Brookline for Racial Justice and Equity

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We’re on a mission to eliminate racism in Brookline, Massachusetts — join us. BRJE’s mission is to eliminate racism in Brookline, MA.

We envision an accessible and inclusive Brookline where people of color live, learn, work, visit, build power, and thrive free of racism and oppression. We’ll get there by building an informed, motivated, and organized constituency for racial justice while leveraging our collective power to reshape the systems around us.

05/26/2026

BRJE, the Brookline Asian American Family Network, and the Brookline Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations are partnering to close out AANHPI Heritage Month with a free Mahjong workshop for the Brookline community!

Facilitator Rob Chin was born and raised on the South Shore and has spent years working in Boston's Chinatown nonprofit space, building community through arts and culture. He's on a mission to share the fun and joy of Hong Kong-style Mahjong.

This beginner-friendly workshop covers the basics of Hong Kong-style Mahjong. No experience needed. Come hang out, meet neighbors, and play some Mahjong!

📅 Sunday, May 31 | 3:00–5:00 PM
📍 Parlor Room, United Parish
🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/brookline-mahjong-workshop

*Seats are limited

05/20/2026

🎉We're thrilled to share that BRJE was awarded $15,000 by the Brookline Community Foundation through their 2026 Youth Development Grant! This funding will sustain our youth fellowship program and bring on a new cohort of fellows this coming year.

The BRJE fellowship gives high schoolers paid opportunities to do real civic engagement work. In just the past few months, our fellows sat on panels, led protest art workshops and film screenings for Brookline youth, met with elected officials and authors, and took on local policy research projects.

We're grateful for BCF's recognition, and so proud of everything this cohort has accomplished.

Learn more at brje.org/high-school-fellowship/

05/06/2026

THIS AFTERNOON. Come out for Lessons & Legacies, an intergenerational panel bringing together two older adults and two high schoolers for a conversation about justice, resistance, and building a better Brookline together.

📍 Brookline Senior Center
🕒 3:15–4:45 PM
Link: https://events.humanitix.com/lessons-and-legacies

04/28/2026

THIS FRIDAY. 📣 🎉🌱

BRJE’s Rising Together Spring Mixer is happening Friday, May 1 from 6–9 PM at the Brookline Teen Center.

Come for the empanadas, drinks, live DJ, and photo booth and stay for the community. It’s a night to connect, celebrate, and be together as we look ahead to another year of racial justice work in Brookline.

Can’t make it? You can still support BRJE with a donation through the same link. Every contribution helps sustain this work for the coming year.

👉 Grab your ticket or make a gift: events.humanitix.com/rising-together

04/23/2026

Brookline, early voting starts this Saturday! 🗳️

The deadline to register to vote is also Saturday, April 25, so if you haven’t checked your voter registration yet, now’s the time: brooklinema.gov/139/Voter-Registration

Can’t make it to the polls? You can request a vote-by-mail ballot through Tuesday, April 28 at 5pm.

Infographic art by Ryan Hernandez.

04/15/2026

🎉 TONIGHT 🎉 Join us at the Brookline Booksmith at 7:00 PM for an author talk celebrating the paperback release of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance with Kellie Carter Jackson.

Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s nonviolence and Malcolm X’s “by any means necessary.” In We Refuse, historian Kellie Carter Jackson urges us to move past this false choice, offering an examination of the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, particularly those pioneered by Black women.

🏆 Winner of the 2025 Darlene Clark Hines Award
This event is free and open to the community.

Capacity may be limited, so RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rescheduled-kellie-carter-jackson-we-refuse-tickets-1985075227442?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/30/2026

Brookline voters — this is your chance to hear directly from the candidates running for Select Board, School Committee, and BHA Commission on what they'll actually do to advance racial equity in our community.

Join us for Brookline's Annual Racial Justice Candidate Forum, hosted by Brookline for Racial Justice and Equity with help from Brookline Interactive Group. We encourage you to join us on Monday, April 13 at 6:00 PM at Brookline Town Hall for the live discussion!

📍RSVP for in-person or Zoom: events.humanitix.com/2026-candidate-forum

Submit a question for the candidates: bit.ly/413SdGo

03/18/2026

🌼 Tickets are now on sale for BRJE’s Rising Together Spring Mixer!

Join us on Friday, May 1 for an evening of joyful resistance, community, food, music, and drinks as we celebrate the work ahead and raise critical funds for racial justice organizing in Brookline.

📍 40 Aspinwall Ave, Brookline
🗓 Friday, May 1, 2026
🕕 6:00–9:00 PM

🎟 Get tickets here: events.humanitix.com/rising-together

03/02/2026

Mark your calendars! BRJE’s annual Rising Together Spring Mixer is happening on Friday, May 1 at the Brookline Teen Center (40 Aspinwall Ave.)

01/07/2026

BRJE 2025 Wrapped ✨

Happy New Year! As we head into 2026, we’re proud to reflect on a year of advocacy, organizing, and impact made possible by our community.

Swipe to see what we accomplished together, like raising $10,000 for La Colaborativa, Lawyers for Civil Rights, and the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA.

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202 Washington Street
Brookline, MA
02445

Website

http://beacons.ai/brje, http://brje.org/

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