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Rudy Edwards Jr., basketball player, firefighter, doing what he loved

Free symphony concert commemorates Duke Ellington on Friday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.

Advocates: youth homelessness remains urgent, far-reaching issue

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Tafuta! A Young Child’s Search for the True Meaning of Kwanzaa

Tafuta! blends music, dance and poetry to tell the story of a young child who is bullied in school because of his family’s tradition of celebrating Kwanzaa. The child ultimately embraces his heritage, discovers his own voice and self-empowerment and draws on the strength found in this African American tradition to triumph over the bullies. […]

The Power of Home

Social entrepreneur and MacArthur Fellow Majora Carter will deliver a keynote on Home[town] Security at the Power of Home reception to benefit The Community Builders. The founder of Sustainable South Bronx, Majora is a national leader in urban revitalization strategy and community economic development.

Living Legends Gala: celebrating Boston’s African American experience

LIVING LEGENDS GALA SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2019 | 4:30pm FOUR SEASONS HOTEL BOSTON | 200 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 The Living Legends Gala is one of the most anticipated events celebrating Boston’s unique African American experience. The compelling stories of the past and present inspire pride and continue the legacy of equality for all. Support the legacy and […]

League of Women Voters Boston, Annual Meeting

  Community Calendar Listing Bay State Banner   Contact Person for Submittal: Shelia Martin, League of Women Voters, Boston Email:martinshelia31@gmail.com 617.542.0737   Calendar Notice to run: for June 7, 2018 publication   Listing: Annual Meeting, League of Women Voters, Boston, June 13, 2018, “The Changing Face of the Boston City Council” speaker, Councilor Kim Janey. […]

Blue Hill Corridor Neighborhood & Business to Business Assembly

Ujima Project is hosting its first business-to-business assembly and its second neighborhood assembly at our upcoming Blue Hill Corridor Neighborhood and Business-to-Business Assembly Saturday, June 9th, Erie-Ellington Community Center, 11:00AM . We are hosting this assembly in partnership with the Blue Hill Corridor Planning Commission (BHCPC), an initiative of the Black Economic Justice Institute (BEJI). […]

JP Movie Night presents “Olympia”

A favorite of last spring’s Roxbury International Film Festival and over thirty other film festivals across the country, “Olympia” is a romantic drama about a struggling Chicago artist finding herself at a crossroads in life, overwhelmed by change and needing to make a critical decision in her relationship. JP Movie Night is a local organization with a […]

Juneteenth Open House

Join the Massachusetts Historical Society for an open house and a one-day display celebrating milestones on the road to the end of slavery. Featured items explore the 1783 abolition of slavery in Massachusetts; celebrations within the African American community in Boston of the ending of slavery in the British West Indies in 1833; Garrisonian protest […]

Prince Tribute – Social Mixer – Get Your Majestic Purple

Day Party Party Like its 1999! Celebrate the revolutionary Life of Prince! (RIP 1958-2016) Rock your most majestic shades of purple and “Get Delirious” to the music of Prince or any protege along his journey! DJ Dru Nyce is spinning all of his incarnations. Prince, Alexander O’Neal, The Time, Shelia E, Vanity 6, Jesse Johnson […]

Cathedral High School Open House

Visit Cathedral 7-12 High School, Boston’s coeducational, Catholic, independent, applied learning school at our historic South End campus on Sunday, November 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. or Thursday, November 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Meet with our leadership, faculty, current students, and parents to learn more about Cathedral’s STEAM-based curriculum, new Applied Learning […]