Dudley Square is a meeting point for several culturally rich and diverse neighborhoods. These neighborhoods have inspiring histories of community engagement in the face of tough economic, social, and environmental challenges. It continues to be a place where community organizations and residents play a strong role in shaping the built and natural environment – please join us as we discuss the community’s struggles and successes, and explore its treasures.

Events

Highland Park Garden Walk
Saturday June 26, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Cooper Educational Center, 34 Linwood Street

Walk behind the scenes, with your guide Tom Plant, into the verdant backyard gardens and green spaces of Highland Park/Fort Hill. View flowers, a working farm, an orchard, community gardens and prize-winning gardens. Wear shoes appropriate for walking on irregular ground. Co-presented by Discover Roxbury. Registration is full, but you can sign up on the waitlist:
http://bit.ly/a9Kd6V

Non-Profit Revitalization of Dudley Square
Saturday June 26, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Dudley Square Library, 65 Warren Street

Learn about the role of non-profit developers in reviving Dudley Square. Tour Nuestra Communidad’s historic Dartmouth Hotel, Palladio Hall and the Sargent Prince with Marcia Thornhill. Visit Madison Park’s Hibernian Hall wtih Act Roxbury Director Dillon Bustin, and finish off at the Haley House Cafe where complimentary iced tea will be served. Registration required: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/676254696

Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center Tour
Saturday June 26, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Corner of Tremont Street and Malcolm X Boulevard

The Roxbury Mosque serves as a religious center for Muslims and a cultural center for many in Roxbury and the Greater Boston Area. The tour will focus on this structure which features many architectural elements of a traditional mosque. Registration required: http://commonbostonislamicsociety.eventbrite.com/

Dudley Street Neighborhood Tour
Saturday June 26, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
DSNI office, 504 Dudley Street

Walk with May Louie of the Dudley St. Neighborhood Initiative to see the results of a 25-year resident-led collaborative effort to transform this community from near-devastation to a vibrant urban village-in-progress. The tour will include stories about public art and spaces, land use, quality affordable homes, and more. Registration required: http://commonbostondudleystreet.eventbrite.com/

Pratt House: A Passivhaus-inspired Gunsmith’s Cottage
Saturday June 26, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
67 Dudley Street

Overlooking Roxbury’s Dudley Square, the Pratt House is a resurrected 19th century gunsmith’s cottage that’s designed to brave New England winters without a furnace. Registration recommended: http://commonbostonpratthouse.eventbrite.com/

Toxic Tour: Environmental Justice in Roxbury
Saturday June 26, 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Offices of ACE, 2181 Washington Street

This event will be led by Gene Benson of Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE). The tour will begin with a video and discussion of local environmental justice work followed by a visit to sites around Dudley Square that reflect environmental injustices as well as the great achievements of people organizing for change. Registration recommended: http://commonbostonjustice.eventbrite.com/

Windsor Street Project Presentation and Cookout
Saturday June 26, 5:00 pm
90 Windsor Street

United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury and Architecture for Humanity Boston have teamed up to renovate a community cultural center at 90 Windsor Street. Check out the site, celebrate the collaboration, enjoy some bbq, and learn more about their work at a presentation by Nataka Crayton, President of UNLR, and Michael McHugh, Board Member of AfH Boston. Registration recommended: http://commonbostoncookout.eventbrite.com/