RaceAhead plans to circle back with Francisco when the civil rights audit publishes to better understand where they’re finding success and how they plan to tackle the work yet to do. “It calls for coming together-for unity, and progress toward social and racial justice, dreams that for so many of us are still painfully unfulfilled.” “I will admit I’ve heard the speech many times, but I never really truly, until recently, read the full transcript.” Realizing the speech was less about a dream and more about unkept promises for justice, he says it could have been written yesterday. He started with King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech, delivered on August 28th, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Which, to return to our theme, is a labor of love for him.įrancisco spent the days leading up to the unveiling of The Embrace monument steeped in the words of Martin Luther King, preparing to write an all-hands email to mark the moment and thank the many Embrace Boston volunteers and supporters. ‘How much are you spending? What are you doing to support diversity? Who are your suppliers?’” He spends a large chunk of his time working with customers to better understand their needs and where State’s inclusion work can be of service. “We see it through the RFP processes and the questions they ask us. “Our customers are asset owners, retirement systems, foundations, endowments-they push us to be better,” he says. “Their work in the arts and culture-but also around policy and what equity really means-can help Boston reach its full potential,” he says. The Boston-based State Street, a global financial firm with $35.7 trillion in assets under custody and $3.3 trillion under management, has been a key supporter of the organization from its early days. Today, they will unveil a permanent monument to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King on the Boston Common called The Embrace, a long overdue acknowledgment of the civil rights and spiritual work they both did in the city. The work is complicated, but the message is exciting.”įrancisco is referring to Embrace Boston, a unique organization that aims to fulfill the promise of full civil rights and representation in the city through arts, ideas, and policy work. ![]() “It’s the central message of King’s work, and for me, it’s all related-racial equality, social justice, love. Paul Francisco, State Street Corp’s chief diversity officer, plans to spend his Martin Luther King holiday surrounded by love.
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