Almost Forgot: CORI Conference

CORI CONFERENCE

Saturday October 1st, 2005
Keynote Speaker: Theodore M. Shaw, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Harvard Law School (i'm not sure which building though)

Workshops and panels for everyone!

You can peep the agenda and print it out via this PDF download.

another link: http://www.masslegalhelp.org/page/211388&printable=yes

A Break from the norm...

i mentioned it before and i'll mention it again. The Roxbury Open Studios event takes place this weekend and i need to make sure I get out there. It is sponsored by ACT Roxbury, which ha sbeen putting it down for a while noe with very innovative and engaging programming. If you're in the Boston area, you will want to check out all the various displays they will have during the next 48 hours. I'm especially interested in seeing the work of one Lilita Parker, whose works will be on display at the Dillaway Thomas House in Roxbury's John Eliot Square. And it's so great that I'll be able to walk there since it's right in between my crib and the office. I've only met the sister once through ChezNiki, but her photography is very enrapturing. As a matter of fact, one of her photos, Dia at North Station, adorns the flyer for the event. But in addition to that, there's a new eatery in Dudley square called Haley House Cafe. Inside, their walls are decorated with none other than Lolita's stellar still images. I even caught a glimpse of more than a few people I knew up on those walls, including my man Dr. Ronald Bailey and Eroc. If you couldn' tell from the POPS' Pics section, I'm trying to get back into one of my other side loves; photography. Definitely some ill shT to check out instead of letting the day waste away watching college football or jerking off.

ghetto uprising: Real Preppy, Fake Gangsta (and other stuff, too)

my man harold clemens has been consistently bloggin about some ill shT for a while now. we were on the phone as he was putting the finishing touches on this post in particular. it is definitely a gem. but beware, he's a bit more loose with his street talk than I so you may wanna read this one at home because he gives quite the tounge-lashing. here' sto wishing some media outlet picks him up for a steady writring gig. speaking of which, the new issue of the Bay State Banner has an article on the Boston Digital Bridge Foundation and last week's Evenigng n the Bridge event [link will only work for a week though].

tonight, a former employer of mine, the freedom house opens its doors to the community.

Freedom House Inc. is holding its annual Open House. It will take place TONIGHT, 5-8 p.m. If you would like to learn more about our programs or simply would like to re-engage with us, Come Out! There will be sign-up for our FREE After-School Experience: Just Us Youth (JUY) for ages 11-14. In addition, there will be a sign-up for our Financial Literacy for Youth (Fly) Class for ages 16-21. We are located at 14 Crawford St., Grove Hall. For more information, please contact 617-445-3700 or visit our website at www.freedomhouse.com.

On Saturday, my man Horace Small is at it again. This time he and his partner-in-good-deeds, my homegirl Mary, will be hosting the CORI Conference. If you live in Mass and don't know what a CORI is, you need to recognize. It's just as important to your livlihood as your credit report and FICO score.

9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., the Massachusetts Alliance to Reform CORI and the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School will co-sponsor “Balancing Public Safety and Second Chances for Former Offenders: Retooling CORI Laws” conference at Harvard Law School Pound Hall.

This is a one-day conference to engender a plan of action for reintegrating individuals with criminal records into the mainstream by promoting dialogue about their employment needs while addressing public safety concerns. Keynote Speaker will be Theodore M. Shaw, Esq., president of NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Free legal advice for individuals with CORI related issues. Conference is FREE but Space is limited. Please contact the Union of Minority Neighborhoods to pre-register: 617-541-4111 or www.unionofminority-neighborhoods.org.

And Sunday is the 30th Anniversary of the Roslindale Day Parade. The parade will stepoff at 1 p.m. from Washington Street at Adams Park in Roslindale Village. Parade proceeds up South Street, to Belgrade Avenue, to West Roxbury Parkway, to Centre Street, to South Street, and ending at Walter Street. Performances in Fallon Field after the Parade. For more information, call (617) 327-4886.

the day's oddities - from the streets

at TBA in dorchester right now. they happen to have MTV on campus today. so tell me why this also just so happens to be the day that four students get arrested. here's the clincher. the kids that got got were middle school students who had been jumping (mugging) and robbing the high school students that past week. man i tell ya...