Celebrating Lunar New Years and Black History Month

Our Stories Matter.

Bringing Our Communities Together

Stories of Solidarity

Join us for an extraordinary evening of cultural celebration and community bonding as we honor two significant occasions: Lunar New Year and Black History Month. "Stories of Solidarity" is more than an event; it's a movement towards greater understanding, unity, and mutual respect between the Black and Asian communities.

Every year for the last 16 years, Get Konnected! and our partners have hosted Boston’s Most Influential Men of Color, Asian American and Pacific Islanders, and other niche lists highlighting and recognizing the talented individuals in the Boston Community. This year, we will continue our tradition by highlighting the Most Influential Community Organizations in the Black and/or Asian Communities as part of our Black and Asian Solidarity Event celebrating Black History Month and Lunar New Years.

The Organizations being honored tonight are ones who have:

Proudly Committed to Creating & Building Meaningful Communities,
Possesses High Aptitude for Convening Diverse Voices, and
Fearlessly Uplifts Diverse and Often-Overlooked Identities.

Our event will additionally feature Stories of Solidarity from featured speakers. These stories were designed to highlight:

Fearless Solidarity/Allyship – between two identities, cultures, and communities that have more in common than meets the eye, and therefore strength by working together.
Personal Stories – sharing your unique experience coming into your power as a member of one or both identities and allowing others to walk with you in your journey.
Moments of Humanity – that models the behaviors that we should aspire to when it comes to working together towards a more inclusive and stronger community.

In the past, we have had Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston, Reshma Kewalramani, CEO and President of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Julie Kim, President of Takeda’s U.S. Business Unit and Country Head, Lee Pelton, President of the Boston Foundation.

Location

State Street Head Quarters

1 Congress St. 12th Floor

Time:

Tuesday, February 27th

5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Community Award Reception @ 6:00 PM

Opening Remarks @ 7:00 PM

Solidarity Talks @ 7:30 PM

Dress Code:

Business Casual & Traditional Clothing

Transportation:

Note that there will be a Celtics Game on that evening and parking garages will be priced at $45+. We highly encourage using public transportation. The closest Train station is Haymarket on the Orange Line.

The closest parking garage is the Haymarket Center Garage.

Boston's Most Influential Community Organizations

National Association of Asian American Professionals

We are a community of Asian American professionals who aspire to raise the bar of what it means to lead. We uphold the value of leadership in everything we do, from our roundtable conversations to our community barbeques. We commit to empowering professional excellence in everyone we meet and believe in the value of accountability and diversity.

https://www.naaapboston.org/

Greater Groove Hall

Main Streets

Greater Grove Hall Main Streets (GGHMS) is committed to providing a diverse business district while maintaining our neighborhood’s historical character. We encourage innovative and creative techniques for fostering economic development that enriches the lives of the business owners, employees and residents in our community.

www.greatergrovehall.org

The Asian Community Fund

The Asian Community Fund at the Boston Foundation is a permanent resource designed to develop, strengthen and support Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community power in Massachusetts, to galvanize and unite the diverse ethnicities within this community, and to build a stronger advocacy voice.

https://www.tbf.org/nonprofits/grant-making-initiatives/asian-community-fund

Boston Asian American Film Festival

Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serving as a resource to filmmakers and the Greater Boston Community.

https://baaff.org/

Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy

Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy serves as an inclusive space for personal and communal growth, and as a martial family, fosters the values of respect, kindness, fellowship, compassion, hard work, community, and empathy.

https://www.wahlumacademy.com/

The Clubhouse Network

The Clubhouse mission is to provide a creative and safe out-of-school learning environment where young people from underserved communities work with adult mentors to explore their own ideas, develop new skills, and build confidence in themselves through the use of technology.

https://theclubhousenetwork.org/

Leadership Brainery

We work with prospective and current graduate students, academic institutions, employers, and committed community members to eliminate systemic barriers to education and create inclusive communities.

https://leadershipbrainery.org

EMPath Ways

Economic Mobility Pathways

Our mission is to transform people’s lives by helping them move out of poverty and to provide other institutions with the tools to systematically do the same.

https://empathways.org/