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Continuing A Season of Peace: The Unity March for Mattapan (conclusion)

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By Talia Whyte

Isaura Mendes has become a staple at many anti-violence walks around the city for a very unfortunate reason. The Dorchester activist lost two sons, Bobby and Alex, to street violence. In 2008, she said she forgave Bobby’s convicted killer and told him she prayed that nothing bad would happen to him.

“Let me show you about forgiveness,’’ Mendes said at the Walk for Peace last July. “The murder of Bobby Mendes ended in forgiveness; do you possess the strength to forgive?’’

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Continuing A Season of Peace: The Unity Walk for Mattapan

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By Talia Whyte

Dozens of concerns residents from all over the city and surrounding suburbs gathered on Oct 2 at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Morton Street in Mattapan to participate in a unity walk, which was called together by the Rev. Jeffrey Brown of the Boston Ten Point Coalition in light of the murders of four individuals just a around the corner on Woolson Street a few days earlier. A man linked to the crime was arrested Oct. 1 at a Manchester, N.H., apartment complex on a fugitive-from-justice warrant and is scheduled to appear in Manchester District Court for a rendition hearing.

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Talking to Massachusetts Voters

by Talia Whyte

Supporters of Gov. Deval Patrick and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray gathered in the South End’s Titus Sparks Park on Sept. 25 for their kickoff campaign rally. There was an uplifting mood within the multicultural crowd comprising of approximately 200 attendees who not only came to hear what Gov Patrick had to say, but to also get a glimpse of legendary singer and Democratic party supporter James Taylor. Almost everyone I spoke to at the rally said that the economy was their number one issue. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in Massachusetts is slightly below the national average at 8.8 percent. During his rally speech, Patrick said that his administration has helped create 65,000 jobs this year alone.

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A Solid Foundation for Building A Healthy Community

by Talia Whyte

The Mattapan Community Health Center and the Whittier Street Health Center held groundbreakings for their respective new facilities recently. The new Mattapan center will be located in Mattapan Square, where there is currently a Citizen’s Bank and an open lot, while the Whittier center in Roxbury will open its doors next to the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center in January 2012. Whittier and Mattapan have received both federal stimulus and private funding to make their projects possible, which will also help create more construction and medical employment opportunities for residents in the community.

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