FOR UJIMA BY UJIMA: TROUBLING VOTING, CITIZENSHIP, DEMOCRACY AND PARTICIPATION IN 2020 Join Boston Ujima Project, in partnership with the Black Economic Council of MA (BECMA) and the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity (MORRE), for a lively discussion on the past and current mechanisms of democracy, citizenship and voting in 2020. With: James Vamboi, […]
Event Category: Activity
DeeDee’s Cry Presents Mental Health While Black PT.2 Virtual
DeeDee’s Cry is named after my sister who died by suicide at the age of 23. I started DeeDee’s Cry in 2017 after I noticed that organizations that focus on mental health and suicide prevention didn’t have their events in the Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan neighborhoods of Boston. DeeDee’s Cry creates events and activities about mental […]
2nd Annual Online International Women Build Confidence Conference
Welcome to the International Women Build Confidence Conference page. The Harvard Business Review, reported that “Imposters’ suffer from chronic self-doubt and a sense of intellectual fraudulence that override any feelings of success or external proof of their competence.” Turning On the Lights Global Institute LLC., is proud to announce that we plan to dispel this […]
Democratic Caucus – Ward 9 Boston
The Democrats of Ward 9 Boston (part of the South End, Lower Roxbury and Roxbury Crossing) are gathering in a caucus to elect delegates to the Democratic State Convention to be held in Lowell at the end of May. Any registered Democrat living in Boston’s Ward 9 may attend, vote and run for delegate. This […]
Novelist Steven Dunn’s Debut Reading in Boston: Dunn “collapses boundaries between poetry and prose, memoir and fiction” (see poster)
Authors Steven Dunn & Lora Straub read from their work and answer questions. Please join us for this literary arts event! This is a debut reading in Boston for Steven Dunn. Steven Dunn is the author of the novels Potted Meat (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2016) and water & power (Tarpaulin Sky 2018). He was born and […]
Ward 15 Democratic Committee meeting
Democratic Committee meeting for Ward 15 will be held: Saturday, January 11, 2020. 10 Auckland Street Community Room 1st Floor Dorchester, MA 02125 8:30am until 10:00am FOR MORE INFORMATION Ed Cooke 617-778-4628 Willie- 617-407-7020
Paige Academy Kwanza Celebration/Fundraiser
Come celebrate Paige Academy’s 50th Anniversary and Annual Kwanza Celebration/Fundraiser. This is a free event for the entire community. Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. This event will include Arts and Crafts, a Kwanza Ceremony, Live Performances, Buffet Dinner, Cash Bar, Vendors […]
Saxophonist Yosvany Terry and band at Scullers Jazz Club!
Join us for an evening of Latin-Jazz fusion at Scullers Jazz club, featuring: Michael Rodriguez, Manuel Valera, Matthew Brewer, Ludwig Afonso
Fall 2019 Mattapan Open Studios
Join us for the fall 2019 Mattapan Open Streets/Open Studios events taking place October 26 and 27. Saturday, October 26 Neighborhood Cultural & Historical Walking Tour 10:00am Starts @ Young Achievers School 20 Outlook Rd Register Online at https://mattapan_2019_tour.eventbrite.com Artist Showcase Reception 3:30pm – 5:00pm Brother’s Restaurant, 1638 Blue Hill Celebrate local […]
The Shaw 54th: Restoring the Memorial and the Dialogue on Race
JOIN US as we celebrate the next stage of the important multi-million restoration project to reconstruct the Memorial. This undertaking plays a vital role in the continuing dialogue about the fight for equal rights and social justice in Boston, and as we restore the Memorial, we encourage interpretive programming by organizations to educate all about […]
Skinner Auction | American & European Works of Art
Skinner begins the fall season with a two-day auction of American & European Works of Art, offering a wide variety of prints, photographs, paintings and sculpture from Old Master through Contemporary. Norman Wilfred Lewis (American, 1909-1979) Abstract Signed and dated “NORMAN LEWIS. 66” l.l. Oil on canvas, 38 x 56 in. (96.5 x 142.2 cm), […]
The Ifill Forum: Race, Media, and Democracy
Join us for an annual forum that invites the public into conversations that matter, hosted by The Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities at Simmons University. Topic: Race, Media, and Democracy Featuring panelists: Yamiche Alcindor, White House Correspondent, PBS NewsHour Asma Khalid, Political Correspondent, NPR Maya Valentine ꞌ19, Press Assistant, U.S. House of […]
