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FREE IMMIGRATION ADVICE 2010 schedule, Office of New Bostonians

2010 schedule of free immigration-advice clinics of the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians  Follow EthnicNEWz.org on Twitter at Twitter.com/EthnicNEWZorg.

 

 

H-1B PETITIONS ACCEPTED starting April 1, 2010

USCIS will accept petitions for H-1B visas starting 1 April 2010.  FOLLOW NEWz on Twitter at  Twitter.com/EthnicNEWZorg 

 

ANGEL TAVERAS Kicks Off Run for Providence (RI) Mayor

Angel Tavares kicks off his campaign for mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.   

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NECIR INVESTIGATION: Colleges lightly punish students for sexual assault

New England Center for Investigative Reporting found that colleges/universities lightly punish students who sexually assaulted their peers.  One offender at UMass-Amherst continues to live on campus; he will graduate in May 2010.  FOLLOW NEWz on Twitter at  Twitter.com/EthnicNEWZorg

 

 

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GOV. PATRICK: "URBAN" BOSTON MEETING 7 pm TODAY -- Attend or listen/watch on Web & radio

Gov. Patrick meets 7 pm today in Boston in an "urban town hall meeting" in Boston, available online and radio too. FOLLOW NEWz on Twitter at  Twitter.com/EthnicNEWZorg

CITY of BOSTON update for Haitians, 20 Jan.

City of Boston will keep open its resource and counseling center for Haitians, and relocate it to Mattapan.

2nd EARTHQUAKE HITS HAITI: text GIVE to 25383, donate $10 to Partners In Health

Text GIVE to 25383 to donate $10 to Partners In Health, following Haiti's second earthquake today. 

 

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Text GIVE to 25383 to donate $10 to Partners In Health -- or donate more than $10 at donate.pih.org

 

ETHNICNEWz.ORG SPECIAL ELECTION NOTES

Note on today's special election in Massachusetts for US senator

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Notes and observations on the Massachusetts special election today for U.S. senator, for the position previously held by the late Edward ("Ted") Kennedy for 47 years:

 

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Continuing on the subject of translation and interpretation for voters....

SENEGAL's PRESIDENT offers land to Haitians

Senegal's president has offered $1 million in emergency aid to Haiti, plus land to Haitians who move to Senegal.

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SENEGAL'S PRESIDENT OFFERS $1 MILLION IN EMERGENCY AID for HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF, IN ADDITION TO OFFERING LAND TO HAITIANS WHO RELOCATE TO SENEGAL

The spokesman for President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal called the aid an offer of repatriation, and he recalled Haitians' ancestral ties to Africa.

GOV. PATRICK SIGNS education bill to close achievement gaps

Gov. Patrick signed into law an education bill intended to improve underperforming schools and close achievement gaps.     FOLLOW NEWz on Twitter at  Twitter.com/EthnicNEWZorg

 

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR PATRICK SIGNS HISTORIC EDUCATION REFORM BILL TO CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, TRANSFORM MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS