| Community activists, friends, family members and concerned citizens gathered at Townfield in Fields Corner last Sunday for the 12th Annual Mothers’ Walk for Peace, organized by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| The Boston Bruins Foundation recently donated $250,000 to Ellis Memorial & Eldredge House in support of youth programming. (From left): Bruins Executive Vice President Charlie Jacobs; Jasmine; Ellis Memorial CEO Leo Delaney; Rasheed; Angela Middleton, president of Ellis’ Parent Advisory Council; Bob Sweeney of the Boston Bruins Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Ellis Memorial and Eldredge House) |
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| Ron Bell, longtime community activist and now director of the state Office of Civic Engagement, delivers an address at the Boston Civic Summit, held May 3 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston. Bell was one of several key figures in local social and political life to deliver addresses during the one-day event. (Photos courtesy of Denterlein Worldwide) |
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| John M. Auerbach, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health (fourth from left), was honored with the Ruth M. Batson Social Justice Award at Harvard Medical’s Reflection in Action: Building Health Communities celebration, held April 15. (From left): Claud-Alix Jacob, chief public health officer for the City of Cambridge; Dr. Nancy Oriol, dean for students at Harvard Medical School (HMS); Susan Batson, the first recipient of the Social Justice Award and daughter of Ruth M. Batson; Auerbach; and Dr. Joan Reede, dean for diversity and community partnership at HMS. (Jeff Thiebauth photo) |
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| Students from the Jackson/Mann K-9 School in Allston perform a song-and-dance routine promoting health awareness at Harvard Medical School’s Reflection in Action: Building Health Communities celebration, held April 15. (Jeff Thiebauth photo) |
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| Nonprofit community development corporation Urban Edge earlier this month contracted with WinnResidential to manage its property portfolio, both residential and commercial — a portfolio comprised of more than 1,100 units of affordable rental and cooperative housing, as well as 70,000 square feet of commercial space. (Photo courtesy of Urban Edge) |
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| Nearly 500 of Boston’s civic and community leaders gathered May 3 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston for the 2008 Boston Civic Summit, a one-day event inviting Hub residents to make new connections, share ideas and identify common priorities. (Photo courtesy of Denterlein Worldwide) |
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| Marisa Luse (left) works with a fellow civic-minded individual at the summit, convened by an advisory committee co-chaired by City Council President Maureen E. Feeney and James Rooney, executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. (Photo courtesy of Denterlein Worldwide) |
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| Boston’s housing chief, Evelyn Friedman (right), accepts a “Second to None” Award from Brooks in recognition of the city’s support of the SoftSecond program. The city’s Home Center helped 188 families buy homes with SoftSecond loans in 2007. (Greig Cranna photo) |
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| State housing chief Tina Brooks (right) presents Andrew and Hyacinth Doman of Dorchester with a picture of their home, signed by Gov. Deval Patrick. The Domans were the 10,000th family to buy their first home with a loan from the SoftSecond Loan Program, the state’s most affordable mortgage program. (Greig Cranna photo) |
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| Boston Day and Evening Academy recently held a gala to celebrate the inaugural presentation of its Alumni, Community and Education Service Awards. John Barros, executive director off the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, received the Community Award. (Photo courtesy of Boston Day and Evening Academy) |
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| April Taylor, M.P.H. (left), recipient of the 2008 Community Leader Angel Award presented by the Cherishing Our Hearts and Souls Coalition (COHS) of the Harvard School of Public Health, poses with Dr. Camara P. Jones, an internally renowned public health leader and epidemiologist for the federal centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Taylor and two other recipients received their awards earlier this spring at a conference entitled “Reaching Higher Ground: Race, Justice and Health,” held at the Vine Street Community Health Center. (Photo courtesy of the COHS staff) |
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| Phillip Bailey of the legendary musical group Earth Wind & Fire (right) enjoys a light moment with Berklee College of Music President Roger H. Brown (left) prior to the school’s commencement exercises, held last weekend at the Agganis Arena at Boston University. Bailey was the keynote speaker, and received an honorary doctorate. (Don West photo) |
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