We’re hiring: Communications & Gallery Coordinator

We’re adding a new member to our team — could it be you? If you love maps and library collections, and want to share your enthusiasm for historical geography topics with a wide audience of readers, viewers, and visitors, you could be a great fit for this position. For full consideration, apply by Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 12:00 pm ET.

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Final hiring call: Director of Education & Educational Programs

Are you excited about building educational programs and resources on topics related to maps, geography, and history? We’re hiring a new Director of Education & Educational Programs, who will take the lead on implementing and expanding the Leventhal Center’s portfolio of educational work. For full consideration, apply by Monday, October 23, 2023 at 12:00 pm ET.

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Virtual: Veronica Davis on Inclusive Transportation · October 24, 7:00pm ET

How do you change a system that was never designed to be equitable? Join us on Tuesday, October 24 at 7:00 pm EDT with Veronica O. Davis for a virtual talk on her book Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities. Davis shines a light on the inequitable and often destructive practice of transportation planning and engineering while offering principles for how to build a more inclusive system in the future.

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In Person: From the Vault – Boylston Street edition · October 27, 2:00pm ET

In partnership with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, our next From the Vault will explore how Boylston Street has changed over time through historic maps, photographs, and other documents—and to think about how it might change in the future. This drop-in event puts the City’s latest street redesign—a new parking-protected bike lane between Massachusetts Avenue and Arlington Street and bus lane between Ring Road and Arlington Street—into historical perspective.

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Explore the Neighborhood Histories Project

Join the Neighborhood Histories Project to explore, document and share your history. The Neighborhood Histories Project is a series of community-based workshops led by Boston By Foot and BPL branch libraries that supports local residents as they explore, document and share the stories of individual neighborhoods. Workshops will be held throughout the fall in Dorchester Lower Mills, and continue early next year in Egleston Square.

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