Black Mass Publishing • Publications Member Team ​​​| July 30, 2025

Lecture with Black Mass Publishing

Join Ujima’s Publications Member Team for a virtual lecture with Yusuf Hassan of BlackMass Publishing, exploring improvisation, print, and Black cultural memory

BlackMass Publishing is an independent press promoting and publishing material by Black Artists founded by Yusuf Hassan in 2019. Combining archival photographs and found print material with poetry and jazz music, BlackMass grapples with the blurred lines and idiosyncrasies which make up the collective improvisation of African diasporic culture. 

Yusuf Hassan (b.1987, New York) is the founder of BlackMass Publishing. Hassan’s work explores the idea of the book his reductive technique and meditative approach challenge the physical and poetic boundaries of his materials canceling the idea of restrictions within his work allows him to analyze it with no limitations. using printed matter as a physical way of expression Much of Hassan’s success is attributed to his unique ability to express dramatic and emotional content through publications and printmaking. Hassan holds publications in the permanent collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The Langston Hughes Library, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Houghton Library, and The Whitney Museum Library.

Publications Member Team: 

The Publications Member Team supports the creation of digital and print media that tell new stories about how power is created and shared through culture, full participation, and economic democracy. Our approach to publishing materializes as a commitment to making liberatory thought engaging and accessible. Ujima Press serves as one of several entry points for the broader public to discover and participate in the solidarity economy and economic democracy.

Through collaborative processes, this member team provides a platform for members and our wider communities to hone their editorial and design skills to develop programming, books, zines and printed matter for Ujima Press.

Meeting Schedule:

The Publications member team meets every last Wednesday of the month at 7:15 PM at our #UjimaWednesdays: Political & Financial Education Workshops. 

Note: Member team meetings are hybrid unless otherwise mentioned.

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To join the team, email alula@ujimaboston.com