Join T Riders Union members and other Boston citizens interested in having input on the Urban Ring project. Date: May 12 Time: 4:00-6:00p.m. Location: Boston Redevelopment Authority Board Room

The National Institutes of Health is convening a public meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel, a Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the Director, to advise on Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories.

Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation is holding a summit of JP residents to promote dialogue on how best to improve and protect the unique community. For more information go to www.jpndc.org.

The Energy Facilities Siting Board hearing on the proposed Brockton power plant starts on Monday May 19. The hearing is public and everyone is welcome to attend and watch the proceedings in support of the courageous residents who are standing against the plant and the hazardous pollution it would bring to their neighborhoods.

You're invited to the first meeting of the Community-owned Sustainable Energy Working Group. Monday, May 19 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Location TBA. Please contact Marina (also 617-442-3343 x235) for more information and to RSVP.

Thursday, May 22 10:00 a.m. Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown (Orange Line T-Stop: Community College) Join the Boston Workers Alliance on Thursday, May 22 for the final leg of the Walk to Freedom. Beginning on May 18, dozens from Ex-prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA) will begin a five day walk from Worcester to Boston to raise momentum for CORI reform.

Jammin' for Justice ACE's Annual Celebration and Fundraiser Wednesday, May 28, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at The Red Fez, South End

This meeting will bring together a wide variety of Boston-based social and environmental justice organizations to plan for how we can support each other's work, and ensure that everyone from Boston who wants to go to the Climate Confluence in July is able to do so.

The Environmental Leadership Program's New England Regional Network presents Nature for All: Urban Youth and their Access to the Outdoors A discussion about youth and their relationship to the outdoors, the challenges lower-income communities face and how it all ties into the environmental movement.

Join ACE in visiting sites of past and current injustices around our home neighborhood, Dudley Square. This event is open to all and is a great time for individuals and groups interested in learning more about ACE's work as well as those already engaged in it to come by and say hi!

What you need to know about police searches Tuesday, June 3, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Freedom House 14 Crawford Street, Dorchester, MA 02121 A panel discussion and community speak-out about police warrantless searches of homes, searches on the street and what can be done to make communities safe.

Want to land a position with ACE's youth empowerment project? Teens who attend our two-week orientation will receive a $100 stipend AND become top candidates for 2 year-round and 4 summer job openings at REEP.

Bring your issues with our public transit system to the ones who run it! Every month, TRU members attend the MBTA Board of Director's Meeting and express the opinions and feelings of our members on how the T can provide first class service to all our communities.

At these public meetings, the project team will present an overview of the Urban Ring Phase 2 project; a review of the alternatives review process; and a description of the Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative has been developed based on input from the general public at regional public meetings, neighborhood and advisory groups, and the project’s Citizens Advisory Committee, along with detailed technical and engineering analysis. The presentations will be similar at each meeting, but the discussion of the recommendations will include a more detailed focus on the section of the corridor where the meeting is held. Members of the public may attend any of the meetings.

The Urban Ring Phase 2 is a proposed circumferential transit system that would provide bus rapid transit (BRT) service in a “ring” that passes through Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford and Somerville.