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Boston Ujima Project: Open House

Visit Ujima Project staff and members at our 2021 Open House! You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about our organization, membership, solidarity economy and more.

#BlackTrust with Kiese Laymon and Porsha O.

Join Boston Ujima Project for Ujima’s #BlackTrust: Chuck Turner Arts & Lecture Series, the final event in our series We Be Knowin: A Boston Ujima Project Celebration of Everyday Democracy. PLEASE RSVP. This event will take place on Zoom, and will be live streamed on Facebook. A recording will be made available on Youtube after the […]

Other Worlds w/ Jacolby Satterwhite & Jonathan Lyndon Chase

Join Boston Ujima Project for Other Worlds with Jacolby Satterwhite and Jonathan Lyndon Chase. This talk will be followed by music from DJ Dee Diggs. This event is one in our week-long series We Be Knowin: A Boston Ujima Project Celebration of Everyday Democracy. PLEASE RSVP. This event will take place on Zoom, and will […]

Ujima Citywide Assembly

Join Boston Ujima Project for our Citywide Assembly! This event is just one in our series We Be Knowin: A Boston Ujima Project Celebration of Everyday Democracy. PLEASE RSVP. This event will take place on Zoom, and will be live streamed on Facebook. A recording will be made available on Youtube after the event. ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ […]

Black Brewing Culture

Join Boston Ujima Project in partnership with Lamplighter Brewing Co. for a virtual conversation between Black brewery owners in Eastern Massachusetts. This conversation is moderated by James Vamboi with Kevin Merritt (Crue Brew Brewery) and Eval Silvera (Brockton Beer Co.) about the history and present state of Black folks brewing in Massachusetts, the realities of […]

Neighborhood Needs Workshop

Ujima is driven by the belief that we already know what our communities need. Help us develop a plan for the future of Boston at this workshop where we will discuss community economics, investment, and what we think our city needs to thrive.

Meditations on Love: A Live Jam Session

Join Boston Ujima Project and Black Cotton Club for Meditations on Love! This event is just one in our series We Be Knowin: A Boston Ujima Project Celebration of Everyday Democracy. PLEASE RSVP. This event will take place on Zoom. A recording will be made available on Youtube after the event. Register: https://meditations2021.eventbrite.com ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ Take off […]

We Be Knowin’: A Boston Ujima Project Celebration of Everyday Democracy

Register today: https://tinyurl.com/ujima2021 ——————————————————————– Sunday Feb 14 | Meditations on Love: Live Music with Black Cotton Club Monday Feb 15 | Open House with Ujima Project Staff and Members Tuesday Feb 16 | Neighborhood Needs Workshop Wednesday Feb 17 | Black Brewing Culture Thursday Feb 18 | Citywide Assembly Friday Feb 19 | Other Worlds with […]

Surface Atelier Studio {Black-owned Textile Design Studio}

I am reaching out to the community to vote for my daughter’s business plan to create a black-owned textile design studio. Your votes will increase her chances to win the $500 People’s Choice Award. She’s a senior at an art college and she’s a budding entrepreneur. She’s the only black student majoring in Fiber Arts. […]

The Coronavirus Exposes America’s Public Health Crisis: Racism

The Covid-19 pandemic is the most devastating health issue of this century. It has disproportionately impacted African Americans and other marginalized populations, heightening awareness of racism as the root of America’s public health crisis. Dr. Christina M. Greer, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, moderates a discussion in three parts to examine the […]

Stone Social Impact Forum featuring Catherine Coleman Flowers

Acclaimed environmental activist, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and author Catherine Coleman Flowers, founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, will headline the virtual Stone Social Impact Forum, a signature series highlighting civic change agents who advance social change and innovatively address areas of inequality in our society. Catherine Coleman Flowers will […]

Black Economic Justice Institute online community convening conversation

The Black Economic Justice Institute (BEJI) invites the Boston Community to participate in our online Convening Community Conversation, Redefining Community, Convening today to redefine tomorrow .  The purpose of the conversation is to create a space to decompress and debrief on the impacts of 2020 and plan and set goals for 2021. BEJI will also […]