Events
WEEKLY VIGIL
Every Saturday from 10-11 a.m. on the Greenfield Common
According to a member of RJR’s coordinating committee, “Back in the last week of May 2020 when George Floyd was killed, Racial Justice Rising vigiled 5 times. It was clear that this was not going to be pushed under the rug and that the movement we’ve all been longing for was finally happening. RJR sent out the message that we were going to be out there every Saturday from 10am to 11am on the Greenfield Common to keep the presence alive.”
FREE ON-LINE MONTHLY PROGRAMS
Our monthly program series is supported in part by grants from Amherst, Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont-Hawley, Conway, Gill, Greenfield, Heath, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Rowe, Shelburne, Warwick, Wendell and Whately Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
When We Can Breathe Again….. An Update
Saturday, January 23, 2021
1 p.m. online
Link from our Video Gallery
Racial Justice Rising and Musica Franklin present the voices of children describing how they are surviving during the pandemic.
Children from Gloria Matlock’s Twice as Smart program have made two 30 minute videos
during the pandemic. The most recent, made in September, is about COVID.
The videos will include the children talking about how things have changed over the last four months and what their hopes are for the future.
The program will end with a performance by the children from Vicki Citron’s Musica Franklin.
FILM AND DISCUSSION: MOSSVILLE: When Great Trees Fall
Free film and discussion, December 3-7, 2020
Please join us! Click here for more information
FILM AND DISCUSSION: THE HARVEST/LA COSECHA
Free film and discussion, September 10-14, 2020
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“In some countries children pick crops for 14 hours a day. The United States is one of those countries.”
REPARATIONS WORKING GROUP- New Members Welcome
Meets twice a month for 1½ hours, via Zoom. The meetings are from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. EST on the first and third Wednesday each month. See Reparations Committee for more information.
POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN
Learn about the Poor People’s Campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign, A National Call for a Moral Revival