PARTICIPANTS: Gerardo “Jerry” Villacres, retired founder of El Planeta newspaper; Carol Fulp, CEO of The Partnership, an organization that trains professionals of color; The Rev. Miniard Culpepper, pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Dorchester; and Suzanne Lee, a 2011 candidate for the Boston City Council and former principal of the Josiah Quincy School in Chinatown; MODERATOR: Kenneth J. Cooper

Kenneth J. Cooper: I want each of you to talk about the distance you think Boston has traveled on diversity.