Fall 2024 Newsletter
Haymarket’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Group Photo (May 1, 2024)
DIRECTOR'S CORNER
Trailblazing Forward
This year marks the 50th year of Haymarket People’s Fund providing funding to grassroots groups throughout New England region. Haymarket’s Regional Funding Panel’s 2023-2024 grant cycle awarded a total of $928,000 in Sustaining Grants to 46 groups. Four groups were awarded multi-year funding for the next three years. That is on top of the five groups awarded last year that are receiving their 2nd year of funding. In addition, 11 Urgent Response Grants for $50,500 were awarded throughout the year. This is a total of $978,500 in grants for FY24! To honor Haymarket’s half a century milestone, a celebration was held on May 1, 2024 / May Day. This date holds historic labor rights relevance tied to the source of Haymarket’s name, and to International Workers Day. Unanimously, the Haymarket community chose to celebrate those who built the organization including the Movement Ancestors and those who continue the mission work. Progress will continue toward achieving the one million dollar fundraising goal through the rest of the calendar year in order to provide grants to a number of dynamic grassroots groups. Visit Haymarket’s 50th anniversary website page to see wonderful event photos and continuing ways to engage! The work is not done! After half a century that includes 20 years of social justice efforts focusing on the redistribution of wealth, and over 20 years of striving to eradicate systemic racism, there remains much more to accomplish. As a public foundation, our mission work to fund amazing grassroots community organizing throughout the New England region relies on you. Those most impacted by oppression alongside those striving to regain their humanity can make progress toward realizable societal change. It is in our hands. Haymarket continues to be a trailblazer! We continue to spread the word about making a difference: Our tremendous strides in our organizational, multi-year Sustainability Plan Releasing our research findings of 20+ years of anti racism grantmaking through our Impact Report Announcing the release of the Ford Foundation’s book on participatory grantmaking with a chapter highlighting Haymarket’s impact on participatory grantmaking “The Courage to Change” expresses the rationale for Haymarket’s continuing organizational journey Help Haymarket to move a million dollars in this benchmark moment to the groups that are making a difference in our communities, because it is a necessity. Give what you can. Every gift is significant. Be the change you want to see in the world.
Our 50th Anniversary Page • Our Multi-Year Sustainability Plan • Our 2018-2019 Impact Report • Our Chapter in The Ford Foundation's Participatory Grantmaking in Philanthropy book • Our Organizational Journey in "The Courage to Change"
A LOOK INTO 2024
OUR BOARD
Abdulkerim Said
Ayeesha Lane
Claire Wheeler
Erica Licht
Holly Fetter
Jeremy Phillips
Mercedes Thompkins
Sarika Tandon
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Dorotea Manuela
Lujuana Milton
Magalis Troncoso
Mercedes Thompkins
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Ayeesha Lane
Claire Wheeler
Holly Fetter
Julio Ruiz
Valeska Daley
FUNDING PANEL
Landon A. Osborn
Magalis Troncoso
Ngoc-Tran Vu
Rachel Siegel
Randall Nielsen
Samantha Langevin
Ms. Shaunia Flowers
Strong Oak Lefebvre
Ta'LannaMonique Miller
50TH ANNIVERSARY HOST COMMITTEE
Allistair Mallillin
Ayeesha Lane
Brenda Lett
Cedric Shaw
Chanravy Proeung
Claire Wheeler
Ditra Edwards
Dorotea Manuela
Elaine Reily
Erik Wissa
George Pillsbury
Guadalupe Morelos
Gwendolyn Van Sant
Hilary Graham
Holly Fetter
Jaime Smith
Jennifer Dowdell-Rosario
Jeannette Hueso
Karla Nicholson
Kathryn Destin
Kile Adumen
Lisa Owens
Liza Behrendt
Lujanna Milton
Magalis Troncoso
Mercedes Tompkins
Reggie Williams
Sara De Luca
Sara Sargent
Sarika Tandon
Sheryl Seller
Woullard Lett
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
Vermont/New Hampshire
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Kathryn Destin
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is the largest progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization in the world. They are an organizing a grassroots, multiracial, cross-class, intergenerational movement of U.S. Jews into solidarity with Palestinian freedom struggle. It serves as the political home for Jews on the left looking to transform feelings of rage and grief into meaningful, strategic action.
