Come see the Transportation Study Report, the final report with recommendations. Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:00 p.m. Roxbury Community Collage Academic building, Room 121 Roxbury, MA 02119

Having just released his first book, The Green Collar Economy, attorney and environmental justice activist Van Jones is meeting with EJ communities around the country promoting and fielding questions about the book.

Drop by for REEP's Teen Cafés. These are excellent opportunities for youth from Boston's different neighborhoods have fun together while talking about issues that relate to them. Every Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30

Roxbury Weigh-In is a FREE eight-week educational program on health, nutrition, & fitness that is fun, easy and will give you loads of energy! Registration on Saturday, October 25, 2008

Action for Regional Equity, a coalition of which ACE is a member, creates strategies to impact state policies around transit justice, environmental justice and affordable housing justice in Massachusetts. The five hour workshop will focus on the challenges and advantages of building new dense and affordable developments in your neighborhood.

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation invites you to attend a public stakeholder meeting to learn about the State Freight and Rail Plan which is under devel opment and to share your concerns and ideas of how to improve transportation.

ACE will be hosting a Next Steps and New Leadership Breakfast for those interested in learning more about the transition process. Contact Holly at holly@ace-ej.org or 617.442.3343 x231 for more information or to RSVP.

Congratulations to ACE Executive Director Penn Loh, who will be receiving an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Merit Award. Charles Lee of the EPA Office of Environmental Justice will be giving a presentation on the EPA's future vision. To RSVP, please email Penn. This will be a brown bag lunch talk.

Help ACE staff make phone calls to voters to discuss Ballot Question #1 (to repeal the state income tax). With the election just days away, your assistance will help Massachusetts get a NO vote to Question #1 which drains the state budget for education, health, welfare, and housing when we need it most. We'll provide the training so you can make the calls!

ACE members and friends, this is your chance to kick it with the ACE team at what promises to be a costumed, food-stuffed, fun-filled night! No RSVP is necessary, just show up with your scary self and a couple friends.

Join the REEP crew and friends for a Halloween celebration with food, music, and possibly some scary movie action. This is a YOUTH ONLY event. For more information, contact David at david@ace-ej.org.

At the request of ACE partner Community Labor United and the Secure Jobs, Secure Communities campaign members, the Boston City Council will be holding a public hearing on corporate responsibility. The following corporations are

The neighborhood is being planned for development as you read this. Residents, make sure that you get to speak your mind and give your own input to the process! If you would like to learn more about ACE's take on and participation in the process, contact Khalida at khalida@ace-ej.org or 617.442.3343 x221.

A Career Conference for Students of Color A Career Fair - With over 25 major Boston area companies - A chance to meet & network with students of color from all over Eastern Massachusetts

Please join us at the Community Unity Rally. The rally is intended to foster high turnout at the polls on Tuesday, and to raise awareness of the importance of defeating Question 1. It is a historic event for our community, and a chance to celebrate this moment together.

Please remember to come out and vote this Election Day!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

After a historic presidential election; the great Wall Street financial crisis, ripoff and government bailout; state government budget cuts, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan; a new cold war with Russia; Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Gustave; The Jena 6; massive housing foreclosures; police abuse; youth violence; a health care system that doesn't serve all the people (especially the poor); and a public educational system that is failing...

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation, in conjunction with the City of Boston, is pleased to announce a public meeting to discuss the impacts of two transportation planning projects on the Allston neighborhood.

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.

Drop by for REEP's Teen Café, this week focusing on the topic of Relationship Violence. These are excellent opportunities for young people in Boston's different neighborhoods to have fun together while talking about current issues. Please note that this is a youth-only event. Every Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ACE Office 2181 Washington Street, Suite 301 Roxbury, MA For more information, contact Marléna.

The Immigrant City: Then and Now exhibit, through first-hand accounts, photos, art and artifacts, connect with over 30 people of immigrant heritage as they narrate their unique experiences. Explore Somerville's immigrant roots and the lives of today's newest residents from around the world by participating in our celebration of the many voices that contribute to this one community, to our immigrant city.

Come to a special Roxbury neighborhood breakfast and viewing and discussion of the episode "Place Matters." Breakfast and film screening with Roxbury-based youth and community leaders about neighborhood and health and ways to take action.

ACE's Annual Meeting is a time for our members, staff and board to review the last year's accomplishments and use our lessons to guide the planning process for the next. Voting members then get to vote on the next year's work plan. For explanations of membership and voting, check our membership page.

The Union of Minority Neighborhoods' Institute for Neighborhood Leadership invites you to talk to the experts: Ron Ancrum Associated Grant Makers Kelly Bates Access Strategies Fund

Drop by for REEP's Teen Cafés. These are excellent opportunities for youth from Boston's different neighborhoods have fun together while talking about issues that relate to them. Every Thursday from 5 to 7

Join Teen Voices as girls from Boston get up on their feet and start slammin' their poetry! Teen Voices is an intensive journalism mentoring and leadership development program for teen girls in Boston that creates an internationally distributed print and online alternative magazine reaching 60,000 readers worldwide and receiving 7.2 million hits from 98 countries.

Masschusetts Climate Action Network is a coalition of locally organized groups fighting the climate crisis. We do this by promoting carbon-reducing practices in our homes and communities; supporting MCAN chapters and allied organizations to grow a focused statewide movement; and communicating policy to members and leveraging our collective voice at the state level.

Join the Youth Climate Action Network (Youth CAN) and a growing coalition working to ensure that climate change education will become a required part of the curriculum in our Massachusetts Schools!