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The Embrace Your Journey 5K Walk/Run: The Road to Wellness is a joint effort empowered by The Dimock Center, Hoodfit and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) The 5K Walk/Run will take place on Saturday, September 12, beginning and ending on The Dimock Center's campus. The event will include a 5K race, a 2-mile walk and a kids fun run. A celebratory health and wellness festival will round out the day, with more information to come!

Their first community running clinic, aimed at helping participants of all fitness levels meet their fitness goals, will be held this month! The clinic will be led by the B.A.A. and will include run/walk training groups, strength-based exercises, jogging and running groups.

When: Saturday, June 27th

9:00AM

Where: Franklin Park

near Playstead Park

1 Franklin Park Rd, Dorchester

For more info/to RSVP: Visit the Facebook event

The Jobs Not Jails Movement Needs YOU! 

They are coming together to advance economic and racial justice by ending mass incarceration and ensuring living wage jobs for all. To succeed, they must put “Jobs NOT Jails” in front of every Massachusetts resident and force people to make a choice:

Are we for Mass Incarceration?  Or are we for Job Creation? It's time to take DIRECT ACTION! 

Join Jobs Not Jails to prepare for the Summer of Solidarity: to create powerful actions in small teams and support people who are suffering in the current criminal justice system.

Come to the training to learn more!

When: Saturday, June 27th
1:00PM -4:00PM

Where: Freedom House

5 Crawford Street, Dorchester

For more info: please contact Steve O’Neill of EPOCA at steve@exprisoners.org

Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition and Boston Natural Area Network presents: Yoga in the Garden! Just bring a towel and a bottle of water

When: EVERY Friday June 12th through July 24th (no classes on July 3)

6:30PM
Where: City Natives

30 Edgewater Dr, Mattapan 

Cost: FREE! 
To Register: Email Eva at ejoseph@live.com >> Read More

The Stigma Subcommittee of Connect-to-Protect (C2P) Boston, in partnership with the Our Health Matters Project and Fenway Health, are organizing an event around family acceptance and LGBTQ youth of color.

The goal of the event is to gather families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and questioning children/teens/young adults of color and their allies for a movie screening of “These are Our Children Too,”* followed by a dialogue around common challenges, successes and shared experiences of families who have had a wide range of responses to learning that their children are LGBT. This event will provide a safe space for families of color to connect with other families of LGBTQ youth of color and build stronger relationships, encourage support and promote the health and well-being of LGBT youth of color in Boston. We hope this will be the first of many more conversations as we strive to address and support LGBTQ youth of color and their families.

When:  Thursday, June 25th

6:00PM-8:30PM

Where: Black Box Theater

Codman Square Health Center

637 Washington Street Dorchester

For more info: contact Jonathan Reveil at JReveil@fenwayhealth.org

The Department of Neighborhood Development invites you to a community meeting to discuss the city-owned properties located at 270 Talbot Avenue and Spencer Street in Dorchester.  We encourage you to attend this meeting and provide feedback that will help to develop the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the sale of the properties.

When: Wednesday, June 17th

6:30PM

Where:  The Great Hall in Codman Square 

6 Norfolk Street, Dorchester

For more info: email ben@tbpm.org