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Please visit www.gss-set.blogspot.com for upcoming activities and useful resources for Green, Smart, and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training (GSS-SET 2008-09)

Building Open Opportunity Structures Together (BOOST) was formed in 2005 in direct response to redevelopment and from then until now, has had success in the developing, promoting, and coordinating dozens of educational forums highlighting the need for local community inclusion in the real estate planning and decision-making processes that affect and impact them. The efforts have included Community Building Forums, policy workshops; focus sessions, redevelopment site tours, and real-time and on-line social networking activities and all have included citizens, real estate developers, public officials, academics, and industry-specific professionals. We have covered such topics as workforce development, smart growth, green building, sustainable community design, eminent domain, arts as a driver of urban renewal, greening practices for homes and businesses, and community benefits agreements (CBA’s).

BOOST was initially conceived as a means to provide timely, relevant, reliable, and well structured information to stakeholder groups in the Old Trenton Neighborhood regarding tool and strategies we could use to collectively employ to ensure that the local community impacted by redevelopment could be included in the beneficial outcomes being spoken of by the municipality and the developer(s), i.e. jobs, careers, housing, business, and educational opportunities. The original design was a think tank or information service as well as an earned media generator to highlight the issues, explain possible remedies, and chart an action agenda for public and stakeholder consumption. These “propaganda” pieces caught the attention of Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce who published BOOST seminal work in its February 2006 magazine edition. The work and the message also prompted New Jersey Future and New Jersey Higher Education Partnership to invite me, BOOST’s founder, to conduct presentations at their respective annual conferences. The talks were on Community Benefits Agreements.

The Broad Street Bank Building was designed to be a LEED-Silver certified project and from my conversations with the developer about the green features and challenges of adaptive re-use for such a project, I decided to begin holding a series of talks on green building, sustainable design, smart growth, and how these practices and policies could be leveraged for community benefits.

Recently, BOOST has received inquiries from community and organizational leaders from various cities throughout New Jersey and our Green, Smart and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training (GSS-SET 2008-09) is the natural outgrowth of our past successes and our response to request for programming that is designed to strengthen communities from the “inside out”. GSS-SET will equip civic sector leaders with the leadership and organizational skills needed to effectively plan, develop, and implement programs, projects, and policy work that highlight, promote, and advance green building, sustainable community design, smart growth, and environmental economic initiatives.

GSS-SET 2008-09 will provide enrollees from around the state of New Jersey with customized education and training that will help them in choosing, developing, and deploying individual and group projects to be implemented for their respective organizations, and in their home-town communities and neighborhoods. Model projects/programs will include, but are not limited to: sustainable neighborhood plans; urban science/career paths for high school students; clean energy retrofits for nonprofits, churches, and small businesses; advocacy for community and environmental benefits agreements; eco-entrepreneurial ventures; green business and industry inventory and data centers; sustainable design assessment teams; and unionization of the emerging green collar workforce. Partners and resources have been identified for GSS-SET graduates who choose one or more of these areas of post-program focus.

BOOST and Partners will launch this series of public awareness forums and workshop series on Saturday, June 7 from 11am noon until 4pm at Gallery 125, located at 125 South Warren Street in downtown Trenton. This event is free to the public and will feature a screening of Sundance Channel’s "Big Ideas for a Small Planet, the Build" episode and a special appearance by Mitchell Joachim, principal with Terreform, a nonprofit philanthropic architectural design collaborative that integrates ecological principles in the urban environment. Joachim will be joined by Anastasia Harrison of WESKetch Architects – “Practical Steps for Improving Indoor Air Quality for Home and Family Health” and Frederick Stine of the Delaware River Keepers Network. The GSS-SET launch will coincide with Classics Book Fair and Trenton's 30th annual Heritage Days Celebration and also offer attendees to hear organizational program overviews by Elizabeth Slate-Rutledge of the Syracuse (NY) Alchemical Nursery Project and a presentation by LEED-certified architect, Jason Kliwinski for Spiezle Group.

Recent Activities:

In July of 2007, BOOST began a series of workshops on civic engagement, continued its relationship-building efforts with local, regional, and national leaders in urban revitalization and, in November (2007), began work as the community outreach arm/guru drawing in several hundred people interested in Trenton’s newly renovated Broad Street Bank mixed-use, mixed-income green complex. With the Building as a base of operation, BOOST hosted forums focused on green building, sustainable design, and smart growth and our 2008-09 Green, Smart, and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training (GSS-SET) Program is the natural outgrowth and logical next steps to bring similar programs to a statewide audience.

