What is the difference between being not racist and anti-racist? This was the overarching question posed to three diversity, equity and inclusion scholars at Embrace Boston’s Ideas Festival.
There is a palpable change happening here,’ says Austin Ashe, MIT’s senior associate director of belonging and culture. ‘We’re starting to see attention being paid to our lived experiences.
Across Greater Boston, Black institutions and organizers are coming together to curate Juneteenth programming throughout the week of June 17.
‘Embrace Boston’ recently released a plan to address and rebuild the damages done to communities of color in their “Harm Report: Connecting the Past to the Present State of Black Boston”.
Embrace Boston’s Imari Paris Jeffries and “Everybody Gotta Eat” vendor Manny Mervil explain the importance of highlighting black-owned businesses this week.
The third annual Embrace Ideas Festival kicks off Tuesday. President and CEO of Embrace Boston Doctor Imari Paris Jeffries joins the Morning Mix.
June marks a year and a half since the unveiling of ‘The Embrace’ statue on Boston Common. The large bronze arms encircled in a hug are monument to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King.
Being one of the Northeast’s most prominent cities, Boston is often associated with winter. But one of the most beautiful things about Boston is the summer. Away from the harshness…
Setting the stage for its third annual Embrace Ideas Festival, nonprofit Embrace Boston continues to unite local, state, and national leaders for a better and more inclusive Boston. And, this year, it aptly begins on Juneteenth.
The truth is that Haiti and its people are built from resilience and should be an inspiration to us all.
