Thrive in 5 - Early Child Development Parent Support Group

Early Child Development Parent Support Group: "Thrive in 5" seeks parents and caregivers of children (birth to 5 years old) to help carry out Community School Readiness Wiring (CSRW). CSRW will work in each Boston neighborhood to provide families with the information and resources they need to best support their children's healthy development. Learn more about monthly meetings: Katie, 617-624-8196, katie.madrigal AT thrivein5boston.org

BPS 5-Year Acceleration Agenda & Feeback Forums

The Boston School Committee will hold a feedback forum from 5-6 pm prior to the start of the School Committee meeting on Wednesday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 16, 2009.

The forums will provide parents and other BPS stakeholders with an opportunity to weigh in on the
Superintendent's Five-Year Acceleration Agenda presented on November 18th. All are welcome.

These forums are in addition to the 14 school-based community meetings which will be held at each of the following proposed Turnaround Schools. All meetings are from 6 - 7:30 pm:

Monday, November 30: The English High School, Curtis Guild Elementary, Maurice Tobin K-8

Tuesday, December 1: Odyssey High, William Monroe Trotter Elementary

Thursday, December 3: John Holland Elementary

Monday, December 7: William Blackstone Elementary, Henry Dearborn Middle, Harbor (Middle) School, John F. Kennedy Elementary

Tuesday, December 8: Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary, Elihu Greenwood Elementary

Wednesday, December 9: Paul Dever Elementary

Thursday, December 3: Orchard Gardens K-8

Diamond Educators

Diamond Educators Mentoring is committed to the development of young men in the City of Boston by building relationships and inspiring them to attain educational, social, cultural, and financial growth through mentoring.

The founding members of the Diamond Educators grew up in the City of Boston and are dedicate to:

• The educational and social development of all students
• Supporting social, emotional, and educational growth in which each member is connected and dedicated to the community
• Providing quality instruction to foster the need of social, cultural and financial stability
• Building respect, integrity and success through education and mentoring
  

Web: http://www.de-mentoring.org
Phone: 617-291-3851

Sydney Finkelstein on "Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions" (Thu, Nov 19)

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Sydney Finkelstein

“Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How To Keep It From Happening To You”

Moderated by Sally Jackson

Thursday, November 19 at 6:30-8:00 pm
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University

(Boston, MA) Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Sydney Finkelstein on “Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How To Keep It From Happening To You;” moderated by Sally Jackson. Thursday, November 19, at 6:30-8:00 pm. Followed by an open discussion. Admission is free and open to all.

C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston, MA.
Wheelchair accessible and conveniently located near the Park Street MBTA station.

For more information, call the Ford Hall Forum at 617-557-2007 or visit www.fordhallforum.org.

History is full of brilliant leaders making incredibly poor choices. From President John F. Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs invasion to Wall Street’s heavy bets in the mortgage market, we see people with extraordinarily powerful cognitive abilities make terrible decisions. Why does this happen? Sydney Finkelstein, bestselling author and Steven Roth Professor of Management for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, joins Sally Jackson, public relations consultant and founder of Jackson & Company, to addresses the specific ways our minds are lured into making misguided judgments, and why organizations so often fail to correct the mistake. Most importantly, he identifies the way wise leaders sidestep these pitfalls, and how you can do the same.

The Ford Hall Forum is the nation’s oldest continuously operating free public lecture series. The Forum promotes freedom of speech and fosters an informed and effective citizenry through the public presentation of lectures, debates, and discussions. Its events illuminate the key issues facing our society by bringing to its podium knowledgeable and thought-provoking speakers, including some of the most controversial opinion leaders of our times. These speakers are presented in person, for free, and in settings, which facilitate frank and open debate.

The Forum began in 1908 as a series of Sunday evening public meetings held at the Ford Hall, which once stood on Beacon Hill in Boston. While the original building no longer exists, the public conversations have continued throughout the Greater Boston area with the generous support of foundations, corporations, academic institutions, and individuals. As the Forum marks its 100th Anniversary, it is embarking on a new partnership with the Suffolk University College of Arts & Sciences. Suffolk is now housing the Forum’s administrative offices just a block away from where the original Ford Hall once stood.