'Whenever we have focused on Black communities, everyone benefits.... I've never seen it work where we create policies or initiatives that focus on trying to help everybody, or this idea that a rising tide lifts all boats':
CEO Sheena Collier and Boston’s Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Segun Idowu to have a discussion on the importance of the summit and why it was needed.On how the summit came about: It honestly came from my experience navigating Boston. I've been here for 18 years. I came here to go to graduate school and had a challenge feeling a part of my school community in grad school, as well as the Greater Boston Black community.
The summit is a three-day, in real life version of that and an opportunity to bring together the Black people across the city who are really experts about how to navigate Boston. We're focused on specifically tech and life sciences because of the importance of that those industries in Boston. And then we have a whole day focused on navigating the city. So everything from how do you get civically engaged, to dating in Boston, to how to access mental health and wellness resources.
The real issue is retention. There is no community, there are no spaces owned by Black people that you can just hang out and be yourself and not worry about the outside world coming after you like many of our experiences are.
Whenever we have focused on Black communities, everyone benefits. I have never seen it work the other way. I've never seen it work where we create policies or initiatives that focus on trying to help everybody, or this idea that a rising tide lifts all boats — because if you don't have a boat, you get subsumed. Understand that when Black communities are doing well, everybody is doing well; when Black communities are suffering, the whole economy suffers.
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