Link:http://forcv.com/index.php?idnoticia=21

Mark these words, for by God, with your help, they will become prophetic: the Honorable David Soares, a proud Cape Verdean, current District Attorney of Albany county, will be the FORCV CV man of the year, once again with your vote, because he really deserves the title. David Soares embodies the pride and hard work ethic of CVs. On that note, you'd do yourself good by voting for him. You will not lose anything but gain by voting for this proud and inspiring brava-born, pawtucket-raised, Cape Verdean immigrant.

And if you haven't read the many articles about David Soares on this site, you can visit his office's website at albanycountyda.com to get more information.
In any case, allow me to reiterate, DA David Soares is the embodiment of not only CVs hard word ethic but, really, the embodiment of immigrant success story as a whole. For that he certainly deserves your vote.

Thank you in advance for voting for him.

Related article:

D.A. David Soares Gala Dinner : A big Success!!!
Link:http://forcv.forumup.org/viewtopic.php?t=516&mforum=forcv

I agree with you. David Soares is a good candidate for this award, but to me no one deserves this award more than Paulo Barros. He is doing a fantastic job with the youngsters in our community. He does not get enough recognitions, but if anyone deserves this award is him. I encourage every parents to send their kids to St Peter's after school Program. There they have people to help the kids with homework, everyday issues such as violence, family issues etc, and the staff are very helpuful. They also have Sports events from Basketball, to Soccer. There're also Soccer teams for every age, So if you want to keep your kid busy and out trouble send HIM/HER to ST PETER'S. In the meantime, I encourage everyone to vote for Paulo DeBarros. He is what our community needs: A TRUE LEADER AND MENTOR.

Why campaign for someone to win the award? Let the people decide by showing up and clicking on the person. It is irresponsible the way Denise won the award although she does deserve credit for her community work. This award has lost all of its credibility.

I am proud of Soares' individual accomplishments. What exactly has he done for Care Verdeans?

What is the criteria for the award? Nominees?

It looks like my prediction has come true. David Soares has been voted CV man of the year, by a landslide, I might add. Now, it's time to shower him with verbal accolades that he certainly deserves. I'll start by saying Viva David Soares, Viva seh gloria, yes, glory, you see, David Soares has alot more success, alot more glory coming to him, and as a CV or a friend of the CVs, I know you will enjoy sharing the glory with him.

Congratulations to the Cape Verdean community and friends who voted for David Soares. As someone who knows David most of his life, I am sure that is humbled by this accolade. David is not someone who seek personal limelight and it is rewarding to see that the people are responsible for this. David is young (36 years old) and he has a bright future in NY politics if he chooses. I know for a fact that his heart is with the Cape Verdean community. David Soares is and should be an inspiration to all of us that hard work and integrity pays big time. Congratulations to David and everyone who voted for him!

FORCV.com congratulates DA Soares for the recognition given by Cape Verdeans all over the world: Homi Kabuverdianu du Anu!

don't wanna take anything away from this man, he is a brave individual and i really want to congratulate him for all his accomplishements. keep up the good work...

Kakau,

hey i guess you were right but man....

I am suggesting that we start also recognizing Cape Verdean Youth... For instance those who graduate at the top of their class in high school.. Those graduating from College, Graduate School, Law School, Med School... I know it can be hard to collect this information but i think it would be worthwhile.... To show those out there that our name should not only be mention when talking about violence in the community. It will serve to show others how there are many young CV men and women that are succeding academically and professionally... Good Work For CV Staff

Excellent idea! However, we invite other people to join us and take on this project because most of forcv volunteer team members are already spread thin with lots on their plates besides their family and professional responsibilities. We will be more than happy to publish such subject and recognize our students that are excelling in Boston, Brockton and other public and private schools around New England and the rest of country but we invite other volunteers, community members, and college students to join us and take on this and other community projects they want to see brought up on FORCV.

Thanks for being forthcoming with this idea.

I think this is a terrific idea, i'm willing to help, specially with community projects. you know how to get hold of me, I still have few projects that i have to get ready for school but its not anything that would keep me from helping out. i'm back in Boston now and i'm pretty much here everyday. let me know what you need me to do.

"A LUTA CONTINUA" COMNTRA VIOLENCIA

(Muhammadah Cabral)

'mateusjb@gmail.com'

CV Socrates,

Thanks for making yourself available. This is the kind of attitude we want to foster in many brilliant young Cape Verdean brains in our community. There’s an army of them out there that recently graduated from college. All we need to do is be welcoming and give them a chance to put their fresh ideas in action.

Do you want to contact the guest that suggested this idea and set up an action plan for it? I will help with some ideas and insights. For instance, it would be good to contact community organizations that does work or have some close interaction with high school students such as Saint Peter's Teen Center, CVC UNIDO, and MAPS in Dorchester, Cape Verdean Association in Brockton both in Mass., the Cape Verdean American Community Development (CACD) in Pawtucket, RI, the Santiago Club in Norwich, CT and others in New England and other places with a large numbers of Cape Verdeans. They may have some information or stories about remarkable Cape Verdean students. Does anybody know about any CV community organization in New Bedford/ Fall River and Cape Cod?

You could also try some school with high concentration of CV students but I don't know if privacy policies may be an obstacle on their part to release such type of information to you.

I just want to throw some ideas out there.

I will be also willing to help out with this project. I will send you shortly my contact information and my ideas.

