Embrace Acquires Downtown Crossing Buildings for New Civic and Cultural Hub
Explore our new rental program for community gatherings, cultural events, and creative experiences.
OUR VOICE
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The Fine Print: King’s Chapel, Unbound
Embrace spoke with Roeshana Moore-Evans following the first anniversary of Unbound’s unveiling and how the work of remembering Boston’s complete history, including its history of enslavement, continues.
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The Fine Print: The school bus that carries Boston’s history
History is something we take with us, not something we leave in the past.
Boston attorney José López got the inspiration to turn that figurative lesson into a literal one thanks to a trip down to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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The Fine Print: Why the arts are essential to our society
From The Embrace monument to festivals such as Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa!, our work emphasizes the larger role of culture in public life, one that extends beyond entertainment.
To understand that role, we have to look more closely at the relationship among the arts, our shared stories, and our democratic society in America, which can function only when we all participate together.
Insights
We turned Downtown Crossing into a dance floor for Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa!
Just down the street from The Embrace monument and our new building in Downtown Crossing, we celebrated 1965 Freedom Plaza Honoree José Massó III and the 51st year of his radio show, ¡Con Salsa!, with the help of legendary orchestra El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico.
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The Fine Print: Addressing the elephant in the room this Hispanic Heritage Month
As we commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month through October 15, Lorna Rivera, Ph.D., of the Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston urges us to recognize how othering manifests in the context of racial bias in the Latin community—and what we must do to counter it.
Insights
The Downtown I remember, The Downtown we can create
Downtown is the heart of the city. There is a photograph that still circulates across Boston social media of three young men, including Hip-Hop pioneer Rusty Pendleton, standing downtown with a boombox and dressed in the unmistakable uniform of the 1980s Hip-Hop generation. It captures the downtown I remember
A SPACE FOR COMMUNITY
A PLACE TO GATHER, CONNECT AND CREATE
Bring your next gathering to Embrace. Located in Downtown Crossing, just steps from The Embrace Monument and Freedom Plaza, 33–41 West Street offers space for meetings, workshops, performances, and community gatherings.
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Real stories. Bold voices. Unapologetic truth.
Good Trouble, co-produced with NBC10 Boston, captures the human side of change. Through raw, intimate conversations, we explore the lives, struggles, and triumphs of the people shaping our city’s future — one story at a time.
