EMBRACE HONORS HARRY HOM DOW

This inaugural event honors the legacy of Harry Hom Dow, who used the law as a tool of liberation for those the system was designed to exclude. Harry Dow is one of 69 Freedom Heroes memorialized at the 1965 Freedom Plaza.

We will be honoring Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander leaders nominated and selected for their civic contribution, community building, and intergenerational impact. Collectively, the honorees reflect a community in motion, a composite image of what AANHPI civic life in Boston looks like across generations, professions, and communities. 

2026 Honorees

Fred Dow · Helen Chin Schlichte · Nick Chau · Paul Lee · Suzanne Lee · Tina Zhu Xi Caruso · MA Senator, Vanna Howard

This event marks the premiere of Living Histories of Color: AANHPI Legacy Series, a traveling exhibit curated by Embrace Artist-in-Residence Marcia Kim-Jackson. The exhibit features the stories of this year’s honorees and will continue to travel beyond May 21.

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM

Location: 1965 Freedom Plaza at The Embrace Monument, 139 Tremont St, Boston

Host Committee

This event is made possible by the generosity and commitment of our host committee, whose dedication to AANHPI civic life brings this vision to life: Fred Dow, Yully Cha (Embrace), Erika Chen (Embrace), Mai Du, Diana Chiang (State Street and AALAM), Celene Chen (Cooley and AALAM), Vatsady Sivongxay (Dow Fund), Jackie Church (Chinatown Tours), Nick Chau (Tai Tung Realty, Inc.), Jenny LaFleur (Embrace), Paul Lee (ACF), Vivian Tseng, York Lo (John Hancock, CHSNE), Jobelle Mesa (ACF), Bella Sung (Suffolk), Danielle Kim (ACF), Jessie Yip, Vivian Wu Wong, Lesley Chuang, Wayne Yeh, and Vivian Pham (NAAAP).