B.C.I.C. Honor & Award Sister Shirley Muhammad & Other Community Activists

Feb 02, 2013 No Comments by

Afrikan Achiever Awardees / Community Organization Award  / Aid to Incarcerated Mothers  Aid to Incarcerated Mothers (A.I.M.) is a nonprofit organization that has been in existence and directed by Jean Fox, executive director for thirty three years.  A.I.M. began by arranging family visits during imprisonment and advocating for family reunification after release.  Today A.I.M.’s mission has [...]

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TRAYVON MARTIN

Dec 28, 2012 1 Comment by

Trayvon Martin’s Family Launches Website, Political Committee To Fight ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws The parents of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin have launched a new website and political committee to take aim at the state’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law and similar laws across the country. The website, Change For Trayvon, and committee of the [...]

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Roxbury Youth Orchestra

Dec 11, 2012 No Comments by

I believe that talent nurtured through study, failure, success, and a resilient nature gives someone a store house of wealth valuable enough to be cherished but only truly enjoyed when given away as a gift in service toward the happiness of others. – David France   David France is an active performer and an innovative [...]

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Youth Central

Nov 08, 2012 No Comments

HOME SCHOOL It is crucial that  African Americans take a serious look educating our own.  Thiw will insure that our children know their history and experience our culture.  Our people have survived the most horrid of any imaginable treatment of an individual, family, community and race.  Understand  that we must take the responsibility for educating our children, our future.   [...]

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BCIC Mission

Nov 08, 2012 No Comments

The Black Community Information Center, Incorporated mission is to improve the quality of life for Afrikan/Black people by making pertinent and relevant information accessible.     … (See more)

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BCIC History

Jan 04, 2012 No Comments

In 1979, thirteen African-American women were murdered in Boston in a series of related acts of violence.  The shock of these violent crimes galvanized community residents to form the Community for Human Rights, an all volunteer organization dedicated to addressing the growing number of violent crimes being committed throughout the Greater Roxbury community.  There was a [...]

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Knowledge

Jan 03, 2012 2 Comments

“Indeed, it is a moral obligation and a sign of psychological health to be who we are without reservation without the need to explain ourselves away, and without the belief we need to alter ourselves in any way to be accepted by our oppressor or embraced by his changeling children.”  Dr. Maulana Karenga     [...]

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