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From YouTube: King Boston: One Night in Boston Event
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Join in with Mayor Janey, Governor Baker, and the King Boston Organization to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday in Roxbury's Nubian Square.
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Now,
before
I
go
on,
I
see
a
lot
of
you
are
milling
around
and
some
of
you
who
are
listening
to
me-
and
you
know
we
are
still
in
the
pandemic
phase,
but
I
see
some
of
you
have
been
vaccinated.
Have
you
been
vaccinated
right?
That's,
wonderful,
wonderful!
So
what
I'd
like
for
you
to
do?
If
you
would,
if
you
can
just
fist
bump
your
neighbor
just
piss
bump
at
least
three
people
go
ahead.
Go
ahead!
You
can
do
it,
you
can
do
it
there.
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A
A
Amari
told
me
that
they
are
free
and
I
would
love
for
you
to
get
a
king
boston
t-shirt.
There
is
also
a
wonderful
book
of
stories
and
poems
written
by
youth
all
about
black
joy
and
it's
called
to
my
kin.
There
are
copies
of
this
book
over
to
my
right
and
to
your
left.
You
can
go
over
there
and
get
them
while
they
last
they're
all
free,
because
we're
trying
to
express
all
of
this
black
joy
can
I
get
an
amen
from
somebody
out
there.
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A
A
A
A
A
I
pray
that
you
continue
to
bless
us
continue
to
give
us
everything
we
need
for
this
journey
and
we
pray
this
lord,
in
your
name
and
let
everybody
say
together,
amen
and
now
I
introduce
to
you
a
wonderful
executive
director
of
king
boston
he's
one
of
the
greatest
young
leaders
that
I
know
why?
Don't
you
give
a
big
hand
to
amari
paris
jeffries
come
on
give
him
a.
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B
B
I
see
you
listen
to
pink,
harvard
medical
school
dean,
joan
reed
dr
reed
boston,
while
black
founders,
gina
caldier
ron,
dorsey
and
jasper
bain,
our
friends
and
partners
at
nbc,
10
and
nessen.
Vice
president
of
program
programming,
maggie
baker.
Before
I
move
forward
with
the
events,
I
invite
you
for
a
moment
of
silent
attention.
B
B
We
are
here
to
commemorate
reflect
and
celebrate
juneteenth
on
black
music
month
and
pride
month,
because
holidays,
memorials
and
symbols
have
always
been
a
part
of
american
history
and
heritage
and
in
this
time
of
racial
awakening
in
boston.
To
add
a
new
holiday
is
a
part
of
the
transformation
of
us
moving
forward.
Juneteenth
is
america's
original
independence
day.
It
is
an
opportunity
to
recognize
the
contributions
that
black
people
have
made
to
this
country
and
acknowledge
america's
dark
history
of
slavery.
B
It
is
a
holiday
that
catalyzes
new
vistas
of
democratic
possibility
and
moves
us
closer
to
realizing
the
promise
of
the
declaration
of
independence
for
all
of
us
and
lastly,
juneteenth
can
be
lately
served
as
that
second
emancipation
proclamation
that
dr
king
worked
for.
Holding
within
it
the
possibility
of
a
post-pandemic
start
free
of
the
bonds
of
systemic
racism.
B
It
is
a
symbol
like
pride
month
like
black
music
month,
like
the
embrace
memorial
honoring
doctor
and
mrs
king,
as
well
as
other
boston,
civil
rights
leaders
commemorating
juneteenth
must
be
a
calling
for
us
all,
but
you
are
not
here
to
listen
to
me,
speak
all
night.
You
are
here
to
listen
to
fabulous
music
and
listen
to
speakers
who
are
great,
and
so
I'd
like
to
spend
some
time
in
fellowship
with
you
all
welcome
to
nubian
square
welcome
to
one
night
in
boston
celebrating
and
amplifying
black
musicians.
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C
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Today.
