Three women leading the charge in rethinking resilience, urban design and city planning set the tone for a day-long discussion about how the city of Boston can make a concerted effort to better understand and address the effects and implications of racism, past and present. Supported by the work of the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative, Boston's Office of Resilience and Racial Equity has identified racial inequity as the leading issue impacting the resilience of Boston. The day of symposiums was intended to confront the explicit and implied racial inequities embedded in our policies, procedures and methodologies, beginning by interrogating our own assumptions as citizens and professionals and asking ourselves how, why, and for whom our cities and our practices provide opportunity.