The Importance of Intergenerational Programs

Sponsoring Organizations: Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, The New Democracy Coalition, Seymour Institute, Northeastern University Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service, Boston University School of Theology and Brandeis University.

Purpose

We propose a project of Civil Rights era remembrance and engagement for two audiences, for young adults and for civic and academic leaders. This venture is intergenerational. Young adults will be involved with film and social media; civic and academic leaders will be drawn upon in further phases of this program. We seek to acknowledge the 55th anniversary of the crossing of Pettus Bridge in Selma (2020) and related events.

Means

We estimate that Phase One of this proposal will cost an estimated $25,000 for 50 persons. A later phase is projected for Boston. We are currently seeking financial underwriters to determine the scale of each phase and extent to which costs can be underwritten.

Selma – 2020: Phase One

Focus on Young Adults: travel seminar by bus and two night’s hotel lodging

Tuesday, 7:00pm, February 25: Preparatory Gathering at the UMass Boston Campus Center.
Friday, February 28: 20-hour bus trip as traveling seminar with Civil Rights video (departing late afternoon)
Saturday, February 29: Montgomery, AL; visit National Memorial for Peace & Justice
Sunday, March 1: Jubilee Sunday: Church Service and Pettus Bridge Crossing
Monday, March 2: Birmingham Civil Rights Museum and 16th Baptist Church
Tuesday, March 3: Back in Boston in the early morning/mid-afternoon
Sunday, March 8: Josephine Bolling McCall, speaking at 6pm at The Union Church in Waban.
April Gathering of Sojourners: “What Did It All Mean?” Date & Place (TBD)
Tuesday, April 28: Reading King in Boston on Boston City Hall Plaza in the afternoon.

Details of the Sojourn

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) is America’s prophet. Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century’s most influential figures. King was assassinated in Memphis, TN, April 4, 1968.

Join us in a traveling seminar and pilgrimage to three of the cities that played central roles in the Civil Rights Movement – Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham Alabama. We will travel from Boston by bus, leaving on Friday late afternoon, February 28. Civil Rights-era and King videos will be shown during the 20-hour journey down.

On Saturday , February 29 we will arrive in Montgomery, AL, where we will have breakfast. In Montgomery we will visit The Legacy Museum & the National Memorial for Peace & Justice. We will spend Saturday night at a hotel in Montgomery, AL, break for dinner and prepare for the next day.

On Sunday morning, March 1, Jubilee Sunday, we will attend services in one of the historic civil rights churches and acknowledge the 55th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, when some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S. Route 80. They got only as far as the Edmund Pettus Bridge six blocks away, where state and local lawmen attacked them and drove them back into Selma. Activities during the weekend’s commemoration include a pageant, a dance, women and youth conferences, a parade, festival, interfaith service and National Voting Rights Hall of Fame induction.

We will leave Selma for Birmingham, checking into a hotel. On Monday morning, we will visit the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, and the 16th Street Baptist Church where in 1963, the church was the target of the racially motivated bombing that killed four young girls in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement.

On Monday afternoon, March 2, we depart Birmingham for arrival in Boston on Tuesday , March 3, in the early morning/mid-afternoon. Our journey back will have us asking, “What Did It All Mean?” as we wrestle with making of King and the Civil Rights era more than a memory, and more of a prophetic word for the future of American society.

As we prepare for the future, we will want to ask about the following: the meaning of the Freedom Trail in Boston, civic significance of the name of Faneuil Hall, the function of the Thurman Center at Boston University; places of African American historical significance including Prince Hall, the Black Freedom Trail, home of Harriet Tubman, and the Baker House; and consider the function of the Seymour Institute and other academic institutions in the Boston area.

Registration

Cost per person: $450.00 inclusive of all expenses (except some meals when there is free time). Only 50 persons will be able to make this journey together on Jubilee Weekend. An initial deposit can be made now with the full payment due by Friday, February 7, 2020. We will allow refunds through February 14, 2020. Minimum age: graduating seniors, or students accompanied with parents/guardians.

Contact

Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries

474 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02458

Phone: 617-244-3650

[email protected]

with the following information:

Name
School/Institutional Affiliation
Address
Email
Phone #

for interest, to propose a deposit to hold one’s place, if applying for financial assistance, sponsorship, or other queries.

