[DEHC] Dorchester e-Blast
SCI Dorchester
ewilson at scidorchester.org
Sat Feb 10 14:05:07 EST 2007
February 9, 2007
What's New
* My Dorchester
* Dotlight
* Get Neighborly
* This Week's High Five
* Dorchester Neighborhood Guide
* SCI Dorchester
Welcome Dorchester,
In December, we
launched our community website and needed to
complete our new look by giving the eblast a
makover too!
To learn more about OUR NEW LOOK, click
here. (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.efqeq7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fnode%2F382)
March 1st - Dorchester e-Blast Guidelines
* All eblast submissions can be entered into the
Community Calander or the Dot Board on-line.
Making it easier for you to create content. You can
post flyers, photos, comments, etc.
* All content contributors must be registered users
on the new community webite. It is very easy to
create a personal, civic or organization profile.
If you have any questions, our Help Desk will
be available to you Monday thru Friday from 11:00 -
3:00 p.m. by phone at 617-474-1422 or
ewilson at scidorchester.org (mailto:ewilson at scidorchester.org).
Community trainings and neighborhood launches will
also be available soon.
© Social Capital Inc. (SCI). Please feel free to
share with attribution given to SCI Dorchester,
www.scidorchester.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.6upar9aab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org).
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My Dorchester
My Dorchester
You Talk...We Listen Do you have a favorite
Dorchester scenic view or place? Your photos will
get added to Getting Neighborly and could be a
finalist for the website. If you do, share it
and send it to ewilson at scid
orchester.org (mailto:ewilson at scidorchester.org)
OR If you are a registered user on the
website you can post your favorite photos there.
Register on the site.
Click here to register. (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.hc5ti7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fuser%2Fregister)
Features:
User Directory All registered users
and organizations can view other profiles and add
users to their neighbor list. Create calendar entry
All registered civic and community organizations
are able to post
events, programs and services to the community
calander.
Create Dot Board entry All registered
organizations and individuals may post to the bulletin
board for advertising or announcing volunteer
opportunities, jobs, programs, trainings and other
neighborhood opportunities that are NOT associated
with a specific event or date.
Create guide entry All registered
community groups & organizations are encouraged to
complete a guide entry so that your group can be
found using the special categorization and search
functions to make it easy for anyone to find your
program.
My profile This feature allows
individuals and organizations are able to share
information about themsleves with their neighbors.
Click here
to
join the social network and start building social
capital! (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.6upar9aab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org)
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Dotlight
THIS WEEK's: Dotlight
City Spotlights
CITY SPOTLIGHTS is a year-long initiative that
engages Boston communities in an exploration and
celebration of their neighborhood through the
performing arts. The program will culminate in a
presentation at the Citi Shubert Theatre on Friday,
May 11, 2007 that showcases ensemble
performances and some of the best performing arts
groups from each neighborhood.
February 16 - Final Call for Adults, Youth, and
Groups
Tell Dorchester's story! Calling Performing Arts
Groups and Individuals from Chinatown, Dorchester,
East Boston and Mattapan
are invited to apply to perform on the Citi Shubert
Stage at the City Spotlights final event on Friday,
May 11, 2007.
Event Details:
* Showcase the vibrancy of the Dorchester
community
* Develop a performance piece with your
community neighbors
* Perform on the Citi Shubert Theatre stage
* Apply Today!
If you have questions or would would like an
application, please contact SCI Dorchester at mcoleman
@scidorchester.org (mailto:mcoleman at scidorchester.org)
Dotlight is your community garden full of important
information, resources, opportunities and events. We
provide the soil and you help to provide the content
that seeds the soil to help build a stronger
community.
Features:
Dot Board: The Dot Board is a
community bulletin board where you can post all
kinds of information about what's happening in the
neighborhood. Events should be posted to the
calendar but just about anything else can go here.
Organizations can post announcements of new
programs and activities for youth and families and
employment, volunteer, and training opportunities.
Anyone can post classified ad, a restaurant review, a
tip for how to avoid getting caught in Dot Ave
traffic... anything about Dorchester. Community
Calendar: Use this section to view events and
happenings in Dorchester and plan your week!
Dorchester Blogs: A blog is a user-
generated content where entries are made in journal
style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.
Blogs: Blogs often provide commentary or
news on a particular subject, such as food, politics,
or local news; some function as more personal online
diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and
links to other blogs, web pages, and other media
related to its topic. Click here
to check out whose blogging in Dorchester (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.ic5ti7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fblogs).
Interested in blogging, contact
us (mailto:ewilson at scidorchester.org). Neighborhood Guide The online
version of the Dorchester Neighborhood Guide is a
searchable database of civic and community-based
organizations that you can use to find services.
Young Dorchester Young Dorchester
provides links to local organizations that will conect
you to information, activities, and, programs for
youngpeople in Dorchester.
Enjoy!
As with all of our projects we welcome feedback from
users. Please email Eliza Wilson at
EWilson at scidorchester.org ()with comments,
suggetions,
thoughts or anything you would like to share about
the website or the eblast.
