Guided Hike in the Blue Hills!

Black Folks in the Blue Hills! Boston Black Girl Environmentalist is collaborating with Boston Outdoor Afro for a free, guided hike in the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, MA led by Mardi Fuller. Black folks of all gender identities are welcome! Some transit support can be provided. Afterwards, we will have an (optional) picnic lunch and a chance to go swimming! More info and RSVP here: bit.ly/bgehike

Blue Hills Reservation, Houghton's Pond Recreation Area

Volunteer with Prison Book Program!

Join Boston Black Girl Environmentalist to volunteer with the Prison Book Program! Come choose books, write letters, and more to support the sending of essential literature to incarcerated people across the country. We will also learn about environmental (in)justice in prisons! More info and RSVP&nbsp;here: bit.ly/bgebooks. Black Girl Environmentalist events center the attendance of Black girls, women, and gender-expansive people.

Prison Book Program 

Zine Workshop

Join the Boston Liberation Center and the Black Girl Environmentalist Boston HUB for a Zine Workshop! Learn about the significance of zines as tools that provide a safe, independent platform of expression for marginalized voices outside the capitalist system. We will learn about zine usage in Black and Indigenous communities, in the environmental justice space, and make some zines ourselves! This event is centering the attendance of Black and Indigenous girls, women, and gender-expansive people.

Boston Liberation Center

Black Girl Environmentalist Bird Watch & Hike

Join Black Girl Environmentalist and nature and wildlife photographer Michael Bryant (@naturemanmike) for a bird watch and hike in Franklin Park. Please check the weather the day of for how to dress, wear comfortable walking shoes, and bring water. If you have binoculars, please bring them. This event is centering the audience of Black girls, women, and gender-expansive people. Friends and families are welcome! Address: Franklin Park. Meeting location: Meet by the tennis courts next to the Shattuck Picnic Grove on Circuit Drive. Google "Shattuck Picnic Grove, Boston, MA" for GPS navigation.  Other notes: Street parking is available and our meeting point is accessible via public transportation.  Hike information: Expect to walk 4 miles on paved and rocky surfaces with some incline. The nearest restrooms are at the Franklin Park Golf Course. This is a beginner friendly hike/walk. In the event of heavy rain, the walk will be canceled.  Have any questions, comments, or concerns? Email BGE Boston Hub Leader René LaPointe Jameson at <a href="mailto:bostonbge@gmail.com">bostonbge@gmail.com</a>

Franklin Park

Black Girl Environmentalist Professor Meet & Greet

Join Boston Black Girl Environmentalist for a night of networking, dinner, and presentations from local Black women professors in diverse environmental fields from universities across Boston! This is a great opportunity to build connections within our Boston Black environmentalist community. There will be dinner and some giveaways from REI!&nbsp; This event is centering the audience of Black girls, women, and gender-expansive people. Have any questions or comments? Email Black Girl Environmentalist Boston Hub Leader René LaPointe Jameson at bostonbge@gmail.com.

REI by Lechmere

Black Girl Environmentalist Kayaking + Picnic

Kayak with Black Girl Environmentalist (BGE) on the Charles with Paddle Boston followed by a networking picnic thanks to Life Alive Cafe. This event centers Black girls, women, and gender-expansive people. Space is limited. Kayaking starts at 2:30 pm and the picnic starts at 5:00 pm. Join us for one or both parts of this event. More information and RSVP here: bit.ly/BGEBoston.

Paddle Boston Allston/Brighton Location

Black Girl Environmentalist Volunteer Gardening!

Join Black Girl Environmentalist (BGE) in volunteering with the Boston Food Forest Coalition (BFFC)! We will get a tour of the Boston Nature Center Food Forest, learn about BFFC and help with some projects. We'll get our hands dirty with activities varying from weeding, watering, planting, and eating plants! All supplies will be provided. All skill levels are welcome. Please bring water and clothes you don't mind getting dirty in. We will also have some Jamaican food to enjoy together. All BGE members will be entered into a raffle for a Red Sox ticket. More information and RSVP here: bit.ly/BosBGE

Boston Nature Center Food Forest

Black Woman Environmental Professor Meet & Greet + Dinner

<a href="https://blackgirlenvironmentalist.org/" target="_blank">Black Girl Environmentalist</a>&nbsp;has a new Boston chapter! Join us for our first event, a Black Woman Environmental Professor Meet &amp; Greet (and dinner!)! Come meet and learn from Black women environmental professors from diverse fields and build community with&nbsp;other Black environmentalists. There will be free dinner from American Flatbread and giveaways from REI. This event is centering the audience of Black girls, women, and gender-expansive people in high school, college, and those who are professionals, but all are welcome. RSVP&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/GAqRJgvTTEv3md5R6" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;or here:&nbsp;<a href="https://forms.gle/GAqRJgvTTEv3md5R6" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/GAqRJgvTTEv3md5R6</a>.

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S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

Best places to go in Boston? Things to do? Places to eat?

Questions & answers about things to do in Boston

Recs 💬

Community recs 💬

S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

The most fun and cool events happening around Boston

Hot and new things to do in Boston

Hot & new

Hot & new 🔥

S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

Things to do in Boston this weekend

This wknd

This weekend for you

S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

Top picks of the best things to do in and around Boston

Joyraft picks: Boston’s best things to do

Roundups ⭐️

Curated by Joyraft ⭐️

S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

This week in Boston 📆

This week 📆

S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

The newest events happening in and around Boston

The newest events on Joyraft

Just added

Just added to Joyraft

S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

Can’t-miss things to do in Boston 🚨

Can't-miss things to do 🚨

S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

Top 20 things to do in Boston

Top 20: Joyraft’s most popular

Top 20

Top 20 on Joyraft

S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

The hottest events happening in Boston

Trending events on Joyraft

Trending 📈

S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

100+ free things to do in Boston and beyond

Free things to do in Boston

Free things to do

S19: interest based

Kid-friendly events in Boston

S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.

Where

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