The Commonwealth Seminar exists to open the doors of government to diverse leaders.

Boston, MA
Joined September 2016
The time to act is now... and forever forward. The Commonwealth Seminar and our nearly 1,500 alumni (91% from BIPOC communities) is determined to continue to lead and assist in this struggle.
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Our Exec. Director Leverett Wing has been named one of @BostonMagazine’s 150 Most Influential Bostonians of 2025! 🙌🏽 Thank you for recognizing his leadership + amplifying the work of the Commonwealth Seminar. 🔗 Read more: bostonmagazine.com/boston-po…
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We’re thrilled to welcome Joel Barrera as our keynote speaker for the Youth Leadership Conference: Be Leaders of Tomorrow! 🎤 Join us Sat, April 26 at the Nonprofit Center in Boston. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… #YouthLeadershipMA #CivicEngagement #BostonEvents
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Join us for the Commonwealth Seminar's FIRST-EVER FREE Youth Leadership Conference: Lunch & refreshments will be provided. 🍽️ RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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🌟Announcing the Tin Kau “Peter” Wong (黃天求) Memorial Scholarship 📅 Deadline to apply: Sunday, April 20th by 11:59pm 🔗 Apply here: forms.gle/XesSAaqwWvjSnSXv9 #AsianAmerican #Scholarship #Leadership #CommonwealthSeminar
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🎓 We’re thrilled to invite you to our Winter 2025 Class Graduation on Wednesday, March 19th at 5:45 PM via Zoom. 📅To RSVP - Please email [email protected] with the Subject Line: Winter 2025 Graduation RSVP (Zoom link and agenda will be sent before Graduation)
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Honored to have our Executive Director, Leverett Wing, receive the inaugural Cross-Cultural Champion Award at Get Konnected's Annual Cultural Harmony Celebration! 🎉
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As Co-founder and President of the Massachusetts Organization of African Descendants (MOAD), Jermoh empowers the African community by building a strong coalition of over 200 African organizations and members to advocate for their needs.
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Meet Fall 2024 Seminar Grad,Shalaya West, MPP (She/Her/Hers) Shalaya’s role as the Program and Research Director is to support and develop diverse and wide-range opportunities to gather data on the status, challenges, and needs of women and girls in the Commonwealth.
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With unprecedented political uncertainty facing our communities in 2025 your support is more important than ever to help bring our perspectives & voices to decision-makers everywhere Donate here: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_bu…
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Huge thanks to everyone who joined us at the Seminar's Civic Engagement Celebration & Expo! With nearly 200 attendees and over 35 community organizations, we came together to celebrate the power of civic engagement and honor the incredible work being done across MA
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Meet the Winter 2024 Class! Stephanie Crawford is a Boston Public School Kindergarten teacher with a Masters from Lesley University in Moderate Disabilities and who is currently in the Early Childhood doctoral program at UMASS Boston.
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Meet the Winter 2024 Class! Augustine Aboh is a Global Governance and Human Security Doctoral Student at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and holds a Master of Arts in Terrorism, International Crime and Global Security from Coventry University, England.
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🎉✨ Our Annual Holiday Homecoming Week is almost here! Dec 9th-12th, join our 1,700+ member Seminar Family to reconnect, reunite, and re-energize after 20+ years! Sign up here: linktr.ee/macommseminar
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This #GivingTuesday, we need your help to support the Commonwealth Seminar and its mission to Open the Doors of Government to All. Please consider donating today! Donate here: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_bu…
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A historic moment for Boston and beyond! Our Exec. Dir. Leverett Wing was proud to join a distinguished group of dignitaries, including Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Senator Ed Markey, Mayor Michelle Wu, Governor Maura Healey, and others, in honoring the 2024 World Champions!
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Commonwealth Seminar Civic Engagement Celebration & Expo on Monday (Nov. 18th)! #CivicEngagement #Leadership #Community #YouthLeadership
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🎉 Announcing our "Game Changer" Honorees! 🎉 Join us NEXT MONDAY, Nov. 18th for a night of civic engagement! 🌟 ✨ Expo: 4-7pm | Awards: 6pm ✨ 25+ orgs, dynamic speakers, & a celebration of community changemakers!
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To kick off our week of Torres Senior Fellow highlights, meet Leverett Wing! 🌟 He's empowered countless civic leaders by demystifying state government. Now he's exploring a pilot to bring this training to municipalities, focusing on #GatewayCities. buff.ly/3PQYTm0
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