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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 [...]

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 [...]

Job Opening: Administrative Associate & Event Organizer: Boston Office

Event info: Sunday 18 December 2011 1:00am

The Institute for Policy Studies, the nation’s oldest progressive multi-issue think tank, seeks applicants for a in a Program and Administrative Associate & Event Organizing position for in its Boston office located in Jamaica Plain, MA. The Boston office coordinates Program on Inequality and several other activities including the Jamaica Plain Forum (www.jamaicaplainforum.org), a community [...]

Stay Tuned!

Event info: – Thursday 30 June 2011 to Thursday 1 September 2011

Check back soon for any updates or events during the summer. Thanks for your support and making this past year the best one yet! Sincerely, The JP Forum Team

Thanks for a great season!

The 2010 season of the Jamaica Plain Forum has ended. Check back soon for any updates or events during the summer. Thanks for your support and making this past year the best one yet! Sincerely, The JP Forum Team

The Beehive Collective: The True Cost of Coal: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Our Future

Event info: Wednesday 6 October 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Come view the Beehive Collective’s amazing new portable mural called the “True Cost of Coal” and a discussion. Long-exploited as a resource-extraction colony within the U.S., the Appalachian Mountains are home to a fight for survival whose outcome will determine in part the industrial might of this country. Our insatiable demand for cheap power has [...]

Tagged as: capitalism, climate change, environment

Common Security Clubs: Building Resilient Communities

Event info: Thursday 16 December 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: Nate Smith House, 155 Lamartine Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 How do we prepare for economic and ecological change? In response to our insecure times, congregations and communities are forming “Common Security Clubs” to build resilience and strengthen community ties. This J.P. Forum will be an overview of how the clubs work ¬and an [...]

Tagged as: community, local, social movements, urban sustainability

Dispatches From Mexico: John Ross and the Journey through Mexico

Event info: Friday 30 April 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Speaker: John Ross Author and activist John Ross has spent many years traveling and chronicling struggles for human rights in Mexico. He has written ten books of fiction and non-fiction. His latest volume “El Monstruo – Dread & Redemption in Mexico City”, a street-level peoples’ history of the most polluted, overcrowded, corrupt and crime-ridden megalopolis [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, community, democracy, history, Latin America

The Coming Population Crash: Our Planet’s Surprising Future

Event info: Friday 16 April 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Fred Pearce, Author of When the Rivers Run Dry For more than two centuries there has been mounting concern that rapidly growing populations are putting an unsustainable strain on the Earth’s resources. However, much has been misunderstood about the current rate of population growth and its effect on the environment. Though the global population is [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, community, economics, urban sustainability

The Time Trade Circle: A local, recession-proof economy

Event info: Sunday 21 February 2010 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm

What’s a time bank? A time bank is an organization where members have a bank account of time, and exchange time-based services with other members. It’s a pool of members, and operates like a circle, not a one-to-one swap or barter. In a time bank, for example, Lara makes a cake for Aldo, Keren gives [...]

Tagged as: climate change, community, Potluck

Reportback from Copenhagen: Next Steps on Climate Change, with reflections from JP-area neighbors

Many people hoped that the December’s United Nation’s Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen would generate a decisive global stance to curb the planet’s warming. With world leaders joining journalists, policy makers, activists, business people, and grassroots stakeholders, the talks were varied and heated. While some walked away claiming victory, others saw the conference as a failure to make critical changes in global climate policy.

A month after Copenhagen’s conclusion, we gather at the Jamaica Plain Forum to talk with two JP residents who attended the conference. Doyle Canning and Kalila Barnett will share their stories, reflections, and photos from both inside the Bella Center, and outside on the streets. For those of us that weren’t at Copenhagen, this JP Forum will be a wonderful way to learn about what happened and what the next step is to challenge climate change.

Tagged as: climate change, copenhagen, grassroots

Creating your own Compost, Wormbin & Rain Barrel

Event info: Friday 7 May 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Do you ever wish that you could stop throwing away your kitchen scraps, and instead use them for something useful? Or, that you could water your garden with all of the valuable rainwater that runs off your roof? Join us at this Sustainability Series workshop where we will surprise you with how easy it is [...]

Tagged as: community, greening, urban sustainability

Author Talk with Lynne Anderson – “Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens”

Event info: Wednesday 2 June 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Through stories of hand-rolled pasta and homemade chutney, local markets and backyard gardens, and wild mushrooms and foraged grape leaves— Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens recounts in loving detail the memories, recipes, and culinary traditions of people who have come to the United States from around the world. Chef, teacher and author [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, community, food, history, immigration, local

Help Keep the Conversation Going – Donate now!