To say this last year for Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) was eventful would be an understatement. Following the events in Occupied Palestine on October 7, 2023, participation has skyrocketed for the Vermont/New Hampshire arm of the organization. An influx of young Jewish people seeking an anti-Zionist community began attending its numerous events, from teach-ins to Palestinian movie screenings to public demonstrations. Since then, JVP Vermont/New Hampshire has been more empowered than ever to take action in the name of a free Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. For those unfamiliar with JVP, it is the largest progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization in the world. It utilizes grassroots organizing approaches and techniques in its multiracial, cross-class, intergenerational movement in solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle. The Vermont/New Hampshire chapter has several committees that include fundraising, cultural, divestment, and steering. I was honored to speak with Liz Blum, one of the founding members of the chapter and current member of the legislative and steering committees, about this historic moment in the anti-Zionism movement. Liz shared: "I think this has awakened a lot of people. I also think that Israel cannot continue to exist. I think Israel is doomed, eventually. They are a pariah… it's interesting having been a part of the anti-apartheid movement – this is the new anti-apartheid movement on steroids. Another really good thing about it is that it is very diverse. It's really diverse. And to me, organizing people is getting them to understand the idea that solidarity is going to free us. You can't do things alone. You have to work in solidarity and build movements – that includes the labor movement and the climate movement."
Liz grew up in a very left-wing Jewish family. Her union-member parents had her attending her first-ever demonstration when she was only a year old. So, when her friend Daisy Goodman asked for her support to establish this chapter, it wasn't a difficult decision. She feels very fortunate to have grown up in a progressive community, especially considering the alternate options. In our conversation, Liz shared that many anti-Zionist Jews with tense relationships with their Zionist family members and peers have expressed tremendous gratitude for safe spaces like JVP this past year. The chapter has offered a sense of camaraderie to its organizers and supporters who know it is possible to practice and celebrate their Jewish identity without supporting Israel. The Vermont/New Hampshire chapter utilized its Haymarket Urgent Response Grant to host a series of seders (סֵדֶר) to celebrate the new and vibrant community they've cultivated over the last year. One of the seders they hosted in a New Hampshire church had over 50 people in attendance! They hosted another well-received one in April, which served as a counter-Passover seder, to celebrate liberation because, as Liz recited, "nobody is free until we are all free." The chapter also hosted a Tashlich (תשליך) for anti-Zionist Jews in the community to throw items into a river – symbolizing their casting away of what they want to rid themselves of from the past year. Organizing has also manifested in a monthly "Reading for Palestine" group, educational community discussions on the history of Palestine and Israel, and online conversations to contextualize current events in Occupied Palestine. They've been incredibly proactive in supporting the growing student movement for a liberated Palestine on college campuses by attending their demonstrations and providing resources. Through direct actions such as sit-ins, protests, and weekly vigils, they've raised awareness in rural Vermont and New Hampshire communities about the importance of this historic moment and that now is not the time to be passive in supporting the Palestinian freedom struggle. Of course, there has been no shortage of pushback and difficulties during these intense times. Amidst the celebrations and base-building, the biggest challenge has been the ever-persistent narrative conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Liz shared that the chapter has seen a tremendous increase in legislatures and schools instituting this conflation as a policy to offset the movement. Resultantly, college student activists of color, especially at local Ivy League universities Dartmouth and Harvard, have been unjustly targeted by the institutions and Zionists on the claims that their campus organizing threatens the safety of Jewish students. During the heightened tensions caused by the student encampments, many universities weaponized local police authorities and campus security against participating students and professors to try and scare them into compliance. There was an unfortunate incident on Dartmouth's campus where just under a dozen Native American students and two professors were arrested on May 1 and barred from using the campus green to host their post-demonstration powwow. JVP works tirelessly to overcome these challenges. Presently, they're advocating for city council ceasefire resolutions, some of which have successfully passed! They are especially fighting for a federal arms embargo that would surely bring Israel's assault on Occupied Palestine to a screeching halt. They are also working on resolutions of disapproval that were recently introduced to Congress by Vermont Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch. Liz shared that she and others are concerned that the escalation in the entire region might eclipse these efforts. Still, they remain committed to advocating not just for Palestinians but also for the anti-Zionists in their community who are targeted for their activism. As part of several coalitions, including the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation and the New Hampshire Coalition for a Just Peace in Palestine, this JVP chapter works with the spirit of collaboration to continue fighting for justice. During our conversation, Liz showed me a piece of art she had from JVP that read, "I have been alive for longer than Israel has existed. Judaism beyond Zionism is possible." The steadfastness and persistence of longtime organizers like Liz remind us that the liberated world we want for ourselves doesn't necessarily have to be fully imagined from scratch but rather has existed in some form already. Thanks to this perspective shift, the long and winding road forward feels a little less intimidating. Thanks to the unyielding grassroots efforts of organizations such as JVP's Vermont/New Hampshire chapter, our visions are becoming a reality through newly formed and educated communities ready to secure freedom from here in New England to Palestine.