Our 2007-08 activities have included:

→ Community outreach programming that brought in over 1,000 curiosity and residency seekers to the newly renovated historic, sustainable design Broad Street Bank mixed-use multifamily apartment complex in New Jersey’s capital, Trenton (NJ)

→ Community Building Forum #3 (January 20, 2007) with over 100 in attendance and media coverage, CBF #3 featured seven presenters of nearly three dozen programs for local residents to take advantage of regarding job, career, housing, education, cultural, and business options and opportunities in the Trenton region;

→ Workshop by Bob Blakeman for P. S. & S. Keyspan on “Current Best Practices in Green Building”;

→ Workshop by John Cusack for NJHEPS on “Leadership by Example: Creating Sustainable College Campuses”;

→ (2) workshops by Mel Leipzig for Mercer County Community College on the “Role of Arts and Artists in Revitalizing Older American Urban Centers”;

→ Workshop by Terri Jover for New Jersey Future on “How Citizens can Measure Smart Growth Using NJF’s Municipal Smart Growth Scorecard”;

→ (3) workshops by Greg Jones for USA Closers on “Smart Credit Building: How to Development Personal, Business, and Community Credit”;

→ (2) workshops by Angelica Redpath-Perez for Green Design Now on “How Everyday Citizens can ‘Green-up’ their Home and Offices”;

→ (2) workshops by Robert Estock for MCCC on “Continuing Education and Training Options and Opportunities at Community Colleges”;

→ (4) public talks/Q & A by Richard Libbey for Bayville Holdings LLC – the developer of the newly renovated historic green Broad Street Bank Building – on “Real-Time Experiences on Adaptive Reuse & Green Building: Hidden Assets and Challenges” – several newspaper articles generated and presentation for NJHEPS (2007) created;

→ (2) focus sessions with Princeton Area Community Foundation on behalf of Atlantic Philanthropies “Community Experience Partnership: Engaging Older Americans for Civic Good” at two Trenton sites;

→ (5) workshops by Tim Razzaq for BOOST on “Three Major Challenges to Community Benefits: Leadership Matters” in Asbury Park (NJ) and several Trenton-Mercer locations;

→ (6) workshops, “Invitation to Civics Education” in association with The Civic Formation Inc.; and

→ (12) Mercer County Community College Professor Alvyn Haywood’s Documentary Viewings & Community Discussion Series exploring timely and relevant issues of import at Classics Used and Rare Books.

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timrazzaq 9 days ago

Take advantage of our group-rate registration and benefit by “Getting Your Word Out” through our major outreach campaign for BOOST's and Simply Natural Living's Lawn and Garden party on Saturday, September 13 from 3PM until dusk at 2320 Stuyvesant Avenue in Trenton's scenic west ward. Featured presentations by Anastasia Harrison, Barbara Stange, and Tim Razzaq will be capped off by live jazz by the Dominique DeFranco Trio, vegetarian and vegan cuisine by GreenLight 2-Day restaurant, and sustainable sculpture display by Modern Metal Works.

Your group, organization, or business can be an "early-bird" sponsor by taking advantage of special group-rate. Register ten or more members of your entity and your registration fee will be only $10 per-person plus be sited as a sponsor during our major media and promotional campaign slated to begin this coming Monday, August 25. We will be conducting email alerts to our over 5,000 current subscribers, submitting press releases to nearly 100 metropolitan and local news papers through New Jersey, and aggressively posting our messages in dozens of on-line social and professional networking sites. Your logo and/or link to your group's web site will be inserted into all digital communications and you'll be given prominent mention as a sponsor at the Lawn and Garden Party. Please call (206) 202-2883 or email gsssetcentral@yahoo.com">gsssetcentral@yahoo.com to get started today.

Anastasia Harrison - AIA, LEE, IAQA, will present an overview of your ten-part workshop series that will include such topics as From Recycling to FreeCycling, Babies: What You Put on Goes In, Green Moms for Healthy Homes, and Green Renovations and Fix-ups.

