Upcoming Events
Featured Workshops
#UjimaWednesdays
We hold member meetings that are open to the public, dedicated to financial and political education, and our member working groups. Watch all past events on our Youtube.

Every week on Wednesday, starting at 6:00PM EST.
Ujima 101
Mari Gashaw and Georgios Costomiris
Virtual
Zoom
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
6:00 PM
Who we Are
Yaye Amtyh Osunbunmi Asili
Frugal Bookstore
57 Warren St, Roxbury, MA 02119, USA
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
6:00 PM
Winning Power Through Elections
Georgia Hollister Isman
Frugal Bookstore
57 Warren St, Roxbury, MA 02119, USA
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
6:00 PM
#UjimaWednesdays with Working Families Party
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Frugal Bookstore
57 Warren St, Roxbury, MA 02119, USA
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
6:00 PM
Member Teams
Between The Everyday and The Sacred
Virtual
March 12, 2025
7:15 PM

Coalitions, Policy & Grassroots Organizing
Hybrid
March 12, 2025
7:15 PM

Resourcing Night School
Virtual
March 19, 2025
7:15 PM

Anchor Institution Organizing Member Team
Hybrid
March 19, 2025
7:15 PM

Community Events
Our events page is updated once a month, along with the #EventEdition of the Ujima Newsletter on the first Thursday of the month.
If you have an event that you'd like to add to Ujima's calendar, please send us the information to add to the calendar via this form.
Disco Night @ Chez Vous Roller Skating Rink
March 3, 2025
Boogie all night long at Disco Night! You'll receive complimentary admission and complimentary skate rentals, there will be DJ entertainment, and popcorn provided by Sweet Glam in the retro party favor to take home. We love a good theme - dress up for the DISCO!
This event is entirely complementary and free to attend.
27th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast
March 7, 2025
Join feminist organizations from across Greater Boston for a morning of inspiration, connection, and action. This year's theme, Action in Unity: Celebrating Women's Collective Power, highlights the strength of women working together for change. In a time when gender and reproductive justice are under attack at the federal level, coming together to strengthen our movement has never been more critical. Now more than ever, collective action is essential to advancing gender equity and protecting our rights.
Just Beloved Poetry Slam and Open Mic
March 7, 2025
Poetry Slam / Open Mic & Featured Poet every 1st and 3rd Friday of each month.
Illustrator Talk: Ekua Holmes
March 8, 2025
Join for a talk with Illustrator, Ekua Holmes for a reading and discussion on the making of Black Girl You Are Atlas, and Coretta.
Ekua Holmes is a native of Roxbury, MA and a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. As an artist, designer, and as an illustrator of children’s literature, she has become a keen observer of her environment and repeatedly chooses it as her subject matter.
Her work features memories and contemporary subjects, often children, infused in the layers of her collages. Voices from the past can be found in scraps of vintage wallpapers, snippets of yesterday’s news and pieces of discarded costume jewelry, laid upon fields of primary colors and multiple textures. Holmes uses these elements to bring a fresh approach to universal subjects encompassing family, childhood, relationships, hope and faith.
The Makanda Project featuring Charles Tolliver
March 8, 2025
Jazz great Charles Tolliver returns to the Roxbury Library for another performance with Boston's Makanda Project, to begin the group's 2025 season. Trumpeter and composer Charles Tolliver has an important place in jazz history as leader of ground-breaking small groups in the 1970s, as the founder of musician-run Strata-East Records, and as composer/arranger/leader of remarkable big bands. The concert will feature his compositions and big band arrangements, including pieces that have become classics in our time.
Annual Boston Public Schools Youth Art Month exhibition
March 8, 2025
This March, Boston Public Schools students are taking over our art galleries for the annual Youth Art Month exhibition. The works on display reflect the quality instruction of our teachers and the dedication, skill development, and creativity of our students. We encourage you to explore the exhibit and be inspired by their vision. Featuring works of art from more than 300 BPS students!
Organizing for the Time We Are In: Community Care
March 9, 2025
This workshop is a chance to (re)connect with folks in your community and for us to strengthen the skills of community care. Whether you joined us for the first workshop or not, please come to connect with other around how we are managing this time we are in and develop ideas and action plans for how we can have care for each other and our communities.
Tammy Tai (she/her) and Lisa Graustein (she/her) met as college students volunteering in Boston schools and have been friends for the last 30 years. Both have been classroom teachers, worked with foundations committed to justice, and work as DEI trainers and facilitators. Both Tammy and Lisa are moms who have called Dorchester home for more than two decades.
Food as Medicine
March 15, 2025
A free Community Event at Bethel AME Church with Interactive presentations, Food demonstrations and more!!
Black Irish Vol. 7 Brought to You By: Westland Whiskey & Rémy Martin
March 15, 2025
Black Irish Vol.7 is set and brought to you by: Westland Whiskey & Rémy Martin.
What’s up, Pub Crawlers? Black Irish is back with Vol. 7! We're looking forward to seeing both familiar and new faces join the fun and help us celebrate 7 years in this game. Below are details for this year's event.
The Details: Per usual, we will be taking over these Boston streets. The crawl portion of the event is back and better than ever. Folks can eat, drink, play games, and compete in challenges to win prizes at Black-owned locations and more across the city (a huge win!). While the Pub Crawl will be free, the Day Party will have a cover charge and require tickets (like in previous years).
The Plug!
March 20, 2025
Join PureSpark and the Museum of Science for “The Plug,” a transformative mental wellness event designed to connect you with resources, support, and a vibrant community. This immersive experience goes beyond the typical wellness fair, offering insightful panel discussions, a diverse range of practitioners, live music, delicious food, and more.
Spring Equinox Party and Freight Farm Grand Opening
March 20, 2025
Join Eastie Farm to see all of the growth at our new freight farm in person and celebrate the spring equinox with us!
Urban Bush Women 40th Anniversary: This is Risk
March 21, 2025
Urban Bush Women (UBW) burst onto the dance scene in 1984 with bold, innovative, demanding, and exciting works that brought under-told stories to life. Originally founded by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, the company, now under the co-artistic direction of Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Spies, continues to weave contemporary dance, music, and text with the history, culture, and spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora.
Holi Mela by Shanti
March 22, 2025
Join Shanti for a vibrant and colorful celebration at Adams Park on Sat, Mar 22, 2025. Get ready to immerse yourself in the festive spirit of Holi with music, dance, delicious food, and of course, lots of colorful powder!
D'LUX: Guided Tour and Luxury Business Mixer
March 22, 2025
Visionary Acts presents a completely unique event featuring a guided tour with Live Like A Local Tours Boston. Following the tour, attendees will be whisked away via a charter bus to an exclusive D'LUX Networking Mixer hosted in partnership with 1 Hour Party at the ultra luxurious Winthrop Center located in the heart of downtown Boston. Unwind at the lively mixer which is the perfect setting to network, socialize and enjoy Boston’s vibrant nightlife.
Reclaiming Folk: Celebrating People of Color in Folk Music
March 22, 2025
Reclaiming Folk is an event series celebrating people of color in folk music, created by singer-songwriter Naomi Westwater. Folk music is traditional music, folk music is storytelling, folk music is the music of the people, and folk music is a voice for what’s happening in the world today. In our society, there is often no space for marginalized people to tell their stories. Reclaiming Folk seeks to make space for musicians of color to tell their stories and share the stories of our past, so that our future can be a more inclusive place for all.