Join us at Hibernian Hall for a night of gathering and live storytelling around the campfire. "Me & Roxbury" will be an exciting spin on the popular storied format of “Roxbury Roots”! Our storytelling Friends will consist of Edmund Barry Gaither, Jumaada Abdal-Khallaq Henry Smith, L’Merchie Frazier, Paul Goodnight, Byron Rushing and more!

Allow the night to take you through a great range of human experience filled with laughter, tears, and truth. Each of stories will be unique and each voice is authentic. The linkage being that each storyteller has been near dear not only to the Roxbury community at large but to the National Center of Afro-American Artists. Through these invigorating stories, our Friends will have the opportunity to lay bare their hopes for this community that we share. Instrumental figures in their fields, we are excited to go through each journey, and together hear and share our vision for the future Roxbury.

Stick around for food, refreshments, and more vision sharing of the future of Roxbury.

"Roxbury Roots" was created by Haris Lefteri, Creative Director of Hibernian Hall and Leslie Stafford, Health Equity & Wellness Coordinator, who wanted to give a platform to the adventurers and the storytellers. It opened in August 2022 and after popular demand, we are back for more.

*This collaborative version of "Roxbury Roots" is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An Un-monument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

Join us for a prolific mural tour featuring works by Problak and GoFive at Boston’s Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

Featured works will be: Breathe Life by Problak and Mel King by GoFive and TakeOne.

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

Join us for a public conversation at Ramsay Park about Airfoil/Captain David Ramsay Memorial by Reginald Jackson and Valerie Maynard

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

Harriet Tubman Park (450 Columbus Ave, Boston) is the first park in Boston with a statue honoring a woman. It is one of the few parks in the country with statues by two African-American women artists. These statues/monuments are Step on Board by Fern Cunningham and Emancipation by Meta Warrick. We welcome you to attend this tour of these monuments and stay for an inspirational public conversation between activist and organizer,Frieda Garcia, Angela Tate of The Museum of African American History and Barry Gaither of The National Center of Afro-American Artists on the legend known as "Moses" and how these works honor her.

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An UnMonument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists

Sharon Haggins-Dunn’s monumental mural Black Women is one of the original murals from Boston's black murals movement of the 1960’s and 70’s. Come gain new insights into this major work at 4 Yarmouth St, Boston followed by a reviting conversation between Sharon, her daughter Brigette and contempary multidisciplanary artist Rixy across the street at The South End Technology Center (359 Columbus Ave, Boston) Roxbury Community College near the Media Arts Building (1234 Columbus Ave).

A reception will follow where you as a community member can be interviewed and asked to share your story about the past, present and future of Roxbury.

All are welcome to this free and public event!

*This public conversation is part of the National Center of Afro-American Artists' new project, FINDING OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SPACES: An Un-monument Project, and it is funded by The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture's Un-monument Initiative, supported by a grant from The Mellon Foundation.

Photo courtesy by National Center of Afro-American Artists