Welcome to our neighborhood Boston Jobs - | BOSTON PUBLICK-12 school profilesTHE BEGINNINGS: From 1630 to 1640 a town named Boston Lincolnshire England - its located about 120 miles from London - sent over ten percent of its Puritan religious population to populate BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS. Unwilling Blacks arrived in Boston during 1638 aboard a ship named "Desire." Now, 125,000 of 600,000 Boston residents are African-Americans. The Latino population were counted as 88,000 plus recently. Asians- 47,000. The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC) at Boston College, will offer a one-day spring workshop ("Circle of Success: College Prep") designed to provide your child with some valuable information she or he needs to plan for college.
Project Success is a mentoring program that pairs Black and Latino/a high school students with Black and Latino/a undergraduate students at Boston College.
Your 10th and/or 11th grade student are eligible to attend a one time Spring workshop on the Boston College Campus from 10:00am to 2:00pm on Saturday, April 10th, 2010. Pre-registration is required, The workshop is free for students and lunch will be provided. Current college students will provide the practical information and share experiences students often need to know to survive and thrive in the college setting.
Register now or by March 17th with ISPRC online or call Tel: 617-552-2482 today.
An invisible LTE 4G wireless cloud now hovers over Roxbury and Dorchester.
On March 8th, Verizon announced the test results of their new blazing fast wireless bandwidth speeds in Roxbury and Boston.
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A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS who participate in debate leagues earn better grades, are three times more likely to graduate from high school than similar students who do not join their debate team, and are better prepared for college success.
Dr. Carol R. Johnson, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools (BPS), has increased the district’s investment in the Boston Debate League (BDL) as a powerful tool for engaging urban students in academically rich activities during school, after school, and during the summer.
The Boston Debate League / (617) 933-1897 / continues to expand, doubling the number of participants, now in 10 schools: Boston Latin Academy (Dorchester), Brighton High School (Brighton), Brook Farm Business and Service Career Academy (West Roxbury), Charlestown High School, Dorchester Academy, East Boston High School, Media Communications Technology High School (West Roxbury), New Mission High School (Mission Hill), Quincy Upper School (Chinatown / South End) and the Urban Science Academy (West Roxbury). | view the debate study.
Meet Two Single Black Women talking about Black Men in Boston PLAY this video (not rated)
link to the Massachusetts film industry Black Boston's First Snow Dec 6th, 2009 Here Ya Go: a cell phone photo from the neighborhood.
Black and Latino Mentors Needed
The Power of One Mentoring Challenge invites mentors to become involved. By 2013, Mass Mentors aims to double the number of youth in mentoring relationships and they need more professionals of color to serve as mentors.
There was a panel discussion recently at the Urban League. Attending were: Emmanuel Tikili of the Ten Point Coalition, Pastor Jason LaPlanche of the Kingdom Builders Worship Center, Joel Mora of Tag Panas and Lisa Cook of the Mass Mentoring Partnership. The contact we have for the organization is info@ypnboston.org.
Wheelock College is pleased to announce the creation of a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of African American and Hispanic male teachers in our nation’s schools. Called The Leadership Academy for Future Educators, the program kicked off this summer (2009) with 10 male high school students of color from Boston and New York who have expressed interest in pursuing a career in education - get info (PDF).
The Boston Black Social Club for the 30 and Up Crowd announced another network meeting. This social network group was formed to create a mature black social network specifically for the 30 and over crowd to share similar interests in entertainment, travel, and business.
Councillors Yancey and Turner Boston Stimulus Fund download
Black Boston | NetWorks |..there are African American owned business enterprise profiles online at BlackPagesOnline.com; Collette Phillips produces networking events at the 28 Degrees restaurant for professionals; The BDPA Metro West and SOMWBA put on networking events. Here's more: The Partnership creates corporate connections for young people of color, The Boston Black Student Network (BBSN) recruits hundreds of black students from 20 area colleges and universities BBSN. Boston, the walking city, is a networking town. Contact us for a networking referral.
BLACK BOSTON TV - Thursday March 11th from 6:45 p.m-8:30 p.m. at the Young Professional Network General Body Meeting, meet Basic Black series producer Valerie Linson as she discusses BASIC BLACK: Cultivating and Showcasing the New Black Boston, at the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, 88 Warren St.,
Roxbury, MA. Airing on WGBH 2 since 1968, Basic Black (formerly Say Brother) has captured the stories, people, and issues that illuminate the African American experience in the Boston area and beyond. The episodes are also streaming LIVE online and viewers are encouraged to comment online in real time.
COLOR magazine highlights professionals of color and is published by Color Media Group, LLC 781-433-6975.
THE AFRICAN MEETING HOUSE has a gift shop. It offers a range of books, DVDs, reprinted speeches, children's items and more. See the enduring vitality of African-American culture at the Museum. 617-720-2991 ext. 13
The second annual Boston Latino TV Access Awards 2009 cermony starts May 28th, 7 p.m. at the UnderBar Lounge in Boston's Theatre District. Boston Latino TV is targeted to those who have an interest in Latino culture, opinions, ideas and lifestyles.
