Boston Scenes

Randal Rucker (r), CEO of Family Service of Greater Boston, chats with Mayor Yona Yahav of Haifa, Israel, during a recent tour of that city’s seaport revitalization area. Rucker was a member of the City to City Leadership Delegation focusing on entrepreneurial best practices to apply to Boston’s emerging “Innovation District” on the South Boston waterfront. (Don West photo, www.donwestfoto.com)

New and old members of the NAACP’s Boston Branch wait in line at Roxbury Community College’s Media Arts Building on Monday to elect a new president. Michael Curry, legislative director of the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Centers, was the unofficial winner of the election over former state Sen. Bill Owens. (Eric Esteves photo)

Gov. Deval Patrick announced last week the awarding of a $1 million challenge grant to Freedom House, the 61-year-old civil rights agency started by Otto and Muriel Snowden. Their daughter, Gail Snowden, said the grant will be used toward the $3 million the agency needs for its new building. (Tony Irving photo)

Rev. Hurmon Hamilton Jr. (r), senior pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian  Church, was the honoree at the Whittier Street Health Center’s Saving The Health Of The Community International Benefit Gospel Concert on Saturday. Hamilton is seen here with Frederica M. Williams, president and CEO of Whittier Street Health Center, and Dr. Bobby Jones. (Chris Aduama photo)

ALPFA held its Boston Chapter’s Annual Executive Leadership Summit last Friday, Nov. 12 at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston. This year’s summit was special as they celebrated their 10th anniversary and introduced new Chapter President Enrique Shadah (l) with Ian Barrett of UMass Medical School and former ALPFA Boston Chapter President Paul Francisco (r). (Tony Irving photo)

Gov. Deval Patrick asks the crowd to have a seat after being greeted with a strong standing ovation at Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)’s Thanksgiving event both for his support of in-state tuition for children of immigrants and his recent election victory. Treasurer-elect Steve Grossman and state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz are among the attendees standing in the background. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)