Grassroots Grind

13/10/2022

Blackstonian Arts & Culture Series: Dr. Akinyele Umoja – Zoom, Wed Oct 19, 2022 - Blackstonian Arts & Culture Series Presents...AT THE FEET OF THE ELDERSMASTER CLASSOG E...

07/11/2020

24/09/2020

Please use this form to submit written comment on the Boston Police Reform Task Force's Initial Recommendations. Link to initial report here:https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2020/09/Boston-Police-Reform-Task-Force-Draft-Report-English-final-version.pdf Written feedback can be submitt...

17/09/2020

The Boston Police Reform Task Force is hosting a listening session to gather community feedback on their initial draft recommendations.

The Task Force was charged with reviewing the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) current policies and procedures and then presenting to Mayor Walsh and to the public recommendations for reform. The Task Force focused on four main areas of review:

Use of Force policies
Implicit Bias Training
the Body Worn Camera Program, and
Strengthening the Community Ombudsman Oversight Panel (COOP) board.

Feedback from this session will guide the Task Force on their final recommendations on changes to BPD policies and procedures.

Working to reform police practices to improve respect for basic human and civil rights, reforms should address concerns about policing, racial discrimination/profiling, diversity, excessive/deadly force and corruption.

09/08/2020

http://masspolicereform.org/2020/08/mass-police-reform-timeline/

The Mass Police Reform Timeline is an effort to provide a context and history for current conversations and movement for police reform and re-imagining and to “show receipts” for the failure to implement meaningful reform despite decades of broad based support for basic measures of accountability here in Boston and Massachusetts. The timeline shows:

- Local incidents of Police use of excessive force up to and including the shooting and killing of civilians and prominent cases of police misconduct and criminality

- Recommendations, reports and findings issued by community organizations, oversight bodies, commissions and professional law enforcement groups

- Changing of leadership including elected officials and police commissioners / administrations and administrative actions

- Original and investigative reporting from local and national news organizations and journalists

- Proposed and enacted legislative and policy changes aimed at police reform, accountability and data collection

Please check it out, give us your feedback and help us add data we may not have captured.

03/08/2020

" VOL. 4" OUT NOW: https://esteenack.bandcamp.com/album/minimansiondust-vol-4

16/07/2020

24/06/2020

http://masspolicereform.org/2020/06/solutions-and-support/

Solutions and Support: Despite apparent broad consensus among key stakeholders on proposals that have been public for in some cases decades, there is a lack of substantive movement on most fronts in terms of police reform here in Massachusetts.

07/06/2020

21/05/2020

LIVE

21/05/2020

Tonight! 6PM on Race Recovery

JOIN The Race Recovery Project discussion as we take a look at the realities of striving towards positive Blackness in America

May 21, Thursday @ 6pm. FB LIVE

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The Race Recovery Project

17/02/2020

Featuring: Chelley Marie, L0rdJu, Pimp Daddy Dane, S550, Rayel, TeeLuxe, Lik Meraki, Say Blanco + More

02/02/2020

Our interview with -seuss who is, in his own wordds, a "20 year old producer/engineer/artist out here creating the wave!" Young Seuss: https://linktr.ee/youngseuss Playlist: 2:03 - -seus

25/01/2020

QueenPen is going down Saturday February 22 at Market featuring Chelley Marie, Lord Ju, Pimp Daddy Dane, S550, Rayel, TeeLuxe, Lik Meraki, Say Blanco, Hosted by Roro, Sounds by DJ WhySham. Find tickets on the Event page or the scopeapparel.com

09/09/2019

22/08/2019

Featuring: Red Shaydez, Stizzy LeftLane / 1 Trillion, TeeLuxe, JuneLyfe, SPNDA, Loman, Boogie Da God, SeeFour, Parissia, DD Brooks

21/03/2019

this is big

Proto–hip-hop collective returns in May with new LP ‘Transcending Toxic Times’

16/10/2018

City Yard Music dropped a crazy posse cut produced by Grubby Pawz “Million Dollar Meetings” featuring bars from Haze, Kadeem, SPNDA, Estee Nack, Codenine, Chronic Tone & JuneLyfe. Go cop the single!

17/06/2018

Lu Bangers, Jake and Catch Wreck sit down with Eric, founder of Kingdom of Royal Brand and call up of / The Stew Beat Showcase to talk about upcoming local events and the c