Directly support the Vermont/New Hampshire chapter of JVP's much needed efforts through a donation. Want to provide hands-on support? Visit their website to learn how you can get involved!
Haymarket People’s Fund Statement on Genocide and Violence in Gaza, Palestine, and Israel
Haymarket People’s Fund is an anti-racist and multi-cultural foundation that is committed to strengthening the movement for social justice in New England. Through grantmaking, fundraising, and capacity building, we support grassroots organizations that address the root causes of injustice. Haymarket envisions a world free of racism and oppressions, where peace and cooperation flourish. It is within this context that we denounce the violence presently occurring in the world including the Israeli war crimes and genocide in Gaza, the Hamas massacre of Israelis, the genocide in Darfur and Sudan, Jihadist genocide of Christians in Nigeria, Russian genocide in Ukraine, Slow genocide of Hazara Shias in Afghanistan, Assad regime and Turkish genocides in Syria, Genocide in North Korea, Genocides of ethnic minorities in Myanmar, the Persecution of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and India, the Chinese genocide of Uyghur Muslims, Genocide in Ethiopia, and Genocide in Democratic Republic of Congo. We demand a halting of all acts of state violence against any people. We condemn the role that American tax dollars play in directly funding Israel’s genocide on the Palestinian people; as well as the long history of United States domination around the world that makes Americans unwillingly complicit. We stand in solidarity with all those around the world who put their lives on the line to bring peace, justice and liberation to their lands, just as we more actively do so here in New England. We are actively working to better understand and educate ourselves on the complicated role of white supremacy in all of the above conflicts and situations of violence. White supremacy and its history of eugenics and pseudo-scientific racialization are what have led to hundreds of years of violent and senseless classification of people into racial and ethnic categories for the gain of white European Christian people. In this way we hold the complexity that the Israeli government and military can be complicit in the murderous campaign against Gazans and Lebanese people, and, that Jewish people globally have suffered under Neo Nazi and antisemitic ideologies, and historical genocide including the Holocaust and European pogroms, as well as current threat and violence. As we follow the People’s Institute’s definition of racism as race prejudice plus power, safety is most afforded to those who hold racial privilege and power in the United States as well as the world. Those who have been racialized as white benefit from systemic power, and especially through media portrayal of who is innocent, and whose lives matter. In this way, white Ashkenazi Jewish people benefit from having been racialized as white within American society, and, by nature of being ethnic minorities, also experience harm and discrimination. We also work to hold the complexity that Jewish people themselves are a range of racial and ethnic identities – not limited to but including Sephardic Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Jewish people of color, Ethiopian Jews, Ugandan Jews, and others not listed. Palestinian people, and Black people globally, continue to experience extreme brutality from anti-black racism which perpetuates deeply harmful condemnation as people not worthy of full citizenship and full dignity. And, this continues despite hundreds of years of resilient organizing by groups of multi-racial and Black, Indigenous, people of color, and white abolitionists who have envisioned a different world. We acknowledge with solemnity and solidarity the pain, devastation, and intergenerational trauma that results from current and historic genocides. At Haymarket, we see everything through an anti-racist analysis, which requires a structural understanding of events and patterns. Underlying these horrific state-sanctioned acts is racism. We follow the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s definition of racism as race = prejudice + power and seek to work towards ending systemic harm in the United States and globally. We hope and organize for a world that is free from oppression, where all people can live in dignity, safety, and peace.
