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An opportunity for community-based reparations and racial healing at a historic African-Caribbean church in Cambridgeport, and for the creation of an inclusive Black space for arts, documentation, organizing, and joy.
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Black History in Action (BHAC) is excited to announce our Heart of the Culture event series! We’re ramping up our offerings in our third programming season with a series of dynamic arts and culture events for the entire community to present and celebrate Black history and experience. Join us at the historic African-Caribbean St. Augustine’s church to gather, celebrate, organize, and reflect from this month through June. Through this reactivation work, we hope to continue creating an inclusive Black space for arts, documentation, organizing, and joy in collaboration with the community. All of the events will take place at St. Augustine’s at 4 pm, excluding the March 23rd "Grace of the Black Church" Panel Discussion at 3 pm. Mark your calendars for this special collection of talks, music and dance performances, healing gatherings, and more!
Sunday, March 30, 2025
A sensational marimba and dance performance free and open to all! "'The Prayers of Black Folk' is my artistic response to the belief that all the prayers of our ancestors will be answered in time. The title also sits in the powerful lineage of W.E.B. Du Bois’ classic work, “The Souls of Black Folk.” Our ancestor’s Prayers were prayed in various African languages, uttered on cramped slave ships, uttered on this land, too. Prayers for freedom, life, truth, justice, community, family, home, health, strength, humanity, songs, and many other things. Their prayers protect and encourage me to live out my purpose in music. 'The Prayers of Black Folk' embodies the deeply spiritual underpinnings of Black queer identities." -Steph Davis
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Sunday, March 23, 2025
A community conversation free and open to all. Join us for this fascinating and inclusive conversation!
Learn about the church, nestled between the campuses of MIT and Harvard, anchored Cambridge’s sizeable African-Caribbean diasporic community.
Invest in our work! 100% of your donation goes towards our mission of community-based reparation, the fight against Black displacement caused by gentrification, and the creation of the new Space for Black Exuberance at St. Augustine’s.
Credit card donations can be sent via the secure link below. To donate via check, please mail it to the address below:
232 Pearl Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Donations are tax deductable; BHAC’s tax ID/EIN is 85-2043123.
