When health leaders gathered, June 11, for the Health Equity Compact’s annual trends summit, it was a conversation overshadowed by a changing landscape under the federal administration of President Donald Trump.

In January, the federal administration was not the only one that shifted. Locally, the Boston branch of the NAACP saw a changing of the guard, as it welcomed new members to its executive committee.

The NAACP Boston Branch is calling on the administration of Mayor Michelle Wu to halt demolition on White Stadium, citing the projects displacement of BPS students from the facility, negative community impacts on parking and traffic, what it says is the city’s failure to meet equity standards, and a lack of transparency in the community processes that led to the city’s decision to lease the stadium to a professional soccer team.

When I was growing up, my mom would never miss the Roxbury Homecoming celebration. Even as she got older, we would stake out a spot the night before and return the next day and set up our cooler, food and chairs for the community picnic that’s been taking place in Franklin Park for decades.

As we gather to celebrate Juneteenth, it is vital to reflect deeply on the historical context surrounding the delayed emancipation of enslaved people in Texas. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston announcing the enforcement of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, issued more than two years earlier, on January 1, 1863.

The annual holiday Juneteenth is celebrated to commemorate the “official” end of slavery in the United States, after the Civil War. Juneteenth is also commonly known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day. For Black people, this holiday is meant to be celebratory in acknowledging our freedom and growth as a community.

It’s been 160 years since the last enslaved people in the United States, then living in Texas, were officially informed that they were free — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Success is self-reinforcing at the Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge. Principal Sherley Bretous said, “If I knew what the secret sauce was” then “I would give it to the whole world for free.

As strange as this may seem, the Boston Red Sox, fresh off a three-game weekend sweep of the New York Yankees, made bigger headlines with the announcement of the trade of three-time All-Star slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants for multiple players

Royal Smith always knew he wanted to provide a place for Black Boston to come early and leave late. When he opened District 7 Tavern in 2018, he built a neighborhood bar for the people, with live music, guest bartenders, and plenty of space to watch the big game. Today, he hopes to expand that safe space for community connection during the daytime hours with his new restaurant just around the corner, District 7 Cafe at 376 Warren St. in Roxbury.

The biannual cultural event of the summer is on the way and community members are invited to “experience a world where Black joy, creativity and community are intentionally centered and celebrated.”

Despite efforts by the Trump administration to erase African American history and progress, RoxFilm’s eight-day program of films, panels, workshops and events is sure to engage, educate and entertain festival attendees.

As elected officials are murdered in their homes and threats escalate nationwide, we must confront the deadly cost of divisive rhetoric — and why it matters now more than ever to Black communities.