HOPE Events and Workshops
2024 HOPE/LSSI Celebration
See highlights from the 2024 HOPE/LSSI Celebration
HOPE Welcome Month Schedule
Greetings! The HOPE Initiative is excited to kick off the Fall semester with a series of events for our new and returning scholars! Please see below for details on all of our Welcome Month programming!
HOPE In-Person and Remote Welcome Days
Tuesday, September 3 and Wednesday, September 4
9:45 - 11:45 a.m.
Whether you’re a new or returning student, the HOPE team is on hand to welcome you to campus for the Spring semester on the Charlestown campus, on the Chelsea campus, and remotely! Come say hello, ask us any questions, or just stop and chop it up (just don’t be late for class!)
- Charlestown campus, B-Lobby
- Chelsea campus, main lobby
- Remotely
HOPE Scholar Student Meetup
Thursday, September 5
1 – 2:30 p.m.
BHCC Charlestown Campus, Room TBD
Are you a new HOPE Scholar looking to get adjusted to life at Bunker Hill, or a returning student just looking for a refresher? Join us for our HOPE Meetup sessions, where you will have an opportunity to meet the HOPE team in a casual setting as we provide food, music, and some tips/tricks to succeed at the College!
Drop-in Workshops for Add/Drop Schedule Adjustment
Monday, September 9
1-3 p.m.
HOPE Hub (Room D-221) and remotely
Remote link for Monday’s session
For the month of September, students are able to adjust their schedule by adding and removing classes with no consequence! Come get help from the HOPE team adjusting your schedule during these drop-in workshops! September 10th is the last day for schedule adjustment, so don’t miss out!
HOPE Open Gym
Tuesday and Thursday
1 – 3 p.m.
BHCC Gymnasium
Come connect with other BHCC students, staff, and faculty for some fun on the basketball and/or futsal court! All participants will be required to sign in. All skill levels welcome!
Note: Participants who wish to join in please wear basketball-appropriate shoes, no black soles
HOPE Welcome Month Events
Thursdays, September 12, 19, and 26
1 – 2 p.m.
Location: TBD
HOPE will have a rotating series of welcome events for Scholars. More Details to come
#BreakingBread Dialogue Series
Thursday, September 19
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Location: TBD
Join us for our first Dialogue Series Discussion of the semester, where you, the students guide the conversation. Share what’s on your mind, have some great food, and hear from your fellow students in a space of trust, respect, and openness!
Bolivar del Jesus Soto Jr. 2024-25 Memorial Scholarship and Celebration of Life
Thursday, February 27, 2024,
5:30-8 p.m.
La Fabrica Central, 450 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Celebrate the Life of Bolivar
Come and join the HOPE Initiative for our signature monthly event: #BREAKINGBREAD. This event is free of charge and is supported by the HOPE initiative. In addition to learning more about HOPE (Halting Oppressive Pathways through Education), a program designed to examine and eliminate the social, institutional, and academic barriers that often prevent males of color from achieving their full potential at BHCC and beyond, we will gather to “#BREAKBREAD” and remember and celebrate the life of an outstanding young man, Bolivar Soto. Bolivar epitomized everything that HOPE is about; a young man from an underrepresented community committed to empowering those around him, while bringing people together every step of the way. Bolivar inspired so many of us while he attended BHCC and participated in HOPE, and we continue his legacy through a memorial scholarship in his name. We will also recognize our most recent scholarship recipient, Walterson Cadet, who was awarded the scholarship in Fall 2024.
Make a Donation
Donate to the Bolivar del Jesus Soto, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund. If you wish to support the Bolivar del Jesus Soto, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Bunker Hill Community College Foundation, your donation will be matched 1:1 by a generous donor (up to the first $1,000 raised). To make a match-eligible donation, please follow the link before March 1, 2025.