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From YouTube: Harvard-Allston Partnership Fund Awards Ceremony
Description
Over the past 11 years, the Harvard-Allston Partnership Fund has provided over $1 million to 35 nonprofits serving Allston-Brighton. At the Harvard Education Portal in Allston, Harvard University President Larry Bacow awards $100,000 in grant money to support neighborhood improvement projects, cultural enrichment, and education.
A
A
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
today,
this
really
special
exciting
event.
My
name
is
Paul
Andrew
I'm,
the
vice
president
for
public
affairs
and
communications
here
at
Harvard.
University
I
want
to
welcome
all
of
you
to
the
Harvard
Edie
portal.
As
we
celebrate
the
11th
year
of
the
Harvard
Olsen
partnership
fund.
A
It's
an
honor
to
be
here
today
to
celebrate
collaboration
in
one
of
its
troost
forms
that
is
recognizing
and
empowering
our
unique
strands
as
neighbors
as
many
of
as
many
of
you
know,
the
Harvard
Olsen
partnership
fund
seeks
to
support
the
vital
work
that
local
nonprofits
are
doing
each
and
every
day
and
Olsen
brightening.
Given
the
caliber
of
organizations
represented
this
evening,
it's
easy
to
appreciate
why
this
purpose
is
so
vitally
important
and
we're
here
to
celebrate
and
recognize
all
you're
doing
to
help
all
of
us
and
our
community
achieve
its
full
potential.
A
You're
engaged
in
essential
efforts
working
to
support
local
families,
improve
public
spaces,
provide
youth
enrichment
programs
and
preserve,
affordable
housing.
Among
many
many
others.
Collectively,
the
Harvard
Olsen
partnership
fund
reveals
what
is
possible
when
we
work
together
to
leverage
each
other
strands
and
universe.
It
has
been
and
continues
to
be,
honored
to
be
supporting
your
important
and
ongoing
impact.
A
Unfortunately,
due
to
serious
accident
on
the
Mass
Pike
this
evening,
the
mayor
is
unable
to
join
us.
In
a
few
minutes,
we
will
hear
from
Harvard
University
president
Larry
Bako
and
John
woods
from
the
Olsen
Brighton
Community
Development
Corporation,
a
sincere
thank
you
to
them
for
being
here
with
us
today.
I
also
want
to
recognize
our
distinguished
city
and
state
elected
officials
who
have
joined
us
state
representative,
Kevin
Honan,
is
here
and
is
joining
us.
A
As
you
celebrate
no
more
than
a
decade
of
this
collaboration,
I
want
to
thank
the
Harvard
Olsen
partnership
fund,
Advisory
Board
and
the
Boston
Planning
and
Development
Agency
for
the
essential
work
they
do
to
make.
This
partnership
fund
work
and
work
so
effectively.
I'm
now
pleased
to
introduce
a
champion
of
the
kinds
of
partnerships
that
we
honor
today.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
president
Larry
Baca.
B
Thank
you
very
much
Paul.
It's
always
wonderful
to
hear
a
terrific
Boston
accent.
I,
never
get
tired
of
it
and
thank
you
for
your
excellent
work
and
bringing
us
all
together
and
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
today
on
what
is
a
very
special
day.
I
think
for
all
of
us
to
get
anything
done.
As
Paul
said,
we
all
need
to
work
together
and
I.
Think
this
partnership
is
is
a
great
opportunity
to
do
it.
B
It
demonstrates
what
we
can
do
if
we
all
work
together,
I'm,
sorry
that
the
Mayor
was
detained
and
couldn't
be
here,
because
he's
been
a
champion
of
our
efforts
to
collaborate
to
try
and
build
stronger
communities
here
in
Boston
and
Cambridge
and
elsewhere.
I've
spent
most
of
my
career,
and
actually
that's
not
that's
not
right.
All
of
my
career
in
higher
education
sometimes
tell
students
that
I
like
school,
so
much
I
never
left.
B
This
is
actually
a
special
year
for
me
because
this
fall
marked
the
50th
anniversary
of
my
freshman
year
here
in
Boston,
I
grew
up
in
Pontiac
Michigan,
but,
like
so
many
others,
I
came
to
Boston
to
go
to
school
and
I
never
left.
I've
spent
the
last
50
years
within
two
t-stops
of
Harvard
Square.
It's
been
a
wonderful
life,
but
in
the
course
of
that
career
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
actually
write
plenty
of
grant
proposals.
B
B
B
First,
my
congratulations,
but
also
my
sympathies
for
the
process
that
we've
just
put
you
through
I
wish.
It
could
be
I
wish
it
could
be
easier,
but
given
how
many
people
and
how
many
institutions
are
worthy
and
how
many
different
groups
have
such
great
ideas
for
how
to
strengthen
our
community,
it's
only
natural
that
we
have
an
abundance
of
of
great
applicants
in
the
11
years
that
this
fund
has
existed.