Details subject to change

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The Spiritual Roots of Environmental Justice - Conversation Circle & Dinner

Sun. March 1, 2020, 4 – 7pm

Myrtle Baptist Church

21 Curve St Newton, MA 02465

Sponsored by the Interfaith Youth Initiative and community partners

We will be engaging in group interactive exercises, facilitated dialogue, and a community meal.

We hope this space will provide an opportunity for Greater Boston youth and all ages to experience and practice healthy and constructive dialogue with people across various differences. The Interfaith Youth Initiative exists to create such spaces and learn in community about important topics such as these that require our attention for true change.

We look forward to this unique night of partnership, highlighting youth perspectives, critical reflection, conversation, active listening, dinner and sacred curiosity!

For more information on IFYI, please visit: coopmet.org/ifyi/

Cost: No cost, but please RSVP here or at [email protected]

Please let us know if you have any dietary needs.

BRING FRIENDS! This is an open, inclusive and welcoming space.

Who: All youth, leaders or educators of youth, parents, or anyone interested in empowering the voices of young people on issues of justice. A special invite to IFYI Fellows, Alumni, and Staff Mentors.

Clergy and Laity for Affordable Housing (CLAH) Organizational Meeting

Mon. March 16, 2020, 7 – 8:30pm

Parlor, Eliot Church of Newton, UCC

474 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02458

Sponsor: Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries

WHAT IS CLERGY AND LAITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING (CLAH)?

Clergy and Laity for Affordable Housing (CLAH) is an alliance of congregations and individuals organized by Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM) seeking to work on two fronts with Greater Boston’s crisis in affordable housing:

We seek first to help persons and families in immediate need through illness, loss of work or other setbacks by remodeling or restoring homes. Typically, we put together a crew from urban and suburban communities of men, women, and youth, to work on a Saturday, Sunday afternoon, a holiday or other day of convenience. Projects are chosen as determined by application through a council of participating congregations.
Second, we are working strategically with developers, people in the building trades, and funders. We seek to put together a strategy to obtain property and build affordable housing, offering a fair rate of return on investment without pricing out people with community roots. A part of this collaboration is toward enhancing social services and common space in the interest of neighborhood security.

WHAT BENEFITS HAS CLAH PROVIDED TO URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS?

In three years of operation, we have completed renovations on ten homes. Each home we enhance benefits from the low-cost, high impact construction methods. Because we have donations of funds to cover materials and volunteer construction workers, we can serve the community cost-effectively. We spend approximately six thousand dollars in cash outlays for each home, including the cost of a construction manager to oversee volunteers. We estimate that we generate $20,000 or more in added asset value to the homes we repair. Improvements have included adding a spare bedroom, bringing properties up to code, as well as home beautification.

WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE MEETING?

To showcase our next project
To develop a strategy to reach out for financial support
To develop a plan to enlist more groups in volunteering

WHO SHOULD COME?

Anyone concerned about developing additional affordable housing; Representatives of volunteer groups or sponsoring faith communities; Persons with corporate or foundation connections.

For questions, please email Rev. Dr. Rodney Petersen, [email protected]

CMM Springtime Motown for Affordable Housing

Sat. March 21, 2020, 7:30 – 10:30pm

Hibernian Hall

151 Watertown St. Watertown, MA 02472

Plenty of free parking; Bus 59 from Watertown Square takes you to the Hall

Magic of Motown performing with some music from Donna Summer.

Cash bar; small snack provided.

Proceeds benefit Clergy and Laity for Affordable Housing and Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries. Help create affordable housing in the Boston area!

Individual Tickets

$50 – General Admission Ticket
$90 – General Admission Couples Tickets (2)
$100 – CMM Supporter Ticket
$180 – CMM Supporters Couples Tickets (2)
$25 – Student/Low-Income Ticket

Sponsorship Opportunities*

$5,000 – Platinum Level Sponsor – includes 10 tickets (plus name in program booklet, full page ad space, and recognition on our website and enews for the next six months with logo).
$1,000 – Gold Level Sponsor – includes 10 tickets (plus name in program booklet)
$500 – Silver Level Sponsor – includes 5 tickets (plus name in program booklet)
$250 – Bronze Level Sponsor – includes 2 tickets (plus name in program booklet)

*As a business, you will be receive mention in our electronic publications, including: CMM’s bi-weekly enews, website, and social media. Ads in

