d7dn 1/15 WINTER VOLUNTEER DAY Franklin Park Coalition update -- Indoor - Outdoor Activities (Jan, Feb + beyond)

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CONTENTS

 

1.  Grove Hall Update:  MBTA Transit Needs Community Meetings                                               (1/13--5:30-7:30pm)

 

2.  WINTER VOLUNTEER DAY:  Franklin Park Coalition Update -- Indoor/Outdoor Activities          (Jan, Feb + beyond)

 

3.  Coalition to Dismantle the Cradle to Prison Pipeline Kickoff:                              (1/25--9:00am-12noon--RSVP NOW)

 

4.  JOB FAIR FOR FORMER INMATES: MAKING MONEY BEYOND "CORI"                                  (2/19--10am-4pm)

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1. Grove Hall Update:  MBTA Transit Needs Community Meetings  (1/13--5:30-7:30pm)

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Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan Transit Needs Study

Mass Dept. of Transportation to launch study in January

 

Attend a Study Kickoff Event!

Would you like your local mbta service to:

  Get you to your destination more quickly?

  Have more comfortable stops and stations?

  Arrive on time dependably?

  Provide connections to more destinations?

  Offer enough capacity for all riders?

We need your help!

Over the next year, the Mass Dept. of Transportation (MassDot) will work with the Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan communities to develop short and long term strategies for improving your public transportation system. 

Please join MassDot and your neighbors in developing a vision for enhanced MBTA service at one of our three kickoff meetings this January.

Locations                                  

**Thursday, January 13, 2011 (TONIGHT--5:30  pm – 7:30 pm)

    Dudley Branch Library

    65 Warren St, Roxbury

**Wednesday, January 12, 2011 (6:30 pm- 8:30 pm) TO BE RESCHEDULED

    Mattapan Branch Library

    1350 Blue Hill Avenue

The above information was compiled by Michael Kozu, PRI Community Coordinator (617.541.5451.x102). 

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2.  WINTER VOLUNTEER DAY:  Franklin Park Coalition Update -- Indoor/Outdoor Activities  (Jan, Feb + beyond)

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FRANKLIN PARK COALITION Photo courtesy of Earl Taylor & the Dorchester Historical Society It's a frigid week out there, but intrepid walkers are still exercising on the loop path around the Franklin Park golf course and the snow on the hillsides has been worn away by sleds. There are an array of indoor & outdoor activities coming up in Franklin Park and the nearby community. Stay healthy! Dress warmly and join in! Hope to see you in the park or at the movies! Gardening Keeps Us Healthy - Starts Tonight! Free Dorchester movie series Monday, January 3, 2010 6-8pm Codman Square Library "Polycultures: Food Where We Live", a documentary film that features diverse communities around Cleveland, Ohio coming together to grow a more sustainable and local food system. Upcoming Movies: Monday, January 24th, 4:00 PM - Uphams Corner Library: What's on Your Plate? Monday, January 31st, 6:00 PM - Codman Square Library: DIRT! Monday, February 7th, 6:00 PM - Codman Square Library: The Garden Monday, March 7th, 6:00 PM - Codman Square Library: Fresh (mark your calendars to save the dates) Sponsored by the Boston Natural Areas Network & the Boston Garden Council For more information, contact Karen at 617.542.7696 or email Karen@bostonnatural.org Improving Public Transit around the Park Saturday, January 8th 10:30am-12:30pm Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse Contribute your ideas for short and long-term strategies to improve public transit through Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. Come advocate for better transit to and around Franklin Park. Sponsored by Mass DOT. Photo: trolley on Blue Hill Avenue side of the park Winter Volunteer Day Saturday, January 15th 10:00am-Noon Beat the winter blues, get outside, and help care for Boston's historic forest - the 220 acres of woodlands in Franklin Park.  You'll be part of a tree liberation force clearing prickly catbrier vines that wrap around young trees and kill them. All ages welcome, there'll be plenty of hot chocolate. Wear layers and glove liners that can go under work gloves. Heavy cotton sweatshirts are best, nylon jackets may tear. Meet at Valley Gates Parking Lot, midway along the main park road. Snow Festival! Saturday, February 5th 1:00-4:00pm Track animal prints in the snow with a naturalist, build snow people, go sledding, or play board games and warm up inside with hot chocolate. If you have cross country skis bring them for a tour of the park (1:30pm). All ages welcome. Bring a sled if you have one, we'll have some to share. Snow dependent - keep your fingers crossed! At the Franklin Park Golf Course. Advocate for Franklin Park Snow Removal Many of you who are year-round park users, dog walkers, and bicyclists who use the Glen Road Entrance to the park are concerned about icy conditions and accidents. If you'd like to see the entrance plowed after a snowfall, contact the Mayor's Hotline: 617-635-4500 or send a digital message. It will remain a low-priority site unless the city learns that it is an important and busy entrance even in the winter. If you love Franklin Park, want to see it continue to improve, and enjoy programs like the Playhouse in the Park, nature activities at the Fall Festival, or volunteer days - become a member today! Click here to donate online. Members bring political clout and power as we work to make the park the best it can be. For more information and to RSVP for all events, please email rsvp@franklinparkcoalition.org or call 617-442-4141.   Quick Links... Our Website Follow us on Twitter! Facebook Group Facebook Fan Page Contact Information Phone: (617) 442-4141 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 302333, Boston, MA 02130 Website: http://www.franklinparkcoalition.org Come visit our office - 2010 Columbus Ave, Roxbury - we have great park photos, nature books, and historical documents. Call first in case we are out in the park!

