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12.09.2019

In The Bay State Banner: A transformation comes to Dudley

The Boston Planning and Development Agency is seeking bids for the redevelopment of three of the last remaining major open parcels of land in Dudley Square. Along with four projects that have already been greenlighted by city officials, the parcels promise to radically transform the Roxbury shopping district, bringing in hundreds of new housing units and more than 100,000 square feet of commercial and cultural space.

11.20.2019

In The Boston Globe: An elegy for black lives lost — and a call to action

“What to Send Up When It Goes Down’’ will — or at least should — rock you to your core. This electric, uncompromising, and powerfully moving work by Aleshea Harris, directed by Whitney White, casts a light on racialized violence and its victims that is both searing and illuminating.

11.19.2019

In The Boston Globe: We need a ritual to remember black lives like DJ Henry’s. This play gives us one

Presented by American Repertory Theater and Hibernian Hall, “What to Send Up When It Goes Down” isn’t just a play, it’s collective solace. Playing through Nov. 24, it has showtimes at both locations. It intentionally opened in Hibernian Hall, in Dudley Square, in Roxbury.

11.19.2019

On BNN News: Violence Prevention Boosted in Roxbury

Wilbur Smart and Lavell Fulks of the Madison Park Development Corporation talks about violence prevention programs recently strengthened with support from the state.