| Mayor
Thomas M. Menino (left) and the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians held
the second annual “We Are Boston” awards ceremony at the Boston
Convention & Exhibition Center on Monday, honoring David Ortiz and
other outstanding individuals and organizations who have made
significant contributions in embracing Boston’s diversity. (Photo
courtesy of City of Boston Mayor’s Office) |
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| Didi
Emmons (center), chef from Haley House Bakery Café in Roxbury, shares
her secrets with students from Dorchester’s Neighborhood House Charter
School. Emmons took part in a fundraiser for Neighborhood House’s
Garden and Outdoor Classroom project. (Photo courtesy of Mayflower Farm
and Garden Association) |
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| Dr.
William Hinton, Harvard’s first African American professor and the
doctor who discovered the diagnosis for syphilis, received long overdue
recognition at the History & Innovation Awards on Nov. 13. The
Boston History & Innovation Collaborative posthumously honored
Hinton with an award, presented to his grandson Charles Jones (center)
and other family members by Secretary of Heath and Human Services Dr.
JudyAnn Bigby (right). Enoch Woodhouse, Esq., a Tuskegee Airman and an
acquaintance of Hinton’s, spoke about the man and his accomplishments.
(Photo courtesy of Meghan Moore) |
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| Mayor
Thomas M. Menino (fourth from left) recently joined Michael Flaherty,
co-founder and president of Boston’s Walden Media (second from left)
and local members of the U.S. Marine Corps to kick off the city’s
annual Toys for Tots drive, which collects new, unwrapped toys for
distribution as Christmas gifts to give needy children in the Greater
Boston community a message of hope and a sense of the joy of Christmas.
(Photo courtesy of City of Boston Mayor’s Office) |
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| A
group of Dorchester youth teamed with community activists and
volunteers — including 23 middle-schoolers from Maine — last Monday to
clean up the block-long parking lot behind Syria Temple on Norfolk
Street. The project, part of the Fourth Annual “Being Thankful for My
Community Day” in Codman Square, gave area residents a chance to
spotlight a different side of the Dot and show they care about their
neighborhood. (Brandon Goad/The Boston Project Ministries photo) |
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| Grammy-winning
R&B star John Legend, who played a free concert Nov. 7 at the Roxy
in Boston, headed over to Mantra Restaurant on Temple Street following
the show in support of “The Souls of Black Girls,” a provocative new
documentary by Daphne Valerius. Legend and Valerius have known each
other for some time, and have shown strong support for one another’s
work. The new film, which Valerius made while at Emerson, features
interviews with rapper Chuck D, actresses Regina King and Jada Pinkett
Smith, and journalist Gwen Ifill. (Derek Lumpkins photo) |
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