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VIDEO LIBRARY
If you missed one of our Community Conversations, or want to re-watch an episode of the Treasures of the Meetinghouse series, you can find it here.
Below are links to all of the UU Urban Ministry's videos. This video library will be updated regularly so that they are easy to find in one spot.
All UUUM Videos - In One Place
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COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS SERIES:
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April 2022: Community Conversations & Roxbury Youth Programs presents... "Gang Violence Without Silence"
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February 2022: City Life/Vida Urbana, "Gentrification: Root Causes | Impact on Individuals & Families | Efforts to Combat It"
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January 2022: Ashe Gordon and Bithyah Israel, "Artist as Activist"
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November 2021: Byron Rushing, "Black Flight: The recent census shows that Black Bostonians are steadily leaving the city. Why, and what are the implications?
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March 2021: Dr. Angela Cook and The Rev. Joseph Cook, "The History of Paige Academy and a Culturally Responsive Education"
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February 2021: Joseph D. Feaster, Jr. Esq., "Equity in Education"
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January 2021: Marisa Luse, "What's Happening to Roxbury: A Conversation on Gentrification and Displacement"
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October 2020: Byron Rushing, "The History of the Meetinghouse"
Community Conversations
Our monthly Community Conversations webinar series was created to highlight and discuss issues of concern to Boston’s communities of color, which also were educational for suburban communities, such as Gentrification, closing the racial wealth gap, and the role of our Meetinghouse in Roxbury.
Please see the video library of our past Community Conversations, as well as other virtually-hosted programs below.
UU Urban Ministry Events
Lunch with an Artist Series
Part of the UU Urban Ministry’s Roxbury Artist Amplification Project
Three 45-minute events, hosted by UUUM Social Justice Fellow Bithyah Israel, when we connect with a local, featured artist. Together, we will look at their virtual gallery and hear more from them about their work.
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March 2, 2022: Lunch with an Artist: Christle Rawlins-Jackson
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March 16, 2022: Lunch with an Artist: Gloretta Baynes
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March 30, 2022: Lunch with an Artist: Hakim Raquib
Treasures of the Meetinghouse
A virtual series celebrating the rich history and vibrant modern day of our Meetinghouse - First Church Roxbury in Roxbury's John Eliot Square.
Thank you to the Roxbury Historical Society for co-sponsoring this series.
Click on the link of the episode you'd like to watch below.
Treasures of the Meetinghouse
An Archeological Tour Behind - and Beneath -the Landscape Restoration of First Church
(w/ city archaeologist Joe Bagley)
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Treasures of the Meetinghouse
The Organ Returns: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Restoration and Re-Installation
of the Historic Hook & Hastings Organ
(w/ historian Thomas Plant)
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Treasures of the Meetinghouse
Tick Tock: The Historic Clocks and Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Meetinghouse
(w/ historian Thomas Plant)
Treasures of the Meetinghouse
Behind the Scenes: Tackling a Major Restoration
of an Historic Structure
(w/ Nick Brooks from DREAM Collaborative and
historic preservationist Andrea Gilmore)
Community Commercials
The UU Urban Ministry is committed to our neighborhood and neighbors. When the pandemic hit, all businesses suffered - and minority-owned businesses were affected in a disproportionally adverse manner. We began to reach out to businesses and worked with them to create these community commercials.
Take a look at the ads for some wonderful local businesses below. We look forward to continuing this effort and promoting Roxbury businesses.