星期四, 10月 27, 2016

NAAAP 30th anniversary leadership conference 10/28-29

30th Anniversary Leadership Conference, Career Fair & Gala Dinner 
Date/Time: Friday, October 28, 2016
from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Venue: Courtyard Boston Downtown (Marriott)
Address: 275 Tremont Street Boston MA

REGISTRATION LINK: http://naaapbos30.eventbrite.com/?aff=website

30th Anniversary Leadership Conference Theme:
Yesterday’s Dream, Today’s Opportunities, Tomorrow’s Success


**Tickets marked with ALL INCLUSIVE means you get access to the conference, career fair and dinner gala. Career Fair & Information Session is FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC. ERG Panel (Session 3, Oct 28 afternoon) is FREE but with limited seats.**

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
This year marks NAAAP Boston’s 30th anniversary. Over the last 30 years, NAAAP has weathered many challenges and welcomed change as the workforce dynamics continued to evolve. We as Asian Americans also weathered many challenges and learned valuable lessons as we assimilated into the American dominant workforce. While Asian-American professionals have been struggling for decades against the proverbial “bamboo ceiling”, many have managed to break past it into positions of leadership. These leaders can serve as an inspiration to show that our cultural values should not be personal inhibitions that encumber our path to success. Instead, our values should integrate seamlessly into our working lives while we exhibit our leadership abilities.
Join us on October 28th and 29th at the Courtyard Boston Downtown as we celebrate NAAAP Boston’s 30-year Anniversary with a weekend-long Leadership and Professional Development Conference, full of interactive workshops, leadership panels, impressive keynote speakers, a career fair, a gala/awards dinner, and much more. This 2-day event will show us how to pave the way to becoming inspiring, forward-thinking, and strategic leaders in our personal and professional lives.
**Tickets marked with ALL INCLUSIVE means you get access to the conference, career fair and dinner gala. Career Fair & Information Session is FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC. ERG Panel (Session 3, Oct 28 afternoon) is FREE but with limited seats.**

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Keynote Speeches
  • Paul Lee, Of Counsel at Goodwin Procter LLP
  • Betty Lo, VP of Community Alliances & Consumer Engagement at Nielsen
Closing Panel Discussion
  • Qi Zhou, VP for Performance Measurement, Data Analytics and Quality Management at BCBSMA
  • Kenneth Eng, Documentary Filmmaker
  • YeSeul Kim, Director of North America Operations & Strategy at Ashoka, and
  • Doua Thor, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
  • Moderator: Echo Liu, Research Economist at RTI International
Workshops and Presentation Sessions
  • Mike Ambassador Bruny, Digital Content Manager for Babson Executive Education; Creator of RunThePoint.Com
  • Selena Tan, Founder/Executive & Career Coach at O Positive Coaching
  • Su Joun, Talent, Diversity & Inclusion Expert
  • Leverett Wing, Political Organizer Active in Boston’s Asian-American community
  • Jimmy Liang, Founder/CEO/Chef of JP Fuji Group
  • ERG Panel Discussion
    • Gwendolyn McCoy, Enterprise Inclusion Leader at BCBSMA
    • Rebecca Harris, Manager, Employee Resource Networks and Workforce Initiatives (Global Diversity & Inclusion) at Biogen
    • Joyce Kline, Managing Director at Accenture
    • Farzana Nayani, Director of Client Management, Language & Culture Worldwide; NAAAP National Director of ERG Relations
    • Moderator: Lisa Strack, AVP of Global Campus Programs at Wellington Management

EVENT & CAREER FAIR SPONSORS
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BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY’S NOVEMBER AUTHOR TALKS AND SHAKESPEARE PROGRAMS

