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A panel of Black mayors spoke at an MIT Sloan online panel focused on how leaders can help create inclusive innovation economies.

“There is a generational shift in America toward increasing justice and collective responsibility."

#94. [Lecturer] Malia Lazu...was brought to the MIT Sloan School to help make Boston's innovation-economy community more inclusive.

...thus far, corporate America has done a lot of talking about social justice. The next step is to take some action.

"The fact of the matter is that if America wants to remain a world leader it has to invest in its people."

“...Black liberation can be defined as the self determination of Black people...unconditional love for blackness, a rejection of the white gaze.”

"Let's use Pride month as a reminder to us all to get right with everything that is wrong with homophobia and transphobia."

"While CRT may seem like a minor issue for the business community...it is actually a cornerstone to achieving any form of equity in America."

"This year Boston's mayor race is in color – a welcome change in a city that has been 'minority majority' for more than two decades."

“With voter turnout being as low as we see [in] mayor's races in Boston, the Latino community can really become a deciding factor in this race.”