Black men of Boston speak out about racism, trauma in Roxbury forum [bostonglobe.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 6/22/204:00 AM

By Lucas Phillips, The Boston Globe, June 20, 2020

On the eve of Father’s Day, two events brought Black men together to reflect on experiences of racism, surviving trauma, and speaking to the youth.

At Roxbury Community College on Saturday afternoon, a powerful conversation took place among some of the city’s most dynamic Black men, from business leaders to the wrongly incarcerated, from religious figures to law enforcement officials.

“I won’t say this is an overdue conversation” said William Watkins of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, “because we’ve had these conversations in the barbershops.”

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