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Get Neighborly
St. Mark’s Area Main Street Presents “Oscars on
the Avenue” Feb. 25
St. Mark’s Area Main Street (SMAMS), a leading
community economic development organization on
Dorchester’s Dorchester Avenue, will present Oscars
on the Avenue – an Academy Awards night
fundraiser/party – on Sunday, Feb. 25, 8 – 12 p.m.,
at the Ashmont Grill, 555 Talbot Ave., Dorchester (at
Dorchester Ave., across from Ashmont Station).
The evening will benefit SMAMS’ work revitalizing the
Dorchester Ave. business district in the Ashmont
Station area. Guests will enjoy the Grill’s superb hors
d’oeuvres; Jeopardy champion Gerry Wagget will quiz
the crowd on movie trivia; Suffolk County Sheriff
Andrea Cabral will lead a live auction; and Bob
Wahlberg, who played in Mystic River, may drop in for
a visit. “Red Carpet Attire” is suggested.
Tickets are $75 in advance, $90 at the door.
Advance tickets can be purchased by mail or online.
For mail orders, please send checks, payable to
SMAMS, to: SMAMS, 20 Roseland Street, Dorchester,
MA 02124. To order online, visit www.smams.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.gfqeq7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Foffice%40smams.org)
For further information, call SMAMS at 617-825-
3846.
Many generous sponsors are supporting Oscars on
the Avenue. The Ashmont Grill; Countrywide Home
Loans; Mt. Washington Bank; Trinity Financial; The
Dorchester Reporter; H. Levenbaum Insurance
Agency; Prudential Financial agent Lee Adelson;
Tevnan/Tevnan Law Firm; Au Bon Pain; and Lavender
Designs.
Contact: Dan Larner, 617-825-3846, office at smams.org (mailto:office at smams.org)
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This Week's High Five
High Five
Post your event in the Community Calander and be
featured in the e-BLAST. Each week, we will high
five community events.
Click
here to access a complete community calendar
listing. (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.nc5ti7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fevent)
CreditSmart classes starting!
http://www.codman.org/CreditSmartFlyer.pdf (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.hfqeq7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.codman.org%2FCreditSmartFlyer.pdf)
CreditSmart is one of the most successful and well-
run financial education courses offered in the city,
and we are excited to have them at our 450
Washington site during tax season.
Good credit is essential to more and more parts of
our lives. It is key to obtaining low interest rates on
credit cards and mortgages, and it is even becoming
a tool that employers use when making employment
decisions.
To sign up for the class, please call me at 617-822-
8171 or email
Jared.Elosta at dotwell.org ()
February 10 -The Annual Chocolate Lovers' Bake
Sale to benefit programming at the Adams
Street Library will take place on Saturday, 10am -
2PM. All welcome. Baked goods (don't have to be
chocolate) are always welcomed! Your continued
support of the Friends of the Adams Street Library is
appreciated! Tell a friend and stop by to purchase
some tasty treats from the Friends of the Adams
Street Library
February 13 - Peace Institute's Survivors
Leadership Academy These sesions are very
informative and provide suvivors with tangible
resources. To learn more, call 617-822-1917 or visit
the
websi
te (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.ifqeq7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Flouisdbrownpeaceinstitute.org%2F). There are also two "FOR SURVIVORS ONLY"
events on February 15th and February 22nd at 6:00-
8:00p.m. All events will be held at the Vietnamese
Community Center, 42 Charles Street, Dorchester
(Fields Corner).
February 13 - Survivor! An
exciting workshop that lets you be creative and have
fun while being a part of this mock survival exercise.
Make quick decisions and defend your choices while
meeting other teens in Boston. Don't wait! RSVP to
Saun at teenvoices.com (mailto:Saun at teenvoices.com) today! Or call 617-426-
5505 ext. 18 for more information. 4pm-6pm, Teen
Voices 80 Summer St. Ste. 300 Boston, MA
February 14 - Heart Healthy Event The
Heart Healthy Event will be held at the YMCA from 9
to 10:30am A special Valentine’s Day preview
screening and panel discussion of WGBH’s new
documentary The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in
America. Open to all; panel discussion will be
moderated by Howard Manly, executive editor of the
Bay State Banner and host of WGBH’s Basic Black.
Panelists will include Laurie Donnelly, executive
producer of The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in
America, as well as representatives from the
American Heart Association, Mass. Public Health
Association and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dorchester YMCA, 776 Washington St., Dorchester
For more information, click
here (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.lfqeq7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fwgbh%2Fevent%2520%2520s.eventsmain%3F%2520%2520action%3DshowEvent%26eventID%3D536164).
