| Dr.
William S. Hinton, the first African American professor at Harvard
Medical School and an internationally renowned researcher on sexually
transmitted diseases, was posthumously honored by Gov. Deval Patrick on
Monday, as the Department of Public Health’s State Laboratory Institute
was renamed in Hinton’s honor. For more, see our story on pg. 17.
(Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health) |
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| The
Bromley-Heath Cheer & Dance Program’s Saints All Stars Senior Dance
Team were recently named the Jamfest Cheer & Dance Senior Variety
Dance Division National Champions, following a two-day competition held
in Springfield on April 19-20. (Photo courtesy of Bromley Heath Cheer
& Dance Program) |
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| Mission
Hill Main Streets Executive Director Christine Rose (left) and Mash
Abdirahman, owner of the Butterfly Café, draw the winners of the Boston
Sports Raffle, held to benefit Mission Hill Main Streets and the
Building Materials Resource Center of Mission Hill, which provides
affordable materials for home repair. The raffle, with prizes including
tickets to Red Sox and Celtics playoff games, netted about $4,000 for
the nonprofits. (Photo courtesy of Boston Building Materials Co-op) |
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| The
Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA) recently elected new
leadership. (From left): Ogor Winnie Okoye (director), Bob Cooper
(director), Angel Kelley Brown (director), Damon Hart (president),
Angela McConney (treasurer), Douglas Martin (president-elect), Nikiki
Bogle (immediate past president), Donald LaRoche (director). Not
pictured: Dominic Blue (secretary), Damian Wilmot (vice president) and
Charles Groce (director). (Photo courtesy of MBLA) |
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| Action
for Boston Community Development Inc. (ABCD) SummerWorks Director Aaron
Tanimoto of Roxbury (left) meets with area teenagers and parents
picking up applications for ABCD summer jobs at the ABCD SummerWorks
kickoff event, held at the Reggie Lewis Track & Field Center. More
than 1,000 inner-city teens and parents came to the event to learn
about summer job opportunities and to meet with ABCD counselors. (Don
West photo) |
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| The
Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal
Church (second from right, standing), Robert Lewis Jr., vice president
for program of The Boston Foundation (third from right, standing), and
Marc Germain, program associate for the foundation’s High Risk Youth
Initiative (second from left, kneeling), joined last month to host a
breakfast with a number of African American professionals and academics
entitled “An Opportunity to Engage.” The wide-ranging intergenerational
conversation focused primarily on the many opportunities available for,
and the many challenges facing, young men of color today. (Tony Irving
photo) |
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