A celebration of the variety of cultures in Dorchester. Experience the food, arts, music, and more. Plus community information on health, housing, clean energy, alternative transportation, sustainability, business, finance. Saturday, Aug 18th at 10am – 5pm in the parking lot of Second Church in Dorchester in Codman Square. Co-op Power Boston Metro East is co-sponsoring […]
Event Neighborhood: Dorchester
Franklin Park Turkey Trot 5k
Start your Thanksgiving Day with a run or walk on the beautiful paths of our “crown jewel” of the Emerald Necklace, Franklin Park! The scenic 3.1 mile (5k) route includes the most beautiful and historic views of the park. All ages and paces welcome Strollers and race-ready leashed dogs are welcome Event is chip time […]
Adopt A Highway – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Sign Unveiling
We, the Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. in the metro Boston area are upholding our founders’ principles by being pillars of the community and servicing the neighborhoods we hold dear to our hearts. Therefore, we have committed ourselves to the Adopt A Highway program in the Dorchester area. The Adopt A Highway program is […]
Dr. Kokayi Patterson comes to Boston!
Wholistic healer & Reiki master, Dr. Kokayi Patterson, COMES TO BOSTON! A contemporary of Mutulu Shakur, Dr. Sebi, Queen Afua, Dr. Liala Afrika, Dick Gregory and others, Dr. Patterson is coming Sunday to talk about his methods. Come by and hear what he has to say.
Suffolk County District Attorney Candidates Forum
St. Marks Area Civic Association invites you to meet the candidates for Suffolk County District Attorney and learn about their priorities. Lower Hall, St. Marks Church, 1725 Dorchester Avenue Free and open to the public. For more information, contact SMACADot@msn.com
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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). […]
Codman Square NDC’s 37th Annual Meeting and Celebration
Crossing the Line to Freedom: A Musical Narrative
Boston Lyric Opera and Castle of our Skins join forces to showcase the lives and stories of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Paul Robeson through the music of opera. Paired with spoken word, art song, spirituals and history, their lives — and those of other legendary liberators — take center stage. […]
A Celebration of Nelson Mandela’s Centenary
Join South Africa Partners and the JFK Library Foundation as we celebrate Nelson Mandela’s Centenary with Max Sisulu, the first black post-apartheid speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, and his wife Elinor Sisulu, a South African writer and activist. Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist and former foreign correspondent for NPR, PBS and CNN will […]
How to start our own “Village” in Dorchester
On Monday, May 14th at 6:00 please join the Elderly Commission and Dorchester residents at the First Parish Church, 10 Parish Street in Dorchester for a panel discussion on creating a “Village” in Dorchester. The Village model, pioneered by Beacon Hill Village in Boston, was created to help neighbors work together to create resources and […]
