1999 – 1st ever Black History Month Celebration in Boston City Hall (Feb.)
2002 – Cultural Series: Hip-Hop & Race conference
2002 – Millions for Reparations March
2002 – Red, Black and Green Flag Raising – Boston City Hall (Aug.)
2004 – National Black Agenda Convention
2008 – Town Hall Forum: Safe Homes Initiative
2008 – 10,000 Strong Boston (June)
2008 – Red, Black and Green Flag Raising – Boston City Hall (Aug.)
2008 – Voices from Behind the Wall Prison/Violence Intervention (Team effort)
2008 – Cultural Series: Dr. Runoko Rashidi, world renown lecturer & historian
2009 – 20 yr. Homicide Report by Darrin Howell from D7 Chuck Turner Office (Team effort)
2009 – 10,000 Strong Boston (June)
2009 – “Banana Eating Jungle Monkey” Boston Police Officer
2009 – Red, Black and Green Flag Raising – Boston City Hall (Aug.)
2010 – Cultural Series: Dr. Runoko Rashidi, world renown lecturer & historian
2010 – 10,000 Strong Boston (June)
2010 – Uncle Henry’s – book that sold guns in Boston
2010 – Boston Black Men’s Leadership Group
2010 – Malcolm X House clean-up
2011 – Bill Russell Statue
2011 – Brothers for Boston
2011 – Town Hall Forum: The Attack on Black Leadership
2011 – Occupy The Hood (Dudley Sq. over 700 people) (Oct.)
2011 – Roxbury Community College Police Brutality
2011 – Pax Centurion Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association Newspaper
2012 – Town Hall Forum: Three Strikes
2012 – Justice for Trayvon Martin Rally
2012 – So Fresh & So Clean Community Clean Up
2012 – Cultural Series: The Last Poets
2012 – Town Hall Forum: The Attack on Black Boys
2012 – Boston Police Dept. killing of Mark McMullen
2012 – Town Hall Forum: Drug Lab Scandal
2013 – Cultural Series: The House I live In Film Showing w/ Prof. Charles Ogletree
2013 – Organize The Hood
2013 – Community Fundraiser for Peace Boston’s Cindy Diggs
2013 – Boston Black Agenda
2013 – Red, Black and Green Flag Raising – Boston City Hall (Aug.)
Awards/Achievements
1999 – City of Boston Resolution for organizing Black History Month at City Hall
2001 – City of Cambridge Resolution for co-organizing Black Arts Movement conference
2003 – When Warriors Speak Award
2004 – NEU – Community Enrichment Fellows Program
2008 – Model Citizens Award – SEI Dotwell
2012 – White Ribbon Day Ambassador
Current Projects
Feed The Hood – Since its inception Nov. 11th 2011 I have organized and led a team of all races and ages from crews of 4-25 and together with community donations and no budget we have fed at least 1,000 people in Boston with hot meals for breakfast, lunch or dinner and countless others with Water and healthy snacks and food that does not require cooking.
Fill Your Fridge – Also launched 11/11/11 our Fill Your Fridge program has delivered healthy groceries of meat and produce to various shelters across the region, and at least 75 individuals and families. This program, like Feed The Hood, runs totally off of volunteered time and Donated food and funds.
Advocating Legislative Reform on Probate Law – I am working to change Massachusetts Probate Laws to ensure that families, particularly Fathers, stay in children’s lives.
Massachusetts Commission on Police Misconduct – Called on Gov. Deval Patrick to establish a State Commission on Police Misconduct in order to ensure that police.
US Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) – I am Working with political prisoner Mutulu Shakur to establish the formation of a US Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
Past Local Campaigns
Cornell Mills for District 7 City Council
Carlos Henriquez for District 7 City Council
Carlos Henriquez for State Representative 5th Suffolk
Darrin Howell for State Representative 6th Suffolk
Dianne Wilkerson for State Senator 2nd Suffolk
William “Billy” Celester for State Representative 6th Suffolk