Dear CCB Members and Friends,<\/p>\n
A long delicious\u00c2\u00a0summer separates us from our last gathering.\u00c2\u00a0Although we did have a delightful CCB picnic gathering just two weeks ago. There were some 20 of\u00c2\u00a0us there on a beautiful summer afternoon. Thanks for\u00c2\u00a0the food and joy you all brought.<\/p>\n
We have a new staff member. Folks, meet Helen\u00c2\u00a0Matthews. We first knew Helen when she was with\u00c2\u00a0KidsArts!, the Jamaica Plain after school program in\u00c2\u00a0the First Church UU by the Monument. She is long\u00c2\u00a0associated with JP oriented non-profits and JP community organizing. City Life-Vida Urbana, and the\u00c2\u00a0struggle to keep gentrification\/Whole Foods from\u00c2\u00a0coming into Hyde Square come to mind. Helen\u00c2\u00a0Matthews is also a documentary videographer and\u00c2\u00a0has worked in the past as a radio journalist and a\u00c2\u00a0vegan baker. Helen holds degrees in Social\u00c2\u00a0Movements Studies, Feminist Theory and Philosophy.\u00c2\u00a0This top-notch administrator is already whipping us\u00c2\u00a0into shape and hurdling us out of the dinosaur age,\u00c2\u00a0into this millennium.<\/p>\n
Our summer search for a new administrator was\u00c2\u00a0tedious and thorough. We have the Personnel\u00c2\u00a0Committee to thank (Dian, Lenny, Karla, Dick C. and\u00c2\u00a0Dean). Special kudos go to our chair Dian Lerman,\u00c2\u00a0who went the extra mile, and produced a marvelous\u00c2\u00a0group of applicants. It was a very difficult choice to\u00c2\u00a0make. You would not believe the amazing folks we\u00c2\u00a0interviewed, and we thank every one of them for\u00c2\u00a0inquiring about employment with us.<\/p>\n
As we launch into our new season, this is our chance to recognize and shout out to our entire awesome CCB staff:<\/p>\n
Xinli, our bookkeeper, pays our bills, keeps eagle-eyed track of our numbers, files our forms, keeps us in reality land.<\/p>\n
Luis: keeps our building clean, helps us with the challenges of sharing our space with hoards of wonderful and untidy teenagers (BYOP and BAGLY, Theater Offensive’s Summer Camp, etc.). Prepares our delicious Sunday lunches.<\/p>\n
Rodney: Keeps a constant watch on our building,\u00c2\u00a0 fixes what ails it, responds night and day to what needs to be done, keeps our tenants happy.<\/p>\n
Mark: Kept the office functioning this spring and summer while we sought out his permanent replacement. He also oriented Helen in the office workings of CCB. Thank you so much, Mark, and best wishes as you return to UMass this fall!<\/p>\n
And now, Helen (known fondly to almost everyone by her nickname, Homefries). Welcome Homefries, to our lifeboat for justice, solidarity, and peace on our planet.<\/p>\n
During this exciting upcoming season, I hope each one of you has a chance to personally thank each one of these members of our CCB team, for the essential work they do to keep us walking forward, never turning back!!<\/p>\n
-Dean Stevens, Board President<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear CCB Members and Friends, A long delicious\u00c2\u00a0summer separates us from our last gathering.\u00c2\u00a0Although we did have a delightful CCB picnic gathering just two weeks ago. There were some 20 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.communitychurchofboston.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}