Barbara Stange will conduct an overview of her company's new consult service to help attendees assess ways they can effectively and affordably take better care of themselves and their family’s personal health. Ms. Stange is the owner and motivating spirit behind Simply Natural Living and has broad experience in holistic medicine, including herbs, homeopathy, women's issues, supplements and natural beauty products.

GreenLight 2-Day Restaurant will catering its vegetarian and vegan cuisine for BOOST's and Simply Natural Living's Lawn and Garden Party which will take place from 3pm until dusk at 2320 Stuyvesant Avenue in Trenton's scenic West Ward. Uniquely different, GREENLIGHT promises food enthusiast a truly enjoyable eating experience. Rooted in Jersey, Chef Mer's dishes are infused with international flavors to create distinctive tastes. GREENLIGHT's menu features fresh and flavorful dishes to satisfy even the most discerning palates.

Regular attendees must register at the $12 rate for the event by Friday, September 5 by emailing gsssetcentral@yahoo.com">gsssetcentral@yahoo.com, calling (206) 202-2883 to receive a mail-in or fax registration form. The first 75 people to register will be able to attend and a special group rate of $10 per-person for groups of ten or more. The registration fee for children 12 years of age and under is only $7 and there no registration fee for children 5 and under.

Major public relations and marketing will begin on Monday, August 25 and groups who purchase group-rate tickets will be sited as sponsors with a link to their organization or business web site, so please at today by calling (206) 202-2883 or emailing gsssetcental@yahoo.com">gsssetcental@yahoo.com to set up registration and sponsor agreement for your group, business, or organization by mail-in or on-line secure payment.

Sincerely,

Tim Razzaq for BOOST and Partners 8-18-08

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timrazzaq 28 days ago

SAVE THIS DATE for BOOST Fund Raiser: Saturday, September 13 - 2008 for

Our Green Future: Healthy Homes and Families for Sustainability Made Simple, Part One of a Series....

"Typically my talks are very technical, involving percentages, actual material assemblies, detailed building system configurations, review of lists and checklists, etc... For BOOST I was able to bring my 'lesson' to the level in which the greatest good can come, changing the way in which people can live healthier lives RIGHT NOW..." says Anastasia Harrison, AIA, LEED, IAQA and the first licensed architect in the State of NJ to earn an Indoor Air Quality Environmentalist Certification. Full details will be released 8/18/08, but for advanced information and to inquire about sponsor opportunities, please contact Tim Razzaq at (206) 202-2883 or gsssetcentral@yahoo.com">gsssetcentral@yahoo.com.

We are Building Open Opportunity Structures Together, also known as BOOST, and we invite you to join Anastasia Harrison of WESKetch Architecture, Barbara Stange of Simply Natural Living, and our growing network of Eco-community builders on Saturday, September 13 - from 3pm until.... - in Trenton's beautiful West Ward.

This evening will be full of fun, food, good drink, and everyone will share experiences, understandings, and dialogues around the issue of sustainability and what everyday people can do to improve our quality of living while decreasing our negative impacts on the natural environment.

Live music, great food fare, like-minded individuals, and a scenic lawn party will be the backdrop for Anastasia Harrison's "Our Green Future: Healthy Homes and Families for Sustainability Made Simple", a talk designed to increase our collective appetites for collectively addressing some of the most pressing issues facing the human family.

So, please save this date, Saturday - September 13 - on your calendars and we will be launching our official invitation with all the details in mid-August.

Sincerely,

Tim Razzaq, Founder and Executive Director

Building Open Opportunity Structures Together (BOOST)

Voice: (206) 202-2883
Vision: http://www.gss-set.blogspot.com
Velocity: gsssetcentral@yahoo.com">gsssetcentral@yahoo.com

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timrazzaq about 1 month ago

Contact:

Tim Razzaq, Founder and Executive Director

Building Open Opportunity Structures Together (BOOST)

23 West Street, Bordentown, New Jersey 08505

(206) 202-2883

timrazzaq@gss-set.com">timrazzaq@gss-set.com

www.gss-set.blospot.com and www.gss-set.com

New Jersey Organization, BOOST,

Acknowledged for environmental stewardship

Trenton, New Jersey – GenGreen™ has named Building Open Opportunity Structures Together, also known as BOOST, as a Featured Organization on the GenGreen Network, www.gengreen.org in the New Jersey tri-state region.

GenGreen chose BOOST and their fast-growing network of individuals, organizations, businesses, and institutions, for their outstanding efforts in the promotion of sustainable living through their commitment to community stewardship.