At this time last year, we came to you with “10 Reasons to Support the Jamaica Plain Forum.” The list ranged from silly (“Best Cheap Date in JP”) to sincere (“In economically stressful times, we need to come together”). One year later, both still hold true. This year, we humbly request your support for one [...]

Special Guest: Ralph Nader

America’s stalwart fighter against corporate abuse, best selling author and presidential candidate will talk about new strategies to build economic equality and his new book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us. In his first work of fiction, Nader tells the story of what would happen if the country’s richest and most powerful decided to act [...]

Special Guest: Ralph Nader

Event info: Friday 30 October 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

America’s stalwart fighter against corporate abuse, best selling author and presidential candidate will talk about new strategies to build economic equality and his new book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us. In his first work of fiction, Nader tells the story of what would happen if the country’s richest and most powerful decided to act [...]

Tagged as: book for sale, economics, politics, social movements

Winterizing Workshop: Making a more efficient home

Event info: Friday 6 November 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

With November fast approaching, homeowners and renters alike begin to anticipate the frozen pipes and leaky windows of winter, as well as the financial strain of keeping the winter’s cold at bay. As part of our continuing Urban Sustainability Series, the JP Forum joins with the Massachusetts Municipal Association to present a 1-hour workshop on [...]

Tagged as: climate, DIY, energy efficient, environment, greening, preparation

The Buzz About Bees: Urban Apiary for Beginners

Event info: Friday 20 March 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

With warming weather and sunnier skies, springtime will soon be heralded in by our familiar friend, the honey bee. But with staggering statistics about the rapid loss of bees, it may be time to consider small-scale and urban beekeeping as a remedy. Begin your beekeeping experience by learning the basics from a master bee tender, [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, food, greening, local, urban sustainability

Closing the Racial Wealth Divide

Event info: Friday 23 January 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

with Meizhu Lui, Dedrick Muhammad and Amaad Rivera Three national experts join us to both celebrate the election of Barack Obama and discuss the persistent disparities of wealth that still exist along racial lines. The forum corresponds with the release of “State of the Dream 2009,” a timely study examining racial wealth disparities. Over the [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, race in America, social movements, wealth

“Lioness” Film and Discussion

Event info: Friday 10 October 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

They went to Iraq as cooks, clerks, and mechanics and returned a year later as part of America’s first generation of female combat veterans. Despite an official government policy that states that women are not supposed to partake in direct ground combat, the five women featured here most certainly did. LIONESS, tells the story of [...]

Tagged as: gender, Middle East, military, peace, trauma, war

“Chicago 10″ Film and Discussion

Event info: Friday 19 September 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

CHICAGO 10 is dramatic documentary that explores the build-up and unraveling of the 1968 Chicago Conspiracy Trial with Abby Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Bobbie Seale and Dave Dellinger. A parable of hope, courage and challenge as it portrays the struggle of young Americans speaking out and taking a stand in the face of an oppressive and [...]

Tagged as: history, politics, race in America, social movements

“There Are No Illegal People” with photojournalist David Bacon

Event info: Tuesday 9 September 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants, with David Bacon â€œDavid Bacon is the conscience of American journalism; an extraordinary social documentarist in the rugged humanist tradition of Dorothea Lange, Carey McWilliams, and Ernesto Galarza.â€ â€”Mike Davis, author of No One Is Illegal Jamaica Plain has a rich history as a “landing pad” [...]

Tagged as: art, capitalism, community, economics, immigration, politics, race in America, social movements

See you in the fall!

Event info: Tuesday 29 July 2008 1:00pm

Dear Jamaica Plain, Thank you all so much for such a wonderful first year of the Jamaica Plain Forum! What started out as a few community conversations on current social issues has turned into a well-loved staple of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. This season our conversations ranged from parenting, to the local food movement, [...]

A Report from New Orleans: 3 Years Later

Event info: Friday 27 June 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

“14 Hands, 7 Toolbelts, and 1 New Orleans Family: A Report Back from Post-Katrina Louisiana” Did you know that, since Hurricane Katrina, Boston-area building trades people have made several trips to rewire and replumb flood-damaged homes on the Gulf coast? In fact, a crew of seven local electricians, plumbers, and carpenters just returned from [...]

