President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., look on. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP)
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Radio Boston rundown for April 30. Tiziana Dearing is our host.
Masks and gloves both came off this week. In Massachusetts and in Washington, Governor Charlie Baker and President Joe Biden rolled back outdoor mask mandates. In politics, the gloves are off as President Biden threw his political weight behind progressive priorities in his first joint address to Congress winning praise from the Massachusetts delegation. We take listener calls and talk about it all in our Friday Week-in-Review with Jennifer Braceras, political analyst, lawyer and director of the Independent Women s Law Center, and Michael Curry, president and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, and a member o
Boston memorial of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King gets $1 million from Bank of America masslive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from masslive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
April 26, 2021 at 9:00 AM Eastern
Bank of America today announced a $1.5 million commitment as part of its work to advance racial equality and economic opportunity in Massachusetts. King Boston, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Boston, and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, which offers support and assistance to the state’s 52 community health centers, will both receive funding. The grant funding is aligned to the bank’s $1.25 billion, five-year commitment, which further accelerates work already underway to address racial inequality and catalyze similar efforts across the private sector.
MLK memorial effort in Boston gets $1M from Bank of America
April 26, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) The organization planning a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Boston is getting a $1 million grant from Bank of America, company officials said Monday.
The grant to King Boston will support the creation of the sculpture memorial, featuring interlocking arms and entitled “The Embrace, on Boston Common. It will also support a new Center for Economic Justice to promote solutions to further racial and economic justice and a public ideas series that engages the community in anti-racist discourse through the arts and humanities, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank said in a statement.
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