B
We've
now
recognized
35
community
partners,
who
collectively
have
received
118
grants,
and
that
represents
repeat
funding
to
some
of
these
organizations
and
to
me
that's
a
sign
that
this
process
is
in
fact
working
quite
well
collectively,
you
have
all
supported
local
families,
you've
improved
public
spaces.
You
have
provided
new
opportunities
for
the
young
people
of
our
community,
the
future
of
our
community
to
be
enriched
to
be
stimulated
to
be
challenged.
B
You've
worked
to
preserve,
affordable
housing
to
create
community
here
in
Alston
in
Northbrook.
Your
initiatives
and
programs
have
made
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
over
4,300
residents.
Of
these.
These
communities
and
I
think
we
are
all
honored
to
be
able
to
support
your
arts
outstanding
work
on
behalf
of
each
and
every
one
of
us
often
say
that
I've
yet
to
meet
anybody
who
believes
that
the
world
that
we
live
in
is
perfect.
This
is
not
a
political
statement.
B
It's
equally
true
of
Democrats
and
Republicans
liberals
and
conservatives
I
think
our
elected
officials
would
agree
with
us
here.
Nobody
thinks
the
world
that
we
live
in
is
perfect,
and
if
you
don't
think
it's
perfect,
the
only
way
it
gets
better
is
if
good
people
work
to
make
it
so,
and
that
is
our
responsibility
to
work
together
to
try
and
repair
this.
This
imperfect
world
a
community
is
only
as
strong
as
the
weakest
person
in
that
community.
B
We
at
Harvard
are
committed
to
collaborations
that
serve
and
strengthen
the
community
that
try
and
help
our
neighbors.
We
try
to
be
a
good
neighbor.
Our
selves
and
I'm
grateful
to
everybody
in
this
room
helped
to
create
a
model
that
works.
Your
commitment
and
the
goodwill
that
it
generates
is
is
really
essential
to
our
future.
We
should
not
take
it
for
granted.
I
look
forward
to
coming
back
here
in
the
future
in
subsequent
years
to
once
again
be
part
of
a
process
to
congratulate
those
who've
received
grants
from
this
program.
B
I
hope
to
once
again
share
this
podium
with
the
mayor
who
I
know
is
so
enthusiastic
and
so
important
in
a
supportive
of
the
work
that
we
are
doing
together.
He
himself
is
a
wonderful
public
servant
and
I
think
each
and
every
one
of
you
in
strengthening
our
communities
are
also
showing
the
way
for
all
of
us,
including
our
students,
to
engage
with
you
on
what
it
means
to
be
an
active
engaged,
effective
citizen.
B
A
Thank
You
president
Baca
was
inspirational
words.
It's
no,
my
honor
to
introduce
John
woods.
The
executive
director
of
the
Austin
Brighton
Community
Development
Corporation,
also
known
as
the
ABCD
see.
The
ABCD
sees
a
2019
Harvard
Olsen
partnership
fund
grant
recipient
John
was
brought
on
as
executive
director
in
August,
and
he
holds
a
deep
knowledge
of
the
Olsen
brain
community
from
his
time
as
a
CDC's
director
of
housing
development
from
2001
until
2007
John
brings
more
than
30
years
of
experience
in
affordable
housing
and
community
development
and
I'm
honored
to
introduce
him
tonight.
I.
C
Always
feel
old
when
he's
come
about
30
years
of
experience
it,
but
it's
true
yeah
I
guess
I
first
wanted
to
say
hello
to
president
Baca,
the
the
advisory
panel,
as
well
as
my
esteemed
colleagues
and
friends.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here.
I
also
want
to
be
particularly
grateful
to
those
people
who
made
the
decision
to
fund
us
for
this.
This
grant
that
we
had
it's
an
interesting
grant.
C
That's
going
to
allow
us
to
do
some
very
targeted
outreach
in
the
in
in
the
what
we
call
the
target
area
of
north
austin
and
north
brighton,
and
I
would
like
to
acknowledge
the
fact
that
the
the
grant
idea,
as
well
as
the
award,
were
put
together
by
some
of
my
colleagues
Molly
Goodman
and
Sean
tater,
who
were
in
the
audience
somewhere
there.
They
are
over
there.
C
So
I
think
I
applaud
the
folks
that
put
it
together
because
it
really
does
speak
to
the
the
very
core
of
of
what
makes
awesome
Brighton
a
home
for
many
people,
and
that
has
been
people
who
actually
live
here
and
stay
here
as
opposed
to
a
group
of
people
who
come
during
a
particular
phase
in
their
life
and
move
on.
So
we're
very
grateful
for
that
program
and
in
fact
often
when
we,
when
we
actually
sort
of
make
one
of
these
transactions
happen,
it
sort
of
reminds
me
of
planting
a
shade
tree.
C
You
know
initially,
it
feels
like
it's.
It's
a
small
stick
woof
by
the
the
environment,
but
eventually
over
the
course
of
the
years.
