Welcome To The Chuck Turner Daylight Network:
The Antidote For The Apathetic
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The Turner trial begins on October 12th @ 9:00am
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CONTENTS
1. Grove Hall Update: Project Right Full Membership Mtg--Community concerns re: 28 T-Bus. (10/5--6:00pm)
2. Domestic Violence Vigil: Remembering Those Lost to Domestic Violence (10/6--6-6:30pm)
DETAILS BELOW...
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1. Grove Hall Update: Project Right Full Membership Mtg--Community concerns re: 28 T-Bus. (10/5--6pm)
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1) All are welcome
PROJECT R.I.G.H.T., INC.
Full Membership Meeting
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
5:30 p.m. Reception
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Meeting
Grove Hall Community Center
51 Geneva Avenue
AGENDA
Introductions/ welcome
We need you to come and express your concerns!
Representatives from the MBTA will discuss the impact of the sixty foot buses for Route 28
(Ruggles to Mattapan), bus services issues and the potential loss of bus stops in the Grove
Hall community.
One proposal by the MBTA would eliminate 12 of the 29 bus stops (over 40%) along both sides of Route 28 between Franklin Park (and Charlotte Street) and Warren Street (and Waverly Street). How many MBTA buses have you seen run a red light or are there other traffic issues that you wish to express? What concerns do you have about the lack of process for the Grove Hall neighborhood regarding MBTA decisions? What suggestions do you have to improve MBTA bus service in Grove Hall?
Remember to Vote on Tuesday, November 2, 2010!!!
Adjournment
(Project RIGHT, Inc. receives support from the Grove Hall Safe Neighborhood Initiative/ Boston Weed and Seed Site, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Mayor Thomas Menino/ City’s Parks & Recreation Department, Executive Office of Public Safety, Boston Police Department, Dept. of Public Health and the Hayden, Hyams, Boston, Yawkey, Common Stream, New World, Citizens Bank and anonymous Fnds., Tufts Medical Center, Roxbury Trust Fund, Institute for Health & Recovery & Health Resources in Action)
Project R.I.G.H.T., Inc, 320 A Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester MA 02121-4367
Phone (617) 541-5454, x100 Fax (617) 427-7160
e-mail address: jmartinez@projectright.org www.projectright.org
The above information was compiled by Michael Kozu, PRI Community Coordinator, 617.541.5451.x102.
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2. Domestic Violence Vigil: Remembering Those Lost to Domestic Violence (10/6--6-6:30pm)
Domestic Violence Vigil • Wed., October 6, 2010, 6:00 to 6:30 PM
CAMBRIDGE CITY HALL • 795 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Join Us in Remembering Those Lost to Domestic Violence in 2010
A candlelight vigil will be held on the steps of Cambridge City Hall from 6:00 to 6:30 PM on Wednesday, October 6 in observance of national Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
The vigil will commemorate Massachusetts women, men, and children who lost their lives this year to domestic violence. Local groups will have resources for victims and information for the community on how to recognize and talk about domestic violence.
If you or someone you know needs help, call SAFELINK 877-785-2020.
Please visit www.cambridgepublichealth.org for more Domestic Violence Awareness Activities in October.
