Empower The Next Generation of Leaders
HERstory 2026



HERstory 2025
Kate Guedj, Allyce Najimy, Makeeba McCreary, Sandra Edgerley, Ronia Stewart, Elsa Gomes Bondlow, Aixa Beauchamp, Minister DiOnetta Jones Crayton, Lauretta Siggers and Josh Kraft
Empower The Next Generation of Leaders
Garden in the Community

Re-elected Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Garden President

First Daughter Baby Myra Boston, her father, Conor Pewarski and Garden President

Re-elected City Councilor at Large Ruthzee Louijeune and Garden President

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden and Garden President

Massachusetts State Representative Russell Holmes and Garden President

Massachusetts State Representative Aaron Michlewitz and Garden President

Glynn Lloyd, Exec. Dir. of Nectar Community Investment, Ron Mitchell, Publisher & Editor, Bay State Banner and Garden President

Nia of Grace By Nia and Garden President

Eastern Bank Foundation President & CEO, Turahn Dorsey (left) along with Eastern Bank’s Carolyn Crowley and Kathleen Henry and Garden President at Boston Business Journal Corporate Citizenship Awards

Cultural Excursion to Ghana with Northeastern University Alumni, Leadership Fellow Madison Jenkins and Garden President

EforAll Pitch Contest

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Nicholas President Robert Lewis Jr., Chief Impact Officer Andrea Swain and Garden President

U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Garden President

Democratic Leader & U.S. House of Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Garden President at The Four Seasons Boston

Garden President and Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM) Board Emeritus, Ronia Stewart attends ULEM’s’ 104th Annual Meeting at the Thelma D. Burns Building

In Fall 2023, Garden Leadership went to Harvard Business School. Click on the link to a LinkedIn post from the Social Enterprise Initiative celebrating the launch of Upswell. As an investor, partner and friend, please feel free to repost and share.
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