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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 […]

Voices of the Future Exhibition: Presented by Artists for Humanity

Artists for Humanity Presents: Voices of the Future Exhibition, an outdoor art exhibition featuring works done by teen artists in the community, sponsored by Groma and hosted and catered by the Haley House Café and Bakery. The event will feature 20-30 pieces of artwork available for purchase by anyone, with proceeds to be donated to […]

Story Walk in Nubian Square

Head out to Roxbury’s Nubian Square for a free, fun story walk for the whole family, created by the Boston Book Festival and the Boston Public Library. Kids can collect maps from the Frugal Bookstore and stroll the square’s storefronts reading Kwame Alexander’s The Undefeated, a “love letter to black life in the United States,” […]

DeeDee’s Cry Presents Movement in the Park

DeeDee’s Cry Suicide Prevention and Family Support (DeeDee’s Cry) advocates and elevates mental health awareness and suicide prevention in communities of color. DeeDee’s Cry believes that our mental health has a positive and negative effect on our physical health and vice versa. Join us as we move our bodies and strengthen our minds. In collaboration […]