D7DN: More Boston City Council Hearings--complete list from 2/14--2/25...POLICE + FIRE on Monday 3pm

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Television

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10 AM to 5 PM

RCN Channel 82

8 AM to 5 PM

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www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/live.asp            

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Weekly Programming Schedule   2/14 – 2/25 2011*

 

Monday February 14

 

   8:00am         Housing on funding for repairs and renovations to BHA state public housing 8/17 (1:02)

11:00am          Housing on federal funding cuts to HUD funding and the severe impact on the City of Boston (LIVE)

  1:00pm          Government Operations on restoration to Boston ‘s Governmentally-Involved Housing Protection (LIVE)

  3:00pm          Public Safety on various grant appropriations POLICE/FIRE (LIVE) 

 

Tuesday February 15              

 

   8:00am          Government Operations on mediation for mortgage foreclosures 12/9 (1:29)

10:00am           Post Audit & Oversight on FY10 & FY11 Budget Overview: Boston Fire Dept. (LIVE)

12:30pm           Government Operations on promoting economic development and the food truck industry (LIVE)

 3:00pm           Women & Healthy Communities on Sexual Health Education and Condom Availability in Boston Public High Schools (LIVE)       

 

Wednesday February 16

 

 8:00am          Post Audit & Oversight FY10 & FY11Budget Overview: Boston Police Department/ Law Enforcement Trust Fund 12/10 (1:23)

10:00am           City & Neighborhood Services & Veteran Affairs on benefits and services available to Armed Forces Veteran 11/8 (1:50)

12:00pm           Boston City Council Meeting (LIVE)

 3:00pm          City & Neighborhood Services & Veteran Affairs on mobile restaurant industry regulations 8/31 (1:42)  

 

Thursday February 17            

 

   8:00am          City & Neighborhood Services & Veteran Affairs on vandalism deterrent technology 3/8 (1:40)

10:30am           Ways & Means/ Education on the issuance of tax exempt bond (LIVE)

  2:30pm           Government Operations on requiring fingerprints and criminal history records checks for Certain Licenses (LIVE)

  3:30pm          Labor, Youth Affairs & Human Rights on the hiring of up to 300 Street workers 12/9 (1:20)  

 

Friday February 18

 

   8:00am          Boston City Council Meeting 1/26 (0:50)

10:00am           Boston City Council Meeting 2/16

12:00pm           Boston City Council 12/15 (3:02)

3:10pm          Environment & Health on emergency response to mental health crises 2/3 (1:46)

 

Monday February 21                                       Presidents’ Day

 

   8:00am         Environment & Health on stretch energy code 11/12 (1:51)

10:30am          Women & Healthy Communities on Sexual Health Education and Condom Availability in Boston Public High Schools 2/15

12:30pm          Government Operations on Municipal Banking Services 12/10 (2:27)

  3:00pm         Ways & Means on the city’s financial investments and the utilization of community banks 5/25 (1:52)  

 

Tuesday February 22              

 

   8:00am          Ways & Means disposal of surplus vehicles 3/26 (1:13)

10:00am           Post Audit & Oversight FY10 & FY11 Budget review: Boston Centers for youth & Families (LIVE)

  1:00pm          Economic Development & Planning on Ferdindad Complex 9/27 (1:54)

 3:00pm          Environment & Health on emergency response to mental health crises 2/3 (1:46) 

 

Wednesday February 23

 

 8:00am          Post Audit & Oversight FY10Budget Review: Boston Police Department 3/26 (1:30)

10:00am           Post Audit & Oversight FY10 & FY11Budget Review: Boston Police Department/ Law Enforcement Trust Fund 12/10 (1:23)

12:00pm           Ways & Means FY11Budget: Boston Police Department 6/14 (2:11)

 2:30pm          Government Operations on appointment confirmation/ contract appropriation 12/13 (2:31)  

 

Thursday February 24            

 

   8:00am          City & Neighborhood Services & Veteran Affairs on residents impacted by a water main break 5/10 (1:36)

10:00am           Housing on off campus student housing market’s impact on neighborhoods 11/30 (2:05)

12:30pm           Post Audit & Oversight FY10 & FY11Budget Overview: Boston Public Library 10/4 (3:04)

  3:30pm          Government Operations on maintenance to abandoned foreclosed properties 10/13 (0:45)  

 

Friday February 25

 

 8:00am          Labor, Youth Affairs & Human Rights on the hiring of up to 300 Street workers 12/9 (1:20)

10:00am           Boston City Council Meeting 2/16

12:00pm           Boston City Council 2/9 (2:08)

2:30pm          Environment & Health on emergency response to mental health crises 2/3 (1:46)

 

   * Note: Programming Schedule is subject to change based on the scheduling and length of Live Hearings and Meetings, which will be carried in their entirety.