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY’S NOVEMBER AUTHOR TALKS AND SHAKESPEARE PROGRAMS

Downloads14-001BOSTON – October 26, 2016 – Boston Public Library’s November author talks and literary events feature a variety of topics, including the history of dining in Boston, Shakespeare & cocktails, and improving reading in children. The Shakespeare initiative “All the City’s A Stage: A Season of Shakespeare at the Boston Public Library” continues this month with programs available across the system.
·         Justin Goodstein explores the history of Haymarket, from its beginnings as an expansion of Quincy Market in the first half of the nineteenth century to its current incarnation as a host of an ever-changing and diverse population on Wednesday, November 2, at 6 p.m. in the Commonwealth Salon at the Central Library in Copley Square.
·         Hundred Year Retroactive Book Award of 1916: Three bestselling books of 1916; Robert Frost's Mountain Interval, Albert Einstein's Relativity, and Margaret Sanger's What Every Girl Should Know, will be defended by Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, MIT professor Alan Lightman, and WGBH's Margery Eagan. Author Stona Fitch will moderate the debate on Thursday, November 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the Abbey Room at the Central Library in Copley Square. Presented by the Associates of the Boston Public Library.
·         City of Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges visits the South Boston Branch at 646 East Broadway on Saturday, November 5, from 2-4 p.m. to meet with aspiring poets and provide feedback on their works.
·         Reading Specialist Lorna Kaufman, Ph.D. will discuss her book Smart Kid, Can't Read, which reveals the five steps to help improve children's reading ability on Tuesday, November 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the South End Branch, located at 685 Tremont Street.
·         Jenna Russell, coauthor of Long Mile Home, an account of the Boston Marathon bombing, talks about her book and her work as a Spotlight investigative reporter for The Boston Globe on Saturday, November 12, at 2 p.m. at the Brighton Branch, located at 40 Academy Hill Road in Brighton.
·         James C. O’Connell reveals a unique history of dining in Boston, sharing stories of the most-beloved Boston restaurants of yesterday and today as he discusses Dining out in Boston: A Culinary History on Wednesday, November 16, at 6 p.m. in the Commonwealth Salon at the Central Library in Copley Square.
·         Caroline Bicks and Michelle Ephraim, established Shakespeare professors and humor writers, discuss their irreverent cocktail book Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas that adds a Shakespearean twist to life’s everyday highs and lows on Thursday, November 17, at 6 p.m. in the Commonwealth Salon at the Central Library in Copley Square.
·         The Friends of the South Boston Branch hold their final book sale of the fall season on Saturday, November 19, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the South Boston Branch, located at 646 East Broadway.
All the City’s A Stage: A Season of Shakespeare at the Boston Public Library programming:
·         Shakespeare Unauthorized exhibition tours are given by Curator of Rare Books Jay Moschella on November 10 and 24 at 2 p.m., and by volunteer tour guides on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. in the McKim Exhibition Hall at the Central Library in Copley Square.
·         Stephen Collins brings the Bard’s words to life through dramatic Shakespeare character interpretations at the Central Library and Brighton, Faneuil, Uphams Corner, and West End branches during November. 
·         Hip-hop poet and actor Marlon Carey and slam poetry champion and educator Regie Gibson team up with musicians to create an energetic literary performance combining poetry, spoken word, story, song, rap, and Shakespeare at the Central Library and Dudley and Fields Corner branches in November.
·         Children ages 3-8 make Shakespeare-themed crafts on Thursday, November 3, at 3:30 p.m. in the Children’s Library at the Central Library in Copley Square.
·         Boston Lyric Opera celebrates the exhibition Shakespeare Unauthorized with a collection of songs, arias, and duets by operatic composers based on the works and words of the Bard on Thursday, November 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Dudley Branch, located at 65 Warren Street.
·         Actors' Shakespeare Project: The Play's the Thing!: Travel with the Actors’ Shakespeare Project through various spaces in the library as the actors perform scenes from Hamlet, and stay for an interactive workshop on Saturday, November 5, at 11:45 a.m. in the McKim Exhibition Hall, located at the Central Library in Copley Square.
·         Audiences enjoy performances by Seven Times Salt, including some of the songs the Bard mentions by name, excerpts from the plays read aloud, and musical works by his talented contemporaries including Thomas Morley, John Dowland, Robert Johnson, and others, performed with period instruments and historical pronunciation. Wednesday, November 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the North End Branch, located at 25 Parmenter Street, and on Monday, November 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the West Roxbury Branch, located at 1961 Centre Street.
·         Cry Against Players: Pilgrims, Puritans, and Shakespeare's Wicked Stage: Plimoth Plantation’s Richard Pickering discusses the connections between Shakespeare and the Plymouth colonists and explores the colonists’ impassioned feelings regarding London play-going by transforming himself into the adventurous Stephen Hopkins and the virtuous Elder William Brewster. Tuesday, November 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the Abbey Room, located at the Central Library in Copley Square.
Visit www.bpl.org/shakespeare for a complete listing of programs and events.
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MAYOR WALSH DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF CITYWIDE TUITION-FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DURING WHITE HOUSE PANEL SESSION

