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The BUild Lab interior. Innovate@BU is hosting a conversation between three local female entrepreneurs of color at the BUild lab tonight, mediated by this year’s Innovator in Residence Jonathan Allen. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

PREVIEW: Innovate@BU to hold speaker series, fifth annual Cannabis Competition finale this month

Jesús Marrero Suárez November 3, 2021
Panel and competition finale among major Innovate@BU events to take place in November.
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Seven years after Walsh veto, Boston’s Black men and boys get a City commission

Phoebe Chen October 1, 2021
Boston’s first-ever Black men and Boys commission was signed into establishment last week.
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Mass vaccination site opens at Roxbury Community College

Isabella Abraham March 3, 2021
CIC’s operations opened with an initial dosage capacity of 800 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations per day, with plans to increase that number to 2,500 daily appointments in a month’s time —half will be reserved for local residents.
Demonstrators marched from Nubian Square to Copley Square Wednesday evening to protest President Donald Trump potentially contesting the results of the presidential election. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Protesters demand all votes are counted, advocate for progressive policies

Daniel Kool November 5, 2020
Hundreds marched from Nubian Square to the steps of the Boston Public Library Wednesday night, rallying behind an array of progressive causes and protesting a false declaration of victory by President Donald Trump as the election remained too close to call.
Protesters march through Boston to demand justice for Breonna Taylor

Protesters march through Boston to demand justice for Breonna Taylor

Daniel Kool September 26, 2020
Activists gathered at a park across from Boston Police District B-2 in Roxbury Friday evening to protest a grand jury decision not to press criminal charges for the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by Louisville, Ky. police in March.
In “Black Boston: Building Healthy Communities,” a virtual panel hosted by Boston University’s Initiative on Cities, BU Diversity and Inclusion and WBUR CitySpace, local representatives gathered to discuss Black representation in politics. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston political leaders discuss representation in City politics

Colin Boyd September 23, 2020
COVID-19 has overwhelmingly affected families of color at disproportionately higher rates. How will these divisions in racial equality change politics this November?
Protesters arrive at the State House. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Sunday’s Black Lives Matter Protest in Boston

Lauryn Allen June 2, 2020

On May 31, protesters filled the streets of Boston to demand justice for George Floyd and previous Black victims of police brutality. Once the peaceful protest ended, some demonstrators began to riot as...

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A Boston transformed by dawn: how the night unfolded

Angela Yang June 1, 2020
Shattered glass on every sidewalk. Discarded loot strewn across the streets. And in the dead of night, a pandemic-era Boston has never looked more lively.
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