A LOOK BACK AT EMBRACE IDEAS FESTIVAL 2022
Enjoy a recap of our celebration of music, art, culture, ideas, joy, and community
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Mon Jun 13th
@ The Boston Foundation
It’s Not a Zero-Sum Game

Heather McGhee
Best-Selling Author

Dr. Lee Pelton
President/CEO, The Boston Foundation

Unveiling the Vision for a Community Well-Being Dashboard
King Boston Plenary

Dr. April Khadijah Inniss
Director of Community Engaged Research, King Boston

Greg Groover Jr. Jazz Quartet
In Concert
Tue Jun 14th
@ Harvard Medical School
Healing from Racialized Trauma

Michael Curry
Mass League of Community Health Centers

Jenee Osterheldt
Boston Globe, Moderator

Dr. Joan Reede
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Thea James
Boston Medical Center

Kaovanny
Artist
Wed Jun 15th
@ ICA
The Saving Power of Culture

Hank Willis Thomas
Artist, Designer Of The Embrace Memorial

Rujeko Hockley
Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum

Rob Gibbs
Artist

Sheena Collier
Boston While Black

Michael J. Bobbitt
Mass Cultural Council
Thurs Jun 16th
@ GBH
Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations

Kamm Howard
Executive Director of Reparations United, former Co-Chair of N'COBRA

Sheryl Evans Davis
San Francisco Human Rights Commission (HRC)

Dr. Amilcar Shabazz
UMASS Amherst

Robin Rue Simmons
FirstRepair

Dr. Jemadari Kamara
University of Massachusetts Boston
Fri Jun 17th
@ MassArt
Equity, Freedom and the Future

Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson
Michael and Denise Kellen ‘68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Wellesley College

Dr. Barbara Krauthamer
Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, UMass Amherst

Latoyia Edwards
NBCUniversal Boston

The Honorable Kim Janey
Former Mayor of Boston

Robert Lewis Jr.
Boys & Girls Club Of Boston
Fri Jun 17th
@ Nubian Square
Free Juneteenth Block Party

CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH WITH US
As a part of King Boston’s Embrace Ideas Festival, we are excited to partner with United Way and other partners to provide small grants of specifically to sponsor Juneteenth-related festivities and/or activities.