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    • Lifetime Achievement Awards
    • 2023 - 2024 DASH Nominees and Winners
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      • GALA Photos 2023
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Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres
​ACCOUNTABILTY IN COMMUNITY THEATER
The Board of Directors of the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters (EMACT) condemns racism in every form, by all perpetrators, both overt and covert, understood or denied.

EMACT is moved to make this statement now because of the unjustifiable murders of people of color, like George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.

Mr. Floyd, Mr. Arbery, and Ms. Taylor are the recent victims of many who we’ve lost as a result of a system of racism and institutionalized oppression. Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Willie Tillman, Philando Castile, Botham Jean… we say these names and remember many others with heavy hearts, and the knowledge that EMACT must stand now for change.
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EMACT’s purpose is to educate, support, and facilitate communication and networking among its members and theater community at-large. In acknowledgement of the long history of racism and oppression of people of color, and in response to the most recent tragic losses of Black and Brown people because of racism and oppression, EMACT commits to:
  • Promoting equity and justice by way of its education programs;
  • Encouraging and supporting the diversity and inclusion of people of color in leadership, creative, and administrative roles in its own organization and among its membership constituency;
  • Facilitating communication so that, with its member groups, racial equity and inclusion becomes the center of an ongoing and frequent dialogue within the non-profit theater community.

Additionally, EMACT commits to remaining visible about its intolerance of racism and oppression. We honor the memories of Mr. Floyd, Mr. Arbery, Ms. Taylor, and so many others by codifying their names, and recognizing the losses we suffer as a result of their tragic murders, with a determination and dedication to create change and lead it among our constituency.

The EMACT Board of Directors 
June 4, 2020
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