Program Booklet**

$5,000 – Back page ad of program booklet (1 available)
$2,000 – Inside back cover ad of program booklet (1 available)
$1,000 – Full page ad in program booklet
$500 – Half page ad in program booklet
$250 – Quarter page ad in program booklet
$100 – CMM Friends Listing – names listed in program booklet

**The advertising pricing is in addition to your ticket purchases.

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Turn In Reach Out: An Intergenerational Meditation and Yoga Retreat for Inner Transformation and Social Change

Sat. April 4, 2020, 8:30am – 5pm

Boston University Marsh Chapel

735 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215

Co-sponsored by: Boston University, Mel King Institute for Community Building, Interfaith Youth Initiative (as a part of CMM) and the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization

This retreat is designed as a space to gather together in an intentional and structured way to support introspection, healing, leadership skills training and dialogue around the topic of race. Meditation and yoga practices create a blend of stillness and intentional movement within which participants can tune in and engage deeply with their physical bodies. These tools support participants to notice, name, witness and begin to process the harm inherited and carried by their bodies and support the emotional release of years of suppressed pain. From this place of grounding and attunement the group collectively dips their toes into the challenging work of learning and dialoguing around the harm caused by racism to our bodies, our communities, our countries and our world. Although this retreat is open to all there are specific times and spaces that are reserved for POC. These affinity group spaces provide refuge throughout the day for POC to support one another and heal. During affinity group time, those not participating in the POC affinity group will gather together to have conversations centering noticing and naming feelings, centering impact rather than intent, and skill building for showing up more fully for the work of racial justice.

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Interfaith Youth Initiative 2020

“Becoming an Upstander and Stand Up for What is Right”

July 22nd - July 28th, 2020

Brandeis University

415 South St. Waltham, MA 02453

Develop: Leadership skills through fun, interactive training workshops
Receive: A fellowship position worth over $1200 to attend at NO COST (other than a $50 deposit)
Learn: How to communicate your views in ways that make people want to listen
Meet: People from different ethnic, religious, economic, social & political backgrounds
Deepen: Your own spiritual & ethical beliefs while learning about those of others
Build: Bridges using dynamic dialogue and mediation techniques
Engage: Others with hands-on service experience and social action
Experience: An authentic and diverse community that reflects the world in which you will lead

Fellowship Applications Due May 15th, 2020

There are very limited spots! To apply or for more information, visit our website at coopmet.org/ifyi or email the Program Director at [email protected] .

We’d love to hear from you!

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Upcoming Community Events

"Race, Class, and Ethnicity in College Admissions: Deans Discuss the Harvard Case" Panel Discussion

Mon. February 24, 2020, 5:30 - 7pm

Higgins Hall 310, Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

RSVP Requested

Abstract: "Race, Class, and Ethnicity in College Admissions" will feature three current deans at Boston College: Susan Gennaro (Connell School of Nursing), Vincent Rougeau (School of Law), and Stanton Wortham (Lynch School of Education and Human Development) will discuss the significance of the "Harvard Case" for higher education in the United States, and its possible long-term effects for selective institutions like Boston College.

Dean Susan Gennaro, Connell School of Nursing
Dean Vincent Rougeau, Law School
Dean Stanton Wortham, Lynch School of Education and Human Development

Co-sponsored with Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center . Click here for more info

Loving Life on the Margins: The Story of the Agape Community

Mon. February 24, 2020, 7 - 9pm

St. Susanna Parish

262 Needham St. Dedham , MA 02026

Suzanne Belote Shanley and Facilitated by Suzanne and Brayton Shanley , co-founders of "Agape" - a Catholic Nonviolent Community built on the beatitudes and alive with the transformative energy of God's love. For over 35 years, the Shanleys have engaged in their own "experiment in truth," as creators and innovators of a welcoming community based in prayer, simple sustainable living, peace education and activism. Come discover the ways in which parish faith communities like St. Susanna's have been part of their work. Agape is a residential, lay Catholic Community dedicated to prayer, voluntary simplicity, and gospel-centered nonviolent witness in the world.