GenGreen selects organizations that they feel set an example in their communities. GenGreen chooses these companies to acknowledge them for their efforts in environmental stewardship. Being named one of The GenGreen “New Green Leaders” is a highly sought after title that GenGreen is pleased to give to the BOOST Network.

As an example of its innovational approaches to bridging the information gap between professionals in the field and the communities who are impacted by their plans and decisions, BOOST is launching its New Jersey statewide environmental education and training program and part 2 of BOOST series of public awareness forums will take place on Saturday, July 12, from 11am until 5pm at Simply Natural Living at Serenity Plaza, located at 1505 Parkway Avenue in Ewing New Jersey. This exciting forum is free to the public and will feature presentations by Professor Alvyn Haywood on the Art of Allowing, Jonathon Cloud for Fairleigh Dickinson’s Sustainable Business Incubator on Emerging Opportunities in Green Business and Eco-Entrepreneurships, Christine Ritter of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on Unveiling the Hidden Opportunities to Middle and High School Students for Career Paths in the Sciences, and by Mut Seshatms for New Jersey’s House of Life on Rethinking Solar: Giving Power Back to the People. Please RSVP by calling (206) 202-2883 or emailing gsssetcentral@yahoo.com">gsssetcentral@yahoo.com.

BOOST Green, Smart, and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training is a year-long series of public awareness forums and community capacity building workshops designed to help New Jersey’s civic sector plan, develop, and deploy programs, projects, and policy work in the fields of green building, sustainable community design, smart growth, and environmental economy. BOOST is currently seeking underwriters and sponsors in order to make GSS-SET 2008-09 affordable to enrollees and leverage to highlight, promote, and build visibility for foundations, small businesses, and corporations that endorse and implement a triple bottom line approach to conducting business by capturing an expanded spectrum of values and criteria for measuring organizational (and societal) success; economic, environmental and social.

GenGreen, a company headquartered in Colorado, created its network to help people throughout the United States live their sustainable lives more easily by finding “green” companies, organizations and people on a local level.

Businesses can post green jobs and events on the website. Community members can participate in the dynamic nature of the website by connecting to different groups, blogging, and finding eco-friendly resources in their area.

For more information about GenGreen, go to www.gengreen.org, or email info@gengreen.org">info@gengreen.org and for more information on BOOST go to www.gss-set.com, or email timrazzaq@gss-set.com">timrazzaq@gss-set.com.

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timrazzaq 2 months ago

BOOST GenGreen Exchange Central

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timrazzaq 2 months ago

Reminder: A Summer Sustainability Institute's FREE camp for Mercer County middle school students - please visit http://www.tcnj.edu/~mluc/index for more info. and to register your public, private, or home-schooled child. Announcement courtesy Building Open Opportunity Structures Together (BOOST). Also, order your copy of “Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage” (Hardcover) from BOOST for only $20.00 by mailing a check or money order to BOOST, C/O 23 West Street, Bordentown, NJ 08505. Call (206) 202-2883 or email gsssetcentral@yahoo.com" target="_blank">gsssetcentral@yahoo.com to check on your order status or more information about BOOST.

NEW DATE - (Saturday JULY 12!) for Green, Smart, and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training Featuring a SPECIAL PRESENTATION by Jonathan Cloud from the Sustainable Business Incubator at Fairleigh Dickinson University:

"Growing the Next Generation of Green Ventures: Green Business Opportunities New Jersey ”

Ewing, New Jersey on Saturday, July 12: GSS-SET Eco-Community Building Forum #2 at Simply Natural Living in Serenity Plaza located at 1505 Parkway Avenue from 11am until 5pm. Please visit www.gss-set.blogspot.com for full details. RSVP by calling (206) 202-2883 or emailing gsssetcentral@yahoo.com" target="_blank">gsssetcentral@yahoo.com.

Thanks and very best regards,

Tim Razzaq, Executive Director

Building Open Opportunity Structures Together (BOOST)

Voice: (206) 202-2883

Vision: www.gss-set.com

Velocity: timrazzaq@gss-set.com" target="_blank">timrazzaq@gss-set.com.

