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![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/boston-naacp-opens-new-office-in-roxbury-mall-sat-519/' addthis:title='Boston NAACP Opens New Office in Roxbury Mall Sat. 5/19' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Boston NAACP Opens New Office in Roxbury Mall Sat. 5/19 I’m reminded of the African proverb, “Rivers are filled one drop at a time.” This Saturday, the Boston NAACP...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/naacpcs01-115x115.jpg "Boston NAACP Opens New Office in Roxbury Mall Sat. 5/19")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/jamarhl-crawford-on-occupy-the-hood-wcallie-crossley-audio/' addthis:title='Jamarhl Crawford on Occupy The Hood w/Callie Crossley (Audio)' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] A Divergent Occupation http://wwe.wgbh.org/programs/The-Callie-Crossley-Show-855/episodes/Tue-5812A-Divergent-Occupation-38479 On May Day, the nationwide Occupy movement launched a day-long protest to raise awareness and re-establish the Occupy voice in ongoing political discussion. Occupy Boston...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/callie-crossley-115x115.png "Jamarhl Crawford on Occupy The Hood w/Callie Crossley (Audio)")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/turning-groundbreaking-research-into-treatment/' addthis:title='Turning Groundbreaking Research into Treatment' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] The Blackstonian sends love to the entire Nelson family and Black Business and Finance Icon JD Nelson Turning Groundbreaking Research into Treatment by: Dr. Dennis Selkoe http://www.connectwithpartners.org/2012/04/25/turning-groundbreaking-research-into-treatment/ The steady...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/JD-Nelson-research_discovery-115x115.jpg "Turning Groundbreaking Research into Treatment")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/dianne-wilkerson-trayvon-rodney-king-and-racial-profiling/' addthis:title='Dianne Wilkerson: Trayvon, Rodney King and Racial Profiling' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Trayvon, Rodney King and Racial Profiling (Blackstonian Exclusive) by: Dianne Wilkerson The first week of May marked the 2oth aniversary of the Los Angeles riots sparked by the jury...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/senator-dianne-wilkerson1-115x115.jpg "Dianne Wilkerson: Trayvon, Rodney King and Racial Profiling")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/criminal-defense-lawyer-barry-p-wilson-to-be-jailed-on-tue-may-15/' addthis:title='Criminal Defense Lawyer Barry P. Wilson to be jailed on Tue. May 15' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] PRESS RELEASE Criminal Defense Lawyer Barry P. Wilson will be imprisoned on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in courtroom 704 at the Suffolk Superior Court. FOR...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Barry-Wilson1-115x115.jpg "Criminal Defense Lawyer Barry P. Wilson to be jailed on Tue. May 15")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/forum-on-commutation-and-parole-in-massachusetts-516/' addthis:title='Forum on Commutation and Parole in Massachusetts 5/16' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Forum on Commutation and Parole in Massachusetts Wednesday May 16, 2012 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Harvard Law School Langdell Hall North 1545 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Speakers...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hands-bar_640-115x115.jpg "Forum on Commutation and Parole in Massachusetts 5/16")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/gov-patrick-representation-of-ma-black-interests-by-ravi-perry/' addthis:title='Gov. Patrick & Representation of MA Black Interests by Ravi Perry' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Governor Deval Patrick and the Representation of Massachusetts’ Black Interests By: Ravi K. Perry, Clark University Get PDF of report here Gov. Deval Patrick and Representation of MA Abstract This...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ravi-perry-115x115.jpg "Gov. Patrick & Representation of MA Black Interests by Ravi Perry")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/thangz-2-do%e2%80%9d-may-2012/' addthis:title='“THANGZ-2-DO!!” (May 2012)' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] “THANGZ-2-DO!!” (May 2012) by: VCR Welcome to the 2012 “Thangz-2-Do!!”, the monthly e-newsletter providing information of cultural arts (poetry, theatre, comedy, etc.), as well as several other info to...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/VCR-blackstonian-115x115.jpg "“THANGZ-2-DO!!” (May 2012)")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/happy-birthday-to-dianne-wilkerson/' addthis:title='Happy Birthday to Dianne Wilkerson' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Happy Birthday to Dianne Wilkerson Dianne Wilkerson spent so much of her time above and beyond her official duties to help numerous families and individuals in times of crisis...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/senator-dianne-wilkerson-115x115.jpg "Happy Birthday to Dianne Wilkerson")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/the-last-poets-live-in-boston-on-juneteenth/' addthis:title='The Last Poets – Live in Boston on Juneteenth' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Sat. June 16th – Last Poets Live! in Boston 9PM doors open $25 in advance $30 at the door @Hibernian Hall 184 Dudley St. Roxbury (Dudley Sq) LEGENDARY &...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/last-poets-flyer-back-115x115.jpg "The Last Poets – Live in Boston on Juneteenth")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/elizabeth-warren-native-to-privilege/' addthis:title='Elizabeth Warren: Native to privilege' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Elizabeth Warren: Native to privilege Blackstonian Editorial by: Jamarhl Crawford, Publisher/Editor I can not debate the validity of Elizabeth Warren’s lineage and the presence or lack of any “Native”...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/elizabeth-warren-115x115.jpg "Elizabeth Warren: Native to privilege")
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/04/fela-live-in-boston-special-offer-for-blackstonian-family/' addthis:title='FELA! Live in Boston… SPECIAL OFFER FOR BLACKSTONIAN FAMILY!!' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] FELA! Live in Boston BOSTON, MA CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE April 24, 2012 to May 6, 2012 SPECIAL OFFER FOR BLACKSTONIAN FAMILY!! 30% off discount tickets Use Form Below to...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fela-summer-115x115.jpg "FELA! Live in Boston… SPECIAL OFFER FOR BLACKSTONIAN FAMILY!!")
