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.
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.
Dr. Imari Paris Jeffries shares info on this year’s Embrace Ideas Festival with Jim & Margery. Tickets for the festival are on sale now.
Dr. Paris Jeffries discusses how climate justice’s connection to racial equity and the upcoming Embrace Ideas Festival and marathoners having their first sighting of The Embrace.
Dr. Imari Paris Jeffries makes his Spark FM debut to discuss Embrace Boston’s Harm Report. The extensive report serves as a primer on the areas of harm perpetuated by systematic racism in America. Tune in and watch the lively discussion.