As
we
celebrate
freedom,
we
shouldn't
lose
sight
of
the
context
of
the
freedom
in
which
we
now
gather.
For
many
of
this.
This
is
one
of
the
first
events
where
we
have
gathered
in
this
large
of
a
crowd
in
well
over
a
year
and
that
symbolism
of
all
of
us
gathered
here
to
connect
with
each
other
to
look
each
other
in
the
eye
to
celebrate
and
recognize.
E
E
We
see
it
now
in
the
recently
enacted
state
voter
suppression
laws
from
one
end
of
this
continent
to
the
other.
We
see
it
in
all
the
gaps
that
we
talk
about
the
misnamed
achievement
gap,
which
is
not
about
achievement
at
all,
but
rather
about
the
denial
of
opportunity.
It
is
the
opportunity
gap,
the
wealth
gap
in
this
nation
and
in
boston,
boston
and
astonishingly,
247
000
of
net
worth
for
white
bostonians.
E
That
ain't
right
brother,
we
see
it
in
the
multiple
unceasing
and
insidious
shootings
of
unarmed,
black
women
and
men
by
law
enforcement
officers.
We
see
it
in
the
access
to
business
capital,
we
see
it
in
the
lack
of
access
to
health
care,
another
gap.
We
see
it
in
the
access,
the
lack
of
access
to
affordable
housing,
another
gap-
and
there
comes
a
time
when
you
must
tell
the
truth.
E
E
So
now
in
our
celebration
of
juneteenth,
let's
try
not
to
trivialize
it.
Let's
try
not
to
commoditize
it,
let's
not
reduce
it
to
snappy
sound
bites
in
1963,
martin
luther
king
said
we
are
now
faced
with
the
fact
that
tomorrow
and
today
we
are
confronted
with
the
fierce
urgency
of
now
and
in
this
unfolding
conundrum
of
life
and
history.
There
is
such
a
thing
as
being
too
late.
E
This
is
no
time
for
apathy
or
complacency.
This
is
a
time
for
vigorous
and
positive
action,
so
it
is,
as
we
gather
in
context
of
this
urgent
and
good
work.
We
have
to
do
as
a
new
leader
of
the
boston
foundation.
I
want
you
to
know
that
we
will
challenge
ourselves
to
rethink
and
even
imagine
reimagine
the
work
that
we
do
and
how
we
do
it
and
we
will
be
a
clarion
call
to
bind
up
the
wounds
that
divide
us
in
this
nation
that
aspires
for
equity
and
social
justice.
E
E
I
promise
you
this.
We
will
be
bold,
we
will
be
courageous
and
we
will
be
daring
to
leverage
our
remarkable
history
to
connect
deeper
to
the
human
experience
to
our
neighborhoods
and
to
the
people
who
live
there
to
go
where
others
have
not
been
able
to,
or
even
dared
to
go
and
to
set
the
table
for
all
to
enjoy
lifespan.
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F
You
guys
can
do
better
come
on.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
want
to
acknowledge
city
councilors
that
are
here
with
us
today:
city
councilor,
kenzie,
bach
city,
councilor,
michelle
wu,
silly
city,
councilor,
julia
mahia.
I
think
they're.
Here
today,
I've
got
members
from
my
team
that
are
here.
I
see
chief
aisha
miller
is
here
the
chief
of
civic
engagement.
Please
give
it
up
for
her
come
on
you
all!
You
can
do
better
than
that.
F
I
think
chief
mariama
white
hammond
is
here.
I
think
I
saw
her.
Where
are
you?
She
is
my
chief
of
environment,
energy
and
open
space.
Please
give
it
up
for
her.
I
know
lori
nelson
is
here.
Where
are
you
laurie,
the
chief
resilience
officer
there?
She
is
way
back
there.
Please
give
it
up,
and
then
I
have
so
many
other
folks
that
are
here.
F
I
want
to
acknowledge
danny
rivera.
