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April is Black Recreation Month
No one survives by accident. We have learned to make subsistence an art form. To find glimpses of pleasure, against the oasis we call the everyday. It is a long wish for an opening, through and against the arbitrary distinction of sacred and secular; yours and mine. The activity required to produce and sustain a life is an act of genius and collaboration. Won't you celebrate with me?
This month is all about Black Recreation, a term we are using to describe all the ways we work, play, and find joy in public and private spaces. Our featured guests will include Kendra Lara, Laury Lucien, Kijana Rose, Quenton Baker, and Malcolm Tariq.
Jazz Urbane Investment Vote
Last week we opened voting for our latest investment opportunity,Jazz Urbane Cafe, a new arts and restaurant venture planned to launch in Fall 2022 in Nubian Square.
The Ujima Fund Management Team is proposing an investment in Jazz Urbane Cafe in the amount of $200,000, over 6 years, with an expected annual return of 13% via pro-rata distribution to equity owners.
This ballot will be open until Friday, April 8, 2022. If you would like to volunteer to Phone Bank for this vote, reach out to us. at comms@ujimaboston.comto get involved.
Time: Wednesday, April 6th, 6PM EST | Location: Zoom Only
6:00PM-7:15PM - #Co-Direct:
Join us for deeper organizational updates from Ujima Staff. This month we will be discussing:
1) Public Banking Updates
2) Jazz Urbane Vote
3) April Workshops
4) Businesses We Love Outreach
7:15-8:30PM - #Co-Create: Arts & Cultural Organizing Member Team
Cyborgian Liberatory Media Workshop
Join us for the final workshop in the CLM series by Lyse Fedjanie Barronville. Cyborgs are human beings whose bodies are embedded with technology. Through this 3-month micro-learning pod journey, we will do the memory work of exploring the ideas, strategies, and technologies used by Black womxn to make a way out of no way.
Through snippets of content on folx like Alice Walker, art, and other materials, we will engage topics of Blackness, gender-expansive womxnhood, innovating equity, Afro/indigenous technologies, spiritual beings, and ecological justice. Watch past workshops here.
Last week, we finished our workshop series on Racial Capitalism with scholars Destin Jenkins, Renee Hatcher, and Kyera Singleton, who covered the intertwined histories of Racism and Capitalism, economies built on enslaved labor, municipal budgets, and more.
Click the links below to watch the recaps, or review the notes.
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