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In its second year the Artivism Student Project, an initiative that focuses on the power of youth voice and art as a tool for social inquiry, the students will focus on Black People on the rise. The project was birthed out of the Mayor's Office of Resilience & Racial Equity in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture, The Mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion and artist collective, The Artist Initiative for Revolution in 2022. The students will use their chosen medium to describe and tell their stories to the community about racial equity, social justice and resilience.
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On Friday, March 31st, 2023 , The Mayor's Office Equity & Inclusion Cabinet: Racial Justice and the Mayor’s Office of of Women's Advancement hosted the first annual Extraordinary women’s reception - Celebrating 50 women nominated by Boston residents for their commitment and dedication to their community, neighborhood, and workplace.

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A SHORT DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTING BLACK HISTORY, PROMOTING HEALING AND DISPLAYING THE WORK OF THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EQUITY & INCLUSION CABINET: RACIAL JUSTICE FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THIS SHORT FILM DISPLAYS HOW AFFIRMATIONS, DIALOGUE, INTENTIONS AND THE RIGHT ACTIONS CAN LEAD TO HEALING OUR COMMUNITY FROM RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND ALSO TEACH EVERYONE HOW TO CULTIVATE THEIR INNER POWER.
THE STORY FOLLOWS THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE OFFICE’S OF RACIAL JUSTICE’S EVENTS THROUGH-OUT THE CITY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH (2023).
THIS DOCUMENTARY FEATURES BOSTON MAYOR MICHELLE WU , WORLD RENOWNED SCHOLAR : DR. EMMET G. PRICE III , INTERNATIONAL ARTIST: AMANDA SHEA, HIGHLY-RESPECTED ART CURATOR AND NCAAA DIRECTOR: BARRY GAITHER AND MANY MORE LEADERS AND INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS. IT ALSO FEATURES THE VISUAL ARTIST: SAGIE VANGELINA AND HER AMAZING ARTWORK.

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On December 1st 2022, THE MAYOR”S OFFICE OF EQUITY & INCLUSION CABINET:RACIAL JUSTICE FEATURED DANNY RIVERA joined by accompanists and arrangers GAVIN RUSHING (Organ) and MATT SAVAGE (Piano) who made their debut in America’s oldest extant Black church, The African Meeting House to celebrate the release of Songs of Free Men. Rivera has been working on this sustained, centuries-long freedom project of Negro Spirituals since 2020 and performed the work publicly for the first time ever. This performance highlights the association of Black Americans which merged African cultural heritage with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade and for centuries afterwards, through domestic slave trade. These songs were sung in churches, cotton fields, and as "signal songs" on the Underground Railroad.
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On December 1st 2022, THE MAYOR”S OFFICE OF EQUITY & INCLUSION CABINET:RACIAL JUSTICE FEATURED DANNY RIVERA joined by accompanists and arrangers GAVIN RUSHING (Organ) and MATT SAVAGE (Piano) who made their debut in America’s oldest extant Black church, The African Meeting House to celebrate the release of Songs of Free Men. Rivera has been working on this sustained, centuries-long freedom project of Negro Spirituals since 2020 and performed the work publicly for the first time ever. This performance highlights the association of Black Americans which merged African cultural heritage with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade and for centuries afterwards, through domestic slave trade. These songs were sung in churches, cotton fields, and as "signal songs" on the Underground Railroad.
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Who are we?
What do we do?
How do we do it?
Why do we do it?
This video explains it all. The Mayor’s Office of Equity and Inclusion Cabinet: Racial Justice leads the efforts to help Boston plan for and deal with catastrophes and slow-moving disasters, like persistent racial and economic inequality. The Racial justice initiatives aim to make sure all of us have access and support to thrive from childhood to retirement. We're focused on social and economic resilience in a City affected by historic and current divisions of race and class and solutions for the future.

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins Chief of Equity and Inclusion Mariangely Solis Cervera to announce members of the newly formed Reparations Task Force, created to study the lasting impact of slavery in Boston. The Task Force members will represent different backgrounds and expertise, and together will work to propose recommendations to the Mayor for reparative solutions for the descendants of enslaved people.

The Mayor’s Office of Equity and Inclusion Cabinet: Racial Justice believes that unity in giving can motivate us as we partake in this year's holiday season. The goal is to give back to the community that has done so much for each other. Boston gives back is an opportunity for us to experience the rich cultures and activities and this year we aim to capture and highlight what makes us unique. The winter holidays in December are full of parties and festivities where some are traditional and some are for fun. Some of the Holiday celebrations we want to incorporate include Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.

The Mayor’s Office of Equity & Inclusion Cabinet: Racial Justice’s initiative – Dialogue to Action (D2A) inaugural conversation gathered some of the best leaders and free thinkers in Boston…tackling the issues of race in communities, to exercise healthy dialogue, to turn into rightful action.

ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022, LORI NELSON , SENIOR ADVISOR ON RACIAL JUSTICE FROM THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION CABINET OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WAS ASKED TO PRESENT HOW BOSTON IS LEADING THE COUNTRY IN THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND RACE MATTERS...PRESENTING TO CITY LEADERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO TRAVELED TO BOSTON FOR THIS EVENT AT THE FAMOUS FENWAY PARK.
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A zoom webinar hosted by the City's Equity and Inclusion Cabinet and attended by MBTA. During this webinar, Chief Solis Cervera asked MBTA representatives common questions from residents about the impending Orange Line Shutdown from 9pm on August 19th through September 18th. Attendees then had an opportunity to ask their own questions.

Mayor Michelle Wu joins Chief of Equity and Inclusion Mariangely Solis Cervera and several community memebers to announce the launch of a new LGBTQ+ initiative for the City of Boston.

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"We stand with our Black community and communities of color to lead the change to a more just and equitable society," said Mayor Walsh. "With these actions, we will increase equity in public safety and public health, and launch a conversation that can produce lasting, systemic change to eliminate all the ways that racism and inequality harm our residents."

On this episode of Commissioners Corner, Host, Lois Leonard, connects with Boston's first ever Chief of Equity, Dr. Karilyn Crockett. Dr. Crockett will focus on finding ways to dismantle the systemic barriers that prevent equality in all areas of life in Boston.

Boston is committed to making sure that all residents and businesses in the city have access to the same opportunities. Mayor Walsh joins Cheif of Economic Development John Barros, Director of Equity and Inclusion Celina Barrios-Millner, other elected officials and local business owners in the Eagle Room to sign an Executive Order designed to support equitable procurement in the City of Boston.