The Sundance nominated documentary film, "Traces of the Trade" will air on PBS/POV (Channel 44) Sunday, June 29th at 9:00 p.m. SCI Board Chair and 2008 SCI Idealist Award Winner Dain Perry and his family created the film about coming to terms with their family legacy involving the slave trade. Dain and his wife Constance tour the country using the film to prompt conversations about racial reconciliation.

FILM SYNOPSIS

Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North is a unique and disturbing journey of discovery into the history and "living consequences" of one of the United States' most shameful episodes — slavery. In this bicentennial year of the U.S. abolition of the slave trade, one might think the tragedy of African slavery in the Americas has been exhaustively told. Katrina Browne thought the same, until she discovered that her slave-trading ancestors from Rhode Island were not an aberration. Rather, they were just the most prominent actors in the North's vast complicity in slavery, buried in myths of Northern innocence.  read more »

The Mothers Support Group will not meet on July 3rd.  Many of our members will be away for the week of 4th of July.  Instead, we will pick-up where we left off and meet on Thursday, July 17th!  I hope you all have a very happy and safe 4th of July!

 -Karen

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This past Saturday, June 21st, the second annual WorldFest Woburn! took place in Woburn Center. Over 500 residents engaged in an exciting day of culturally educating activities. More than 20 diverse vendors hosted tables with food and information from Korea, Argentina, India, China and Brazil. Several bands entertained the crowd with various native sounds from Ireland, Portugal and Japan. In addition to the enchanting music, dancers performed for the crowd. Woburn residents from various cultural backgrounds also displayed art, jewelry, and clothing.  read more »

The Citizens Park Summer Concert Series kicked off its sixth year Friday with Iyeoka Okoawo and The Funk Tribe. This first concert was sponsored by Woburn Mall/KGI Properties. Although showers had been in the forecast and rain fell, the sky cleared and the sun came out in time for the concert, and the weather was perfect for an outdoors performance.

Audience members were treated to Iyeoka and the Funk Tribe’s various styles of music and warm interaction with the crowd. The Boston-based band blended poetry with jazz, blues, gospel, and hip-hop, showcasing its members’ many talents throughout the evening, as well as encouraging audience members to dance.

This is the sixth year that the Citizens Park Summer Concert Series will entertain Woburn residents. The concerts are a great way to enjoy summer nights with your fellow community members, and at the great location also a chance to shop and have dinner in Woburn Center.

The next Concert will be on July 11th, featuring the ska band Beat Soup. For a full schedule including dates, band line-up, and sponsors click here.

Bring your family, friends and lawn chairs to Citizens Park to enjoy free concerts every other Friday throughout the summer. With generous support from local businesses, the Concert Series is free to the public.

The Citizens Park Summer Concert Series is coordinated by Social Capital Inc. (SCI), Woburn Residents’ Environmental Network (WREN) (www.GoWREN.org), and the Woburn Redevelopment Authority.  read more »

On Saturday, June 14, 2008, Social Capital Inc. (SCI) launched the First Annual Youth Civic Showcase and Awards. This new and exciting event attracted a diverse group of youth participants from Lynn, Dorchester, and Woburn, all of whom participate in SCI’s statewide Engaging Youth Program. Each youth group presented their civic projects from the 2007-2008 service year.  read more »

Appliance / Freon Bearing / CRT Device Recycling Event

Wondering what to do with that old television, computer monitor or appliance that is broken, unwanted or unused and just taking up space?  read more »

No matter what, I always get far more out of wonderful events like that than I could possibly contribute, and I am writing to thank you for the invitation to attend.

I spoke to the "Don't SPOT the Dot" group alone, and asked about rats; they reported that the population declined, and that a Chinese grocer had been very surprised and appreciative that his rat problem had been resolved when he was encouraged to cease his practice of keeping oils and other "food" near, not in, the dumpster.  read more »

The Citizens Park Summer Concert Series kicks off this Friday, June 20, with Iyeoka Okoawo and her band The Funk Tribe. The concert runs from 7:00-9:00 PM in Citizens Park, located on Main Street (Route 38) across from the Common. This concert is sponsored by Woburn Mall/KGI Properties.

Boston-based Nigerian-American performing artist and award winning poet Iyeoka Okoawo is at the forefront of creating a new artistic genre that gracefully interweaves spoken word poetry with jazz, blues, gospel and neo-soul influenced song.

Bring your family, friends and lawn chairs to Citizens Park to enjoy free concerts every other Friday throughout the summer. With generous support from local businesses, the Concert Series is free to the public.

For a full schedule including dates, band line-up, and sponsors, please click here.

This Saturday, June 21, the second annual WorldFest Woburn! will take place in Woburn Center from 3:00-6:00 PM, featuring arts and crafts, food, performances, and more! Nine performances are lined up to kick off at 3 PM in Citizens Park, including bands, dancers, and even a martial arts demonstration, while the adjacent section of Main Street will be closed off for the table vendors to showcase information, food, and crafts from the diverse cultures in the Woburn community.

Be sure to stop by and join us for this fun day of music, learning, food and dance! Come celebrate and explore our diversity as well as our similarities!

Click here to read more about WorldFest Woburn! For more information, please call the SCI office at 781 935-2244.

With gasoline priced over $4.00 a gallon and heating oil approaching $5.00 a gallon, many of us are making adjustments. We are reacting to these unfamiliar realities and their many effects, which are anything but static.  read more »