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As an early supporter of Embrace and our vision, Dr. Lee Pelton is a key part of our history and a friend in the truest sense. Thank you for every moment you stood for Boston and worked to build a city where we all belong. We love you with the love of family, and we wish you continued success. 🧡

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 23/09/2026

The Boston Public Library was filled with historians and neighbors alike. Dr. Imari Paris Jeffries sat down with Sarah Botstein of PBS's The American Revolution to talk about our nation's history. Thank you to all who came to support this impactful conversation.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 22/09/2026

Today our President and CEO, Dr. Imari Paris Jeffries, joined GBH to talk about tonight's Lowell Lecture Series at the Boston Public library, which he'll be moderating. Join us tonight at 6 PM, in partnership with GBH and PBS. Register and learn more about the event via the BPL website.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 18/09/2026

A new home deserves a proper welcome. Embrace Boston brought salsa! To everyone who showed up and made space for one another: this festival came alive because of you. Thank you for showing us what belonging looks like when an entire city decides to carry it together.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 17/09/2026

Our community partners lined the streets of Downtown Crossing, sharing resources and connecting with neighbors throughout Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!" 🤝 Thank you to our partners for the work you do every day for our Boston's communities.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 17/09/2026

Join us this Sunday for Blackout Night at Purpose, an evening created for individuals of the African Diaspora to gather, witness, and reflect together in a space built entirely for community. 🖤 🎟️ See the link for more details: www.huntingtontheatre.org/blackout/

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 16/09/2026

Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!" brought Downtown Crossing to life this weekend, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with the whole city. At Embrace Boston, we build gatherings where unity isn't just spoken about, it's felt.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 11/09/2026

Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!" opens its doors to the organizations shaping our communities every day. Meet our community partners who are ready to connect with you throughout the festival. Join us tomorrow at 3PM at in Downtown Crossing. Come through and join the party! 🎊 🥁 🎶

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 11/09/2026

We’re bringing Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!" to the heart of Boston 🎉 Imari Paris Jeffries, joined José Massó on NBC10 Boston to share why this year's celebration matters. Join us on Saturday, September 12th, at 3PM in Downtown Crossing for a communal celebration! 💃 🎶 🎺

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 10/09/2026

The Drum Major for Justice Award celebrates artists whose commitment to social justice is demonstrated within their craft. This year, we're honored to present Yvette Modestin with this honor. Join us on Saturday, September 12, to honor this year's recipient and celebrate!

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 10/09/2026

Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!" is made possible by community support. Thank you to our sponsors, coalition, and everyone who helped bring this celebration to life. 🧡 Join us on Sept 12th at 3 PM in Downtown Boston. All are welcome! Register now via our website. 💃 🎺 🎶

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 09/09/2026

José Massó and Imari Paris Jeffries sat down with NBC10 Boston to preview the return of Embrace Massó "¡Con Salsa!" Embrace Boston brings the festival to the public with an exciting performance from El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico! Join us on September 12th for a great communal celebration!

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 04/09/2026

PLAN YOUR DAY WITH US 🧡 We’re getting ready to dance, learn, move, and celebrate at Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa!: Ritmo y Sonido Block Party! Register here: tinyurl.com/EMCSRegister

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 29/08/2026

Salsa is a language. A rhythm. A way of bringing people together. 🇵🇷🔥 At the Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa! Ritmo y Sonido Block Party, Johnny Giraldo of Salsa y Control Dance Company and his crew are bringing that energy to the streets of Downtown Crossing. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/EmbraceMasso...

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 28/08/2026

We’re getting ready for Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa! Ritmo y Sonido Block Party and we need our neighbors to help us make it happen! Join the volunteer crew and help bring this celebration to life, from setup and registration to keeping the block party moving. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/EMCSVolunteer

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 19/08/2026

"A democracy that has to answer to all of its people, not just the ones already inside the tent, is the strongest one we can build." Danielle Allen, Ph.D., explains how bringing all-party primaries to Massachusetts (by voting Yes on Ballot Question 3) makes every voter's voice heard.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 06/08/2026

