Inaugural Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa! International Music Festival coming to the Common

Eight-time Grammy Award winner Eddie Palmieri will headline the inaugural Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa! International Music Festival this September.

‘We are the stories that we tell ourselves’: Embrace Boston hosts Pulitzer Prize winner for festival celebrating Juneteenth

As part of its Juneteenth celebration, the Embrace Ideas Festival on Thursday welcomed Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson as its keynote speaker

What does it mean to be an anti-racist? Three DEI scholars explain.

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.

Black culture and creativity take center stage at Boston’s Embrace 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.

Boston’s Juneteenth lineup features global chefs, Grammy winners and more

Across Greater Boston, Black institutions and organizers are coming together to curate Juneteenth programming throughout the week of June 17.

CityLine: Embrace Boston report shows historic inequities

‘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”.

Celebrating Juneteenth by highlighting Black-owned businesses

Embrace Boston’s Imari Paris Jeffries and “Everybody Gotta Eat” vendor Manny Mervil explain the importance of highlighting black-owned businesses this week.

Embrace Boston to host 3rd annual Embrace Ideas Festival in honor of Juneteenth

The third annual Embrace Ideas Festival kicks off Tuesday. President and CEO of Embrace Boston Doctor Imari Paris Jeffries joins the Morning Mix.

Reflecting on ‘The Embrace’ a year later, and why Boston need more monuments of love

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.

Attend the Embrace Ideas Festival in Boston

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.