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YEAR IN REVIEW 2007
COMMUNITY
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| The family members of Rosa Parks joined the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts and students and teachers at the Dr. Catherine Ellison-Rosa Parks Early Education School in Mattapan to celebrate the first anniversary of the school’s naming in honor of those two legendary women. Before attending a special multicultural assembly program to welcome the Parks family, Rhea McCauley, one of Parks’ nieces and the painter of the family portrait of the civil rights icon that will be displayed inside the school, took time to meet with and read to students. (Don West photo) |
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| Hundreds of activists jam the entrance to the State House during a September rally asking Massachusetts legislators to change the laws that govern the Commonwealth’s Criminal Offender Records Information (CORI) system. (Yawu Miller photo) |
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| Alfreda J. Harris (front row, center) was honored this summer at Roxbury’s John A. Shelburne Community Center for her lifelong work as a public servant. The center will name its gymnasium after Harris, who has for nearly 40 years developed a wide array of athletic, recreational, educational and social services to help Boston youth stay off the streets. (Sandy Middlebrooks photo) |
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| Two new members of the New England Patriots, linebacker Adalius Thomas (back) and wide receiver Randy Moss, visited the Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club in Dorchester this fall for a special “Kick-Off the School Year Rally.” (Photo courtesy of Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club) |
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| Just in time for Mothers’ Day, Kenneth Guscott gestures to a portrait of his late mother, Rubina Guscott, at a ceremony on Saturday, May 5, that named an iconic building at the corner of Warren St. and Blue Hill Ave. after the family matriarch. The building was constructed in the same year of Rubina’s birth in Jamaica, and was dedicated in honor of her immigrant roots and contributions to public life. The building will house a branch of OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest black bank. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo) |
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From left: Berklee College of Music students Ayeisha Mathis of Dorchester and Abraham Olivio of Hyde Park rehearse with R&B star Bobby Brown at Berklee earlier this month for the the Boston Music Awards. Mathis and Olivio are part of the Berklee City Music All-Stars, a group of urban students studying on full-tuition Berklee City Music scholarships. The All-Stars performed a medley of Brown’s hits before being joined by him for the tune “Roni” at the Orpheum Theater. (Phil Farnsworth photo)
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| Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston held its 25th Anniversary Starfish Thrower Award Gala on May 2 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The organization presented Wayne A. Budd, Esq., (center) senior partner and counsel for Goodwin Proctor LLP, with the Starfish Thrower Award for his long, exemplary service. With Budd are (left to right): Operation A.B.L.E. Executive Director Joan Cirillo; Carol Fulp, vice president of community relations, John Hancock Financial Services; Natalie Jacobson, formerly of WCVB-TV; and former Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, Greenberg Traurig LLP. (Photo courtesy of Operation A.B.L.E.) |
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