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Dec 24, 2020
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Community Conversation: Toy Burton of DeeDee's Cry

UUUM staff Monique Marshall-Veale and Mary Margaret Earl sit down with speakers from DeeDee's Cry (learn more about their incredible work...

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Dec 21, 2020
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Support Haley House Bakery Cafe

Each month, with our Community Conversations, we feature Nubian Square businesses. Join us!

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Dec 20, 2020
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Support Suya Joint

Each month, during our Community Conversation, we highlight a different Nubian Square business. Join us in supporting these neighborhood...

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Dec 15, 2020
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2020 Artist Directory

We launched the first edition of our Roxbury Artist Amplification Project's Artist Directory. The directory features 17 Roxbury-based...

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Imari K. Paris Jeffries on Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

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Nov 25, 2020
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Imari K. Paris Jeffries on Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

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Hon. Byron Rushing and the History of the Meetinghouse

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Oct 22, 2020
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Hon. Byron Rushing and the History of the Meetinghouse

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Black Lives Still Matter: A Message from our Executive Director and Senior Minister

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Sep 15, 2020
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Black Lives Still Matter: A Message from our Executive Director and Senior Minister

This week, a Boston Globe article highlighted a Pew Research Center survey showing that support among white adults for Black Lives Matter...

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Making Good and Necessary Trouble (RJ Actions, Pt. 2)

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Jul 8, 2020
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Making Good and Necessary Trouble (RJ Actions, Pt. 2)

If you'd like to join the conversation about the removal or preservation of statues and monuments in Boston... One perspective from the...

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Jun 21, 2020
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We Speak Now

We Speak Now As the United States and Greater Boston confront the painful consequence of systemic racism, ignited by the deaths of...

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The First Church Clock: A Message of Hope from our Executive Director and Senior Minister

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Mar 31, 2020
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The First Church Clock: A Message of Hope from our Executive Director and Senior Minister

In the early days of the advice to self-isolate, the clock in the First Church in Roxbury steeple stopped chiming. As streets all around...

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Mar 30, 2020
2 min

A Racial Justice Reading List

From our work with folks who have experienced personal and community trauma, we know how important it is for all of us to ground...

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