Boston Scenes 11/20/14

Youth Design’s 2014 Carnival Event at the W Hotel raised funds and awareness for Youth Design’s programs that provide access and opportunity in the graphic design field to urban youth. Pictured here are Youth Design Mentor Katherine O’Connell of Suffolk Construction (l) with mentee and Youth Design student Shamaine Darden.

True-See Allah, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department director of the Boston Reentry Initiative, accepts a Partnership Award from YouthConnect’s Executive Director Andrea Perry. An advocacy and intervention program of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, YouthConnect’s mission is to help the most at-risk young people through the formation of trusting relationships with skilled and compassionate social workers.

Gov. Deval Patrick is briefed by his aide Veronica Martinez as he walks with Consul General Tsutomu Himeno of Japan into the Massachusetts-Japan Symposium at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge to give welcoming remarks.

Gov. Deval Patrick presents Medal of Honor Recipient Captain Tom Hudner with a Chelsea Clock to honor his service to the nation in Memorial Hall at the State House at a ceremony to honor past and present service members in Massachusetts.

Mayor Martin Walsh greets attendees at the Big Sister annual gala at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.