| COMMUNITY NIGHT OF APPRECIATION & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Join the Roxbury Community and the Roxbury Safety Net in Thanking Councilor Turner’s staff and partners for their demonstration of commitment to our community by continuing to work until the recent D7 election. Slade’s Bar & Grill Thursday, April 14, 2011 958 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02120 7:00pm – until Live band “About Tyme” followed by the community DJ from Big City 101.3fm, DJ Dex! 7:30 – 8:00pm buffet Open Mike throughout the night!! Email: roxsafetynet@yahoo.com for more information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Grove Hall Update: state budget amendments_youth empl’t_substance abuse step down+ services_violence prevention_METCO_GHSNI Mtg (4/14—5:30pm) The following information was provided by the organizations and individuals listed below: -GHSNI Community Meeting, Thursday, 4.14.11, 5:30 PM -Contact Your State Representative immediately to support these budget amendments -Youth employment amendment -Substance abuse step down recovery -Substance abuse services -METCO 1) Grove Hall Safe Neighborhood Initiative How Can We Make Our Community Better? What Are Your Ideas? Come to the Grove Hall Community Meeting Thursday, April 14, 2011 5:30 PM- Reception 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM- Meeting Grove Hall Community Center 51 Geneva Avenue For more information Call Project RIGHT, Inc. @ 617.541.5451, x102 GHSNI is a Boston graduated Weed and Seed Site and is provided support through the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Executive Office of Public Safety, Department of Public Health, Boston Police Department, Boston Public Health Commission, Mayor Thomas Menino and MassHousing 2) Please contact your State Representatives to support the following budget amendments (for this stage, we have until Friday at 11 AM to make a difference) *********** 3) Dear Colleagues, Please consider cosponsoring an amendment I will be filing to restore the youth-at-risk employment program (line-item 7002-0012) to the FY12 budget. After-school and summer jobs for youth are important in helping them develop the skills and habits needed for professional success later in life. They are also hugely important for preventing youth violence. The amendment will be to restore this line-item to the budget, and to fund it at $4,400,000. Below please find the text of the amendment. To cosponsor it, or if you would like any further information, please either reply to this email or contact Rosie Hunter in my office at 617-722-2060. Thank you, Liz Malia Representative Malia of Boston moves to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 7002-0901 the following item: “7002-0012 For a youth-at-risk program targeted at reducing juvenile delinquency in high risk areas; provided, that these funds may be expended for the development and implementation of a year-round employment program for at-risk youth as well as existing year-round employment programs; provided further, that $500,000 of these funds shall be matched by private organizations … $4,400,000” 4) Dear Colleagues, Please consider co-sponsoring an amendment to restore funding to substance abuse step-down recovery services (line-item 4512-0201) to $4,800,000. The proposed cut in funding for this line-item – cutting it in half to $2,400,000 – could decimate our ability to help people recover from addiction. Long-term recovery from substance abuse is much more likely when an individual is able to receive treatment services for a longer period of time. For most individuals, a short 3 or 4 day detoxification program is not adequate. Step-down services provide post-detox residential placements (generally 14-21 days) that include case management and therapy. Step-down recovery services are vital to many recovering substance abusers. If the step-down program is cut, the number of individuals who go through state-funded detox multiple times would increase, and more individuals would visit emergency rooms with substance abuse problems. These outcomes are far more expensive than fully funding step-down services, and provide far worse outcomes for people struggling to get healthy. Attached please find the text of the amendment. If you would like to co-sponsor it, or if you would like any further information, please either respond to this email or contact Rosie Hunter in my office at 617-722-2060. Sincerely, Liz Malia Step-Down Recovery Services Ms. Malia of Boston moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 4512-0201, by striking out the figures “$2,400,000” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$4,800,000”. 5) From: MOARfran@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:54:21 To: m_kozu@hotmail.com
Here is analysis. Campaign is working on sponsors for amendments to stop the cuts Alert to follow
House Ways and Means proposes $5.9 million cut to Substance Abuse Services and taken from:
Substance Abuse Post-Detox Step Down services cut 50% ($2.4 million compared to $4.8 million in the Governor's budget)
4512-0202, which funds secure treatment facilities for opiate addition/pilot jail diversion programs, eliminated (was $2,000.000)
4512-0203, (funds intervention, care management, and a young adult treatment pilot program). eliminated (was $1,500,000)
If passed, Massachusetts could lose federal matching dollars because at this funding level it will not meet Block Grant Maintenance of Efforts requirements,.
