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Melanin Medicine, 49 Temple Pl, Boston, MA (2026)

09/17/2026

💜Meet Our Live Well Boston Food Vendors!

We’re excited to welcome the talented food vendors who have been thoughtfully preparing delicious, culture-inspired menus for Live Well Boston. Get ready to enjoy bold flavors, comforting favorites, and memorable dishes made with care! 🥘💛

🍽️ Cinsational Dining

Founded by Cindy Rocher, Cinsational Dining brings together bold Caribbean flavors and comforting Italian influences to create its signature Caribbean-Italian rice bowls. What began with Cindy cooking for family and friends has grown into a culture-forward, faith-driven brand centered on food made with intention, care, and plenty of flavor. 🥘💛

🍴 Swerv Catering

Swerv Catering brings bold Haitian, Caribbean, and American flavors to the table with food made for everything from intimate gatherings to large celebrations. Offering buffet and plated meal options, along with delivery, setup, and staffing services, Swerv combines authentic flavor, beautiful presentation, and a passion for creating memorable food experiences. 🇭🇹🌴🔥

🌴 Best of Both Worlds Cuisine

Best of Both Worlds Cuisine is a celebration of Haitian and Jamaican culture through food. Inspired by a childhood where the owner’s mother’s Jamaican traditions and father’s Haitian heritage came together around the family table, each dish blends bold Jamaican spice with soulful Haitian flavors—prepared with fresh ingredients, love, and a deep connection to culture. 🇭🇹🇯🇲❤️

Join us for Live Well Boston: A Community Health & Wellness Block Party—a day filled with movement, food, music, and wellness!

Registration link in the bio!

09/11/2026

📣 MelanIN Medicine is excited to welcome Chef Chris Faison to our Live Well Boston Stage for a live cooking demonstration!

Chef Chris Faison is a chef, culinary educator, and Hell’s Kitchen alum with more than 15 years of experience in the culinary industry. A graduate of Johnson & Wales University, his cooking blends classical technique with bold Southern, Caribbean, African, and global influences.
Currently a Culinary Arts educator at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Boston, Chris is passionate about using food as a tool for education, opportunity, and community. His work is centered on inspiring the next generation of chefs while creating delicious, culturally relevant food that brings people together 🍽️

Join us for Live Well Boston! A Community Health & Wellness Block Party — a day of movement, food, music and wellness.

Please use the link in the bio to register!

📆Saturday, September 19, 2026
⏰11 AM–3 PM
📍515 Blue Hill Ave, Boston, MA

FREE & open to the community!

The day will feature a main stage for fitness sessions of all levels, live cooking demonstration, and DJ keeping the good vibes going.

Bring your family. Bring your friends. Come LIVE WELL with us!

Presented by MelanIN Medicine, Inc. in collaboration with the Live Well Boston! planning committee.

09/10/2026

🩵LIVE WELL BOSTON! IS ABOUT COMMUNITY — AND THAT INCLUDES GIVING BACK. 💜

We’re incredibly grateful to Mother Caroline Academy for opening its doors to host Live Well Boston! A Community Health & Wellness Block Party.

Mother Caroline Academy is the only tuition-free, all-girls elementary and middle school serving under-resourced communities in the City of Boston, helping young girls learn, grow, and thrive. 📚✨

As we come together for a day centered on health, wellness, and community, we also want to show some love to the students who call Mother Caroline Academy home. ❤️

🎒 Help us support their back-to-school efforts!

We invite our Live Well Boston community to purchase an item from Mother Caroline Academy’s Amazon Wish List. Whether big or small, every contribution helps provide students with the supplies and resources they need for a successful school year.

🛍️ Ready to give? Visit the link in our bio or the Live Well Boston Eventbrite page, or scan the QR code to access the wish list.

Let’s show up for our community in more ways than one. 💛

📍Saturday, September 19 | 11 AM–3 PM
Mother Caroline Academy | 515 Blue Hill Ave, Boston
FREE & open to the community

09/09/2026

🚨🚨MelanIN Medicine is excited to welcome our very own MelanIN Medicine member Dr. Nancy Joseph to be our host for Live Well Boston!

