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Russian Jews in Greater Boston Help Kids in War-torn Israel

Source: 
Jewish Journal
Writer: 
Susan Jacobs
Counselors pose for a group shot at Boston Sderot Camp in Israel, which the Russian Jewish Community Foundation, based in Greater Boston, helps fund. (courtesy pic: Irina Zhorov via JewishJournal.org)

The following excerpt is from JewishJournal.org, August 26, 2010, where the entire story is posted. 

Reaching Out in Russian

"Tent City" Teens Hone Tech, Innovation and Teaching Skills

Source: 
Bay State Banner
Writer: 
Shelly Runyon
Joe Otuechere, 15, of Braintree High School and Jalen Wiggens, 16, of TechBoston Academy hold up their solar-powered oven. (photo: Shelly Runyon, BayStateBanner.com)

 

The following is from BayStateBanner.com, August 19, 2010.

Learning to teach, teaching to learn

 

Folk Fusión Hip-Hop entra en Lawrence, Mass.

Source: 
Rumbo
Writer: 
Kassandra Pirela
(image from Facebook.com/Fans of DraMatik)

The following Spanish- and English-language excerpts are from RumboNews.com,

New Haitian Students in Boston Adjust to Public Schools

Source: 
Boston Haitian Reporter
Writer: 
Tara W. Merrigan
Sherline Gustave, a survivor of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, is adjusting to her new life as a student at a public school in Boston. (photo: Tara W. Merrigan, bostonhaitian.com)

The following excerpt is from BostonHaitian.com, July 22, 2010.

Children of the Quake learn to learn in a new land

Sherline Gustave, 18, slept on the streets of Port-au-Prince for weeks after January’s earthquake leveled her family’s home.

SUMMER JOBS FOR CONN. YOUTH get fed. funding

Summer 2010 jobs for youth in Connecticut have received federal stimulus funds.

 

 

 

Connecticut Governor Rell:  Stimulus Funds Helping Provide Summer Employment for Young Workers

MA YOUTH: Apply now for Gov.'s Statewide Youth Council

The MA Governor's Statewide Youth Council is accepting applications from 14-20 year-olds now.  Deadline: July 30, 2010.

APPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNOR’S STATEWIDE YOUTH COUNCIL

ECONOMIC BENEFITS of college education for undocumented youth in the USA

Allowing undocumented students in the US to go to college has economic benefits, says the Immigration Policy Center.

 

The following excerpt is from the Immigration Policy Center of the American Immigration Council:

 

SUMMER YOUTH JOBS in Mass. get state and fed. funding

Summer jobs for 4,700 at-risk youth in Mass. have received state and federal stimulus (ARRA) funding.

 

 

 

GOVERNOR PATRICK ANNOUNCES FUNDING TO PROVIDE SUMMER JOBS FOR

Brazilian TV Network: Saúde para todos - Health Care for Youth in Mass.

Source: 
Brazilian TV Network (BTN) - redebtn.com

Portuguese-language BTN (RedeBTN.com) reports on a new push to reach children and teens in Massachusetts who have no health insurance.  See the video at: youtube.com/watch?v=VH

Mass. High School Students Moved by Armenian Genocide of 1915

Source: 
Armenian Weekly
Writer: 
Tom Vartabedian

The following is from ArmenianWeekly.com, 7 January 2010.

Wilmington, Mass., High Students Respond to Armenian Genocide

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