Cultural Community Center | COCO Brown

COCO Brown

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ABOUT US

COCO Brown is a cultural community center; a multifunctional, intergenerational, place-making, creative arts and educational social space. A safe and inclusive place that holds space for history, the arts, and culture. COCO Brown uses the mediums of art, music, storytelling, and movement to strengthen community relationships and improve social and economic equity. COCO Brown is a space to facilitate Ubuntu... it's for family, for tribe, for community.

It is an IN-powering sanctuary where one can come to Nourish, Nurture, and Network. COCO Brown is a space to foster healing, conscientization; realization; revelation; revitalization and transformation. The space that holds COCO Brown is the new headquarters of POSE Inc., and currently functions as a bookstore, art store, retail store, event/meeting space, art gallery, classroom, co-working space, incubator space, creating space, and cultural arts studio. The classes, workshops, and programming provided out of this space cover all ages and intersectionality; always with an eye towards anti-racism, and social /economic equity and justice by consistently engaging our full authentic selves (mind, body, spirit).

Services range from children's story telling, drumming, and family craft night to spoken-word workshops, poetry slams, improv, dances, open-mics, lecture series, and an array of literature, history and social justice educational programming for students of all ages. Educational, equitable and social emotional consulting services are available through the COCO Brown networking firm, as are stellar public and motivational speakers of color. Eventually we endeavor add a full service sit-down neighborhood Café.

OUR COMMUNITY

COCO Brown is honored to have a diverse and growing list of community partners, collaborators, sponsors and supporters in our network. If you are interested in partnership, sponsorship, collective impact or cross-sector work, we are actively seeking your involvement and support. We need you to do this work.

CALENDAR

0 to 100 real quick, 02/07/2020

A look into the lives of four men who have lived through and survived childhood poverty, local gangs, local violence, local mass incarceration via the school to prison pipeline.

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WHAT WE DO

In our work we seek to move the needle in the following areas:

Cultural identity, eliminating racism, economic mobility, educational equity, early exposure to writing, reading, music, arts, science and math; whole-person healing (mind-body-soul), positive health outcomes, healthy food options, entrepreneurship, place-making, social equity, intergenerational wealth.

Books, Boundaries, Barriers & Bonds

Fri, Feb 28

COCO Brown

Feb 28, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

Join us for our women's monthly intellectual meet-up, not for the faint of heart. Happy to be relaunching for January 2020. We will explore poetry by women of color and come prepared to share one piece each (personal or published) by any female poet of color.

4th Annual Black History Month Celebration

Sat, Feb 29

Haverhill Public Library

Feb 29, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Haverhill Public Library, 99 Main St, Haverhill, MA 01830, USA

Haverhill's 4th Annual Black History Month Celebration

Ubuntu 2020

Sat, Apr 18

Northern Essex Community College

Apr 18, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM EDT

Northern Essex Community College, 100 Elliott St, Haverhill, MA 01830, USA

A one-day conference focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and in the community. Hosted by COCO Brown in partnership with Northern Essex Community College.

0 to 100 Real Quick

Fri, Feb 07

COCO Brown

Feb 07, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington St, Haverhill, MA 01832, USA

A look into the lives of four men who have lived through and survived childhood poverty, local gangs, local violence, local mass incarceration and the school to prison pipeline.

Network Night Open-Mic

Sat, Feb 01

COCO Brown

Feb 01, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington St, Haverhill, MA 01832, USA

A networking event for minority owned and operated businesses and nonprofits.

Books, Boundaries, Barriers & Bonds

Tue, Jan 28

COCO Brown

Jan 28, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

Gala Night: Fashion Show Fundraiser

Sat, May 04

Rehoboth Lighthouse

May 04, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Rehoboth Lighthouse , 409 Washington St, Haverhill, MA 01832, USA

Gala Night: A Charitable Fashion Show Fundraiser to benefit Power of Self-Education (POSE) Inc.’s cultural community center COCO Brown and X-Press Yourself Boutique. All proceed raised by this event will be split 50/50 between these two worthy initiatives.

Women's Monthly Bookclub Meet-Up April 2019

Thu, Apr 25

COCO Brown

Apr 25, 2019, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

Join us for our Monthly Women's Bookclub Meet-Up. For April we are trying something different. We will explore poetry by women of color and come prepared to share one piece each.

