Press & Events
2024
Latino Leadership for Social Justice: Lesson from Latino Leadership Opportunity Program Alumni.
The Mauricio Gastón Institute at UMass Boston, April 2024. Tariana speaks on an alumni panel of the Institute’s 30th year of its Latino Leadership Opportunity Program.
Community Celebration & Tree Giveaway
Speak for the Trees, April 2024. We are proud Community Partners of this event celebrating its tree walks across Dorchester, Mattapan, and East Boston to promote raise awareness about the environmental benefits of trees.
My Entrepreneurship Journey: Scaling & Staffing.
LCR: Biz Grow, February 2024. Tariana spoke alongside leaders Heather White and Richard Caines, sharing insights on scale and success.
EmVision EmPowered: Small Business Success.
Patronicity Resources, January 2024. Tariana and Jonas share insights from their successful MGCC Biz-M-Power crowdfunding campaign and how community support their growth.
2023
EmVision Production Studios opens in Lynn.
Creative Collective, September 2023. Opening of EmVision’s Studios, hosted by the Creative Collective.
Largest LGBT-Owned Businesses in Massachusetts.
Boston Business Journal, June 2023. We are listed as #46 among 88 companies. This is our 1st time making the list.
“RCC Celebrates its 50th Anniversary: College Honors Alumni During Roxbury Homecoming Event.”
The Bay State Banner, May 2023. Article quoting Tariana on her RCC experience.
“Roxbury Community College Celebrates its 50th Anniversary with Fanfare and Hip-Hop.”
GBH, May 2023. Article quoting Tariana on her experience at the school.
“RCC’s 50th Homecoming Celebration Alumni Panel.”
Roxbury Community College, May 2023. RCC alum Tariana spoke alongside alums about their RCC journey and its impact, moderated by former Senator Dianne Wilkerson.
“POWER GRID 2023: Strength Through Inclusive Relationships.”
The Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce, May 2023. Tariana was a featured entrepreneur who shared her EmVision journey and how the Chamber has helped the company.
ARTDACITY Series: “New Media Griots”
Boston Art & Music Soul (BAMS) Fest, May 2023. Tariana shared her experience as a mission-driven creative, on a panel with Evelyn Brito and Mitchka Herard, moderated by Malik Williams.
2022
EmVision Scholarship Empowers Student Change Makers
“How do we want to contribute to impact beyond just the organizations that we work with?” Tariana said. “We have this vision of wanting to continue to leverage our platform for impact.”
For EmVision’s 10th anniversary in 2023, cofounders and alumni Jonas and Tariana created the endowed EmVision Social Impact Scholarship Fund at UMass Boston (Beacons Magazine (online), November 2022). to support students in the Critical Ethnic and Community Studies graduate program, rooted in social justice. Awardees also receive mentorship and applied opportunities with us.
Amplify Latinx’s PowerUp 5.0 Latinx Business Summit
Our CEO Tariana spoke on her personal journey and EmVision’s social impact mission, in a key event celebrating the growth of Amplify Latinx’s 2022 PowerUp Latinx Biz initiative and the diversity and contributions of the Latinx business community in MA. #THISISHOWIAMPLIFY
Largest Minority-Owned Businesses in Massachusetts.
Boston Business Journal, June 2022. We are listed among 65 companies. This is our 3rd time in a row making the list.
Leads is an economic and cross-sectoral leadership development program in MA for community-driven, systemic change. Tariana was one of 45 leaders selected for its inaugural North Shore cohort, 2022-23.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (10KSB) Program is a $500 million investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunities through education, access to capital, and networking opportunities. We are proud alumni (2022-23).
BII's Growing Impact in Massachusetts.
Boston Impact Initiative, June 2022. As the BII investment portfolio expands, so does its impact in Eastern MA. In this virtual session, Tariana spoke as an Entrepreneur Spotlight.
“Regeneration.”
BLD (B Corp Leadership Development) New England Conference, University of New Hampshire, June 2022. Tariana was a keynote speaker with Michelle Warring (Tom’s of Maine), moderated by Jorge Fontanez (B Lab).
Community Spotlight Series: An intimate look at our 2021-2023 Boston Neighborhood Fellows.
The Boston Foundation, May 2022. We produced intimate 1-minute video portraits of each Fellow, giving a glimpse into what drives them to create a more just, equitable city.
Women in Health, Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Public Health Innovation & Technology Student Forum, April 2022. Tariana moderated a panel of women innovators in health.
Beyond Employment: The Challenges to Economic Stability.
The Philanthropy Connection, February 2022. Tariana spoke on the impact of economic stability on health at TPC’s Dialogues alongside leaders of BEST Hospitality (Lori Sylvia) and Fathers’ Uplift (Dr. Charles Daniels Jr.).
Honoring BII’s Black Business Owners.
Boston Impact Initiative (BII), February 2022. Tariana was highlighted among other Black diaspora entrepreneurs in the BII company portfolio.
2021
“Stories of Impact”, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) Annual Report, December 2021.
The ICIC selected EmVision as 1 of 10 BIPOC- and woman-owned small businesses (all ICIC Program alumni) to feature nationally in their 2021 Impact Report ("Stories of Impact"). Watch how we prioritize community impact.
Tariana also spoke at their Annual Conference panel, "Scaling and Expanding Your Digital Marketing Strategy", and our photo graced the Impact Report cover.
