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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">The Planners' Movie and Meet-up series continues with a screening of
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlHC28Mk_28" target="_blank" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlHC28Mk_28">
Welcoming the Embrace</a> by John Adekoje, Miranda Adekole and Darrus Sands and presented by <a href="https://www.embraceboston.org/" target="_blank" title="https://www.embraceboston.org/">Embrace Boston!</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">This documentary looks at the creation of The Embrace, artist Hank Willis Thomas’s new memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
at Boston Common. Hear from the community about the meaning of the public art installation and its importance for Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">The program will feature a post film in-person discussion with Embrace Boston Director of Digital Strategy and Production, Gregory Ball. Ball brings
more than two decades of experience as a cultural curator, journalist and content creator. Ball’s work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Dig Boston, XXL and the Bay State Banner along with various international editions of the Metro Newspaper.
Ball is the co-founder and editor at KBX Media, a Boston-based digital editorial platform and media content creation. Previously, Ball worked at Berkshire Bank as the first Reevx Labs Director, opening the bank’s community co-working spaces for entrepreneurs
and later served as Marketing Content Manager. Ball, a 5-time nominee for Music Journalist Of The Year at the Boston Music Awards, currently serves on the Board Of Directors for Boston Art & Music Soul (BAMS) Fest, a nonprofit organization that breaks down
racial and social barriers to arts, music, and culture across Greater Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>This is yet another event you do not want to miss! Space is limited!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">When: Thursday May 30, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">5:30 pm: Networking, appetizers, cash bar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">6:30 pm: Showtime<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">7:30 pm: Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">Where: <a href="https://www.capitoltheatreusa.com/" target="_blank" title="https://www.capitoltheatreusa.com/">C</a><a href="https://www.capitoltheatreusa.com/" target="_blank" title="https://www.capitoltheatreusa.com/">apitol
Theatre, 204 Mass. Ave., Arlington, MA.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">Admission: Free for current APA-MA, CPM, MAPP members and students. $10 for non-members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">This event is jointly sponsored by <a href="https://www.apa-ma.org/about-us/allied-organizations/massachusetts-association-of-planning-directors/" target="_blank" title="https://www.apa-ma.org/about-us/allied-organizations/massachusetts-association-of-planning-directors/">MA
Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-MA)</a>, <a href="https://www.consultingplanners.org/" target="_blank" title="https://www.consultingplanners.org/">Consulting Planners of MA (CPM)</a> and the <a href="https://www.massplanning.org/" target="_blank" title="https://www.massplanning.org/">MA
Association of Planning Professionals (MAPP)</a> who are working together again to bring a fantastic continuing education opportunity for their memberships!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287">This event is approved for 1.5 AICP CE credits including one towards the mandatory topic of Equity!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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