Living

The Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays last night in St. Petersburg, Florida but it's not the end of the world.

Especially with that monumental eight run comeback in game five of the American League Championship Series Thursday night still fresh in fan's memories.

Plus, considering what the Red Sox accomplished despite the various physically (and emotionally) injured players the team had to contend with this year...

David Ortiz and his balky wrist;

Each year, for sixteen years, Notre Dame Education Center has been a leader in providing community-based adult and youth literacy programs in South Boston, offering students an opportunity to adapt in the American culture and train for upward mobility in the job market — in a word—NDEC students achieve self-sufficiency.

On Friday, September 26th, Notre Dame Education Center celebrated its sixteenth graduation ceremony with twenty-two students from its High School Diploma Program and thirteen students from the Literacy Program who had earned their GED’s.

March 2008 ushered in the sixth year of war and occupation "without end" on Iraq. In an act of arrogance and impunity, Congress in a bipartisan vote approved another $162 billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stepped up threats against Iran and the increased likelihood of a U.S. troop "surge" into Afghanistan point to an imperative for action and an independent voice from the anti-war movement.

On Wednesday July 2, 2008, Community Change in Boston welcomes the public to partcipate in a round-robin reading of the 1852 speech by Frederick Douglass entitled "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro."

On Sunday, June 29th, Dave Goodman of "RADIO with a VIEW" spoke with Janet Gillespie, Community Change Director of Programming about the local event, institutional racism, and prospects for alliances among various progressive social movements.

www.communitychangeinc.org