Welcome to our neighborhood Boston Jobs - | Boston Public K-12 school profiles | Black Boston EventsTHE BEGINNINGS: From 1630 to 1640 a town named Boston Lincolnshire England, located about 120 miles from London, sent ten percent of its Puritan religious population here and BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS was born. Later, unwilling Blacks arrived in Boston in 1638 aboard a slave ship named "Desire." Approximately 138,000 African-Americans are resident Bostonians. The largest Black Boston neighborhood is connected by zip codes 02119,02120,02121,02124 and 02126 .
Dyslexia screening tests are being improved. The Tufts University and Yale University partnership invites kids aged 8-15 to participate.
Read 10 Things every Boston tenant needs to know in The New Bostonian Guide to Tenants' Rights.
FREE Black Business database you can view and search on AboutBlackBoston.com. Use a simple keyword to view company profiles and contacts.
Senior black students who are graduating from college and looking for a job in the Greater Boston market can get pluggged into an upcoming Boston Globe newspaper article about job hunting. E-mail your address to contact@blackboston.com for the hookup.
Metco, the diverse, educational opportunity program for black Bostonians began in the 1960s. On Friday, May 11, 2012, 5:30 P.M. at the Quincy Marriot Hotel, Metco
is having the 3rd Annual Evening of Champions. There will be live entertainment, a cash bar and live and silent auctions that benefit their Continuation Fund. Call (617) 427-1545 to support it. www.metcoinc.org
The Magic Johnson Foundation works to develop programs & support community-based organizations that address the educational, health & social needs of ethnically diverse, urban communities - http://www.magicjohnson.com/foundation.
The MassMentors.org MOC campaign aims to create awareness around the need for mentors of color, identify and provide recruitment opportunities, and offer training and consultations.
@MassSDO is a Twitter account for the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office. The SDO promotes access to lucrative supplier/vendor contracts to black Boston businesses and ethnic business owners seeking certification.
TOUR BOSTON virtually with the Play Button. Black neighborhoods receive equal play with the Boston waterfront, Boston museums and restaurants in this African American hosted video tour of Boston.
Mapping your way thru Black Boston? ABB is taking questions.
Here's a new question from a reader.
Dear AboutBlackBoston.com: Where shall I take a 3 year olds for fun activities where its likely that there are African Americans playing there?"
ANS: We are still looking. Consider the Plaster and Play shops for fun hands-on activities parents and their kids can enjoy. And the Franklin Park Coalition offers different programs and outdoor activities connected to the Franklin Park Zoo and the Emerald Necklace green space. Chucky Cheese was suggested.
The Boys Clubs of America on Blue Hill or Talbot avenue are strongly recommended for their programs. Look over the Boston Parents Paper, its online, and consider the Boston Common playground near the frog pond and Beacon Hill.
Look at this map to see the Boston communities where any two random people of different races may be living beside each other. These communities are ranked from 100 (most diverse) to 0 (least) and some communities have no diversity at all.
You can Count On YPN - the Young Professionals Network of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM) to fill a void in your networking life. YPN is the sweet spot for ethnics who are 22 to 42 and desire to meet people via networking. For more information about YPN email: info@ypnboston.org, visit www.ypnboston.org.
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There are African American owned business enterprise profiles online at BlackPagesOnline.com; Collette Phillips produces GET KONNECTED! networking events turning out 300 to 600 people; the BDPA Metro West and MassSDO host business networking events.
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.
BLACK BOSTON TV is BASIC BLACK and more. The shows capture 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. www.maah.org.
The 2012 Boston Latino TV Access Awards is coming up. Nominate people you know that should win the award. 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.
Marathon Winners - 2012
Men's Race Winner
Wesley Korir
Women's Race Winner
Sharon Cherop
GEOFFREY MUTAI was the 2011 fastest race men's winner and he said . "I was not coming to Boston to break the world record" .. "It was not in my mind bit it came. The wind was never much." Mutai claimed $150,000 for his win, plus $50,000, plus $25,000 for the course record. www.BAA.ORG
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.
highlights: applicant must possess a state license, 2-4 years Industry experience required, full training will be provided for the right candidates, good customer service skills required, the ability to problem solve and exercise independent judgment while displaying a high-degree of initiative abilities; this position requires significant field interaction, client interaction and a technical understanding of the asbestos abatement industry and a minimum 4 Year Degree in Environmental Sciences or related fields is required.
Download this entire job description. Please submit salary requirements when responding. Email Greg Hatch- ghatch@hillmanngroup.com or call 781 431-7779 with any questions you may have.
highlights: The Vice President for Development will report to the CEO and Founder of YouthBuild USA, Inc., and will be a member of the Senior Management Team. Because YouthBuild USA maintains a salary structure in which the highest salary is no more than 5 times the lowest salary, the range for this position will be $120,000 to $145,000 depending on experience. A Master’s Degree with at least ten years of outstandingly successful experience in private fundraising including major donor cultivation and solicitation experience meets two of many qualification objectives.
Download this entire job description to learn more. To Apply: Send your resume and cover letter to: Leah Moody, Senior Director of Human Resources, YouthBuild USA, 58 Day Street, Somerville, MA 02141, or email us at jobsearch@youthbuild.org or apply online at www.youthbuild.org/careers. Please apply by March 30, 2012.
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 Gatesexplains 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...
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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.
Free Download Comprehensive Massachusetts Tourist Profiles provided by Massachusetts Office of Tourism
Boston Black Church Worship Services and Historical Info
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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Mapping your way thru Black Boston?
BLACK BOSTON TV
The National Center for Afro American Artists 
GEOFFREY MUTAI was the 2011 fastest race men's winner and he said . "I was not coming to Boston to break the world record" .. "It was not in my mind bit it came. The wind was never much." Mutai claimed $150,000 for his win, plus $50,000, plus $25,000 for the course record. www.BAA.ORG
Black Boston History Destinations 
Coming in via Logan International Airport? Our 
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