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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Smoke billows from the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center before they collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. That terrorist attack, the worst in U.S. history, claimed the lives of almost 3,000 people. Six years later, only a fraction of the construction on the Freedom Tower, to be erected in place of the fallen towers, has been completed. It is scheduled for completion in 2011. (AP photo/Amy Sancetta) |
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| Florence R. Payne, (in wheelchair), mother of fallen Boston firefighter Warren J. Payne, weeps after his funeral mass at United House of Prayer For All People, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, in Boston. Payne, 53, a Newton resident and father of two, was one of two firefighters who lost his life on Aug. 29 when a roof collapsed during a restaurant fire in West Roxbury. (AP photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye) |
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| J. Keith Motley, in his first convocation speech as chancellor of UMass-Boston on Sept. 10, stressed the importance of refining the school’s student-centered approach in serving New England’s most diverse student body. Motley (right) was joined by UMass President Jack Wilson and Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. JudyAnn Bigby at the ceremonial kick-off of the academic year. Bigby followed the chancellor’s remarks with her speech, “Striving for Equality.” (Ed Hayward photo) |
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| Over 25 young people and adults came out to produce 30 signs bearing messages calling for peace at the HT3 Peace Network’s Youth Take Back, held at the Freedom House on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. The signs were displayed at the 2nd Annual Taking Back Our Neighborhoods Peace March & Rally, which took place Tuesday evening. (Cagen Luse photo) |
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| Mattapan Community Health Center (MCHC) recently celebrated its 11th Annual Health Care Revival with a focus on Vitamin D and its benefits for overall health. (Left to right): Dr. Michael F. Holick, pioneer in Vitamin D research at Boston University Medical Center; Dr. Azzie Young, president and CEO of MCHC; and Tom Farrington, founder of the Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN). (Don West photo) |
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| Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry (right) and his wife Effi Barry are seen, Monday, Sept. 17, 1990, in Washington. Effi Barry, D.C.’s stoic former first lady, died Sept. 6. She was 63. Barry died of leukemia at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md., said Justin Paquette, a spokesman for the hospital. (AP photo/Bob Daugherty) |
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| On Aug. 29, the Boston Community Choir, under the direction of artistic director Brother Dennis Slaughter, performed in the “With Liberty and Justice for All” concert, part of the Landmarks Festival at the Hatch Shell in Boston. The concert also featured a performance of Nkeiru Okoye’s “The Journey of Phillis Wheatley,” narrated by Carmen Dillon. (Michael Dwyer photo) |
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