01/12/2026
MAWOCC’s Intergenerational Leadership Academy – Girls of Color (ILA-GOC) is growing and will now be offered in two locations: Worcester and Springfield.
This FREE program supports high school girls of color with:
• Two-week leadership intensives during February & April school breaks
• Hands-on STEAM workshops
• Year-round mentorship and leadership development
📍 Worcester & Worcester County
📍 Springfield & Hampden County (hosted at the Henry M. Thomas III Center, UMass Amherst Springfield)
Applications are now being accepted.
Learn more and apply:
https://mawocc.com/mawoccs-intergenerational-leadership-academy
09/01/2025
From 11-1 today
Peace! We have some left over school supplies from an event we participated in over the weekend.
Supplies include:
- Pencils
- Pens
- Highlighters
- Erasers
- Index Cards
- Notebooks
- Folders
- Binders
- Filler Paper
- Dividers
and a few others...
We will be at our community center, The Village Worcester at 4 King Street from 11 am to 1 pm for folks to drop by and take what they need. Please note that we DO NOT have any backpacks and we are not able to offer drop off for anyone at this time - pick up only.
Looking forward to seeing those who are able to stop by.
05/03/2025
Our monthly marketplace is back! All are welcome to join us for a day of shopping, connecting, and being in a positive space!
We have amazing local vendors, artists, creators, and entrepreneurs that will be sharing what they do with our community! This will be a great place to support small businesses, do some last minute Mother’s Day Shopping, and find one of a kind gifts and trinkets for you and your loved ones! (This is a private event - all are welcome)
Please reach out with any questions - [email protected]
Saturday, May 10th, 2025
12 to 5 pm
The Village Worcester
4 King Street
02/04/2025
Rescheduled … ⛄️
Peace beloved community! Our 20th annual celebration of Bob Marley is getting off to a snowy start! We are POSPONING our Get Up, Stand Up event in collaboration with The Worcester Public Library until next Thursday, February 13th, 2025. It is hard to tell what the weather will be doing, so out of an abundance of caution for elders, families, and others, we are shifting the event for a week in hopes for better weather!
We encourage you to do the snow dance for the rest of the weekend's programs (which are still happening as planned), and we look forward to seeing you Friday 2/7 at Electric Haze, Saturday 2/8 at The Worcester Youth Center, and Sunday 2/9 at The Village Worcester!
12/30/2024
Village Community Newsletter
The Village Community Newsletter - December 30th, 2024
Email from The Village Afrocentric Cultural Center, Inc. Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, (again)!!! December 30th, 2024 - Village Community Newsletter Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa , Kwanzaa (again)! Khalid Zamani ha