The Boston Sankofa Journey cohort has been meeting monthly as a cohort of pastors, educators, activists, artists, and organizers committed to learning from Boston’s racial history and honoring the faith-rooted work of Black freedom and resistance. Building on a 2024 HUB affinity working group pilgrimage to key sites connected to slavery and Black resistance, the cohort is now preparing to record living history interviews in January with ten Black Christian leaders, based on long-standing, trusted relationships. These interviews will be filmed in a studio and at historic sites in the city meaningful to them. The will be shared through YouTube and social media, alongside resources designed to foster deeper discipleship and historical consciousness within the Church.
These interviews are both an act of gratitude and an act of formation, recognizing that emerging leaders today stand on the shoulders of elders whose faith in Jesus has sustained their witness for racial justice and reconciliation. The stories gathered will culminate in the Boston Sankofa Showcase for our HUB local gathering, a Moth-style storytelling event planned for February 28 at Twelfth Baptist Church. Our hope is that this gathering will honor and celebrate the wisdom, creativity, and spiritual legacy of these leaders and this liberating work. We are grateful for the support of the HUB to cultivate a common memory and nurture the spiritual vitality that has sustained the Black freedom movement—past and present—rooted in the liberating heart of the gospel.