The New Bostonians Summit Initiative is a multi-year, city-wide process initiated by Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (MONB) in 2006 to address the three most pressing issues to immigrants in Boston – ESOL, K-12 Education and Jobs – identified from a survey with the diverse communities. It is an inclusive approach that brings together key stakeholders from 7 sectors to help develop, agree upon and invest in a systematic process for addressing issues. The 7 sectors included representatives from Boston’s immigrant, mainstream advocacy, business, philanthropy, labor, higher education and government communities.
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Save the Date October 9, 2012 – New Bostonians Summit
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Pictures and Poem of Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge by a Painter
By Sophia Yee, painter
I took these pictures recently at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord Mass. it’s a very beautiful place: the sunset, sunrise, birds, wild flowers, ducks, herons and so on.
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Welcome Speech at Parent Orientation Meeting at OMMS
By Joanna DeStefanis, Oak Meadow Montessori School (OMMS)
Welcome. My name is Joanna DeStefanis and I am the assistant head of school here at Oak Meadow. Congratulations to you for choosing Oak Meadow for your child’s education! I am confident that your son or daughter is going to thrive here. If you are new to Oak Meadow, welcome to the beginning of your Montessori journey. I’d like to take a few minutes to share with you my personal journey.
The image above was on Google’s homepage on August 31, 2012 to honor Dr. Maria Montessori’s 142nd Birthday.
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Eric Kester: That Speech for Fifth Grade Class President
By Eric Kester, author of That Book About Harvard
My fellow 5th Grade-icans,
I am not running for class president because I have a bigger baseball card collection than the other candidates — which I do — but because I am a patriot and I love my class in a totally non-cootie related way. We were once the greatest class in the entire school, and we still are because the principal looks down on us and smiles. He loves our class, I love our class and we are crazy awesome, so keep that in mind while I now explain why we suck so hard.
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North American Chinese Soccer League – A Brief History
By Shangyou Scott Zhang, szhang@udel.edu
Since 1983, each year, about ten thousands Chinese students come to study in USA , and many settled down after graduation. Among these students, many love to play soccer and many are excellent soccer players. Most were good players in their school teams in China when they were undergraduate students. Hundreds, if not thousands of teams were formed by these students from China on many campuses since 1985. As NACSL records show, since 1986 many friendly soccer games were played between Chinese student soccer teams of nearby campuses. By 1990, regional soccer tournaments were organized which were participated by four to six teams within driving distance — around 300 miles.
2011 National Champion — Turbo United Soccer Team of Los Angeles
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Eric Jay Dolin To Discuss When America First Met China at Cary Memorial Library
Join us for a fascinating evening as author Eric Jay Dolin discusses his exciting new book: When America First Met China. Mr. Dolin’s book recounts the opening of the America-China trade, a dramatic rendezvous between two nations on diametrically opposed paths of destiny. The lecture will be held on Thursday, September 13, at 7:00 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room
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Transcript: Clint Eastwood Talking to An Empty Chair at RNC
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Save a little for Mitt.
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Manufacturing Gets a Boost from Small Business Banking Partnership – Adcotron Receives $350K Loan from East West Bank
Boston, August 29 – Treasurer Steven Grossman today toured the premier electronic manufacturer Adcotron in South Boston, a recipient of a $350,000 loan made by East West Bank leveraged through the Treasury’s Small Business Banking Partnership. The company anticipates adding 10 new jobs because of the loan. A news conference was held in the company’s meeting room.
Treasurer Grossman, Johnny Ip presented the loan check to Agnes Young
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Pictures from the 25th Quincy August Moon Festival
By David Li, bostonese.com
On August 19, the 25th Quincy August Moon Festival was held in Quincy Center on Hancock Street. This festival is a signature event of Quincy’s Asian community and the premier Asian cultural event on the South Shore.
Performances on main stage.
Traditional Chinese dance on the main stage on Hancock street.
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First Interplanetary Voicemail Delivered by Curiosity
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back.
Members of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission listen to a voice message from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in the mission support area at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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