The Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys (MBWA) is pleased to announce that our annual Ida B. Wells Awards celebration will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at the Mandarin Oriental, Boston. During our program, we will honor the accomplishments of a number of trailblazing Black women attorneys.

Specifically, Attorney Lonita Baker, President-Elect of the National Bar Association and former co-counsel for Breonna Taylor’s family will serve as the keynote speaker for the celebration. Additionally, we will highlight the achievements of Angela Gomes, Partner at Sullivan & Worcester, and Macken Toussaint, Partner at Riemer & Braunstein LLP. We will also present Widmine “ Lola” Remy, Director of Pro Bono Programs at the Women’s Bar Foundation of Massachusetts, with a public interest award.

We invite you to support MBWA through our available sponsorship and advertisement opportunities which you can learn more about at our Ida B. Wells page on our website.

This is an in-person event. Pending any changes to state and local guidance leading up to the event, masking while not actively eating or drinking will be strongly encouraged, though not required.