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Boston Votes 2025: ‘The Final Word’ Mayoral Forum
On Wednesday, September 3, 2025, Embrace Boston joined forces with the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA) and NBC10 Boston to bring the city’s top two mayoral candidates—Mayor Michelle Wu and challenger Josh Kraft—into a live televised conversation about Boston’s future. The Final Word gave each candidate thirty minutes on stage to share their priorities and vision in advance of the election.
The “Big Beautiful Bill” and the Empty Cupboard of Democracy
The Big Beautiful Bill is drained-pool politics. It doesn’t build. It empties. It takes what was fragile to begin with—programs like SNAP, housing vouchers, and Medicaid—and guts them with the…
Fourth of July: The Annual Ritual of National Amnesia
In this powerful Fourth of July reflection, Dr. Imari Paris Jeffries examines the holiday’s contradictions, drawing on the words of Frederick Douglass and Dr. King to confront America’s selective memory and enduring racial injustice.
Full video: Boston commemorates 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally
Embrace Boston, in collaboration with Everyone250 and the City of Boston, held a rally Saturday on the Boston Common, with Martin Luther King III speaking on his father’s legacy.
60 years ago, my grandfather joined Martin Luther King’s Boston march
My grandfather, Wayne Lucas, is a proud native Bostonian. He grew up predominantly in foster homes in Roxbury and Dorchester and spent a good chunk of his youth in a house on Pasadena Road, right off of Blue Hill Avenue.
Commemorating the 1965 Freedom Rally with Embrace Boston
This year marks 60 years since the historic 1965 Freedom Rally led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Embrace Boston’s Dr. Imari Paris Jefferies shares how they’re celebrating the iconic event.
Together We Made History
Thank you for standing with us this past Saturday to honor the 1965 Freedom Rally when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led that historic march from Roxbury to the Boston Common 60 years ago.
Boston Public Radio Shines Light on Everyone250 & the Legacy of the 1965 Freedom Rally
This week on Boston Public Radio, hosts welcomed two powerhouse voices in the fight for justice and remembrance: Imari Paris Jeffries, Executive Director of Embrace Boston, and Jeneé Osterheldt, Boston Globe culture columnist.
The Culture Show Podcast – The 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally
Dr. Imari Paris Jeffries, President and CEO of Embrace Boston , joins The Culture Show to talk about the 60th Anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally.