Parent Organizations
Boston Bridges Initiative will work with parent groups to support learning and relationship building.
“As Massachusetts is becoming more diverse, students of color are becoming more racially isolated in urban schools....Major change, especially outside the Commonwealth’s largest cities, will only come through bold state support and continued public advocacy.”
School Integration In Massachusetts: Racial Diversity and State Accountability, Summer 2020
Peek Inside the Program!
Elementary Students: “Stay and Play”
Provide cross-racial opportunities for families to get to know each other in suburban and Boston communities
After school play dates and activities - from games and crafts to story reading and more!
Elementary and Secondary Students
Trips to cultural events, museums, sporting events
Parent Book Club and Workshops
Learn how to talk to your children about race
Parents choose engaging books and have open dialogues
Encourage, support, and educate parents on how to have meaningful, open, and often difficult conversations regarding race
Meetings, workshops, seminars, and classes to facilitate cross-racial understanding
Parent Dinner and Mixers
Cultivate meaningful multicultural/multiracial relationships betweens parents that extend to the families