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Welcome, Paul!
The Boston Ujima Project is proud to announce the arrival of our Inaugural Fund Management Fellow, Paul Bingaman Jr.!
Paul is a Junior at Harvard College with a concentration in philosophy and a secondary focus on economics.
Growing up in Compton/Long Beach, California, Paul has had the unique experience of living in urban areas but attending private school in Sherman Oaks, one of the most affluent areas in Los Angeles, which created a deep interest in the racial and socioeconomic systems that create wealth gaps and ways to address them. In addition to studying economics and finance, Paul is also interested in understanding how capital can be used for social good to target issues such as poverty, housing insecurity, among others.
As a philosophical thinker and a Mellon Mays Fellow, Paul is deeply engaged in research on the systemic issues that marginalize minority communities through history, their persistence today, and how systemic actors can undo these harms. Paul is excited to fight these issues as a Fund Management Fellow with the Boston Ujima Project.
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 VOCALASSEMBLY lives inside the possibility of the human voice - in song, chant, laughter, grief.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.
Timeline: Oct. 4 – Nov 5, 2021
This week: Oct. 11 – 15 includes 4 sessions 3 sessions 7–9pm + one Friday session.
Week 3: Oct.18 – 22 includes 3 sessions 7–9pm
Week 4: Oct 25 – 29 includes 4 sessions 7–9pm
Week 5: Nov 1 – 5 includes 3 sessions 7–9pm and one Friday session which is a 12hr durational public activation
Public Activations: October 15, 2021 7-9PM + November 5, 2021 Location: MIT Building W97
Check out the following election dates below and mark them on your calendar:
Early Voting: October 23 through October 29, 2021. Voters can visit any early polling site listed on the City of Boston's website. You can also vote before Election Day at City Hall. You have until 12 p.m. on Monday, November 1 to vote in person.
Voting by Mail: Through October 27, 2021 you can apply for an Absentee Ballot online here.
Boston Municipal Election: November 2, 2021, is the last day to vote.
See this helpful update on voting from the Boston Globe here. If you are unsure of your registration status, you can use this helpful online tool here.
Coalition for an Equitable Economy ARPA Recommendations
The Coalition for an Equitable Economy (CEE), of which Ujima is a founding and steering committee member, has developed recommendations for an investment of $1.1 billion to accelerate its support for BIPOC small businesses, via the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
Want to support the CEE's proposal? The CEE is asking you to contact your legislator to share your thoughts by Friday, October 15, 2021.
You can also co-sign this letter to legislative leadership to demonstrate broad support for the Coalition’s recommendations.
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