From the Greater Ashmont Main Street website: “Since [2008] the Market has become a beloved Dorchester Institution each Friday in Peabody Square!
When? Opening day will be July 12, 2024 and the market will run every Friday afternoon from 2 to 6 PM until the October 25, 2024.
Where? on Droser Plaza, outside Ashmont MBTA station at 1900 Dorchester Ave.
What forms of payment do you accept? Market vendors accept cash, credit/debit cards, Farmer’s Market Coupons, SNAP/EBT, HIP, and EBT . Some vendors also accept WIC and SFMNP coupons.”
BAP visits this particular Market to offer free sample acupuncutre. Do you live near Ashmont station? Interested in chatting with your neighbors and helping sign people up for free treatments? Get in touch with Ren about volunteering!
In the past few months, over 150 community members received free holistic healing thanks to the Small Steps Healing Project, part of We Got Us. Boston Acupuncture Project had the opportunity to contribute to this work.
Community Empowerment
What is We Got Us? From their website: “The We Got Us Empowerment Project is a Boston-based collective of Black community members, health professional students, and allies dedicated to empowering our communities with education about medical racism, COVID-19, and the vaccine. We also seek to promote public health and to influence policy in order to help keep our communities safe and healthy.”
The Small Steps Healing Project, a community-based collaborative, aims to “increase access to acupuncture and holistic healing for the historically marginalized populations in Boston and beyond.” Harvard medical student Eana Meng named the project after Dr. Tolbert Small, physician to the Black Panthers and one of the first American doctors to practice acupuncture.
Eana and other Small Steps Healing Project volunteers organized eight pop up clinics around Boston, providing acupuncture, reiki, sound healing, and more – all free for the community.
Learning and Celebrating
This past Saturday, October 22, 2022, Eana arranged for Dr. Small to fly out and speak in Dorchester. We learned more about Dr. Small’s trail-blazing life and work as a Black physician and activist. It was wonderful to be there and an honor to meet Dr. Small.
Healers from around Boston
Check out the work of some of the other healers participating in the Small Steps Healing Project:
To see details and register: 1. Visit https://www.4cornersyogawellness.com/yoga 2. Select the date of the class on the scheduler at the top of the page 3. Click the green “book” button next to the class name.
