New Guinea Joy: Youth-Led Tour / Workshop of Boston’s West End & North End

Step into the layered history of Boston through the New Guinea Joy Tour / Workshop, a youth-led cultural experience exploring the West End, North End, and the deep roots of early African American Boston.

Presented by Afrimerican Academy Summer Tours as part of Boston 250, this immersive walking tour examines how culture, infrastructure, transportation, and urban development shaped some of Boston’s oldest neighborhoods. Participants will explore historic streets, transit corridors, changing waterfronts, and the lasting impacts of urban renewal and displacement.

Led by youth tour guides trained through the Afrimerican Academy Summer Projects program, the experience combines public history, storytelling, and community-based learning to connect past and present.

Topics include:
• Early African American Boston
• The West End before urban renewal
• Transit and infrastructure history
• Cultural hubs and displacement
• Immigration and neighborhood change
• Public history and storytelling

This program is designed for residents, educators, students, visitors, organizations, and anyone interested in Boston history, cultural preservation, and community storytelling.

Youth-led tours are part of the Afrimerican Academy’s mission to nurture the next generation of cultural leaders through project management, digital storytelling, and field-based learning experiences.

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