MAYOR WALSH DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF CITYWIDE TUITION-FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DURING WHITE HOUSE PANEL SESSION
Click to watch Mayor Walsh participating in a panel about citywide tuition-free community college. (begins at 2hr, 13 mins)


WASHINGTON DC -  Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today offered the following remarks at a White House Community College convening about citywide tuition-free community college as part of President Obama's vision for America's College Promise. Dr. Jill Biden and White House senior officials convened a group of university presidents, policymakers, elected officials, foundations, business leaders, researchers and students to discuss best practices to strengthen community college reform. As part of the panel presentation, Mayor Walsh announced that the City of Boston is currently exploring ways to expand its tuition-free community college program to include Quincy College and Mass Bay Community College. Currently, graduates of Boston Public Schools are able to apply for the program to attend Bunker Hill Community College or Roxbury Community College free of tuition costs. 

Remarks of Mayor Walsh as Prepared for Delivery: 
Thank you, Jerry Abramson. Jerry has done great work on behalf of his own city, Louisville, and for all cities on a range of issues, from education to criminal justice. I also want to thank Dr. Jill Biden, who I know isn't here this morning, but has been incredibly committed to this work, too. Thank you to my fellow panelists: Krissy DeAlejandro, and President  Mellow.

Like all of us here, Boston was proud to answer President Obama's call to make tuition-free community college a reality in our City. Education is the most effective tool we have for moving people upwards in our economy. It's how we truly break the social and financial barriers that hold back too many of our students and families. And the need for education beyond high school is growing- all across the country, and especially in Boston. Nearly 77% of Boston's jobs will require postsecondary education and training by 2020.

And the costs of college are always getting higher: over the last 3 decades, the cost of college tuition and fees has increased nearly 4 times faster than the median income. When you combine that with the fact that the median wage of Boston residents has stayed roughly the same for the last 3 decades --- it's no wonder that students and families find it harder and harder to make ends meet, let alone make college a reality. A recent study showed that the median earnings of Boston residents in 2014 was $35,273---a figure that has remained the same, in real terms, for nearly 3 decades. And African Americans and Hispanics have the highest rates of unemployment in our City, and the lowest level of education. Of those working, 44% of Hispanics and 27.3% of black people have less than a high school degree, compared to 10.4% of white people.

And we know how much of an impact a degree can have on a person's life. An Associate's degree holder is 1.7 times more likely to make $35,000 or more, compared to a high school diploma. A Bachelor's degree holder is 2.2 times more likely to make that amount.

Working with our Office of Workforce Development, we found an opportunity to leverage our citywide growth to help fund a tuition-free community college program for our students. Since the application went live on June 1st, we've had a strong response. We've gotten 94 applications and 41 Boston Public School graduates in the program. We anticipate a surge in applications for the Spring 2017 and Fall 2017 semesters. We know this plan will make a tremendous difference. It will help lift low-income families out of poverty, and get on a sustainable path to success.

But while the Tuition Free Plan helps address barriers to cost, we need to do more. This is a step in a more comprehensive, long-term plan to prepare graduates for the challenges of higher education & beyond. So we're going to explore adding more schools to our program. We're working with a local college (Emerson College) on a feasibility study, to design and implement a Creative Industries Program. And we're working with the state on creating a 4-year degree pathway--- to help students move from community college graduates enter universities and not be weighed down by tons of debt.

In Boston, we remain absolutely committed to growing our tuition-free program. We understand how important it is to our students and families. The strength of our economy depends on the strength of our workforce. And the strength of our workforce depends on young people receiving high-quality education. That's how we build a better Boston, and a better future for all of our residents. Thank you.
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BPS to Host BuildBPS Open House, Provides Boston Community with Interactive Experience


BPS to Host BuildBPS Open House, Provides Boston Community with Interactive Experience

BPS to Host BuildBPS Open House, Providing Boston Community with Interactive Experience
Boston, MA - Friday, October 28, 2016 - This weekend, on Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Bruce Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington Street in Roxbury, Boston Public Schools (BPS) will host the BuildBPS Open House focusing on the district's 10-year educational and facilities master plan. This event will have exhibits, activities, discussions, and more for community members seeking to learn about the long-term educational and facilities vision for the city's public schools.