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Black Response Cambridge
by Kathryn Destin
Abolition Feminism. Anti-Capitalism. Internationalism. These are the values that guide The Black Response (TBR) Cambridge, a research and advocacy organization building towards a world rooted in community care free from carceral policing. While their work as Black and African Cambridge residents primarily focuses on serving local communities of color, TBR understands itself as part of a larger revolutionary movement that goes beyond borders to break down imperial systems that, too, know no bounds. Their work consists of a multitude of campaigns fighting for an initial divestment of police funding and access to the city’s discretionary $250 million to finance the social well-being of communities. They also do immediate advocacy work around police brutality/killings, housing justice, Palestinian liberation, and much more. I had the pleasure of speaking with one of TBR’s lead organizers Lorenzo Bradford about what they’ve been up to recently. To say the least, they’ve been busy. Alongside coalition partners, one of their primary campaigns works to secure justice for Arif Sayed Faisal, a young Bengali man who was shot and killed by a police officer last January while experiencing a mental health crisis. In response to Arif’s death, TBR led a commemorative rally in front of Somerville High School, Arif’s alma mater, with the Bangladesh Association of New England (BANE). They later released a statement demanding a safer alternative to a police response to mental health crises. They also provided resources to better resources and contacts for community members who encounter someone in need of support.
Similarly, TBR campaigns to end the city’s contract with Sound Thinking, Inc. behind the gunfire audio locator service Shotspotter. While the American security technology company insists on having good intentions of “saving lives” through its rapid precision response to gun shootings, the technology is notoriously faulty and has been outright unreliable. Recently, Chicago organizers successfully secured the end of their city’s contract, and now TBR organizers hope they can secure the same success in Cambridge soon. As a Stop Shot Spotter (SSS) National Coalition member, TBR utilizes grassroots approaches from social media advocacy to educational webinars to raise community awareness about the dangers of our current police state. Lorenzo described: “In Cambridge, the locations where they have it are already Black and Brown areas. So you have this dual problem where it’s not accurate; it’s forcing police to go to these regions, and the areas that they’re going to are already overpoliced. We’re wanting to end the city’s contract and then also push forward measures to prevent a growing police surveillance state within Cambridge, which is both, obviously, affecting poor working class Black people in Cambridge and also student encampments.” TBR’s motto, “Think Global. Act Local,” can be seen in the organization’s various grassroots actions, especially in its active campaigns for Palestine, Haiti, Sudan, and beyond. Through relationship building, individual TBR organizers, including Lorenzo, have used their connections to campuses to provide resources and co-organize the student encampments from this past spring semester. As a group of Black individuals all too familiar with the systems of oppression here in the US, TBR has been very deliberate in its rejection of Israel’s escalation of its genocide of Palestinians. Through collaboration with fellow coalition members of the Black Alliance for Peace, TBR has also participated in the Hands off Haiti, Eyes on Sudan, and Free Congo movements. They’ve hosted events this year to collect and provide free resources of backpacks, clothes, and food to migrants new to the community. More recently, the organization released a statement condemning the rise of xenophobia targeting Haitian migrants to ensure all members of the Cambridge community are welcomed and should feel safe. On the other hand, in tackling the multitude of systemic injustices happening here at home and all across the globe, burnout and emotional strain exist for the group’s organizers and community members. In tumultuous times like these, where it is incredibly overwhelming and discouraging to remain consistently involved in the anti-imperial, anti-capitalist, and abolition struggles as TBR is, it can be a lot to process. Several of Lorenzo’s co-organizers are Sudanese and are directly impacted by clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In moments like these, the demands of organizing work feel ever more challenging and taxing. Determining their individual and organizational capacities has required constant reflection and shifts in tactics. Like it is for all of us, TBR’s organizers’ work toward liberation is profoundly personal and requires finding creative ways to transform challenges into opportunities. The beauty of TBR is its multicultural roots that ground all their thinking. “We genuinely are from all over, and I think that’s an amazing value that we have. You know, we speak so many different languages and have so many different communities,” Lorenzo shared. TBR is committed to forging a safe Cambridge community and true solidarity that crosses ethnic, religious, and neighborhood lines through coalition building, direct actions, teach-ins, and other grassroots approaches. Undoubtedly, TBR has genuinely embodied the belief that none of us are free until we are all free.
The Black Response (TBR) is a civic association comprised of Black & African Cambridge residents working to replace policing and other carceral systems with community-grounded solutions for public safety. TBR works in research, education, and advocacy. They seek to uplift Black and Brown voices and promote the channeling of resources to create alternative community safety infrastructures.
You can donate to TBR's work in Cambridge here. If you are part of the Cambridge community and want to get more involved, sign up for their newsletter on their website.
RECOGNIZING OUR COMMUNITY
Thank You to Our Social Justice Warriors!
Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary Honorees
Remembering Our Movement Ancestors
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Youth Justice & Power Union
by Kathryn Destin
The Youth Justice & Power Union (YJPU) is a youth led organization for and by people of color founded to build up the leadership of people most impacted by systems of oppression. YJPU’s mission is to build collective power in an effort to address systemic issues at the root happening in communities and confront them through organizing and direct action.
Founded in 2011 by and for people of color, Youth Justice & Power Union (YJPU) is a youth-led organization that fosters leadership in people most impacted by oppressive systems. Based in Boston, their mission is to address the systemic roots of local community issues by building collective power through organizing and direct action. The most notable YJPU campaign is for shifting police funding toward youth jobs, housing, and community programs. Their demand is a reduction of the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) budget particularly when the Boston Mayor Michelle Wu increased it by $69 million in June to a new total of $474 million. YJPU proposes that these funds be used to increase wages for working 14-24-year-olds, implement outreach initiatives to employ youth for 6,000 summer jobs, and extend school-year jobs from September to June. They also worked with groups such as the Better Budget Alliance, DefundBosCops, the Unnamed Youth Organizing Network, and Boston People’s Response to reallocate police funding to cover the costs of providing actual affordable housing, community-led mental-health services/responders, and other social services.
Alexa, one of the organization's youth organizers, graciously took the time to speak with me about YJPU's initiatives. She was introduced to the grassroots group last year after getting a youth job through their Summer Leadership Program in collaboration with The City School. Thanks to the program, her confidence and organizational skills were invigorated, pushing her to become more involved with YJPU. One of the most notable campaigns she's worked on this last year with YJPU and the Better Budget Alliance was advocating for a participatory budget where Boston community members could determine how part of these funds are spent. She closed with: "If we reinvest into affordable housing, the mental health crisis response, participatory budgeting, all these things that our campaign falls under, it really supports the people and creates safety in our communities where we take care of each other." During our conversation, fellow organizer Khalil, who supported Alexa, shared that around 2000 officers are employed by BPD and regularly cash in on uncapped overtime hours. Alexa and her fellow youth organizers used multiple tactics to protest this outside of City Hall and took Mayor Wu by surprise at one of her coffee hour events at a park in Dorchester. With a large banner modeling a Certificate of Achievement in big letters, they endowed Mayor Wu with the "Biggest Disappointment Ever" title. The banner further read, "For astounding ability to ignore residents and break promises about everything - housing, participatory budgeting, youth jobs, and prioritizing community investments over police. For fullhearted support of police as they arrest unhoused people in sweeps, arrest peaceful students protesting genocide, criminalize Black, Brown, & poor people, and train with Israel's army." While speaking to the press on television, YJPU protestors proudly displayed this banner to publicly shame her and raise awareness of her failures to meet their demands to TV viewers. That was Wu's eighteenth and final coffee hour to date. Many grassroots organizations like YJPU across the country have found themselves tremendously frustrated as of late. The country has witnessed political leaders disturbingly walk back from progressive promises made in 2020 to shift funds from policing toward social services amidst heightened racial tensions, a public health crisis, and dramatic economic disparities. Unfortunately, the country has only seen a further far-right radicalization of politicians and policies since then. Presently, most US states have "cop city" proposals that would lead to a direct increase in police funding under the guise of "training" and "recruitment." Based on research of 109 police budgets conducted by ABC News, only eight agencies actually cut funding, while 91 increased financing by at least 2%. Lastly, at the Democratic National Convention, the party's presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, promised that, if elected as Commander-in-Chief, "I will ensure America always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world" and announced plans to implement the strongest border security bill in decades, endorsed by the notoriously violent Border Patrol. The overbearing nature of American police became especially apparent this Spring when police departments across the country violently suppressed university students' encampments erected in solidarity with Palestine. As named in their 'Biggest Disappointment Ever" Certificate, YJPU protestors raised their concerns to Mayor Wu over BPD's brutality of students in their advocacy. At the event, YJPU joined to support the Muslim Justice League (MJL) to call for the end of an Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) training program hosted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that provides police department officers across the U.S. in "counterterrorism," crowd control, and other military