The Opening Doors Project, in collaboration with Indivisible Mass Coalition, Dunk the Vote, ACLU Massachusetts, CARE Coalition for Anti-Racism and Equity, and the Club Passim Folk Collective, presented "Voices Rising for Democracy," a free performance and get-out-the-vote event at historic Roxbury's Meetinghouse.

The show featured four award-winning musicians from the Opening Doors roster: Zakiyyah is an artist-changemaker from Dorchester who mixes opera and hip-hop to craft a sound that is truly, uniquely her own; Pamela Means is an out(spoken), biracial, independent songwriter and guitarist whose “stark, defiant songs” (The New York Times) set both the status quo and stage afire; Anand Nayak is a Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter, and versatile multi-instrumentalist; and host Alastair Moock is a Grammy-nominated and Boston Music Awards-nominated singer-songwriter, social justice educator, and co-founder of The Opening Doors Project.

This FREE community event was made possible by UU Urban Ministry, The Mass Cultural Council, Someone Else’s Child Foundation, Antonia and Vladimer Kulaev Foundation, Nine Athens Music, Indivisible Mass Coalition, Club Passim, and Filmmakers Collaborative.

Photography by Paul Locke