Gov. Deval Patrick (left) passes House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi (second from right), speaking with Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield (right), as he leaves an auditorium after delivering a speech outlining an economic stimulus plan at MIT’s Sloan School of Management in Cambridge. Scenes
Wal-Mart raises funds, questions in
black Hub
Talia Whyte
Retail giant Wal-Mart is the world’s largest private employer, with estimated net revenues of $378.8 billion for 2008. It is also one of the world’s most generous companies. Last year, its philanthropic arm, the Wal-Mart Foundation, donated $296 million to charities around the world — including many organizations geared towards African Americans. Full story
Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton visited the Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club in Dorchester last Wednesday to play music with club members and provide professional tips. Scenes
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Council to hold hearing on school street worker plan
Micah Nemiroff
Amid growing concerns over youth violence in Boston, City Councilor-at-Large Michael F. Flaherty will convene a hearing next Wednesday to discuss a pilot program designed to bring city street workers into the Boston Public Schools (BPS).
BPS Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson is scheduled to attend the hearing, slated for April 23 at 4 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, according to Flaherty spokeswoman Emily Robbins. Councilors are expected to discuss implementing the pilot program in schools that have experienced the most incidents of youth violence. Full story
Children’s doc gives back with
Ghana trip
Robin Hamilton
They came from every corner of the country.
Parents and children walked for miles and miles across the Ghanaian terrain to meet the man who could give them hope.
With a team of his colleagues from Children’s Hospital Boston, cardiac surgeon Dr. Francis Fynn-Thompson became known as the miracle man who could restore a child’s beating heart. Full story
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