The main focus of BuildBPS is to bring together exemplary teaching and a world-class system of innovative and welcoming schools. BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang will attend both days of the open house and will be available to take questions from reporters on both Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at the grand staircase in the Bolling lobby.

In addition to panels, exhibits, and roundtable discussions, there will be food trucks, chess and math tournaments, interactive exhibits created by Lego Education, kids fitness innovators from Reimagine Play, and digital literacy games presented by the Emerson Engagement Lab. We will provide play areas for all ages, Read Boston will have a reading corner, and teens can meet with Teens in Print and members of the BSAC (Boston Student Advisory Council).

On social media, please use #buildbps to share your BuildBPS Open House experience. For a full schedule of available exhibits and activities, please visit: bostonpublicschools.org/buildbps/agenda.

When: Saturday, October 29, 2016
Sunday, October 30, 2016
9:00AM- 5:00PM

Where: Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building
 2300 Washington Street
 Dudley Square, Roxbury
Who:   

  • Dr. Tommy Chang, Boston Public Schools, Superintendent
  • Rahn Dorsey, City of Boston, Chief of Education
  • Renée Omolade, Program & Database Coordinator, Bigger Than My Block - Lewis Family Foundation
  • Maria Dominguez Gray, BPS parent and Executive Director of the Phillips Brooks House Association
  • Rahn Dorsey, Chief of Education for the City of Boston
  • Katie Hammer, City of Boston Budget Director
  • Carolyn Kain, Chair of the Boston Special Education Parent Advisory Council
  • John McDonough, retired Interim Superintendent and Chief Financial Officer of Boston Public Schools,
  • Will Thomas, Headmaster of Charlestown High School,
  • Sam Tyler, President of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau
  • Yasmin Cruz, Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility, John Hancock Financial Services
  • Traci Walker Griffith, Principal Eliot K-8 Innovation School,
  • Colin Rose, Assistant Superintendent Opportunity and Achievement Gaps, Boston Public Schools,
  • Becky Shuster, Assistant Superintendent of Equity, Boston Public Schools
  • Reverend Mariama White Hammond, Minister, Bethel AME Church
  • Melodie Knowlton, Head, Thomas M. Menino Vertex Learning Lab
  • Representatives from General Electric
  • Parul Singh, Principal, Founder Collective
  • David Birnbach, Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, Head of Mobile Strategy Group
  • Bridgette Wallace, Founder, Skylab
  • William Thomas, Headmaster, Charlestown High School
  • And more!
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English for New Bostonians Announces Winners of Awards for leadership on English programs for state's immigrants

English for New Bostonians Announces Winners of Awards for leadership on English programs for state's immigrants
     Two New Reports Highlight Importance of ESOL for Work

BOSTON, MA - Oct. 24. English for New Bostonians (ENB) and its English Works Campaign held the "Raising Our Voices: Recognizing ESOL Leadership in Business and the Community" breakfast to honor nine businesses and labor/management partnerships that have joined with government and non-profit agencies to offer their immigrant workers the chance to learn English at work. 

Also honored were Senators Sonia Chang-Díaz and Sal DiDomenico, and Representative Tackey Chan, for their advocacy for high-quality, accessible adult ESOL education, as well as Dr. Frances Esparza, Assistant Superintendent of the Office for English Language Learners at Boston Public Schools.

Ronald L. Walker II, MA Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development and John Barros, Chief of Economic Development for the City of Boston, over 180 state officials, business, labor and community leaders, and ESOL students attended the breakfast, which was emceed by Alberto Vasallo, III, President and CEO of El Mundo Boston.   The event was made possible through the generous support of many sponsors including C&W Services.

"Small business owners understand the business proposition of helping their workers learn English. It helps their productivity, and improves the companies' ability to compete," said Secretary Walker. "We are finding ways to better connect with the small business community to help them get ESOL training for their workers."

Two new ENB reports, one an employment survey of 1,500 adult ESOL students in Massachusetts, and the other of ENB's ESOL for Entrepreneurs initiative, were highlighted in a panel that included Secretary Walker; incoming Eastern Bank President Quincy Miller; Jolanta Conway, the Director of Adult and Community Learning Services at the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; and Warren Pepicelli, the Executive Vice President of the New England Joint Board UNITE HERE. 

