Category: Brookline Interactive Group

Brookline In Transit: Route to Reform

An Arts2Work Production presented by Brookline Interactive, and made possible with the support of Brookline Community Foundation, film makers Abram Duclos, Josie Marquis, Ben Penciera, and Sean O’Halloran check in with D Line commuters about their experience riding the T, while getting insight from Senior Director of Green Line Transformation, Heather Hume, and Scott Page, Green Light Delegate to Local 589.

Behind the Counter – Inside Brookline’s Small Businesses

An Arts2Work Production presented by Brookline Interactive, documentarians Isabella Wong, Anya Radosavljevic, and Carlotta Zanini meet with small business owners Lisa Rozashti (Brookline Booksmith) and David Leschinsky (Eureka! Puzzles and Games) as well as Brookline’s Economic Development Director, Meredith Mooney, for an inside look into the joys and challenges of local business ownership in Brookline, while taking stock of recent and developing trends.

Broaden Your Perspective | New Show at BIG!

Join hosts Elizabeth Childs and Tom Luster this fall for a new show at BIG, “Broaden Your Perspective.” They will invite subject experts to help lead discussions on sociopolitical topics, informed by perspectives not often heard in Brookline, and delivered with empathy.

Age Friendly Cities Ep 42 – Chief Jennifer Paster

Host Matt Weiss talks with Brookline Police Chief Jennifer Paster about how she got where she is, what Brookline’s police do for its people, and how residents could get more involved with public safety.

TV on TV – Tommy Vitolo Interviews Rebecca Ogbuku, president of the Black and Brown Club

State Representative Tommy Vitolo delivers a news update followed by a discussion with Rebecca Ogbuku, president of Brookline’s Black and Brown Club. They discuss the club’s history, goals, and advocacy for more support for Brookline’s low income residents, including affordable childcare and aviation training!
To learn more, visit blacknbrownclub.com.

Margaret Metzger Fellows – Tales from the Classroom | 2023

Margaret Metzger (1945-2013) taught English at Brookline High school for over forty years, influencing thousands of students and educators through her teaching, writing, and mentoring. She was a 2005 recipient of the BEF’s Ernest R. Caverly Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The Margaret Metzger Fellowship was established in 2014 through the Brookline Education Foundation to honor Margaret’s life and achievements. The fellowship has provided opportunities to continue Margaret’s work: thinking about the classroom, writing about teaching, and furthering the art of educating young people.

The public reading of Tales from the Classroom is a celebration of Margaret Metzger, the Metzger Fellows, and all of you who helped to make this Fellowship a reality.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
06:15 Tim Hintz
17:14 Jeanette Sergeant
28:48 Hannah Bjornson
40:00 Brendan McCarthy
50:20 Julia Mangan
1:03:51 Peter Sedlak
1:15:28 Closing Remarks

The Safety Net – Ruth Nemzoff

Join host Susan Howards and guest Ruth Nemzoff in a discussion about intergenerational communication. Ruth Nemzoff is a Resident Scholar at Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research Center. She is also author of, “Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with Your Adult Children” and, “Don’t Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws into Family.”

Contact Susan at Rnemzoff@brandeis.edu.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Show your support by attending
Brookline’s Vigil Against Domestic Violence
at the Remembrance Garden

(11 Pierce St, Brookline, MA 02445) on October 19th at 4:30pm.

Cuba StandOut and Special Program in Brookline | September 24, 2023

The July26 Coalition of Boston, Brookline PAX, and MAPA organized this special program at the Coolidge Corner Library in support of US-Cuba solidarity preceded by a StandOut at Coolidge Corner. Panelists Nalda Vigezzi (moderator), Cole Harrison, Diane Stradling, and Sussen Gazal joined host Peter Miller. Carol Piñeiro provided highlights about the Brookline-Quezalguaque Sister City Project. Deputy Chief of the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC Alejandro García del Toro offered a special message of appreciation for this meeting and the work of the National Network on Cuba and its upcoming annual conference in Boston that the day’s events were promoting.

The July26 Boston-Cuba Solidarity Coalition is committed to working to end the aggressive policies of the United States toward Cuba as well as toward other Caribbean and Latin countries. They support the struggles of popular movements of the poor, working, and indigenous peoples of the Americas to obtain peace; economic, political, and social justice; and an end to environmental destruction.

Since 1962, PAX has been Brookline’s progressive voice for peace, justice, civil rights and civil liberties. They work for well-funded public schools that teach the whole child, respect for our dedicated public employees, and empowerment for our teachers, parents, students, and the community in our public schools.

Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to develop the sustained political power to foster a more just and peaceful U.S. foreign policy. Through grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, and community education, they promote human rights and global cooperation, seek an end to war and the spread of nuclear weapons, and support budget priorities that re-direct excessive military spending to meeting human and environmental needs in our communities.

Visit nnoc.org/Boston2023 to learn more about the annual National Network on Cuba meeting happening on October 13th-15th at UMass/Boston.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
08:08 Nalda Vigezzi
13:28 Cole Harrison
26:08 Carol Piñeiro
32:00 Diane Stradling
53:50 Alejandro García del Toro
1:00:22 Sussen Gazal
1:14:15 Q&A