Imari K Paris Jeffries

Imari Paris Jeffries

Executive Director, Embrace Boston

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Biography

 

Imari K. Paris Jeffries serves as the Executive Director of Embrace/King Boston, an organization committed to economic and racial justice by honoring the King Family through the Embrace Memorial in Boston Common and the Embrace Center in Roxbury. He has served in executive roles at Parenting Journey, Jumpstart, Boston Rising, Massachusetts Service Alliance, and Friends of The Children.

 

Imari currently serves on the Governor’s Black Advisory Commission, Mass Budget and Policy Center, Mass Humanities, and the City of Boston’s Black Men and Boys Commission. He has served on the boards of the United South End Settlement Houses Provider's Council, Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers, Appalachian Mountain Club, Save the Harbor, Save the Bay, the Elizabeth Peabody House, the Massachusetts Mentoring Partnership, the Edward Brooke Charter School, and Third Sector New England.

 

A three-time graduate of UMass Boston, Imari earned his BA in 1997, MEd in 1999, and his MA in 2003 and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. through the institution's Higher Education Program. In addition, Imari is a military veteran and served from 1991-1996 during the first Gulf War.


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