those respondents it deems qualified. Only those respondents deemed qualified will be invited to submit a proposal in response to a detailed Request for Proposals (“RFP”), which will be issued in the second phase of the procurement process. The project delivery method for construction will be public CM at Risk with a Guaranteed Maximum Price (“GMP”) under M.G.L. 149A. Firms interested in being prequalified must demonstrate that they have had prior experience as a General Contractor or Construction Manager on at least three prior projects of a similar size, complexity and type as this project as it is described further below and in the RFQ. At the time a CM firm submits the Qualification Statements, it must have a DCAMM Certification in the Contractor Category, “General Building Construction”, with a single limit greater than the Estimated Total Project cost of $14,403,000. See www.mass.gov/dcam/certification for certification forms and the required Update Form.

The project consists of the renovation/improvements to the Media Arts Building, Academic Building and Student Center. The project will combine a varying degree of renovation to all three buildings to make space for a new Allied Health Center, a reconfigured library, and new student commons.

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

In the interests of Daniel Leonel Granizo of Dorchester, MA Minor NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor 1.

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The Request for Qualifications may be downloaded from http://www. commbuys.com or copies may be obtained by contacting the DCAMM Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108, 617-727-4003 on or after Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance Carole Cornelison, Commissioner Notice of Public Hearings and Public Comment Period The City of Peabody, in cooperation with the North Shore HOME Consortium, an organization comprised of thirty cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley and the North Shore, is seeking public comment on its Draft Action Plan for Federal Fiscal Year 2014. The City of Peabody and the Consortium are hoping to receive feedback on this document from interested parties regarding 1.) The use of HOME funds for the development of affordable housing in the North Shore HOME Consortium region in the coming year; and 2.) The use of CDBG funds to assist low and moderate income persons in the City of Peabody in the coming year. The Consortium’s communities include: Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Georgetown, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleton, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury and Wilmington.

The activities proposed with HOME funds include: Creating Additional Rental Housing and Housing with Supportive Services that is Affordable; Rehabilitating Existing Housing Stock & Removing Physical Barriers for People who are Disabled; Creating Additional Homeownership Housing Units; Providing Downpayment Assistance to Income-eligible Homebuyers; Providing Tenant-based Rental Assistance to Target Populations; and Assisting Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) to Create Rental Housing Units. Current proposed CDBG projects include Housing Rehabilitation; Economic Development; and Public Service Projects.

An electronic copy of the Consortium’s 2014 Action plan will be available on April 14th, 2014, and can be accessed at www.peabody-ma.gov, and will be forwarded to each member community, and is available for public inspection at their Community Development/Planning Departments. The document can also be accessed at many of the regions’ anti-poverty, housing, and elder service organizations. A copy of the City of Peabody 2014 Action Plan will also be available Monday, April 14th online and at the Community Development & Planning Department of the City of Peabody, City Hall, 24 Lowell Street, Peabody, MA during normal business hours.

The public comment period will begin on Monday, April 14, 2014 and will end on Wednesday May 14, 2014. During this time, two Public Hearings will be held to invite comment on the draft document at the following locations: Thursday, April 17th at 12:00 noon at the Sawyer Free Library Friend Room, 2 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA; and on Thursday, April 17th at 6:00 p.m. at Peabody City Hall, Community Development Conference Room, First Floor, 24 Lowell Street, Peabody (Both of these locations are accessible) Citizens, all interested parties, representatives from the Consortium’s member communities, and nonprofit providers are urged to participate in these hearings. Written comments are also encouraged, and may be addressed, on or before May 14, 2014, to: The Department of Community Development, City Hall, 24 Lowell Street, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960 FAX (978) 538-5987 e-mail addresses: lisa.greene@peabody-ma.gov or stacey.bernson@peabody-ma.gov

Docket No. SU13P1656GD

NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 07/16/2013 by Nancy Sanchez of Dorchester, MA will be held 04/11/2014 08:30 AM Review Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 Family Service Office.

Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to: File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.

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

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

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

Date: February 3, 2014

Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court

SUFFOLK Division

Suffolk Probate and Family Court 24 New Chardon Street Boston, MA 02114 (617) 788-8300 Docket No. SU12P2265EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Quinton Wilkins, Sr Date of Death: 09/20/1996 To all interested persons: A Petition has been filed by NationstarMortgage, LLC of Lewisville, TX requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of Adjudication of Intestacy & Determination of Heirs and for such other relief requested in the Petition.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 04/17/2014. 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: March 13, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

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Docket No. SU14P0424GD

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

The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondant is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00

A.M. on the return date of 05/22/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person.

If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

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

Date: March 12, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

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Docket No. SU14C0084CA In the matter of Gianni Perez of Boston, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described:

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A petition has been presented by Jessica Baez requesting that Gianni Perez be allowed to change her name as follows: Gianni Sarah Baez IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 05/22/2014.

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

Date: March 12, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

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Neighborhood House Charter School, an exceptional preK-8 public charter school in Dorchester, seeks an outstanding leader as Head of School. The Head will implement the Strategic Plan to grow the organization, raise funds, partner with families and the community, hire and lead the Management Team, and work with the board and broader educational community. Requires belief that every child can be successful, entrepreneurial leadership, management and fundraising experience and appreciation of diversity. www.thenhcs.org. Send cover, resume and salary history to Susan Egmont, Egmont Associates, segmont@egmontassociates.com.

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Marketing/Development Associate (PT) Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color COSEBOC—a growing Boston-based, national nonprofit with a mission to connect, inspire, support and strengthen school leaders dedicated to the social, emotional and academic development of boys and young men of color—seeks a strong writer who will: • Use social media as a marketing tool; • Prepare diverse print and on-line marketing materials; • Help with prospect cultivation and grants management; and • Serve on the Communications Team.

This 20 hour/week position is ideal for someone looking to put strong communication skills to work on behalf of academic achievement of boys and young men of color. The position is available now.

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADMINISTRATOR CITY OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS The City of Medford, Office of Community Development is seeking qualified applicants for the position of CDBG Administrator. The position is responsible for developing the CDBG Annual Program, maintaining financial management systems and ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations.

The successful candidate shall have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree and five years of progressive experience with interpreting federal CDBG regulations, financial management systems, contract compliance and working with the public. The position is funded by a federal grant and reports to the Director of the Office of Community Development. The salary range is $59,122 - $66,433.

A complete job description is available at: www.medfordma.org or contacting Ms. Addie DiPaola at 781-393-2406. Please submit an original cover letter and three copies of resume to Ms. Stephanie Burke, Director of Personnel, Room 204, Medford City Hall 85 George P. Hassett Drive Medford, MA 02155 no later than April 8, 2014.

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HELP DESK SUPPORT SPECIALIST Provide first level technical software and hardware support to all the agency’s networked users. Respond to requests for technical assistance via phone, electronically and on site. Diagnose and resolve technical hardware and software issues. Research questions using available information resources.

Follow standard help desk procedures and log all help desk interactions. Redirect problems to appropriate resources. Identify and escalate situations requiring urgent attention. Track and route problems and requests. Document resolutions. Stay current with system information, changes and updates. Identify system deficiencies and recommend solutions. Perform other related duties as required.

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