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Join us to learn about the impacts of gas leaks on our public health and environment. Natural gas use has spiked in New England. It’s everywhere — in leaky old pipes under our streets, basements and kitchens. But can we trust those who tell us it’s a clean, harmless fuel? Not necessarily. Let’s learn why. […]
Join us to learn about the impacts of gas leaks on our public health and environment. Natural gas use has spiked in New England. It’s everywhere — in leaky old pipes under our streets, basements and kitchens. But can we trust those who tell us it’s a clean, harmless fuel? Not necessarily. Let’s learn why. […]
This talk examines the science behind the social movement to secure an unfractured future for our children and the role that civil disobedience and feminist activism are playing in opening a space in the culture for that science to speak. The award-winning documentary film Unfractured tells the story of the successful fight for a ban […]
Join us at the Jamaica Plain Forum, alongside scientists and activists from 350 Mass for a Better Future, Sierra Club and Mother's Out Front, to dissect the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the National Climate Assessment, compiled by hundreds of scientists from around the world. These reports warn that these […]
Invite your Facebook friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/199542620990000/ Join the Jamaica Plain Forum to welcome globally recognized UK health leaders Richard Wilkinson and Kate Picket will be speaking at the JP Forum about their new book, THE INNER LEVEL: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Well-Being. In 2009, Wilkinson and Picket revolutionized our […]
The Jamaica Plain Forum in collaboration with our local, woman-owned independent bookstore, Papercuts are bringing Morgan Parker, author of There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé and more to our community. Parker’s forthcoming poetry book, Magical Negro explores states of black womanhood with astonishing buoyancy and grief. “Magical Negro is unsettlingly new: a book that […]
Jamaica Plain Forum presents Jabari Asim. Asim’s new book, We Can’t Breathe, On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survivalare Insightful and searing essays that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of the black experience in America. It is a sharp vision that challenges readers to shift perspective and examine conventional narratives. In We Can’t Breathe, […]
Join us at the Jamaica Plain Forum to discuss how to Help Change the State of Massachusetts official Flag and Seal – a Symbol of White Supremacy for the last 390 years. For the past 35 years, legislation has been pending in the Massachusetts State Legislature to establish a special commission to review the State […]
Join us for a historic discussion between Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and activist and organizer, Rev. Mariama White-Hammond about the Green New Deal. The ecological and economic justice challenges of our time require all of us to work for an equitable, healthy and livable planet for all. Responding to our environmental crisis must be done in […]
~PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION IS NOT OUR USUAL SPACE~ Event is happening at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building 2300 Washington St, Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119 Ujima and the Jamaica Plain Forum invite you to: Democratizing Finance for Community Development Cliff Rosenthal Share & invite your friends on Facebook Working class communities communities of color have […]
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