Each year, the group hosts a Virtual Tea and Talk where the city’s female leaders discuss strategies to eradicate health disparities based on income, race, and ethnicity. This year’s discussion will be: Gender Equity in the Workplace – During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Our Keynote Speaker Darla Pires DeGrace, Morgan Stanley, Executive Director, Head of Diversity Talent Acquisition. […]
Event Neighborhood: Roxbury
Comics in Color Festival
The Boston Comics in Color Festival [BCICF] is a family-friendly event for all ages focusing on comic creators of color and stories by and about people of color. This event will take place both online and outdoors on the campus of Roxbury Community College (RCC) and will be the first of its kind in the […]
Seventh Annual Boston Diversity Career Fair 2021
Boston Public Schools and its partners in the Boston Compact are committed to developing, implementing, communicating, and evaluating a comprehensive and progressive recruitment and selection strategy to generate a qualified, diverse pipeline of school leaders, teachers, and administrators for our district. With that commitment to retaining a talented and diverse workforce. We have created this […]
Human Rights and the Black Man in America
Equity in Education in Boston
Join us for this compelling conversation, featuring historian Joseph D. Feaster, Jr. Esq., speaking on the NAACP and Urban League’s work in Boston. This episode of our Community Conversations series is sponsored by Alan M. Cody and Edith T. Moricz-Cody. Additional call-in details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81108662164 Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16465588656,,81108662164# or +13017158592,,81108662164# Or Telephone: Dial(for […]
What’s Happening to Roxbury: A Conversation on Gentrification and Displacement
Join us for this compelling conversation, featuring Roxbury native and life-long resident Marisa Luse. This episode of our Community Conversations series is sponsored by Follen Community Church and First Parish in Lexington. Additional call-in details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89612831669 Or iPhone one-tap : US: +13126266799,,89612831669# or +16465588656,,89612831669# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your […]
Mental Health and the Holidays in the Black Community
Join us for this timely conversation, featuring Toy Burton, founder of DeeDee’s Cry, a mental health awareness organization focused on communities of color. Special thanks to Community Conversation sponsor The Aegis Group at Morgan Stanley. Additional call-in details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83338026975 Or iPhone one-tap : US: +13017158592,,83338026975# or +13126266799,,83338026975# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number […]
Roxbury Unity Parade Presents Shop Nubian Square
The Roxbury Unity Parade, My Brother’s Keeper 617, Urban League of Eastern MA, and DeeDee’s Cry Suicide Prevention and Family Support will be spreading holiday cheer in Nubian Square. Before or after you do your shopping in Nubian Square, stop by and say hello. We’ll be located behind the ULEM building.
DeeDee’s Cry Presents Addiction and Mental Health
DeeDee’s Cry elevates mental health awareness and suicide prevention in communities of color. DeeDee’s Cry believes that when we share our stories that we chip away at the stigma that surrounds mental health in communities of color. Hear three stories of addiction, shame, hurt, hope, and recovery. Live-streamed on DeeDee’s Cry Facebook page
DeeDee’s Cry Presents Hair and Mental Health
DeeDee’s Cry Presents Hair and Mental Health. DeeDee’s Cry believes that when we share our stories that we chip away at the stigma that surrounds mental health in communities of color. DeeDee’s Cry makes mental health awareness and suicide prevention accessible to communities of color. Empowering communities one story at a time. An authentic discussion […]
Roxbury Unity Parade 2021
July 18 2021 is Roxbury Unity Parade. Historic Roxbury is the heart and soul of Boston. The Roxbury Unity Parade, Boston’s only parade dedicated to uplift and highlight Boston’s African American community. Join us for a celebration. Donations are accepted on the website: roxburyunity18.weebly.com Register to participate in the parade on the website. To be […]
The Prize is Now. The Eyes Are Yours.
RESCHEDULED Celebrating the Roxbury, Boston & American Legacies of Henry Hampton (1940-1998): The African-American Genius and Giant Who Walked Among Us As the 1968 founder of Blackside Inc., the creator of award-winning films and books including Eyes on the Prize, and an early champion of Black historic preservation in Boston and New England, Roxbury resident […]
