The Boston City Council, Chuck Turner & The Race for District 7

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By Talia Whyte

The first debate among the qualifying candidates to take over the seat left by ousted city councilor Chuck Turner took place Jan. 20 at the Roxbury YMCA. This is possibly the most watched city council race in recent history, where there were originally 16 candidates, but only six candidates who actually received the minimum number of signatures to be on the ballot were invited to the debate. Also in the debate were pro-life advocate Roy Owens and city employee Danielle Renee Williams. Perennial candidate Althea Garrison was also invited, but was a no-show.

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Interview with Gov Deval Patrick on Project 351 & Haiti Earthquake Relief

By Talia Whyte

Gov. Deval Patrick joined over 400 8th graders representing every city and town in Massachusetts Jan. 15 to commence his administration’s ambitious youth service day – Project 351. The event was organized by the Patrick-Murray Inaugural Committee and took place on the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to help honor his legacy of service. The youth ambassadors were selected by the superintendents and principals in their communities based on their strong ethic of service.

In addition to making a stop at the Catholic Charities Haitian Multi Service Center, Gov. Patrick, Lt. Gov. Murray and the ambassadors also visited other area nonprofits, including The Dimock Center, Greater Boston Food Bank, and Blackstone Elementary School.

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Food in 2011: The Nutrition Recession

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By Talia Whyte

Yesterday I listened to Living on Earth’s Holiday Special, where they had on Firoozeh Dumas, an Iranian-American humorist, who talked about her assimilation into America’s food culture. While growing up in Iran, Dumas talked about going to farmers’ markets with her mother and buying food fresh…

…America being a land of immigrants has prided itself for embracing the many food traditions that have been imported to these shores over the last 500 years. But in recent years, no thanks to the way the American food system is set up, many healthy ethnic foods are being erased for a more processed and packaged diet of Chicken McNuggets, KFC Double Downs and Slurpees.

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Voices from Boston’s Somali Community

By Talia Whyte

While most people were buying last minute gifts and preparing for the first major snow storm of the season during Christmas weekend, approximately 2,000 Somali young people from around the country gathered at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury at the biannual National Somali Youth Conference. The theme of the conference was “The Lost Somali Youth: The Tribulation of Family.”

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