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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Maria Silvia (right) and her two children enjoy themselves at a March 10 reception and housewarming party for the first-time homebuyers in the new Hyde/Jackson Homes. Formerly vacant city-owned lots, the new affordable homes are providing people of modest means the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of homeownership, a rare and wonderful chance in the Boston area. (Photo courtesy of Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation) |
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| Children’s book author Haywood Fennell Sr. (left) presents copies of his book “Coota and The Magic Quilt” to City Councilor Charles Yancey (right) at the 21st Annual Book Giveaway, sponsored by Yancey. (Haywood Fennell Sr. photo) |
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| Mayor Thomas M. Menino (center) last week presented ceremonial checks totaling $649,500 to 37 Boston nonprofit organizations as part of the city’s Partners with Non-Profits. Funded through the Department of Neighborhood Development’s Office of Business Development, the program rewards organizations that invest in the city’s neighborhoods by providing funds to assist them in making needed repairs to their facilities. (Photo courtesy of the Mayor’s Office) |
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| (From left to right): MassDevelopment President and CEO Robert L. Culver, Citizens Bank of Massachusetts Chairman Robert E. Smyth, Sovereign Bank Massachusetts CEO Patrick J. Sullivan and United Housing Management CFO Otis Gates recently joined at Roxbury’s Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church to announce the creation of a $30 million New Markets Loan Fund to support economic development and job creation in low-income neighborhoods. The new program will target local businesses and nonprofits in 75 Massachusetts communities. (Photo courtesy of MassDevelopment) |
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Earl Graves (second from left), founder and publisher of Black Enterprise magazine, was the recipient of one of three living legacy awards given out at the Museum of African American History’s 200th Anniversary Living Legends Award Gala on Friday, March 2, 2007. Others attending the gala included (left to right): Melvin B. Miller, publisher of the Bay State Banner; Beverly Morgan-Welch, executive director of the
Museum of African American History; and former network television producer Callie Crossley. (Photo courtesy of the Museum of African American History) |
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| Harvard University’s Institute of Politics hosted a one-day workshop on Friday, March 9 called “Campaign 2008: Targeting Young Voters.” Ron Bell, director of the Public Liaison Office for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and founder of Dunk the Vote (left), participated in a panel discussion entitled “Emerging Election Tactics.” The longtime community activist focused on the importance of grassroots organizing, drawing from his experiences from starting Dunk the Vote to his efforts in the Deval Patrick gubernatorial campaign. (Serghino René photo) |
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| First-grade students from Martin Luther King Open School receive a tour of Cambridge City Hall from Cambridge Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves on Wednesday morning, March 7. Reeves invited the children into his office, presented them with a special “key to the city” and told them they are always welcome in Cambridge. In return, the children presented the mayor with the “keys to their classroom” and a pillow created by the students of King Open, so that he may have a comfortable rest when he gets tired. (Photo courtesy of the City of Cambridge Mayor’s Office) |
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