Current number of signatures: 168
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We, the undersigned youth, youth workers, and community members, urge City officials to allocate $5 Million from the FY07 City Operating Budget for summer and year-round youth jobs.
The teenage population of Boston is at a peak and violence is at a ten-year high. We must reverse the loss of 3000 youth jobs over the past 5 years and restore City funding!
Youth jobs are crucial to stopping violence. In the short term, they provide a positive alternative to young people of all types -- helping those who have already made negative choices, turn their lives around; and helping other young people who are on the fence, stay positive.
In the long term, jobs build the skills and futures of young people, giving them the tools and relationships to stay positive long after a summer job has finished. Indeed, youth jobs do far more than prevent violence: they invest in young people, giving them the resources to thrive as they become adults and community leaders.
The time to act is now. City officials have already taken positive steps in the effort to stop violence and increase opportunities for youth, including cultivating public-private partnerships, advocating at the State House, funding winter jobs, creating a Summer Jobs Task Force, and holding hearings and community forums on youth violence. We look forward to seeing City officials' further commitment to increase City funding for summer and year-round youth jobs to $5 Million. Please join us in investing in the lives and futures of young people.
1. SHALEICE GOODMAN, DORCHESTER
2. Delshara Jones, Dorchester
3. MELINDA MERRIT, Roxbury
4. Kate Meunier, South Boston
5. Jason Alcorn, Jamaica Plain
6. Dan Goldsbury, Brighton
7. Laura Crandall, East Boston
8. David Arthur Kay, Roxbury
9. Chris Tsang, Dorchester
10. Bernadette Joy Bautista, Jamaica Plain
11. Kathleen Marsh, Roslindale
12. Corey H Evans, Boston
13. Heang Ly, Dorchester, Ma
14. Nataka S. Crayton, Allston
15. EUCLIDES SEMEMEDO, Dorchester
16. Tatetyanna Nadiyah Shaheed , Dorchester
17. Freddy Barros, boston,ma
18. Jeremy Lamarque, Boston,ma
19. Carmen Ladouceur-Squires, Dorchester
20. Michael Gavin, Dorchester
21. josé antonio cintrón, dorchester
22. Maria Dominguez Gray, Roxbury
23. Shalisha Crouch, Brighton
24. Kerry McGowan, Dorchester
25. Sherry Golden, Jamaica Plain
26. Monica Jarvis, Hyde Park
27. Varsha Ghosh, Dorchester Center
28. Norman Jaime, Dorchester
29. Natacha Samedi, Dorchester
30. Thandeka Lawrence, Boston Mass
31. Larissa Andrade, Dorchester
32. Mary Fusoni, South End
33. Charles Stone, Dorchester
34. Erin Kelley, Chestnut Hill
35. Mary Stone, Dorchester
36. George Lee, Dorchester
37. Rafael Feliciano, Mission Hill
38. Deidre O'Halloran, Roslindale
39. Katharine R. Provencher, Lower Roxbury
40. Soundhari Balaguru, Jamaica Plain
41. Jen Kiok, Jamaica Plain
42. Suzanne Costello, Dorchester
43. Sandra Lee, Dorchester
44. Kalila Barnett, Jamaica Plain
45. Jasmine H. Brandao, Boston
46. Sarah Chang, Dorchester
47. Shakara Carter, Roxbury
48. Donovan Walker, Roxbury
49. Mariama White-Hammond, Dorchester
50. April Williams, Roxbury
51. Juanita Fernandes, dorchester
52. jordan brown, roxbury
53. Nancy Walker, Roxbury
54. Ted Campbell, Brockton
55. Winhkong Hua, Dorchester
56. Deborah Backus, Mattapan
57. Tatiana Chaterji, Cambridge
58. Vanessa Torres, Cambridge
59. Rebecca Claire Chase, Cambridge
60. Rose Arruda, Roxbury
61. Carol Gomez, Boston
62. Benjamin Greenberg, Ball Square
63. Mallory Hellman, Cambridge
