NEWS and EVENTS
King Boston has announced a partnership with the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts and NBC10 Boston, NECN, NBC Sports Boston, and Telemundo Boston to host a mayoral forum on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 8 p.m.Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director of King Boston; Segun Idowu, president and CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts; and Latoyia
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In the latest episode of Boston's Race Into History, GBH City Hall Reporter Saraya Wintersmith and Senior Editor Peter Kadzis join Adam Reilly to talk about what's landing with voters, and what’s missing the mark, as early voting in the city's historic mayoral race is about to begin.
Plus, John Barros, former mayoral candidate and chief of
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With Boston's municipal election around the corner, Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director of King Boston, and Segun Idowu, President & CEO of BECMA, call on leaders to protect and expand the lawful right to vote by enacting Election-Day registration & passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement & Freedom to Vote Acts.Read the full op-ed
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ARPA-- Expecting decisions from legislative leaders in the next few weeks over how to start spending billions of remaining dollars from the state’s American Rescue Plan Act allocation, a coalition of advocacy groups plus a handful of lawmakers on Monday released a scorecard they’ll use to measure whether the plans prioritize racial justice.
“Groups involved in
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BECMA was pleased to see that 21 members and partners were named to the Boston Business Journal's Power 50 list this year.This year's Power 50 is called "The Movement Makers" because the BBJ wants to highlight those not only holding positions of traditional power but also those leading from the pack itself, effecting change in
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“Fred Alger Management, LLC (“Alger”) today announced a contribution of $160,000 to charities that focus on social justice or are dedicated to addressing inequality. These donations are made in memory of the 35 colleagues we lost on September 11th. This is the second consecutive year that Alger has donated to these worthy causes. The following
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Cambridge City Council candidates discussed strategies for federal funding allocation, employment opportunities, and city-wide safety in a virtual forum Thursday evening.
"Co-hosted by the Cambridge Community Foundation, Cambridge's My Brother’s Keeper, and the Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition, the forum is the latest opportunity for incumbents and challenger candidates to make their case to voters. Samuel M. Gebru, the
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Segun Idowu is the executive director of BECMA and a leader of a coalition urging state lawmakers to direct federal COVID stimulus money to small businesses and communities of color in Massachusetts.
“This is one of the only times in our lifetime that we will have this huge infusion of financial resources to create a new
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The Coalition for an Equitable Economy has sent a letter to the committees overseeing stimulus deliberations on Beacon Hill, asking for a $1.1 billion investment in small businesses across the state. Nearly all of that money, $964 million, would come from the $5 billion pot of American Rescue Plan Act funds overseen by the Legislature.
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Leaders in Boston’s Black and Latinx communities plan to gather at Morning Star Baptist Church in Mattapan after the Sept. 14 mayoral preliminary ended without any Black candidates making it to the general election set for Nov. 2.
“The meeting, set for Saturday at 10 a.m., is limited to several dozen people due to the ongoing
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