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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Jackie Robinson’s widow Rachel Robinson waves to the crowd after receiving the Major League Baseball Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award on Jackie Robinson Day at Dodger Stadium before the San Diego Padres played the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 15 in Los Angeles. (AP photo/Jeff Lewis) |
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| The Discovering Justice benefit, held April 12 at the Seaport Hotel, honored Boston Public Schools Superintendent Michael G. Contompasis with the James D. St. Clair Court Public Education Project’s “Champion of Justice” award. Pictured are (left to right): Dickens “Deke” Mathieu, senior counsel at Tufts University, a member of the Discovering Justice Board of Trustees and a Boston Latin School alum; Michael G. Contompasis; and George Field, partner in Verrill Dana, LLP, member of the Discovering Justice Board of Trustees and a Boston Latin School alum. (Photo courtesy of Jo Forman) |
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| Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya crosses the finish line in Boston on April 16 as he wins the 111th running of the Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 13 seconds. Kenyan runners took first, second, third and fourth place, and accounted for 9 of the top 15 finishers, all of whom finished in under two-and-a-half hours. See story on pg. 26. (AP photo/Elise Amendola) |
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| Dr. Joan Y. Reede (left), Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School, presents the first annual Ruth M. Batson Social Justice Award to actress and recipient Susan Batson, Ruth’s daughter, on April 10, 2007. (Photo courtesy of Reflection in Action) |
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