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EMBRACE IDEAS FESTIVAL 2024

EMBRACE IDEAS FESTIVAL 2024 IS SOLD OUT!

Enjoy a recap of our celebration of music, art, culture, ideas, joy, and community.

Lineup

Tuesday, June 18th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Juneteenth Embrace Honors

Thursday, June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Panel Discussion

Brandon M. Terry

Author/Professor, Harvard University

Austin Ashe

Senior Associate Director of Culture and Belonging, MIT Sloan School of Management

Thursday, June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Keynote Speaker Storytelling: A Force to be Reckoned

Isabel Wilkerson

Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker

Thursday June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Q&A Discussion with Keynote Speaker Isabel Wilkerson

Dr. Lee Pelton

President/CEO, The Boston Foundation, Moderator

Lisa Simmons

Artistic/Executive Director, Roxbury Film Festival

Thursday June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

The Parallels of Queer & Black Liberation

Jean Dolin

Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston LGBTQ+ Museum of Art, History & Culture

Thursday, June 20th

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Panel Discussion

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

Director, BU Center for Antiracist Research

Malia Lazu

Founder & CEO, The Lazu Group/Author

Colette Phillips

CEO, Colette Phillips Communications, Inc

Friday, June 21st

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Panel Discussion

Sheena Collier

Boston While Black

Thaddeus Miles

Founder, Black Joy Initiative

ReaL P

Artist

Seneca Scott

Friday, June 21st

@ Massachusetts College Of Art & Design

Keynote Luncheon Conversation

Marcus Samuelsson

Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker

Jenee Osterheldt

Boston Globe, Moderator

Friday, June 21st

@ Roxbury Community College

Embrace Ideas Festival Block Party

J. Saki

Artist

Soca Cowboyz

Artist

DJ ReaL P

Artist

Baby Indiglo

Artist

Silk: Outside

In Concert: Stage 2

CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH WITH US

As a part of Embrace Boston’s 2024 3rd Annual Embrace Ideas Festival, we are excited to support Juneteenth-related festivities and activities.

Sponsors

Bancel Philanthropies
The Quin Impact Fund
NBC Universal Boston
Meet Boston
Roxbury Community College
Amazon
BIG NIGHT LIVE
Castle
Converse
Cooley
Fidelity Investments
Goodwin
Massachusetts College Of Art & Design
National Grid
Vertex
Bank Of America
Bay State Banner
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Boston Medical Center
Cambridge Innovation
Care Quest For Oral Health
Deloitte
Downtown BID
Eastern Bank
Encore
Liberty Mutual Insurance
M&T Bank
American Tower
BECMA
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation
The Boston Foundation
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
EOS Foundation
Loomis Sayles
The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund
PCA
PNC Bank
Points 32 Health
Red Sox Foundation
Rockland Trust
Stop & Shop
United Way
90 Cellars
AfroDesiaCity
The American City Coalition
Artists For Humanity
The Asian Community Fund
Black Cotton Club
Black Owned Bos.
blndco.
The City of Boston
Congo Clothing Company
The Dinner Group
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
The Equality Fund
Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy
Impact Collective
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Institute for Nonprofit Practice
Just A Start
Harpoon
KickBack Boston
Latino Equity Fund
LiteWork Events
Loomis
MassArt
MASS Design Group
A Maven's World
Motion Mami
NOW + THERE
Portraits of Pride
The Partnership, Inc.
Reclaim Roxbury
Reel Sync Music
Roxbury Community College
The Secret Society of Black Creatives
SIDE Presents
Silk
The Teachers' Lounge
Twelfth Baptist Church
YW Boston