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Age Strong Black History Month Celebration — The Age Strong Commission closed out Black History Month by celebrating Boston’s older adults at the Russell Auditorium in Dorchester. PHOTO: ISABEL LEON/MAYOR’S OFFICE

Art as Activism — Harvard’s Ash Center recently held “Arts as Activism,” a community lunch and discussion featuring artist Ekua Holmes which was moderated by Harvard Ash Fellow George Greenidge Jr. From left: Participants Jahaida Jesurum, Harvard undergraduate students Cam Henry ‘26, Daniel Falode ‘25 (second from right), community activist Kyana “Khan Science Wisdom” Jinks, George “Chip” Greenidge Jr. (rear center), LaChaun Banks (center right), guest speaker and artist Ekua Holmes (front center) and Sara Bleich, Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University (far right). PHOTO: JEFFREY BIEN-AIME

RCC Hackathon — Roxbury Community College students got their competitive juices flowing at RCC’s first ever Hackathon. Fifteen students split into teams of three participated in Roxbury Community College’s Hackathon February 28. The event was designed to build digital literacy, problem solving, collaboration and Generative AI skills. Here they are posing with the panel of expert judges who evaluated their efforts. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

RCC Hackathon — The winning team was “Renaissance Coders”. The team members were Pierre Mbianda, Emilia Perez and Brenda Maria Mena, seen here posing with RCC faculty advisor Dr. Mya Bowen. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Adopt-A-School Lego Build — The Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts held their 4th annual Adopt-a-School event. The day included local construction professionals visiting fifth graders at three Boston elementary schools to participate in Lego building project management activities, read a book about industry careers and visit with the author, play a sustainable construction Bingo game and more. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF MASSACHUSETTS

Adopt-A-School Lego Build — Author and engineer Courtney Kelly helps lead construction activities at Thomas Edison Elementary School in Brighton during AGC MA's Adopt-a-School event. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF MASSACHUSETTS