Edward D. McClure
P.O. Box 470742
Brookline Village, MA 02447-0742
(617) 232-3539

Professional Objectives

To help public and private institutions balance their legal, social and community obligations in order to fulfill their constitutional and statutory civil rights obligations and to increase the public’s trust in society’s institutions. Policy development; program formulation, implementation and managment; supervision; evaluation and corrective action.

Professional Experience

1976 - Present	Freckles Associates, Brookline, MA Developed the Freckles multiracial model of the Language of Confrontation or Conciliation, based on the philosophy to include rather than exclude. Tailor the model to meet varied institutional needs. Write and produce print and video materials on cost-effective civil rights conflict management, race relations and multiculturalism.

1994 - 1998	Mt. Ida College, Newton, MA Used the Freckles multiracial model of the Language of Confrontation or Conciliation to work with the Board of Trustees, administration, faculty, staff, students and parents. The goal was to develop an organic multiracial educational model and to assist the college to institutionalize its constitutional and statutory civil rights obligations.

1969 - April 1993	U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service, Boston, MA Community Relations Specialist, New England Region Conciliated civil rights conflicts to bring about compliance with the letter and the spirit of civil rights laws. Assisted communities and groups to prevent premature confrontation based on race, color or national origin.

1970 - 1979	Suffolk University, Department of Sociology, Boston, MA Lecturer Combined theory and practice to help students understand interpersonal social and business transactions in a multiracial society, relationships within and between groups, and their impact on institutions.

1967 - 1968	National Council on Aging, New York, NY Training Associate Provided technical assistance on National Council of Aging programs to three regional offices, with emphasis on program delivery at the state and local level.

1966 - 1967	Springfield Action Commission, Springfield, MA Deputy Director and Acting Director Identified human and financial resources and translated them into a program for delivery of human services. Developed policy, managed programs, provided technical assistance to Board of Directors, public and private agencies and community groups.

1965 - 1966	Hillhouse Association, Pittsburgh, PA Director of Neighborhood Development Developed concepts and strategies to implement maximum feasible citizen participation in the delivery of human and financial services to the community.

1961 - 1964	Veterans Administration, Mental Hygiene Clinic, Boston, MA Assistant Director, Day Treatment Center and clinical social worker Supervised graduate students; managed care of veterans with drug, alcohol, sexual and violent behavior problems.

1955 - 1959	Union of South End Settluents, Boston, MA Street gang worker Planned, developed and implemented an outreach program to community youths who frequented street corners and were engaged in delinquent behavior. The goal was to establish a relationship that could link them to traditional agency services to prevent premature confrontation with the law.

Education

1950 - 1952		Central State College, Xenia, Ohio

1952 - 1954	B.S.	Suffolk University, Boston, MA

1954 - 1957	M.S.	Suffolk University, Boston, MA

1959 - 1961	M.S.W.	University of Denver, Denver, CO

1964 - 1965	Ph.D. studies	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Military Service

1947 – 1950

Honorable discharge

United States Air Force and United States Army

Awards and Honors

Roxbury Action Program, Special Contribution to Boston’s Black Community Award, 1973
U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards in 1978,1985 and 2009
Nomination for honorary doctorate, Suffolk University, Boston MA
Mayor Raymond Flynn’s Transition Team, Public Safety Subcommittee Chairman
Honorary member of Boston Police Department, 1993

Productions/Publications

Written, published and distributed by Freckles Associates: Freckles; Freckles Guide to Action; Freckles Think Peace; Freckles Meets Snow White; Police/Community Relations: Language of Confrontation or Conciliation; We Love You Mama; Police Community Relations

Educational training videotape produced by Freckles Associates: Freckles Meets Snow White

Monthly articles for Reunion, an African-American newspaper that celebrates people, heritage and achievement in New England

The Freckles Concept

The book Freckles started from a simple question of the author, “Why are you so dark-skinned and I’m so light-skinned? My teacher told me you’re one big freckle.” Mr. McClure starts with a clear explanation that whether light, medium or dark, we are all part of Nature’s mosaic – each of us has some degree of melanin. Just as flowers are red, blue, yellow, or pink, the diversity of Nature’s design includes people of all colors.

Each of Edward McClure’s books - Freckles, We Love You Mama, and Police Community Relations - starts from a nature-centric view of Mother Earth and Father Sky, in recognition of a power greater than humankind. The books are meant to stimulate thinking and dialogue about how everyone’s interpersonal social and business transactions are influenced by their vision of nature. We all fall somewhere along a continuum of seeing ourselves in harmony with the diversity of nature or in an antagonistic relationship. The extent to which we see ourselves as a part of that whole affects how we view our obligations to each other as well as to a higher authority, whether in spirit or in the secular world. That vision is translated into how we handle relationships in our families, communities, on our jobs, as a nation and in the world.

Mr. McClure’s books are meant to stimulate discussion around public policy, civil rights obligations, race and diversity from top leadership to the average person on the street.