The total loss of funding is estimated $11 million Everyone's help will be needed to stop this loss from happening.
Alert to follow with next steps
Maryanne Frangules
MOAR
Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
Executive Director
Tel: 617-423-6627
Fax: 617-423-6626
Website: www.moar-recovery.org 6) We need your immediate action! Please distribute the below METCO Legislative Alert to your network. We need you to contact your Boston State Representative and the State Representative from your suburban town. We need you to have your family, friends, neighbors and church members contact their State Representatives to support METCO. Contact your Town’s School Superintendent, School Committee members, your students’ friends and families to reach out to their suburban State Representatives to support METCO. If you need assistance in reaching out to your parents, feel free to contact me. We have until Friday (April 15, 2011) 10 AM to request State Representatives to cosponsor Rep. Jay Kaufman’s amendment to restore METCO’s funding. If you have any questions, please contact me at 617.839.2847 (m_kozu@hotmail.com). Michael Kozu for the METCO Parents Legislative Committee METCO LEGISLATIVE ALERT Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc. METCO, Inc. 40 Dimock Street ¨ Roxbury, MA 02119 Phone : (617) 427-1545 ex 14 ¨ Fax: (617) 541-0550 www.METCOinc.org METCO Legislative Alert # 5 – 2010/11 Wednesday, April 13, 2011 TO: METCO Superintendents, METCO Directors and School Committee Members From: Jean M. McGuire, Executive Director and John M. Shandorf, Associate Director Cc: METCO Board Members, METCO Parents, METCO Staff, METCO Alumni, MPLC and supporters Subject: HOUSE WAYS & MEANS BUDGET CUTS METCO – ACTION REQUESTED HOUSE WAYS & MEANS BUDGET CUTS METCO $1,500,000 or 8.5% Earlier today House Ways & Means released its 2012 budget, which reflected a $1,500,000 or 8.5% reduction in the METCO line item 7010-0012 from last year. The reduction, although unexpected, did not come as a complete surprise in light of the Commonwealth’s revenue challenges. Representative Jay Kaufman, our chief strategist in the House, is preparing an amendment to restore funding to $17,642,582, the FY11 level. The filing deadline for amendments has been set for this Friday, April 15, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. METCO supporters must continue to advocate for level funding for the METCO program in a very challenging economic time. This funding is necessary to serve all the children in the METCO program and we want to ensure METCO receives level funding in the budget process. We are asking you to reach out to your elected House members IMMEDIATELY to request that they “sign on” as co-sponsors to Rep. Kaufman’s amendment. METCO’s friends and allies in the House should call by 10 AM on Friday, April 15th. The more House members who sign on to this amendment, the greater the likelihood that funding will be restored. As we have stressed before, it is critically important that all of our supporters, both in Boston and our suburban partners, communicate to our House supporters that level funding is vital to our ability to adequately serve the 37 participating METCO communities. Help us contact as many METCO friends and allies as possible before the amendment filing deadline. Action Recommendation: 1. Please contact your House of Representatives members immediately and request that they “sign on” to Rep. Kaufman’s amendment restoring the $1.5 million reduction in the METCO line item 7010-0012. 2. Thank your Representative for their support. You can find out who your Legislators are by logging on to www.wheredoivotema.com and entering your home address. If you are not registered to vote, please register today. Please call John M. Shandorf, Associate Director of METCO, Inc. at 617-427-1545 ext. 14 regarding the content of this legislative alert. AND… SOS EMERGENCY
Please call or email your state representatives NOW and ask them to sign on as co-sponsors of these budget amendments by the Friday deadline for amendments for these amendments
(the deadline is Friday afternoon but try to get them to call/email the lead sponsors by Friday at 12:00. BUT If they don't get to sign on as co-sponsor by this deadline the state representative or his/her aide can still sign on as a co-sponsor by going to the House Clerk's Office between April 19-25 and signing on there)
NOTE: This is the list of amendments and what are called the Lead Sponsors filing the amendments, in several cases more than one representative is filing an amendment as lead sponsor and we're asking other representatives to co-sponsor each of the amendments.
