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Boston Busing, 50th Anniversary, personal insights
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Busing in the Boston Public Schools, 50th Anniversary

In their Own Words: Paula Paris, Lew Finfer, and Hubie Jones This September will mark the 50th anniversary of Judge Arthur Garrity’s decision to implement busing in the Boston Public Schools as a strategy to desegregate the school system.  This past year, JFYNetWorks has featured three individuals who have had

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Lew Finfer, Boston Community Organizer
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Lew Finfer, Quiet Leader, Resounding Results [Podcast]

with Gary Kaplan, introduction by Greg Cunningham Lew Finfer, Boston Community Organizer since the 1970’s JFY’s podcast this month features Lew Finfer, a Boston community organizer since 1970. In an article published last year in the Boston Globe, Lew was described as “a quiet leader who spent the past four

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Hubie Jones
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

JFY Sits down With Hubie Jones Part II [Podcast]

with Gary Kaplan, narrated by Greg Cunningham A leader in the formation of countless community organizations This month, JFYNetWorks continues our conversation with Hubie Jones. Hubie has not only witnessed Boston history for 67 years– he has also shaped and defined the civic and social landscape. He has been a

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Hubie Jones
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Hubie Jones Visits with JFY’s Gary Kaplan for a Sit Down [Podcast]

with Gary Kaplan, narrated by Greg Cunningham A history maker in Boston’s civic and social landscape It’s hard to believe one man has had such an influence on Boston’s civic and social landscape. A leader of reform in Boston politics and civic leadership since his arrival from New York in 1955, Hubie

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Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

“The one activity that best prepared me for future success”

by Greg Cunningham The influence of high school speech competition on Ketanji Brown Jackson High school speech and debate is one of the best kept secrets in American education. Most people have no idea that from late September until April or May, on just about every Saturday morning, thousands of

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Curtain Up, Lights on Broadway
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Curtain Up, Light the Lights

by Greg Cunningham Broadway is coming back roses On his 1976 album Turnstiles,  Billy Joel sang Miami 2017:   I’ve seen the lights go out on Broadway… They turned our power down And drove us underground…

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There Comes a Time We Must Come Together, WE Are The World
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

There comes a time

by Greg Cunningham The world must come together “Check your egos at the door.” This sign, inscribed by Quincy Jones, greeted 46 world-famous singers who showed up  at the A&M Studios in Los Angeles the night of January 28, 1985, to record We Are the World for USA For Africa

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Pandemic politics and science denial: how to measure a year
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

And yet it moves

by Greg Cunningham Pandemic politics and science denial: how to measure a year When the number came on the screen the song popped into my head: Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes How do you

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