Boston Scenes

Noble and Greenough School’s Diversity Initiatives Director and members of the Multicultural Student Association are working this year to enrich diversity on campus through collaborative projects between multicultural clubs and other student organizations. Leading the charge is Steven Tejada, fourth from left, the new Director of Diversity and Connie Yepez, second from left, the Director of Nobles' Achieve Summer Program for promising middle school students of color from the greater Boston area.

(From left): The Rev. Drs. Ray Hammond and Gloria White-Hammond join Myra Kraft and her husband Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, at a celebration honoring the Hammonds’ 20 years of service to the congregation of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain, held Oct. 24 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. (Tony Irving photo)

The American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay recently held in Boston its Fourth Annual Women Who Care, which gathered over 700 women and raised nearly $100,000. It was hosted by chief executive officer of the Mass. Bay chapter Deborah C. Jackson (right) and emceed by WCVB-TV 5 anchor Liz Brunner (left). (Photo courtesy of the American Red Cross of Mass. Bay) 

On Oct. 24, Roslindale’s Philbrick Elementary School third graders (from left:) Amber Salvucci, Amirah Martinez, Amy DePaz and Amir Fadelelsaid wear T-shirts donated as part of College Month, a program by the Boston Public Schools to encourage grade-schoolers to aim for college. (Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools)

YouthBuild programs in Massachusetts received $475,000 in grant funding from the Wal-Mart Foundation last Wednesday. The funds are intended to help hundreds of students earn their GED or high school diploma, develop job skills and build affordable housing for low-income families in nine communities across the state. (Photo courtesy of YouthBuild)

Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses Inc. (FDNH) hosted 20 volunteers from Eduventures Inc. earlier this month as part of the Third Annual Jumpstart Read for the Record Program, the largest shared reading event in the country. Preschools, day care centers, and elementary schools partnered with volunteer readers in an effort to break the world record for the most number of children reading the same book on the same day. (Photo courtesy of FDNH)