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Question Everything: What are reparations and why are they so important?

NewsBy embracewpJanuary 3, 20231 Comment

Following Boston City Council’s vote to form a commission to study the possibility of reparations for the Black community in Boston, CBS Boston’s Chris Tanaka interviews local leaders, speaking with Imari Paris Jeffries and Na’Tisha Mills.

Boston’s New Martin Luther King Jr. Statue Takes Shape On Common

NewsBy embracewpDecember 1, 2022Leave a comment

BOSTON (WHDH) – The city’s new Martin Luther King Jr. statue is taking shape on Boston Common, as crews installed the first of several pieces Wednesday.

‘Embrace’ of MLK and Coretta Scott King begins to form on the Boston Common

NewsBy embracewpDecember 1, 20224 Comments

Giants pieces of the Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King statues have descended onto Boston Common — forming into a historic monument five years in the making.

Walla Walla Foundry turns ‘The Embrace’ into bronze reality for Boston

NewsBy embracewpNovember 30, 20221 Comment

A five-truck convoy from Walla Walla Foundry, its largest bronze sculpture ever completed now in tow, is headed across the country to Boston for the assembly and installation..

Boston gets first glimpse of MLK ‘Embrace’ sculpture

NewsBy embracewpNovember 30, 20222 Comments

Boston got a first look at a new monument coming to the Common that honors Martin Luther King Jr. The 20-foot tall and 40-foot wide “Embrace” sculpture has traveled nearly 3,000 miles from where it was created in Washington state

Installation of the Historic Embrace Monument Begins on the Boston Common

NewsBy embracewpNovember 8, 2022Leave a comment

Embrace Boston’s ‘The Embrace Memorial’ begins to take shape on the Boston Common.

King Boston Embraces a New Name

NewsBy embracewpNovember 5, 20221 Comment

Embrace Boston’s Gregory Ball was interviewed on WBZ New England Weekend discussing the state of racial equity, updates on The Embrace memorial and details on The Embrace Center that’s in the works.

Honor our heroes by getting out the vote

NewsBy embracewpOctober 24, 20222 Comments

Embrace Boston, alongside the Boston Foundation, see voting as instrumental to building a healthy civic life.

The group behind the new King memorial on the Common is changing its name to Embrace Boston

NewsBy embracewpOctober 19, 20222 Comments

The change reflects the shift in the group’s mission as it launches not just a memorial but a cultural center in Roxbury.

King Boston is now Embrace Boston

NewsBy embracewpOctober 18, 20222 Comments

King Boston changes its name to ‘Embrace Boston’ signifying the next chapter of the organization’s work and mission with the upcoming installation of the “The Embrace” Memorial on Boston Common

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