Join us for this compelling conversation, featuring King Boston’s Executive Director Imari K. Paris Jeffries. In his role, Jeffries also oversees the King Center for Economic Justice opening in Nubian Square. This second episode of our Community Conversations series is sponsored by UU Wellesley Hills. This event is online only. Zoom and call-in details are […]
Event Neighborhood: Roxbury
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 […]
DeeDee’s Cry: A Time to Remember Fundraiser and Celebration
Join us this Sunday as we celebrate DeeDee’s Cry three year anniversary Three years of elevating mental health awareness and suicide prevention in communities of color. Three years of chipping away at the stigma that surrounds mental health in communities of color. A time to remember our loved ones who we lost and the attempt […]
DeeDee’s Cry Presents METCO and Mental Health
Register on Eventbrite. A discussion with former METCO students about how being uprooted from their own communities and placed in predominantly White schools. View on DeeDee’s Cry Facebook page.
FREE COVID-19 TESTING IN NUBIAN SQUARE ON JULY 8
FREE Covid-19 Testing outdoors at Central Boston Elder Services in Nubian Square on July 8 from 10 am – 4 pm CBES partners with Whittier Street Health Center, City of Boston, to provide testing outside CBES at 2315 Washington St., Roxbury Don’t miss this opportunity for FREE testing for COVID-19 as the Whittier Street Health Center Mobile […]
METCO CELEBRATES 264 GRADUATES!
METCO Celebrates 264 Graduates on June 27! Historic METCO mission of eliminating racism applauded as Black Lives Matter movement rocks nation Governor, Mayor, City Council President, Patriot Devin McCourty, Red Sox’s Jackie Bradley Jr., Wayland HS Student Council President Shawn Bernier, highlight virtual festivities As the outrage over systemic racism rocks the nation, the Metropolitan Council for […]
DeeDee’s Cry Presents Men Have Feelings Too
DeeDee’s Cry Suicide Prevention and Family Support (DeeDee’s Cry) DeeDee’s Cry is named after my sister who died by suicide at the age of twenty-three. I founded DeeDee’s Cry in 2017 after I noticed that organizations that focus on mental health awareness and suicide prevention didn’t have their events in Roxbury, Dorchester, or Mattapan. DeeDee’s Cry […]
DeeDee’s Cry Presents Mental Health While Black PT.2 Virtual
DeeDee’s Cry is named after my sister who died by suicide at the age of 23. I started DeeDee’s Cry in 2017 after I noticed that organizations that focus on mental health and suicide prevention didn’t have their events in the Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan neighborhoods of Boston. DeeDee’s Cry creates events and activities about mental […]
2020 Annual Meeting + Networking Breakfast in Egleston Square
You’re invited to wake up and start the weekend extra early with Egleston Square Main Street, Friday, March 13, 7-9am, in the multi-purpose space at Greater Egleston High School, 80 School Street, Roxbury. RSVP: am2020.eventbrite.com We’ll celebrate what we, our partners and merchants in our district have been doing in the neighborhood. And we’ll share […]
Maestro Thomas Wilkins shares wisdom and creativity with talented musicians
Thomas Wilkins takes time from his busy schedule to give a masterclass to BEAM students who are pursuing excellence in music. The students are a cross section of musician studying and performing in BEAM (Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music), a program whose mission is to nurture underrepresented classical musicians of color from six […]
