Join online to hear an unfiltered conversation that gives voice to the experience of Black men this Saturday at 1pm, streamed live from Roxbury Community College.
Attorney Michael Curry, Member of the National NAACP’s Board of Directors, Chairman of the NAACP’s Advocacy & Policy Committee and former President of the Boston NAACP, will moderate the discussion with a diverse gathering of Boston-area Black men.
“In this moment we are angry, conflicted, righteously indignant, motivated, concerned and resolved to finally see an end to racism,” said Curry in a press release. “This space is being created to give voice to the experience of Black men, unfiltered. I’m asking brothers to come and deliver their truth on where we are, and where we go from here.”
The discussion will feature:
Rev. Willie Bodrick, Twelfth Baptist Church
Mr. Maurice Coleman, Bank of America
Sgt. Eddy Chrispin, Boston Police, MAMLEO
Rev. William Dickerson, Greater Love Tabernacle
Attorney Joseph Feaster
Mr. Abrigal Forrester, Teen Empowerment
Mr. Paul Francisco, State Street Financial
Chief Kenneth Green, MBTA
State Representative Russell Holmes
Mr. Segun Idowu, Black Economic Council of MA
Mr. Tito Jackson, Verdant Medical Inc.
Mr. Imari Paris Jeffries, KingBoston
Attorney Rahsaan Hall, ACLU
Mr. Conan Harris, Formerly My Brother’s Keeper
Mr. L. Duane Jackson, Alinea Capital Partners, LLC
Mr. Darrell Jones, Formerly Incarcerated (vacated)
Mr. Marvin Jones, Consultant
Mr. Glynn Lloyd, Foundation for Business Equity
Mr. Manny Lopes, East Boston Neighborhood Health Ctr
Mr. Phillip Martin, Sr. Investigative Reporter, WGBH
Mr. Thaddeus Miles, Hood Fit
Mr. Dana Richardson, Supreme Entertainment
Sheriff Steven Tompkins, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Dept.
Mr. Orlando Watkins, The Boston Foundation
Mr. William Watkins, Urban League of Eastern MA
Mr. Kevin Williams, Falsely Accused of Murder
The discussion will be streamed live here on WGBH.org, as well as the Roxbury Community College's Facebook page and You Tube channel starting at 1pm EST.
