by Polly Attwood, On behalf of the Drinking Gourd Committee Our `Black Heritage and Abolitionists’ Trail’ committee now has a name – `The Drinking Gourd Project Committee’. The name comes from the name for the Big Dipper, the constellation that points to the North Star, showing the way north to freedom for fugitive slaves. In [...]
June 2008
Concord’s Black Heritage & Abolitionists’ Trail
Categories Climate for Freedom /Featured /In the News /The Drinking Gourd Project
Recommended Reading about the Holocaust
Categories Climate for Freedom /In the News /Recommended
compiled by Molly Carocci Website A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/ An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature. The site’s main features are a timeline with resource links, from the rise of the Nazi party to the aftermath of WW2; in-depth information on [...]
Concord-Carlisle’s Holocaust Memorial Observance: A Survivor’s Story
Categories Climate for Freedom /Following Up /In the News
by Bridget Saltonstall On Sunday, May 4, at 7:30 pm in the Town House, the Concord Selectmen will sponsor the 28th Holocaust Memorial Observance. Polish survivor Hyme Hipsman, father of Concord resident Irwin Hipsman, will recount his remarkable story. Once again Rosalie Gerut, daughter of survivors, will perform her original music. Hyme Hipsman was born [...]
Spring 2008: Letter from the Chairs
Categories Climate for Freedom /From the Chairs /In the News
Dear Council members: After yet another New England winter, the emergence of crocuses and daffodils from the newly defrosted ground is a welcome sight. Given the long winter and grim economic news, political scandals and seemingly endless violence around the world, it would be easy to feel that we have little individual impact on such [...]
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