We Be Knowin': A Boston Ujima Project Celebration of Everyday Democracy

02/14/2021 - 02/22/2021

Admission

  • Free

Location

Zoom

Virtual Meeting URL: http://tinyurl.com/ujima2021

Summary

In February, we're launching into a series of events for our Citywide Assembly! Join us as we bring together members and the wider community from February 14th-22nd.
Register today: https://tinyurl.com/ujima2021

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We Be Knowin': A Boston Ujima Project Celebration of Everyday Democracy

February 14-22

In February, we're launching into a series of events for our Citywide Assembly! Join us as we bring together members and the wider community from February 14th-22nd.

Register today: https://tinyurl.com/ujima2021

 

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February 14 at 5:30 | Take off your cool, and enjoy live music with Black Cotton Club at Meditations on Love!

February 15 at 6:30 | Learn more about Ujima, our ecosystem and ways to support our work at our Open House.

February 16 at 6:30 | Join Ujima Voting Members in assessing their communities at our Neighborhood Needs Workshop.

February 17 at 6:00 | Learn from Black Brewery owners Kevin Merritt and Eval Silvera about the history and present state of Black folks brewing in Massachusetts and the realities of running a service industry business in the pandemic at Brewing Culture.

February 18 at 6:30 | Join us for our 2021 Citywide Assembly, a participatory planning session with Ujima Voting Members, Boston residents and other community stakeholders.

February 19 at 6:30 | Other Worlds with Jacolby Satterwhite and Jonathan Lyndon Chase will bring two preeminent Black, queer artists in conversation about their work and the concepts and principals of Ujima. This event will be followed by a soulful house music DJ set with Dee Diggs.

February 21 at 1:00 | Transnational Organizing Panel brings organizers from around the world together to discuss mutuality, community building, and care as praxis. Moderated by Didi Delgado with guests Ida Assefa and Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz

February 22 at 6:30 | #BlackTrust Chuck Turner Arts and Lecture Series brings community together to discuss concepts which frame the relationships in a community — trust, belief, and faith. This month, we are excited be joined by writers Kiese Laymon and Porsha Olayiwola.