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Feb 27
Sat: BCIC Website Launch
www.blackinfonow.org,
6pm,
516 Warren St, Roxbury MA.
FEB. 19
Fri: Black Connections
(families): 4th Annual Mission Main
Celebration,
Mission Main Co-op,
5:00pm, 39 Smith St.,
Roxbury MA
FEB. 16
Tue: Black Connections/Education
Quality panel, Tutor Training Workshop,
Roxbury Community College,
8:30pm, 1234 Columbus
Avenue, Roxbury MA
FEB. 11
Thu: Making Sense of the Census (class),
Roxbury Community College,
1:00pm, 1234 Columbus
Avenue, Roxbury MA
Feb 9
Tue: Ujaama Convention: Black Owned Black Operated-How
to Build Our Community,
6:30pm, Co-sponsored by
Boston Offline,
BCIC Umoja Room, 50 Highland Ave,
Roxbury
MA
FEB 6
Sat: Black Connections (public):
Berhane Selassie (Bob Marley) Celebration,
Worcester
Public Library, 1:00pm,
3 Salem sq, Worcester MA
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Feb 2
Tues: First Tuesdays Afrika Nite: Film & Discussion.
"The Language You Cry In"
Village F.E.A.T.,
6pm, Radcliffe St., Dorchester MA
Jan 28
Thu: Ancestors in the Attak: BNN
Cable TV Studios-Live Show -
Keepin' It Real,
8:00pm (channel 23), 3025 Washington Street,
Roxbury
MA
Jan 28
Thu: Black Connections (residents):
Roxbury Tenants of Harvard Association - Mission Park,
6:00pm, 2 New Whitney Street,
Roxbury
MA
Jan 21
Thu:
Neo-African-Americans
Film Screening: at the Freedom House, Co-Sponsors with
ReIdren:
Back to the Roots Store &
Butu International,
14 Crawford Street, 6:00pm,
Dorchester
MA
Jan 12
Tue: Black Connections:
Young Achievers Charter School,
9:30am,
20 Outlook Rd., Mattapan, MA
Jan 1
Fri: Black Connections: Kwanzaa (Principle: Imani), Museum of the
National Center of Afro-American Artists, 4pm,
300 Walnut Ave, Roxbury
Dec 31
Thu: Black Connections: Kwanzaa (Principle: Kuumba),
Reggie Lews
Track & Athletic Center, 7pm,
1350 Tremont Street, Roxbury
Dec 30
Wed: Black Connections: Kwanzaa (Principle: Nia),
Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club, 7pm,
15 Talbot Ave, Dorchester
Dec 29
Tue: Black Connections: Kwanzaa (Principle: Ujamaa),
Muhammad's
Mosque #11, 7pm,
10 Washington St. Dorchester
Dec 28
Mon: Black Connections: Kwanzaa (Principle: Ujima),
Roxbury Boys & Girls club, 7pm,
115 Warren St.,
Roxbury
Dec 27
Sun: Black Connections: Kwanzaa (Principle: Kujchagulia), St.
Catherine/Drexel Church, 7pm,
517 Blue Hill Ave, Dorchester
Dec 26
Sat: Black Connections: Kwanzaa
(Principle: Umoja),
Smith Leadership Academy Charter School, 7pm,
23 Leonard St. Dorchester
Dec 14
Mon: Black Connections:
Solomon Lweenberg Middle School,
9:30am,
20 Outlook Rd., Mattapan, MA
Dec 5
Sat: Designing & Operating Stronger Community Businesses Talk:
Mind Your Own
Business Expo, Russell Auditorium, 1pm-3pm, 70 Talbot Ave.,
Dorchester, MA
Nov 25
Thu: National Day of Mourning, 12pm Coles Hill,
Plymouth, MA
Nov 17
Tue: Black Connections:
Solomon Lweenberg Middle School,
9am,
20 Outlook Rd., Mattapan, MA
Oct 22
Thu: Ankobia6 (Rootz) Guest-Touch
106.1 FM,
8:30am,
Cheney St., Grove Hall MA
OCT 6
Tues: Ankobia6 & Mission/Vision Writing
VillageFEAT,
6pm, Radcliffe St., Dorchester MA
OCT 3
Sat: Black Connections (Guest Speaker)
Messianic Afrikan Assembly of Truth (MA'AT),
3pm,
Roxbury MA
SEP 17
Thu: Ankobia6 (Rootz) Guest-Touch
106.1 FM,
8:30am,
Cheney St., Grove Hall MA
SEP 3
Thu: Black
Connections:
VillageFEAT: 11
Boys,
6pm,
Radcliffe Street, Dorchester MA
AUG 30
Sun: Black
Connections:
Gathering the
Community,
Rising Truth, Inc. Spontaneous Celebrations, 11am-4pm,
45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain MA
AUG 22
Sat: Black