The Jew as Migrant: From Theory to Poetry

Tues. February 25, 2020, 5:30 - 7pm

Center for the Study of World Religions, Common Room

42 Francis Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138

Annual List Lecture in Jewish Studies: The Jew as archetypal migrant is a pervasive trope in philosophy, politics, and the arts. Since Biblical times, the condition of exile was a source of discrimination, oppression, and suffering. Recent philosophical discourse, however, often regards it as the embodiment of a glorious deterritorialization that overlooks the hardship inherent in exile and migration. Close readings of theoretical and poetic texts by Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Blanchot, Giorgio Agamben, and Paul Celan will highlight the dangers of romanticizing migration and the potential of poetic language to address contentious ethical and political issues of the present. Vivian Liska is Professor of German literature and director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Since 2013, she is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the German Division of the Faculty of the Humanities at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has published extensively on literary theory, German modernism, and German-Jewish authors and thinkers.

February Yom Iyyun: Teen Mental Health

Wed. February 26, 2020, 9am - 3:30pm

Hebrew College

160 Herrick Road Newton Centre, MA 02459

A Hebrew College Rabbinical School and School of Jewish Music Yom Iyyun on Teen Mental Health with Support from the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project – a Partnership between the The Ruderman Family Foundation and Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Some of the highlights and speakers include:

Paul Hyry-Dermith, Director, Bridge for Resiliant Youth in Transition, The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health
This is My Brave – an organization dedicated to encouraging empathy through stories and testimony from people suffering with mental illness, thisismybrave.org
Madhuri Barefoot, Founder, True North Wilderness Program

For more information, contact Laurena Rosenberg at [email protected] .

MA Coalition for the Homeless Legislative Action Day

Thurs. February 27, 2020, 9am

MA State House, 2nd floor, Great Hall

24 Beacon St. Boston, MA 02133

Please register today for Legislative Action Day 2020 , taking place at the Massachusetts State House on Thursday, February 27th. Look forward to hearing from inspiring speakers, learning how to advocate with legislators, and meeting with your state legislators and legislative staff to talk about issues and policy recommendations to address homelessness in Massachusetts.

This year's Legislative Action Day event will be hosted by State Representative Jim O'Day in the Great Hall (second floor). Registration and light breakfast will begin at 9 a.m., and the formal agenda will run from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. In the afternoon, participants will meet with legislative offices. Just indicate on your registration form if you need help setting up meetings with your legislators, and we will work to set up appointments for you.

At Legislative Action Day, we will be pushing for key budget and bill priorities , such as putting the new upstream rental arrearage program into state statute; increasing funding to $8 million for housing and services for unaccompanied youth and young adults; strengthening cash assistance programs for families with children, elders, and people with disabilities, easing access to Mass ID cards for people experiencing homelessness; creating more housing subsidies under the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program and the Alternative Housing Voucher Program; and passing the bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness.

Registration is quick, easy, and free: Register now.

If you would like to be an event-day volunteer , please sign up here .

If you are interested in being a speaker and sharing your personal testimony at the event, or helping the Coalition identify speakers, please contact Kelly .

Help spread the word by sharing this link.

The Paulist Center Rolling Book Club

Isaac Thomas Hecker: Spiritual Pilgrim by John Behnke, CSP

Sun. March 1, 2020, following the 10am Mass

and Tues. March 3, 7pm

The Paulist Center

5 Park St Pl, Boston, MA 02108

The author, Fr. John Behnke, CSP (current Vice President of the Paulists) wrote this short and easy-to-read book about Servant of God, Isaac Thomas Hecker, founder of the Paulists. The focus of the book is to demonstrate that Hecker, a 19th century seeker of truth, has relevance in our times. These sessions are led by Paula Cuozzo , a PCC member and a Paulist Associate. She also wrote her Master’s thesis on Isaac Thomas Hecker. Books are available at a reduced price of $10 after all the liturgies on the weekend of February 22 and 23. Books are also available at the reception desk during the week. Note: The Paulist Center Rolling Book Club hosts sessions discussing of fiction and non-fiction works. If you have a book you would like to discuss with community members, let the Adult Education Committee know. To learn more, contact Mary Burke at [email protected] .

#MeToo – Why Has it Taken so Long?

Sun. March 1, 2020, 4 - 5:30pm

First Parish In Needham Unitarian Universalist

23 Dedham Ave. Needham, MA 02492

Florence George Graves is an award-winning investigative reporter and editor whose work has focused on social justice/human rights issues and abuses of government and corporate power.

