Safeguarding a Legacy, Renewing Community

We are restoring a historic Black church and building it into a vibrant Center for Arts, Culture, and Connection rooted in the experience of Black Cambridge.

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Protection against Gentrification

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Oh Glory II

December 7th, 2025 at 4PM

Oh Glory II

Join us as we celebrate the black experience through music and poetry created by black composers and poets. Oh Glory II is a continuation of composer and baritone James Dargan's exploration of different Black composers and the Black poets they set to music. Dargan shares that the complexity and variety of this music show the nuance of Black life. Being a Black artist is incredible, so this program focuses on the glory and depth of Blackness, and on my lived experience as a Black musician. We welcome you to join us in this powerful musical exploration. This event is presented in partnership with Zora's Candor and Castle of our Skins.

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Love, Joy, and Power: Tools for Liberation Film Screening and Q&A

November 9th, 2025

Love, Joy, and Power: Tools for Liberation Film Screening and Q&A

Join us for a screening of Emmy-winning director Daresha Kyi's latest documentary, Love, Joy, and Power: Tools for Liberation. This is an exciting new documentary about the co-founders of the Black Voters Matter Fund, Cliff & April Albright and LaTosha Brown, the work they do every day to empower African American communities especially in the rural south, and the crucial role they played in flipping Georgia from red to blue in the 2020 Presidential election and handing President Biden control of the Senate through the 2021 Georgia Senate Runoffs. This event is in partnership with Create The Vote and Roxbury International Film Festival.

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The Evolution of a Black Classical Musician

October 19th, 2025

The Evolution of a Black Classical Musician

Join bassoonist Lecolion Washington as he performs a recital featuring music from his album Legacy: Music for Bassoon by African American Composers. You will also learn how a conversation with Archbishop Desmond Tutu transformed Lecolion's perception of the power of music and the trajectory for his career. Come to also be part of a discussion around the ways in which the identities of musicians can work alongside their artistry to have even greater impact. This event is in partnership with the Community Music Center of Boston's John Kleshinski Concert Series.

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The history of our home at St. Augustine's

Learn about the church, nestled between the campuses of MIT and Harvard, anchored Cambridge’s sizeable African-Caribbean diasporic community.

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100% of your donation goes towards our mission of community-based reparation, the fight against displacement of Black communities caused by gentrification, and the creation of a vibrant Legacy Center for Arts, Community Knowledge, and Connection.

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BHAC
232 Pearl Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

Donations are tax deductable; BHAC’s tax ID/EIN is 85-2043123.