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Yusef Salaam discussed the importance of education and the effects of incarceration on young men of color in his speech, “Born on Purpose and With a Purpose,” at the Tsai Performance Center Friday. JACOB COLLING/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

One of the Exonerated Five says everyone is born on purpose, with a purpose

Mita Kataria March 4, 2020
Yusef Salaam, member of the “Exonerated Five,” wrongly accused and convicted of sexually assaulting a Central Park jogger in 1989, has taken up the fight against the unfair criminal justice system, and shared his lecture “Born on Purpose and With a Purpose” at BU on Friday.

Mayor Menino, One Fund creator honored at New England Council dinner

Daily Free Press Admin October 17, 2013

More than 2,000 people, the highest in the organization’s history, gathered in the Seaport Hotel in the Boston World Trade Center on Wednesday for the New England Council’s annual dinner to honor...

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