Recently honored for exposing "sexual harassment long before the #MeToo movement”, Florence will talk about lessons learned from the stories she broke in the early 1990s for the Washington Post, including the unprecedented investigation of a U.S. Senator’s sexual misconduct, leading ultimately to Oregon Sen. Packwood’s resignation, and the enactment of the 1995 Congressional Accountability Act.

#WeToo? The Uphill Journey to Sharing Power Series: March is National Women's History Month, a good time to reflect on the powerful structural, political, social, and cultural constraints embedded in unconscious attitudes. These beliefs are absorbed by our children through entertainment and social media, advertising, and more, reinforcing dangerous stereotypes and shaping our beliefs about the roles women should play in society All are welcome for this series of thought-provoking conversations. All events held at First Parish Unitarian Universalist, 23 Dedham Ave, Needham $10 donation requested to support Lane Lyceum programs. For more information on upcoming events, please visit www.lanelyceum.org

Monologue Project: Sisterhood Speaks

Wed. March 4, 2020, 7 - 9pm

Newton Free Library, Druker Auditorium

330 Homer St. Newton, MA 02459

Join us for an intergenerational, intersectional creative writing experience to hear true life pieces written by high school students and adults from the Newton community. They will share stories of sisterhood, issues women face and their hopes for the future. The goal of the evening is to show the community how women can support one another, believe in one another and collaborate across generations, cultures and ways of life. Co-sponsored by the City of Newton’s Youth Services Department, a division of Health and Human Services.

An Evening with Author Josephine Bolling McCall

Fri. March 6, 2020, 7 - 8:30pm

Old South Church

645 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116

Ms. McCall will share the moving story of her father’s lynching which took place just weeks before Christmas in 1947 and reveal the scheme to cover up the murder. She will talk about her journey of discovery, which challenges our nation to examine and consider the lasting impact of slavery, America’s original sin. Her presentation will be followed by a conversation and a book signing.

Partakers Evening with The Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Sat. March 7, 2020, 8pm

New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall

30 Gainsborough Street Boston, MA 02115

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Partakers has been chosen as a Community Partner by the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, and their Healing Art of Music Program, for a special evening of music and celebration at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. They are proud to have been chosen by the LSO to introduce their audience to their work. On this evening they are so pleased to be celebrating Dr. Cornel West and members of our Partakers' Family-John Swomley, Christina and David Oliver, and Debby Conant .

The evening's program includes:

JOAN TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #6
JOHN CORIGLIANO Gazebo Dances
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, Sara Davis Buechner, piano
A Tribute to Duke Ellington, arr. Ralph Burns

All ticket proceeds benefit Partakers College Behind Bars Mentoring Program , and help us to continue to grow our work "Transforming Lives and Building Futures."

Give Light: Spiritual Support for Climate Activism

An Interactive, Multifaith Retreat led by Rev. Fred Small

Sun. March 8, 2020

1:00 Light Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 Retreat

Free will offering ($10-15 suggested donation)

The Paulist Center

5 Park St Pl, Boston, MA 02108

Through guided meditation, reflection, conversation, and song, we will fortify our spirits and deepen our resolve in the struggle for climate justice. Rev. Fred Small is an activist, musician and pastor dedicated to healing the earth, seeking justice, and tending our wounded spirits. He serves as Minister for Climate Justice at the Arlington Street Church. For more information and RSVP: Trudy Macdonald - [email protected]

Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church

Mon. March 9, 2020, 7pm

The Paulist Center

5 Park St Pl, Boston, MA 02108

A conversation with Michael O'Loughlin (National Correspondent, America Magazine). Stories and personal reflections about his experience creating Plague , a podcast for America Magazine.

19th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture

"Blessed are the Rich: The American Gospel of Success"

Wed. March 11, 2020, 4:30 - 5:45pm

Gasson Hall 305, Boston College

140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

RSVP requested

Abstract: The idea that God wants us all to be wealthy and prosper dates back to the founding of the nation. Puritans, mainline Protestants, and charismatic Pentecostals alike have claimed divine right to name prestige, privilege, and prosperity as their own. Nor is it limited to formally organized religious spaces and ordained clergy. Prominent cultural figures like Benjamin Franklin, Bruce Barton, and Oprah Winfrey have proven to be premier revivalists of this quintessentially American gospel. Prosperity is a prominent feature of the prevailing creed of this nation. What role can communities of faith have in challenging the very tenets that make its institutional existence possible? Or is the Christian Church in the United States damned to irrelevancy as a result of its own “success”?

