A Two-part Event Honoring

The Legacy of

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sunday, January 15

2pm: Following the Dream Toward a Just Community

5pm: Light supper

6pm: Hope Out Loud

This event is free and open to the public.

The UU Urban Ministry

at historic First Church in Roxbury

10 Putnam Street, Roxbury, MA 02119

www.uuum.org

For more information contact Rev. Kate Wilkinson at kwilkinson@uuum.org

Presented by:

Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry and Institute for Race and Justice Harvard Law School


Poor People’s United Fund: Have a Feisty Christmas

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Have A Feisty Christmas!

A Benefit for

Poor People’s United Fund

A Concert to Celebrate the life and legacy of
Kip Tiernan

The AARDVARK Jazz Orchestra

December 10th 2011– 7:30pm

Emmanuel Church at Newbury Street.

Tickets $15 at door or www.ppuf.org

Paige Academy Open House

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

PAIGE ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE
JOIN US SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD!
Paige Academy
Paige Academy is a non-profit, community based educational institution offering comprehensive, developmentally based child care for children beginning at six weeks of age through the sixth grade. The Academy draws upon the greater Boston community to provide resources and assistance in providing these much needed human services to children and their families.

http://www.paigeacademy.org/


Striving for Social Justice Award

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

 

Join Community Works and the Schlesinger Library for
Moving Beyond Violence: A Conversation With Local Youth
Presenting the Striving for Justice Award to
Professor David Hemenway
November 15, 2011 4 p.m.
Lyman Room, Agassiz House, Radcliffe Yard
5 James Street Cambridge, MA 02138

 

David Hemenway is this year’s recipient of Community Works’ Striving for Justice Award.

Striving for Social Justice Recipient

David is a Professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Director of both the Harvard Injury Control Research Center and the Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center. Dr. Hemenway has dedicated his career to the research and implementation of violence prevention programs. He has written five books and over 130 articles on various topics related to economics and public health. He has also written widely on injury prevention and was instrumental in helping to develop the National Violent Death Reporting System for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Community Works Striving for Justice Award is presented  to a member of one of our workplace partners. This award recognizes individuals dedicated to the principles of social justice who passionately commit their time and energy to improving the quality of life for all people. The award recipient embodies the qualities of courage and strength of character and maintains an unrelenting commitment to creating a just world. They believe in the power of transformation through working not only as an individual, but as a community dedicated to equality in all forms.