The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

William Francis Galvin Secretary of the Commonwealth 

One Ashburton Place, Room 1717, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512 

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 

(General Laws, Chapter 180)

ARTICLE I 

The exact name of the corporation is: 

Boston Multicultural Inc

ARTICLE II 

The purpose of the corporation is to engage in the following activities: 

We wish to establish a nonprofit organization to help Chinese immigrants, especially but not exclusively Chinese students studying at American universities.

A Chinese student at Brandeis University committed suicide (see obituary); a Chinese woman was arrested at a mall for attempting to buy four cell phones; a Chinese man was sent to prison for 32 years after he murdered a fellow doctor following an apparently minor dispute in the workplace.  Such stories represent the experiences of Chinese immigrants who are unable to negotiate life in America, often because of language or cultural barriers, and sometimes with dire consequences.  

The proposed nonprofit organization would assist immigrants by offering them direct counseling with a Chinese-speaking immigrant, or by referring them to a Chinese-speaking social worker or other professional.  The assistance in finding help would be offered free of charge.    

To engage in any other activity described in Section 4(e) of Chapter One Hundred Eighty of the General Laws, provided: (1) The Corporation's purposes shall be so interpreted as to be consistent with Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code (and successor provisions), no part of its net earnings, if any, shall inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and the Corporation shall not participate or intervene (by publishing or distributing statements or otherwise) in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office; (2) Except to the extent permitted by said Section 501(c)(3) as amended from time to time, no substantial part of the Corporation's activities shall consist of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation.

The proposed nonprofit organization would recognize that Chinese immigrants often find themselves isolated in their efforts to deal with problems whether in a university setting or in the workplace. Students in America are often reluctant to turn to parents or friends back home because families make such large sacrifices to send their children to America to study.  Shame attaches to failure, along with financial hardship.  Parents sometimes sell their homes to provide an American education for their children.  The colleges and universities to which the young people go are often unable to help students.  Advice appropriate to American students is often not appropriate to Chinese students; going home and taking a semester off is not an option for students whose parents have sacrificed so much to send them to college.  Students are often unable to find assistance that is appropriate to their background.  They often do not know what assistance is available.  They can become depressed and in danger of taking their own lives. 

ARTICLE III 

A corporation may have one or more classes of members. If it does, the designation of such classes, the manner of election or appointments, the duration of membership and the qualification and rights, including voting rights, of the members of each class, may be set forth in the by-laws of the corporation or may be set forth below: 

All provisions with respect to members are set forth in the Bylaws of the corporation.

The membership of the corporation shall consist of the members of the Board of Directors. (This organization does not intend to have public members at this stage.)

ARTICLE IV 

**Other lawful provisions, if any, for the conduct and regulation of the business and affairs of the corporation, for its voluntary dissolution, or for limiting, defining, or regulating the powers of the corporation, or of its directors or members, or of any class of members, are as follows: 

The organization would be funded through voluntary, donation or other ------.

ARTICLE V 

The by-laws of the corporation have been duly adopted and the initial directors, president, treasurer and clerk or other presiding, financial or recording officers, whose names are set out on the following page, have been duly elected. **If there are no provisions, state “None”. Note: The preceding four (4) articles are considered to be permanent and may only be changed by filing appropriate Articles of Amendment. 

The by-laws of the organization have been duly adopted and initial directors, president, treasurer and other presiding, financial or recording offices, whose names are set out on the following page.

ARTICLE VI 

The effective date of organization of the corporation shall be the date approved and filed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. If a later effective date is desired, specify such date which shall not be more than thirty days after the date of filing. 

ARTICLE VII 

The information contained in Article VII is not a permanent part of the Articles of Organization. 

a. The street address (post office boxes are not acceptable) of the principal office of the corporation in Massachusetts is: 

----address---- MA 01778

b. The name, residential address and post office address of each director and officer of the corporation is as follows: 

NAME RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS POST OFFICE ADDRESS 

President:   name1,             address1

Secretary:   name2,             address2

Treasurer:   name3,             address3

Director:      name4,             address4

c. The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the last day of the month of: 

December

d. The name and business address of the resident agent, if any, of the corporation is: 

name,             address

I/We, the below signed incorporator(s), do hereby certify under the pains and penalties of perjury that I/we have not been convicted of any crimes relating to alcohol or gaming within the past ten years. 

I/We do hereby further certify that to the best of my/our knowledge the above-named officers have not been similarly convicted. If so convicted, explain. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF AND UNDER THE PAINS AND PENALTIES OF PERJURY, I/we, whose signature(s) appear below as incorporator(s) and whose name(s) and business or residential address(es) are clearly typed or printed beneath each signature, do hereby associate with the intention of forming this corporation under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 180 and do hereby sign these Articles of Organization as incorporator(s) this _13____day of____March_______________, 2018_______ , 

___________________________________________

_name, Incorporator:  ___signature____

___________________________________________

Note: If an existing corporation is acting as incorporator, type in the exact name of the corporation, the state or other jurisdiction where it was incorporated, the name of the person signing on behalf of said corporation and the title he/she holds or other authority by which such action is taken. 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION (General Laws, Chapter 180) 

I hereby certify that, upon examination of these Articles of Organization, duly submitted to me, it appears that the provisions of the General Laws relative to the organization of corporations have been complied with, and I hereby approve said articles; and the filing fee in the amount of $__40___ having been paid, said articles are deemed to have been filed with me this __13____ day of _____March___2018_ . 

Effective date: _________________________________________________ 

WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN 

Secretary of the Commonwealth 

TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION 

Contact information:

 name,             address_________ 

Telephone: _______________________ 

Email: _______________________ 

Upon filing, a copy of this filing will be available at www.sec.state.ma.us/cor. If the document is rejected, a copy of the rejection sheet and rejected document will be available in the rejected queue.