The National Center for Afro American Artists Museum Store in Boston offers many items for sale incuding prints and exhibition books. Since 1969, the National Center of Afro-American Artists and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, have enjoyed a unique collaboration that has been mutually beneficial, and has greatly assisted in the development of the NCAAA's museum.
THESE PEOPLE, Them Changes
Africans Win Women's and Men's races at the 2009 BOSTON MARATHON
25,000 runners entered various races to run 26 miles and 385 yards for the finish line.
First Lady Michelle Obama dances with the President credits: snapped by my sister, daughter and niece at the ball
Boston City Councillor Charles C. Yancey shared the microphone with the Reverend Bruce Wall in a ground-breaking, remote radio and internet simulcast program [download brief].
Black Boston History Destinations
The Museum of Afro-American History on Beacon Hill offers guided tours while exhibiting Colonial African American life in Boston.
The Robert Gould Shaw and U.S. 54th Regiment Memorial nearby has Civil War figures of Shaw and his decorated posse. Along the Black Heritage Trail is a stroll to the African Meeting House and beyond.... Condo develpment coverted Dr. Martin Luther King's apartment on Massachusetts Avenue. His former apartment was used during his Boston University years. The apartment is located near the Massachusetts Avenue MBTA Orange Line stop and just around the corner from the Boston Pops and the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Hall acoustic hideway, which anchors the corner bounded by Huntington Avenue, New England Conservatory, the Huntington Theatre and Pizzaria Uno's.
The Malcolm X House is in Roxbury where he lived with his half-sister near the Grove Hall community. Around the corner from Grove Hall sits the National Center of Afro-American Artists castle and tourist magnet.
Boston Public Schools Department hires African American woman for Superintendent of Public School gig for 2008, and beyond!. VIEW ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN K-12 CURRENT STATS recorded by every public school in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The RED CROSS IS RECRUITING for PAID open positions download the list below
Latest openings as of FEBRUARY 5th, 2010 offered by: Kathy McNeice | Talent Acquisition American Red Cross Biomedical Services180 Rustcraft Road Dedham, MA 02026 781-461-2347 (p) mcneiceka@usa.redcross.org
3/9/2010 - YOUTBUILD, USA seeks a MENTORING PROGRAM ASSOCIATE. The Mentoring Program Associate of the National Mentoring Alliance will be a key staff position in the growth of YouthBuild's mentoring work. download the complete job spec and see how to apply or go to http://www.youthbuild.org/apply by March 26, 2010.
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Coming in via Logan International Airport? Our travel info page provides useful information for getting around town. View and download all MBTA public transportation routes and estimate taxi cab fares from Logan to over 300 towns in Massachusetts.
Berklee College of Music hosted African-American software producer VIDEO FILES (1hr 21min video): In this video, the speaker, Henry Louis Gates, a Boston area resident, explains how he convinced Bill Gates to spend Microsoft's money to make a software program named "Africana Encarta" and there was DRAMA: Wine. Dinner. Farrakhan. Fantasy! Money! BoJangles, and the conversation...
AA males have higher prostate cancer threats
The man in the picture is Mark Kennedy, Dana-Farber's Project Director of Health Information for Men. If you want more information about prostate cancer threats please call 617.632.6694 for an information package.
The decision is yours. Medical experts believe all men should be offered regular screening test for prostate cancer while other medical experts do not recommend screening. Prostate is a walnut-sized gland that only men have. We heard about it, completed a screening test and found it to be a convenient, painless, simple process. It's worth considering for you and yours.African American wins Massachusetts Governor's Office
Nuestra Culinary Ventures restaurant startup program news.Boston's Empowerment Zone Center (617-541-2670) provides- Job development for youth, Intergenerational Technology Education, Health and Well-Being Programs, Family Opportunity Networks, Economic Development and Job Creation Programs, Micro- Lending Programs, Education and Job Readiness Programs, Fatherhood Initiatives, Ex-Offender Re-Entry Case Management help, Graduate Equivalency Diplomas, Skills Training and the Career Center Network. Short Cuts
TOURISM DATA 16 million visitors visited Massachusetts during 2003 - trends may be up or down since then, and most arrive in July through September. Ninety-three percent of these visitors and tourists to Massachusetts were white, 2.7% were African American, 2.3% were Spanish or of Hispanic orgin, and 1.3% were Asian, while other ethnic groups were represented by 2.2% of all travelers. Most drove their own cars to get here. Fifty-six percent of all visitors were residents of other New England states.
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, Inc. (617) 445.2737. The Black Ministerial Alliance (BMA) advocates for Boston community, economic, faith and youth development. Members include 80 Boston area inner-city churches and 96 faith and community based agencies.
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minorities to apply.
NICHOLS COLLEGE SEEKS
Director of Robert C. Fischer
Policy & Cultural Institute
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BLACK HISTORY MOMENT Ayanna Pressley
first African American woman
elected At-Large Councillor
in Boston,MA
The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC) at Boston College,
A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS who participate in debate leagues earn better grades, are three times more likely to graduate from high school than similar students who do not join their debate team, and are better prepared for college success.
Black and Latino Mentors Needed
BLACK BOSTON TV
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Africans Win Women's and Men's races
Black Boston History Destinations 
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