**Please consider the environment. Please print this email only if absolutely necessary.

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timrazzaq 3 months ago

Sunday, June 8, 2008

GSS-SET Part 1 a HUGE SUCCESS: Get Ready for Part 2 - Saturday, July 5 in Ewing NJ

For information about BOOST, our partners, and programs, contact; (206) 202-2883, timrazzaq1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">timrazzaq1@yahoo.com, and http://www.gss-set.blogspot.com/ and get ready for Part 2!!!

Thanks to everyone who made time in your schedules to be a part of BOOST's GSS-SET Launch this past Saturday, June 7 at Gallery 125, Classics Trenton Books Fair, Heritage Days, and Gilmore's Cafe'. Attached are a few of the photos of the activity. Some more will be shared and sent at a later date.

We extend an extra Special thanks to Dr. Mitchell Joachim of Terreform http://www.terreform.org/, Anastasia Harrison of WESKetch Architects http://www.wesketch.com/, Jason Kliwinski of Spiezle Group http://www.spiezle.com/, Fred Stine Delaware RiverKeeper Network http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/, Elizabeth Slate-Rutledge of Syracuse NY's Alchemical Nursery Project http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/, the BOOST Board of Directors (Kevin W. Wortham, Prof's Alyvn Haywood (and wife, Anu) and Monique Simon, and Winnie Fatton of MLUC at TCNJ), Dan at the Gallery who went beyond call of duty, BOOST fiscal sponsor Doretha L. Riley for VEBS; Eric and Laurice at Classics who made it all possible and the Classics Trenton Book Fair, staff of Trenton Dowtown Association (shout out to "the Ambassador"); Eric Muhammad of Kooley Productions, all of you who attended, put up with the techno-glitches, and provide the energy of great questions and Big Ideas; Kevin Gilmore and staff at Gilmor's Cafe' (the G-Spot) for the Green Gift Certificates and great meals and live space; and and everyone who wanted to attend but could not make it out with us that day. Because of you, BOOST is much honored to be a part of these magnificent efforts at creating leaders for sustainability in all of its positive aspects.

GSS-SET Part 2 set for Saturday, July 5 in Ewing New Jersey Simply Natural Living located in Serenity Plaza located at 1505 Parkway Avenue: GSS-SET 2 - Sun Fest: A Day of Allowing for presentations by:

Jonathan Cloud on "Emerging Opportunities in Green Business": Jonathan Cloud is a lifelong environmentalist, community organizer, and entrepreneur. An early pioneer in passive-solar design and construction in Canada in the 1970s and 80s, as well as an environmental community activist, he received a UN Environment Award in 1985, in recognition of his work in renewable energy, conservation, and appropriate technology.

Mut Seshatms (pronounced Moot Sa-shat-miss) on "Rethinking Solar: Giving Power Back to the People". Mut Seshatmswas an electrical engineer for over 20 years in the public and private sector with a Masters in Electrical Engineering. In the 1990’s upon completing her graduate degree, she formed and ran a company called Universal Engineering whom consulted African embassies about solar power energy solutions. She later entered the educational field as a certified teacher in mathematics

Alvyn Haywood, Professor of Communication at Mercer County Community College on "The Art of Allowing: Indroducing Abraham" who was awarded with this year's Distinguished Teaching Award, having been selected by his colleagues at Mercer County Community College. In addition to chairing the college's governing body, the College Forum, Haywood is a popular voice on campus and also serves as the voice of Passage Theater on WIMG AM radio Prof. Haywood is also the community ambassador and public spokesperson for Building Open Opportunity Structures Together, also known as BOOST.

Leah Mayor, Ph.D. on "No Quick Fixes: Creating Sustainable Learning Communities". Leah is dedicated to promoting transformative learning by connecting adults and youth to communities around the globe. She spent 3.5 years living in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia designing and delivering community based tourism programs and conducting research for her doctorate at Cornell University. After lecturing in education, a brief stint in corporate consulting led her to the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education.

For information about BOOST, our partners, and programs, contact; (206) 202-2883, timrazzaq1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">timrazzaq1@yahoo.com, and http://www.gss-set.blogspot.com/

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timrazzaq 3 months ago

GSS-SET Launch, Part 2: Sun Fest for Green Living - Saturday, July 5

On Saturday, July 5, Building Open Opportunity Structures, also known as BOOST, will hold its second public awareness forum for Green, Smart and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training outreach from 11am until 4pm in collaboration with Ark of Peace and Black Gold Sacred Living Per-Ankh at Simply Natural Living, located at Serenity Plaza, 1505 Parkway Avenue in Ewing New Jersey. This event is free to the public and open to people of all ages. For more information or for early RSVP, please contact BOOST voice/fax center at (206) 202-2883 or email timrazzaq1@yahoo.com">timrazzaq1@yahoo.com.

