Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
BAMIT is proud to sponsor the 2023 Black Graduate Celebration, an annual tradition. At this joyous event we will recognize and honor Black undergraduate and graduate students who are graduating from MIT.
The theme the students have chosen for this year’s celebration is The Ache For Home. The program will include remarks from student speakers, a short performance, a keynote, and a networking reception immediately following.
We are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker will be Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. An activist, a legislator, and survivor, Congresswoman Pressley is the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Throughout her career as a public servant and as a member of Congress, she has been a champion for justice and healing: reproductive justice, justice for immigrants, consumer justice, justice for seniors, justice for workers, justice for survivors of sexual violence, justice for the formerly and currently incarcerated, as well as healing for those who have experienced trauma. Congresswoman Pressley has fought to ensure that those closest to the pain are closest to the power - driving and informing policymaking. In Congress, she has been a champion for justice and healing: reproductive justice, justice for immigrants, consumer justice, justice for seniors, justice for workers, justice for survivors of sexual violence, justice for formerly and currently incarcerated individuals, and healing for those who have experienced trauma. She has also turned her experience living with alopecia into action, becoming a leading voice fighting to raise awareness and support for the alopecia community across the nation.
Congresswoman Pressley currently serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Financial Services. Prior to being elected to Congress, she served on the Boston City Council for eight years, and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100-year history.
BAMIT is proud to sponsor the 2023 Black Graduate Celebration, an annual tradition. At this joyous event we will recognize and honor Black undergraduate and graduate students who are graduating from MIT.
The theme the students have chosen for this year’s celebration is The Ache For Home. The program will include remarks from student speakers, a short performance, a keynote, and a networking reception immediately following.
We are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker will be Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. An activist, a legislator, and survivor, Congresswoman Pressley is the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Throughout her career as a public servant and as a member of Congress, she has been a champion for justice and healing: reproductive justice, justice for immigrants, consumer justice, justice for seniors, justice for workers, justice for survivors of sexual violence, justice for the formerly and currently incarcerated, as well as healing for those who have experienced trauma. Congresswoman Pressley has fought to ensure that those closest to the pain are closest to the power - driving and informing policymaking. In Congress, she has been a champion for justice and healing: reproductive justice, justice for immigrants, consumer justice, justice for seniors, justice for workers, justice for survivors of sexual violence, justice for formerly and currently incarcerated individuals, and healing for those who have experienced trauma. She has also turned her experience living with alopecia into action, becoming a leading voice fighting to raise awareness and support for the alopecia community across the nation.
Congresswoman Pressley currently serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Financial Services. Prior to being elected to Congress, she served on the Boston City Council for eight years, and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100-year history.
![[AD] MIT Holiday Greeting 2025](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x9BjFim_Zp4/mqdefault.jpg "[AD] MIT Holiday Greeting 2025
Seasons Greetings from MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Professor Danny Lew!
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2025 MIT Holiday Greeting team
Core creative team: Brielle Domings, Brian Geer, Emily Muldoon Kathan, and Eric Keezer
Email and digital production: Laura Babic, Greg Bourne, Karla Casey, Gina D’Allesandro, Emily Dufresne, Carrie Johnson, Barbara Malec, Kimberly Mancino, Jen McGrath, Kathryn O’Neill, Kate Repantis, Christine Tempesta, Stephanie Trott, Michael Waisman, Margaret Wong, and Mikko Zager.
And MIT Alumni Association Chief Executive Officer Whitney T. Espich HM ’24
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