Boston Scenes 6/26/14
Barry Gaither, director of the the Museum of the Center for Afro American Artists, shared his insights on the Meta Warrick Fuller statue titled “Emancipation” in the South End.
Enjoying the annual ABCD Field of Dreams softball tournament in Fenway Park are ABCD Executive Vice President Sharon Scott-Chandler and President/CEO John Drew; event co-chairman Lew Eisenberg and Daniel Koh, chief of staff to Mayor Martin Walsh. The tournament raises funds for the ABCD Summerworks Program that funds summer jobs for Boston teens.
Governor Deval Patrick and Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants Executive Director Josiane Martinez visits the New American Center in Lynn during an observance of World Refugee Day and Immigrant Entrepreneurship Month.