Women's Monthly Bookclub Meet-Up March 2019

Thu, Mar 28

COCO Brown

Mar 28, 2019, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

Join us for our Monthly Women's Bookclub Meet-Up. Our March book is "All About Love" by: Bell Hooks

Women's Monthly Bookclub Meet-Up

Thu, Feb 28

COCO Brown

Feb 28, 2019, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

Join for our Monthly Women's Bookclub Meet-Up. Our February book is "A Teaching Community a Pedagogy of Hope" by: Bell Hooks

People of Color in Haverhill's History

Wed, Feb 27

COCO Brown

Feb 27, 2019, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Ave, Haverhill, MA 01832, USA

Missing from the many formal histories of Haverhill, Massachusetts, are the stories, accomplishments, and contributions of people of color...

3rd Annual Black History Month Celebration

Sat, Feb 23

Buttonwoods

Feb 23, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Buttonwoods, 240 Water St, Haverhill, MA 01830, USA

This celebration looks to the past and present accomplishments of African-Americans, while bringing all people together to rejoice in celebration. This interracial/multiracial event denotes the humanity, love, sacrifice, commitment, and spirit of the human heart.

Welcoming Room: Open Mic Nights - Black History Month Series- Masada Jones

Fri, Feb 22

COCO Brown

Feb 22, 2019, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

The Welcoming Room is pleased to present our Black History Month Series Open Mic Nights. Every Friday night in February 2019 Highlighting amazing guest artists!

Black History Month 2019 Lecture Series - Andre K. Bennett

Wed, Feb 20

COCO Brown

Feb 20, 2019, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Ave, Haverhill, MA 01832, USA

Join us for an intimate conversation with Rev. Dr. Andre K. Bennett

Welcoming Room: Open Mic Nights - Black History Month Series- Naomi Vanderhorst

Fri, Feb 15

COCO Brown

Feb 15, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

The Welcoming Room is pleased to present our Black History Month Series Open Mic Nights. Every Friday night in February 2019 Highlighting amazing guest artists!

Black History Month 2019 Lecture Series - Celeste Cruz

Wed, Feb 13

COCO Brown

Feb 13, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Ave, Haverhill, MA 01832, USA

Join us for a look into the mind of the artist behind the art exhibit "Brown Girl, Brown Girl, What Do You See?" Celeste Cruz. The exhibit will also be on display The week leading up to this discussion.

Welcoming Room: Open Mic Nights - Black History Month Series- Sulay Daphne Sanchez

Fri, Feb 08

COCO Brown

Feb 08, 2019, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

The Welcoming Room is pleased to present our Black History Month Series Open Mic Nights. Every Friday night in February 2019 Highlighting amazing guest artists!

Black History Month 2019 Lecture Series - Chrisitan White

Wed, Feb 06

The Switchboard

Feb 06, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

The Switchboard, 43 Washington Ave, Haverhill, MA 01832, USA

Join us for an intimate conversation with Christian White, Executive Director of “The One Day At A Time Dad”

Welcoming Room: Open Mic Nights - Black History Month Series- Christa Brown

Fri, Feb 01

COCO Brown

Feb 01, 2019, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

The Welcoming Room is pleased to present our Black History Month Series Open Mic Nights. Every Friday night in February 2019 Highlighting amazing guest artists!

Campaign for Color Opening Reception

Fri, Feb 01

COCO Brown

Feb 01, 2019, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

The Campaign for Color: celebrating Women of color and hyper focusing on the Afro-Latinx dysphoria.

Passion and Power Expressive Writing Class

Fri, Feb 01

COCO Brown

Feb 01, 2019, 5:30 PM – Feb 22, 2019, 6:30 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

“Strive to find your own voice; the longer you wait to begin the less likely you at to find it at all” -Robin Williams

Women's Monthly Bookclub Meet-Up

Thu, Jan 31

COCO Brown

Jan 31, 2019, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

COCO Brown, 293 Washington Street, Haverhill, MA, USA

Join for our Monthly Women's Bookclub Meet-Up. Our January book is "The Hate You Give" by Angie Thomas.

SPACES

COCO Brown is an incubating space. We work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere ideal for healing, learning, dreaming, growing, connecting, casting vision, planning, building, launching, piloting, testing, prototyping, and scaling. Whether its co-working, space rental or community you are seeking, at COCO Brown there is a space here for you.

Co-Working

Space Rental