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D7DN: Redistricting Planning Mtg for Communities of Color, City Hall Hearings, Rally: Say No to Anti Immigant Policy, Job Fair/Inmates, + more...

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REMINDER TO DISTRICT 7 RESIDENTS

 

LISTEN HERE!

 IT'S OUR CHANCE TO BE HEARD

 

Candidates FORUM for District 7 City Council Seat

 

With support from MassVote Civic Engagement Initiative, the GARRISON-TROTTER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION in conjunction with the FRANKLIN PARK COALITION, PROJECT RIGHT and PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE will host a candidates' FORUM on:

 

Sunday, February 13, 2011

 

Starting: 2:00 sharp and ending 4:00 Sharp

 

Location: Crispus Attucks Children's Center

105 Crawford St.

( @ Humboldt and Crawford Street )

 

 

CONTENTS

 

1.       Redistricting Planning Meeting for Communities of Color                                             (2/12--11:00am-12:30pm)

2a.     Stop ripping Families Apart. Say No to Anti-Immigrant "Secure Communities" Program Rally        (2/12--1:00pm)

 

2b.     Community Events for Park Activists

3.      Youth RESOURCES/ACTIVITIES - Boston Centers for Youth + Families CYF  Wkly Briefing    (see attachments)

 

4.      City Council 2/15 Hearing on Sex Ed - HSTF NEEDS YOU!                                                    (2/15--3:00-5:00pm)

5.      MBTA Route 23 Improvement Program - Community Meeting                                              (2/16--6:00-8:00pm)

6.      CEQE Mtg: Continue the fight back! Stop the School Closings and Cuts and resegregation!              (2/16--6:30pm)

7.      JOB FAIR for Former Inmates                                                                                      (2/19--10:00am-4:00pm)

 

8 .     Urban Edge Jackson Square Indoor Active Recreational Facility Design Charrette Meeting            (2/22 --6:00pm)
9 .     Join Us in Honoring Mel King                                                                                            (2/23--5:30-8:30pm)

10.    Nominate yourself or a friend to the board of the Boston Cyclists Union! We need you! 

11.    Good Afternoon BAAC Members,  

 

12 .   UE:  FBI Investigation Hindered 2009 Bank Protest

DETAILS BELOW...

 

 

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1.       Redistricting Planning Meeting for Communities of Color (2/12--11:00am-12:30pm)

 

REDISTRICTING PLANNING MEETING FOR 

COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

MEETING DATE:  

               SATURDAY, FEB. 12, 2011

MEETING TIME:  

                 11:00 AM TO 12:30 AM

WHERE:  

           THE GROVE HALL PUBLIC LIBRARY, CONFERENCE ROOM

BRING A NEW MEMBER.   

   FOR QUESTIONS CALL:  

        617.287.3095

WHAT'S AT STAKE:

• REPRESENTATION IN THE STATE HOUSE
• REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS
• REPRESENTATION FOR PRISONERS
• OUR VOICE IN ORGANIZING OUR COMMUNITIES/WE MUST DECIDE

LET'S DRAW THE LINES RIGHT

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 

I AM GRATEFUL!

 

 

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2a.    Stop ripping Families Apart. Say No to Anti-Immigrant "Secure Communities" Program Rally  (2/12--1:00pm)

 

A CALL FOR A UNITED ACTION:

 

SAY 'NO' TO THE ANTI-IMMIGRANT

"SECURE COMMUNITIES" PROGRAM

 

Sat. Feb. 12th 1pm

Massachusetts State House

MBTA:  Red & Green lines to Park St.

 

 

 

On Saturday, February 12th, people from across Massachusetts will come together at the State House to fight against the State's intention to join the anti-immigrant and racist "Secure Communities" program.

