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September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Carney Hospital will offer free screenings on September 20 from 5 to 7 p.m., in the Ambulatory Care Center, Basement Level of the hospital (follow signs to ACC). The hospital is located at 2100 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02124. Walk In is available, but you can make an appointment by calling Barbara Couzens at 617.506.2197. For more information about the screenings and about prostate cancer, please view attached flyer.
 

Boston Opera Collaborative presents "Opera goes to Market," a concert series celebrating the union of food and music. During September at local farmers' markets explore how opera is a part of everyday life. These concerts were made possible through funding from the Free for All Concert Fund. They will be held:

Thursday, September 15, from noon to 3 p.m., at Boston Public Market, South Station.
Friday, September 16, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the Ashmont/Peabody Market in Dorchester.
Sunday, September 18, from noon to 3 p.m., at the Harvard Square Market in Cambridge.

BPS Community Plan-It begins September 15! Have your voices heard as the district develops its new accountability system: from September 15th to October 20th, Community PlanIT will serve as a platform for the district’s first “virtual town hall meeting” - engaging BPS staff-people, parents, students and other members of the community on how we should rate our schools’ performance and the opportunities they offer. The exercise will culminate with a real face-to-face town hall meeting for all participants on October 20th at English High School.

Go to http://communityplanit.org and click on the Boston Public Schools link on the left pane to begin! Over 500 people are already registered, and groups of students across the district will play a more active role – producing video content and posing “challenges” to participants in the conversation. To get your students, parents, staff or partners engaged, contact Carl Allen in the Office of Accountability at callen2@boston.k12.ma.us – or send them straight to http://communityplanit.org.

Join Project RIGHT, Inc. for the next Grove Hall Peace Walk on Wednesday, September 28, 2011, from 5:00 pm to 6:30 p.m. The Peace Walk leaves from Deliverance Temple Church, 232 Columbia Road, (Columbia Road and Devon St). How can residents best make the area safe? Join Project RIGHT for a Community Walk and Gathering. Demand peace! Please call 617-541-5451.x102 (Project RIGHT, Inc.) for more information.

Every School in Boston should be excellent and you can help make it happen! Learn more about becoming a member of your School Site Council. Parents, Students and Teachers, join your School Site Council! Did you know that School Site Councils: write reviews and comment on your school budget; develop the Whole School Improvement Plan; serve as "subjects" as interviews; and make recommendations for hiring teachers. Attend a workshop on Tuesday, September 20, 6:00 p.m. at Citywide Parent Council, 21 Deckard Street, Dorchester (Latin Academy Building). Food and childcare will be provided.

To RSVP or request more information please call Frank Hart, BPON, 617-522-2766; Beverly Mitchell, CPC, 617-635-9210, or voice mail 617-635-6612; or Fran Smith at 617-429-7106.