Haitian-born Dr. Nancy Joseph, also known as “ The Dynamic Doc”👩🏾‍⚕️is an award-winning physician (Top Physician Under 40) double board- certified in general pediatrics as well as
allergy/immunology currently based in Massachusetts. She is a consultant and medical advisor for the Allergy & Asthma Network and staff physician at Weatherby Healthcare.
Dr. Joseph has written several case reports, co-authored a book chapter on the epidemiology of allergic diseases, been a guest on several panels and podcasts, and given numerous lectures and presentations at academic meetings both local and national. She was a speaker on Asthma and Allergy Day on Capitol Hill speaking on and lobbying for health equity. She is a past Chair of the Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Section of the National Medical Association (NMA), and hosts the “How Do You Medicine?” podcast highlighting healthcare professionals doing medicine their way. With her brand, The Dynamic Doc, she aims to inspire and empower others to live life on purpose for a purpose.

Join us for Live Well Boston! A Community Health & Wellness Block Party — a day of movement, food, music and wellness.

Registration link in the bio!

Saturday, September 19, 2026
11 AM–3 PM
515 Blue Hill Ave, Boston, MA
FREE & open to the community!

The day will feature a main stage for fitness sessions of all levels, live cooking demonstration, and DJ keeping the good vibes going.

Bring your family. Bring your friends. Come LIVE WELL with us!

Presented by MelanIN Medicine, Inc. in collaboration with the Live Well Boston! planning committee.

09/08/2026

🗣️MelanIN Medicine is excited to welcome Flo to our Live Well Boston Stage for our Zumba session!

Florence Laforest, AKA Flo
Flo is a Community Wellness Advocate and a Certified Zumba Fitness Instructor with more than 10 years of experience dedicated to helping individuals and communities live healthier, happier lives.
Her passion is keeping her community healthy, active, and motivated. She believes that wellness should be accessible, enjoyable, and empowering for everyone. She is currently teaching Zumba Fitness at Crunch Fitness and the Roslindale Community Center. Previously, she taught at Boston University for six years and at the Mattahunt Elementary School during the summers of 2023 and 2024. She is also a sub for the YMCA.
Through fitness, community engagement, and encouragement, she strives to inspire people to believe in themselves and recognize that success looks different for everyone.
She believes that we can all achieve success—and when it comes to fitness, the only competition is figuring out who is having the most fun!

Join us for Live Well Boston! A Community Health & Wellness Block Party — a day of movement, food, music and wellness.

Registration link in the bio!

Saturday, September 19, 2026
11 AM–3 PM
515 Blue Hill Ave, Boston, MA
FREE & open to the community!

The day will feature a main stage for fitness sessions of all levels, live cooking demonstration, and DJ keeping the good vibes going.

Bring your family. Bring your friends. Come LIVE WELL with us!

Presented by MelanIN Medicine, Inc. in collaboration with the Live Well Boston! planning committee.

09/04/2026

🎓 Meet our 2026 MelanIN Medicine, Inc. Health Careers Scholarship Winner, Brihanna Chinsue!

Brihanna is a 2026 graduate of William J. Brennan High School in San Antonio, Texas, where she earned a 3.7 GPA. This fall, she began her freshman year at Rutgers University, where she will pursue a degree in nursing.

We are honored to invest in the next generation of healthcare professionals and excited to see where Brihanna’s journey takes her.

Please join us in congratulating Brihanna and wishing her all the best as she begins her studies at Rutgers!

Congratulations, Brihanna! We are rooting for you!

Check out a clip from Brihanna’s scholarship application answering, “What’s Your Medicine?” as she shares her passion for a career in healthcare and how she hopes to use her future as a nurse to impact her community.

09/03/2026

📣MelanIN Medicine is excited to welcome Patricia McCallum to our Live Well Boston Stage for our stretch session!

Patricia McCallum is the owner and founder of P Fitness Inc., a boutique fitness studio in Dorchester, MA. She has been in the fitness industry for over 12 years, helping women, seniors, and families build strength, confidence, and healthier lifestyles through movement.

