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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Just in time for Mothers’ Day, Kenneth Guscott gestures to a portrait of his late mother, Rubina Guscott, at a ceremony on Saturday, May 5 that named an iconic building at the corner of Warren St. and Blue Hill Ave. after the family matriarch. The building was built in the same year of Rubina’s birth in Jamaica, and was dedicated in honor of her immigrant roots and contributions to public life. The building will house a branch of One United Bank, the nation’s largest black bank. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo) |
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| Attendees at the “Crimes of the Civil Rights Era” conference, sponsored by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute and the Institute for Race and Justice at Northeastern University School of Law, included (left to right) Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.; Rita Schwerner Bender; Myrlie Evers-Williams; Margaret Burnham and Charles Ogletree Jr. (Don West photo) |
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| Basketball great Michael Jordan (right) talks with actor Jack Nicholson at the WBC super welterweight world championship boxing match between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday, May 5, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Mayweather won in a split decision. (AP photo/Kevork Djansezian) |
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| (From left): Joshua Boger, Ph.D., president and CEO of Vertex and incoming chairman of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), and James C. Greenwood, current president and CEO of BIO joined Cambridge Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves to kick off the BIO 2007 Convention. The convention began May 6 and was expected to attract over 20,000 attendees from around the world. Cambridge is one of the original homes of biotechnology and will continue to be a leading force in creating new medicines to tackle global health problems. (Bernard Hicks photo) |
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| Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, lands a left on Oscar De La Hoya during the twelfth round of their WBC super welterweight world championship boxing match on Saturday, May 5, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Mayweather remained undefeated in his career with a split-decision victory. (AP photo/Kevork Djansezian) |
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| Suzanne de Passe, who brought The Jackson 5 to Motown Records, delivered the Third Annual Balfour Distinguished Lecture on Diversity in the Semel Theater at Emerson College on April 19. About 100 people attended de Passe’s lecture. She discussed the challenges and obstacles she has faced during a 40-year career that has made her one of the most influential African American women in the entertainment industry. (Photo courtesy of Emerson College) |
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| Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston held its 25th Anniversary Starfish Thrower Award Gala on May 2 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The organization presented Wayne A. Budd, Esq., (center) Senior Partner & Counsel, Goodwin Proctor LLP with the Starfish Thrower Award for his long and exemplary service to Operation A.B.L.E. and the Boston community. Pictured with Budd (left to right) are: Joan Cirillo, executive director of Operation A.B.L.E; honorary co-chair Carol Fulp, vice president of community relations, John Hancock Financial Services; Natalie Jacobson, WCVB-TV, Newscenter 5 and honorary co-chair Thomas F. Reilly, Greenberg Traurig LLP. (Photo courtesy of Operation A.B.L.E.) |
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| (Pictured from left): Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts CEO Darnell Williams and Boston Department of Neighborhood Development Director Charlotte Golar Richie look on as Taylor Caswell, regional director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, presents Mayor Thomas M. Menino with a check in the amount of $4.5 million. The funds will be used by the city’s Lead Safe Boston program over the course of the next three years to help homeowners, developers and others to free their residential properties of lead paint. (Photo courtesy of the City of Boston Mayor’s Office) |
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| The recent 11th annual Double Dutch League of Massachusetts Tournament at Northeastern University featured quick feet, hot steps and aerial acrobatics from teams like Gen-u-wine (pictured), who represented Dorchester’s Sisters Working in Real Life Situations (S.W.I.R.L.). The state double dutch championships will be held May 16. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo) |
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