later in 1998, he was succeeded by loretta janice williams (1937–2015), an author, sociologist, and activist, who became the center's other longtime director. the center moved to boston, massachusetts, first at the boston university school of social work, and then from 2002 on, at simmons college. under williams, the myers center continued to give out annual awards for books which are "outstanding in helping shed light on bigotry in america." it additionally published a 12-to-16-page newsletter, beginning in 2000, that after a few issues was called "multidiversity" and that contained commentary on current topics as well as book reviews. the harvard graduate school of education characterized the center as "promot[ing] living out diversity equitably."