You
are
so
amazing.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
having
danny
worked
with
me
last
summer,
when
we
were
in
the
throes
of
a
pandemic,
still
learning
and
growing,
and
shifting
how
we
worked,
how
we
had
to
respond
to
the
crisis,
to
make
sure
that
folks
in
our
community
were
well
served,
and
we
know
that
this
community
has
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
coven
19..
F
So
I
certainly
want
to
take
a
moment
to
encourage
anyone
who
needs
information
about
the
life-saving
vaccine
to
get
that
information
and
make
an
informed
choice
about
how
we
protect
ourselves,
protect
our
loved
ones
and
our
communities.
And
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
last
summer.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
everything
that
you
do
in
our
community
in
terms
of
just
being
an
amazing
artist
and
producer.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Please
give
it
up
for
danny.
F
F
And
we've
come
a
long
way
since
2017,
and
I
remember
all
of
my
advocacy
early
on
when
I
was
first
elected
to
office
and
making
sure
that
roxbury
was
represented
in
the
legacy
that
was
being
formed
here
with
king
boston
and
I'm
so
glad
that
we
have
a
black
economic
justice
institute.
That
will
be
here
headquartered
in
roxbury
because
of
the
work
that
we've
done
together
and
that
is
part
of
king's
legacy.
And
so
thank
you
for
your
work
amari.
I'm
just
so
grateful.
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F
What
has
already
been
said?
This
is
juneteenth
and
I
remember
as
a
little
girl
when
I
was
in
eighth
grade
fighting
for
the
king
holiday
and
now
that
we
have
the
king
holiday.
Now
for
quite
some
time,
and
here
we
are,
with
the
very
first
juneteenth
holiday,
being
celebrated
by
all
of
us
together,
the
first
juneteenth
holiday,
that
is
an
official
holiday,
because
we've
been
celebrating
dreamt
that
we
tell
the
truth.
F
We
know
we've
been
celebrating
juneteenth,
whether
at
the
big
head
museum
or
whether
right
roxbury
homecoming
in
franklin
park
june
10th
has
been
part
of
our
lives,
but
this
year
we
celebrate
for
the
very
first
time,
a
state
holiday,
a
city
holiday
and
now
a
federal
holiday.
So
let's
give
it
up,
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
governor
baker
for
his
leadership
last
year,
making
sure
that
we
have
this
state
holiday
and
certainly
president
biden,
who
just
signed
legislation
to
make
it
a
national
holiday.
F
I
am
so
proud
of
my
city
and
it's
important
that
we
recognize
as
we
reflect
on
our
history,
and
we
know
that
juneteenth
june
19th
is
freedom
day
for
us,
because
folks
in
texas
got
the
word
late
about
the
emancipation
proclamation,
but
that
emancipation
proclamation
only
freed
enslaved,
folks
and
confederate
states,
not
everyone
in
the
united
states.
It
would
take
the
13th
amendment
to
get
there
and
we
know
that
our
freedom
work
continues
to
this
day.
In
2021.,
you
heard
about
the
racial
wealth
gap
that
that
lee
pelton
talked
about.
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And
so,
as
I
close,
I
want
to
close
with
a
quote
from
dr
king
since
we're
here
to
celebrate
not
only
juneteenth
but
king
boston
and
dr
king
said.
Freedom
is
never
voluntarily
given
by
the
oppressor
it
must
be
demanded
by
the
oppressed,
and
so
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
in
boston
to
make
sure
that
everyone
in
our
city
gets
to
benefit
from
the
wonderful
prosperity
that
is
here
that
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
go
to
a
great
school
and
live
in
great
housing
and
live
near
great
parks.
F
Everyone
in
our
city
deserves
that,
and
that
is
the
work
that
we
are
doing
moving
forward.
That
is
the
freedom
work
as
we
celebrate
as
we
celebrate
this
important
milestone
in
our
city
in
our
commonwealth
in
our
country
and
as
we
celebrate,
let's
continue
to
be
joyful,
and
I
want
to
thank
thaddeus
miles
for
reminding
us
of
black
joy.
