We'd like to invite our East Boston neighbors and Mary Ellen Welch Greenway users to join our third Community Meeting. We’ll be holding a virtual meeting via Zoom featuring a presentation by our designers where the team will present the concept plan for Mary Ellen Welch Greenway. 

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For more information on Mary Ellen Welch Greenway please visit the project page. 

Interpretation and translation services will be provided in Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic. For additional information, please contact us at 617-635-4505 or parks@boston.gov.

The final event in this year’s Un-monument public conversation series is titled “The Future of American Democracy," and brings together two of the nation’s most renowned thinkers—Danielle S. Allen and Michael Sandel—for a discussion that will challenge and inspire.

Join us for a compelling and timely public conversation at The Embrace, the renowned monument on Boston Common honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, where Sandel and Allen will reflect on the pressing challenges facing America’s democratic institutions and traditions today.

Danielle S. Allen, is one of Harvard’s esteemed “University Professors,” and a prolific political theorist and classicist who has devoted her career in academia and beyond to exploring the foundations of democracy and the question of justice. Her work, including Justice By Means of Democracy and Our Declaration, reimagines key democratic texts and ideals in ways meant to confront our contemporary struggles. A former gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, Allen is a tireless advocate for civic engagement and participation. Michael Sandel, a Harvard political philosopher celebrated for his accessible and thought-provoking explorations of justice, ethics, and democracy, is the author of influential works like Democracy’s Discontent and The Tyranny of Merit. His work encourages us to reflect on the moral dimensions of political and civic life, asking fundamental questions about fairness, equality, and the common good.

This conversation comes at a pivotal moment when many Americans feel that the country’s democratic institutions and traditions are under threat. From growing political polarization to rising concerns about voter rights, civic trust, fairness, and governmental accountability, the future of American democracy appears uncertain. Together, these two scholars will bring clarity, urgency, and hope to a conversation that couldn’t be more timely or essential.

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom:

Join the Zoom meeting

• Meeting ID: 820 1954 1046
• Please note: The City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 865 6169 5414

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 862 7633 2149

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 881 5933 2367

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 881 6374 8961

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 826 4571 3811

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).