Prepare & Repair Symposium

🌿 Prepare & Repair Symposium

Restoring Our City, Together

All roads lead to Hyde Park for this powerful community gathering focused on healing, collaboration, and collective impact.

Start your day in peace, reflection, and renewal. The Prepare & Repair Symposium begins with a morning community healing session featuring sound healing, guided meditation, and acupuncture — designed to center the body and spirit before our day of collaboration and dialogue.

Afterward, join the Afrimerican Academy and partners for a powerful gathering of nonprofits, advocates, and community leaders focused on the theme “Collaboration as Restoration.” Together, we’ll explore how unity and cooperative leadership can heal the social, economic, and cultural fractures of our city.

A highlight of the day will be the Hyde Park Equity Tour Virtual Preview, showcasing our collective work to build an inclusive cultural and economic roadmap for Boston 250 — connecting stories of housing, heritage, environment, and equity.

NOTE: To schedule your organizations group Bus Tour or other engagement opportunity visit here.

📅 Date & Time

Saturday, February 28, 2026
11:00 AM – 1:30 PM EST

📍 Location

The Pryde Community Center
55 Harvard Avenue, Boston, MA 02136

🌍 About the Event

Hosted by the Afrimerican Academy, this symposium marks the closing event of the BRL88: Boston Redline 88 Black History Month Series — a month of tours and conversations exploring Boston’s cultural past and future.

The Prepare & Repair Symposium invites attendees to reimagine equity through collaboration — bridging generations, organizations, and communities to create sustainable, restorative change.

🌍 About BRL88

Boston Redline 88 (BRL88) is a month-long cultural campaign produced by the Afrimerican Academy (@afrimericanone) celebrating 88 years since the 1938 redlining map of Boston. Through film, tours, and dialogue, BRL88 reclaims space, challenges inequity, and nurtures the vision of Rev. Dr. King’s Beloved Community.

BRL88 Links:

BRL88 - Claim Your Space - Full Access Raffle - Win 2 Full Access Passes to all BRL88 Events + $25 Merch Store Gift Card - Enter to win here

BRL88 Events/Walking tours are available on eventbrite.

Private Bus Tours/workshops are available upon request via this form.

BRL88 Volunteer opportunities are available here.

BRL88 Merch Store - Click here.

Donations can be made via this link.

More info on the Afrimerican Academy can be found here.

🔗 Follow & Support

📸 Instagram: @afrimericanone
📺 YouTube: Afrimerican TV
📰 Substack: Redline Narratives

NOTE:

Accessibility: The venue is wheelchair accessible. To discuss disability-related accommodations, including ASL interpretation or captioning, please contact Samantha Benoit at sbenoit@afrimericanone.org as early as possible before the event. While we may not be able to provide every requested service, we will do our best to work with you and connect you with available resources.

Photography & Video Notice:
By attending this event, you acknowledge that the Afrimerican Culture Initiative / Afrimerican Academy and its partners may photograph, film, and audio record the program. These images and recordings may be used for archival, educational, and promotional purposes in print and digital media, without additional notice or compensation. If you prefer not to be photographed or recorded, please speak with an Afrimerican Academy staff member when you arrive so we can do our best to accommodate.

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