A Reckoning in Boston

Kafi Dixon is a Boston bus driver and urban farmer who seeks equity for low-income women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement. Carl Chandler, a community elder wants to tell his family's story to the wider world. They gather with 20 other adults living along the poverty line at a community center in Boston to study art, history, philosophy and literature in a rigorous yearlong tuition-free night course.

Year: 

2020

Total CPB Investment: 

$100,000

Made Possible by CPB's Investment: 

James Rutenbeck, Kafi Dixon
Newton, MA
ITVS Subgrant
$100,000

Topics: 

American History & Civics Education