1. YouthWorks Youth Jobs-- amendment to restore $4.4 million in funding 7002-0012
Amendment of Rep. Liz Malia email her aide Rosie Hunter Rosie.Hunter@mahouse.gov
Amenment of Rep. Jeff Sanchez email her aide Kate-Marie.Roycroft@mahouse.gov,
Amendment of Rep. Cheryl Coakley Rivera email her aide William.Monnin-Browder@mahouse.gov
2. School to Career Connecting Activities Youth Jobs--amendment to restore $2 million in funding
7027-0019
Amendment of Rep. Marty Walsh--- email his aide krista.zalatores@mahouse.gov
Amendment of Rep. Carlos Henriquez--email his aide krista.zalatores@mahouse.gov
Amendment of Rep. Cheryl Coakley Rivera email her aide William.Monnin-Browder@mahouse.gov
3. Shannon Anti-Gang Violence Grant Program--amendment to restore $5 million 8100-0111
Amendment of Rep. Stephen Canessa--email his aide Kate.Miller@mahouse.gov, Stephen.Canessa@mahouse.gov,
(This program provides funding for a variety of prevention programs addressing violence)
Thanks,
Lew Finfer (617) 470-2912
for the
Youth Jobs Coalition
Safe Teens/Safe Communities Coalition
The above information was compiled by Michael Kozu, PRI Community Coordinator (617.541.5451.x102) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Mass Black Empowerment Coalition: Community Organizing Meetings to influence and uphold our rights throughout the Redistricting Process (4/16 + 5/14) PLEASE JOIN THE MASS BLACK EMPOWERMENT COALITION AT THIS WEEK'S SATURDAY PLANNING MEETING. VOLUNTEERS AND LEADERSHIP ARE NEEDED TO HELP DEFINE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ORGANIZING FOR INFLUENCE AND EQUAL VOTING RIGHTS. REDISTRICTING MEANS: · MORE REPRESENTATION IN THE CITY COUNCIL · MORE REPRESENTATION AT THE STATE HOUSE · MORE REPRESENTATION IN THE U.S. CONGRESS GROVE HALL LIBRARY, 41 GENEVA AVENUE, Saturday, April 16, 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM & EVERY SATURDAY PASS THIS EMAIL ON TO YOUR NETWORKS! 
WE HAVE A HEARING SET. YOU HAVE TO PLAN TO ATTEND. 
"Democracy, in a word, is a social, that is to say, an ethical conception. And upon its ethical significance is based its significance as governmental. Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association." --John Dewey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Dudley Square Main Streets/Roxbury Collaborative Announcements: Black Dolls on Parade (4/16) + Roxbury Patriots’ Day (4/18) THE BLACK GOLD CLUB OF NEW ENGLAND PRESENTS BLACK DOLLS ON PARADE SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2011 AT THE DUDLEY LIBRARY 65 WARREN STREET, DUDLEY SQUARE, ROXBURY FREE DOLL EXHIBIT, DOLL TEA, DOLLY SHOW AND TELL BRING YOUR BEST DOLL FOR SHOW AND TELL ROXBURY PATRIOTS' DAY MONDAY, APRIL 18. 2011 AT THE FIRST CHURCH ROXBURY , JOHN ELIOT SQUARE (WHITE CHURCH ON HILL ADJACENT JOHN D. O' BRYANT SCHOOL) 8;00am-1:00pm FREE BREAKFAST , UNSUNG HEROES AWARD, HISTORIC TALK, TROLLEY RIDE HONORING THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AND THE NATIONAL LANCERS; HISTORIC TALK ON DAUGHTER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THEIR AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS JOYCE STANLEY DUDLEY SQUARE MAIN STREETS/ROXBURY COLLABORATIVE 617 541-4644 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Register now to hear Tim Wise Speaks in Boston They Want Their Country Back/Racism and the Politics of White Resentment (4/20--6:00pm) https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e3mlrhdo5c702f93&oseq= | | | |  They Want Their Country Back:
Racism and the Politics of White Resentment with TIM WISE
APRIL 20, 2011 - 6:00 PM
FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON
66 Marlborough Street
$20 suggested contribution
(more if you can, less if you can't)
ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY CHANGE, INC.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS This presentation will explore the rising tide of white anxiety since the election of President Obama, and explore the roots of white racial resentment, currently being stoked by the Tea Party, among others. In this speech, Wise discusses the use of nostalgia and historical revisionism as key elements of the right-wing white political narrative, and the importance of pushing back against it: something which, sadly, most liberals have been reluctant to do. Importantly, Wise examines the reasons why the "post-racial liberalism," which downplays racial division and tends to skirt the issue of the right's use of racial imagery, is doomed to fail. Only by confronting racism directly, as individuals and in the larger society, can we hope to defeat the politics of white resentment.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Newmarket Community Meeting (4/28—6:30-8:30pm) 
