Black History Night Community Event: Black History Night at BPS' Joseph Lee K-8 School George "Chip" Greenidge, Jr. - Guest Speaker George "Chip" Greenidge, Jr. from Greatest MINDS Boston will be the guest speaker for the Joseph Lee K-8 School's Black History Night. Students, Parents, and Teachers asked him for his years of work in building Boston's Black Community and his dedication to getting Boston Public School students to college. Greatest MINDS www.gminds.org The Joseph Lee K-8 School has an enrollment of 500+ students. We expect around 350 participants for Black History Night. The event is on Thursday, Feb. 15th, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM at the Joseph Lee K-8 School at 155 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester, MA. Open to the community.

George (Chip) Greenidge, Jr. talks on BNN with Joe Heisler about Greatest MINDS and its "Generations Conference" coming up in March 2025. This conference will unite four generations of Black Bostonians for community discussions on education, politics, health, and community. It is the Talk of the Town.

An Evening for Coach G - Celebrating Our Coach George "G" Greenidge, Sr. : A Cambridge Legend in Sports, Community and Youth Development - “Celebrating Coach G" - Former Football Players, Cheerleaders, & Coaches same together to Celebrate Our Coach George "G" Greenidge from CRLS on Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 from 5:30pm - 8:00pm at Tavern On the Square in Central Square - Event hosts for more information: Anthony Galluccio, Chip Greenidge, Lance Dottin, Joe Grassi, Pat Carvello, and the Warriors for Life. - One Night Only. This year - he will be 83 years old. Celebrate "G". Special thanks to Anthony Galluccio for being the main organizer of this event!!!!!!!

This is the first public meeting of the City of Boston Reparations Task Force. Mayor Michelle Wu announced the ten individuals that will serve on the newly formed Reparations Task Force, created to study the lasting impact of slavery in Boston. The formation of this task force follows Mayor Wu signing a 2022 City ordinance, sponsored and led by Councilor Julia Mejia and co-sponsored by Councilors Tania Fernandes Anderson and Brian Worrell, to study the impact of slavery in Boston. (This meeting was recorded by George (Chip) Greenidge, Jr. for documentation purposes for the community for historic record.) The members of the task force are community leaders in law, academia, community organizing, and education and represent diversity in age, gender, and discipline to fully encompass the Black experience in Boston. The task force’s duties will include leading research on the historical impact of slavery in Boston and exploring ways the City can provide reparative justice for Black residents. Over the next 18 months, the task force members will convene and work on proposing recommendations to Mayor Wu for reparative solutions for the descendants of enslaved persons. The individuals appointed to the task force include: Chair Joseph D. Feaster, Jr., Esq., Attorney, former President of the Boston branch of the NAACP, current member of the City’s Black Men & Boys Commission Denilson Fanfan, 11th grader at Jeremiah E. Burke High School L’Merchie Frazier, Public historian, visual activist, and Executive Director of Creative and Strategic Partnerships for SPOKE Arts George “Chip” Greenidge, Jr., Founder and Director of Greatest MINDS & Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Dorothea Jones, Longtime civic organizer, and member of the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee Carrie Mays, UMass Boston student and youth activist Na’tisha Mills, Program Manager for Embrace Boston Damani Williams, 11th grader at Jeremiah E. Burke High School This meeting was recorded by George (Chip) Greenidge, Jr. for documentation purposes for the community for historic record.

