Ujima Wednesdays | Heal the Hood

Liberation Study Hall: 

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Schools of 1964, the Boston Ujima Project proudly presents "Liberation Study Hall," a year-long exploration of historical figures, schools of thought, experiments and sites that have contributed to shaping our contemporary movements and global landscape.

In Real Time:

"wherever we are, we must expect each other"

This September, we explore hyperlocal grassroots organizing strategies and practices; from arts and culture, to internationalist Pan-African struggle, to local mutual aid and housing advocacy, we will learn practices from collectives which operate locally (and translocally). The All-African People’s Revolutionary Party, and Voices of Liberation, will share reflections on people power and person-to-person base-building in Boston and Massachusetts; the Angelito Collective, based in New York, will describe their work in uplifting queer and trans visibility through culture and community-building mechanisms. Through this series, we hope to learn how we come together on the ground and how we can build relationships that lend themselves to forward momentum. 

Workshop Description:

KC-El, co-director of Heal the Hood, will be conversing with us on Heal the Hood's approach to mutual aid and support; their regularized, weekly work connects food access, anti-gentrification, and community well-being in Jamaica Plain and across our broader communities.

Faciliator Bio:

KC-El is a Boston born native, indigenous to the continent, not African American. He is a holistic life coach, community pillar, & artist who’s focus is based around a holistic approach to balance of life from the physical body to our physical environment. As the director of community engagement and director of programming at Heal The Hood (formally known as Voices of Liberation), he embodies uplifting and healing the people unapologetically through ground work. Facta non Verba: Deeds not Words.