February 17 - Bowdin Geneva Community Peace
Day-::with strength we can create peace::
The lot on the corner of Bowdoin and Topliff Streets
(A block from Geneva Ave, across from 200 Bowdoin
St .) Press Conference @ 11:00am Hear youth,
adults, survivors, and activists speak. Walk and Vigil
@ 12:00pm Walk with us through the neighborhood
to heal, and leave a trail of purple to remind all that
peace is coming. Community Gathering @ 1:00pm
Come together with neighbors and supporters from
around the city for some networking, food and
music. Pot Luck - If you would like to bring a dish or
dessert please do! The Log School , 222 Bowdoin
St. , Dorchester Organized by:Community Members,
Activists and Local Agencies Information: 617-474-
1228 or 781- 767-1576 email:
haitkaah at verizon.net ()
February 17 - 2007 Lunar New Year the Year of
the Pig - You all are invited to come to celebrate
2007 Lunar New Year the Year of the Pig at the
Vietnamese Community Center, 42 Charles Street at
11:00 AM, it will be a fun event, please come. For
more information, click
here (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.nfqeq7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fnode%2F211).
February 22 - Book Discussion: March by
Geraldine Brooks. 6:30PM Lower Mills Branch Library,
27 Richmond St., Dorchester - Telephone 617-298-
7841
Click
here to view a complete community calendar listing.
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.nc5ti7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fevent)
Registered
users: Click here to post events to the calendar. It's
as easy as one, two, three. (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.yc5ti7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fuser)
If you need any assistance, please contact the Help
Desk at 617-474-1422 or ewilson at scid
orchester.org (mailto:ewilson at scidorchester.org).
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Dorchester Neighborhood Guide
Making It Happen
Make Your Mark! Contest
Do you live or work in Dorchester? Do you have a
memory to share about living and/or working in
Dorchester? Would a current resident relate
and appreciate it? Would a new resident feel a warm
welcome and look forward to a similiar experience one
day?
SCI Dorchester is seeking submissions from the
community for the 2007 Neighborhood Guide. Three
winners will recieve a $25 gift certificate to your
favorite restaurant in the neighborhood.
The contest will end February 28th. Please send all
submissions
to mcoleman
@scidorchester.org (mailto:mcoleman at scidorchester.org). For ideas, visit the
Massac
h
usetts Studies Project blog (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.zc5ti7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fblog%2Fmsp).
Become-A-Friend
* Goal: $2,000
* Raised: $1,950
Join a growing list of neighbors who have
invested in the first publication of the
All-Dorchester Neighborhood Guide
As a friend, you will not only continue to enjoy being
connected to neighbors, organizations,and
businesses, but become a part of a community
bridging effort to build social capital and increase
civic engagement. Your contribution will ensure that
other friends, organizations, and business can get
connected and stay connected with the Dorchester
Neighborhood Guide.
Click
here for more information. (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.9c5ti7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2Fnode%2F300)
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SCI Dorchester
Become a part of the online networking
community
today!
* Connect with your neighbors,
* Find activities and resources for all ages,
* Share your favorite parts of Dorchester,
and
* Mobilize volunteers, staff, neighbors, and
Click here
for more information about the Dorchester Guide
Project (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.88pwwzaab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org%2F)
February 9- Book Reading & Discussion with
author Amber Madison To kick-off Safe Love,
the
Dorchester Youth Council is hosting a Respect
Yourself, Check Yourself Book Read and Discussion
with Amber Madison, a 23 year old author who wrote
Hooking Up: A Girls all out Guide to
Sex and Sexuality is coming to Dorchester! As a
precursor discussion to the 3rd Annual Safe Love
Event, Amber will be joining the Dorchester Youth
Council, other interested teens for a book
discussion. Madison will be reading from her open
and honest book and answering questions from young
adults. A member of Planned Parenthood medical
staff will also be present to answer questions. The
event will take place from 5:30PM-7PM - at the
Great Hall (6 Norflok St) Codman Square. For more
information on Amber and her book check out www.am
bermadisononline.com (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.8c5ti7bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ambermadisononline.com). For more information on
the event, contact Leah Moschella at
lmoschella at scidorchester.org ()
3rd Annual Safe Love Event!
Come join the Dorchester Youth Council and
hundreds
of Boston teens in celebrating and promoting healthy
relationships and healthy lifestyle choices.
Safe Love Dorchester will take place on Saturday
February 10th from 6-10pm at the Dorchester House
(1353 Dorchester Avenue) The night will consist of
healthy lifestyle resources, music, tons of give-
aways, and of course, dancing! The Youth Council
is currently recruiting organizations to provide
interactive resources for teens, volunteers, and
performers for the evening. Should you like to
participate, please contact Leah Moschella at 617
474 1422 or
lmoschella at scidorchester.org ()
NEW Governor Patrick's QUESTION OF THE
WEEK...
Why do you get involved in projects and programs in
your community? What motivates you? And if you
haven’t yet been involved, why not? Are there are
obstacles to you and other young people getting
involved? What are they?
click here (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.cfepz8bab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fyouth.socialcapitalinc.org%2Fblog%2Finaugural) to answer the question...
Read on... - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lxumo7bab.0.6upar9aab.9p4ub6n6.2339&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidorchester.org
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