F
Is
what
got
us
through
these
dark
days
of
not
knowing
until
much
later,
about
the
freedom
that
was
granted
with
the
emancipation
proclamation
and
it's
the
thing
that
will
get
us
through
the
freedom
work
that
we
have
to
continue
to
do
now
in
the
city
of
boston,
in
our
commonwealth
and
in
our
country?
So
I'm
grateful
that
I
get
to
do
this
freedom
work
with
all
of
you.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
very
much
and
please
give
it
up
for
our
next
speaker,
governor
charlie
baker,.
G
I
now
have
something
to
do
this
weekend.
God
bless
you
for
finishing
this
book.
You've
been
talking
about
it
for
a
while
other
people
have
been
talking
about
it
for
a
while,
I'm
sure
it's
a
home
run,
and
I
can't
wait
to
have
a
chance
to
give
it
to
my
family
and
my
kids
so
that
we
can
talk
about
these
issues
with
each
other.
You
are
really.
You
are
really
a
bright
light
man.
The
work
you've
done
for
so
many
especially
young
people
over
the
years
is
really
something.
G
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However,
as
everybody
knows,
it
was
already
a
state
holiday
here
in
massachusetts,
because
our
legislature
passed
and
I
signed
legislation
last
year,
making
it
a
state
alley.
I'm
I'm
glad
to
see
the
federal
government
catch
up
with
us
and
while
I'm
certainly
proud
of
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we've
done
with
our
colleagues
and
local
government,
our
colleagues
in
the
private
sector
and
our
colleagues
in
the
legislature
on
issues
around
housing
and
criminal
justice
reform
and
police
accountability
and
transparency
and
environmental
justice,
there
is
always
more
to
be
done
and
that's
why.
G
Many
people
in
this
nation
have
built
wealth
by
making
payments
in
their
home
that
they
own,
that
is
the
american
dream
and
for
far
too
long,
the
folks
who
live
in
our
communities
of
color
have
not
had
the
same
access
to
that
capital
that
people
have
had
in
other
communities,
and
I
really
want
to
see
us
move
that
needle
in
a
big
way
over
the
course
of
the
next
year.
So
when
we
come
back-
and
we
have
this
event
next
year,
we
talk
about
how
much
of
the
money
we've
asked
for
from
the
legislature.
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B
I
see
amandi
back
there,
danny
rivera,
jr,
jasmine
redd,
my
friends
from
project
step,
boston,
children's
chorus,
the
greg
groover
quartet,
dj
chubby,
chubb
miranda
ray
the
director
of
one
night
in
boston,
noah,
christopher
and
the
entire
beyond
measure
production
team
and
the
incredible
work
of
all
the
collaborators
on
on
the
flyer:
special
acknowledgement
to
the
king,
boston
team,
greg
ball
duncan
remichili,
joel
jacquez,
natisha
mills,
tammy,
ty,
anita
morris
and
mantra
for
her
help
in
making
this
day
possible.
Our
friends
at
the
castle
group,
sean
hennessey,
amanda,
alpert
and
sandy
lish.
B
I
invite
you
to
check
us
out
at
kingboston.org
stay
for
the
evening
event.
We
invite
you
to
hang
out
and
listen
to
dj.
Chubby
chubb
walk
around
visit.
One
of
the
nubian
businesses
use
a
qr
code.
The
film
will
begin
right
when
the
sun
gets
a
little
darker
or
please
stay
tuned,
and
you
can
watch
it
tomorrow
on
nbc
10..
I
also
like
to
thank
again
our
co-chairs:
reverend
brown,
paul
english
liz
walker,
daniel
callahan,
from
roxbury
cultural
district,
andres,
holder,
alyssa
lee
dr
joan
reed
sheena
collier
ron,
dorsey,
nbc,
10
and
maggie
baker.