Boston Scenes

Newton Mayor Setti Warren and Boston At-Large Councilor Ayanna Pressley were honored by Freedom House at their annual Champions of Freedom Awards dinner. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Nearly 1,000 people participated in the Youth Jobs Rally and March in downtown Boston last week. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Dr. Camara Jones delivers the keynote address to participants at the 3rd Annual Black Women and Breast Cancer Conference. Held in Roxbury earlier this month, the event attracted nearly 100 participants and was sponsored by the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition and Community Partners. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Boston International Film Festival Founder and Director Patrick Jerome takes a moment to chat with actress Samantha Lockwood. She stars in a feature film, “Shoot The Hero,” which was screened last week at the BIFF. (George Weinstein photo)

The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice hosted a film and discussion on the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, entitled: “The Farm: 10 Down.” In attendance were (left to right) Kaia Stern, Harold Adams, Ashanti Witherspoon and film co-producer, Mara-Michelle Batlin. (Tony Irving photo)

A recent Urban Town Hall Meeting by Gov. Deval Patrick saw Tito Jackson, Patrick’s campaign political director, Major General Joe Carter, Mark Conrad, state Parole Board chairman, and Ron Bell, senior advisor for Community Affairs, share a moment together. (Photo courtesy of Deval Patrick campaign)

State Rep. Sonia Chang-Diaz poses with Charlotte Golar Ritchie and state Rep. Byron Rushing during a break of the ¡Cultura Viva!,  the annual gala of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA). (Craig Bailey/Perspective photo)

Far from the typical sit-down fundraiser, ¡Cultura Viva!, the annual gala of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), took guests on a Latin American fiesta of music, dance, art and cuisine. The event featured  La Timbistica, a band composed of Berklee College of Music’s top young musicians, IBA’s own Las Pleneras de la Villa, a folkloric elders dance troupe, attendees and youth from the IBA-Cacique Youth Learning Center. (Craig Bailey/Perspective photo)

Ken Simmons, chief fish culturist for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, offers some guidance to 12-year-old Emmy Leonardo of Dorchester as the JFK School fifth-grader helps place a salmon in Jamaica Pond during the April 6 fish stocking hosted in partnership with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.  Fifteen salmon and more than 900 trout were released with the help of students from the Curley and Kennedy Schools and Dorchester Youth Academy. (Photo courtesy of City of Boston)

Judith Lammy, a committed advocate for Caribbean culture, died on April 13. She was 53 years old. The mother of two daughters, Lilian Ann and Arlene, with her husband Ronald H. Lammy, “Ann,” as she was called, was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She was an active supporter of the North Shore Caribbean Association and helped organize the first concert of calypso and steelband music at Boston’s Symphony Hall. (Photo courtesy of the Lammy family)

MATCHC 0271 - From left to right: Christopher Brandon, Board Chair of Mattapan Community Health Center, Dr. Ravin Daivdoff of Boston Medical Center and Dr. Azzie Young President and CEO Mattapan Community Health Center. (Don West photo, www.donwestfoto.com)

MATCHC 0277 - From left to right: Christopher Brandon, Board Chair of Mattapan Community Health Center, Wendell Knox of Abt Associates Inc. (Former President) and Dr. Azzie Young President and CEO Mattapan Community Health Center. (Don West photo, www.donwestfoto.com)

MATCHC 0280 – From left to right: Christopher Brandon, Board Chair of Mattapan Community Health Center, Dr. Lisa Wong of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra and Dr. Azzie Young President and CEO Mattapan Community Health Center. (Don West photo, www.donwestfoto.com)