In Honor of 2018 Hidden Heroes & Sheroes

The Great Hall of the Codman Square Health Center 6 Norfolk Street Dorchester,

Program A Community of Heroes and Sheroes

6:00 p.m...... Dinner

Nebulla Stephen Janice Martin 6:30 p.m...... of Ceremonies Opening (Stephanie Crawford) Shelley Goehring Meg Campbell Welcome Remarks Frank Hart Thabiti Brown Cynthia Loesch-Johnson, President of the Codman Square Neighborhood Council Marilyn Forman Gonzalo & Diana Diaz Julia Thompson, President of the Four Corners Action Coalition Jeff Alkins Jr Naomi Robinson Annika Neilson Chantay Robinson 6:45 p.m...... Presentation of Awards 2011 2015 Michelle Gomes Sanchez Rev. Garvin Warden Janice Galloway ...... Neighborhood Leadership Award Danah Tench Joyce Harvey Bill Perkins Carol Carter Caltor McLean ...... Neighborhood Leadership Award Daryl Goldston ...... Civic Leadership Award Kenny Enaharo Larry Thorton Vanessa Thorne ...... Civic Leadership Award Alphonse and Olive night Silverbrook Farm (Jeff & Andy)

Andrea Campbell ...... Millennium Award The Graham Family Alley Pizarro Amani ...... Youth Award Wyatt Posig Aryana Blake Geralda Sylvain Andru Winn Shiylin Williams ...... Youth Award Gabriella-Louise Stephen Lela & Tanya Bailey-Stewart Invited Officials: 2012 2016

Mayor Martin Walsh Milton Roye Allan & Jeanette Merren Boston City Councilor Virginia Beal Victor Rodriguez Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty St. Mark/Wainright Summer- Frank Rogers Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George Youth Program Rev. Eugene Rivers Boston City Councilor Lynette Frazier 2nd Church of Dorchester Pastors Ron and Kim Odom Former Mayor Ray Flynn Boston City Councilor Jim Hunt Mehdi Islam Sheriff Steven Tompkins Francilia Jones Oladipupo Ogundipe State Representative Russell Holmes Krishana Abrahim 2017 State Representative Daniel Hunt 2013 Setrena Curry State Representative Dan Cullinane Judith Magee Mayra Duran State Senator Nick Collins Janice Knight Gary Wilkins Member-elect of the US House of Representatives for Massachusetts’s Christopher Strunk Jeffrey Alkins 7th congressional district Ayanna Pressley Yolanda Ortiz Stephanie Crawford Event Sponsors: Maria Samson Barbara Trybe Codman Square Neighborhood Council, Greater Four Corners Action Coalition, Laraine Screen Sandra Cotterell The Codman Square Health Center, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Theoni Solano Sayvion Jone Corporation and America’s Food Basket Pamela “Mela” Cardosa Bush Rasheed Belus Thersa Latson Hidden Heroes and Sheroes Committee: Margaret Stephens Dynell Andrews-Blake, Marilyn Forman, Cynthia Loesch-Johnson, Marie Theodat, Bill Forry and Linda Dorcena Forry Julia Thompson, Stephanie Crawford De’Lea O’Garro Marvin Sylvain Acknowledgements: 2014 We are honoring Rev. Dr. Bill Loesch for his invaluable legacy by establishing the Alveta Haynes Rev. Dr. Bill Loesch Scholarship Fund, which will fund the two educational youth Mark Scott scholarships of $1,500 and other scholarship opportunities moving forward.

Our deep appreciation is extended to Events by Delightful Décor for the beautiful decorations and dinner for this event.