Professor Alvyn Haywood continues his popular documentary viewing and community discussion for “Introducing Abraham: The Secret behind ‘The Secret’”, Mut Seshatms Ma’atnefert EL Salim from Montclair New Jersey’s House of Life for a presentation on “Rethinking Solar: Giving Power Back to the People”, and a host of presenters to be announced. Please visit www.gss-set.blogspot.com for updates.

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timrazzaq 3 months ago

BOOST Community Ambassador, MCCC Professor Awarded Distinguished Teaching Honors Please visit www.gss-set.blogspot.com for more details and daily updates:

MCCC Professor Alvyn Haywood, center, accepts the Distinguished Teaching Award from Interim Vice President Judith Redwine and Board Chair Anthony Cimino.

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. -- On May 22 Mercer County Community College celebrated the graduation of 935 students in outdoor ceremonies. Speaking on behalf of the student population was Television major Jennifer Leigh, a 2004 graduate of Nottingham High School. Leigh produced and directed many live and taped television productions and won several awards for her work. "When I came here, I was looking for a gold coin and found the whole treasure chest," she said. Leigh plans to continue her education in television production.

Addressing the 2008 graduates was Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, who began by saying she was proud that her son, Jared, was among the graduates. She said to the green-robed grads, "Your professors have given you a toolbox. It's up to you to decide what to do with those tools. Don't ever stop learning; don't ever stop challenging yourself and asking why." As the Majority Leader of the Democratic New Jersey General Assembly, Coleman is the highest ranking woman in the state legislature.

Following a longstanding college awards tradition, Professor of Communication Alvyn Haywood was presented with this year's Distinguished Teaching Award, having been selected by his colleagues. In addition to chairing the college's governing body, the College Forum, Haywood is a popular voice on campus and also serves as the voice of Passage Theater on WIMG AM radio. He recently completed the second year as host and originator of the cable television variety program "What Might Happen," which airs on Mercer's cable channel 26.

In addition to holding many positions at MCCC for the past 15 years, and teaching at both campuses, Haywood also teaches Human Communication for Project Inside at the Garden State Correctional Facility. He has served as a member of the Juvenile Intensive Supervisor Program for the Juvenile Justice Commission. He holds a Masters of Divinity Degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Theater Arts from St. Andrews Presbyterian College.

Also on May 22 the college hosted its Honors Convocation, presenting 120 awards and scholarships to graduating students, including monetary awards endowed by generous donors. In congratulating the awardees MCCC President Patricia C. Donohue said "you have proven the value and worth of our community college mission."

Haywood Continues to Introduce Abraham to a Growing and Enthused Audience

Haywood Continues "Introducing Abraham" Screening and Discussion

On Friday, June 6 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, BOOST's Community Ambassador and Spokesperson, Professor Alvyn Haywood, will conduct another of his popular documentary viewings and community disucssions at Gallery 125, located at 125 South Warren Street in downtown Trenton as a part of Classics Used and Rare Book's Trenton Book Fair. This is a free event and all those who attend will received a Green Gift Certificate good for 15% off of the entire menu at Gilmore's Cafe (the G-Spot), located directly across the street at 118 on Warren. For more information, please contact (206) 202-2883 or email timrazzaq1@yahoo.com">timrazzaq1@yahoo.com. Parking validation tickets available at Classics Books - please see Laurice Reynolds.

Professor Haywood and Building Open Opporunity Structures Together began the Ark of Peace series of film screenings and discussions in spring of 2007 at venues in Trenton west, north, south, and east wards and settled at what has become the "hub of community building", Classics Used and Rare Books.

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timrazzaq 3 months ago

GSS-SET goes from Green to Gold:

Thanks to a generous contribution by the one of the book's authors, Yale University Press has given BOOST copies of Andrew Winston and Daniel C. Esty's "From Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage" for the first persons to register for GSS-SET's series community capacity building seminars scheduled to begin in September. Full details of the GSS-SET education and training program will be made available at the launch on Saturday, June 7, at Gallery 125 located at 125 South Warren Streetin Downtown Trenton from 11am until 4pm.