Tagged as: community, New Orleans, race in America, report-back, service

Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times: Amy Goodman, David Goodman and You

Event info: Friday 16 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! visits the Jamaica Plain Forum on Friday, May 16th at 7:00pmÂ This event is a Fundraiser for the Jamaica Plain Forum. Tickets are $5.00 Doors open at 6pm, event begins at 7pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis Tickets are on sale at Rhythm and Muse (470 Center [...]

Tagged as: book for sale, community, economics, local hero, media, militarism, politics, social movements

The Defining Moment for Climate Change with Bill McKibben

Event info: Sunday 8 June 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist Sunday, June 8th, 7:00pm Read Bill’s most recent article on Alternet.org As a part of our continuing series on climate-change, join the Jamaica Plain Forum for a conversation with Step-It-Up! global warming activist, Bill McKibben after the Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon and 1st annual Green Roots Festival. Bill McKibben is [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, DIY, environment, greening, social movements, urban sustainability

“Unnatural Causes” Film Screening at English High School

Event info: Thursday 1 May 2008 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Thursday, May 1st:Â 6:00pm – reception, 6:30-8:30 – screening English High School Community Center, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain Refreshments will be served. “Unnatural Causes” is a documentary series that explores the racial and social inequalities in health. Please come to a special Jamaica Plain neighborhood viewing of the episode “Place Matters.” English-to-Spanish translation available. [...]

Tagged as: community, feedback, health care

Hillary Jordan, Author of “MUDBOUND” (Reading)

Event info: Friday 2 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

â€œThis is storytelling at the height of its powers: the ache of wrongs not yet made right, the fierce attendance of history made as real as rain, as true as this minute. Hillary Jordan writes with the force of a Delta storm.â€ â€“ Barbara Kingsolver Please join us for an intimate reading with Hillary [...]

Tagged as: art, author's reading, history, race in America

Building a More Equitable Community/Creando una Comunidad Equitativa

Event info: Saturday 17 May 2008

Save the date! Saturday, May 17, 2008, English High School The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation invites you to join us in a day speakers, workshops, and films exploring what the Jamaica Plain community currently looks like, and what kind of a future we envision for our neighborhood. JAMAICA PLAIN IS AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE. [...]

Tagged as: community, economics, local

The Global Warming Cafe: Concrete Steps to Decreasing your Carbon Footprint

Event info: Saturday 29 March 2008 – 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Please note that the day and time of this event is different than other Jamaica Plain Forum Events Saturday, March 29th from 1:00-5:00pm If you were not able to RSVP for this event, please come!Â We still have plenty of space for you! Scientists overwhelmingly agree that human activity is dangerously warming the earth. [...]

Tagged as: climate, community, economics, greening, local, politics, social movements, urban sustainability

“King Corn” Potluck (6:30) and Screening (7:30)

Event info: Friday 14 March 2008 – 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Thanks to the resounding response from parents, our childcare slots available for this screening are now full.Â Join our email list to stay updated on future events with childcare! Join us for this potluck (at 6:30), documentary screening (at 7:30), and discussion with “King Corn” subject Ian Cheney. Have you been wondering why Americans are [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, environment, food, greening, social movements, urban sustainability

“Iron Ladies of Liberia”

Event info: Friday 22 February 2008 – 6:00pm to 6:01pm

Due to inclement weather, this event is being postponed. Please check this website for further updates, or join our email list for the most current information. Catch it on WGBH stations: Wednesday, March 19, 8 – 9pm, WGBH WORLD Sunday, March 23, 9 – 10pm, WGBX, Chanel 44 Sheâ€™s already overcome tremendous obstacles to become [...]

Tagged as: Africa, gender, militarism, peace, politics, social movements

“Iron Ladies of Liberia”- POSTPONED

Due to inclement weather, this event is being postponed. Please check this website for further updates, or join our email list for the most current information. Catch it on WGBH stations: Wednesday, March 19, 8 – 9pm, WGBH WORLD Sunday, March 23, 9 – 10pm, WGBX, Chanel 44 Sheâ€™s already overcome tremendous obstacles to become [...]

Defending Kids from Corporate Marketers

Event info: Friday 8 February 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

In a world where we increasingly see marketing in every nook and cranny, it is not surprising that there are advertisements targeted to children. However, what is surprising is the extent and reach of that marketing. For example, current statistics show us that children see more than 40,000 commercials on television, contributing to a [...]

Tagged as: kids, marketing, parenting

Welcome to the Jamaica Plain Forum’s website!

The Jamaica Plain Forum is a venue for conversations on the great issues shaping our neighborhood and our planet. In coordination with the First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, the Jamaica Plain Forum is a free and public series that will feature speakers, discussions and events that celebrate members of our local, national and [...]