Join Teri Williams, President & COO of OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in America, for this event: “I Got Bank! What My Granddad Taught Me About Money” BOOK GIVEAWAY & SIGNING THURSDAY, MAY 16th 4PM-6PM at the GROVE HALL Branch of the Boston Public Library 41 Geneva Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121 Get a FREE […]
Event Category: Literary
We Who Believe in Freedom: A Community Reading Event with Mimi Jones
Mass Humanities, the UU Urban Ministry and Roxbury Cultural Network present We Who Believe in Freedom: A Community Reading Series with Mimi Jones, featuring selections from Dr. Karilyn Crockett’s “People Before Highways: Boston Activists, Urban Planners, and a New Movement for City Making”, in conjunction with Mel King’s Chain of Change: Struggles for Black Community […]
West Roxbury Reads Presents Jabari Asim
Author, poet and playwright Jabari Asim, head of the creative writing program at Emerson College, will discuss his book of essays, We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival at the West Roxbury Branch Library. Copies of Asim’s books for children and adults will be available for purchase at the […]
We Who Believe in Freedom: A Community Reading Event with Mimi Jones
The Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry, Roxbury Cultural Network and Mass Humanities are pleased to welcome long-time Roxbury resident, community organizer, and Civil Rights veteran Mimi Jones to facilitate a community reading series of works by influential women and people of color. Event is free, a hearty reception will be served, and there will be an opportunity […]
Upgrade My Life in 2019
The Upgrade My Life program has supported hundreds of Women since the TOLGI premier launch in 2017. We have seen hundreds of women reclaim their goals and it is exciting. Busy schedules, challenges, and personal responsibilities are aspects of living in our society. In this life we may face difficult setbacks and may choose to […]
STEREOTYPED* Book Signing at Frugal Bookstore
Please join Author Vick Breedy at Frugal Bookstore for her STEREOTYPED* book signing! STEREOTYPED challenges you to look at Black men differently. Vick Breedy does this by exposing the reader to their many complicated layers. Right when you think you know the stereotype, Breedy creates another layer. Next time you won’t be so quick to […]
Celebrating Frederick Douglass: A Bicentennial Forum
Join us in celebrating Frederick Douglass’s Bicentennial alongside three of the country’s leading Douglass scholars. A group discussion will be led by David Blight, Lois Brown, and John Stauffer on the relevance of Frederick Douglass today with a focus on the theme, “Democracy and the Informed Citizen.” What is Douglass’s rightful place in American history […]