A Community of Heroes and Sheroes Welcome…

2001 Sonia Alleyne Matthews Arthur Sutton, Jr. Maude Hurd Tonight we celebrate our 2018 Hidden Heroes and Sheroes. Rev. Brilton Levy Terrill Manuel This annual celebration has recognized more than 140 people doing Marvin Martin Donalin Cazeau Rita Lopes 2006 exceptional work to improve the Codman Square and Four Corners Maryellen Sullivan Glynn Lloyd Paulencia Gattereau Robert Brayley communities. These hidden heroes and sheroes give us hope and Mlo Tavoliero William Henderson inspiration and tonight is our opportunity to learn more about them Joe Brand Robert Gittens Katherine Jalbert Donna Gittens and share our gratitude and appreciation for their efforts. Sarah Larson John Werner Caitlin Sullivan Margie Henderson Phil Grandberry Alexandra Chery This celebration also raises funds for two $1,500 scholarships to Alvin “Junior” Lewis Shanaya Coke Jenny Moye 2007 be awarded to the two high school senior awardees. Codman Square House Tour An LeDang Committee Dynell Andrews-Blake This tradition began over 20 years ago by Rev. Dr. Bill Loesch. Codman Square House Tour Darryl Smiith We are honoring the late Rev. Dr. Bill Loesch for his invaluable Committee Tina Chery Dorchester People for Peace Paul and Glenna Malkemes legacy by establishing the Rev. Dr. Bill Loesch Scholarship Fund, 2003 Alexis Claytor Paul Lewis Codrington Barzy, Jr. which will fund the two educational youth scholarships of $1,500 Lendy Ware 2008 and other scholarship opportunities. Florice Chritie Robert Thornell Officer Robert Newton Charles Leony Mary Pascal Royal Sibley Reverend Willie James Susan Stephen If you wish to nominate a person or group for November 2019, Cynthia Loesch Earl Taylor please submit a nomination form. Applications are received all Barry Mullen Keith Nolen 2004 Taylyse Wornum year long and selections are made by the end of summer. Shayna Holloway Lino Cook Gail Latimore 2009 Mike Stella Faith “Mickey” Bascom Let's celebrate! Juanita Smith Lewis Johnson Peter Sosso Sister Damien Powers Clarence Cooper Mary Green Ron Majors Eric and Deb Hall 2005 Pupert Moore Adams Gibbons Oscar Mereno Adrienne Taylor-Sturrup Doreen Treacy Majors Bill and Sue Dunigan 2010 Ashley Deleon Jason Grantner Sharron Smith Dr. Unique Michaud

A Community of Heroes and Sheroes Each year, there are many nominations for the Hidden Heroes and Sheroes award. To be considered, the candidate must demonstrate success in one of the following areas: 1987 Judge Darrell Outlaw Chris Lovett Ben Thompson Lyndel Woodruff Neighborhood Leadership Award Capt. Elliot John Harden 1996 Neighborhood Leadership Award recognizes community members who identified Linda Ivers Liotha bernadin a community need and through grassroots leadership effected change Torry Street Faiza Bodden and improved our community. Neighborhood Assoc. Danial Garcia James Hoar James Greer Awardees Bill Jones Nancy Harrington Janice Galloway Al Waterman Melba James Caltor McLean Pam Cross Robin James Bill Walczak Nancy Jameson Boston Police Area =-B James Keefe Rev. Paul Peterson Louis Larry Civic Leadership Award 1988 Phil Lindsay Civic Leadership Award recognizes community members who identified a community Gene Murray Angela Searcy need and helped to impact public policy and improve our community. Ashmont Neighbors Assoc. Allie Bledsoe Sullivan

Esther Lawrence Marie Armel-Theodat Awardees Catherine Smith Christina Thorne Daryl Goldston Fr. Paul Mahan 1997 Vanessa Thorne Kevin McFadden Louise Carcione Adrienne & Turhan Shephard Charles Gilliard, Jr. Liz McNeil Francis Grady Diane Payne David Sikes Millennium Award Deputy Al Seghezzi Dr. Ulric Johnson Millennium Award recognizes community members who either brought to realization Lt. John Meade Bob & Joan McCoy a goal of the Millennium Report or, in the spirit of the new millennium uniquely Officer Lena Julian Charles & Seater O’Hara improved our community in a way not represented in the prior two categories. Adolphus & Toni Bulluck Nancy Anderson For more information about the Millennium Project please visit 1989 Andre Beckford www.codmansquarecouncil.org Pat Cooke Ian Callendar John Dolan 1998 Awardees Fuller Street Neighborhood Assoc. Kevin Barry Andrea Campbell David Goldman Steven Quimby Rev. Dr. Bill Loesch Teens Against Tobacco Dottie Selman Patricia Carlson Youth Leadership Award Anna Shaw-Baecker Rev. Rosena Davids Youth Leadership Award recognizes youth who make positive change 1991 Yvonne Price in the community and impact the lives of others. Candice Gartley Willie Mae Allen Roger Greene Awardees Buck Buchanan Rev. Fitz Allen John Syria Temple No. 31 Amani Boston Maryclaire Knight Shiylin Williams Calvin Morris Janice Galloway Neighborhood Leadership Award

Congratulates Janice was born in Level Piece, St. John’s, in the Caribbean island of Montserrat and 2018 migrated to Boston in 1979. She first learned that she could be a mover and shaker at Hidden Heroes & Sheroes Greenwood United Methodist Church where she learned how to work collaboratively with others, and motivate youth. She was involved in fundraising and a range of other activities in the church. She experienced group spirit as the United Methodist Women (UMW) invited her to roller-skating, or to the movies, and even into the kitchen to whip up meals to feed the congregation.