 

Under the guise of public safety, "S-Comm" endangers the civil rights and security of all and is particularly an attack on immigrants and people of color. The federal program mandates local law enforcement to cross check the fingerprints of those arrested against the Homeland Security's

database in search of immigration status.

 

While supposedly targeting violent offenders, the vast majority of those detained and deported are considered "non-criminals". This would include those who have been unlawfully arrested, those arrested for minor offenses like traffic violations and those who ultimately have their charges dropped.

 

In Suffolk County, the only jurisdiction in the state currently enrolled, 68% of those detained and deported have been "non-criminals", the sixth highest percentage in the country.

 

The "S-Comm" program is part of an overall effort to target immigrants and maintain a permanent second-class status for millions of workers. The time is now for communities across the state to stand together against "SComm" and all anti-immigrant programs! Undocumented immigrants are not criminals!

 

 

Join us on Saturday, February 12th, and beyond, to demand:

 

·        No to "Secure Communities" and all anti-immigrant programs!

·        No human being is illegal – full rights for all immigrants!

·        Stop the raids and deportations now!

 

 

For more information, please contact the Boston May Day Committee (BMDC) at:

(617) 290-5614 || info@bostonmayday.org || www.BostonMayDay.org

 

 

Initiated by the Boston May Day Committee (Mass. Global Action, July 26 Coalition, Tecschange, Latinos for Social Change, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Party USA, Socialist Workers Party, ANSWER Coalition) and endorsed by (2/7/11): ACLU of Massachusetts, Boston-Cambridge Alliance for Democracy, Center for Nonviolent Solutions, Centro Presente, Chelsea Uniting Against the War, Circulo Bolivariano Martin Luther King, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), Community Church of Boston, Dominican Development Center, FMLN Boston, Harvard No Layoffs Campaign, Immigration Pastoral Center, Industrial Workers of the World, International Action Center, MassCOSH/Centro de Trabajadores, Mass. Jobs with Justice, MataHari: Eye of the Day, MIRA, National Lawyers Guild – Massachusetts Chapter, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Project Voice AFSC, Proyecto Hondureno, Resist the Raids!, Stop the Wars Coalition, Student Immigrant Movement, Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM), Veterans for Peace, Unite Minority Neighborhoods, Worcester Immigrant Coalition, Worcester PeaceWorks.

 

 

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2b.   Community Events for Park Activists

 

Franklin Park Coalition If you missed the Snow Festival last weekend, there's still great sledding and cross country skiing in Franklin Park. Walk straight back from the Golf Clubhouse and have fun! City Council District 7 Candidates' Forum Sunday, February 13th 2-4pm Crispus Attucks Child Care Center All of Franklin Park is in City Council District 7 - which currently has no local representation. Want to be sure the park is well-cared for and protected? Come hear the six candidates' perspectives on greenspace in Roxbury! There will be ample time for audience questions. Co-sponsored (with FPC) by the Garrison-Trotter Neighborhood Association, Project Right, and Prince Hall Grand Lodge. There's plenty of parking on the street and in the Crispus Attucks lot - Humboldt Ave & Crawford Street in Grove Hall. If you are registered in District 7 - don't forget to vote! Tuesday, February 15th is the primary.   Social Media Workshop for Boston Park Advocates Wednesday, February 16th 6-8pm At Boston Natural Areas Network Summer & Otis Street near Downtown Crossing Join with park advocates from across the city to learn how facebook, twitter, blogs and more can promote and connect people to your park and your community. Facilitated by FPC board member and Boston Coalition for Food & Fitness organizer, José Massó, and Discover Roxbury director, Derek Lumpkins. RSVP & questions: peter@bostonparks.org Advocacy Alert! Many park users have expressed concern about the use of the Franklin Park Playstead area for dumping dirty snow from city streets. If you would like to see this practice stopped, send an email to the Mayor's Hotline. To protect parkland, FPC proposed using the Valley Gates parking lot, a large, unused space during winter months. We know there's a lot of snow, but Franklin Park is not a dumping ground. If you love Franklin Park, want to see it continue to improve, and enjoy programs like the Playhouse in the Park, skiing at the Snow 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. Forward this email to a friend or encourage them to sign up on the website www.franklinparkcoalition.org to get on the Franklin Park list for events and alerts. In addition to FPC facebook pages and twitter, join the Franklin Park Ski and Snowshoe Club or Ultimate Frisbee on facebook. 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.    Youth RESOURCES/ACTIVITIES - Boston Centers for Youth + Families CYF  Wkly Briefing (see attachments) 

 

Attached is the BCYF Weekly Briefing for the week of February 14th.  There are also some important attachments for you to share with your staff and participants.  Have a nice weekend.

