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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
Juneteenth Roxbury
Homecoming celebration
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Tony Irving photo |
Tony Irving photo |
Sandy Middlebrooks photo |
Sandy Middlebrooks photo |
Sandy Middlebrooks photo |
Sandy Middlebrooks photo |
Sandy Middlebrooks photo
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Sandy Middlebrooks photo
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| Volunteers from the Boston office of the global accounting firm Deloitte spent June 8 planting flowers and pruning shrubs along the Columbus Avenue frontage of Academy Homes I in Roxbury. Deloitte donated all the flowers and furnished tools for the project. Urban Edge staff assisted in the landscaping. (Photo courtesy of Urban Edge) |
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| The Crispus Attucks Children’s Center dedicated Friday, June 1, to bringing peace to Boston with a Peace Day celebration, in conjunction with Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s proclamation of that day as “Boston Children’s Peace Day.” The event featured presentations on peace by Boston-area preschoolers and the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. (Photo courtesy of The Castle Group Inc.) |
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| CVS/Pharmacy Area Vice President Dennis Tewell (right) presents a check to Paloma Hernandez, a 7th grade student at Umana/Barnes Middle School in East Boston. CVS awarded $100,000 to support the Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiative in three middle schools in the Boston Public Schools: Umana/Barnes, Clarence R. Edwards Middle School in Charlestown and James P. Timilty Middle School in Roxbury. Looking on are (left to right) Timilty Principal Valeria Lowe-Barehmi, Edwards Principal Michael Sabin, and Umana/Barnes Principal Dr. Jose Salgado. (Photo courtesy of CVS) |
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| A large, sectional mural, unveiled last Saturday at Dudley Square station after a five-year joint effort by local activists and the MBTA, features black-and-white photographs that celebrate the past heritage of the Dudley Square community of Roxbury. The photographs, including the rising steeple of the First Church in Roxbury and former state Sen. Royal Bolling with his two sons, were reproduced from originals provided by families, libraries and archives. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo) |
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| The Second Step Inc., a nonprofit organization providing long-term transitional services to survivors of domestic abuse, recently hosted its 15th annual gala at the Boston Marriott Newton. The gala, which raised over $300,000, featured Massachusetts first lady Diane Patrick (left) as the keynote speaker, and comedian Loretta LaRoche (right) as the emcee. Pictured with Patrick and LaRoche is Clare Villari, president of The Second Step’s board of directors. (Tony Crowley photo) |
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| (From left): Whittier Street Health Center (WSHC) President and CEO Frederica M. Williams; City Councilor Chuck Turner; John Auerbach, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Cambridge Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves; attorney and Men’s Health Summit Chair Joseph D. Feaster Jr.; WSHC Vice President of Finance John Reardon; and City Councilor Charles C. Yancey were among the many luminaries in attendance at the 7th Annual Whittier Street Health Center Men’s Health Summit, held June 16 at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. (Don West photo) |
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| Mayor Thomas M. Menino watches a dance performance by members of the Hyde Square Task Force at the O’Bryant High School Auditorium, where Menino announced the awarding of the Boston R.O.C.K.S!!! community grants for summer programming to youth-focused community organizations. Over 100 community-based organizations applied for the grants with 64 applicants receiving city funding, which totaled over $300,000. (Photo courtesy of the City of Boston Mayor’s Office) |
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| Mark Conrad, a uniform patrolman for the Milton Police Department for the past 17 years, was confirmed to the state Parole Board by the Governor’s Council last week. Nominated by Gov. Deval Patrick, Conrad is an expert in surveillance, undercover investigations and SWAT operations, and has also focused his career on identifying and preventing crime in communities. (Sandy Middlebrooks photo) |
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