Jonathan L. Walton is a social ethicist whose scholarship focuses on evangelical Christianity, and its relationship to mass media and political culture. He is an outspoken advocate for social justice and civil rights. His work and insights have been featured in several national and international news outlets including the New York Times , CNN, Time Magazine, and the BBC.

Kids4Peace Boston Peace Leader Camp 2020 Information Session

Sun. March 15, 2020, 3 - 4:30pm

Location TBA

Interested in learning about Kids4Peace Boston's Peace Leader Camp in the summer of 2020? Join us for an information session on March 15th to find out more about our program. Get your questions answered, play a few fun camp games, and meet other interested camp families! Please note youth must be accompanied by at least one parent/guardian.

" Lived Experience, Culture, and Cognition at Faith-based Homeless Shelters " Luncheon Colloquium with Ines W. Jindra, Boisi Center, Visiting Scholar

Tues. March 17, 2020, 12 - 1:15pm

Boisi Center for Religion & American Public Life

24 Quincy Rd, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

RSVP Required. Click here to register

Abstract: Religion plays a strong role at some homeless shelters. Ines Jindra will talk about how they help people take initial steps to improve their situations. Specifically, she will look at how different people, with different biographies, take advantage (or don't) of the cultural and religious resources at three different shelters.

Ines W. Jindra is currently an associate professor of social work in the department of sociology and social work at Gordon College, and a visiting scholar at the Boisi Center for the academic year of 2019-2020. Prior to coming to Gordon College and the Boisi Center, she has taught at Spring Arbor University in Michigan and was a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame.

Peace-ing It Together 2020: Examine Racism, Stereotypes & the Root Causes of Violence

The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute is offering a three-day workshop for allies who want to deepen their understanding of racism as a root cause of violence and do more to support our peace building work. This course confronts the stigma and stereotypes about urban communities of color. We will focus on ways that allies can engage in meaningful service and challenge racism in their own communities. Facilitated by Peace Institute and Visions Inc. staff.

March 18, 2020, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
March 20, 2020, 9:00am - 4:00pm
March 21, 2020, 9:00am - 1:00pm

at the Peace Institute

Cost: $400 for participants. Participants must be able to attend all three sessions. Meals and materials provided. March 18 dinner served, March 20 lunch, and March 21 light breakfast. Register TODAY. Space is limited! Contact: [email protected] or (617)-825-1917.

Music for Peace: Eliot Fisk, James Buswell and Carol Ou

Fri. March 20, 2020, 7:30 - 10:00pm

Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church

1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Join us for the second concert of the 2019-2020 Music for Peace Series. World-renowned guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk will perform works of Bach and Paganini with the equally renowned violinist James Buswell and cellist Carol Ou .

Benefits Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; part of the Music for Peace Series. Single concert: seats $25 in advance for Mass. Peace Action members, $35 for non-members, $10 for students, $35 at the door. Series of 3 concerts: member $65, non-member $80, student $25.

To reserve, write a check to Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund and mail to 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, or call 617-354-2169 with credit card number. Or reserve seats online for the single concert or purchase online for the entire series.

Donations to support our work for peace are needed in any amount. Supporters donate $250 or more to Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; they receive two tickets with preferred seating in the first 3 rows to each concert and recognition in the programs. Sponsors donate $500 and receive four tickets; Benefactors donate $1,000 and receive eight tickets.

The audience is invited to join the musicians and Peace Action members at a reception after the concert.

Jean Kilbourne: So Sexy, So Soon

Sun. March 22, 2020, 4 - 5:30pm

First Parish In Needham Unitarian Universalist

23 Dedham Ave. Needham, MA 02492

Jean Kilbourne is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising. Her presentation will help all of us comprehend the powerful messages children and teenagers receive from popular culture about sexuality, and offer essential, age-appropriate strategies to counter the assault.

Jean’s films, lectures, and television appearances have been seen by millions of people throughout the world. She was once named by The New York Times Magazine as one of the most popular speakers on college campuses. She holds an honorary position at the Wellesley Centers for Women and was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.