ROXBURY — The Women for Whittier held the Holiday Tea 2024 to benefit the Whittier Street Health Center at the Frederica M. Williams Building, 1290 Tremont St., in Roxbury. The theme of this year’s event is “Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment’’ and we are honored to have Goldie Taylor, Senior Vice President, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute as our keynote speaker. Alongside Goldie Taylor, we will be recognizing the following women who have…

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BOSTON — On April 3, 2024, more than 350 guests attended Whittier Street HealthCenter’s signature Toast fundraiser which, this year, honored Jeff Leiden, M.D., Ph.D., executivechairman, Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The event was held at the Hilton Park Plaza Hotel. During the evening, hosted by Brittany Johnson, investigative journalist at WCVB Channel 5 Boston; Dr.Leiden was toasted by Dr. Reshma Kewalramani, president, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Betsy Nabel andDr. Gary Nabel, co-founders, ModeX Therapeutics, Dr. Joan Reede, dean…

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PARK SQUARE — More than 350 guests attended the Whittier Street Health Center’s Roast of David Long, executive chairman of the board, Liberty Mutual Insurance. A benefit to the Roxbury-based health center, the roast was done by Joseph Nolan, Frank Doyle, Timothy Sweeney, and Steve Long. The dinner was hosted by Frederica Williams, president and CEO of Whitter Street Health Center, and the emcee was Karen Holmes Ward, host of WCVB’s “Cityline.” All photos by…

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BOSTON — 600 guests attended the Whiiter Street Health Center’s 24th annual “Toast”, a gala that honored Eversource Energy President and CEO Joseph R. Nolan Jr. The event, held at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel raised more than $1 million to support the Roxbury-based Center as it provides high-quality medical care and social services to patients regardless of their ability to pay. Hosted by Whittier’s CEO and President Frederica Williams, the event was emceed by…

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