"People Love Art. They Just Don't Always Respect Artists." Everyone celebrates creativity until it's time to pay for it. Watch the full conversation on the Good Trouble YouTube channel. #GoodTrouble #EmbraceBoston #Artists #CreativeEconomy #BostonArts #SupportArtists #Belonging

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 05/08/2026

Mikayla Harden, Assistant Program Director for Historic New England’s Stopping Stones project, explains why teaching the next generation about America's history of slavery is just as important as memorializing it. Read more of our talk with her in The Fine Print.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 29/07/2026

"Boston’s future should be built on a more honest understanding of Boston’s past." Amid attacks from the current administration and lawmakers to revise and sanitize American history, maintaining public memory is more important than ever. Check out The Fine Print on our site.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 22/07/2026

"...in that space, I felt pride as a Black woman and a sense of belonging like never before." How a life-changing trip helped change Samantha Robinson's perspective on being a Black Jewish person and informs her work building beloved community.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 21/07/2026

“We don’t have the margin of error that other people do.” Michael Curry, Esq., reflects on imposter syndrome, the pressure placed on Black leaders, and the expectation to be exceptional simply to remain in the room. Watch the full episode of Good Trouble.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 21/07/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate the fourth annual Du Bois Forum and the one-year anniversary of the unveiling of W.E.B. Du Bois's monument in Great Barrington this past weekend!

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 15/07/2026

"I'm hoping people will realize just the awesome power of propaganda—particularly ideas—and the effects of those ideas on what we do and see and believe on a daily basis." Read our interview with Ibram X. Kendi at the link in the bio.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 08/07/2026

In an age when fewer Americans trust the government than 70 years ago, Ta-Nehisi Coates reminds us that the road to reestablishing that trust over the next 250 years must be bold, consistent, and inclusive. Read his conversation with us on our website (link in bio).

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 24/06/2026

"It is the origins of so much of what we do." June marks Black Music Month, and Boston-born artist Zakiyyah says Black music holds a special place in our culture both because of its massive influence on all American music and its power as a truth-telling platform.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 17/06/2026

The celebration of Juneteenth isn’t just Black history. It’s American history. And yet, state legislatures throughout the country are moving to limit what students can be taught about slavery, systemic racism, and how the struggle for civil rights has shaped America. See for yourself.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 11/06/2026

The Loving v. Virginia decision of 1967, which struck down bans on interracial marriage and relationships, has changed the face of the American family. This Pride Month, we celebrate the legacy of Loving and the right to love and marry whomever we choose.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 04/06/2026

Last weekend marked 105 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed Greenwood’s “Black Wall Street” district and killed as many as 300 people. But the attack on Tulsa’s Black community cost more than just lives, and the generational damage continues today.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 03/06/2026

This week marks 50 issues and one full year of our research and policy newsletter, The Fine Print! For everyone who’s been with us since Day 1 or joined us along the way, thank you SO much. We couldn’t have done it without you. Keep reading The Fine Print.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 03/06/2026

A major milestone for Embrace: we’ve acquired 33–41 West Street in Downtown Crossing, creating a future year-round civic and cultural gathering space in the heart of Boston. Learn more here: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/03/a...

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 17/05/2026

“Haiti is more than a country. It’s a symbolism.” As Greater Boston’s Haitian community celebrates Haitian Heritage Month this weekend, Marie St. Fleur says Haiti's diaspora is celebrating more than a flag or a country of origin. It honors a history of Black liberation that has inspired nations.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 16/05/2026

On this African American Military Heritage Day at Edward O. Gourdin Memorial Park in Roxbury, thanks to the Commonwealth for recognizing Embrace President and CEO Dr. Imari Paris Jeffries, a U.S. Army veteran himself, for his and Embrace’s work.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 07/05/2026

This Jewish American Heritage Month, get to know Kivie Kaplan, the Jewish businessman from Boston and former NAACP President whose fierce advocacy for civil rights earned him a place in the 1965 Freedom Plaza.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 06/05/2026

This Jewish Heritage Month, get to know Kivie Kaplan, the Jewish businessman from Boston and former NAACP President whose fierce advocacy for civil rights earned him a place in the 1965 Freedom Plaza.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 05/05/2026

