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25th Annual Malcolm X Memorial and Awards Breakfast MAY 19, 2012. Special Guest Speaker, TShango Mbilishaka. Brother Mbilishaka, born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts is dedicated to the mental liberation and unification of African families throughtout the world. The event will be held at Roxbury Community College (Student Center Dining Complex) 1234 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, MA. For more information, tickets, sponsorship and vendor opportunities call BCIC at 617.427.2522. Tickets also available at A Nubian Notion, Roxbury and Door.
T’Shango Mbilishaka was awarded the Warrior Speaks community award in 2005, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Recognized for speaking on Black Male mental health, he recived an award from the Massachusetts State Department, 2006. T’Shango was awarded at M.I.T for “Solutions to Urban Genocide” in December 2007. He was also featured in Essence Magazine as a Do Right Man in August 2006.
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Mother's WalkHundreds of walkers turned out for the 16th annual Mothers Walk for Peace on Sunday morning. Organizers say the event raised $75,000 — the highest total in the Walk’s history— for the the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, a Fields Corner training and education resource focused on violence prevention.
Photo by Chris Lovett
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At the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, daily attendance is 90 percent this year and the school has partnerships with UMass Boston and City Year, a civic-focused nonprofit. And once a year, 60 or so teachers and some 600 students head to New Hampshire and climb Mt. Monadnock as part of a community-building exercise that is symbolic, the headmaster says, “of reaching new heights.” Students have also taken trips to Cape Verde and to a black engineers’ conference in Pittsburgh.
Posted: May 10, 2012, 1:06 pm
Mother's WalkHundreds of walkers turned out for the 16th annual Mothers Walk for Peace on Sunday morning. Organizers say the event raised $75,000 — the highest total in the Walk’s history— for the the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, a Fields Corner training and education resource focused on violence prevention.
Photo by Chris Lovett
At the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, daily attendance is 90 percent this year and the school has partnerships with UMass Boston and City Year, a civic-focused nonprofit. And once a year, 60 or so teachers and some 600 students head to New Hampshire and climb Mt. Monadnock as part of a community-building exercise that is symbolic, the headmaster says, “of reaching new heights.” Students have also taken trips to Cape Verde and to a black engineers’ conference in Pittsburgh.
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