Building the new Boston together.
Five days of embracing music, art, culture, ideas, joy, and community
Featuring
Dr. Lee Pelton
A well-respected thought and innovation leader, Pelton was named as a Living Legend by the Boston Museum of African American History in 2021 and inducted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce into its Academy of Distinguished Bostonians in 2020.
Heather McGhee
Best-selling author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Sheena Collier
Connector, convener, and planner.
Hank Willis Thomas
A conceptual artist working primarily with themes related to perspective, identity, commodity, media, and popular culture.
Amandi Music
Catch Boston’s own multi-talented songwriter/recording artist making the soundtrack to our lives.
Dr. Lee Pelton
A well-respected thought and innovation leader, Pelton was named as a Living Legend by the Boston Museum of African American History in 2021 and inducted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce into its Academy of Distinguished Bostonians in 2020.
Heather McGhee
Best-selling author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
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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.
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