What TV shows or movies are on our watch list
Sex and the City, Big Little Lies, and Us -Kaitlyn Bryson, Social Media Intern
Handmaids’s Tale and Big Little Lies -Amanda Bowen, Program Events Coordinator
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story -Sue Dalelio, Chief Operating Officer
A Discovery of Witches, Stranger Things, grown-ish -Keulesia Webley-Sewell
Westworld, She’s Gotta Have It, Stranger Things -Christina Joesph, Coordinator of Site-Based Mentoring
The Mindy Project, The Office, and Toy Story 4 -Ylva Duke, Match Support Specialist
Fast and Furious 9: Hobbs and Shaw -Erin Barfield, Associate Director of Development
Favorite podcasts
Lucas Rockwood’s YogaBody. He does the whole mind/body/nutrition thing, and invites guest speakers each week to talk about every aspect of health you can think of. Lots of good info, and it gets me through my long commutes! –Aliya Ewing, Match Support Specialist
Girls Gotta Eat. I met them when they did a live show in Boston last February and have been featured on the podcast multiple times! -Kaitlyn Bryson, Social Media Intern
So many! The ones I am currently listening to are separated by my favorite genres. True Crime: True Crime Garage or Last Podcast on the Left. Politics: The Pollsters. Advice: SHE Podcast -Amanda Bowen, Program Events Coordinator
On Being, Coaching for Leaders, and Invisibilia -Sue Dalelio, Chief Operating Officer
Armchair Expert -Emma Avish, Match Support Specialist
If you are into mystery/horror listen to LORE and the No sleep podcast -Keulesia Webley-Sewell, Match Support Specialist
Call Your Girlfriend is a long-time fave! -Erin Barfield, Associate Director of Development
Our Ultimate Summer Playlist
Way It Goes, Hippo Campus
Any “throwbacks” from Fleetwood Mac
Say A Little Prayer, Aretha Franklin
Havana, Camila Cabello
Lizzo, Chloexhalle, Ari Lennox, Tank and the bangas, Jojo, Willow, SZA, Ohhyuk, Beyonce, Ella Mai, HER
Sunflower, Post Malone
I Don’t Care, Ed Sheeran
Anything Janelle Monae or Lizzo!
Truth Hurts, Lizzo
Without Me, Halsey
7 Rings, Ariana Grande
There’s Nothing Holding Me Back, Shawn Mendes
Close to Me, Ellie Goulding
Anything Maggie Rogers or Lizzo
Where We’re Headed/Where We’ve Been
Governor’s Ball in NYC -Kaitlyn Bryson, Social Media Intern
Currently planning–I have friends in Ohio, California, and Nashville -Amanda Bowen, Program Events Coordinator
In August I head to the UK – hiking in Wales, Scotland and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! -Sue Dalelio, Chief Operating Officer
Hoping to visit Coney Island in NYC -Keulesia Webley-Sewell
Provincetown and New York -Christina Joseph, Coordinator of Site-Based Mentoring
Acadia National Park and Newport, Rhode Island -Ylva Duke, Match Support Specialist
I’m taking a weekend trip to York, Maine, with my best friends! -Kristal Castro, Match Support Specialist
Camping in Maine, Funtown Splashtown USA, Story Land, Santa’s Village, Tubing down the Saco River, and York, Maine -Andria Dunn, Coordinator of Enrollment & Matching
Where You’ll Find Us in Greater Boston
Spending time at Bow Market, the new hot spot in Union Square Somerville, eating veggie chili dogs -Rebecca Booth-Fox, Coordinator of Match Support
Can’t go wrong with a picnic on the Esplanade -Kaitlyn Bryson, Social Media Intern
Hiking in the Middlesex Fells Reservation or hearing local music at Toad or the Lizard Lounge -Sue Dalelio, Chief Operating Officer
The Harvard Bookstore Warehouse -Emma Avish, Match Support Specialist
Lawn on D -Keulesia Webley-Sewell, Match Support Specialist
My absolute favorite place in Boston is the reflecting pool and fountain area next to the Christian Science Center. The Mapparium in the building is amazing too. I also really love the bike path that stretches from Mattapan along the Neponset River to the Dorchester Bay. It’s great knowing that I can hop on my bike and take a trip over to Castle Island for a day. -Christina Joseph, Coordinator of Site-Based Mentoring
Anywhere on the Charles or the ocean -Olivia Wyatt, Coordinator of High School Mentoring
Any beach in the area! Also, sitting outside Tatte with friends and an iced coffee -Ylva Duke, Match Support Specialist
Any beach on the North Shore -Erin Barfield, Associate Director of Development
Castle Island -Andria Dunn, Coordinator of Enrollment & Matching
Amory park is my favorite place in Boston! It’s basically dog park heaven! -Kristal Castro, Match Support Specialist
Our Summer Reading List
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt -Amanda Bowen, Program Events Coordinator
A biography of Catherine the Great -Sue Dalelio, Chief Operating Officer
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin -Emma Avish, Match Support Specialist
Kindred by Octavia Butler, Becoming by Michelle Obama, and Born a Crime by Trevor Noah -Keulesia Webley-Sewell, Match Support Specialist
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD, Sabriel by Garth Nix, Keith Haring Journals by Kieth Haring, and What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon Young -Christina Joseph, Coordinator of Site-Based Mentoring
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida -Olivia Wyatt, Coordinator of High School Mentoring
There There by Tommy Orange and The Leavers by Lisa Ko -Ylva Duke, Match Support Specialist
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris -Erin Barfield, Associate Director of Development
Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis -Andria Dunn, Coordinator of Enrollment & Matching
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras -Kristal Castro, Match Support Specialist
What We’re Eating
Mango sorbet
Watermelon
Fresh berries from my garden
Strawberry shortcake
Fruit and ice cream
Grilled corn and Lori Anne peaches
Ice cream in a waffle cone
Corn on the cob and halo-halo (a Filipino dessert made with crushed ice, condensed milk and toppings)
Lobster rolls and ice cream
Slushes and “lobsta” rolls
Empanadas from any Latinx restaurant in JP
