Embrace Boston

Potato salad is a staple in African American culture. Chef Kray stops by to share her version of the dish and details about a panel discussion on the importance of food in Black culture at this week’s Embrace Ideas Festival.

Culture columnist for The Boston Globe, Jenee Osterheldt, talks about the third season of the multi-media series “A Beautiful Resistance”, which honors and celebrates Black joy. She also talks about a panel she is speaking on about Black culture in this week’s Embrace Ideas Festival.

A new documentary, “Welcoming the Embrace”, brings to light the story of the development of The Embrace Memorial that was unveiled on The Boston Common earlier this year. The documentary will air on NBC10 Boston on Monday, June 19th, at 7:00p.

The Embrace Ideas Festival is June 14-16 in Boston to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday. President and CEO of Embrace Boston, Imari Paris Jeffries, sits down with Kwani Lunis to talk about the festival filled with music, arts, and culture, and how you can participate.

In Boston and across the nation, Juneteenth is commemorated by moments of community, education, festivity and observance of one’s culture. But what is the holiday, and how can Bostonians get involved in the celebration? On June 19, 1865 — months after the end of the Civil War— Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to begin freeing enslave...

Embrace Boston is hosting the second annual Embrace Ideas Festival, June 14-16, 2023, in the three days leading up to the Juneteenth holiday weekend. The festival, grounded in arts, ideas, culture and public scholarship, is an annual celebration of Juneteenth, uplifting the communities that have long celebrated it and inspiring all people to embrac...