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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Children from Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan and Roslindale enjoy teddy bears and help showcase the annual Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Toy Drive at a holiday party for Jamaica Plain Head Start children at sponsor Wainwright Bank last week. The ABCD Toy Drive serves children from low-income families in every Boston neighborhood. To find out how you can help, call 617-348-6559 or visit www.bostonabcd.org. (Photo courtesy of ABCD) |
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| Members of the red-hot Boston Celtics recently stopped in for a recent visit at Children’s Hospital Boston to bring smiles to patients and their families. New superstars Ray Allen (left) and Kevin Garnett were joined by Tony Allen, Glen Davis, Kendrick Perkins and Eddie House as they went room to room, giving out autographed shirts, taking pictures and dropping off gift donations. Here, Allen shakes hands with Julissa Lagos’ son Ashon. (Photo courtesy of Children’s Hospital Boston) |
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| City Councilors Chuck Turner (left) and Rob Consalvo came out in the snow last Friday to support The Home for Little Wanderers’ Gift Drive and “Celebrate the City Day” in The Home’s Toy Room to wrap presents for The Home’s children and families. (Heather MacFarlane photo) |
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| MBTA representatives, local elected officials and teen artists from the nonprofit Hyde Square Task Force gathered earlier this month to announce the completion of a four-year community art project at the Jackson Square MBTA station. Over the past four summers, Jamaica Plain and Roxbury youth have worked with internationally renowned muralist Roberto Chao to create the works, displayed on the walls at Jackson Station and on columns outside. (Phil DeJoseph photo) |
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| Raenelle Teesdale (pointing), a seventh-grader at Irving Middle School in Roslindale, explains an architectural design she created with her classmates to former Gov. Michael Dukakis at Northeastern University’s Curry Student Center last Wednesday. Teesdale’s team won “Orange Line Design,” an architecture and public space ideas competition that asked over 130 middle schoolers to work with architecture firms to re-envision an MBTA Orange Line station. The victors will have a meeting with Mayor Thomas M. Menino to discuss their ideas. (Photo courtesy of Citizen Schools) |
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| Julian Braxton (center), director of diversity at the Winsor School, poses with Winsor juniors who participated in the recent People of Color Conference, sponsored by the National Association of Independent Schools. Braxton, a Roslindale resident, co-chaired the annual conference, which brought more than 3,200 teachers, administrators and students from across the country to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. (Photo courtesy of Winsor School) |
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| The Commonwealth’s most prominent defense attorneys came together at the Boston Marriott Newton Hotel on Dec. 11 for the annual membership meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL). (Top, from left): Attorney Norman Zalkind, Mrs. Wall (whose husband was posthumously honored at the event), and attorney Max Stern. (Bottom, from left): Attorneys Dehlia Aghadiuno, Anthony Guadalupe and Jill “Soffiyah” Elijah. (Tony Irving photos) |
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| (From left): Peter Rosemond, director of operations, Yawkey Club of Roxbury; Sorrenia Dillion, marketing promotions coordinator, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA); Cheryl Hinton, director of business operations, MBTA; Angela Africa, radio personality/host, Touch 106.1FM; Charles Clemons, co-owner, Touch 106.1FM; Lorentz Codio, operator, MBTA; Bill Lewit, Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; and Ricardo Neal, executive director, Freedom House pose in front of an MBTA bus packed full of toys and gifts for children a toy drive jointly sponsored by Touch 106.1 and the MBTA at the Mecca Mall shopping center in Grove Hall last Friday. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| A host of sharp-dressed Bostonites gathered to kick off the season’s social festivities by stepping out to Steppers of Boston’s 1st Annual Holiday Party, which took place on Sunday, Dec. 16, at Park Avenue Lounge in Hyde Park. |
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Ebony Winter Gala
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Deborah Banks, membership chair of the National Association of Black Accountants, and friends at the Ebony Winter Gala, held Dec. 14 at the Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel.
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Duane Johnson, president of the Young Professional Network, and Nancy Rousseau, member of the board of directors of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, also attended the Ebony gala.
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| Ugo Mbawuike, Brenda Douyon and Nathania Onyeagoro (from left) joined Deloitte & Touche’s Yvette Philip and Shaquanna Philip of The Bay State Banner (below, from left) in Cambridge for the Ebony Winter Gala. |
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| Yvette Philip and Shaquanna Philip of The Bay State Banner (from left) in Cambridge for the Ebony Winter Gala. |
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| Brothers from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity enjoy a moment and raise their glasses at last Friday night’s Ebony Winter Gala. |
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| Erica C., Danielle D., Keena K., Tracie E., Tandy F., Darrell T., and Theresa T. strike an incognito pose during the Ebony Winter Gala last Friday. |
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