Sponsored by the Cambridge Public Health Department, the Cambridge Women’s Commission, the Cambridge Police Department, and the Domestic Violence Task Force as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Brian Corr
Executive Director, Cambridge Peace Commission
51 Inman St., Cambridge, MA 02139
617.349.4694 voice • 617.349.4766 fax
bcorr@cambridgema.gov • www.cambridgema.gov/peace
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| | | School Committee Oct 6,6-8pm Redesign and Reinvest YTTF meeting Oct 8, 8:30 - 10:30 am Educational options State conference Oct 7th, 8:30 - 3:30 How to build new pathways for off-track youth | | | Dear Lorraine, Please join us at the School Committee meeting tomorrow, Weds, Oct 6, 6 pm if you are available (our item will be later in the agenda if you want to come at 7 or so--I'm guessing that this meeting may run long). We have not yet heard whether the Redesign & Reinvest proposal that Superintendent Johnson will announce tomorrow night will include any plans to increase the alternative education options, but either way, it will be good to have a Youth Transitions presence at the meeting, as well as testimony from a few. Please click here to let me know if you plan to attend (not necessary, just helpful). We also have our YTTF meeting Oct 8 8:30 am, 555 Amory Street, 02130. We will be discussing the final EdOptions report and recommendations, talking strategy to get some of it implemented, and we'll hear about instructional practices and support models at two existing alternative programs. RSVP here. State conference Oct 7 in Worcester. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the State Strategies to Achieve Graduation for All team (a project initiated by the National Governors Association), is sponsoring a daylong event: Creating New Pathways to Increase the Number of Students Earning a High School Diploma. This free technical assistance event will be a "how-to" session on the variety of public school models available in Massachusetts and the ways these models can be used to meet the needs of students most likely to drop out or to re-engage dropouts. The session will include: 1) Details about each of the school and program development options (Innovation Schools, Commonwealth Charters, Horace Mann Charters, Turnaround (redesign) schools, and the "traditional" route for creating new schools or programs) -- including the benefits of each option, the logistical requirements, and potential funding sources for start-up 2) General information on promising practices in dropout reduction that could be incorporated into a new school design 3) Examples of different school models currently being implemented in Massachusetts to specifically serve students at risk of dropping out or recover former dropouts 4) Concrete planning tools and technical assistance from state staff and partnerson the creation and design of a new school or program For more details and to register, please visit: http://www.doe.mass.edu/conference/?ConferenceID=958 Please feel free to share this registration link with others - this event is open to all interested educators and partners. Best, Kathy | | News! | Race to the Top News: On August 24, Massachusetts was named a winner--and the top scorer--in the second round of the Race to the Top application process. This brings $250 million to the state to improve struggling schools, the teaching corps, data systems and core standars. Massachusetts has its own goal of increasing college and career readines. That goal, the turnaround provisions, $ support for new Innovations Schools and the $125 million that will go to local districts creates opportunity for dropout prevention and recovery. Read the press release here. Data systems grant. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) recently won a grant that will enable it to improve and expand its Early Warning Indicator system. Here is information on this longitudinal data systems grant . The ESE hopes to win another grant that will allow it to provide more support for local districts to better use the data for dropout prevention and recovery efforts. Lower dropout rates in Boston and Massachusetts. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) and the Boston Public Schools (BPS) released the 08-09 dropout rates. The state rate (2.9%) is the lowest rate in a decade and the BPS rate (7.3% by the ESE caclucuation and 6.4% by the BPS method--this Globe article summarizes the BPS rate improvement nicely) is the lowest in 2 decades, according to the BPS. Numbers tell an even better story. In our work, we have always tried to look at the numbers, not just the rates. According to the ESE data, since 2006, when the state SIMS data system facilitated more accurate reporting, the BPS number has fallen steadily from its highest point 1,872 to 1,308--564 fewer students left school last year than in the 2005-2006 school year. The state number fell by 1,374 (from 9,959 to 8,585) in the most recent year alone--and by 2,851 since 2007, the highest point since the SIMS conversion. Read the BPS press release and the ESE press release for more. Include articles on topics of interest to your readers, relevant news and events. If you find an interesting article on the Web, you can easily ask the author's permission to summarize the article and link to it from your newsletter. Drive traffic to your website by entering teaser text for the article with a link to your website for readers to view the full text. | | | | Gubernatorial candidates forum on youth issues, Oct 13, 4:30 - 6:00 pm, location TBD. more details to come.... _______________ Rennie Center-YTTF-ESE brief: YTTF meetings Oct 8, 8:30 - 10:30 Nov 5, 8:30 - 10:30 Dec 17, 8:30 - 10:30 | PIC Office 555 Amory Street Jamaica Plain 617-524-5224 | | | | | | |
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Chuck Turner, District 7 Boston City Councillor
City Hall Office--(617) 635-3510 / District Office--(617) 427-8100
Chuck.Turner@cityofboston.gov Angela.Yarde@cityofboston.gov Phillip.Reason@cityofboston.gov
Paulette.Tillery@cityofboston.gov Lorraine.Fowlkes@cityofboston.gov Edith.Monroe@cityofboston.gov
ROXBURY: WARD 8, Pcts 3-4, 7; WARD 9, Pcts 3-5; WARD 11, Pcts 1-3, 5; WARD 12, Pcts 1-9
DORCHESTER: Ward 7, Pct 10; Ward 8, Pcts 5-6; Ward 13, Pcts 1-2, 4-5
SOUTH END: Ward 4, Pct 4; Ward 9, Pct 2
FENWAY: Ward 4, Pcts 5, 8-9
