flyer> BPAF-8th-Annual FALL RECEPTION pdf text of the flyer The BPAF Annual Fall Pan African Welcome Reception was held on Friday, October 26, 2018 “Returning to the Source: The Future of Reparations and Restorative Justice for Afrikan Enslavement”: Report to the Community Place: University of Massachusetts Boston Snowden Auditorium, Wheatley Hall, 1st […]
Mimi Jones, a BPAF Board member, a long time Roxbury resident activist and community builder, a founder and leader of the “Friends of the Library” organization for the Dudley Sq. Branch of the Boston Public Library, and a Boston Historical Society member, was honored as A Hero Among Us, by the Boston Celtics at the […]
.DATES FOR BPAF MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR 2019, EVERY 4th MONDAY January 28nd February 25th March 25th April 22rd May 27th June 24th July 22rd August 26th September 23rd October 28th November 25th December 23rd .Members and guests are always welcome at these meetings. Unless otherwise posted, these meetings all are held from 7-9pm at MIT, […]
Following are links to information about recent screenings of the documentary, “Passage at St. Augustine.” The date for the screening in the Rabb Auditorium at the main library at Copley Square, was on January 9th. This film, on one of the most important episodes of the Civil Rights movement during the 60s, includes the role of, and an […]
Willard R. Johnson’s presentation to Univ. of Johannesburg Conference “The Pan-African Pantheon” regarding the contributions to Pan-Africanism by Mr. Harry Belafonte. Click on title first, then on designated link click here
Feb.4th, 11:30am<>2;30pm at Dudley Branch Library (65 Warren St., Roxbury) PAN-AFRICANISM IN THE AGE OF TRUMP: SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR THE 21st CENTURY A Community Forum and Discussion Presented by Boston Pan African Forum (BPAF) Moderator: Dr. Pearl Robinson, Tufts University Panelists will Include: Dr. Jemadari Kamara, Professor, UMass/Boston Ms. Mari Gashaw, Cambridge Black Lives […]
Boston Pan-Africa Forum 2016 Reception for the African World-Wide Diaspora (held Oct. 21st 2016, at U. Mass. Boston) Former U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington, and Wheelock College visiting scholar from Brazil, Prof. Andrea Lisboa DeSousa, speak about the history and relevance of Pan-Africanism and African connections for US populations and for Brazilian populations. Welcome and introductions […]
The Boston Pan-African Forum hosted a community discussion and report back on the historic conference on Reparations held at the University of Edinburg, UK in November 2015. Presentations were made by conference participants– U Mass-Boston Professors Jemadari Kamara and Robert Johnson, Wheelock College Professor Joyce Hope Scott , and former MA State Senator Bill Owens. It […]
An Engaging Discussion of “Higher Education in Africa: The Rising Challenge and the Complex Opportunity” was presented on November 23rd, by Dr. Phillip Clay, Professor and former Chancellor, MIT. The presentation took place at the Dudley Branch of the Boston Public Library, 65 Warren Street, Roxbury.
