Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

Fathers Against The Murder Epidemic sponsored the Father’s Day March last week in support of family values. The participants walked from Melnea Cass to Grove Hall. (Tony Irving photo)

Community leaders, friends and supporters gathered on Boston Common Thursday to name the Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD), Inc. building after legendary poverty fighter and ABCD head Robert M. Coard. (L-R): Errol Coard; ABCD President/CEO John J. Drew; City Councilor Charles Yancey; and Hubie Jones, Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Social Work. (Don West photo)

A recent forum exploring crack cocaine and its impact on Boston’s black community was held at Hibernian Hall. Panelists included (L-R): Adam Foss, assistant district attorney, juvenile unit, Suffolk County District Attorney’s office; Pamerson Ifill, chief probation officer, Suffolk Superior Court; Rahsaan Hall, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights; Barbara Dougan, Families Against Mandatory Minimums; Superintendent Paul Joyce; Helene Tomlinson, attorney; George (Chip) Greenidge Jr., National Black College Alliance; and Rev. Eugene Rivers. (Photo courtesy of George (Chip) Greenidge Jr.)

Reginald Nunnally, executive director of the Supplier Diversity Office for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, spoke at the Young Mens’ Success Series on June 23, 2012, at the Whittier Street Health Center. (Tony Irving photo)