I agree also that this is an excellent idea. A CV who grows up in a very tough place such as Boston and winds up going to college, graduates and then goes on to Law School, Medical school or Graduate school in general certainly deserves to be honored and recognized. As a matter of fact, why don't we start by naming CVs who have managed to graduate college and go on to the aforementioned post-graduate schools. I'll start by naming a very conscientious CV, Antonio Carvalho. Born in the Santiago Island, Cabo Verde, Antonio Carvalho is a product of Boston k-12 Public Schools and Umass, he's now a second year law student at Howard University School of Law.

Name some of your own CV friends and acquaintances who are "on their way" to success.

This is an incredible set of posts. This is exactly what we need in the community. We Cape Verdeans need to start shining our lights on those that are making positive contributions not only to our community but to society. We spend too much time focused on the negative aspects and bad apples in our community. Sometimes reading these posts one would think we are a sad and pitiful bunch. We should all begin discussing positive people and aspects of who we are.

I Think that David Soares definately deserves the recognition he received. Even though (as someone said) we should vote for someone who involved in the Cape Verdean community, David has brought pride to every Cape Verdean that we could all achieve success through hard work. Keep Up the Great work David!! We are all inspired by your accomplishments.

We have a Cape Verdean state representative in Massachusetts. Olavo "Ollie" DeMacedo. He represents the Kingston area. Why wasn't he nominated for CV Man of the Year? There isn't much difference between he and David Soares. They both hail from Brava and both have worked hard to achieve their goals. What's the difference? I have heard Olavo on CV radio programs before but never heard of David Soares until visiting here.

Do they actually know David is CV? Did they run articles about his CV heritage or the country of CV in the New York media? Now Ollie is a Ze Ninguem deputado but he is right here in our state. Even a gaita player, basketball player, and social worker who goes to the club every weekend made it before him. Something is missing and strangely confusing with this picture.

Didn't Cesaria put Cape Verdeans on the map? Now its David Soares whom seemed to go unnoticed in the community until an article was found on him. This is not to take away from David as he is one to be admired the question is should he really be CV man of the year just because a jantar/dancante was held for him in Rhode Island?

The David Soares story featured on a couple of CV media websites such as this. It did not impact CV's wordwide or nationwide.

I want to take the opportunity to congratulate Mr. Soares for his recent triumph, as Man of the Year. Mr. Soares' accomplishments and achievements are obvious. To achieve such success, one is aware of the many qualities he must possess. Without question he is an admirable man with great passion.

I would also like to congratulate the nominees for their accomplishments regardless of their obsticles. I commend all of you for being men that Cape Verdeans can be proud of. Your accomplishments are apprecitated in our community because it is proof of our strength, passion, and measures so much more. Most importantly it is evidence for our children that we possess greatness as a race and it sends the message of what they too can achieve.

I am a very proud Cape Verdean who has worked hard to achieve my own dream of a therapist. Through my endeavers, I have faced many obstacles as I am sure many have. My current and past positions have been counseling adolescents. I am well aware of the severity of the problems our youth faces and am deeply concerned as we all should be. However, I think that many of us are oblivious to the severity and nature of the problems that exists with our youths. Granted Mr. Soares' credentials are many, I am not certain what his role in our community entails. I understand that he is in a role no other Cape Verdean has achieved and thus has made history and for that we are proud. However, I am not sure I understand his role in our community. I am educated and well-informed of Albany's Cape Verdean population as well as New York's and know his position as D.A. in Albany, NY but feel that the Cape Verdean population is lacking in Albany, NY and therefore his role in our Cape Verdean community is not clear to me.

I believe that the "Man of the Year" should possess indepth role in our community. Personally, I feel Mr. Barros should have won "Man of the Year." Without question, his role is clear and he is working everday to save our youths. Everyday he is presented with the struggles at hand. As you have heard, "our children are our future" and it is people like Mr. Barros that provide hope, confidence, dreams, and much more for our youths.

My opinion is that of a therapist who was born in Cape Verde and who is concerned of the future of our youths and who is well-aware that if not for our youths, we will be a forgotten race. Mr. Barros' role is that of a passionate man with a love for his race and a love for our children; clearly that is a great gift. I question our priorities and am concerned of where they lie.

Maybe I am confused on the meaning of "Man of the Year," what are the qualifications, is it measuring individual success, is it measuring the role played in the community, impact of role. is it how much one does for community. I am not sure I understand and wish to gain some understanding.

David Soares probably won because someone posted something here trying to get everyone to vote just as the CV Woman of the year's family got everyone in CT to come on here and vote.

David won because his story, thanks to FORCV, was able to inspire and uplift CVs all over the world. Mr. Barros may be a good role model for the Boston CV youths, but his impact is only local, unlike David's, which is global. The CV community is transnational. The Boston Cape Verdean community is only one segment of the global CV community. CVs from the four corners of the world voted for David. They recognized his world-wide appeal. See, that's the key difference, local vs global. A local role model can only do and go so far, whereas a global one, reaches and impacts generations across the board.

That is the problem with the capeverdean folks.

It is all about who is the best and never how to support one to be the best. To me, it doesn't really matter who got the position of CV men of the year, but it pleases me that David Soares is the one.

Please don't be narrow minded individuals. David Soares is 35 five years of age. How much can he still give back to the CV community if he really commits to it, as he has promised to? Let us look to the future because that is where the problems are. If FORCV.COM is not yet the media with the international impact that would be desirable for many, soon it will be. But let's start now. Don't be so negative!

Essentially, that is our whole problem:

Competition and negativity !

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU - DAVID SOARES - FOR YOUR HARD WORK, AS A MAN, A PROUD CAPEVERDEAN, A PROFESSIONAL AND WE ARE WITH YOU.

YOU WILL BE THE NEXT DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN MASSACHUSSETS TO CHANGE SOME OF THE STUFF HERE, AND THEN GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSSETS.

Cabrala