Particular Agent in Cost Joseph R. Bonavolonta of the Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is happy to announce the number of Mr. Gregory Blaize because the recipient of the 2021 Director’s Neighborhood Management Award.
The distinctive award, offered on behalf of the Director of the FBI, was established in 1990 to honor people and organizations for his or her efforts in partaking the neighborhood within the areas of schooling and crime prevention. Yearly, the Boston Division of the FBI can choose a person or group that has made a major distinction within the lives of others.
Mr. Blaize, a current graduate of FBI Boston’s 2022 Residents Academy, is the previous govt director of the Boston chapter of My Brother’s Keeper, an initiative geared toward addressing persistent alternative gaps confronted by boys and younger males of shade. He’s additionally a mentor with Mass Mentoring Partnership which is working to make sure that each younger individual in Massachusetts has entry to high quality mentoring relationships, irrespective of who they’re or the place they stay. He has labored with a wide range of organizations together with Massive Brothers Massive Sisters, Teen Empowerment, YMCA of Larger Boston, and BAM (Changing into A Man). In these roles, Mr. Blaize has offered Black and different underrepresented youth with a wide range of instruments and sources, together with entry to cohort internships, youth improvement packages, publicity to greater schooling, and job alternatives.
Mr. Blaize has additionally labored carefully to bridge the hole between internal metropolis youth and legislation enforcement. For instance, on a number of events, he has organized informational classes with FBI Boston specializing in the assorted neighborhood outreach packages, internships, and profession alternatives the FBI provides. Throughout Black Historical past Month, in partnership with My Brother’s Keeper, over 100 younger women and men all through Boston, together with a number of FBI Boston particular brokers and officers with the Boston Police Division participated in a digital dialogue celebrating Black Pleasure through which they mentioned their private journeys, challenges, and causes for pursuing careers in legislation enforcement.
“Gregory has made it his mission to make sure younger folks within the higher Boston space attain their full potential, opening their eyes to a world of prospects that they might not have in any other case been uncovered to,” mentioned Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Particular Agent in Cost of the FBI Boston Division. “He has touched quite a few younger lives and fostered robust relationships with the neighborhood and legislation enforcement, serving to us be taught extra concerning the folks we serve whereas serving to them be taught extra concerning the work we do to safeguard our communities.”
Extra details about FBI Boston’s Neighborhood Outreach Program is accessible at https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/boston/community-outreach.