Connections:
Nguzo Saba Workshop,
Smith Leadership Academy
Charter
School, 3pm-4:30pm,
23 Leonard Street, Dorchester MA
AUG 15
Sat: Black Connections (public),
Boston Public Health Commission, Perkins Community Center,
11:00am,
155 Talbot Ave., Dorchester MA
AUG 13
Thu: Lecture Support,
IEATA Conference Lesley University,
3pm,
1815 Mass Ave., Cambridge MA
JUL 25
Sat: Black Connections Lecture (public),
Worcester
Public Library, 1:00pm,
3 Salem sq, Worcester MA
JUN 27
Sat:
Black Connections:
African-American Festival &
Juneteenth
Celebration, (Family &
Youth),
11am-8pm, Institute Park, Worcester
MA
JUN 20 Sat:
Black Connections:
Lowell African Festival
(public), ,
African Cultural
Association, 11am to 7pm,
Sampas Pavilion, Pawtucket Blvd, Lowell MA
JUN
7 Sun: Guest,
Drumbeat (NU) Radio Show,
WRBB,
(streaming live online) 10am-11am, Northeastern University, Boston
JUN
6 Sat:
Black Connections/Vending & Book Sale (public):
Harlem Book Fair of Roxbury,
RAP,
12pm-5pm, Dudley Square (outside Library/Courthouse), Roxbury
May 24 Sun:
Black Connections, African Liberation Day
Festival,
Nkrumah Institute,
11:00am, Boston Common
(Beacon/CharlesSt.), Boston
May 23 Sat:
Black Connections:
Black Family Unity Day
(public),
Roxbury Community College,
3:00pm, 1234 Columbus
Avenue, Roxbury
APR 28 Tue:
Rootz (Black Genealogy workshop for youth):
Roxbury Boys & Girls
Club,
6:00pm, 115 Warren St., Roxbury
APR 22 Wed:
Elders Resources Luncheon (Black Genealogy presentation):
Roxbury Boys & Girls
Club,
10am-1:30pm, 115 Warren St., Roxbury
APR 18
Sat:
Black Connections,
Back To the Roots Store
(public), 493 Blue Hill Ave,
1:00pm, 493
Blue Hill Ave, Grove Hall
APR 16 Thu:
Ankobia6 (Genealogy) & Black Connections, +45 Wellness Club,
A Relaxed Attitude
Inc.,
(public) Dudley Branch Public
Library,
5:30pm-7:30pm,
65 Warren Street, Roxbury
MAR 21 Sat:
Black Connections:
Black Family Unity Day
(public),
Roxbury Community College,
3:00pm, 1234 Columbus
Avenue, Roxbury
MAR 5 Thu:
Networking/Consultation Mixer for Non-profits & Community
Organizations by
Boston Offline ,
6:00pm,
District Lounge 180 Lincoln (by South Station), Boston
FEB. 21
Sat: Black Connections:
Ministry of Arts and Culture of
Muhammad's Mosque #11,
1:00pm,
10 Washington St,
Grove Hall - Dorchester
FEB. 20
Fri: Black Connections
(families):
3rd Annual Black History Celebration,
Mission Main,
5:00pm, 39 Smith St.,
Roxbury MA
FEB 7
Sat: Black Connections (public):
Berhane Selassie (Bob Marley)
Celebration,
Worcester
Public Library, 1:00pm,
3 Salem sq, Worcester MA
JAN 1
Thu: Kwanzaa-Imani Nia Black Connections (public),
Museum of the
National Center of Afro-American Artists, 4:00pm,
300 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury
DEC 31
Wed: Kwanzaa-Kuumba (Karamu - Feast night: public),
Roxbury Community College,
7:00pm, 1234 Columbus
Avenue, Roxbury Crossing, Roxbury
DEC 30
Tue: Kwanzaa-Nia Black Connections (public),
Freedom House,
7:00pm, 14 Crawford
Street, Dorchester
DEC 29
Mon:
Kwanzaa-Ujamaa Black Connections (public),
Muhammad's Mosque #11,
7:00pm, 10 Washington St,
Grove Hall - Dorchester
DEC 28
Sun: Kwanzaa-Ujima Black Connections (public),
Blue
Hill Boys & Girls Club,
7:00pm, 15 Talbot Ave,
Dorchester
DEC 28
Sun: Kwanzaa Celebration Black Connections (public),
Butu African Hair Braiding
Store, 2:00pm-7:00pm, 1
Perkins Ave, Brockton
DEC 27
Sat: Kwanzaa-Kujichagulia (public),
St. Catherine/Drexel Church,
7:00pm, 517 Blue Hill Ave,
Dorchester
DEC 26
Fri: Kwanzaa-Umoja (public),
Smith Leadership Academy,
7:00pm, 23 Leonard St,
Dorchester
DEC 22
Mon: Tracing Family Rootz (public),
