Boston Ujima Project
The Boston Ujima Project is organizing neighbors, workers, business owners and investors to create a community-controlled economy in Greater Boston.
The Boston Ujima Project is an ecosystem designed to strengthen local economic control and recenter economic power in low income communities and communities of color in Boston. Ujima (oo-JEE-mah) is a Swahili word, the celebrated Kwanzaa principle for “collective work and responsibility.” Ujima inspires us to take responsibility for our communities, to see our neighbor’s problems as our own, and to build collective power to solve them together. Through Ujima, we are fostering a new economy based on democracy, sustainability and justice.
10/02/2026
🎊 Join Fortunately Magazine for excellent sounds, drinks, + reads, as we launch our much-awaited Issue 01!
What would a lifestyle magazine look like in a post-capitalist world? Fortunately Magazine is a lifestyle magazine centering cooperation, economics, and alternative ways of living.
Our second publication, Un/Making, meditates on possibility through clearing the board, making anew, and turning back to go forward. We welcome you to grab your copy and celebrate the launch of our print magazine at Foxglove Terrace in Allston!
🎟️ Each purchased ticket will get you two drink tickets for the bar, and a copy of the magazine.
🗓️ October 19 | 9 PM - 1 AM
📍 Foxglove Terrace | 40 Western Ave, Allston, MA 02134
💫 RSVP: www.ujimaboston.com/events
10/02/2026
Join us in October!
10/02/2026
Join us at next week for The Currency of Relationships and Gracious Leadership with Ernesto "Eroc" Arroyo-Montano & Justice Roe Williams
Our relationship with each other as currency, is about more than what we earn, spend, or save, it is deeply connected to how we understand worth, value, power, and responsibility. Who taught us what we are worth, and what becomes possible when we reclaim the power to define that for ourselves?
Using the four I's of Relationships and Oppression, we will explore how our personal, generational, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural experiences have shaped what we believe about money and our own worth.
📆 Wednesday 10/7
📍Coop Social Club | 98A Green St, Jamaica Plain, MA
⏰ 6 - 7:15PM EST
🌏 Hybrid
📋 Register at ujimaboston.com/events
💡 Learn more at https://www.ujimaboston.com/post/in-us-we-trust
Fall at Ujima Wednesdays: In Us We Trust We’ve been taught to count our wealth in dollars while forgetting the currencies that first made us human. Perhaps democracy is not only lost through stolen votes, but through forgotten values. Join us for our fall Ujima Wednesday Workshop series, In Us We Trust, to remember and rediscover the har...
🔸 Happening Today: Ujima Membership Orientation 🔹
Join us for an interactive session is a chance to learn more about what membership looks like at the Boston Ujima Project. We'll learn about the Ujima ecosystem and explore the different membership options and journeys available.
Whether you're new to Ujima or a longtime supporter, all are welcome!
🗓️ October 2 | 6-8 PM
📍 COOP Social Club | 98A Green St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
📋 RSVP at https://ujimaboston.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F55314
10/01/2026
🎊 Come celebrate Stone Maps and Williams's 2026–27 residency at Ujima this Saturday!
Kiyan Williams, the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture, Boston Ujima Project, Inc. and the new Center for Art, Invention & Uncommon Practice (CAIUP) are elated to invite you to an evening celebrating the launch of Stone Maps (Ruttier for the Dispossessed) , a public installation by Kiyan Williams, and the beginning of Williams's term as CAIUP's Artist-in-Residence.
Enjoy a viewing, live music, poetry, dinner, and a dance party 🪩💃🏾
The evening will feature a live soundscape by Ms. Carrie Stacks, music from DJ BLXSS, and performances by poet Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah.
📆 October 3, 2026 | 4 PM
📍Copp's Hill Terrace | 520 Commercial St, Boston, MA 02109
📋 Learn more at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stone-maps-ruttier-for-the-dispossessed-opening-reception-tickets-1998305139465?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
10/01/2026
🏠 Join us this October for at the Coop Social Club
The Coop Social Club is a new home for community-minded people creating change throughout our city. A member-owned space in Jamaica Plain for creatives, organizers, and culture workers building a more just and sustainable world.
💡 Learn more at www.ujimaboston.com/ujimawednesdays
🔗 Coop Social Club: www.coopsocialclub.com
Photos from our Talkback and "Makibaka! Huwag Matakot!" ACO workshop last month. Join us at our next on October 7!
📝 Need support in your Resource Organizing Fellowship application? Get Resume Review from a professional Career counselor on our Ujima Cousins TimeBank!
Checkout our this and other offers and needs on our new timebank home on Community Timebanks, a platform designed to better support member exchanges, strengthen community connections, and help our TimeBank grow for years to come.
One more week to apply for our 2026-27 Resource Organizing Fellowship, a yearlong, part-time opportunity (15 hrs/week, virtual) to join our resourcing team in shaping the future of community-centered fundraising and economic justice. Application deadline is October 8, 2026.
💡 Timebank: www.communitytimebanks.com/circle/boston-ujima-timebank
→ Learn more and apply: https://www.ujimaboston.com/jobs
Check out Boston Ujima TimeBank on Community Timebanks! Meet neighbors. Save money. Share skills.
09/30/2026
⌚️ Join tonight for Time and Place with Amanda Everic
Join Amanda Everich, Community Facilitator and Education Manager for the Black Farmer Fund, in a conversation on building and harvesting economies that serve us.
Amanda will speak to the history of, and context for, the Black Farmer Fund. She will share resources and explore processes, from socioemotional to investment-making, that undergird belonging and land stewardship today.
📆 Wednesday 9/30
📍Coop Social Club | 98A Green St, Jamaica Plain, MA
⏰ 6 - 7:15PM EST
🌏 Hybrid
📋 Register at ujimaboston.com/events
💡 Learn more at https://www.ujimaboston.com/post/in-us-we-trust
Fall at Ujima Wednesdays: In Us We Trust We’ve been taught to count our wealth in dollars while forgetting the currencies that first made us human. Perhaps democracy is not only lost through stolen votes, but through forgotten values. Join us for our fall Ujima Wednesday Workshop series, In Us We Trust, to remember and rediscover the har...
09/29/2026
🍁 Join us for Ujima Cafe at Dorchester Food Co-op on October 8 and 22!
🍴Bring your appetite and good vibes for a day of free delicious food, cooperative spirit, and great company! Don't forget your grocery list, and reusable bottle for some laundry detergent 🫧
🗓️ October 8 + 22 | 5-7 PM
📍 Dorchester Food Co-op | 195 Bowdoin St, Dorchester, MA 02122
💫 RSVP now: www.ujimaboston.com/events
📸 Beauitful photos from Steffon Rivers from previous Ujima Cafe
🚙 No car to get groceries? No problem DCF has a new Carpool to the Co-op program (sign-up here for a free ride to DFC!), an online ordering system for their catering, and they're now on Instacart!
09/29/2026
🍁 Join us for Ujima Cafe at Dorchester Food Co-op on October 8 and 22!
🍴Bring your appetite and good vibes for a day of free delicious food from , cooperative spirit, and great company!
🛒 Don't forget your grocery list, and reusable bottle for some laundry detergent 🫧
🗓️ October 8 & 22 | 5-7 PM
📍 Dorchester Food Co-op | 195 Bowdoin St, Dorchester, MA 02122
💫 RSVP now: www.ujimaboston.com/events
📸 Beauitful photos from from previous Ujima Cafe
🚙 No car to get groceries? No problem DCF has a new Carpool to the Co-op program (sign-up here for a free ride to DFC!), an online ordering system for their catering, and they're now on Instacart!
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