Playtime on Dream Street: A Celebration of Community and Creativity
Saturday, August 5 - 10:30am-12:30pm
Franklin Park – Overlook Ruins
Pier Point Rd, Boston, MA 02130
Join Company One and friends for a day of family fun to celebrate the vibrancy of our neighborhoods, Black joy, and the power of dreaming big! Activities will include a read-aloud of Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker and Ekua Holmes, a communal collage of our dreams for the neighborhood led by racial justice educator Francie Latour of Wee The People, and an opportunity to daydream and find inspiration during a guided meditation and sound bath experience led by holistic wellness practitioner and social justice educator Marlene Boyette. Snacks and good vibes will be provided, just bring a blanket and your imagination!
This is a Pay-What-You-Want experience with $0 minimum. All proceeds support C1’s mission to build community at the intersection of art and social change.
>> About Branch Out With C1
A series of gatherings spread across Boston’s community and public spaces, connecting the themes of Company One Theatre's production of the play The Boy Who Kissed the Sky to our city’s local communities through interactive experiences in partnership with local organizations in Boston, paired with a sneak peek of the play!
>> About Leela Yoga + Wellness
Leela Yoga + Wellness (founded by Marlene Boyette) provides accessible and inclusive Yoga, Meditation and Wellness experiences by way of classes, workshops and events for all ages and abilities. Using a Trauma-Informed, healing centered, choice-based approach, Leela Yoga + Wellness aims to empower by bringing participants’ autonomy to the forefront of their practice.
>> About Neighborhood Villages
Neighborhood Villages envisions a future in which all families have access to affordable, high-quality early education and care. In service of this vision, we advocate for early education and care policy reform and implement innovative, scalable solutions that address the biggest challenges faced by early education and care providers and the families who rely on them. We specialize in ground-level, strategic interventions aimed at building the capacity of the early education and care sector, and advocate for the public investment it needs and deserves. We show systems change in action, to push policy forward.
>> About Wee The People
Wee the People (WTP) is a Boston-based racial justice project that designs immersive, high-impact programming for kids and adults. Founded by two Black mothers/educators, WTP uses storytelling, art-making, movement, teach-ins, mass actions, and games to celebrate Black life, explore the power of protest, and engage kids in the urgent work of truth-telling about our past and present. Since 2015, Wee The People has also partnered with dozens of organizations locally and nationally to support educators and parent groups in developing racial literacy through workshops, consultancy, and other interventions.