Also, Gift Certificate issued for 15% off entire menu at Gilmore's Cafe, located at 118 South Warren Streetdowntown Trenton, for everyone who attends GSS-SET and/or purchases a book from Laurice at Classics on June 6 and 7. Please visit www.gss-set.blogspot.com to read more about "The G-Spots" greening initiative.

This event will be free to the public and feature a screening of the Sundance Channel production, Big Ideas for a Small Planet and an in-person appearance one of the films featured designers. Mitchell Joachim of Terreform, whose work is highlighted in Big Ideas, will conduct a slide show demonstrating his real-life tree house made of growing tree trunks, stackable cars, river gym, and other projects . There also will be presentations by Jason Kliwinski, associate with the Trenton-based Spiezle Group, one of New Jerseys leading architectural, planning, and design firms with several major projects on tap in the greater Mercer County region; Fred Stine, Citizen Action Coordinator for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Anastasia Harrison for WESKetch Architecture, and Elizabeth Slate-Rutledge for the Syracuse New York-based Alchemical Nursery. For more information, call (206) 202-2883 or email timrazzaq1@yahoo.com">timrazzaq1@yahoo.com. Also visit www.gss-set.blogspot.com for updates and more details.

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timrazzaq 3 months ago

BOOST feature article in New Jersey and Company Magazine now viewable, on-line, at http://www.njandco-digital.com/njandco/200805/?pg=40. Special thanks to Dr. Gregory D. Squires, Celest Novak, Winnie Fatton, BOOST board of directors, New Jersey Future, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, Richard Libbey, Jonathan Schein, Susan Piperato, and Bari Faye Siegel, Laurice Reynolds, Eric Maywar, Professor Alvyn Haywood, Trenton North Ward City Councilman Milford Bethea, Leo Vazquez, and all of those whom have supported this effort and provided encouragement and inputs into making BOOST an organization on the rise for a sustainable New Jersey. Looking forward to progress in 2008-09...

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timrazzaq 4 months ago

New Location and Additional Presenters for BOOST's GSS-SET 2008-09:

For RSVP's and information requests, contact Tim Razzaq, Executive Director for BOOST Outreach and Advisory Services at (206) 202-2883 and email timrazzaq@gss-set.com">timrazzaq@gss-set.com and sponsorship opportunities at sponsors@gss-set.com">sponsors@gss-set.com.

Clean Air and Water Quality, Green Building, Sustainable Communities, and Ecological Design Focus of Forum

(Trenton, NJ) Trenton’s 30^th annual Heritage Days celebration and a downtown Book Fair serve as the backdrops for the first of a series of public awareness and community mobilization forums being promoted by Building Open Opportunity Structures Together, also known as BOOST. This event will be free to the public and feature a screening of the Sundance Channel production, Big Ideas for a Small Planet and an in-person appearance one of the film’s featured designers. This program launch will take place on Saturday, June 7 from 11am until 4pm at Gallery 125, located at 125 South W arren Street. For more information or to reserve your seat, please contact BOOST at (206) 202-2883 or email info@gss-set.com">info@gss-set.com.

Mitchell Joachim of Terreform, a nonprofit philanthropic architectural group that focuses on ecological design for urban environments, and whose work is highlighted in Big Ideas, will conduct a slide show demonstrating his real-life tree house made of growing tree trunks, stackable cars, river gym, and other projects that reflect the Terreform mission which “views ecology in design as not only a philosophy that inspires visions of sustainability and social justice but also a focused scientific endeavor.”

Attendees at this exciting and ground-breaking event will also be treated to a presentation by Jason Kliwinski, associate with the Trenton-based Spiezle Group, one of New Jersey’s leading architectural, planning, and design firms with several major projects on tap in the greater Mercer County region, including Rider University’s New Residence Hall project. This development will consist of 3- and 4-story buildings to house 152-beds in suite and apartment configurations. The project will be designed to obtain a LEED™-Silver Certification. Joining Dr. Joachim and Kliwinski will be Fred Stine, Citizen Action Coordinator for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Anastasia Harrison for WESKetch Architecture, and Elizabeth Slate-Rutledge for the Syracuse New York-based Alchemical Nursery.

