Embrace Ideas Festival: Day 5 @ Massachusetts College of Art and Design

621 Huntington Avenue,Boston MA 02115

17 June, 2022

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On Day 5 of Embrace Ideas Festival, hosted by Massachusetts College of Art and Design as we kick off Juneteenth! The panel that follows, facilitated by Latoyia Edwards of NBCUniversal Boston, explores what equity looks and feels like for a community by learning from the past with the following esteemed historians: Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, author and professor, Wellesley College; L’Merchie Frazier, Museum of African American History; Dr. Johnnie Hamilton-Mason, professor, Simmons University and King Boston Scholar-in-Residence and Dr. Barbara Krauthamer, an associate professor of history and an associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We also commemorate the first honorees of the Embrace Awards: Mayor Kim Janey and Robert Lewis, Jr. Come celebrate America’s original Independence Day with food, music, and lots of love with a joy-filled and soulful Juneteenth block party in Nubian Square. Please RSVP here *The health and safety of our entire community is our top priority. Please be advised Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) is requiring all attendees to wear masks. Please plan accordingly. *We will continue to monitor COVID-19 developments and will update masking requirements for the community with the most current COVID-19 safety guidelines and recommendations for each venue. We appreciate your cooperation to create a fun, comfortable & safe space for everyone. *ADA accessible *ASL interpreters will be avaliable ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Embrace Ideas Festival is a yearly celebration of ideas grounded in arts, culture and public scholarship. This week-long gathering brings together local, state and national leaders to amplify anti-racism and a vision for a transformed Boston by 2030. Rooted in racial equity, healing, wellbeing, and joy, the theme of Embrace Ideas 2022, occurring June 13-17 of 2022, is “Building A New Boston Together”. Keynotes, panels, and live music will shine a light on how we can interrupt our zero sum game thinking when it comes to racial justice and realizing a democracy worthy of us all. In this inaugural celebration, King Boston will also introduce a community well-being dashboard that will be revisited annually to describe measurable transformation in Boston by 2030 toward radical inclusion and equity.