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Burr-FORJ General Meetings
Burr-FORJ General Meetings
Burr-FORJ Discussions/Seminars
Burr-FORJ Discussions/Seminars
2023 March book discussion: White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
2022 November discussion with Burr's Anti-Racist Leadership Team
2022 October discussion about Newton Zoning
Virtual Library Exhibit explaining proposed Zoning changes
Online Feedback Tool for proposed zoning changes
2022 Racial Representation in Pop Culture
2022 Anti-Racism Adult Education Series: Race & Pop Culture
discussed this episode from the Scene on Radio: Seeing White podcast series. This episode focuses on race relations by geographic areas in the US
2021 Burr-FORJ Story Starters Workshop
Story Starters' Ellie Axe to lead a workshop on how to talk to our children about race.
2021-2022 Anti-Racism Adult Education Series: Book Club
Together with Horace Mann-FORJ, we discussed several children's books.
Spring 2021 Anti-Racism Adult Education Series:
Talking with our Children about Race (facilited by Little Uprisings)
Book Discussions: So You Want to Talk About Race
Next Steps
Fall 2020 Anti-Racism Adult Education Series:
School Segregation
How we teach Christopher Columbus
A Shared Foundation in Anti-Racism
Next Steps
Burr-FORJ Sponsored Events
Burr-FORJ Sponsored Events
Day of the Dead & Diwali Celebration
Day of the Dead & Diwali Celebration
Annual Event held around 1st week of November
Lunar New Year Celebrations
Lunar New Year Celebrations
Annual Event held around the Lunar New Year.
2022: Ice Skating Party
2023: Movie Night to celebrate Year of the Rabbit
Events, Speakers and Seminars from around Newton
Events, Speakers and Seminars from around Newton
Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, will discuss her book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, in a video that was recorded for National Book Festival 2021. After the video, there will be a conversation facilitated by former Massachusetts Representative and legendary civil rights advocate, Byron Rushing, a strong library advocate, and Professor Roopika Risam, noted scholar in Public Humanities, African diaspora and Indigenous Studies at Salem State University. She is the recipient of the first Civil Liberties Champion Award from Massachusetts Library Association.
This statewide Watch Party and Conversation is sponsored by The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Massachusetts Center for the Book and libraries across the Commonwealth in collaboration with the Library of Congress.
CLICK HERE to view a recording of the October 2020 panel discussion on Raising Anti-Racist Kids.
CLICK HERE to view a recording of the November 2020 webinar on housing inequities with Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law, A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
CLICK HERE for Talking to Kids about Race and Racism: A Conversation with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, moderated by WBUR's Tiziana Dearing. Recorded Jan. 27, 2021
Virtual Event: Talking to Kids About Stereotypes and Invisibility of Indigenous “Native Americans”
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 -7:00pm to 8:30pm
Speaker: Claudia Fox Tree, M.Ed., Professional Educator and Social Justice Activist
Indigenous Peoples Day Newton Ceremonial Celebration
Click here to find Boston Globe story about Monday, October 11, 2021 event.
Click here to find Indigenous Peoples Day Newton Facebook page
Click here to read about MA Indigenous Legislative Agenda
The goal is to make concrete our city's recent recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day as an official city holiday. The intention is for this event to become a beloved annual event on our city's calendar.Over 40 artists, performers, speakers, vendors, and community organizations will attend. Refreshments can be purchased from onsite food truck(s). Spend the afternoon in celebration, ceremony, and support of the rich Indigenous traditions that are an enduring and vibrant facet of our community!
This virtual event is open to all to hear from Lorena Germán, educator and author of Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices. Her presentation will be followed by a panel of NPS students and educators, who will speak about their identities and experiences with culturally-responsive instruction and practices in our school community. For the last several years, NPS leaders have been engaged in professional development and training to enhance culturally responsive instruction (CRI) in the classroom and beyond. This conversation is intended to help broaden the community's understanding of the values, components and impact of a culturally responsive school community that acknowledges and embraces ALL identities and learning needs represented within NPS.
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