MIT’s Hacking the Archive, will be holding its annual Hackathon to develop solutions to the Racial Wealth Gap in Massachusetts. This year we will collectively develop ideas to address the topic of Jobs and Entrepreneurship. Meet other organizers, activists and researchers as we delve into the archive of resources from local library archives and present our ideas together. The three winning teams with the best new ideas will win prizes worth up to $1000!

To join please email Rene at rmardones@dsni.org.

Join us for a free community gathering with short films, food & art celebrating World CLT Day! Come learn about the movement for community control of land from its roots in Georgia during the civil rights era to our local work across Greater Boston today.

Please bring an item from your land trust, neighborhood, or home to incorporate into our collective altar. In collaboration with a local artist, we will build an altar intended to honor the past, present, and future of the land on which our community land trusts stand. You are invited to bring something that represents your hopes, memories, or connection to the land to add to the altar and, weather permitting, make a live print with the item. Local artists from Humphreys Street Studio will also share their work and the story of this unique artist-owned and run studio space which contributes to the cultural vitality of Dorchester.

Email Michelle at mdelima@dsni.org with any questions or 617-442-9670.

ALSO: Chinatown Community Land Trust is hosting day two of the network’s World CLT Day celebration, with a dim sum reception and guided tour or scavenger hunt. For more info click here. You are invited!

Please join us for a fun filled day of clean up and community activities. We will start with breakfast at our office at 550 Dudley St at 9:30am, and then go to Trina Persad Playground at 14-16 Judson St to beautify the playground and surrounding neighborhood.

At 11:30am we will be voting for the playground design that we should use for the upcoming renovation of that space. The designs have been developed this Spring through community outreach and design meetings with Global Design For Refugee Children. Afterwards, the Food Project youth will be holding a community lunch and Land Opening Ceremony at 1pm at the nearby West Cottage Farm. All are welcome and please spread the word!

This event was postponed from April 12th.

​Join us for a special Sustainable Development Committee (SDC) meeting on Thursday June 22 at 6-8pm Join by Zoom.  This SDC meeting will be dedicated to presentations from two bidders for the DNI-owned Our Tierra Livri site. 

Dudley Neighbors, Inc. (DNI) has released the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Our Tierra Livri site, also known as Dudley Miller Park (483-487 Dudley Street). Through this RFP process, DNI seeks a developer for the site that can create a development plan which strengthens the Dudley Corridor business district; serves local residents and businesses; is realistic and financially sustainable over the long-term; and can deliver compensation to DNI for its costs for securing the land, engagement in community planning, conducting preliminary due diligence, and acting as the long-term steward of the property.

The Our Tierra Livri site is the 14,000 square ft. vacant lot near our office on 483-487 Dudley Street with giant wooden letters stating OUR TIERRA LIVRI (English, Spanish and Cape Verdean Creole for Our Liberated Land). The park became a part of the DNI community land trust in December of 2013.

Copies of the two proposals can be found here:

Dorchester Bay EDC/DVM Consulting RFP
Velney Development RFP

Tuesday April 18th, 5:30pm

550 Dudley Street, Roxbury

Join by zoom or call: (929) 205 6099, Meeting ID: 885 9474 2155

SDC meetings are on 4th Thursdays of the month. To join SDC or learn more contact Rene Mardones at rmardones@dsni.org or 617-442-9670 ext. 2.

The Sustainable Development Committee (SDC) is a committee composed of neighborhood residents and board members of DSNI and DNI. For more than 30 years, the Sustainable Development Committee has made recommendations on private development projects within the neighborhood and held the City accountable.

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Tuesday April 18th, 5:30pm

550 Dudley Street, Roxbury

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Organizing Committee meetings happen on every third Tuesday of the month. To learn more about getting involved contact Rene Mardones at rmardones@dsni.org or 617-442-9670 ext. 2.

The purpose of DSNI’s Organizing Committee is to educate members on issues that are relevant to our community’s well being, to develop and practice organizing and leadership skills, and to generate change at the neighborhood, City and State level.