"I feel a lot of sadness and pain. But what helps me reflect or hold that sadness or manage it is art and poetry." Iranian-born filmmaker Homa Sarabi spoke with Embrace about how artistic expression and creativity are the keys to keeping us human in times of conflict.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 01/05/2026

"When we learn from each other's communities, that's when we grow." This AANPHI Month, we'll honor both Harry and Fred Hom Dow, along with several other AANPHI community leaders, for using their gifts to fight for freedom and justice. #embraceharryhomdow #aapimonth #aanhpimonth

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 30/04/2026

The Supreme Court just decided who belongs in this democracy and who doesn't. Our President & CEO Imari Paris Jeffries on Louisiana v. Callais, the death of Section 2, and what we do next. www.embraceboston.org/blog/how-sco...

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How SCOTUS Turned America's 250th Birthday Into a Burial - Embrace Boston

This is what the Court has often done when our freedom got out ahead of the country’s appetite for it. It reaches back. It calls our undoing a vindication of principle.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 29/04/2026

When systems excluded, Harry Hom Dow used the law to open doors. Now a new generation carries it forward. Join us May 21 to celebrate #AANHPI leaders shaping Boston’s civic life. Come through at 5 PM at 1965 Freedom Plaza at The Embrace. RSVP: tr.ee/embracehonor...

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 27/04/2026

Today would've been the 99th birthday of Coretta Scott King, one of the foremost civil rights activists of her generation. But the woman born Coretta Scott was more than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's wife, says Dr. Johnnie Hamilton-Mason.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 26/03/2026

From the University of Chicago to Howard University and now as a visiting fellow at Harvard, Marcus Board Jr., Ph.D., has studied how unjust systems stifle the radical change that would topple them. But he says our communities still hold the power to demand justice together.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 23/03/2026

March 28: Boston #NoKings. Start at a T stop, walk together, rally at Boston Common. People power—visible, united, and impossible to ignore.

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 19/03/2026

BAFTAs let anti-Blackness air. At the Academy Awards, Teyana Taylor was stopped—and the Academy responded fast. Two moments. Two standards. This piece breaks down what they reveal about belonging: tinyurl.com/32cuv9b4

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 11/03/2026

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones reminds us that while many fear the cost of speaking up, people across the country are losing something far greater: their liberty. Read The Fine Print: shorturl.at/d5FWy

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 10/03/2026

What’s a radical future you imagine? ⤵️ “Radical work begins with radical dreaming.” — Rep. Ayanna Pressley Subscribe to The Fine Print to read full interview: tinyurl.com/8yujrne4

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 04/03/2026

This Women’s History Month, we lift up the women of the 1965 Freedom Plaza. Their names are etched in bronze. Their leadership shaped Boston. Their legacy still calls us forward. #womenhistorymonth #embrace #embracemonument #freedomplaza #boston

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 28/02/2026

The inaugural MLK Boston Beloved Community Weekend brought community, celebration, and action. 11+ orgs joined us, their work amplified through our events calendar. Together, we can do more. Join the movement: mlkboston.com

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 27/02/2026

Black History Month may be close to an "end", but the movement carries on. Looking back at Embrace Honors MLK 2026, thanks to YOU the evening was full of connection, joyful dancing, and hundreds of smiling faces. Watch the full event on YouTube ➡️ youtu.be/hnRThfFHQgM

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 24/02/2026

Rev. Liz Walker names what many of us feel: we are living among scared and hurting people. Until we tend to the real pain — globally, personally, spiritually — we’ll keep fighting the symptoms instead of the cause. Watch the full episode of Good Trouble here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMLu...

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 19/02/2026

“We’ve always been the patriots.” We sat down with Rep. Ayanna Pressley for a candid Q&A on building collective power, protecting democracy, and the role culture plays in shaping our future. Read full piece here: www.embraceboston.org

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Embrace Boston @embraceboston.org · 19/02/2026

“He told the nation to keep hope alive, and he lived as if hope had obligations.” In a new opinion piece published by WBUR, our CEO Imari Paris Jeffries honors Jesse Jackson not only as a historic figure, but as a blueprint for this moment. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

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