 

 

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3.   Coalition to Dismantle the Cradle to Prison Pipeline Kickoff:  (1/25--9:00am-12noon--RSVP NOW)

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Please join us to launch a statewide campaign to replace the Cradle to Prison Pipeline with a pipeline towards college and productive work. Massachusetts Coalition to Dismantle the Cradle to Prison Pipeline Full Coalition Meeting January 25, 2011 9am to 12 noon City Year Headquarters 287 Columbus Ave Boston MA, 02116 [map and directions] Featuring interactive action planning and strategy sessions focused on the three goals of the Coalition:  To focus on zero tolerance school discipline policy as a key feeder system fueling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline in Massachusetts, and promote alternatives that create positive learning environments for all children.   To launch an education campaign to inform community leaders, parents and youth about the Cradle to Prison Pipeline, and name the overriding issues of racial disparities, poverty, trauma, and inequality that fuel the pipeline.   To dismantle the Cradle to Prison Pipeline by mobilizing activists, advocates, parents, youth, lawyers, stakeholders and the larger community to take action against systems that feed our youth into the pipeline.

The Pipeline The Cradle to Prison Pipeline is a national crisis that leaves a Black boy born in 2001 with a one in three chance of going to prison in his lifetime and a Latino boy a one in six risk of the same fate. The pipeline is fueled by racial disparities, pervasive poverty, trauma, inadequate health and mental health care, gaps in early childhood development, disparate educational opportunities, chronic abuse and neglect, and overburdened and ineffective juvenile justice systems. The Coalition The Coalition to Dismantle the Cradle to Prison Pipeline in Massachusetts is committed to replacing the Cradle to Prison Pipeline with a pipeline towards college and productive work. Click here to learn more about the Coalition. RSVP Please RSVP to let us know you are coming to the meeting.  Feel free to invite colleagues and other advocates.

 

Marilyn J. Segal, Executive Director
Citizens For Public Schools
18 Tremont Street, Suite 320
617-227-3000 x16
fax: 617-227-3453
marilyn@citizensforpublicschools.org

 

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4.     JOB FAIR FOR FORMER INMATES: MAKING MONEY BEYOND "CORI"  (2/19--10am-4pm)
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The Center For Church and Prison Events JOB FAIR FOR FORMER INMATES:  MAKING MONEY BEYOND "CORI"    ARE YOU OUT OF PRISON, OUT OF A JOB AND YOU NEED A JOB? JOB FAIR FOR FORMER INMATES: MAKING MONEY BEYOND "CORI"   The Center for Church and Prison in collaboration with the Urban League of Boston, The Anthony Perkins Community Center,  Greater Love  Tabernacle, etc., Invites you to a Job Fair for former inmates desiring a CORI friendly Job and Business!!!    Requirements:  Will Power to Work Integrity to Keep your Job  Committment to achieve Financial Independence on your Job.   Dress: Professional: Come Ready to Be Interviewed!!!    Event Info Date: Saturday Feb. 19th Time: 10am to 4pm  Venue: Anthony Perkins Community Center 155 Talbot Aven Dorchester, MA, 02124 The Center for Church and Prison  is a Resource and Research Center working to link the Church, individuals, and the Community with the prison and  prisoner with the goal toward strategic solution development for adequate intervention in the high rate of incarceration of especially black men and youths in United States prison system. Please visit our website: The Center for Church and Prison  Sponsors:   The Urban League of Boston   The Anthony Perkins Community Center   The Stanley Jones Clean Slate Project   The Judge Banks Community Justice Program, Greater Love Tabernacle     Etc. Contact Information Rev. George Walters-Sleyon Tel: 781-233-1528 website: The Center for Church and Prison

 

 

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