Neighbors begin planning for city-owned land on Dudley Street 

Submitted by Jason Webb on Tue, 2013-05-07 14:49

 

Last week neighbors came together to begin planning for one of the last large city-owned parcels in the Dudley Triangle, located at 481-485 Dudley in front of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School. After hearing a presentation on possible uses for the site from the City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, residents gave their ideas for what they wanted to see on the site.  Neighbors split right down the middle in expressing support for either a mixed retail/housing development or an all-commercial building, with no one advocating for an all-residential building, given the site's location in the Dudley Street business district.  Residents also brainstormed ideas for retail or commercial uses for the site, including a new sit-down restaurant/cafe, a workforce development training center, a commercial kitchen connected to the community greenhouse next door, an ice cream shop, and office space.

What’s L.O.V.E. Got To Do With It? 

Submitted by Denise Gonsalves on Tue, 2013-05-07 12:42

 

Everything! Learning Our Value in Education (LOVE) as a community is essential in advancing the academic and social emotional development of our youth. Children learn in schools but they also learn at home, at the corner store, at the bus stop and over the summer. Children are constantly absorbing and learning from all the people they come in contact with. The LOVE campaign is about all of us, all community members, embracing our young people and taking responsibility for their education.

The LOVE campaign mission is to hearten community members to support and take responsibility for the education of all neighborhood youth; encouraging learning from the classroom to the living room, the local store to the neighborhood organization, to create excitement and pride in the development of our youth and community.

Special Elections April 30th, 2013! 

Submitted by Travis Watson on Fri, 2013-04-12 14:28

 

SPECIAL ELECTIONS

US Senate: With the resignation of U.S. Senator John Kerry to become the Secretary of State, there is a Special Election to fill the seat.

Primary: Tuesday, April 30 (to choose 1 candidate from each party)

Final: Tuesday, June 25

Candidates in the Democratic Primary: Stephen Lynch, Edward Markey

Candidates in the Republican Primary: Gabriel Gomez , Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow.

Meet the Candidates: RoxVote is organizing a “Community Conversation” with U.S. Candidates, on Saturday, April 20 at Roxbury Community College in the Media Arts Center

 

MA State Senate 1st Suffolk District: With resignation of Jack Hart, there is a Special Election to fill this seat.

Primary: Tuesday, April 30 (same day as US Senate)

Saturday School leads to Success (on MCAS and More)! 

Submitted by Travis Watson on Mon, 2013-04-08 18:59

This winter over 40 English language learners at Dearborn Middle School and the Burke High School worked hard in small groups with tutors to strengthen their literacy skills. Students and tutors volunteered their Saturday mornings to play games, read and discuss literature including short stories, fiction, autobiographies, poetry and science fiction and write. The Burke Saturday School curriculum focused on MCAS re-testers which are students that did not pass the first time. Many of these students had failed the test at least twice. 7 of the 9 students passed the ELA MCAS exam, with two students rating proficient. All the other students took the English Language Arts MCAS in March and are waiting for the results. The relationships that get developed are strong.  Here is a poem one tutor wrote to his students:

I really liked the stories we read today,

The students worked hard,

They had a lot to say,

I want to thank Claudino, Roslida and Sandira

Please Join Our Cleanup Team! 

Submitted by Travis Watson on Fri, 2013-04-05 13:44

 

For the past eleven years, over 5,000 volunteers throughout the city have come together for two days in the spring to participate in a citywide clean up event. Teams have planted flowers, swept, raked and picked up trash to make our communities more beautiful.[1]

This spring, DSNI has once again teamed up with The City of Boston to cleanup and beautify our neighborhood. We will be out on Saturday, April 27th from 8:30am-12:30pm and will be joined by The Talented and Gifted (TAG) Latino Program at UMass Boston, The Food Project, Area 324 Neighborhood Watch and The Clarence/Woodward/Shirley Streets Neighborhood Watch. Please join our team as we work on the Trina Persard Park, Dacia / Brookford Streets and The Clarence / Woodward / Dudley / Brook Ave area.  Meet in front of DSNI at 830am.

A Celebration From The Heart 

Submitted by Travis Watson on Mon, 2013-03-25 16:23

 

DSNI continues to work within the Dudley Children Thrive collaborative to support healthy activities and opportunities in the community for 0-5 families.  February is the only month with a full day dedicated to love.  In this spirit, DSNI collaborated with Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures’ Open Gym program.  On February 16, 2013 families were invited to attend an Open House with Open Gym to celebrate the different ways to maintain a healthy heart.  The focus was on both physical and emotional aspects of heart healthiness.  Children and their family members jointly participated in activities that promoted movement, coordination & cardio and then engaged in additional activities that encouraged creative ways to express love and affection.  After the event each child received a giveaway bag and each adult received a free pedometer.