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EMBRACE IDEAS FESTIVAL 2025

Step Into Joy, Power & Prosperity at the Embrace Ideas Festival 2025!

This Juneteenth, we celebrate the joy, power, and prosperity of Black creativity—a force that has long resisted, reshaped, and transformed the world. Together, we honor their legacy and the legacy of our living legends and limitless impact.

Lineup

Wednesday, June 18th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Embrace Honors Juneteenth

Embrace Honors Juneteenth

All-White Affair

Friday, June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Panel Discussion: Equity in Action: Advancing Black Communities Through Policy

Alyssa Benalfew-Ramos

Chief of Policy at the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA)

Senator Liz Miranda

Massachusetts State Senator

Segun Idowu

Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, City of Boston

Friday June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Panel Discussion: Black Pride: Space, Community, and Impact

Catherine T. Morris

Founder & Artistic Director, Boston Art & Music Soul (BAMS) Fest

Nakia Hill

Author

Giselle Byrd

Executive Director of The Theater Offensive

Curtis Santos

Executive Director of the Boston Lesbigay Urban Foundation (BLU)

Friday June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Recharge Session

Melisa Valdez

Entertainment Host

Friday, June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Keynote Discussion: A Beautiful Resistance

Morgan DeBaun

Founder and CEO of Blavity Inc.

Jeneé Osterheldt

Deputy Managing Editor for Culture, Talent, and Development at The Boston Globe

Friday, June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Book Signing: Morgan Debaun's Rewrite Your Rules

Morgan DeBaun

Founder and CEO of Blavity Inc.

Friday, June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Chef Vs Chef: Who Made The Potato Salad?!?

Chef Lambert Givens

Executive chef at Hunter’s Kitchen & Bar

Chef Nikia Spotts

Chef-owner of Noire Chef Boston

CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH WITH US

As a part of Embrace Boston’s 2025 Embrace Ideas Festival, we are excited to lift up the joy of Juneteenth.