Introducing Merecedes Loving-Manley:
2020-21 Arts & Cultural Organizing Fellow
This month, we welcome our 2020-21 Arts and Cultural Organizing Fellow, Mercedes Loving-Manley, to the Boston Ujima Project!
Mercedes D. Loving-Manley is a performer and storyteller born and raised in Dorchester, MA. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing and film, the stories she writes center the lives of Black people, especially Black trans people. Her latest musical work 'water weed estrogen', a 5-track mixtape, was recorded during her final year of college and released as a gift to her supporters. Her forthcoming film 'The World and Then Some’ highlights the experiences of Black LGBTQ+ folks from her hometown, a community near and dear to her. Mercedes’s hope is that her art can be a tool in the process of healing and community cultivation for folks from various intersections within Black identity/ies.
This fellowship provides material support and much needed time to area artists to explore their authentic interests outside of commercial restraints. At Ujima, we will continue to work to expand popular definitions of labor which truly honors artists and cultural workers as the economy builders they are.
TONIGHT at 6PM: Political & Financial Education Workshop
'Cooperative Work: Conflict Resoultion with USFWC'
Our next Ujima Financial & Political Education Workshop is tonight, Wednesday, August 12, from 6:00pm-8:30pm EST.
- 6:00PM-7:15PM #CoLearn: The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives will present a multi-part series on Cooperative Work. The next installment focuses on conflict resolution.
- 7:15PM-8:30PM #CoCreation: Timebank and UNESG
PLEASE RSVP. Thank you!
- August 12 - Ujima Financial and Political Education Workshop (Zoom)
- August 12 - Ujima Neighborhood Economic Study Group (UNSEG)
- August 12 - Timebank Member Team
Time: Wednesday, July 29th, 6PM | Location: Zoom Only
#CoDirect Recap with Ujima Staff
Check out the link to view the full video and notes here.
Upcoming Ujima Meetings
We hold Open Meetings every Wednesday at 6pm via Zoom. Check out our August Calendar below!
#UjimaWednesdays Meeting Agenda:
6:00-7:15 - Community Building + Financial and Political Education.
7:15-8:30 - Member Team Meetings (Based on a rotating schedule; See calendar above)
