If you ask some of the city's most influential players, the Seaport still has leaps and bounds to go from where it should be at a diversity, equity and inclusion standpoint.
It's no secret that the Seaport District is one of Boston's most buzzing attractions.
Brewington is a successful businessman and youth advocate. His organization, Street 2 Ivy, focuses on entrepreneurship to combat wealth disparities in underserved communities.Sign up for NECN newsletters. So, they teamed up to work with local trades and high schools, delivering hours of community outreach. The goal is to create a pipeline of opportunity from surrounding Boston neighborhoods to the Seaport, specifically connecting underserved and underrepresented youth to employment opportunities in fields like real estate, marketing, blue collar labor or design.
“One of the great parts about the Seaport is that because it’s newer, there’s still so much opportunity to transform how it looks and how It feels.” Kaitlin McCarthy said, who created Ionic Development Company.
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