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WOKE IN PROGRESS VI: IN THE END, WE’LL NEED A NEW LOGIC

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted March 3, 2022 Filed Under: A+E

20 months after the Boston arts community pledged to reevaluate and restructure, what has actually been done to foster racial equity and social transformation?

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: A+E, arts, BCA, Boston, diversity, MFA

WHO IS EVERETT’S DIVERSITY COMMISSION ACCOUNTABLE TO? WHAT DOES IT DO?

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted October 5, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Community activists and political figures voice disillusionment with body that “has no teeth”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: diversity, equity, Everett, inclusion, Politics, racism

WOKE IN PROGRESS IV: CITY VIEW

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted May 20, 2021 Filed Under: A+E

How is Boston’s arts community honoring the commitments it made when signing a letter demanding racial equity last year?

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: A+E, arts, diversity, race, woke in progress

‘YOU DON’T LOOK HAITIAN’

Written by GREG COOK Posted January 8, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Photos by Valerie Anselme

 

That’s what people tell Valerie Anselme, but her photos show what Haitians really look like

 

“Anytime I say I’m Haitian, I’ve had people look at me and say, ‘You don’t look Haitian,’” photographer Valerie Anselme says.

 

“It’s not only happened to me, it’s happened to other people I know.”

 

 

The 26-year-old Boston ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Boston, colorism, diversity, Essay, Haiti, Haitian, photographer, Photography, Valerie Anselme

SPECIAL REJECTION: ELECTION OFFICIALS CAN’T STOP THIS EAST BOSTON ACTIVIST FROM RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 2, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“As immigrants, as a working community, every day is a challenge for us—whether with work, or with school, or anything else. It’s always a battle.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boncore, Boston Election Department, Boston Latinos, Chinatown, Claudia Sierra, diversity, east boston, First Suffolk and Middlesex, Revere, State House, Winthrop

INTERNALLY BLEEDING: THE STORY OF AL CURRY FROM THE ‘BURY

Written by ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ Posted February 17, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Allen Curry was the victim of an unspeakable attack at the hands of fellow Boston firefighters. Decades later, his struggle endures, as does the BFD’s diversity problem.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Al Curry, Allen Curry, BFD, Boston, Boston Fire Department, diversity, hiring, Marty Walsh, Tom Menino, US Army, veterans, Vulcans

THE UNDERPAID, OVERLY MALE, INCREDIBLY WHITE, AND SLIGHTLY OPTIMISTIC STATE OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 15, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

We will be using all of the research to guide help guide BINJ forward.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: age, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, data, diversity, Massachusetts, media, media makers. East Coast, nonprofit, race, reporters, survey, Survey Monkey

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