Harvard Commencement Speaker George (Chip) Greenidge Jr. speaking about supporting diversity, affirmative action programs and ending legacy admission practices at commencement for all colleges and universities. "We must defend Affirmative Action and end legacy admissions and wealthy parents "paying" (Varsity Blues) in the admission process in all colleges and universities. Last year, George was the keynote speaker for the Harvard University Affinity Celebration Honoring Black Graduates. He was picked by Harvard faculty, staff, and students for his outstanding work and vast experiences as an activist, a community leader, a thought leader, and his career of supporting graduates from historically marginalized and underrepresented communities. ==================================================== George R. Greenidge, Jr. is the Founding Executive Director of Greatest MINDS, a Boston-based BIPOC-run nonprofit focused on mentoring young people as they explore college, career, citizenry, and volunteerism as a way to bring about positive change in civil society. George received his BA in Political Science from Morehouse College and his master's in Human Development & Psychology from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. He has worked as an Economic Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and an Urban Fellow with the GSU College of Law's Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth and the GSU's Urban Studies Institute. George has served in several capacities throughout his career in the nonprofit, government, philanthropy, and education fields. In his capacity as a non-profit executive, academic, and consultant, George has also pursued diversified partnerships with national and local policymakers, foundations, high-wealth individuals, corporations, and non-profit leaders to support his positive community development work. His research focuses on the use of qualitative research methods in policy development and program evaluation. ⁠⁠George was recognized by the United Negro College Fund and the Boston Red Sox with their inaugural "Homecoming Award" for his life-long commitment to providing mentorship to over 10,000 high school and college students pursuing college degrees in Boston, MA, and Atlanta, GA. In 2022, the American Sociological Association awarded him their inaugural Community and Urban Sociology Section's Publicly Engaged Scholar Award for his convening, and advocacy, diversity, equity, and inclusion programming efforts in urban communities/cities. In 2023, he was appointed by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as a member of the City of Boston Reparations Task Force to research the impact of 400 years of slavery and economic exclusion on the city and to issue recommendations to address the legacy of harm to its Black residents. ========================================= Last year, George was the keynote speaker for the Harvard University Affinity Celebration Honoring Black Graduates. He was picked by Harvard faculty, staff, and students for his outstanding work and vast experiences as an activist, a community leader, a thought leader, and his career of supporting graduates from historically marginalized and underrepresented communities. =========================================== www.georgegreenidge.com - www.gminds.org - Chip Greenidge #greenidge #harvard #university #music #affirmativeacttion #GeorgeGreenidge #ChipGreenidge #MorehouseCollege

City of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and city officials kicked off Black History Month by celebrating black resistance and excellence in Boston City Hall. During the City of Boston's Black History Month Kick-Off & Celebration last Friday, Mayor Michelle Wu recognized George “Chip” Greenidge, Jr., Executive Director of Greatest MINDS, a BIPOC-run nonprofit that mentors Boston youth, with a special honor and a certificate of recognition and gratitude for his work with young people of color. In addition, Dr. Emmett Price III, a scholar of Black Music & Culture and dean of Berklee’s Africana Studies division, delivered keynote remarks, emphasizing love and learning as pillars of justice. The event was held at Boston City Hall on February 3, 2023.

A Must Watch --- GBH Basic Black Excerpt & "What is Owed?" What is Owed? Basic Black and the GBH Podcast Team dives into what reparations might look like in Boston - Check out George (Chip) Greenidge as a panelist. In this discussion this week’s episode of Basic Black, host Phillip Martin talked about the podcast, which dives into what reparations might look like in Boston, with GBH News Politics Reporter and Host Saraya Wintersmith, GBH News Senior Podcast Producer Jerome Campbell, historian Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson of Wellesley College, and Boston Task Force on Reparations member George “Chip” Greenidge. Here is the news article: https://www.wgbh.org/news/national/2024-02-16/what-could-reparations-look-like-in-boston

Dropping in April 2025! Greatest MINDS Podcast hosted by George ( Chip ) Greenidge, Jr. featuring all the fantastic and outstanding people I have met in my travels in nonprofit, academia, and community! I can’t wait for this! I met so many people who have been an inspiration to me from college students to entrepreneurs, professors, musicians, artists and healers, builders and dreamers! All fall in the Greatest MINDS umbrella! I want you to hear their story, philosophy, and how they decided to live their life building with others! You might know some of them, and you might not know a lot of them! That’s the point! So many people love community and doing the work! I want to highlight them! Taping shows in Boston, and Atlanta in the next few weeks! So join me in this venture! The Podcast will be available on iHeart, Apple, and on YouTube and IG! www.gminds.org Thanks Hit me if you want more info! #greatestminds #podcast #boston #atlanta #boston #chipgreenidge #georgegreenidge #harvard #morehouse

Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center Community Lunch Series: Cutting the Red Tape: How City Governments Can Foster Minority Business Owner's Success - George "Chip" Greenidge, Jr. and five local experts who are helping to build the entrepreneurial landscape. They shared their experiences of how government agencies are being innovative and "cutting the red tape" to help get minority business owners' ventures off the ground and up and running. The discussion highlighted the many barriers they continue to face as minority business owners. Panelists include: Ruthzee Louijeune, President, Boston City Council; Boston City Councilor-At-Large Ayesha M. Wilson, Councilor, City of Cambridge, MA Dennis Benzan, Owner, La Fabrica Restaurant and NightClub Sean Hope, Owner, Yamba Market Dispensary Marisa Nieves, Director of MA Programs, Innovation Studio George (Chip) Greenidge, Jr., Director and Founder, Greatest MINDS; Visiting Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation