Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Strength of Shared Dreams
Chelsea Senior Center 10 Riley Way, Chelsea, MA, United StatesThursday, February 22, 2018 Experience history with a live character portrayal and video presentation by Emmy Award winning Ron Jones that depicts how Dr. King’s “Poor People’s Campaign” was a turning point in the fight against poverty, and how it forever changed the way we look a race and social issues. With remarks by Associate […]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Strength of Shared Dreams
Pao Arts Center 99 Kneeland Street, Boston, MA, United StatesThrough live character portrayal and video, Emmy Award winner Ron Jones, depicts how MLK’s “Poor Peoples Campaign” was a turning point in intersectional advocacy. A broad cross-section of cultural groups came together to fight against poverty. Had King lived to be the face of this young movement, it would have changed the way we look […]
Staying Power: A Poetry and Visual Art Celebration for Black History Month
Bunker Hill Community College A300 LobbyTuesday, February 27, 2018 Engage with special guest artist Hakim Raquib and BHCC published poet and Associate Professor Enzo Surin and they share their individual works and express the determination and resilience of the African American experience. 6 p.m., Charlestown Campus A300 Lobby
An Evening with Janet Cormier
Bunker Hill Community College A300 LobbyWednesday, February 28, 2018 See a pop-up art show of paintings by this local artist, activist and author. Participate in a discussion about living in Boston and connect with her process of making deeply personal works of art that reflect the complexity our modern world. With remarks by Associate Professor Henry Allen Jr. and Adjunct […]
Dr. Matthew Desmond
Bunker Hill Community College A300Bunker Hill Community College Compelling Conversations Dr. Matthew Desmond Pulitzer Prize-winning Sociologist and Author Sociologist Matthew Desmond is the author of New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. In 2015, Desmond was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant for “revealing the impact of […]
Meet Julia Child
Bunker Hill Community College E421A live performance by Delvena Theatre, featuring Lynne Moulton as Julia Child doing what she did best. Learn more about her life—from her childhood in California when she had no interest in food, except for eating—to becoming one of the greatest culinary legends of all time. The audience will have the opportunity to view Julia […]
Difficult Dialogues with Angela Davis
Bunker Hill Community College A300Angela Davis Political Scholar, Activist and Feminist University of California Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emerita and author of ten books, Angela Davis is deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. In the early 1970s, Davis spent eighteen months in jail and on trial after being placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most […]
Your Voice Poet
Bunker Hill Community College A300Your Voice Poet, a play by Jean Dany Joachim. Direct from NYC—don’t miss this theatrical event featuring BHCC’s own Jean Dany Joachim award-winning play performed by New York’s Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble. In the course of this 45-minute piece, three characters speak eloquently, offering insight into the world of the dispossessed. Directed by David Elyha […]
Stones in the Sun/W`och Nan Soley
Bunker Hill Community College C202One Book Event: Stones in the Sun/W`och Nan Soley Film screening and discussion with director Patricia Benoit. “Stones in the Sun” is a wrenching portrait of Haitian exiles struggling to build new lives in New York City after fleeing their country in the late 1980s. Jean-Claude Duvalier had departed, but his generals remained in power and […]
Mobile Market Food Pantry
Bunker Hill Community College G BuildingIn partnership with the Greater Boston Food Bank, we offer a mobile food pantry each month. Dates and times are announced each month via email and in the BHCC Updates. Stop by Single Stop D206 on the Charleston Campus to register if you would like to attend.