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Innovate@BU hosts 21st New Venture Competition for social impacts

Divya Sood April 15, 2021
Twelve student ventures will compete Friday for grant money to fund their innovative ventures.
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Boston implements Vaccine Equity Grant Initiative

Isabella Abraham March 29, 2021
It includes $1.5 million in funding to increase access and awareness among vulnerable communities.
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EDITORIAL: Rising anti-Asian hate crimes illuminate broader issue of intersectionality, racism within minority groups

Editors March 16, 2021

Over the past few weeks, the media has latched onto anti-Asian American racism after a surge of anti-Asian hate crimes across the nation. Ever since COVID-19 struck the United States, the rates of these...

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Activists discuss progress, setbacks of COVID-19 vaccine distribution among marginalized groups

Connor Allen March 10, 2021
With language barriers, lack of access to technology and transportation concerns, marginalized communities in Massachusetts have faced difficulties securing a coveted COVID-19 vaccine. But individuals at a state and local level are working towards progress.
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Boston’s Revolutionary Spaces honors activists’ legacies on 251st anniversary of Boston Massacre

Rachel Do March 10, 2021
Boston's Revolutionary Spaces held a virtual panel Friday with local civil rights activists to mark the 251st anniversary of the Boston Massacre and commemorate activists across generations.
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EDITORIAL: Supporting marginalized communities shouldn’t be constrained to a single month or day

Editors March 9, 2021
If we can pursue justice and have these discussions — even performatively — for a month, why can’t we have them for a year or a lifetime?
The School of Theology appointed G. Sujin Pak as its new dean in January, making her Boston University’s first female Asian-American dean. JASMINE LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Sujin Pak appointed School of Theology dean

Anne Jonas January 29, 2021
Pak brings with her a track record of inclusivity and social justice work. She joined BU from the Duke University Divinity School, where she received her Master’s of Theological Studies and served as an assistant professor and later as academic dean.
Boston University’s School of Law hosted the second installment of its “Race, Law and Inequality” speaker series on Thursday entitled “Detecting Police ad Prosecutorial Discrimination: Some Theoretical and Methodological Thoughts.” ALI AUDET/ DFP FILE

BU School of Law reflects on structural racism within US law

Rachel Do December 9, 2020

In an ideal world, laws are meant to uphold justice. However, as evidenced by a history spanning slavery and Jim Crow laws, the United States has shown that legislation can reinforce racial inequality. To...

Boston University School of Law alums Jonathan Allen and Sasha George discussed how some aspects of identity can put members of the Black community at a disadvantage in a BU Alumni and Friends Association’s intersectionality panel Tuesday. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Law alums address identity, intersectionality within Black, queer communities

Nancy Jiang December 3, 2020
The Boston University Alumni and Friends Association held a virtual panel on Intersectionality on Tuesday where panelists discussed their personal experiences and how the Black community — particularly Black LGBTQ+ individuals — are at a disadvantage within larger systems.

Free music festival highlighting marginalized artists is coming to Boston

Armand Manoukian February 15, 2018

The Boston Arts and Music Soul Festival, meant to provide equal access to music and the arts, will be coming to Boston in late June. Catherine Morris, the founder, curator and executive director of...

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