Installation of the Historic Embrace Monument Begins on the Boston Common
Embrace Boston’s ‘The Embrace Memorial’ begins to take shape on the Boston Common.
King Boston Embraces a New Name
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
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
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
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
Imari Paris Jeffries on Boston Public Radio
Boston Public Radio Live & The Fight For Housing, Tuesday, August 23, 2022
King Memorial ‘The Embrace’ Being Built in Wash. Before Presentation in Boston
“The Embrace,” a sculpture memorializing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, will have its home in Boston Common, but it is currently being put together by more than 100 workers in Walla Walla, Washington.
People behind ‘The Embrace’ want the sculpture to spur action, keep alive Kings’ legacy in Boston
If you’ve walked through the Boston Common recently, you may have noticed the ongoing construction.
Granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr. kicks off Boston festival ahead of Juneteenth holiday
14-year-old activist Yolanda Renee King helped kick off the Embrace Ideas Festival Monday, a weeklong event in Boston ahead of the second observance of Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
Juneteenth a chance for new customs and rituals
Two years after George Floyd and just days after the final victims of last month’s racial murders in Buffalo, it’s hard not to reflect on America’s long and painful history of racism and hate.