Green, Smart and Sustainable Stakeholder Education and Training, or GSS-SET 2008-09, is the natural outgrowth of BOOST past effort’s at fostering a climate for positive change and a platform for resident inclusion in the planning and decision-making processes that affects, their communities, and neighborhoods. The program is designed to strengthen communities from the inside out and BOOST’s team of workshop facilitators and community resource providers are amongst the leaders in their respective fields of work. Individuals, organizations, businesses, institutions, and agencies throughout the state of New Jersey are being invited to be participants in this unprecedented education, training, and outreach initiative. Registration packages will be available for interested parties on June 7. For more information, please contact info@gss-set.com">info@gss-set.com or call (206) 202-2883.

Training and education will start September (’08) and continue through June of 2009 and be hosted in five New Jersey cities/regions at community colleges. Your Company can sponsor one or more GSS-SET Program component and reach tens of thousands of prospective customers, clients, and constituents throughout the Tri-State Region.

The cities/colleges/dates are: Trenton (Mercer County) September ’08 and June ’09; Atlantic City (Atlantic-Cape) October ’08 and February ’09; Camden (Camden County) November ’08 and March ’09; Elizabeth (Union County) December ’08 a nd April ’09; and Newark (Essex County) January ’09 and May ’09. Each full-day session will consist of two workshops and two guest presentations along three tracks: a) community resources (1-hour breakfast and lunch presentations); b) leadership and organizational development (2-hours/morning); and c) green, smart, and sustainable hard skills (2-hours/afternoon)

For sponsorship inquiries, please call Tim Razzaq at our voice/fax center at(206) 202-2883 and/or email sponsors@gss-set.com">sponsors@gss-set.com.

Key Media Contacts and Presenter Sketches:

For Distribution/Release: RSVP's and information requests, contact Tim Razzaq, Executive Director for BOOST Outreach and Advisory Services at (206) 202-2883 and email timrazzaq@gss-set.com">timrazzaq@gss-set.com. Sponsorship opportunities at sponsors@gss-set.com">sponsors@gss-set.com.

Building Open Opportunity Structures Together (www.gss-set.blogspot.com) is a creative community solutions organization that develops and utilizes innovative and customized strategies to build structured relationships between residents, businesses, organizations, and government agencies that lead to beneficial economic, social, and educational opportunities and outcomes in underserved and emerging urban neighborhoods. For more information about BOOST, our partners, program enrollment, or sponsor/underwriter of GSS-SET 2008-09 please contact Tim Razzaq, at (206) 202-2883 or email timrazzaq@comcast.net">timrazzaq@comcast.net (Please note that, on occasion, emails to this address will often receive a ‘bounce-back’ email telling them that their missive did not go through. In almost all instances, this is false; emails do go through).

About Spiezle Group, Inc. (www.spiezle.com) Founded in 1954, Spiezle Group, Inc., (SGI) is an award-winning, full-service architecture, planning, and design firm with offices in Trenton, NJ and Media, PA. Known for highly effective design documentation and project management, SGI is an acknowledged leader in the design of public and private facilities promoting sustainable design in every project.

The Delaware RiverKeeper Network (DRN) (http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/) is the only advocacy organization working throughout the entire Delaware River Watershed. The Delaware RiverKeeper is an individual who is the voice of the River, championing the rights of the River and its streams as members of our community.

WESKetch Architecture (http://www.wesketch.com/) is an award winning architectural firm focused on inspirational architecture, providing interior design, engineering services, construction management, green building design combined with the latest indoor air quality issues for each and every building type. Anastasia Harrison is a licensed architect and one of the first indoor air quality certified professionals in the state.

The Alchemical Nursery Project (http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/) is a non profit committed to spreading the word about the urban eco-village movement globally. We hope to provide the resources, dialogue space, and networks needed for those who would like to establish their own urban eco-village wherever they live! Our local grassroots project is, as you may have guessed, the development of an urban eco-village in Syracuse, NY, that can be replicated anywhere urban USA.

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The promotion of sustainability, green building, smart growth, and environmental economics has become the priority of government agencies, corporations, nonprofits, and small businesses and the need for education, networking, and technical assistance in these areas has never been greater.

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For Distribution/Release: RSVP's and information requests, contact Tim Razzaq, Executive Director for BOOST Outreach and Advisory Services at (206) 202-2883 and email timrazzaq@gss-set.com">timrazzaq@gss-set.com. Sponsorship opportunities at sponsors@gss-set.com">sponsors@gss-set.com.