Boston Scenes

Gov. Deval Patrick visits with a child at the Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Head Start Parade on Boston Common, held last Wednesday, as state Rep. Byron Rushing (left) looks on. More than 3,000 children, parents, teachers and friends marched to celebrate the Head Start Program and draw attention to children’s issues. (Photo courtesy of ABCD)

Harvard Medical School’s Office for Diversity and Community Partnership recently held its fifth annual “Reflection in Action: Building Health Communities” event celebrating social justice. RIA links the arts with science in a contest for 6th through 9th grade students in Boston and Cambridge, providing an opportunity for them to use their creativity while focusing on various health issues, diseases and disparities facing their respective communities. (Jeff Thiebauth photo)

Christopher Jones of Sun Life Financial (left) joined students from Pauline A. Shaw Middle School in Dorchester for Junior Achievement’s “JA in a Day” program. The one-day event was intended to establish a foundation for lifelong financial literacy among elementary school students by having a dozen Sun Life employees engage students in hands-on activities that presented concepts like earning, spending and saving money. (Photo courtesy of Junior Achievement)

 

Joan Wallace-Benjamin, president and CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers (left), and Gregory T. Ricks, former associate dean and director of the Afro-American Institute at Northeastern University, share a moment at The Home’s recent 2008 Voices & Visions Gala. Ricks was one of three alumni of the child and family services agency honored at the event for the fulfilling personal and professional lives they have led since getting their start at The Home. (Photo courtesy of The Home for Little Wanderers)

Anthony White, 16, of Roslindale received Youth Leadership Award for excellence in tobacco prevention from Patti Henley of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program at a statewide gathering of youth held May 31 in Westborough. Over 250 youth identified their top three tobacco-related concerns, topped by family and friends suffering and dying from disease. (Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Youth Against Tobacco)

Linette Carvalho, 17, of Roxbury received Youth Leadership Award for excellence in tobacco prevention from Patti Henley of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program at a statewide gathering of youth held May 31 in Westborough. Over 250 youth identified their top three tobacco-related concerns, topped by family and friends suffering and dying from disease. (Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Youth Against Tobacco)

Roxbury resident Maisha Thomas (center), flanked by Mayor Thomas M. Menino (left) and Boston University President Robert Brown, was one of 39 students in the latest graduating class of Boston University School of Medicine’s CityLab Academy, a free nine-month academic and laboratory skills training program for qualified high school graduates interested in pursuing a career or education in biotechnology. (Photo courtesy of Boston University School of Medicine)

Nicholas Negroponte (center) demonstrates his One Laptop Per Child XO computer at Roxbury’s City on a Hill Charter Public School. While Negroponte visited City on a Hill last month to receive the school’s 2008 Citizenship Award, he announced that his nonprofit One Laptop Per Child organization had reached a deal with Microsoft to offer a new version of the XO computer that operates on Windows. (Photo courtesy of One Laptop Per Child)

 

Christopher Castellano, a Charlestown High School sophomore and Dorchester resident, practices CPR skills while Mayor Thomas M. Menino watches. The demonstration was part of the first National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week, in which students taking health classes are being trained to recognize sudden cardiac arrest, administer CPR and use an AED. The mayor also announced a $30,000 donation from Philips Healthcare to support CPR training. (Isabel Leon/Office of Mayor Thomas M. Menino photo)

Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at 79
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Rock pioneer Bo Diddley has died. He was 79. A spokeswoman says Diddley died of heart failure Monday. He had suf­­fered a heart attack in August 2007, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in the Midwest. Doctors said the stroke af­fected his ability to speak, and he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation. The legendary singer and performer was known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses and black hat. His first single, “Bo Diddley,” introduced record buyers in 1955 to his signature rhythm: bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp, often summarized as “shave and a haircut, two bits.” The B-side, “I’m a Man,” with its slightly humorous take on macho pride, also became a rock standard. (Associated Press, Julie Jacobson photo)