Community Engagement

Community Collaboration

Check out our upcoming events page to join us in creating a more green, just, and vibrant Boston.

It’s the Fall planting season and we have several volunteer opportunities available. We would love for all of our events to have the support of local businesses and community members the day of.

Ronan Park Community Planting Day Oct. 24th

We are planting 10 trees at Ronan Park in Fields Corner Dorchester on Thursday October, 24th from 10am to 2pm. Fill out this survey so your voice is included in the planning and decision-making process.

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Mt. Hope Cemetery Community Planting Day Nov. 1st

We are planting 12 trees at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Mattapan on Friday November, 1st from 9am to 12pm. Join SFTT, Mount Hope Canterbury Neighborhood Association and sponsors from Takeda and American Forests.

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SFTT Pop-Up at Ronan Park

Come and stop by Ronan Park on October 19th, from 12pm to 2pm for a pop-up SFTT community engagement activity. We’ll explore trees selection for Ronan Park October 24th, tree planting and let’s create scenarios using American Forest Tree Equity Score Analyzer to highlight the benefits that trees can provide the community.

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Virtual Community Input Sessions: Oct. 29 and Nov. 13

Join Speak for the Trees and Artist for Humanity in two community input sessions on Tuesday, October 29th, and Wednesday, November 13th, both input sessions will be from 5pm to 6pm. To conceptualize the art piece that will go in Ronan Park with the Artist for Humanity’s young artists. Show up for these young artists and the community!

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Community TreeKeepers Training

Don’t forget to sign up and share with Boston’s community folx SFTT led Community TreeKeepers training. Come learn with us and lets advocate for a more just and green Boston. Check out the upcoming training sessions below:

Tuesday October 29, and Wednesday October 30th, from 3pm to 6pm at East Boston Public Library
Wednesday November 4th, and Thursday November 5th, from 3pm to 6pm at Hyde Park Public Library
Wednesday, November 20 and Thursday, November 21, from 3pm to 6pm at the Sasaki Foundation in Chinatown.

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We're Growing!

Keep your eye on our website and upcoming newsletters for a full announcement and job description for two new positions: Director of Advancement and Community and Events Coordinator

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Jobs and Opportunities

Thank you Victoria!

We wanted to thank Victoria Frothingham for her two plus years of commitment and work to Speak for the Trees as Development Manager. During her time she spearheaded the growth of the organization’s revenue, bringing her passion for the mission and her skills as a grant writer. We wish her luck in her future endeavors - whether they be swimming across Walden Pond or doing cartwheels in open fields.

Roxbury Sunflower Project End-of-Season Garden Party

The Roxbury Sunflower Project, along with partners Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Madison Park Development Corporation, United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury, Friends of Martin’s Park, and Speak for the Trees, will host the 2024 Roxbury Sunflower Project Garden Party on Friday, October 25, 2024. 4 - 7 pm at the Freedom House, 5 Crawford Street, Roxbury, MA 02119. This free event is open to the public. It will celebrate the ongoing transformation of an open community lot in Grove Hall into a family-friendly space filled with large-scale sunflower plantings and accompanied by sister plantings throughout Boston.

Now in its seventh year, artist Ekua Holmes’ Roxbury Sunflower Project is a multi-site public artwork consisting of three large-scale sunflower installations growing throughout the City of Boston from June to September 2024. This project is an expansion of Holmes’ Roxbury Sunflower Project, which began as a vision to use sunflowers to spread beauty and hope throughout the historically Black Boston neighborhood where the artist has lived since childhood.

Roxbury Sunflower Project End-of-Season Garden Party
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 4 - 7pm
Freedom House, 5 Crawford Street, Roxbury, MA 02119

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Leave No Trace Youth Educator Virtual Workshop

The workshop will focus on best practices for effectively reaching youth with Leave No Trace, including fun and interactive games and activities educators can use. Please feel free to share this opportunity with your colleagues, partners, or any others who may be interested in learning more about Leave No Trace youth education focused on minimizing our impacts and connecting with nature all around us, whether in local city parks and outdoor spaces, nearby national forests, or in our daily lives

Virtual Event
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 2:00 - 3:30pm

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