Community Calendar
Welcome! Click on a month for the dropdown of listings. Scroll down for weekly series organized by day.
Look for details, links, etc on the UMass Chan Public Health and Community Advocacy Facebook page. I'd love for folks to share things from there on Instagram etc where more people will see them.
I've listed community-health-relevant meetings below. I also want to track things like concerts in the park, which reduce isolation and encourage physical activity.
Weekly events - in development
Looking forwad to our Emerging Professionals Intern to start in early June to build this out. For now:
Sundays:
Yoga at the Village. 10 - 11 AM Chair/Auntie Yoga. 11:30 AM Full Yoga.
Fitness in the Parks Class: 10 - 11 AM. Zumba Craze. Mulcahy Field. All ages are welcome.
Mondays:
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4 - 5 PM. Basketball Skills and Drills. Crompton Park. All ages are welcome.
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4 - 5 PM. Zumba Craze. East/Columbo Park. All ages are welcome.
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4:30 - 5:30 PM. Latin Salsa. Oread/Castle Park. All ages are welcome.
Fitness in the Parks Class: 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Boot Camp. Worcester Common. Adults only.
Tuesdays:
Trauma Training Tuesdays. Worcester Area Mission Society. Third Tuesdays, 12 - 2 PM.
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4 - 5 PM. Flag Football Skills and Drills. Beaver Brook Park. All ages are welcome.
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4:30 - 5:30 PM. Latin Salsa. Crystal/University. All ages are welcome.
Wednesdays:
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4:30 - 5:30 PM. Basketball Skills and Drills. Bell Hill Park. All ages are welcome.
Concerts in Crystal Park. 6 PM. Main St (Univ Park) starting May 10.
Thursdays:
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4 - 5 PM. Flag Football Skills and Drills. Lake Park. All ages are welcome.
Fridays:
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4:30 - 5:30 PM. Basketball Skills and Drills. Fairmount Park. All ages are welcome.
Fitness in the Parks Class: 4:30 - 5:30 PM. Self Defense. Vernon Park. All ages are welcome.
Saturdays:
Fitness in the Parks Class: 10 - 11 AM. Caribbean/Hip Hop Dance. University Park. All ages are welcome.
Fitness in the Parks Class: 10 - 11 AM. Flag Football Skills and Drills. Tacoma Street Playground. All ages are welcome.
June 2023
June 1, 7:30am-noon. Come To the Table Northeast. Root Change Coalition and Jim McGovern on food security. At WSU Ghosh Science & Technology Center, Room ST-102.
June 2-4, Albanian Festival, St. Mary's Church, 535 Salisbury St, Worcester.
June 3, 10am start, 12:00 Grand Entry: Worcester Inter-tribal Powwow, Treasure Valley Boy Scout Camp, Rutland, MA
June 9-11. Middle Eastern Fest. St. George's Church, Anna St. (Walking distance from University campus)
June 11, Art in the Park at Elm Park and Music in Bloom at Tower Hill.
June 15, 4-6pm. World Refugee Day, Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St.
June 17, 12-8pm, Juneteenth Black Heritage Festival, Institute Park. Contact Dr. Haley if you want to help staff the UMass Chan table. POSTPONED TO JULY 1.
June 17, Day of Play at Elm Park. POSTPONED to Sept 16
June 17, 8:30-2 Multicultural Women's Health Summit. Multipurpose Room, Sherman Center.
June 20. World Refugee Day. Celebrate with UMass Chan at the Thomas Zand Memorial Lecture (noon) with Dr. Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, Director of the new UMass Chan Collaborative for Health Equity. She'll meet with learners in the early afternoon, then we'll have a community celebration 3-5pm in the Cube with a new award presented to a local refugee-serving organization and two scholarships given to allow students to attend a global health conference.
June 24. ACE African Children's Education Summer Festival, 12:30-4pm, 51 Gage St. Worcester.
June 24, 9am-7pm Black Music Festival, City Hall.
July 2023
July 1: Juneteenth Commemoration in Institute Park, noon-8pm. (Rain date postponed from June 20) Join me at the UMass Chan table and help promote our pipeline activities.
July 12. Courageous Conversations Series at the Village, 6-7:30 pm. 4 King St.
July 13, 12:30-2:00 Community-Engaged Cohort Building. Join us for an in-person medical-student centered session, sharing stories of our summer community-engaged work and learning about a community partner. Site TBD. (Suggestions welcome to Dr. Haley)
July 29, 11am-3pm: multi-site Day of Hope, a one day church-based give-away event that "catalyzes change, ignites hope, and builds connection in the communities of Worcester. On this day over 1,200 people are served with FREE haircuts, food, groceries, family and kids activities."
August 2023
August 5: Worcester African Festival from MA Organization of African Descendents
August 5: Green Hill Neighborhood Assoc Community Picnic in Grant Square Park, 12-5.
August 5: Backpack giveaway with 508 Bike Life. Fuller Family Park.
August 11-13: Worcester World Cup, Foley Stadium
August 23, 3:15-5pm. Social Determinants of Health Poster Session, with community invited and a talk from Dr. Crista Johnson-Agbakwu.
August 27: Caribbean American Carnival