How well do you know your Massachusetts towns?

How many Massachusetts towns can you name off the top of your head? Ten? Twenty? Fifty? With this new guessing game, try your hand at naming every town in Massachusetts. At 351 towns total, only the bravest and boldest will make it all the way!

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Two Events on Climate Justice and Politics with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò · Nov 16

Join us for two in-person events with the philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò as we discuss climate justice and social movements. At 3:30 pm, Táíwò will lead a roundtable discussion on organizing for local and global climate justice with Boston-area organizers, activists, and policymakers. At 6:00 pm, Táíwò will be in conversation with Samia Hesni to discuss his new book, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else).

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Now Accepting Applications: Spring 2023 Undergraduate Internships

Hey Boston undergrads, we want to work with you! We’re looking to hire a cohort of undergraduate interns focused on geospatial research, K-12 education, and development & fundraising for the 2023 spring semester. Internships are paid and require a commitment of 6–10 hours per week; applications are due by November 16.

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Virtual: Geography Awareness Week · Nov 14 - 18

Geography Awareness Week is quickly approaching! On November 14, join #sschat on Twitter for an evening focused on maps and social justice. And on November 17, join Map Center educators to try out one of our most popular lessons for middle school grades, exploring key concepts like perspective, audience, and purpose through world maps that span the centuries.

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Coming Soon: Soft City Pop Up Exhibition

Join us for an evening reception on Thursday, December 1 to celebrate the opening of Soft City, a pop-up exhibition by Amanda Ugorji and Sophie Weston Chien of the design collaborative just practice. Soft City will be on display in our gallery for the month of December to accompany our ongoing exhibition, More or Less in Common: Environment and Justice in the Human Landscape.

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Hybrid: Author Talk — Dr. Carolyn Finney on Black Faces, White Spaces · Dec 3, 2:00pm ET

On December 3, storyteller, cultural geographer, and accidental environmentalist Carolyn Finney, PhD will join Boston Public Library President David Leonard to discuss Dr. Finney’s book, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors.

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Gift a map this holiday season

Thinking ahead to the gift-giving season? Join our Map of the Month Club on behalf of someone else—they’ll receive monthly map postcards, and we’ll dedicate the contribution in their name! Just check “Dedicate this Donation” in our online form, and make sure to enter their mailing address.

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“Drawing Together” is awarded Norman B. Leventhal City Prize

Our colleagues at the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT have awarded the 2022 Norman B. Leventhal City Prize to Drawing Together, a social and ecological resilience project in New York City. The call for submissions sought proposals that focused on digital urbanism — investigating how life in cities can be improved using digital tools that are equitable and responsive to social and environmental conditions.

Read about the prize →