Join Mayor Martin J. Walsh, in partnership with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, as he hosts the first-ever Courtyard Festival. Featured speakers include:

• Tim Wakefield, Red Sox Foundation
• Isaiah Kacyvenski, Angela Ruggerio, Joshua Walker, Managing Directors, Sports Innovation Lab
• Assaf Biderman, Founder, Superpedestrian
• Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, Founder and CTO, Jibo
• Brad McNamara, Co-Founder and CEO, Freight Farms
• Rica Elysee, Founder and CEO, BeautyLynk
• Pat Petitti, Co-founder and co-CEO, Catalant

Courtyard Festival will kick off at 5 p.m. with a performance by the Soul Monstahs, an alumni band from Berklee College of Music. From 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., attendees can also view a showcase of startups in the Boston innovation community. The speaking program begins at 5:30 p.m.

We offer a community clinic in Egleston Square for Jamaica Plain and Roxbury residents on May 4, June 1, and July 6, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

The Evening Clinic is a resource for residents — tenants and landlords — to talk with a housing professional about:

• tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities
• affordable housing opportunities, and
• available housing resources.

We assist tenants and landlords on various housing-related matters. Tenants can learn about their rights if:

• their building is sold
• their rents are rising, or
• they are facing eviction.

Landlords can get information on enforcing lease provisions. We also have information on cost-effective resources to resolve tenant-landlord disputes.

We offer a community clinic in Egleston Square for Jamaica Plain and Roxbury residents on May 4, June 1, and July 6, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

The Evening Clinic is a resource for residents — tenants and landlords — to talk with a housing professional about:

• tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities
• affordable housing opportunities, and
• available housing resources.

We assist tenants and landlords on various housing-related matters. Tenants can learn about their rights if:

• their building is sold
• their rents are rising, or
• they are facing eviction.

Landlords can get information on enforcing lease provisions. We also have information on cost-effective resources to resolve tenant-landlord disputes.

We offer a community clinic in Egleston Square for Jamaica Plain and Roxbury residents on May 4, June 1, and July 6, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

The Evening Clinic is a resource for residents — tenants and landlords — to talk with a housing professional about:

• tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities
• affordable housing opportunities, and
• available housing resources.

We assist tenants and landlords on various housing-related matters. Tenants can learn about their rights if:

• their building is sold
• their rents are rising, or
• they are facing eviction.

Landlords can get information on enforcing lease provisions. We also have information on cost-effective resources to resolve tenant-landlord disputes.

The topic for this month's discussion is, "The Role of Government in Community Engagement in the 21st Century: Pittsburgh, PA." The event  features Karen Abrams, a Harvard Graduate School of Design Loeb Fellow.

 About the Presenter:

As the Community and Diversity Affairs manager at the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, Karen Abrams ensures that disaffected residents of Pittsburgh’s historically African-American neighborhoods are actively engaged in real estate and economic development activities that have impact on their lives. She collaborates with residents on urban planning and design projects and helps neighborhood groups build social capital and financial capacity. Abrams has established several initiatives at URA to bring equity and inclusion to Pittsburgh’s land use and planning practices. These include the Urban Matters arts and design civic engagement program for youth in low-income communities and the Community Toolkit Project, which connects recent minority graduates of architecture and planning with African-American communities experiencing land use challenges. Just to name a few. Most recently she has been tasked with transforming URA’s Minority and Women Business Enterprise program into a 21st century wealth-building platform inspired by economic justice and inclusion principals.

During her Loeb Fellowship year, she is developing community development education tools for a Boston neighborhood organization, and is mentoring two urban design start-ups at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s DesignX accelerator. Abrams is a Harlem native with a Master of Science in Sustainable Systems from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in African an African-American Studies from the University of Virginia.