~Sandy

 

Sandy Holden

Public Information Manager

Boston Centers for Youth & Families

1483 Tremont Street, Boston, MA  02120

p. 617-635-4920 x2213  f. 617-635-4524

sandy.holden@cityofboston.gov    http://www.cityofboston.gov/bcyf

Every Neighborhood, One Mission

www.facebook.com/BCYFBoston

 

 

 

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4.      City Council 2/15 Hearing on Sex Ed - HSTF NEEDS YOU!  (2/15--3:00-5:00pm) 

 

City Council Hearing Feb. 15 - HSTF Needs You!    The Hyde Square Task Force youth-initiated Campaign for Comprehensive Sex Education and Condom Availability in Boston Public High Schools is gaining momentum!!! Please mark your calendars for the next key event!   On Tuesday, February 15, City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, a strong supporter of our campaign, is holding a City Council hearing on this topic. The hearing will take place from 3:00 - 5:00 in City Hall Chambers at Boston City Hall.     WE NEED YOU!!! Please join dozens of organizations and hundreds of supporters to show support for this initiative.    We also have a 17-minute video - Sex in Schools: Does Ignorance Keep You Safe? - that our youth produced in cooperation with Intercultural Productions and the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center. The film focuses on the need for sexual education and condoms in Boston and the first half can be accessed here on You Tube.   Please follow the links below to read the impact that the HSTF's youth-led campaign is causing within the community: The Boston Globe, November 28, 2010, Teens seek schools' aid on sexual safety  The Boston Globe, November 30, 2010, Hub teens, councilor urge sex ed overhaul  WBZ-TV, November 30, 2010, Teens Push To Get Condoms In Boston Schools  El Planeta, December 10, 2010, Estudiantes exigen más y mejor educación sexual en Boston  The Boston Globe, December 12, 2010, Students find more sex than education  For more information on this campaign, contact: Carla Poulos, Manager of Organizing and Policy initiatives: Carla@hydesquare.org.   Coming Up Next Month:  Learn about the HSTF Music Clubhouse at "Changing Together"    Please join us Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011 at 6:15 pm to learn more about the Hyde Square Task Force. This month: HSTF's Music Clubhouse and our upcoming Arts Showcase.   This event is part of a series of informal gatherings called "Changing Together: Stories and Conversations on Youth and Transformation." They are scheduled for the first Tuesday of each month at the Hyde Square Task Force Cheverus Building behind the Blessed Sacrament Church at 365 Centre St.  For info or to RSVP, call 617-524-8303.

For more information about the Hyde Square Task Force, visit us online at www.hydesquare.org. Let's Be Friends!

Hyde Square Task Force | P.O. Box 301871 | Jamaica Plain | MA | 02130

 

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5.      MBTA Route 23 Improvement Program - Community Meeting   (2/16--6:00-8:00pm) 

 

Bus Route 23 Corridor Improvement Program

Community Meeting

 

 

The MBTA has been working with the community to develop a series of improvements to the Route 23 from Ashmont Station to Grove Hall.

 

Based on those recommendations, the MBTA will be presenting progress design plans for implementation,  including:

 

· Traffic Signal Improvements

· Shelter Installations

· Trash barrels, benches

· Stop Consolidation

 

We will be presenting details of these improvements at a community meeting on:

 

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Erie Ellington Community Center

31 Erie Street, Dorchester

The Erie Ellington House can be reached by the Route 23.

 

 

For detailed project information on the Route 23 and other Key Bus Route projects, please visit www.mbta.com/keybusroutes. 

 

To join our mailing list, contact Ralph DeNisco at 617-279-0932 or  rdenisco@nelsonnygaard.com.

All are invited to attend these meetings.

Please contact Ralph DeNisco, Nelson/Nygaard Associates, at 617-279-0932 or rdenisco@nelsonnygaard.com with requests for language or access accommodations. For detailed project information, please visit www.mbta.com\keybusroutes. Please forward this email to anyone you think may be interested in this project.

