This year’s Opening Ceremony in the Great Hall of Flags featured remarks by Chaplain Clementina Chéry, President and CEO of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute; MA State Senator Liz Miranda (Second Suffolk); MA State Senator Nick Collins (First Suffolk); MA State Representative Chris Worrell (5th Suffolk); Liam Lowney, Executive Director, MOVA; Lisa Randolph, Survivor Ambassador; Jarix Santiago, Survivor Ambassador; Pace McConkie Jr., Policy Manager of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute; and Alexandra Dorrelus, Co-Executive Director of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute.

Watch the full 2025 ceremony above.