From the category archives:

2012 Spring

Project JamaicaWay: Sustainable Style Competition & Fashion Show

Event info: Wednesday 30 May 2012 Thursday 7 June 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Calling all aspiring fashion designers: Apply by May 30 to show off your skills, save the planet, & win fabulous prizes! Sustainable Style Competition & Fashion Show Thursday, June 7, 7-9 PM First Church in JP, UU – 6 Eliot Street, JP Buying new clothes is bad for our wallets and the environment, but how [...]

Wealth Inequality: The Gilded Road to Ruin?

Event info: Thursday 26 April 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

At the Cambridge Forum: Wednesday, April 25 7-9 PM First Parish Cambridge, UU 3 Church Street, Harvard Square – Cambridge, MA 02138 AND At the Jamaica Plain Forum: Thursday, April 26, 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU 6 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Chuck Collins, director [...]

Fighting for Our Health: Richard Kirsch on the Epic Battle to Make Health Care a Right

Event info: Thursday 17 May 2012 – 12:00am to 9:00pm

Thursday, May 17, 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU 6 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain RSVP & Invite your friends on Facebook President Obama may have been the one to sign health care reform into law in 2010, but the passage of the new law was the product of decades of struggle by activists [...]

Can the Earth Survive Capitalism?: Reading and Discussion with Peter Barnes

Event info: Thursday 24 May 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Can the Earth Survive Capitalism?: Reading and Discussion with Peter Barnes May 24, 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU 6 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain RSVP & Invite your friends on Facebook Is it possible to transform capitalism so the economy can exist within ecological limits? In his new book, journalist & entrepreneur Peter [...]

Gods, Gays, and Guns: Rev. Osagyefo Sekou on the Failure of God and Democracy

Event info: Thursday 14 June 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Thursday, June 14, 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU 6 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain RSVP & Invite your friends on Facebook As a pastor, documentary filmmaker, theologian, and organizer, Rev. Osagyefo Sekou has argues that the religion must be used for the expansion of democracy. His new book, Gods, Gays, and Guns takes [...]

99% Spring Training: Telling the Story of Our Economy and Non-Violence

Event info: Friday 13 April 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

We’re at a crossroads as a country. In recent years, millions have lost their jobs, homes have been foreclosed, and an unconscionable number of children live in poverty. We have to stand up to the people who caused of all this and confront the rampant greed and deliberate manipulation of our democracy and our economy [...]

Darkening the Doorways: Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison Reed on African Americans in the UU Church

Event info: Wednesday 18 April 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Darkening the Doorways: Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison Reed on African Americans in the UU Church April 18, 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU 6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain Why does Unitarian Universalism find becoming more diverse such a struggle? In a religious community that values diversity, what role does race play? [...]

Education Not Deportation! The Student Immigrant Movement and the Struggle for Educational Equity

Event info: Friday 16 March 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

March 16, 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU 6 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, MA, 02113 RSVP & Invite your friends on Facebook Every year in the United States, around 65,000 undocumented students beat the odds and graduate high school, only to confront a new set of obstacles. They don’t have social security numbers [...]

Tagged as: Student Immigrant Movement

The Ice Cream Social Experiment: A Workshop on Bridging the Two JPs

Event info: Thursday 22 March 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Hosted by the Racial Healing and Reconciliation Team of Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center & The Equity Collaborative! March 22, 7-9 PM ***Nate Smith House, 155 Lamartine St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130*** RSVP & Invite Your Friends on Facebook Led by youth and adults working together for racial healing and reconciliation in JP, The Ice [...]

Film Screening: The Economics of Happiness

Event info: Thursday 29 March 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Note Different Location: Nate Smith House, 155 Lamartine St, JP Along with the JP New Economy Transition, the JP Forum is sponsoring a “New Economy” film series on the last Thursday of every month. We watch films about building a new economy that works for everyone in harmony with the planet. Help us choose the [...]

The Fruit of Our Labor: Afghan Perspectives on Film

Event info: Friday 2 March 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Film Screening & Discussion Friday, 3/2, 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU 6 Eliot St., Boston, MA, 02130 RSVP & Invite your friends on Facebook “[CSFilm] put cameras in the hands of Afghans and gave them training to make films about their lives. The result is an unprecedented intimate look at Afghan life [...]

Criminal Injustice: The High Cost of 3-Strikes Laws in Massachusetts

Event info: Friday 27 January 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Criminal Injustice: The High Cost of 3-Strikes Laws in Massachusetts Friday, January 27th, 7-9 PM First Church of Jamaica Plain 6 Eliot St, Boston, MA In November, despite protests from community activists and legal experts, both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts State Senate passed “3-Strikes” bills that could have disastrous consequences [...]

“Buen Camino!”: 21st Century Pilgrims

Event info: Friday 3 February 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Friday, February 3 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain 6 Eliot St., Boston, MA Every year, thousands of modern-day pilgrims walk a centuries-old trail leading to the tomb of St. James in Santiago, Spain. What is the Camino de Santiago, and why are so many drawn to make this arduous journey today? Hear [...]

The History of JP and its First Church: Presentation and Potluck!

Event info: Sunday 29 January 2012 – 5:00pm to 8:00pm

First Church History & Potluck First Church in Jamaica Plain 6 Eliot St. January 29, 2012 5-8 PM Jamaica and West Roxbury were synonymous until the creation of a new parish church on the “Pond Plain in Jamaica” within the colonial town of Roxbury. Over the course of its history, Jamaica Plain was the Third [...]

State of Our Neighborhood 2012

Event info: Thursday 9 February 2012 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

English High School 144 McBride Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Just like the President offers a State of the Union, and the Mayor offers a State of the City, JP NET is proud to present… The 2nd Annual State of our Neighborhood forum JP City Councilor – Matt O’Malley At-Large City Councilor – Felix Arroyo [...]