 

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6.      CEQE Mtg: Continue the fight back! Stop the School Closings and Cuts and resegregation!  (2/16--6:30pm) 

rescheduled:

CEQE MEETING RESCHEDULED to WEDNESDAY FEB 16 6:30 PM ENGLISH HIGH

PLAN FIGHTBACK ACTIONS:
 

Take Action to
Defend Public Education
FIGHT BACK Against the SCHOOL CLOSINGS and ATTACKS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND DESEGREGATION AND STUDENT SERVICES!
NO SCHOOL CLOSINGS!
NO MORE CUTS!
SAVE OUR SCHOOLS!

The Future of our children is at risk

At the urging of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, an organization representing big banks and financial institutions, on Dec 15 the Boston School Committee, appointed by Mayor Menino, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to CLOSE 11 SCHOOLS AND MERGE 10 OTHERS! And following the Mayor's orders as outlined in his State of the City address, they plan to present a student assignment proposal that will curtail choice and further return to racist segregated patterns of the past.  We must unite and organize to fight back even more strongly! Keep ALL of the schools open! No further Resegregation!

THESE CLOSINGS AND CUTS ARE AN ATTACK ON CHILDREN OF COLOR, SPECIAL ED STUDENTS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS OF BOSTON. City Councilor Yancey has called for the School Committee to reverse its decision of December 15. On December 15 English HS auditorium was filled to overflowing with 100s of parents, students, teachers and community activists militantly voicing their opposition. THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING! We must reverse the closings and stop the upcoming attack on student assignment and choice, desegregation, and the unions.

Impacted schools listed below:

Slated to be closed: Fifield Elementary, Middle School Academy, Faragut Elementary and Agassiz Elementary, in addition to the East Zone Early Learning Center, the Gavin Middle School, the Roger Clap and Ralph Waldo  Emerson elementary schools, the Engineering School, and the Social Justice Academy and moving the  Community Academy of Science and Health
To be merged (involves program cuts): Lee Academy, Lee Elementary, Alleghieri, Umana, Urban Science Academy, Parkway Academy of Technology and Health, Brook Farm Business and Service Career Academy, Media Communications Technology High School, Excel High School, Monument High School

CEQE MEETING WEDNESDAY FEB 16 6:30 PM ENGLISH HIGH

Coalition for Equal Quality Education - www.equalqualityeducation.org • EqualQualityEducation@gmail.com

 

 

 

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7.      JOB FAIR for Former Inmates (2/19--10:00am-4:00pm)

 

 

JOB FAIR FOR FORMER INMATES!!!

The Center For Church and Prison Events

 

 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 Avenue                    Dorchester, MA, 02124

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

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

 

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

 

 

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8 .     Urban Edge Jackson Square Indoor Active Recreational Facility Design Charrette Meeting  (2/22 --6:00pm) 
 

 

Urban Edge is facilitating a meeting regarding the Jackson Square Indoor Active Recreational Facility on Tuesday, February 22^nd at 6PM at the Anna Mae Cole Community Center (formerly Bromley Hall).  At this meeting we will be providing information about the project (the demand analysis and financial feasibility study) and invite participants to take part in a design charrette for the second part of the meeting.  Attached is a flyer for the meeting in both English and Spanish. 

 

 

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9 .      Join Us in Honoring Mel King  (2/23--5:30-8:30pm)

 

Men Take A Stand: Honoring Mel King Where: USES Harriet Tubman House 566 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA 02118 Driving Directions When: Wednesday February 23, 2011 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST Add to my calendar Mel King is known as a social activist and community organizer in Boston for over 55 years, and also adds educator, youth worker, State Representative, author, Adjunct Professor at M.I.T. and founder of the South End Technology Center.  The Boston Women's Fund is proud to present Mel King with the Social Justice in Action Award.        Dear Lorraine,   YOU are invited to the Boston Women's Fund's event Men Take A Stand: Honoring Mel King on Wednesday, February 23rd.   Join us in honoring Mel King for his many years of dedication to community organizing and youth development and for Taking A Stand in supporting the leadership of women and girls. Mix and mingle, eat good food and meet Mel King and Governor Patrick. Space is limited! So please click below to register by Feb. 16th.  Get more information Register Now! I can't make it If you can't join us for the event, but would like to show your support click HERE to make a gift in honor of Mel King and we will share your message with him. Thank you and we hope to see you on February 23rd.   Sincerely,   Josefina Vázquez Executive Director Boston Women's Fund Boston Women's Fund 14 Beacon St, Suite 805 Boston, MA 02108 (617) 725-0035 www.bostonwomensfund.org

 

 

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10 .    Nominate yourself or a friend to the board of the Boston Cyclists Union! We need you! 

