There was singing, dancing, unity, and joy Sunday night as five couples were honored for continuing the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at Embrace Boston’s third annual Embrace Honors MLK event.
“This feels like a family reunion meets Fourth of July barbecue times Juneteenth,” Embrace Boston President and CEO Imari Paris Jeffries said of the annual Sneaker Gala. “You know there’s all kinds of ways we can celebrate MLK and one of the ways that we think is important is joy.”
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was among hundreds who came out to Big Night Live Sunday night to celebrate the enduring legacy of the couple that met right here in Boston and to pay tribute to the night’s honorees, which this year included former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and First Lady Lauren Baker; Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and First Lady Diane Patrick; Sandra Borders and John M. Borders III; Jill Medvedow and Richard Kazis; and Dr. Thea James and Rev. Irene Monroe…