King Boston names Dr. April Khadijah Inniss as Director of Community Engaged Research
King Boston is pleased to announce that April Khadijah Inniss, MD, MSc has joined the team as the Director of Community Engaged Research.
The Promise of Juneteenth
Juneteenth can belatedly serve as that Second Emancipation Proclamation, holding within it the possibility of a post-pandemic start to a future free from the bonds of racism.
Juneteenth should be a national holiday
Holidays, memorials, and symbols have always been part of American history and heritage, and in this time of racial reckoning we have an opportunity to add a new one — Juneteenth, America’s Independence Day — the day slavery came to an end.
This moment today…
James Baldwin reminds us that not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
Mass. has an opportunity to lead the way on police reform
Just as the Commonwealth led in becoming the first state to allow gay marriage, our leaders can make a bold statement about the true meaning of equal protection under the law.
Education as a Pathway to the Beloved Commonwealth
In the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. King described a “Beloved Community” as an anti-racist society committed to social and economic justice.
Minimum guaranteed income = solution to poverty
In the weeks leading up to his assassination in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. launched a new chapter of his work, referred to as the “Poor People’s Campaign.” This campaign…
It’s time to take antiracist action
It’s long past time to replace dated monuments to cruelty with ones befitting the society we want to live in today.
King Boston announces Imari Paris Jeffries to join as Executive Director as project moves into new phase
King Boston today announced that longtime nonprofit executive and community leader Imari K. Paris Jeffries is joining the organization as Executive Director, effective June 30.
Equitable Solutions in the Face of Covid-19
Is America finally willing to pay the full price for real inclusion of all in the economy that will eventually rise out of this pandemic?