Warren Gardens Housing
Cooperative- Community Center,
7:00pm, 48 Walnut Ave,
Roxbury
DEC 15
Mon:
Black Connections,
(youth) Nuweetooun
School & Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum,
1:30pm, Exeter
RI
DEC 11
Thu: Youth Writer's contest Winner's presentation (public),
Haley
House Cafe, Dudley Square,
7:45pm, 12 Dade St.,
Roxbury
NOV
17
Mon: Ankobia6 Presentation (Elders),
Roxbury
YMCA Community
Center,
10am,
285 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Roxbury
SEP 27
Sat:
Black Connections,
(public) Pan
Afrikan Day of Solidarity,
noon-late, Druid Hill
Park, Tubman City MD
SEP 24
Wed:
Nubian Writers Group Book Reading
Lorenz Island
Kuisine,
7pm, 657 Washington
St., Dorchester
SEP 8
Mon:
Black Connections,
(public) Dudley
Branch Public
Library,
5:30pm-8pm,
65 Warren Street, Roxbury
AUG 30 Sat:
Black Connections (public),
Touch
106.1 FM Unity Day,
noon-6pm, Franklin Park (Playstead),
Roxbury
AUG 20 Wed:
Rootz with Parent's Management (public/networking): 4th
Annual Resource Fair Shelburne Center,
4pm, Washington St., Roxbury MA
JUL 21
Mon:
Black Connections,
(public) Codman
Square Branch Public
Library,
6:30pm-8pm, 690
Washington Street, Dorchester
MA
JUL 4,5,6 Fri:
Mashpee Wampanoag Wow (public) all day,
Pow wow grounds,
off Great Neck Road South, Mashpee MA
JUN 28 Sat:
Black Connections:
African-American Community
Celebration, (Family &
Youth),
10am-7pm, Institute Park, Worcester
MA
JUN 21
Sat:
Lowell African Festival (public),
Sampas Pavillion, 11am to 7pm, Pawtucket Blvd Lowell,
MA
JUN
14 Sat:
Black Connections/Vending & Book Sale (public):
Harlem Book Fair of Roxbury,
RAP,
12pm-6pm, Dudley Square (outside Library), Roxbury MA
JUN
3 Thu:
Book Reading/Signing w/ self-published Black Authors C. Vaughan
& J. Mackall (public), Mattapan Branch Public
Library,
6:30pm-8pm, 10
Hazelton Street, Mattapan, MA 02126,
Mattapan
MA
JUN
2 Mon:
Black Connections (youth):
Smith Leadership Academy
Charter
School, 10am-noon,
23 Leonard Street, Dorchester MA
MAY
13 Thu:
Black Connections (public), Mattapan Branch
Public
Library,
6:30pm-8pm, 10
Hazelton Street, Mattapan, MA 02126,
Mattapan
MA
APR
29 Thu:
Black Connections (public):
Boston Community Leadership Academy,
6pm-9pm, 20 Warren St., Brighton MA
APR
16 Thu:
Book Reading/Signing w/ self-published Black Authors C. Vaughan
& J. Mackall (public), Egleston Branch Public
Library,
6pm-8pm, 2044 Columbus Ave.,
Roxbury
MA
FEB 28
Thur: Black Connections (families): 2nd Annual
Black History Celebration,
Mission Main,
6:30pm,
39 Smith St.,
Roxbury MA
FEB 20
Wed:
Black Family Technology Awareness Event
(public/free): John D. O'bryant Community Youth Center, 6:00pm,
434 Warren Street, Roxbury MA
FEB 23
Sat: Black Connections/Vending (public):
Berhane Selassie (Bob Marley) Celebration,
Worcester
Public Library, 1:00pm,
3 Salem sq, Worcester MA
FEB 9
Sat: Black Connections (public):
Black History Celebration,
Worcester
Public Library, 11:00am,
3 Salem sq, Worcester MA
JAN 23
Wed: Black Connections
(youth): Egleston YMCA Community Youth
Center,
4:30pm,
3134 Washington St., Roxbury MA
JAN. 21
Mon: Black Connections (families): Griffin
House,
6:00pm,
26 Thane St., Dorchester MA
JAN. 3
Thur: Black Connections
(youth): Egleston YMCA Community Youth
Center,
4:30pm,
3134 Washington St., Roxbury MA
JAN. 1
Tue: Black Connections/Vending
Ourstory Artifacts
(Public): Kwanzaa Celebration (IMANI-faith)
Museum of the
National Center of Afro-American Artists,
4:00pm, 300 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury MA
DEC. 31
Mon: Black Connections/Vending
Ourstory Artifacts
(Public): Kwanzaa Celebration
(KUUMBA-creativity)
Roxbury Community College,
7:00pm, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury Crossing, Roxbury
MA
DEC. 30
Sun: Black Connections/Vending
Ourstory Artifacts
(Public): Kwanzaa Celebration (NIA-purpose)
Freedom House,
7:00pm, 14 Crawford Street, Dorchester MA
DEC. 29
Sat: Cultural Reception of HRH Fon Angwafo III of Mankon
Cameroon (private),
MACUDA New
England, Worcester
MA
DEC. 15
Sat: Black Connections (Public):
34th Kwanzaa Family Celebration,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
School,
6:00pm, 100 Putnam Ave, Cambridge MA (see Globe
mention)
NOV. 24
Sat:
1st Annual Dorchester Holiday Bazaar
(public),
presented by Boston Offline Media, Freedom House,
10:00am-4:00pm, 14 Crawford
St.,
Dorchester MA
NOV. 17
Sat: Audience with His Royal Highness
Fon Angwafo III of Mankon
(private),
6:00pm,
Worcester, MA
NOV. 15
Thur: Black Connections
(youth): Egleston YMCA Community Youth
Center,
4:30pm,
3134 Washington St., Roxbury
MA
NOV. 7
Wed: Designing and
operating stronger Black & Latino Organizations & Businesses
(public), Egleston Branch Public
Library,
6pm-8pm, 2044 Columbus Ave.,
Roxbury
MA
OCT.
25
Thu: Book Reading/Signing w/ self-published Black Authors C.
Vaughan & J. Mackall (public),
Haley House Cafe, Dudley Square,
7:45pm-8:45pm, 12 Dade St.,
Roxbury MA
OCT.
18
Thu: Book Reading/Signing w/ self-published Black Authors C.
Vaughan & J. Mackall (public),
Grove Hall Branch Public
Library,
6:30pm-8pm, 15
Crawford St.,
Roxbury
SEPT. 27
Thu: Black Connections: BNN Cable TV
Studios-Live Show with
Keepin' It Real,
6pm (channel 23), 306 Mall of Roxbury,
Roxbury
MA
SEPT. 26
Wed: Black Connections (public),
Egleston Branch Public
Library,
5pm-8pm, 2044 Columbus Ave.,
Roxbury
MA
SEPT. 7
thru 30: Black History
& Genealogy Exhibit (public),
Dudley Branch Library
Library,
65 Warren Street,
Roxbury
SEPT. 6 Thu:
Guest, Living Mind Program, Touch
106.1 Radio (streaming live on-line),
9am Grove Hall,
SEPT 1 Sat:
Black Connections (public),
Touch
106.1 FM Unity Day,
5pm-8pm, Franklin Park,
Roxbury
MA
Aug 31 Fri. Guest-Host:
Week In Review
Touch Talk Radio Show,
Touch
106.1,
8-9am Grove Hall,
Roxbury
MA
Aug 21
Tue.
Black Connections (youth):
Freedom House,
10am, 14 Crawford Street, Dorchester MA
Aug 15
Wed.
Rootz with Parent's Management (public/networking):
3rd Annual Resource Fair Shelburne Center,
4pm, Washington St., Roxbury MA
Aug 9
Thur.
Guest-Host: Living
Mind-Touch Talk Radio Show, Touch
106.1,
9am Grove Hall,
Roxbury
MA
Aug
6 Mon.
Black Connections
(youth): Vine Street Community Youth
Center, 10:30am,
339 Dudley St., Roxbury
MA
Aug 3
Black Connections: BNN Cable TV Studios-Live
Show with
Keepin' It Real,
7pm (channel 23), 306 Mall of Roxbury,
Roxbury
MA
Aug 2
Thur.
Interview: Living Mind-Touch Talk Radio Show,
Touch
106.1,
9am Grove Hall,
Jul 27 Fri.
Black Connections: BNN Cable TV Studios-Live
Show with
Keepin' It Real,
7pm (channel 23), 306 Mall of Roxbury,
Roxbury
MA
Jul 26 Thur.
Interview: Nina La Negra-Touch Talk Radio
Show, Touch
106.1,
9am Grove Hall,
Roxbury
MA
Jul 16 & 18 Wed.
Black Connections:
Roxbury Boys & Girls
Club,
6pm-8pm, 115 Warren St., Roxbury
MA
June 30 Sat. Black
Connections:
Roxbury Community
College
Harlem Book Fair,
12:00-7:00pm, 1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury
MA
June 25 Mon. Black
Connections: Warren Gardens Assoc.
Board Room, 6pm-8pm, 50 Walnut
Ave
Roxbury MA
June
23 Sat.
Black Connections:
African-American Heritage, Family and Youth
Festival,
10am-7pm, Institute Park, Worcester
MA
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