BU URBAN Student Spotlights. Boston University News, November 2021.
Boston University’s URBAN Program trains doctoral students on innovative solutions for city environmental challenges. We facilitated our signature Social Impact Storytelling™ online workshop to prepare students on their narratives and produced three videos on the work of URBAN trainees.
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Boston Impact Initiative. August 2021. Our signature online workshop to help businesses and non-profits leverage storytelling to grow.
Largest Minority-Owned Businesses in Massachusetts.
Boston Business Journal, June 2021. We are listed among the 72 companies. This is our 2nd time making the list.
Brand Positioning & Storytelling.
Firefly Innovations (CUNY School of Public Health), July 2021. Tariana led a brand & storytelling workshop to venture teams in a 10-week summer accelerator in public health.
More than a Vaccine: Storytelling to Build Medical Trust.
We partnered with Everyday Boston, Boston Medical Center, the Transformational Prison Project, the B.L.A.C Project, and We Got Us to produce a series of stories to build trust among patients of color and healthcare providers (Summer 2021).
Design Thinking & Co-creating with Community.
Firefly Innovations (CUNY School of Public Health), June 2021. Tariana led a workshop on community-engaged design thinking to venture teams in a 10-week summer accelerator that helps grow ventures that address health equity.
Museum of Fine Arts, April 2021. Our very own Tanais G. Garcia, formerly an MFA Curatorial Intern, spoke on how museums are rethinking how they curate under-represented art work.
Screening - Stories of Black Motherhood.
Black Maternal Health Conference at Tufts School of Medicine, April 2021. Co-producers Fatima Dainkeh and Tariana V. Little screened our mini-doc.
Amplify Latinx & The Latina Circle, March 2021. Tariana spoke on a panel of Latina leaders, in honor of Women’s History Month.
Philanthropy Together’s Storytelling Community Practice, April 2021. We led a storytelling workshop to giving circles.
Transforming Setbacks into Success: A Framework to Fail Forward.
New England Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (NE GWiSE) - February 2021. Tariana presented on her framework for repositioning setbacks into success.
Students Who Rocked Public Health 2020.
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - Direct, January 2021. Tariana was 1 of 10 remarkable scholars selected nationally for her efforts to promote public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
'A Tint Over Everything': College Students Of Color Face Greater Stress.
GBH November 2020. Our very own Daymian Mejia on his mental health challenges as a college student of color during the pandemic.
The Toll Microaggressions Take on Women Entrepreneurs.
Ms Magazine, October 2020. Writer Susanne Althoff uplifts the experiences of minority business owners, like our CEO Tariana, in her book Launching While Female.
#StayHopeful: Community Reflections in Midst of COVID-19.
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting Film Festival, October 2020. Virtual screening of our #StayHopeful short film.
The Now Narrative Podcast, October 2020. Tariana and Jonas spoke on their journey, lessons learned, and what’s next for EmVision.
Social Impact Storytelling™.
City Awake’s Fierce Urgency of Now (FUN) Festival, September 2020. Online workshop on our Social Impact Storytelling™ framework.
We were among the 36 businesses selected nationwide for Babson College's WIN Growth Lab, a 12-week virtual accelerator for women-led growing businesses.
How to Share Stories for Social Impact.
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, September 2020. Article on our journey.
Digital Tools for Brand & Demand.
LISC Boston, August 2020. Tariana spoke on a panel with other communications experts.
Largest Minority-Owned Businesses in Massachusetts.
Boston Business Journal, June 2020. We are listed among the 103 companies.
EmVision Productions: Shifting the Narrative with #StayHopeful
North Shore Creative, June 2020. Article detailing the motivation and process of creating the #StayHopeful series.
Student-Produced Video Series Promotes ‘Stay Hopeful’ Message Amid Pandemic.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Featured News Stories, May 2020. Article on our #StayHopeful series.
Inclusive Leadership Development Through Participatory Inquiry: Cultivating Cultural Humility.
Our CEO Tariana co-wrote a chapter with mentor Dr. Ester Shapiro in “The Routledge Companion to Inclusive Leadership (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Marketing) 1st Edition”, March 2020.
2019
Stories of Black Motherhood (Boston).
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Global Film Festival, November 2019. Screening of our “Stories of Black Motherhood” short film (2018) on how race, gender, and class shape the lives and health of three Black mothers in Boston.
Motherhood Shouldn’t Be Something to Fear.
Boston Magazine, May 2019. Article mentions our “Stories of Black Motherhood” co-producer Fatima Dainkeh.
Black Moms Share Their Stories.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Magazine, Winter 2019. Profile of our “Stories of Black Motherhood” short film (2018).
Musician Esperanza Spalding tunes in to the intersection of art and public health.
Harvard Chan Featured News Stories, March 2019. Article mentions our work on the MA Substance Abuse Helpline.
America is Failing its Black Mothers.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Magazine, Winter 2019. Article on Black maternal health inequities and links to our short film.
2018
Mothers Tell Story of Health Care Divide.
Boston Neighborhood Network News (BNN), September 2018. Co-producers Fatima Dainkeh and Tariana V. Little talk about their short documentary, “Stories of Black Motherhood.”
Black Moms, in Their Own Words.
BU Today, July 2018. Article featuring “Stories of Black Motherhood” co-producer Fatima Dainkeh, MPH.
