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HERstory of Philanthropy — Garden of Eden & Associates, Inc. celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special event, the Economic Empowerment Speaker Series: HERstory of Philanthropy. Honorees included Kate Guedj, Allyce Najimy, Makeeba McCreary, Sandra Edgerley, Ronia Stewart, Elsa Gomes Bondlow, Aixa Beauchamp, Minister DiOnetta Jones Crayton, Lauretta Siggers, and Josh Kraft, who accepted the award in honor of his mother, Myra Kraft. PHOTO: GRAFI MEDIA LLC
PowerCorp Graduation —
PowerCorps Boston recently held a graduation for its fourth cohort. The organization is the city’s green industry workforce development program that prepares young adults for careers addressing Boston’s most pressing environmental challenges. The 22 graduates spent the past ten months learning about various green industries and acquiring skills in urban forestry, urban greening, and energy-efficient building operations and maintenance. PHOTO: ISABEL LEON/MAYOR’S OFFICE
Massachusetts Trial Court Women’s History Month Celebration and Conference —
Two local women and a student leader were recently recognized at the 5th Annual Massachusetts Trial Court Women’s History Month Celebration and Conference at the Edward Kennedy Institute. Shown here, Toni Wiley, Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center chief executive officer, poses with St. Peter School students Christina Torres and Annika Schuman. PHOTO: RASIBIA BARNETT
Massachusetts Trial Court Women’s History Month Celebration and Conference —
Two local women and a student leader were recently recognized at the 5th Annual Massachusetts Trial Court Women’s History Month Celebration and Conference at the Edward Kennedy Institute. Here, youth honoree Marli Forrester, a Beaver Country Day School student and Yawkey Boys & Girls Club “Junior Youth of the Year,” poses with Massachusetts Probation Commissioner Pamerson Ifill. PHOTO: RASIBIA BARNETT
The 2025 Academy Regional Youth Poetry Slam — (from left) Julianys Centeno of Holyoke High School, Dean Campus (1st Place), Lyrical Faith, the host and an organizer, Izaria Thomas of Springfield Honors Academy (3rd Place), Adrianna Serrano-Rios of Holyoke High School, North Campus (2nd Place). PHOTO: DAVID MOLNAR
Red Sox Home Opener — Students from the Boston Arts Academy’s “Treble All-Stars” sang the National Anthem at the Red Sox home opener on April 4. The Boston Arts Academy, whose enrollment includes students from every neighborhood in Boston, is the city’s only public school for the performing and visual arts. PHOTO: JOHN WILCOX/MAYOR’S OFFICE
HERstory of Philanthropy — Garden of Eden & Associates, Inc. celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special event, the Economic Empowerment Speaker Series: HERstory of Philanthropy. Honorees included Kate Guedj, Allyce Najimy, Makeeba McCreary, Sandra Edgerley, Ronia Stewart, Elsa Gomes Bondlow, Aixa Beauchamp, Minister DiOnetta Jones Crayton, Lauretta Siggers, and Josh Kraft, who accepted the award in honor of his mother, Myra Kraft. PHOTO: GRAFI MEDIA LLC
PowerCorp Graduation —
PowerCorps Boston recently held a graduation for its fourth cohort. The organization is the city’s green industry workforce development program that prepares young adults for careers addressing Boston’s most pressing environmental challenges. The 22 graduates spent the past ten months learning about various green industries and acquiring skills in urban forestry, urban greening, and energy-efficient building operations and maintenance. PHOTO: ISABEL LEON/MAYOR’S OFFICE