Patricia specializes in strength training, HIIT, and sculpt classes, all taught to beat-driven music that keeps people motivated, challenged, and having fun while they move.

Join us for Live Well Boston! A Community Health & Wellness Block Party — a day of movement, food, music and wellness.

Registration link in the bio!

Saturday, September 19, 2026
11 AM–3 PM
515 Blue Hill Ave, Boston, MA
FREE & open to the community!

08/22/2026

BOSTON, we’re putting health & wellness center stage!

Join us for Live Well Boston! A Community Health & Wellness Block Party — a day of movement, food, music and wellness.

Saturday, September 19, 2026
11 AM–3 PM
515 Blue Hill Ave, Boston, MA
FREE & open to the community!

The day will feature a main stage for fitness sessions of all levels, live cooking demonstration, and DJ keeping the good vibes going.

Step inside our wellness room, take advantage of health screenings, connect with community organizations and local vendors, enjoy free snacks, and grab an affordable, healthy food plate while you’re here.

Live Well Boston! is made possible through the generous support of the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, the Boston Public Health Commission’s Live Long and Well agenda, and the Lower Roxbury Coalition. We’re grateful for their investment in creating healthier, stronger communities across Boston.

We’re also grateful to our host, Mother Caroline Academy — the only tuition-free, all-girls elementary and middle school serving under-resourced communities in the City of Boston.

As part of Live Well Boston!, we’re supporting Mother Caroline Academy students. Help us show some love by purchasing an item from their Amazon Wish List. Visit the link in our bio or the Live Well Boston! Eventbrite page to check out the list and contribute.

Bring your family. Bring your friends. Come LIVE WELL with us!

Presented by MelanIN Medicine in collaboration with the Live Well Boston! planning committee.

Functional Training with Coach Quise
Live Well Boston | September 19

Coach Quise is hitting the Live Well Boston! Main Stage for a Functional Training session designed to get your whole body moving. Whether you’re already in your fitness era or just looking for a fun way to move, come ready to sweat, challenge yourself.

Stretch Session with PFitness
Live Well Boston | September 19

Stretch, recover, and give your body some love!
PFitness is leading a Stretch Session on the Live Well Boston! Main Stage to help you slow things down, improve mobility, and release some of that tension we

08/14/2026

We’re growing — and we’re looking for passionate people to join the MelanIN Medicine team! 💜🩵💛

We’re currently recruiting for 3 volunteer leadership roles:

🤝🏾 Boston Membership Coordinator
Help welcome members, strengthen engagement, build connections, and grow our Boston community.

📣 Communications & Marketing Coordinator
Help tell our story, create engaging content, promote our programs, and strengthen the MelanIN Medicine brand across Boston and the DMV.

💰 Finance Coordinator
Help support budgeting, financial tracking, reporting, grants, and strong financial stewardship across the organization.

Our ideal candidates are:
✅ Excited about supporting Black healthcare professionals
✅ Ready to bring their skills, creativity, and ideas to a growing nonprofit
✅ Able to take ownership of their role while working alongside our leadership team

The perks:
✨ Gain nonprofit leadership experience
✨ Build your skills and resume
✨ Connect with Black professionals across health and healing fields
✨ Build relationships with community leaders and local partner organizations
✨ Access professional development opportunities
✨ Represent MelanIN Medicine at conferences, community events, and tabling opportunities
✨ Reimbursement for approved travel and role-related expenses

📧 Email us expressing your interest and attach your resume:
[email protected]

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What’s Your Medicine?

07/20/2026

🎓 The MelanIN Medicine Scholarship is open!

Are you a Black student pursuing a career in healthcare? This is your opportunity to receive $500 to support your educational journey.

🗓️ Application Deadline: July 30
📄 Supplemental Materials Due: August 15

We’re looking for future physicians, nurses, physician assistants, public health professionals, and allied health leaders who are passionate about making a difference in their communities.

To apply, submit:
✅ Scholarship application
✅ 1–2 minute video
✅ Resume
✅ Letter of recommendation
✅ Proof of acceptance/enrollment

Your future. Our investment.

Apply today! Find link to application in our bio.

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