Janice joined the Aspirers Club in 1994 and over the years, she has filled many roles in the organization including serving as Secretary, Vice President, and being elected as the first female President in 2009. She has been instrumental in member recruitment, planning a successful boat-ride, assisting with the tutorial program, fundraising and shipping equipment for the hospital and Seniors Home in Montserrat. She also supports other Montserrat and Caribbean Associations in Boston, New York, Miami, and Toronto.

On September 18, 2018 Janice celebrated 18 years of working at Akamai Technologies, Inc. and has become a well-known staple in the Network Operations Command Center (NOCC). She has gone from the only woman in the room to shift manager in the headquarters of the Kendall Square location.

Janice works to connect with other cultures such as the Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC) as a Co-chair of the Cross-Cultural Committee

and as a member of the Board. She also serves as secretary of the mem- bership Committee and Trustees Board at Parkway United Methodist Thank you for your dedication Church and Vice President of the Metro Boston Hope District United and Methodist Women. vision for the community! Janice’s upbringing instilled the need to give back and she is continually working to improve her neighborhood, and seeking opportunities to help and support Montserratians worldwide. Her leisure activities include reading, dancing, and international travel. Caltor McLean Neighborhood Leadership Award

Caltor McLean was born in Boston is married with five children and four grand- children. He attended and studied computer science in 1986 which led to a career of more than 20 years “Congratulations to all of the winners of the in the computer industry. Codman Square Neighborhood Council’s 2018 He is also an independent business owner ‘Hidden Heroes and Sheroes’ Awards. and commercial real estate owner. He survived the greatest financial collapse during our time in 2008. Thank you for your continued efforts in helping While other businesses were closing or going out of business, to make our communities safer, healthier and Caltor adjusted to the economy and made prudent financial deci- more vibrant for everyone.” sions, which sustained his businesses during these incredible finan- cial and stressful years.

Caltor has been doing business in the Dorchester community for over twenty years, owning Emz Rainbow Laundromat, LLC and Emz Pizza and Ice Cream, LLC (d.b.a. Cornerstone Pizza Café). He also owns the commercial property of 3 -11 Bowdoin Street and 352 Washington Street (known as Cornerstone Lot). He is one of the longest lasting businesses in the Greater Four Corners area. He currently serves on the board of the Four Corners Main Street.

Caltor has a passion for advocating and fighting for the children born at a disadvantage and families in need. He serves his community with great humility and compassion and often feeds families in the neighborhood that would have gone without food. Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins Caltor hopes to foster a business environment in which business- es are thriving and not simply surviving in the Four Corners com- Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department munity.

Daryl Goldston Civic Leadership Award

Mayor Martin J. Walsh Daryl Goldston is a Dorchester native and one of the founders of the Point Event Committee, a nonprofit organization that has helped young adults with the high cost of going to college or trade school for the past nine years. Daryl is originally from the Columbia Point community and has resided in Dorchester for over 50 years. Daryl has committed himself to working with the leadership of Dorchester to bring positive change to families in the community. As a member of the Codman Square Neighborhood Council for the last eight years, Daryl has sat on a number of advisory boards, including the Boston Alliance for Community Health (BACH), which is a city wide organization that deals with data driven deter- minants of health and health disparities based on race. As a repre- Thank You sentative for Codman Square, Daryl has had the privilege to com- plete the Leaders in Health certificate program at Harvard Universi- 2018 ty. Over the last few years, Daryl has been invited to Harvard to speak about his work associated with the Boston Public Health Hidden Heroes & Sheroes Commission, particularly the smoke-free housing campaign. Daryl is always the first to speak up at a community meeting encouraging Your dedication to our developers to build smoke-free housing and families to convert Community is evident and their homes to smoke-free. After completing courses at BACH, very much appreciated. Daryl was selected by the Boston Public Health Commission to serve as a Healthy Community Champion. Since that time, Daryl has worked on a number of outreach projects, including smoke-free housing lease sign up, several annual community cookouts, Night at the Point reunions, Healthy on the Block, Love Your Block, and the Second Church food bank. Vanessa Thorne Civic Leadership Award

Vanessa Thorne serves as the volunteer Food Service Coordinator at Second Church in Dorchester. She has volun- teered and organized food services since 2015 supported by Dr. Pastor Victor Price, the Enrichment Center at Second Church, New England Sarua, and numer- ous dedicated volunteers.

