| 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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