Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

Gov. Deval Patrick (second from left) was one of four recipients of the National Urban League’s (NUL) Legend Awards. The other winners were Henry Louis Gates and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham of Harvard University, and singer Nancy Wilson. Pictured here in Orlando at a celebration of the Urban League’s 90th anniversary are (from left): Darnell Williams, president of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM); Patrick; NUL President Marc Morial; Henry Thomas, president of the Urban League in Springfield; and NUL Chairman John D. Hofmeister. (Photo courtesy of ULEM)

The Boston School Committee and school superintendent Dr. Carol R. Johnson last month honored members of the Boston Police Department (BPD) and the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Safety Services in recognition of their bravery in the line of duty. In June, six officers helped rescue residents of an apartment building that caught fire across the street from Boston Latin Academy in Dorchester. (From left): Johnson, BPD Sgt. Detective Mike Talbot, School Safety Officer Maurice Osteen, BPD Officer Donald Caisey, BPD Officer Kurt Mosely, BPD Officer Heather MacKenzie and School Committee Chairperson Elizabeth Reilinger. Lieutenant Richard Durkin (not pictured) was also recognized. (Photo courtesy of BPS)

In this July 5, 2007 photo, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, speaks at a forum on renewing American manufacturing in Cleveland. Tubbs Jones, who was the first African American woman to represent Ohio in the United States Congress, died last Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, after suffering a brain hemorrhage. She was 58 years old. A memorial service in her honor will be held Saturday at the Cleveland Public Auditorium. (AP photo/Mark Duncan, File)

Twenty-six youth from Roxbury Presbyterian Church Summer Impact recently set sail from the Bank of America Pavilion with Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, a nonprofit organization that aims restoring and protecting Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay. The trip was part of a free summer program offered by Save the Harbor/Save the Bay that gives nearly 5,000 Boston-area youth the opportunity to explore the Harbor Islands while learning about the marine environment and the history of Boston Harbor. While learning, they enjoy the Boston Harbor Islands National Park. (Photo courtesy of Save the Harbor / Save the Bay)

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