GOV. Baker URGED TO MEET with Black Boston COVID-19 COALTION

Brother Lo, Co-Founder of BEJI and a member of the Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition expressed dismay that the Coalition had been unable to secure a meeting with him since April to discuss the need to address COVID-19 issues in highly impacted Black and other communities of color. 

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BOSTON--As Black organizers begin the second night of camping outside of historic Faneuil Hall, Mayor Marty Walsh continued to avoid meeting about setting a public hearing date related to changing the name of Faneuil Hall.

Kevin Peterson, the founder of The New Democracy Coalition, (NDC) was beginning the second day of a hunger fast, as Walsh ignored a small contingent of activists seeking to hold him to his pledge to address systemic racism, in Boston.

“Your words that you spoke two weeks ago about making Boston a national leader, concerning ending structural racism, ring hollow,” said Reverend Joseph Rocha, a member of the NDC. “We call on you, Mr. Mayor, to keep your promise.” At 12 noon on Wednesday, June 24th, in front of Faneuil Hall, Peterson and others will address the news media with a special statement.

BOSTON — Priscilla Flint-Banks’ buried her mother Ruby on April 29, one day after what would have been her 88th birthday. “Everybody that knew her loved her," said Flint-Banks. “We called her Mother Kinnery. Very sweet, outgoing person.” Ruby Kinney’s cause of death was COVID-19, but Flint-Banks says the staff at her mother’s nursing home in Boston never told her Ruby was sick. “Never did no one say, ‘We’re isolating her because of this or we’re putting her there because of that,’ said Flint-Banks. “I still don’t know what happened.” Flint-Bank is not alone in her grief. Watch the video and read more HERE 

A settlement between Massachusetts and a company accused of ignoring rules for hiring minoirty and woman subcontractors highlights how hard it is for these firms to participate in state contrcts even when they are written into the requirements. Read More HERE

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a non-profit's plans for a four-story, 20-unit condo building at 75-81 Dudley St. at Guild Row in Nubian Square. 

Nearly 26 years after a ballot initiative banned rent control statewide, voters may soon have a chance to reconsider.  

Joseph Feaster, Segun Idowu, Mayor Martin Walsh, and Darryl Settles enjoy a moment during the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts annual meeting. PHOTO: JOHN WILCOX, MAYOR’S OFFICE

Joseph Feaster, Segun Idowu, Mayor Martin Walsh, and Darryl Settles enjoy a moment during the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts annual meeting. PHOTO: JOHN WILCOX, MAYOR’S OFFICE

The Highland Park Neighborhood Council voted this week to ask the city to rename a portion of Dudley Street to Chuck Turner Way in honor of the former city councilor, who died last month.

Entrepreneurs and nonprofit workers can sign up as members of Reevx Labs by first entering their names and emails into Berkshire’s database. They can then reserve space in the 2,200-square-foot lab’s conference room, workstations or multifunction room.  Source: BayStateBanner

Black residents of Boston have been hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak, and East Boston has been the hardest-hit neighborhood, new data shows. According to data released by the city, the city had confirmed 7,910 cases in the city as of Saturday. Of the cases, 271 were fatal cases while 1,573 patients had recovered. Read More HERE