Social Innovation Forum
The Social Innovation Forum has built a portfolio of 106 organizations and social businesses - what better way to keep our community informed, active, and social than through our popular SIF Community Summer Series? Each week, we will share events hosted by our partners, past and present. Be sure to get out there and support our inspiring greater Boston social impact community!
The Social Innovation Forum Community Summer Series | July 14 - July 21
1 | Get active with Inner City Weightlifting, 2012 Innovator
Moves on the Roof - Free Fitness Series
Tuesday July 17, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Kendall Center, 90 Broadway, Cambridge MA
InnerCity Weightlifting has teamed up with Health Yoga Life to hold fitness classes on the Kendall Square Roof Garden. Condition and strengthen your body along-side your community with a workout adjustable to your fitness ability. InnerCity Weightlifting is conquering violence on the Boston streets by giving troubled youth the opportunity to train the community in a gym.
This event is free. Registration is required here. The Free Fitness Series will continue to run every Tuesday through September 25.
2 | Shop for local produce with Groundwork Lawrence, 2013 Innovator
Groundwork Farmers Markets - Mercado Agricola
Wednesday July 18, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Campagnone North Common, across from 115 Haverhill Street, Lawrence MA
Friday July 20, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm | 254 Broadway Rt. 28, Methuen MA
Saturday July 21, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Sullivan Park, Intersection of North Parish Road & Winthrop Ave, Lawrence MA
Come indulge in fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, honey, and baked goods from local farmers every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday until October 27! Cash, Debit, Credit, EBT/SNAP/Food Stamps, WIC, Senior Coupons, and Holy Family Hospital Farmers Market Vouchers are all accepted. Groundwork Lawrence strives to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships which empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being.
For more information, contact info@groundworklawrence.org or 978-974-0770.
3 | Share your talents with UTEC, 2008 Innovator
UTEC Madd Love Open Mic
Thursday July 19, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Cafe UTEC, 41 Warren Street, Lowell MA
Joing UTEC for an open mic night. Whether you are a musician, comedian or poet... come share your talent! Pieces shared must be UTEC appropriate. Beverages and food will be available for purchase at the event. UTEC's mission and promise is to ignite and nurture the ambition of proven-risk youth to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success.
Admission is free and open to all ages. For more information, contact Tom Southerton at tsoutherton@utec-lowell.org.
4 | Express yourself with Haley House, 2003 Innovator
Lyricists Lounge
Thursday July 19, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Haley House Bakery Cafe, 12 Dade Street, Roxbury MA
The Haley House is hosting an open mic night for talents of all kinds: singers, rappers, comedians, poets, artists, and more. Support your community and the gifts they have to share! The Haley House strives to fight social inequality through health and culinary programs, and artistic engagement. They also serve and distribute meals through their soup kitchen and food pantry.
This event is free and open to the public of all ages.
5 | Enjoy live performance with Partners for Youth with Disabilities, 2018 Innovator
ATT Summer Performance
Friday July 20, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm & 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston MA
Watch an incredible production by mentored youth with and without disabilities at The Cyclorama. Performances include movement, music, stories, comedy and more. Stay after the performance and join the cast and crew for an ice cream social! Partners for Youth with Disabilites (PYD) empowers youth with disabilities to reach their full potential by providing transformative mentoring programs, youth development opportunities, and inclusion expertise.
Free tickets are available here. The vent is wheelchair accessible, ASL interpreted and Audio Described.
Free Fun Fridays! with Highland Street Foundation, SIF Funding Partner
Every summer, the Highland Street Foundation teams up with Massachusett's most popular cultural sites to open their doors for free to the public to maximize opportunity. All are welcome! Here are the sites participating on July 20 (*New sites every week*).
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Boston MA | 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Gloucester Stage Company | Gloucester MA | Performance 7:30 pm
- The Garden at Elm Bank (Mass Hort) | Wellesley MA | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Chatham Shark Center | North Chatham MA | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- New Bedford Whaling Museum | New Bedford MA | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association | Nantucket MA | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History | Weston MA | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Springfield Museums | Springfield MA | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- The Discovery Museum | Acton MA | 9:00 am - 8:30 pm
- The Hall at Patriot Place | Foxborough MA | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carolina serves as a Program Intern at the Social Innovation Forum (SIF) through the Forest Foundation. She is assisting in the recruitment of nonprofits for the Social Innovator Accelerator, helping with event programming, and researching and writing for the SIF blog.
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Did we miss something? Contact Carolina at crosas@socialinnovationforum.org to have your summer events included in future Putting the "Social" in Social Innovation posts!