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Connecting the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers in Brockton and beyond.

💼 Networking | 🎤 Events | 💡 Community Impact
Open to all industries & backgrounds.
🔗 Join us: www.gbyp.org

05/29/2026

Sponsorship opportunities are now open.

This summer, GBYP is inviting businesses, institutions, and community partners to support two signature experiences celebrating Brockton’s culture, creativity, leadership, and next generation of momentum.

Fuller After Dark: Crafted in Culture
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Fuller Craft Museum

A late-night cultural experience blending live music, immersive activations, curated food and cocktails, art, and community.

GBYP Freshman Class ’26 Reception
Thursday, July 23, 2026

An elevated evening celebrating emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives, professionals, and community builders shaping Brockton’s next chapter.

Whether your organization wants to support arts and culture, emerging leadership, entrepreneurship, civic pride, or community impact, these sponsorship opportunities offer a meaningful way to connect with one of the region’s most engaged professional and creative audiences.

Sponsor benefits include brand visibility, digital promotion, event recognition, community impact, and audience engagement.

Interested in sponsoring?

Email [email protected] to request a sponsorship deck:

Let’s build Brockton’s next chapter, together.

05/26/2026

Food has been part of Salo Afonseca’s professional life since he was 22.

After more than 20 years in the industry, he left the stability of a major food manufacturing company to open Salo Bar & Grill — turning decades of experience into a Brockton restaurant shaped by culture, hospitality, and community pride.

Today, Salo Bar & Grill stands as more than a place to eat. It is a gathering space, a cultural anchor, and a reflection of the immigrant entrepreneurship that continues to shape Brockton’s identity.

Meet Salo Afonseca, GBYP Freshman Class ’26 Restaurateur of the Year.

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05/21/2026

Meet Dr. Ellie Paris, GBYP Freshman Class ’26 Emerging Business of the Year.

Through Dr. Ellie Paris Social Bookstore & Ice Cream Café, she is blending books, scoops, literacy, and community into one of downtown Brockton’s most distinctive new businesses.

Watch the interview and read the full feature at gbyp.org.

05/19/2026

When Dr. Ellie Paris opened Dr. Ellie Paris Social Bookstore & Ice Cream Cafe in downtown Brockton, the concept almost immediately caught regional attention.

Part bookstore, part ice cream café, part community gathering space, the business quickly became one of Brockton’s most distinctive new storefronts — drawing coverage from Boston 25, GBH, and WCVB for its mission to champion literacy, connection, and opportunity.

Now, with a second venture, The Grill Basket Express Cultured Kitchen & Bakehouse, expanding her culinary footprint in Dartmouth, Dr. Ellie is proving that a creative business model can do more than fill a storefront. It can create its own lane.

Meet Dr. Ellie Paris, GBYP Freshman Class ’26 Emerging Business of the Year, at the link in bio.

https://www.gbyp.org/freshman-class/dr-ellie

05/16/2026

Brockton, let’s show up 🇭🇹⚽

GBYP is proud to help spread the word about Haitian Heritage Night with Boston Legacy Football Club on May 22, 2026 at 8PM at Centreville Bank Stadium as Boston takes on Seattle Reign FC.

This special night is a celebration of Haitian culture, pride, resilience, and the incredible impact the Haitian community continues to have throughout Brockton and Greater Boston.

🎟️ Tickets purchased through the special link include a limited-edition BLFC Haitian bandana.

We encourage the Brockton community to come out, support, represent, and help make this an unforgettable atmosphere. Let’s pack the stadium and celebrate the culture the right way 🇭🇹

Tag someone you’re bringing, comment below, and share this with your community.

05/15/2026

GBYP is proud to welcome Katrice Gerald to our Board of Directors! 👏

Katrice is a People & Culture leader with over a decade of HR and organizational leadership experience, a City of Brockton License Commissioner, and most importantly — a genuine lover of this city and everything it’s becoming.

She brings an infectious energy and people-first spirit that you feel the moment you meet her. We’re not just gaining a board member. We’re gaining a force.

Welcome to the family, Katrice. Brockton is better because of you.

05/12/2026

The moment has arrived.

Introducing the inaugural GBYP Freshman Class ’26.

A new class of leaders, builders, creatives, entrepreneurs, educators, advocates, and emerging power players helping define Brockton’s next chapter.

For the first time, Greater Brockton Young Professionals is recognizing a select group of individuals whose work, influence, momentum, and commitment to the city are already shaping what comes next.

The Freshman Class is not a ranking.
It is not a popularity contest.
It is a marker of impact.

This inaugural class represents the people building businesses, creating culture, serving families, shaping institutions, mentoring the next generation, and moving Brockton forward from the inside out.

Through editorial features, photography, video, billboard visibility, and a citywide campaign rollout, GBYP is bringing these stories into full view.

Because Brockton has never lacked talent.

It has only needed more platforms bold enough to recognize that talent early, seriously, and publicly.

Over the next few months, GBYP will release individual honoree features, video interviews, and campaign moments leading up to the Freshman Class Reception in July.

Meet the inaugural class now at the link in bio.

The City is Our Home.

05/08/2026

If you’ve seen it around the city, it’s not by accident.

Freshman Class ’26 is already moving through Brockton. Built from the people, the culture, and the energy that make this city what it is.

Monday. May 11th.
The wait is over.

05/01/2026

Brockton, the wait is almost over.

Some people move in silence. Build in silence. Impact in silence.

Not anymore.

Freshman Class ’26 — coming soon.

04/24/2026

Something is coming to Brockton.

GBYP has always been rooted in this city — the culture, the community, the people who keep showing up. Everything we build starts here.

We’ve been working on something. And it’s almost ready.

Stay tuned. 👀

03/28/2026

Brockton, let’s show up for the culture 🇨🇻⚽

GBYP is excited to help spread the word about Cape Verdean Heritage Night with Boston Legacy Football Club at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday, April 29 at 7PM.

This night celebrates the rich Cape Verdean heritage that has helped shape Brockton, our region, and generations of leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, and changemakers. It’s more than a match — it’s culture, pride, and legacy on one of New England’s biggest stages.

🎟️ Tickets purchased through the special link include a limited-edition scarf.

If you know a local Cape Verdean performer, musician, dancer, artist, or creative who should be spotlighted around this incredible night, tag them in the comments, share this post, and help us celebrate the talent that makes our community special.

Let’s pack Gillette and represent the culture the right way 🇨🇻

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50 School Street
Brockton, MA
02301

Website

http://www.gbyp.org/

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