2007 Liff Spirit Award Honoree

Diddy Cullinane

Founder, Black and White Boston

Diddy Cullinane is a woman of conscience who has worked with tenacity and grace to promote the civic good in the greater metropolitan area. In 1989 she founded “Black and White Boston Coming Together” with the hope of improving the city’s racial climate and expanding minority business opportunities in urban neighborhoods.

For the past 18 years, Diddy has been a bridge builder who has brought together a cross section of professionals from the public and private sectors on a range of initiatives in a variety of settings, including the annual Black and White on Green Golf Tournament in Franklin Park. She collaborated personally with Justine Mee Liff on the golf tournament that raises funds for the Caddie Scholar program.

Diddy has given tirelessly to a range of not-for-profit organizations. Her efforts to make common ground in Boston for people of all races reflects Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision of how the parks he designed in the Emerald Necklace, and across the country, could serve the nation’s democratic ideals.