SCI Dorchester at DotWell is currently interview candidates to serve on the 2008-2009 AmeriCorps Team. 

At our Dorchester site, we are seeking seven civic minded individuals to help build social capital and increase civic engagement by engaging youth, leveraging volunteers, building bridges and connecting citizens to resources and services.

Last year's AmeriCorps team, engaged and trained over 2100 youth and adults in community service learning projects and practices; connected nearly 8,000 Dorchester residents to information and resources, and recruited over 200 community members to volunteer opportunties in the neighborhood.

Be a part of the team. Be the change you want to see in your community. If you are interested in making a difference and connecting the community through service, apply today:

Service Opportunities available:

Youth Program Coordinator

Outreach & Technology Coordinator

Health & Wellness Coordinator

Volunteer Coordinator

Arts, Culture & Technology (ACT) Coordinator

Coordinator of Community Linkages

Community Capital Builder

For full descriptions, click on the link above or go to the dot board, then click on "employment". For more information, please send your cover letter and resume to americorps@socialcapitalinc.org , or via regular mail to Social Capital Inc., 165M New Boston Street, Suite 233, Woburn, MA 01801.  For more questions, please call 781-935-2244

On Sunday, July 27 our neighborhood will host a Music Concert in
Dorchester Park, featuring Boston's Landmarks Orchestra under the
direction of conductor Charles Ansbacher. The Boston Landmarks
Orchestra is one of only two professional orchestras in the country
whose mission is to perform all free concerts. Over 160,000 people have
attended more than 125 concerts during the past seven years.

The Landmarks Orchestra utilizes some of the finest musicians in
Boston to help create a vibrant cultural scene all summer long,
including summer-long Wednesday night concerts at the Hatch Shell on
the Charles River. Now that we have arranged to have our own local
performance in Dot Park, it surely will add to the seasons enjoyment
for scores of local residents.

For questions or comments, please call Ed at 617-834-7577 or Bill at 617-851-9630.

Civic groups are hoping to get all of the diverse, spread out neighborhoods in Dorchester together for a night of socializing, entertainment, and community building.

MyDorchester Night, going on Thursday at the Codman Square Tech Center on Washington Street from 6 to 9 p.m., is a free event designed to build social networking and create a sense of togetherness across the urban residential neighborhood.

"One of our main goals is to bring people together from all of Dorchester's neighborhoods," said Jennifer Gerber, 23, of Weston, an Americorps volunteer involved in the event. "Having worked in the community, I've heard a lot about how people sometimes don't like to go into neighborhoods they're not from. We want to get all of the nine neighborhoods together in one place and get to know each other, breaking down the stereotypes."

The event is being put on by SCI Dorchester, a partnership between Social Capital Inc., a statewide community building organization, and DotWell, a nonprofit group providing clinical services in the neighborhood.

Part of the evening will feature four networking rooms, each with a different theme - expand, connect, share, and enjoy - and with its own focus, such as signing up volunteers for area nonprofits, or pointing out services offered in the city like Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Ella J. Baker House for at-risk youths. There will be a coffeehouse in the "enjoy" room, featuring poetry, dance, spoken word, and jazz music.

It's all about building "social capital," organizers say.

"Social capital is the idea that the more people in a community each person knows, and the more connected they are to local resources, the better off the community is," Gerber said. "Economic capital is not the only capital that really matters to make a community sustainable, vital, and a safe place for everyone."

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JOHN GUILFOIL