YAF’s 23rd Annual Spring Event:
Brown v. Board: 70 Years Later
Friday, May 10th, 2024 6-9pm
The Charles Hotel | 1 Bennett St. | Cambridge, MA
Please join us on Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM at The Charles Hotel for an evening of inspiring speakers, awards and entertainment, and a panel discussion focusing on the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board, specifically, what has changed and what hasn’t in achieving the goal of racial equity in our schools.
Our event this year will feature a special panel discussion moderated by Emmy award-winning journalist, Crystal Haynes, who will also be our emcee for the evening. The discussion will feature Former Boston Public Schools' Chief Equity & Strategy Officer and Founder & CEO of Global Ecosytem Leadership, Dr. Charles Grandson, and Medford School Committee Member and NAACP Youth Coordinator, Aaron Olapade, and will not only discuss what has changed in the past 70 years since the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring separate but equal was unconstitutional, but also what still needs to be done to work towards and achieve racial equity in our schools.
We will also hear another original poem on this year's theme from 2020-2022 Boston Youth Poet Laureate and YAF Board Member, Alondra Bobadilla. And as always, one of the highlights of the evening will be hearing from a student speaker who will share their experience working with the EdLaw Project. We look forward to sharing our new initiatives with you in what we know will be an inspiring evening!
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2024 ANNUAL EVENT SPONSORS
The Treco Foundation
Boston Children’s Hospital
Jeremy Cohn
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Morgan Lewis
Ken Parsigian & Shay Mayer
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc.
Lael & Charles Chester
LeMond Bicycles
The Lynch Foundation
Lia & William Poorvu
Michele & Peter Scavongelli
Katherine Hall Page & Alan Hein
Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP
Ken & Laura Nordstrom
Randi Sterrn & Carl Rosenblatt
Achieve New England
Chris DiMeo & Robert Saoud
Freedom Advisors
E. Brad Meyer & Sylvia Pope
Steve Pacini
Our 2024 Program
Please check back to see our full program schedule and digital program book closer to the event, and in the mean time, meet our special guests below!