Boston Scenes

Nataka Crayton-Walker (left), president of United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury (UNLR) and daughter of the late former District 7 Boston City Councilor Tony Crayton, and UNLR board member Bobby Walker III were married on Saturday, June 20, 2009, in the Frederick Douglass Peace Garden on Tremont Street in Roxbury. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo)

George Russell Jr. (left), president of the State Street Foundation, received the Starfish Thrower Award at Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston’s annual Starfish Thrower Award Gala, held June 15, 2009. Joining Russell were Operation A.B.L.E. Executive Director Joan Cirillo (center) and Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts President and CEO Darnell L. Williams. (Photo courtesy of Operation A.B.L.E.)

The Home for Little Wanderers’ 2009 Voices & Visions gala, held May 27, 2009, at the Seaport World Trade Center, raised $900,000 to help at-risk children and families. The event featured art by children in The Home’s programs. (From left): Milton Benjamin; Joan Wallace-Benjamin, president and CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers; Vivian Wallace; Wendall J. Knox; Dr. Kenneth Edelin; Stephen Wright; and Voices and Visions co-chair John Hailer. (Brent N. Clarke photo)

Charles R. Stith, director of the African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC) at Boston University (right), recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on topics ranging from strategies for public diplomacy to a pre-brief on Stith’s upcoming trip to Africa. Stith served as U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania during the administration of President Bill Clinton, the secretary of state’s husband. (Photo courtesy of APARC)

The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) held the 6th Annual Tee Off to Fight Prostate Cancer event on June 24 at the Franklin Park Golf Course. The misty day did not deter golf enthusiasts from supporting PHEN on its mission to inform men at risk of the need for testing and information about prostate cancer. (From left): Members of the number one team Albert Brown, Frank Olivierre and George Morrison; presenter Jesse Rowell; and PHEN founder and president Tom Farrington. (Don West photo, http://www.donwestfoto.com/)