Concord Prison Outreach’s annual Holiday Gift Project is now under way. It has become a tradition of remembering our incarcerated neighbors of the two Concord prisons at holiday time to let them know that they are not entirely forgotten by those on the “outside”. Each of the 1700 inmates receives a gift bag containing:
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by Gretchen Frasier
The Concord Meeting of Greater Boston PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People) celebrated its 15th anniversary in May, 2007. In 1992 there were few resources available to gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people in Boston Metro-west. PFLAG became the first ally organization in the area to […]
While the focus of the CCHRC is on human rights in our own community, it’s also good to be aware of global concerns. Media attention on hotspots such as Darfur and Burma/Myanmar is a timely reminder that these issues are being played out everywhere, often with deadly consequences.
International human rights:
Books:
Not on our Watch: […]
Secret Courage: The Story of Walter Suskind
by Polly Attwood
Although the actual 30th Anniversary of the founding of the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council will take place in the ’08-’09 year, the Council marked it’s beginning – the meetings that led to it – this year. Those meetings were the ‘Climate for Freedom’ Forums, emphasizing […]
The Climate of the Community is the Responsibility of the Citizens of the Community