These
these
saplings
will
grow
into
a
large
trees
that
will
enhance
the
neighborhood
and
create
a
canopy
that
makes
it
even
more
desirable.
So
I
am
really
happy
to
be
part
of
that
program.
C
It's
called
the
2020
2000
program
and
that
program
provided
loans
to
groups
that
are
trying
to
create
affordable
housing
in
the
Greater
Boston
area
had
favorable
rates
and
what
that
was
very
important
at
the
time
and
it's
and
is
I'm
very
happy
to
hear
that
the
money
is
being
recycled
and
being
put
out
again,
but
as
much
as
the
the
terms
and
the
conditions
of
the
loan
are
important.
I
think
one
of
the
most
important
things
is
that
comes
that
money
comes
in
early.
C
It
comes
in
early
to
projects
and
I
can
tell
you
from
experience
that
that
early
money
is
extremely
important.
It
helps
attract
other
money.
So
again,
I
applaud
that
that
group,
the
city
and
Harvard
for
having
the
foresight
to
put
that
money
out
there
so
again,
I'm
very
grateful
for
that
and,
speaking
of
that,
that
development
process
related
to
affordable
housing
is
extremely
difficult
to
make
it
happen.
But
I've
often
told
people
that
it's
a
it
sort
of
runs
parallel
to
that
that
folk
tale
of
Stone
Soup.
C
You
know
the
idea
that
if
you
can
get
a
kettle
of
water
and
put
a
rock
in
it,
maybe
you
can
get
somebody
to
put
a
vegetable
in
there
and
then,
before
you
know
it
you're
actually
making
soup.
So
you
know
bear
with
me
here
on
this.
I
just
want
to
sort
of
close
my
remarks
by
saying
that
we've
added
another
ingredient
to
this
soup
today
and
the
kitchen
starting
to
smell,
pretty
good
and
and
we're
looking
forward
to
making
sure
that
the
the
meal
is
soon
to
be
prepared.
A
A
Our
next
recipient
is
the
Austin
Brighton
youth
hockey
association.
The
awesome
bright
news,
Hockey
Association
is
committed
to
providing
a
robust,
affordable
and
inclusive
youth
hockey
organization
to
the
families
and
children
of
ulsan
Brighton.
This
year's
grant
will
support
the
allowance
escape
program
and
hockey
instruction.
A
Our
next
recipient
is
the
big
sister
Association
of
Greater
Boston.
The
big
sister
Association
of
Greater
Boston
mission
is
to
ignite
girls,
passion
and
power
to
succeed
through
positive
mentoring,
relationships
with
women
and
enrichment
programs
that
support
healthy
development.
This
year's
grant
will
support
matching
girls
from
Ulsan
Brighton,
with
Mentors.
A
The
next
recipient
is
the
Boston
string,
Academy
the
Boston
Academy
through
its
vibrant
string
program,
performance
opportunities,
master
classes
and
ensemble
settings
and
bought
the
boss.
The
string
Academy
brings
a
gift
of
music
to
youth.
We
attend
the
Gardiner
pile
Academy.
This
year's
grant
will
help
provide
high
quality
musical
instruction
to
young
people.
A
Our
next
honoree
is
the
Charles
River
Watershed
Association,
protecting,
preserving
and
enhancing
the
Charles
River
and
its
watershed
through
signs
advocacy
in
the
law.
The
Charles
River
Watershed
Association
is
one
of
the
oldest
water
strips
associations
in
the
country.
The
Association
is
a
leading
advocate
for
the
protection.
Revitalization
and
expansion
of
public
park
lands
along
the
Charles.
This
ground
will
help
support
improvements
to
Hector
Park,
a.
A
A
Working
working
to
build
nurturing
communities
where
children
are
cherished,
families
are
supported
and
healthy.
Human
development
is
supported
by
all
the
family.
Nurturing
centers
grant
will
be
used
to
maintain
and
grow
to
existing
playgroup
serving
roughly
50
families
in
North,
Austin
and
north
breaking.
A
Next
honoree
is
the
fishing
Academy
for
more
than
a
decade.
The
fishing
Academy
is
providing
programming
that
allows
local
youth
to
experience
fishing
and
participate
in
hands-on
environmental
educational
programs
designed
to
reinforce
life
skills
and
expose
participants
to
the
wonders
of
nature.
This
grant
will
support
the
fishing
Academy's
2019
summer
camp,
which
will
bring
youth
from
Austin
writing
on
fishing
expeditions
around
eastern
Massachusetts.
Our.
A
A
A
A
A
As
part
of
its
commitment
to
strengthening
communities
through
youth
development,
healthy
living
and
social
responsibility,
the
org
square
YMCA
offers
instructional
swim
lessons
to
Olsen
Brighton
residents
of
all
ages.
This
grant
will
provide
scholarships
for
local
use
to
participate
in
aquatics
programs,
providing
them
with
an
opportunity
to
learn
life-saving
and
swimming
skills.