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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Bill Cosby (left) and Dr. Alvin Poussaint pose with their new book, “Come on People,” at a book signing at Borders bookstore in downtown Boston. The book takes a critical look at conditions causing negative behavior in society today. (Don West photo) |
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| (From left): Phyllis Kater, chair of the Bessie Tartt Wilson Children’s Foundation Board, Foundation President Mary Reed, state Rep. Marie St. Fleur and Joan Wallace-Benjamin of The Home for Little Wanderers were among the early education professionals and policy makers at UMass-Boston’s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum for the Sept. 20 “Keeping the Promise: 2007 Massachusetts Child Care Voucher Study” conference. (Sandy Middlebrooks photo) |
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| Dorchester resident and Boston Latin student Christina Moriah Smith is the new student representative to the Boston School Committee, after being elected president of the Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC). BSAC members recently met with Mayor Thomas M. Menino and new BPS Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson to discuss issues important to students. (Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools) |
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| The 12th Annual Mayor’s Cup Tennis Tournament, held Aug. 15-19 at the Sportsmen’s Tennis Club at Harambee Park in Dorchester, gave young Boston-area youths the chance to participate in a citywide tennis tournament. The girls 10-and-under doubles champions were Caroline Ward of Charlestown and Vivian Herbert of Beacon Hill (front row, left to right), and next to them the runners-up, finalists Amira Nwokeji-Lwuala and Aisha Stewart, both of Roxbury. (Lauren Patrick photo) |
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| At the recent Blue Hill Club rededication ceremony held last week, Mayor Thomas M. Menino joined Linda Whitlock (right), president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB), and Daphne Griffin, former executive director at the Blue Hill Club and new executive director at the Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF), in reopening the Blue Hill Club’s facility at 15 Talbot Avenue in Dorchester. The center, which underwent $7 million worth of renovations thanks to funding from the BGCB and George Robert White Fund, now boasts a fully enclosed swimming pool with retractable roof (above), a state-of-the-art music studio and a new teen center and pre-teen lounge. (Don West photos) |
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