Boston Scenes

(From left): Leonard C. Alkins, former president of the Boston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Gov. Deval Patrick and Andrew Tarsy, chief advancement officer of Facing History and Ourselves, were among those honored at the NAACP’s annual Freedom Fund Dinner, held last Thursday night. (Tony Irving photo)

(From left): Judith Robinson, Zayda Adams and Denzel Robinson celebrate preschool graduation during a recent ceremony held by Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses Inc, or FDNH. In four separate celebrations held last month at three FDNH sites, teachers, parents, students and friends gathered to honor 34 preschool students who are beginning elementary school this fall. (Photo courtesy of Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses)

Two men sit by the side of the border fence as they study how to cross into the U.S. in Tijuana in this February 2008 photo. As the number of Latino U.S. residents increases, fueled in part by legal and illegal immigration, Latino political power also is likely to grow, a shift that could reduce blacks’ clout, writes Earl Ofari Hutchinson. (AP photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) 

Demonstrators make a barricade outside Santiago’s general cemetery on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Clashes between police and demonstrators exploded during a march to pay tribute to the victims of the 1973-90 dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, marking the 35th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 1973 military coup led by Pinochet against Chile’s then-ruling President Salvador Allende. (AP photo/Santiago Llanquin)

The Boston Bar Association (BBA) honored Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley with its Distinguished Public Servant Award on Sept. 11. The association cited his efforts since 2002 to address, correct, and prevent wrongful convictions. Incoming BBA President Kathy Weinman hailed Conley’s “courage and leadership” in reversing the convictions of Anthony Powell, Marlon Passley, and others who were convicted of rape, murder, and other offenses before he took office. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley)

Sculptor Tina Allen, who depicted such figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Fredrick Douglass in her works, has died. She was 58. Allen died Sept. 9 at a Los Angeles hospital from complications of a heart attack, said her ex-husband, Roger Allen. Among her bronze sculptures are George Washington Carver in the St. Louis Botanical Garden; Douglas in the African American Museum in Birmingham, Ala.; Sojourner Truth in Battle Creek, Mich.; and King in Las Vegas. A memorial service is scheduled for next month in Los Angeles.

Actor Matt Damon (left) wades through a flooded street along with Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean (second from left) as both are escorted by U.N. peacekeepers and police officers in Gonaïves, Haiti, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Damon and Jean arrived last Saturday in Gonaïves as part of aid activities undertaken by Jean’s foundation, Yele Haiti. Four tropical storms hit the country in one month. (AP photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Children’s Hospital Boston Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) Clinic founding director David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D. (second from left) and patients John Michael Presley of Marshfield, Yuli Cepeda of Roxbury and Dwonya Jones of Dorchester celebrate the $1 million gift the OWL program received earlier this month from the New Balance Foundation. The funds will support childhood nutrition care and counseling at the OWL clinic and help Ludwig’s team continue its obesity research. (Ethan Bickford photo)

Floodwaters from Hurricane Ike surround homes in Bridge City, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. The devastation from a late summer string of tropical storms and hurricanes has been felt both at home and abroad. (AP photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)

Two children from White Stadium — Tia Murray, 10, of Dorchester, and Jahmali Matthews, 8, of Texas — show off their balloon hats in this photo from last month’s Boston Children’s Festival in Franklin Park. (Lauren Patrick photo)

Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN) presents two half-hour Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) shows featuring baseball star Ken Griffey Jr., along with PHEN President and Founder Tom Farrington (above) and other men living with prostate cancer. The shows will air on BNN’s Community Channel (Comcast 23/RCN 83) at 7 p.m. on Sept. 22 and 29, and back-to-back from 9-10 a.m. on Sept. 20 and 27 on Ch. 9. BNN also will feature important facts about prostate health. (Photo courtesy of PHEN)