64. AVA MATTHIAS, WALTHAM
65. Donnie Joseph, Cambridge
66. michelle palmer, grove hall dorchester
67. Ralph Ibanez Ortiz, dorchester, boston
68. Fausto Mendes da Rocha, Allston
69. Larainne Wilson, Allston
70. Michelle Terry-David, Roslindale
71. Chimaobi Amutah, New Jersey
72. Ariana Flores, Somerville
73. Rachel Green, Hyde Park
74. Pamela Chamorro, Brookline
75. Thomas Dichter, Cambridge
76. Sarah Howard, Cambridge, MA
77. Kai Itameri-Kinter, North Attleboro, MA
78. Julia Matsudaira, Brookline, MA
79. Alison Carter Marlow, Dorchester
80. Jared Katsiane, South End
81. Dana Ostberg, Jamaica Plain
82. Cyntoria Grant, Dorchester
83. Eloise Grant, Dorchester
84. Stephanie Jacobson, Boston
85. Ashley Pletz, Cambridge, MA
86. Yusi Wang, South Boston
87. Carol Silva, Dorchester
88. Jenna Mellor, Cambridge, MA
89. Sarah O'Donnell, jamaica Plain
90. clarkoic, Boston, MA
91. Nicole Norton, West Roxbury
92. TempieAreba Coren-Thiesfeld, Mission Hill
93. James Clinton Buckle, Chestnut Hill
94. Katrina Brown, Mission Hill
95. Valcine Phifer, Dorchester, Boston
96. Jhonnari Jimenez, Hyde Park
97. Sergio Roque, Jamaica plain
98. Luis Rivera, Mission Hill
99. Huibin Amee Chew, Somerville
100. cleida santos, dorchester
101. Matthew W. Ball, Downtown Boston
102. Christine D. Tellez, Jamaica Plain
103. Emily Wright-Timko, Cambridge
104. Sara Kaufman, Cambridge
105. ngoc-tran vu, south boston
106. Tara K. Chandler, Somerville
107. Tawanna Thomas, Dorchester
108. Ariel Harms, Allston
109. Sonia Johnson, Roxbury
110. Alexis Green , Newton, MA
111. Marlon Orozco, Boston
112. Magalie Lamour-Mede, Dorchester
113. Aisha R. Leonard, Malden, MA
114. Joan Schwartz, Kenmore
115. Elisabeth Ward, Jamaica Plain
116. Dr. Enoch Page, South Deerfield
117. Marcy Grossman, Somerville, MA
118. Michael Rollock, Somerville
119. Debra Groomes, Roxbury Ma
120. Cynthia A. Diggs, Roxbury
121. Marlena Rose, Roxbury
122. Ronneshia Bolden, Dorchester
123. Carlos Moreno, Dorchester
124. Mishon Browne, Mattapan
125. Amilton Pires, Dorchester
126. Jessica DeFrancisco, South Boston
127. Nancy J. Jimenez, Brighton
128. elizabeth centeio, dorchester
129. Corryanne E. Ashe, Leominster, Mass
130. Pam Frye, Fitchburg
131. Lisa Bulot, Fitchburg, MA
132. Rosa LeBlanc, Lunenburg
133. Ayanna Dobson, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
134. Brandon Rivera, Fitchburg, MA
135. Kara duato, lemonstier
136. Valery Ann Suarez, Fitchburg MA
137. Anika Dobson, Fitchburg, MA
138. Ann Cormier, westminster
139. Andrea Bosworth, Fitchburg
140. Kyle Dobson, Fitchburg,Massachusetts
141. Linda-yana Wilomt, fitchburg
142. Jessica Ann Colleton, Fitchburg,Ma
143. Jennifer Dee.Cruz, Fitchburg,Ma
144. Orlando Ortiz JR, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
145. maria miranda, roslindale, ma.
146. Kelley Vaillancourt, Fitchburg
147. Stacey Marie Vaillancourt, fitchburg
148. angela martinez, leominster
149. Brian Melendez, Fitchburg
150. Tatiana Garcia, Fitchburg
151. samantha cote, ashburnham
152. Lisa Tirado, Fitchburg
153. Geovanie Cruz, Fitchburg Mass
154. Melissa Sierra-Lopez, Fitchburg
155. norma nieves, gardner
156. Chris Streets, Westminster
157. Raul martinez, leominster
158. Jose Rivera , fitchburg
159. xavier anthony rodriguez, fitchburg
160. Felicia Anne-Marie DiSalvo, Leominster
161. katherine mateo, fitchburg
162. David Sierra-Lopez, Fitchburg
163. Hamed Akanni, M.A
164. Raul martinez, leominster
165. crystal leanne harper, fitchburg ,MA
166. Joseph Sandberg, Fitchburg
167. Kahlil Ford, Fitchburg
168. Marie jayla phane, dorchester
Current number of signatures: 168