Vanessa helps to address food insecurities in the community by assisting in salvaging thousands of pounds of food donated through Lovin' Spoonfuls. Vanessa also assists the Parkside Chris- tian Academy and other schools, the Codman Square Library, Rounding the Bases, Inc. in partnership with the City of Boston’s Retired Senior Volunteer Program, and other programs in Codman Square. Vanessa has distributed food, care packages, turkey dinners, Christmas dinners, backpacks, jackets and clothing at local events and to families in need. Greater Four Corners Vanessa is a long-time resident of Boston and is married to Action Coalition Euri Thorne who has been renovating their church’s home for three years. Vanessa has a nine-year-old daughter Aniyah Thorne 2018 Hidden Heroes and She- who is already learning giving back is very important at her age. roes Aniyah assists in passing out food and has a huge heart for her community. Vanessa has been a member of Second Church ~Thank you for your commitment Dorchester for over ten years. to carrying the torch throughout the community ~

367 Washington Street Dorchester, MA 012121 Andrea Campbell Millennium Award

Andrea Joy Campbell was first elected as the District 4 Boston City Councilor Congratulations on November 3rd, 2015, representing to all the primarily the neighborhoods of Dorches- 2018 Hidden Heroes and Sheroes ter and Mattapan, as well as parts of Roslin- dale and Jamaica Plain. On January 1st, Special Congratulations 2018, at the start of her second term, to our Councilor Campbell was unanimously elected President by her colleagues. She is the Four Corners Hero and Shero first African-American woman to serve in this role.

Caltor McLean Born and raised in Boston, and educated in all Boston Public & Schools, Councilor Campbell went on to graduate from Princeton University and UCLA Law School. She began her career at a non- Armani Boston profit in Roxbury, providing free legal services to students and their parents on education matters. She has worked as legal counsel in both the public and private sectors, and before embarking on her

run for City Council, served as deputy legal counsel for Governor Congratulations to each of the Deval Patrick.

2018 awardees! Councilor Campbell began her first term by chairing and expanding the Council’s Committee on Public Safety to include Criminal Justice Andrea Campbell in an effort to bring important conversations around re-entry services for returning citizens, solitary confinement, and the school-to-prison Daryl Goldston, Vanessa Thorne pipeline, to the Council. As one of the lead sponsors of the Communi- Janice Galloway, Caltor McLean ty Preservation Act, she led the effort for its successful passage in Shiylin Williams, Amani Boston 2016, which will generate millions of dollars annually for affordable housing, historic preservation, and open space in the City of Boston.

In 2017, she secured the first-ever dedicated line item in the City’s Thank you for your service to budget to specifically fund youth development programming and our community. youth serving organizations. Councilor Campbell continues to focus

Anthony S. Owens on issues of public safety and criminal justice, affordable housing, and racial equity initiatives. Councilor Campbell lives in Mattapan with her husband, Matthew, and their son, Alexander. Amani Boston Youth Award

Amani Boston is a Dorchester native who resides in Four Corners. She has a 4.1 GPA and will be graduating from Cathedral High School in May 2019. She is enrolled in honor and advanced placement classes and is not only an exceptional student but she is also active with the Cathedral Panthers basketball team and helped lead them to two MIAA state cham- pionships. She is an all-star for basketball and Congratulations to our community track and field for the Catholic Conference. When she is not studying or playing sports she volunteers as a coach Heroes and Sheroes! and referee for the co-ed South End Youth Basketball League. She is Thank you for your commitment an assistant coach for the Merritt Attention Basketball Association fourth grade team, a program that mainly serves Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan boys. Amani also volunteers and assists with organizing the Boston Showstoppers free basketball clinics for inner city girls. Additionally, she works with Mobil Stu, a non-profit organization that builds relationships between the police and inner city youth through music. Amani and her father volunteer serving the homeless food and she also assists her mother with organizing coat drives for the home- less. One of Amani’s proudest moments is when she organized and led the televised student protest at her school. The protest led to the school hiring more teachers and addressing the lack of teacher diversi- ty; adding more SAT prep classes and electives; improving lunches; etc. Amani wants to study business and eventually attend law school. Congratula- tion 2018 Hidden Heroes & Sheroes You make us proud!

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Congratulations to the 2018 Hidden Heroes and Sheroes!

Daniel J. Hunt STATE REPRESENTATIVE 13TH SUFFOLK DISTRICT

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