Old Roots, New Rules | UJIMA’S CITYWIDE ASSEMBLY, October 6 - 8 

* Three days of LEARNING, CELEBRATION, & COLLECTIVE ACTION*

Co-Hosted by City Life/ Vida Urbana, Right to the City, and ROC United Boston 

Join Ujima to return wealth and power to working class communities of color, and help bring another Boston to life. 

#Hope #Abundance #Solidarity

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This event is free and open to the public. 

Old Roots, New Rules will take place over 3 days, though the most important day to join us is Sunday, for the Ujima assembly. We highly encourage you to participate on Saturday as well, as the workshops will help prepare us for voting and discussions on Sunday.  
 

Saturday, October 6th: Reclaiming Finance

WORKSHOPS, 12:30-5:30pm. Participation Encouraged.  | Thelma D. Burns Building, 575 Warren St. 

On Saturday afternoon, we will get informed and prepare for Sunday’s decisions through skill-building workshops around finance, investment, and community economics. Workshops will also include opportunities to shape and give input to proposals that we will vote on during Sunday’s assembly. We encourage you to come for both Saturday and Sunday if you are able, as Saturday will provide important collective grounding for Sunday’s decisions. 

On Saturday afternoon, we will get informed and prepare for Sunday’s decisions through skill-building workshops around finance, coops, and community economics. Workshops will also include opportunities to shape and give input to proposals that we will vote on during Sunday’s assembly. We encourage you to come for both Saturday and Sunday if you are able, as Saturday will provide important collective grounding for Sunday’s decisions.

Workshop schedule:

12:30 - Registration and Lunch

1:00 - Welcome

1:30 - Workshop Block 1

• Breakout 1 - Ujima 101: Visioning and Building Our Dream Economy
• Breakout 2 - Investment Finance, Ujima Style: Investment Terms & Democratic Fund Allocation
• Breakout 3 - Torta Lesson with Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC United)
• Breakout 4 - TBA!

3:00 - Break

3:15 - Workshop Block 2

• Breakout 1 - Ujima 101: Visioning and Building Our Dream Economy
• Breakout 2 - Investment Finance, Ujima Style: Investment Terms & Democratic Fund Allocation
• Breakout 3 - Introduction to Timebanking
• Breakout 4- Cooperatives Workshop with CERO Cooperative & Dorchester Food Coop

4:45 - Closing Out

Sunday, October 7th: Re-Writing the Rules for Our Economy

UJIMA ASSEMBLY, 1-7pm. Participation Important! | Thelma D. Burns Building, 575 Warren St. 

On Sunday, we will get down to the heart of Ujima: making decisions together about a future WE control. 

At 12:30pm we will begin registration & light lunch, accompanied by music & Ujima videos.

At 1:00pm we’ll come together for a brief welcoming and a ceremony honoring First Nations led by Jean-Luc Pierite of the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB). The rest of the day will be spent taking concrete steps toward a collective vision for a local economy:

• Interactive skits to share proposals for Ujima’s Good Business standards
• Questions, ideas, and voting on the Good Business standards
• Learning & decisionmaking on the Ujima investment process
• Building on our neighborhood investment plans: Businesses we Love, Need, & Want to Replace
• Sharing and approving neighborhood investment plans
• Leaving with a plan of action for investing together in the future of our communities!

UJIMA PARTY, 7-11pm | Location in eventbrite confirmation email.

On Sunday evening, we will party. With tasty food, music, and art, we will celebrate the vision we're bringing to life in Boston. Music from NYC & Boston-based DJ Raq City. Projection performance from Boston-based artist Tom Maio. Location in eventbrite confirmation email.

Monday, October 8th: A Day in the Life of Our Dream Economy

MULTIPLE EVENTS, Details TBA

For Monday, we are putting together a calendar of local events and activities that embody the kind of economy and world we aspire to create!

Check out the calendar so far --> here.

Have an event or activity you’re already planning, or would like to organize as part of this day? → Reach out to info@ujimaboston.com and we will include it on the calendar!

* Childcare will be available. Please email info@ujimaboston.com to let us know how many kids, their ages and any other important information. 

* Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions to info@ujimaboston.com!

SEE YOU OCTOBER 6th!

#rewritetherules 

#ujimaboston