MassMutual gifts $1 million to King Boston honoring commitment to mutual values
Grant will support development of King Boston’s Center for Economic Justice and other community efforts in Boston
The Case for Reparations
Reparations means to repair. In Boston, a legacy of city-sanctioned policies and practices continues to disproportionately harm Black students.
King Boston Launches Research Institute Through Center for Economic Justice
King Boston today announced its research agenda for the Center for Economic Justice, grounded in community engagement and aimed at generating the data and knowledge needed to inform movements at the grassroots level and beyond.
King Boston presents $1 million to Twelfth Baptist Church, launches 1965 Freedom Plaza nomination effort
King Boston today presented the historic Twelfth Baptist Church (TBC) with $1 million, the largest gift the church has ever received.
King Boston names Rev. Carrington Moore as Director of Community Organizing
King Boston is pleased to announce that Rev. Carrington Moore has joined the nonprofit as the Director of Community Organizing.
King Boston names Dr. April Khadijah Inniss as Director of Community Engaged Research
King Boston is pleased to announce that April Khadijah Inniss, MD, MSc has joined the team as the Director of Community Engaged Research.
The Promise of Juneteenth
Juneteenth can belatedly serve as that Second Emancipation Proclamation, holding within it the possibility of a post-pandemic start to a future free from the bonds of racism.
Juneteenth should be a national holiday
Holidays, memorials, and symbols have always been part of American history and heritage, and in this time of racial reckoning we have an opportunity to add a new one — Juneteenth, America’s Independence Day — the day slavery came to an end.
This moment today…
James Baldwin reminds us that not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
Mass. has an opportunity to lead the way on police reform
Just as the Commonwealth led in becoming the first state to allow gay marriage, our leaders can make a bold statement about the true meaning of equal protection under the law.