ENB's Talking Jobs: Lessons from English for New Bostonians' 2016 ESOL Student Employment Survey highlighted the talent waste that often occurs in the immigration process. "We talk about immigrants coming to this country with skills, degrees, past experiences," said Eastern Bank incoming President Quincy Miller. "Because of the language barrier, they're not able to be fully employed to the level of the jobs that they had before they came here. "That credential waste is actually something serious, and having ENB really be able to fill that gap, so that, as employers, we can hire people with diverse talents, is really significant."

ENB and the English Works Campaign selected the nine business and labor/management partnerships based on nominations from the field for outstanding leadership in making English classes available to workers on the job.  "The businesses recognized here today are seeing the big picture," said Claudia Green, ENB Executive Director. "Whether they make fine suits, fine soups or fine sushi, if they provide service to hotel guests or elderly residents, these businesses understand that providing the tools for their employees to learn English has a bottom line impact on their business and their staff."

The business leaders honored at the breakfast stressed the tangible impact of English classes on their employees and their business operations. "Home Market Foods continues to invest in sophisticated manufacturing technologies and processes," said owner Wes Atamian.  "As a result, we have found that the ability to communicate effectively in English has become increasingly critical to the success of our operation."  But employees learning English has a larger impact, said Atamian. "Equally important, we believe that these skills significantly enhance the contribution our employees can make to our society beyond Home Market Foods.  Offering ESOL classes represents an investment in the company, our people and our communities."
 
Unions' role in forging opportunities for their members to learn English was also highlighted. "Out of the 11,000 workers that we represent, about 70 percent of them could benefit from ESOL classes," said Pepicelli. "Partnership between labor, management and government are critical to funding these programs, said Pepicelli. "People want to be part of this country. They want the opportunity to grow and be successful. One of the obstacles is being able to speak English."
 
Eastern's Miller also noted the impact of immigrant entrepreneurs themselves learning English. "Think about that when you want to go and apply for your first bank loan," said Miller. "Being able to sit at the bank and explain what's your business model, how are you growing, what are your financials like? That is significant. There are a lot of resources in the community for minority businesses, but we don't always get those resources to the people who need them."

Hongfang Li, a nurse who left China eight years ago to provide educational opportunity for her son won the Rising Star Student award. Having learned English and new jobs skills with two community organizations supported by ENB, Li works as a patient care technician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is studying at Bunker Hill Community College to become a social worker so that she can help her community. "As an immigrant, I appreciate that I had a chance to receive an education in this country. Education has been changing my life. Also, education gives me knowledge, courage, and strength to help others," said Li.

Workforce Leader Awardees:
  • The Boston Home with JVS
  • Bradford & Bigelow with Northern Essex Community College
  • Corcoran Management Co. with Massasoit Community College
  • Fall River Workplace Consortium: Raw Seafoods, John Matouk & Co., Blount Fine Foods, Klear Vu Corp., New England Joint Board UNITE HERE with Bristol Community College
  • Home Market Foods with Massasoit Community College/Mass MEP
  • Joseph Abboud Mfg. Corp. with Immigrants Assistance Center
  • JP Fuji Group with Quincy Asian Resources
  • Roche Brothers with Chinese Progressive Association & Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
  • Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center with World Education
 
Agents of Change Awardees:
  • Representative Tacky Chan, 2nd Norfolk District
  • Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz, 2nd Suffolk District
  • Senator Sal DiDomenico, Middlesex and Norfolk Districts
  • Dr. Frances Esparza, Assistant Superintendent, Office for English Language Learners, Boston Public Schools
  • Marie Downey, Director, BEST Corp Hospitality Training Center
 
Rising Star Student Awardee:  Hongfang Li


CAPTION FOR CORRESPONDING PHOTO (ATTACHED): Home Market Foods team posing with their English Works award alongside MA Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Ronald L. Walker II (first from left), and English for New Bostonians Executive Director Claudia Green (second from right). Also in the picture, Maryellen Brett (first from right), Associate Dean of Corporate Education at Massasoit Community College, the ESOL Partner.


English for New Bostonians' mission is to increase access to high-quality English language learning opportunities for adult immigrants. English Works is a statewide, multi-stakeholder campaign calling upon business, labor, community and government leaders to dedicate the needed public and private resources to create a sustainable, high-quality English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) system that addresses the needs of immigrants, their employers and the Commonwealth.

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