Fairmount Corridor Improvements Program Newmarket Commuter Rail Station Project Community Meeting The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is pleased to announce a community meeting to introduce the General Contractor to the Newmarket Community. At the meeting, S & R Construction Enterprises, Inc. will provide an overview of the proposed Construction Schedule and Means & Methods of Operation. A question and answer period will follow. The Meeting is scheduled for: Thursday April 28, 2011 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Project Hope Community Room 550 Dudley Street Boston, MA The MBTA urges all interested parties to attend. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. If assistive listening devices and / or interpreters are needed, please call Massachusetts Relay Service and request (617) 222-3752. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Heads up Parents, Students + Teachers: MAMLEO Community Forums (tools) to Address Bullying (SEE SCHEDULE) Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers, Inc. 61 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02121 Phone: 617-436-6868 Fax: 617-825-5961 Association Email: mamleoinc@gmail.com
Members Email: mamleomembers@gmail.com Website: www.mamleo.org April 2011 Dear Parents and Students: Our organization has been focusing on issues of bullying and anti-bullying solutions over the past couple of years. During that time, we have heard terrifying stories from youth regarding how they have been bullied both in school and in their neighborhood. More disturbing was the fact that they felt they could not talk to a parent, a teacher or a peer. Those that did speak with a school official regarding an in-school bullying incident, found no solution and in many cases things got worse. Many of our youth are afraid to go to school, suffer from depression because of bullying and some harbor thoughts of suicide. We must all STAND UP AND SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN~ M.A.M.L.E.O. has partnered with Dudley Branch Library, thanks to support from the Fellowes Trust Fund of the Boston Public Library, to present a series of Parent and Student Community Forums that will address bullying issues. Panels will consist of parents, students, teachers, professional workers, etc. who will discuss actual incidents of bullying, how to increase awareness of this issue, how the State Anti-Bullying Law and the Boston Public School Anti-Bullying Plan can assist students and families. There will be an Open Discussion Session after each panel presentation and all sessions are open and free to the public. PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE REMAINING SESSIONS AND BRING A FRIEND Saturday, April 30 “Your Child has the Right to be Safe at School” 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 23 “Born This Way” 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 6 “Love the Way U Lie” 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ALL SESSIONS HELD AT DUDLEY BRANCH LIBRARY 65 Warren Street – Roxbury, MA If you are a student in a Boston Public School, or the Parent of a Student, and are interested in being a panel member, call Ms. Burke at 617-436-6868 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO) Presents COMMUNITY FORUMS TO ADDRESS BULLYING 
Saturday, April 30, 2011 “Your Child has the Right to be Safe at School” Family Forum, 12:00 pm A discussion of the State Anti- Bullying Law and the Boston Public School Anti-Bullying Plan, and how it can assist families and schools deal with bullying incidents Facilitator: Professor Lyda S. Peters, Cambridge College, Boston College and former Boston Public School Teacher Monday, May 23, 2011 “Born This Way”
Youth Forum 3:30pm It’s about being different and its affect on everyday life. Facilitator: Dr. Kenneth Boatner
Forum for Successful Solutions Inc. (Atlanta, Boston, NY) Monday, June 6, 2011 “Love the Way U Lie”
Youth Forum 3:30pm Relationships, culture clashes, respect, social positioning, Facilitator: Rob Jones life skills, parent support and reaching out. T. Lee Associates LOCATION: Dudley Branch Library – 65 Warren Street - Roxbury, MA 02119 ALL SESSIONS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC If you are a student in a Boston Public School, or the Parent of a Student, and are interested in being a panel member, Call Ms. Burke at617-436-6868. 
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