Working remotely, we secured reliable, pandemic-proof technology and updated all of our systems. We partnered with the Town of Brookline to train and support community leaders to livestream over 500 live community events like graduations, issue forums & evolving public health forums, and small business and school closings/reopenings announcements. We produced videos on voter information, warrant articles, and candidate forums. We facilitated and hosted community conversations with organizations such as Brookline for Racial Justice & Equity (BRJE), Inclusive Brookline, and the League of Women Voters. BIG also covered live outdoor Town commemorations for Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day and for 9/11.

BIG covered Brookline High School four hour LIVE drive-through high school graduation on our community cable channels, which was viewed by over 4,000 residents. We celebrated a live Juneteenth with locals who shared songs and poetry on their porches, and hosted timely fundraisers and forums for Brookline Strong, Women Thriving, the Brookline Community Foundation, Brookline Safety Net, Mutual Aid Brookline, and the Brookline Food Pantry. We gave residents on-the-street access to live protests, hosted live June Election night returns, aired many nights of town meetings, and provided technical support for town officials, community organizations and committees. BIG live streamed two individual Friday night Temple services and weekly broadcasts of St. Mary’s Catholic mass, airing in total, over 40 faith-based programs. We worked with Steps to Success and the Brookline Teen Center to engage youth voices through digital storytelling programs all summer and fall and provided support to the Town of Brookline’s MLK Day Celebration committee via film screenings and panel discussions. Our BIG members created timely and relevant community content on weekly shows from State Representative Tommy Vitolo to the Arc of Justice program from BIG board member Eric Hyett.