 

Special announcement from the Organizing Committee                                February 2011 Volunteer positions available!   The union is powered by dozens of dedicated volunteers. Wondering how you can participate? Here's what we're looking for, most positions require only a few hours a week. Assistant Editor of the Union Rider Captain of the Pothole Patrol Of course you can also be on call for events, rides, volunteer nights, and other things by filling out this  Volunteer Survey to let us know what you're interested in.   Our Partners: DotBike JP Bikes Rozzie Bikes Bikes Not Bombs LivableStreets Franklin Park Coalition Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness We need you for the union's board of directors! Nominate now! Feel strongly about making biking safe for everyone? Have some skills useful to a non-profit and a little free time on your hands? Are you ready to help Boston pass up Portland, Oregon to take the mantle as America's Cycling City? Here is your chance.     The Boston Cyclists Union has hence far been governed by an organizing committee of 15-20 members from all over the city. But as part of the process of becoming a 501c3 non-profit, the organizing committee is seeking the best and brightest to build a dream team--and an honest to goodness board of directors.   The board of directors meets monthly to oversee the the activity, policy and long-term strategies of the union. In these early days of the union, this can also involve volunteering for anything from accounting and fund-raising to teaching or leading bike rides. We're looking for people from all over the city, from all types of backgrounds and all kinds of experience.     To nominate yourself or anyone you know would be a great fit, complete this online nomination form. It just takes a minute!     Join the Union!   Did you know you can become a card carrying member of the Boston Cyclists Union? It's easy! Just click here to join your fellow cyclists in supporting safer streets, more resources, and our efforts to build a cycling community that reaches into every neighborhood. Thank you for supporting bike advocacy in Boston.   Sincerely,   Pete Stidman, Director Boston Cyclists Union All contents copyright Boston Cyclists Union.

 

 

 

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11.   Good Afternoon BAAC Members,   

Do you know a young women who is a high school senior or who needs some financial assistance with college expenses? Here are a few scholarships for minority women. Seniors graduating next year should start early looking for financial resources and you don't always have to be an honor student to apply. Thanks to another one of our diligent BAAC members who forwarded this list so that we can continue to disseminate helpful information to our members and their families and friends. BAAC keeping you informed. Have a positive day. 
                                           

 Gayle R. Ryder-Regional Coordinator BAAC Region III


Scholarships for Minority Women
Actuary Scholarships for Minority Students
American Chemical Society Scholarships
American Geological Institute Minority Geoscience Student Scholarship
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American Political Science Association Minority scholarship list
Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Engineering for Minorities
Gates Millennium Scholars
International Education Financial Aid
The Jackie Robinson Foundation (high school seniors only)
Jack Kent Cook Foundation Graduate Scholars Program
John L. Carey Accounting Scholarship
Kaiser Media Internships in Health Reporting
LGBT Scholarships
Microsoft Scholarships (for computer related degrees)
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 12 .  UE:  FBI Investigation Hindered 2009 Bank Protest

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UE: FBI Investigation Hindered 2009 Bank Protest By Kari Lydersen In These Times February 3, 2011 http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/6912/ue_fbi_investigation_hindered_2009_protest/

Union workers at the Quad City Die Casting plant in central Illinois expected their planned protest outside a Wells Fargo Bank in July 2009 to be calm and civil.

They had already talked with local Rock Island police and made it clear they "had no beef," in UE Midwest director Carl Rosen's words, with the police or the municipality, but wanted to make a statement about the bank which was cutting the plant's financing.

So when the day of the protest came, workers and their supporters were surprised to see a heavy and relatively combative police presence. At the time they didn't know what to make of it, and figured maybe Wells Fargo had pressured the department to come out in force.

The plant was organized by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), the same union which eight months earlier had carried out the famous Republic Windows occupation. Protesters heard a police officer say the FBI had alerted them that "terrorists" were coming to Rock Island for the action, but union reps didn't believe it.

