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Annual planning meeting for Racial Justice work. Please RSVP to racialjustice@northparish.org if you'd like to attend. If you have an idea for the Racial Justice Team but can not attend, please email your thoughts ahead of the meeting.
Summer book read & discussion – Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. Zoom link: Caste Series (Meeting ID: 875 8082 7019, Passcode: NP375). RJT has two large print copies available for lending, contact Tina Klein. The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives […]
The Racial Justice Team will facilitate viewing of and discussion about videos by the Equal Justice Initiative (https://eji.org/). We will watch two short videos together and then discuss them. No preparation required, and all are welcome. You don't need to watch the videos first, but if you want to, the links are: EJI Confronts America's […]
Join Rolling Ridge ONLINE on Tuesday, October 12th from 11 am to 1 pm (the day after Indigenous People Day/Columbus Day) as we discover the history of the Indigenous People of New England and the laws which have silenced this community for generations. We also look at "the Apology." On December 19, 2009, President Obama […]
The Dream Network's Executive Director Stacy Seward will share about a current initiative What A Difference A DA Makes (WADADAM), in collaboration with the Mass ACLU, with the goal of promoting transformative practices around equity and justice. Via NP Zoom Meeting ID: 869 8423 4621 Passcode: NP375 Contact: Nancy Lennhoff of Racial Justice Team for […]
Obtain your book for a January discussion with the Racial Justice Team! Zoom link can be found here. Meeting ID: 817 3580 0659; Passcode: NP375 How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning With The History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith. "Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on […]
Zoom Racial Justice Team and Worship Committee Planning Meeting. Contact the Racial Justice Team with any questions. Meeting ID: 854 5878 7467 Passcode: NP2022
Obtain your book for a January discussion with the Racial Justice Team! Zoom link can be found here. Meeting ID: 817 3580 0659; Passcode: NP375 How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning With The History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith. "Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on […]
Obtain your book for a January discussion with the Racial Justice Team! Zoom link can be found here. Meeting ID: 817 3580 0659; Passcode: NP375 How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning With The History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith. "Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on […]
Obtain your book for a January discussion with the Racial Justice Team! Zoom link can be found here. Meeting ID: 817 3580 0659; Passcode: NP375 How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning With The History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith. "Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on […]
Bundle up for a 1.7-mile walk to see four of the eight banners created for Black History Month, and learn a bit about the people being celebrated. Hot chocolate will be served half way through the tour. Park around the Common and meet at the corner of Osgood and Andover Street at 11:00 am and […]
Cato Freeman and Lucy Foster are the two most studied people of color in the Andovers, yet we still struggle to understand who they were and even how they lived. The way we interpret their history is shaped by our own cultural biases. Elaine Clements, Executive Director of the Andover Center for History and Culture, […]