June 3, 2020


Last night, thanks to Violence in Boston, Inc and so many other organizers, we participated in a powerful protest that drew more than 10,000 people to Franklin Park to say the names of Black men and women this country has lost to racial terror: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery among them.

This cannot stand. It will not stand. And we are proud to be a part of a movement millions of people deep that *will* dismantle the systems that oppress Black Americans- one protest, one policy, one election, one conversation, one story at a time. 

Our mission at Everyday Boston has always been to amplify marginalized voices in this city, including and especially those of our Black neighbors, who have too often gone unseen and unheard in the mainstream media, beyond narrow narratives about crime and overcoming great odds. This moment calls for more. More stories. More voices.

So to our Black friends, family, and neighbors, we say:

Our platform is your platform.

If you send us your stories- in video, audio, or writing- we’ll post them in our story library, where we’ll start a collection for these times. If you’d like to collaborate- including around how we can connect folks across dividing lines, which is at the very heart of our mission- we’d love to hear from you.

Lastly: In our push to be part of the change, we will certainly fall short as an organization, as we have in the past. We’ll learn as much and as often as we can, and strive to be the best we can be- for you, for the city, and for the country. In this moment and always, we’re inspired by the words of Desmond Tutu:

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

Thanks to everyone out there doing their part (with a special shout out to the young people who organized Sunday’s protest, and the elders who have fought for every inch of progress we have today). We in the Everyday Boston community are sending love and strength your way.

Cara Solomon
Founder/Executive Director, Everyday Boston