826 Boston held our Books for Breakfast—an annual jam-packed breakfast fundraiser, benefitting free youth writing programs—at Goodwin Procter on May 7. Attendees enjoyed breakfast, a special appearance by 826 Network co-founder and author Dave Eggers, and had a chance to re-connect with other members of the 826 Boston community.
The featured speaker was Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of the best-selling novel Chain-Gang All-Stars. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and the Books Are My Bag Awards, and selected as a 2023 New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year. Huma, a student at Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) in Dorchester, read a series of her striking pieces of poetry.
826 Boston recently withdrew an application for federal funds amounting to $250,000 because of an executive order on diversity, equity, and inclusion which did not align with our vision and mission. The breakfast event brought in funds to help with services at our tutoring center in Roxbury and Writers’ Rooms located in six Boston Public Schools in Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury.
Photos by Mike Mejia.
Thank you to all our sponsors!
We also watched a short film about BINcA from Matt Watson:
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