"It seemed fantastical that the FBI would be interested in us," said Rosen. It wasn't until more than a year later that they understood what had happened.

The union members coming from Chicago in solidarity that day included Joe Iosbaker, who, as it turns out, was the target of an ongoing FBI investigation that became public in September 2010 when agents raided his home and the homes of 13 other labor and anti-war activists in Chicago, Michigan and Minnesota.

As described in a statement adopted by the UE's general executive board at their national meeting January 27-28, union leaders now believe the FBI had been spying on communications of Iosbaker and other activists, and called the Rock Island police to tip them off about the Chicagoans' plans to go to the protest.

Iosbaker is an executive board member and chief steward of SEIU Local 73 in Chicago, and an outspoken labor activist in general. He directly participated in the UE's Republic Windows and Doors occupation.

A number of unions and labor groups have passed resolutions or made statements condemning the FBI investigations as a violation of civil rights and free speech. The UE statement points out how the FBI's actions not only targeted activists for their anti-war views, but also as a side effect infringed upon the Quad City Die Casting members' right to peacefully protest regarding their own situation.

"We're supposed to be living in a democracy, and a democracy means elections, but also the ability of people to speak out about issues they're concerned about, whether popular or unpopular," Rosen said.
"People need to have a right to address their grievances to the government and the public at large-that's what our members were doing. They'd conferred in advance with the local police so everything could run smoothly and minimize the resources of the local police."

He added that the FBI, rather than taxpayers, should have been billed for the overtime or extra staff resources utilized by the Rock Island police that day.

Rosen noted that even "under the wild speculation that any of these folks that they`re investigating did something improper with someone overseas," it was unnecessary and inappropriate for the FBI to have called the local police. "They're labor activists, one thing you do as a labor activist is practice solidarity,"
Rosen said. "Nothing could have indicated these people would in any way pose any danger here."

Iosbaker and other people targeted by the FBI think the investigation stemmed from their involvement in protests around the 2008 Republican National Convention, and expanded to focus on their solidarity work with Palestine and Colombia. Iosbaker said he doubts the FBI is specifically targeting labor activists, but nonetheless the investigation could affect labor struggles like Quad City Die Casting.

"Right now the main focus of repression is the anti-war movement and international solidarity work," Iosbaker says. This was likely "a bleed-over from an operation they had been doing deep undercover on the anti-war movement," he added, noting the Quad City Die Casting protest was publicized through the Fight Back! newspaper listserv he helps maintain. "But this stemmed from that.
They disrupted a protest action organized by the UE.
They harassed and intimidated them."

As the UE statement notes, their members have a particular interest in addressing civil rights violations and overzealous FBI surveillance, since the union was a target of anti-Communist counterintelligence and covert repression in the McCarthy era.

The UE statement says:

    Our own union's history has taught us that
    infringement on basic freedoms is a matter of life
    and death to the workers' movement. During the "red
    scare" of the late 1940s and the 1950s, the combined
    forces of the corporations, the federal government,
    both major political parties, the media, and
    opportunistic business unions nearly succeeded in
    destroying UE and crushing progressive trade
    unionism.

    Because of the persecution that our union suffered
    and barely survived in that era, we in UE have a
    continuing obligation to speak out forcefully
    whenever civil liberties are endangered by political
    hysteria and repression.

Last September, it was revealed the UE was among about 200 civil rights, women's rights and labor groups spied upon by Pennsylvania's Homeland Security office, which reported to local law enforcement on groups they considered terrorist threats. When the operation was exposed it created widespread outrage and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell demanded the program halted.

Rosen and Iosbaker said continued publicity and expressions of support by labor activists and others is important to make sure the FBI doesn't over-reach and violate civil liberties as part of the "war on terror."

"The lessons of history are that when people don't speak up about the civil liberties of others being taken away, more civil liberties get taken away from more and more people," Rosen said. "The sooner and the louder that more people speak out, the more likely it is these things will stop and we'll get that element of democracy back."

The statement from the UE concludes:

    From the Industrial Workers of the World's (IWW)
    fight for free speech in the 1910s, to the major
    labor-inspired civil liberties court decisions of
    the 1930s, the labor movement has often been in the
    forefront of defending the right to speak and
    protest. Unionists have understood that without the
    ability to speak out, union efforts would be
    crushed.

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