You won’t want to miss this FREE day-long celebration of poetry including workshops, featured speakers, and a slam poetry contest where you’ll have the chance to win a publishing deal.

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We'll cover eligible project types, application tips, and share examples of successful efforts. We are pleased to spotlight insights from our guest speakers: 

Melanie Soto - Charlestown Peace Park

Lois Alksninis - 150 River Street Garden

Andira Alves - Harriet Tubman Freedom Park

This meeting will be held on zoom. Please register below to receive a secure zoom meeting link. 

Fathers in Cannabis brings together dispensaries and cannabis professionals for a father-led basketball tournament centered on community, connection, wellness, and culture. This high-energy event will feature dispensary vs. dispensary team matchups, community engagement, music, networking, and cannabis education throughout the day.

Come get Social in the City with us as we celebrate fathers, mentors, leaders, and community builders helping shape the future of the cannabis industry both on and off the court.

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Juneteenth Elevated brings Cannabis Empowerment Week into the community as we join the historic Juneteenth Celebration at Franklin Park.

Stop by our tent and connect with the Cannabis Industry Development Team, explore educational resources, ask questions about social consumption and cannabis policy, and engage in conversations surrounding equity, opportunity, and community impact.

Come get Social in the City with us and enjoy a day of unity, joy, and liberation as we honor history while embracing the future.

Event Disclaimer: The Juneteenth Celebration is organized by a third party. We are participating as a vendor only and are not responsible for event production or overall event operations. For more information, event details and policies, please refer to the official event organizers. 

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E-Bike Days are events that take place monthly (each month at a different location) and include:

• Part 1 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Free 10 min e-bike tune ups
• Part 2 | 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Tips for safe riding
• Part 3 | 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Community ride (weather permitting)

You are welcome to attend all or part of the event!

Registration is required, and will open on June 16. For questions, email ebikes@boston.gov

Combined workshop: Road Readiness (Level 3) & Street Skills (Level 4)

Our experienced staff and volunteers will help each participant gain skills and confidence so you’re ready to venture onto the street and keep on rolling! This class is open to people of all genders. Participants in this workshop will be split into two groups:

Level 3 participants will mostly stay in the parking lot and work on the skills, such as the ability to start pedaling without wobbling or having to push a lot with the foot, ability to ride steadily in a straight path, getting more comfortable shifting gears in response to changes in speed and topography, comfort riding with the seat raised up close to hip height, and ability to go up and down a curb ramp.

With Level 4 participants we’ll ride as a group on streets with low-speed traffic, learning how to start and stop safely at traffic signals, ride a safe distance from parked cars and moving vehicles, communicate with other road users, and make turns at intersections. The objective of this workshop is to gain more advanced skills, such as signaling while biking, awareness of door range and a safe riding position in the roadway, ability to ride in a predictable path, and overall confidence being on the street.

If you cannot yet ride independently across a parking lot, please do not register for this clinic. Our Basic Skills class is more appropriate.

Beginner and Basic Skills (Level 1 and 2)

Can't remember the last time you were on a bike? Or never learned to ride? Come to a free learn-to-ride workshop and learn alongside other adults. 

This class is open to all genders, and is appropriate for people who have never ridden a bike before, have not been on a bike for a long time, or can pedal but need to work on basic skills (like stopping, turning, and changing gears). It is taught entirely in a parking lot. Bike and helmets provided for the duration of the workshop, registration required.