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![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/05/gov-patrick-representation-of-ma-black-interests-by-ravi-perry/' addthis:title='Gov. Patrick & Representation of MA Black Interests by Ravi Perry' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Governor Deval Patrick and the Representation of Massachusetts’ Black Interests By: Ravi K. Perry, Clark University Get PDF of report here Gov. Deval Patrick and Representation of MA Abstract This...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ravi-perry-36x36.jpg "Gov. Patrick & Representation of MA Black Interests by Ravi Perry"){kind=small}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/02/blackstonian-black-history-booklist/' addthis:title='Blackstonian Black History Booklist' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Title Author Revolution in Guinea Amilcar Cabral AWAKENING THE NATURAL GENIUS IN THE BLACK CHILD Amos N. Wilson Black-On-Black Violence (The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/blackhistorymonth1-36x36.jpg "Blackstonian Black History Booklist"){kind=small}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2012/01/patrick-administration-releases-370-pg-%e2%80%9ccorrections-master-plan%e2%80%9d/' addthis:title='Patrick administration releases 370 pg “Corrections Master Plan”' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Patrick administration releases 370 pg “Corrections Master Plan” http://www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/eops/publications/the-massachusetts-corrections-master-plan.pdf](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/prison_strike_adp1-36x36.jpg "Patrick administration releases 370 pg “Corrections Master Plan”"){kind=small}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2011/11/senate-bill-2059-3-strikes-bill-headed-to-ma-house/' addthis:title='Senate Bill 2059 – 3 Strikes Bill headed to MA House' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Senate Bill 2059 (formerly S.2054 before being amended) See Bill 2059 for yourself: http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/187/Senate/S02059 Senate Bill 2059 PDF MA Senate Bill 2059 On Thursday November 10th, the Massachusetts State...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/statehouse-36x36.jpg "Senate Bill 2059 – 3 Strikes Bill headed to MA House"){kind=small}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2011/07/beyond-financial-aid-guide-to-extra-help-for-low-income-adult-students/' addthis:title='Beyond Financial Aid: Guide to extra help for low-income adult students' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Beyond Financial Aid: Guide to extra help for low-income adult students from the Crittenton Women’s Union and Mass Law Reform Institute DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE (PDF) Beyond Financial Aid DOWNLOAD...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/scholarship-36x36.jpg "Beyond Financial Aid: Guide to extra help for low-income adult students"){kind=small}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2011/07/urban-league-convention-2011-national-urban-league-registration-booklet/' addthis:title='Urban League Convention: 2011 National Urban League Registration Booklet' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Urban League Convention: 2011 National Urban League Registration Booklet DOWNLOAD PDF HERE Urban League Convention Booklet](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/nuldocument_Page_011-36x36.jpg "Urban League Convention: 2011 National Urban League Registration Booklet"){kind=small}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2011/07/guide-to-black-boston-businesses-1-donation/' addthis:title='Guide to Black Boston Businesses $1 Donation!!!!' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] This Guide is designed to let you know where to go, what to do and what to see in Boston! A comprehensive listing of Businesses owned by People of...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/black-boston_Page_1-36x36.jpg "Guide to Black Boston Businesses $1 Donation!!!!"){kind=small}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2011/07/urban-league-convention-state-of-black-boston-executive-summary/' addthis:title='Urban League Convention: State of Black Boston Executive Summary' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Urban League Convention: State of Black Boston Executive Summary Released Monday, July 25th 2001 Download Here State of Black Boston 2011](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sobb_logo-36x36.png "Urban League Convention: State of Black Boston Executive Summary"){kind=logo}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2011/06/a-community-guide-to-redistricting/' addthis:title='A Community Guide to Redistricting' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] A Community Guide to Redistricting Currently, we are in the process of Redistricting that happens every 10 yrs after the Census. Redistricting has the potential to help or hurt Communities...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/A-Community-Based-Redistricting-Guide-Book-1-36x36.jpg "A Community Guide to Redistricting"){kind=small}
![<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url='http://blackstonian.com/news/2011/06/youth-jobs-cut-27-in-boston/' addthis:title='Youth Jobs Cut 27% in Boston' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a></div>[Translate] Recent cuts to the state and federal budget threaten to leave 68% of Boston’s youth unemployed in 2012. This poster compiled with information from the Youth Jobs Coalition shows...](http://blackstonian.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/youth-jobs-36x36.jpg "Youth Jobs Cut 27% in Boston"){kind=small}
