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| Pilot Urban Planning Project Meeting |
 The Department of Neighborhood Development Authority & Boston Redevelopment are hosting two community meetings regarding the Pilot Urban Agriculture Project on four city-owned Properties in Dorchester. This is the first of the two meetings, another will follow on April 14. The Project would love to hear feedback from neighborhood stakeholders, so community residents are encourage to attend and be heard.
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Mattahunt Communitywide Planning Meeting
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 Did you know that Mattapan currently has NO community center? Nowhere for residents to come together or for youth to go after school. Believe it or not but this is true. Join the Mattahunt Community Center Partnership in revitalizing their community center. This will be the final meeting so show your opinion matters! Dinner, childcare and translation to Haitian Creole & Spanish will be provided.
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DAC Breakfast
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 Join The Dorchester Arts Collaborative at Dot 2 Dot this Saturday morning for their monthly breakfast series. The breakfasts offer a chance to get together with fellow artists and join in discussions about all matters pertaining to art, artists, the business of arts, and current events. Speak with Anna Koon, a local artist, writer and Jamaica Plain Arts Council board member. Come hungry and ready to engage in colorful conversations.
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Banking on Our Future Training Session
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 Banking on Our Future is hosting a volunteer training session titled, "Train the Trainer". This innovative course will teach you how to lead and deliver a Banking on Our Future curriculum to youth ages 9-18 and teach them key financial skills that will empower their future decisions.
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| Dorchester Speaker's Forum |
 The Dorchester Speaker's Forum presents a lecture and discussion with James Green, UMass Boston Professor & noted Labor Historian. This presentation will provide some context to consider when thinking about the conflict on unions dominating domestic news. The forum is FREE and will conclude with questions from the public audience. MORE INFO
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Triple Grand Opening
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 This Saturday three new businesses are having their official openings in Dorchester; Ashmont Cycles, Sea Breeze Mexican Grill and Fisher & Associates. All three businesses will be having great deals for the community, from raffles and deals on lunch to family bike rides and free workshops! Take a stroll around the neighborhood this weekend and find out for yourself what all the fuss is about!
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Franklin Park History Tours
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 Come learn all about the rich history present right in Dorchester's backyard this Saturday morning with The Franklin Park Coalition. This educational tour will be the first of three walks throughout the spring and summer which will explore different areas of Franklin Park. Walks will be led by a local historian, a FPC member, and author Julie Arrison! The community is invited to join in on the history fun and take a walk through the Franklin Park while the beautiful spring weather lasts.
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GOTCHA Youth Summit
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 Believe to Achieve this Saturday at the 6th annual Youth Summit! This event is a FREE day of fun at The Strand Theatre for the youth in the community. Packed with a talent show, workshops, guest speakers, Sista Souljah, free dinner and an after party! The summit will be educational and address past and present issues within neighboring communities.
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Summer Camp Fair
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 Washington Heights Tenants Association has yet another Summer Camp Fair on the way! Come discover all the wonderful options for youth this summer around Dorchester. Some organizations in attendance will include Roxbury YMCA, UMASS Boston, USES, Tenacity, Jose Mateo Ballet, Boston Center for Youth & Families, Bird Street and Brook View House.
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Earth Day at Franklin Park Zoo
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 The Franklin Park Zoo brings to you with the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts an Earth Day to remember this year! Come meet the fascinating animals that call this zoo home and ways to contribute to a healthy planet. Features activities include meeting the zookeepers, finding all about Franklin Farm, enrichment activities with the animals, and a performance by popular children's entertainer Su Eaton!
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Help Bikes Not Bombs with their 2011 VBP Ghana Project
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 This Sunday help out Bikes Not Bombs load their first container for 2011 Village Bicycle Project in Ghana in the new ReStore warehouse in Dorchester. Village Bicycle Project is BNB's first and longest running partner on the African continent and continues to be effective at getting bikes out to the most rural areas in Ghana, where people need the bikes most as their primary means of transportation. Come as long as you can, coffee & bagels will be available in the morning and pizza in the afternoon with a break to talk about the project.
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Show and Tell with Dorchester Historical Society
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 The Dorchester Historical Society invites you to tell your history this weekend. Bring a trinket that is important to you and tell its story. It could be a family heirloom or any item that has historical significance in your life. Each participant will have about a minute and a half, so come and learn what interesting items your neighbors consider treasures.
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Sunday of Soul
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 The Berachah Church invites the public to a Sunday evening of lively soul music. There will be jazz, r&b and gospel performances in support of St. Mary's Center for Women and Children. Come enjoy the company of your neighbors and beautiful music.
