Lynette Jones-Carradine, Drylongso Award Recipient 2010

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Senior Coordinator for the Businesss Services Department, Boston Public Schools
 
Lynette Jones-Carradine has been working tirelessly for social justice for many years. During her early teens, distributed flyers, stuffed envelopes and spoke with community block association members in Brooklyn, New York, about the importance of electing Shirley Chisolm for Congress representing New York's 12th Congressional District.  In Her junior and senior years of high school Lynette was a member of the Northern Student Movement representing the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), where she assisted with grassroots organizing around civil rights, access to equal education and affordable housing.After graduating from high school she pursued an undergraduate degree at Queens College of the City University of New York, and graduate degrees from Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
 
For the past 25 years, Lynette has worked with the Boston Public Schools where she now serves as Senior Coordinator for the Businesss Services Department. Prior to joining the School Department Lynette worked under the leadership of former Roxbury Community College President, Kenneth Haskins, where she coordinated grant development. One of the grants she is most proud of was winning a 6 million dollar planning grant via the Funds for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education.  This grant allowed the planning of the now existing campus of Roxbury Community College. In 2010 marked the 20th year Lynette has  been serving as a Promising Pal to various young people at the Timilty Middle School in Roxbury. Her personal mission is to "lift as you climb", serve as a mentor and positive role model, by assisting students reaching their dreams and goals. 
 
In 1978 Lynette was named one of the Outstanding Women in America for her community service work pertaining to refugee and immigrant issues.