tactics. Interestingly enough, Khalil added that this “Deadly Exchange” program has actually not been hosted by BPD since the onset of the COVID pandemic in 2020. Yet, Mayor Wu and her administration prefer to delay the program indefinitely rather than cancel it altogether. As a result of leadership's outright refusal to find a middle ground with YJPU on this issue and many other concerns, organizers are resorting to more direct action to get attention. This summer was an eventful one and was filled with various actions, including a rally on June 7th to oppose Mayor Wu's proposal to increase the police budget and to remind the city of Boston that it is powered by the people it's supposed to serve. Youth dawned banners reading, "Fund the Hood," "High Wage Youth Jobs," and "Are You on the People's Side?" while chanting "Money for school, not police. Money for housing, not police." Police officers came and attempted to thwart their peaceful rally by threatening to arrest the young protestors and kettle them with police tape. YJPU organizers have also given City Council testimonials to name their demand for divestment for reinvestment. Unfortunately, these testimonials were undermined as Council members were quickly deterred by the Mayor and their fear of losing their re-election races. To build community amongst setbacks, YJPU hosted youth events such as game nights and film screenings to keep hope alive despite these challenges. Youth organizing is reaching new heights not seen in decades, and YJPU is making sure it continues to capitalize on this moment. From being in community with pro-Palestine youth on college campuses to advocating for better wages for their constituents in Boston's streets, YJPU reminds us that intergenerational solidarity is one of the best methods of showing a united front. Alexa ended our conversation by sharing the following thoughts: "The main reason we try to amplify youth is because, oftentimes, in organizations, it's very difficult to organize as young people because people tend to undermine you or don't think you're capable. I think that's why a lot of issues that directly impact us go unnoticed. But I think that the more that we have organizations like YJPU where youth are being uplifted and are using their voice in a way that is meaningful and makes change is to move forward with liberation. I also think that a lot of youth of color are disproportionately affected by low incomes. A lot of us need money to support ourselves. We're not getting the right amount of money that we need. Working can really affect people's lives." Keep up the great work, and more power to our youth!
You can help sustain YJPU's work building youth and community power through YJPU's newly launched fundraising program! Double your impact with a monthly donation of as little as $5, to unlock a $5000 match if 50 monthly donors support. Please make a monthly or one-time gift today here.
EVENTS RECAP
2024 in Review
Haymarket's 50th Anniversary Celebration
May 1, 2024
This past May Day we celebrated 50 years of trailblazing! Everyone had an amazing time gathering again after so many years to enjoy the wonderful performances and learn about the history of Haymarket through our legendary leaders. We loved sharing this space with you and are more energized than ever! Visit our 50th Anniversary webpage to see our recap of the event at haymarket.org/turning-50
Haymarket's Annual Meeting (HAM)
June 14, 2024
This summer, we gathered at our office in Boston to celebrate our accomplishments in the past fiscal year. We broke bread, caucused, and planned for the future. The meeting was very successful and left us invigorated to continue our work in the upcoming year! Working groups have been established to ensure that we meet the goals we’ve set and the visions we imagined during the meeting.
Visions, Inc. 40th Anniversary Gala
September 27, 2024
Haymarket was awarded the Foundation of the Year Award by VISIONS, Inc. at their 40th Anniversary event in Boston! We are delighted to have received this terrific honor from an amazing organization that shares our values of fostering diverse and inclusive environments. We thank everyone who has contributed to our work that has led to this recognition! Visit visions-inc.org/40th-anniversary/ for more.
Jamaican Plain Open Studios
September 28-29, 2024
We attended the 31st annual JP Open Studios, which celebrated the neighborhood's artistic connections and history. Over 60 sites across the neighborhood featured approximately 200 artists, from ironworkers to painters to clothing textile artists. Visit jpopenstudios.com to read the event recap, including more information about the featured artists.
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of "The Courage to Change"
During our 50th Anniversary Celebration on May 1st, we announced the launch of our Trailblazer Sabbatical Fund dedicated to providing sabbatical opportunities in 2025 for grassroots trailblazers to recover from this necessary but demanding work. Thanks to generous donations, we’ve already made progress toward reaching our $100,000 goal! Please consider donating by visiting our Ways to Give page
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Trailblazer Sabbatical Fund
During our 50th Anniversary Celebration on May 1st, we announced the launch of our Trailblazer Sabbatical Fund idedicated to providing sabbatical opportunities in 2025 for grassroots trailblazers to recover from this necessary but demanding work. Thanks to generous donations, we’ve already made progress toward reaching our $100,000 goal! Please consider donating by visiting our Sabbatical Fund page