Jamaica Plain Forum
About
The Jamaica Plain Forum is a free public series of talks, workshops and film screenings that brings neighbors, scholars and organizers together around peace, justice, the environment and civic engagement. Its programming takes a clear point of view, promoting what it calls true democracy and challenging concentrated wealth, corporate influence and military power. Events are built as community conversations on the issues shaping both the neighborhood and the planet, and they are open to the public.
Over the years the forum has hosted well-known authors and activists, including climate organizer Bill McKibben, economist Juliet Schor, journalist Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston, Frances Moore Lappe and Ralph Nader. Film screenings have covered subjects such as Haiti after the 2010 earthquake and sustainable living, while panels have explored identity, class and social justice work. Judy Wicks and Charles Eisenstein have also spoken.
What to Know
- Recordings of recent talks are posted on the forum’s YouTube channel.
- In 2012 the forum marked 80 years of the Highlander Center with civil rights leader Hollis Watkins.
- Speakers often present and discuss their latest books.
- Guests have included Rosa Nelly Santos Navarro of COFAMIPRO, a committee of families of disappeared migrants.
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