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| A Special Needs Panel Presentation | 
The Dorchester Cluster is inviting Parents and Providers to attend Special Needs Panel Presentation: A free panel discussion for families with children, adolescents and young adults who have special needs or disabilities. For a list of presenters, time and location click HERE.
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SK8 for Haiti
This MLK weekend, join Groovement for the first  annual Sk8 for Haiti event, taking place Friday and Saturday. The event is a fundraiser for the Matenwa Community Learning Center located in Lagonav, Haiti. For times and location, click HERE. |
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| Boston Winery Post-Holiday Event | 
Boston Winery will again be hosting its Annual Post Holiday Event for the 5th year! Tickets will be $50 per person and will get you food, music, raffles, and a selection of Boston Winery's outstanding wines! Click HERE to find out how to RSVP. |
| Nou Pap Janm Bliye/We Will Not Forget |  Nou Pap Janm Bliye/We Will Not Forget is an event for Boston and Massachusetts' Haitian community and friends of Haiti to come together to memorialize the victims of the earthquake, and to reflect and agree on collective action.
For time, location, and flyer for this event, click HERE.
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Dorchester-Milton Restaurant Kicks Off
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It began in 2010 as a bright idea aimed at blasting winter-weary residents south-of-Boston out of their homes and into local restaurant seats. Now, Dorchester-Milton Restaurant Week is a popular tradition. Click HERE for participating eateries and available dates.
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| Caribbean Foundation's MLK Awards | 
The Caribbean Foundation of Boston, Inc. will be presenting the 28th Annual Testimonial Appreciation Awards Banquet in tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday. The 2012 honorees are individuals with a sense of pride and purpose who have shown courage in undertaking community building tasks or addressing organizational challenges for a better society. Click HERE for time and location. |
| Assessing Obama's Presidency | 
Jonathan Alter, author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One, and Hendrik Hertzberg, columnist for The New Yorker, will participate in a discussion at a John F. Kennedy Library Forum, Assessing Obama's Presidency. To find out more about the author and time of the event, click HERE. |
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| MFA Open House | 
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the Museum of Fine Arts will be hosting an open house on January 16th. Visit the MFA, including the new Linde Family wing for Contemporary Art, entirely free! For further information to links and contacts, click HERE. |
| The History of Tap Dancing @ JFK Library |  Cambridge Youth Dance Program and Boston Tap Company will be presenting "The History of Tap: Moments in Time" on January 16. The program will explore the history, rhythm, and multicultural expression of tap, a dance that transcends time and cultures. Click HERE for more information on time and links.
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Food in the Hood Meeting
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Are you interested in buying healthy food in your own neighborhood? Do you want to find out more about the Healthy Corner Store Initiative, the Bowdoin Geneva Farmers' Market, and more? Join Food in the Hood for their next meeting on January 18. Click HERE for time, location, and contact information. |
| Greenspace Hearing in Codman Square |  On Wednesday, January 18, the Department of Neighborhood Development will seek feedback from the neighborhood on future uses for numerous city-owned, vacant parcels of land. The Talbot Norfolk Triangle (TNT) Norfolk lots in question are 2 Woodrow Ave, 4-6 Woodrow Ave, 93 Norfolk Street, 106 Norfolk Street and 131-133 Southern Ave. Click HERE for the meeting's arranged time and location.
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| MCA Information Session | 
On Wednesday, January 18, Mother Caroline Academy and Educational Center is holding Admission Information sessions for the 2012 / 2013 school year for students entering grades 4 and 5. Mother Caroline Academy is a private Catholic middle school for 60 young girls from limited financial means. For time, location, and contact information, click HERE. |
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HOT in the DOT
FREE Tax Preparation for Dorchester Families
As a member of the Boston Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Coalition, DotWell offers FREE tax preparation for hard working Dorchester families. Taxpayers who earned less than $50,000 in the previous tax year can have their taxes prepared for free and claim important tax credits such as the EITC. MORE INFOBoston Youth Zone Summer Teen Employment ProgramThe Boston Youth Fund (BYF) provides thousands of Boston's teens 15 - 17 years of age with summer jobs. BYF participants work in the community and in faith-based and government agencies. Earn money and gain meaningful skills in jobs such as administrative assistants, mural painters, peer leaders and more! MORE INFOCity Spotlights Spoken Word ProjectCiti Performing Arts Center and Dudley Branch Library are looking for youth ages 11-19 for its winter City Spotlights Spoken Word Project. In this FREE program, participants will develop spoken word, storytelling and performing arts skills while exploring hip hop culture. MORE INFO |
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MyDorchester Photo Contest
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Can you identify where in Dorchester this photo was taken? Can you take one yourself and leave others guessing where it is? Email eblast@mydorchester.org if you know where!
Attention Participants! For a limited time, MyDorchester will be giving away 8 x 10 prints to the contest winner.  Last Week's Winners: Nakennia President, Geoff Doerre Location: Dot Ave (Field's Corner)
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Tips for Thriving Kids
Self-Confidence Starts Early!
You help your baby feel safe and secure when you respond to her cries and other communications--for example, picking her up when she needs comfort or getting the toy she is pointing to off the shelf-- and by showing her lots of love and affection. It is this loving bond between you and your baby that makes her feel safe enough to move away from you (little by little) to explore. She has learned to trust that you will always be there for her. This trust gives her confidence.
What you can do:
* Be a safe "home base" for your baby. When he goes off to explore, be there to give him a big hug and to offer the encouragement he needs to explore some more.
* Respond to your baby's signals for love and comfort. This builds her trust in you. Babies who trust their caregivers feel safe to venture out and learn from the people and world around them.
Tips for Thriving Kids are brought to you by: Thrive in 5
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| Dorchester Flashback |  Dorchester Illustration of the Week
This week's illustration is a photo of an American Red Cross medal with the name Alice Taylor Jacobs on the back and Dorchester Branch ARC on the front.
Alice Taylor Jacobs and her husband Horace Homer Jacobs lived at 22 Algonquin Street from about 1900 to 1920. Alice was president of the Dorchester Woman's Club for a number of years as well as the Thursday Morning Fortnightly Club and the Shakespeare Breakfast Club. She was described by a relative as a club woman.
Although small of stature she addressed meetings in support of war bonds in World War I, a time when women did not often speak to mixed gatherings. She was a suffragette and was the first of her generation in her family to drive a car. She was apparently a party girl, because someone at the Greenwood Methodist Church where she was a member told her she was too gay to be holy [when gay meant light-hearted]. Alice did not go to the church again.
Alice (June 23, 1864 - May 19, 1943) is buried in Springfield Cemetery in the Jacobs family plot along with her husband Horace H. Jacobs (1860-1937).
If you would like to join the google group, please click on the link, or contact Earl Taylor by email or call (617) 293-3052. |
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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