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Voter Affirmation Form
Current and former Voting Members will be receiving an email this week that details a refinement of Ujima's participatory process, our new Voter Affirmation Form, and information about our new member class, the Resident Membership.
Please keep your eyes peeled for this email.
Ashe Ashe 2021 Cultural Assembly
Ashe Ashe 2021 Cultural Assembly will be an opportunity for artists and cultural organizers to come together to set collective priorities and develop practices for shared political power and economic development in Boston.
Starting in October, Ujima members will have the opportunity to vote on grants to artistic and cultural projects developed by local BIPoC artists and organizers. These projects can be anything from block parties to public art. In addition, we will be gathering feedback from BIPoC artists to create a feasibility study for projects that the Ujima Fund can invest in at a later time.
Be on the lookout for a future announcement detailing the Ashe Ashe Cultural Assembly Grant and our Artists' Hotline.
We want to thank our partners and co-hosts who are supporting this work: Black Economic Council of MA, Artisan Asylum, Assets 4 Artists, The CreateWell Fund, Mayor’s Office of Art & Culture, Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity, and New England Foundation for the Arts. Art.Coop, Black Cotton Club, Boston Art Review, Collective Futures Fund, DS4SI, Fairmount Innovation Lab, The Future is Present, The History Project, and Trans Resistance MA.
The Future is Present & Ujima's 2021 Vocal Assembly
Over the course of three weeks, October 4 through 22, members of the MIT and Ujima communities led by Charlotte Brathwaite along with the core group of The Future is Present collaborators June Cross, Sunder Ganglani, Justin Hicks, and Janani Balasubramanian will cultivate a relationship to the archive of founding and sacred texts of Boston Ujima Project.
This is an invitation to members of the MIT community, Boston Ujima Project, and the public to join together through art and performance to celebrate and uplift the histories we’ve survived, the stories we’ve forgotten, the words and ideas that hold us together as a collective breath across life-forms and life-times by a loving community.
The VOCAL ASSEMBLY lives inside the possibility of the human voice - in song, chant, laughter, grief. It lives in the open space of improvisation, intimate relation, and collaborative practice as methods for social change. Come as you are, no special dress, no theatrical experience needed. Musicians welcome. Singers welcome. Actors welcome. Scientists welcome. Artists welcome. Engineers welcome. Foodies welcome. Introverts welcome. Activists welcome.
The human voice is the center of social and sacred practice. As a vehicle for communication, the voice mediates the world, but the voice is also an incredibly sophisticated instrument that can do so much more than speaking.
The deadline to register to vote in the Boston Municipal Elections is October 13 at 8PM EST.Register online, by mail, or by registering directly at City Hall's Elections Department (1 City Hall Square, Room 241, Boston, MA 02201).If you are unsure of your registration status, you can use this helpful online tool here.
Check out the following election dates below and mark them on your calendar:
October 13: Deadline to register for the municipal election
November 2: Boston municipal election
For more information, including ways to vote, you can read more here.
A Loving Embrace 2021 Real Estate Assembly
Real Estate investment is a part of the Ujima Fund's desired portfolio. We’ve partnered with Co-Everything, Fenway CDC, and Somerville CDC to create our first-ever Real Estate Assembly: A Loving Embrace.
In November 2021, members will have the opportunity to learn about real estate development, review potential investment opportunities and properties, and generate a Real Estate Investment Plan for 2022.
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