Boston Ujima Project

Join us for our next Ujima Arts & Culture microlearning pod series: The Portal: Between The Everyday and The Sacred with Tyahra Symone Angus. This three-session workshop explores the link between contemporary art-making and the sacred in everyday life, using Zadie Smith's essay "Through the Portal" as a starting point. Through video, literature, and photography, it examines how artists document the present as artistic and spiritual inquiry. Participants will create a digital exhibition on transcendence and ritual. 📆 January 15th | 7:15 PM EST 📣 Virtual 📋 RSVP at www.ujimaboston.com/events ➡️ About Speaker: Tyahra Symone Angus, a Boston-based photographer and artist, celebrates Queer and Black identities. Founder of AfroCentered Media (2015), she amplifies Black and Queer women's representation through vernacular portraits, event photography, and workshops. A Smith College and Lesley University graduate, she is now an Art Therapy Practitioner. Her work appears in Black Futures (2021).

Introducing our next Ujima Arts & Culture microlearning pod series: The Portal: Between The Everyday and The Sacred with Tyahra Symone Angus. This three-session workshop series explores the relationship between contemporary art-making and the sacred in everyday life (using Zadie Smith's essay on photography, "Through the Portal," as a point of departure). Through a range of multimedia practices—including video, literature, and photography—the series examines how artists document the present, engaging with media as a site of both artistic and spiritual inquiry. Participants will develop their own individual or collective digital exhibition, centering themes of transcendence and ritual. 📆 January 15th, February 12th, March 12th 📣 All sessions 7:15 PM EST | Virtual 📋 RSVP at www.ujimaboston.com/events

"You do not go where your mother is not." Taking its title from the Saidiya Hartman text Lose Your Mother: A journey along the Atlantic Slave Route and inspired by a print by the graphic designer Nontsikelelo Mutiti entitled Kusina Mai/Kusina Mai Futi, a Chivanhu saying warning against being in a foreign land without the necessary support of people that would protect and encourage you, BlackStar Projects presents an evening of short films exploring ancestral connections through time and space. These dynamic filmmakers ask, "who are we if not amalgams of the people and the experiences that built us?" Food, music, technology, and more work to define our culture, and our culture is what we leave behind. Featuring experimental films by #BlackTrust alum Charlotte Brathwaite, Curtis Essel, Jenn Nkiru, Joseph Douglas Elmhirst, and Luis Arnías. 📆 Thursday, January 16 at 7 PM 📍 ICA | 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston MA 02210 📋 Register at https://lnkd.in/eFjkUGqg

💙 Wrapping up the year as a united community! Thank you to our incredible UGBA members who joined us last week. The UGBA is committed to building connections and partnerships among businesses to strengthen and sustain our economic ecosystem. Here's to continued growth and collaboration in the year ahead! Thank you Cupcake Therapy for the delicious food and treats 🧁 📸 Photos by Steffon Rivers

❄️ Ujima will be closed for the holidays from December 16, 2024, to January 6, 2025. During this time, there will be no #UjimaWednesdays or member team meetings. We wish everyone a restful and relaxing holiday season, and we'll see you in the new year!

The Boston Ujima Project, Inc. proudly introduces the Ujima Collective Real Estate Fund, launching in 2025. This initiative aims to support housing development that reflects the needs and aspirations of our communities. The fund provides new opportunities for members and wider communities to learn, design, and collaborate on community investment tools. Participants are invited to join monthly hybrid meetings to focus on two key tracks: ➡ Real Estate Financing: Learn the basics of funding and managing real estate projects. ➡ Fund Design: Collaborate on co-creating the fund's structure, governance, and operations. This six-month commitment is a chance to help shape a community-led housing fund. Let's reimagine real estate for our communities! 🔗 Fill out the interest form: https://lnkd.in/esMK3JTU

♠ Last week, we hosted our final #UjimaWednesday workshop, How to Play Spades, at Nubian Markets. Ujima staff introduced the basics of Spades, creating a fun and interactive environment where participants practiced their skills and left ready to join the table without fear of being clowned! ❣️Special thanks to Nubian Markets for hosting and providing amazing food, and to Ujima staff members Mari Gashaw, Rei Fielder, Geo Costomiris, JaNoah Daley, and Nia Evans for leading the workshop.

📣 Join the Campaign Design Team! We're excited to invite you to be part of our 8-month Resourcing Campaign Design Team for the upcoming Endowment Campaign, launching in 2025! This team will play a key role in shaping the campaign's goals, strategies, events, and overall vision, ensuring it embodies collectivity and self-determination while laying the foundation for long-term financial stability. Passionate about building a dynamic and participatory campaign? This is your chance to contribute your ideas, creativity, and energy to a transformative effort that prioritizes community-driven decision-making and shared vision. Join us in shaping a bold future of independence and solidarity! 🔗 Apply: https://lnkd.in/dWcFgKiW

Join us tonight at 6 PM ET for the final #UjimaWednesdays of the year: How to Play Spades! Ujima staff will lead a workshop on Spades basics, followed by time to play and practice with others. Whether you're a beginner, need a refresher, or want to avoid the side-eye at your next gathering, this event is for you! 📆 Tonight | 6 PM ET 📍 In Person | Nubian Markets ✉️ Register at www.ujimaboston.com

The Boston Ujima Project, Inc. proudly introduces the Ujima Collective Real Estate Fund, launching in 2025. This initiative aims to support housing development that reflects the needs and aspirations of our communities. The fund provides new opportunities for members and wider communities to learn, design, and collaborate on community investment tools. Participants are invited to join monthly hybrid meetings to focus on two key tracks: ➡ Real Estate Financing: Learn the basics of funding and managing real estate projects. ➡ Fund Design: Collaborate on co-creating the fund's structure, governance, and operations. This six-month commitment is a chance to help shape a community-led housing fund. Let's reimagine real estate for our communities! 🔗 Fill out the interest form: https://lnkd.in/esMK3JTU