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St. Mark's Vacation Program
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 The St. Mark Wainwright Afterschool Program is hosting a Vacation Program for April's school break. The day will include recreation, games, art, academic enrichment, guest speakers, lunch, as well as discussions of current events & youth issues. This program is only $5 for the week and for anyone ages 6 to 18.
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WHAT'S HOT AROUND THE DOT...
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MAFCU Financial Seminars
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 Want to learn how to manage your money wisely? Sign up for MAFCU's Financial Seminars in Lower Mills this spring and summer! Seminars will be covering topics such as Keeping Debt Under Control, How to Get the Loan You Need, Banking 101 for Parents and Teens, and more. Seminars starts on April 16 and run through May 26, sign up now!
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UMASS Boston Camp Shriver Applications Due April 15
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 The University of Massachusetts Boston presents Camp Shriver, a camp for youth ages 8 to 12 that runs through the month of July. The program provides transportation and provides breakfast and lunch for all campers! Camp Shriver provides sports and enrichment activities and creates an atmosphere so that campers from diverse backgrounds with and without disabilities can engage in positive peer relationships and develop new friendships.
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Apply for Americorps and Serve with SCI
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 Here's your chance to make your community better and gain valuable experience. Social Capital Inc. has AmeriCorps opportunities for a year of service in your community.
SCI has openings for both Youth Leadership Coordinators and Outreach and Technology Coordinators throughout the Greater-Boston area. (Including several positions here in Dorchester with Dotwell! That's right, you could do what I do!)
For more information, click here!
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| Tax Clinics Provide Free Credit Reports & Scores! | |
 The the DotWell tax clinics are still running until April 18 this year. Not only can you get your taxes done for FREE, but you can also receive a review of your credit report and score free of charge. Take advantage of this great opportunity while it is still here!
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Save The Date(s)
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Friday, Apr. 15: Boston's Best Neighbors 2011 - Nominations are due, show your neighbors how much you appreciate them! ~ Saturday, April 16: Ethnic New England Pageant - join women from across New England at the Kroc Community Center as they gather for the 2nd annual pageant ~ Saturday, April 16: East Egg Hunt - come to the Spring Easter Egg Hunt in Dorchester's Pope John Paul II Park and take photos with the bunny! ~ Monday, April 18: Arabiqa Karim Nagi at JFK Library - listen and learn about culture from Egyptian-American percussionist and dancer ~ ~
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Saturday, April 30: New England Urban Music Awards - the renowned award show is coming to the Strand this year & celebrating women in the music industry ~
Saturday, May 14: FIC Walk-A-Thon - Freedom In Christ Ministry needs walkers and your pledge! ~
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Friday, June 10: MyDorchester Night - a free event celebrating arts, culture & civic engagement within our community! ~
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Congratulations Maria Villarreal you got last week's eBlast photo correct! Way to know your Dorchester! The location was Saint Mother Theresa Church at Columbia Road & Dorchester Ave in Uphams Corner. 
New Photo: Email eBlast@mydorchester.org if you know the location of the photo below and we will give you recognition in the next eBlast!  Send Us Your Photos for the MyDorchester Photo Contest! |
If you have photos of unique Dorchester outdoor artwork, monuments, you name it, email eBlast@mydorchester.org with your pictures of Dorchester and their locations so we can keep the photo contest up and running. We'll credit you as the author, of course.
Want to know where the past Photos of the Week were taken? Visit our Archive.
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Dorchester Flashback
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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1521
Today's illustration is a detail from a bird's-eye view of Lower Mills from 1890. Boston: O.H. Bailey & Co., Lith. & Pub., 1890.
If you find River Street running horizontally through the illustration and count from the left edge over 5 or 6 buildings on the south (nearer) side of the street, you will see the Stoughton School. My pasting together of different scans has resulted in an obvious split through the building. Across the street is the Village Church and to the left of that the fire station, both now gone. When you look at the Lower Mills intersection, you will see the old buildings on the west side of Adams Street, now replaced by Baker mill buildings and the Baker Administration Building.
If you would like to receive a historical image via daily e-mail, please
join the Dorchester Historical Society's group by joining this google group. You may also want to contact Earl Taylor
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SCI Dorchester's mission is to strengthen the Dorchester community by connecting diverse individuals and organizations through civic engagement initiatives. We envision a community where individuals are strongly connected to their neighbors and play an active role in shaping the destiny of our community. This increase in 'social capital' will result in a community that is safer, healthier and more vital. For more information click here.
The mission of DotWell is to work in collaboration with our founding health center partners - Codman Square Health Center and Dorchester House Multi-Service Center -
to provide integrated clinical and community services that address
health disparities, build social capital, and meet the complex needs of
our communities.
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