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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Oprah Winfrey (right) congratulates student Andre Samuels on his speech during the 139th commencement ceremony for Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, on Saturday, May 12, where Winfrey was awarded with an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree. Also receiving honorary degrees were Dr. Julian M. Earls, retired director of the NASA Glenn Research Center (Science); Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University professor at Harvard (Humane Letters); Dr. Walter E. Massey, president of Morehouse College (Science); and Mrs. Irene Sue Pollin, founder of Sister to Sister – Everyone Has a Heart Foundation, Inc. (Humanities). (AP photo/Jacquelyn Martin) |
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| Dr. Charles Desmond of UMass-Boston, Robert L. Beal of The Beal Companies and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., took part in The Action Center for Educational Services and Scholarships (ACCESS) 2007 Gala on May 11. ACCESS is the leader in providing financial aid advising and college scholarships to students in Boston public schools. Kennedy was the keynote speaker. The event honored Beal, Barbara Lynch, executive chef and owner of No. 9 Park, The Butcher Shop and B & G Oysters, and Clayton Turnbull, president and CEO of the Waldwin Group. They have all made significant commitments to improving educational opportunities for young people in and around Boston. (Photo courtesy of ACCESS) |
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| Dalton Sherritt (left), coordinator of the Prison Reentry Program at Whittier Street Health Center, and Rev. Ray Hammond (right), pastor of Bethel AME Episcopal Church and co-founder of the Boston TenPoint Coalition, took a moment to discuss The Boston Foundation-sponsored document, “CORI: Opening Doors of Opportunity,” which was developed for better understanding of CORI employer guidelines at The Boston Foundation headquarters. (Haywood Fennell Sr. photo) |
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| Coach Willie Maye, former State Senator Joseph Timilty and former Timilty middle school teacher and Tremont Credit Union VP of Community Affairs Bill Moran attended the celebration at James P. Timilty Middle School for its 70th year of providing Boston’s youth with exemplary education in a non-violent atmosphere on May 4. The event also recognized the Project Promise program, which was founded in 1986. Because of Project Promise, the school went from one with ailing test scores to one that was awarded the U.S. Department of Education’s National Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence for the 1988-1989 and 1995-1996 school years. (Sandy Middlebrooks photo) |
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| Roxbury resident Mark Kennedy made a presentation at last Saturday’s annual meeting of the Boston Building Materials Co-op and the Building Materials Resource Center. Kennedy, who is president of the Co-op’s board of directors, gave an update on the organization, which is the nation’s only member-owned, not-for-profit building materials retailer that seeks to teach people how to improve their homes. (Photo courtesy of Boston Building Materials Co-op) |
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| Mrs. Andrew Hill (left) accepts a posthumous honorary doctorate of music degree on behalf of her husband from the Berklee College of Music while Berklee President Roger Brown looks on. Hill, who passed away in April, was a jazz pianist and composer who, in his youth, played with the likes of jazz greats Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. (Phil Farnsworth photo) |
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| Mayor Thomas M. Menino (left) presents the first-place award to Ja’Lisa Thomas (center) for her essay at the recently held “Hope Rising: Teen Voices” contest as Headmaster of the Urban Science Academy Rasheed Meadows looks on. The contest was part of WriteBoston, a program founded by Menino in 2002 that works in coordination with Boston public schools to improve the writing proficiency of Boston teens. Menino and Meadows presented six juniors with awards. (Photo courtesy of the Mayor’s Office) |
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| Steve McKeever, founder and CEO of Hidden Beach Records (left), Dr. Cornel West (center) and his brother Clifton West pose for a photo at their CD release party for “Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations,” on April 6 in Los Angeles, Calif. The project brings together the voices of some of hip-hop’s most progressive artists, including Talib Kweli, KRS-One, M-1 of Dead Prez, Killer Mike, Rhymefest and Neo Abyss. (AP photo/Earl Gibson) |
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