Karen Kirsten Recounts Family Holocaust Stories & Film of 1939 Krakow Documents Lost Community
by Wade Rubenstein, CCHRC Board Member Two years ago, at the Town of Concord’s Holocaust Memorial Observance, my father told his story of...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Apr 10, 2014
Spring 2014 | Letter from the Chairs
Dear Friends of the Human Rights Council, Our first event of 2014 was the January Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, held at the Fenn...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Apr 10, 2014
Dates to Remember
April 27-28, sunset-to-sunset, 2014 Yom Hashoah International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust April 27, 2014 34th...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Oct 14, 2013
Fall 2013 | Letter from the Chairs
Letter from the Chairs Dear Friends of the Human Rights Council: The Concord Carlisle Human Rights Council 2013-2014 season is off to an...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Oct 12, 2013
12 Years a Slave: Review
12 Years a Slave: Review by Rob Morrison, CCHRC & Drinking Gourd Project While walking down the street In Saratoga Springs, NY this...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Oct 12, 2013
C4RJ Film Shows Restorative Justice
The film “Finding Courage: Addressing Harm with Restorative Justice Circles” premiered to a full house in Concord on October 23rd....
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Oct 12, 2013
First Parish Supports Human Rights
by Bethany Lowe, Social Action Director & Youth Program Director at Concord’s First Parish Church Members and friends at First parish...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Oct 9, 2013
Fenn Students Hear Malala Yousafzai
Fenn Students Hear Malala Yousafzai by Maahin Gulati, Fenn Student Malala Yousafzai is known for her education and women’s rights...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Aug 14, 2013
Book Review | Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Is there racism in Concord and Carlisle? Yes – based on the definition that racism is a system of advantage based on race, as put forward...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Apr 14, 2013
Spring 2013 | Letter from the Chairs
Letter from the Chairs Dear Friends of the Human Rights Council, It has been a busy season for us – our committees have been working...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Apr 14, 2013
Racism: Moving Forward
Racism: Moving Forward By Charisse Gilmer Over the past few weeks, the Concord, Carlisle and Boston communities have been plagued by...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Apr 14, 2013
Successful Dentist Recounts the Miracles that Helped Him Survive the Holocaust
Successful Dentist Recounts the Miracles that Helped Him Survive the Holocaust excerpted from Julie Flaherty, Life After Death John...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Mar 20, 2013
South African Anti-Apartheid Champion and Mandela Colleague to Speak in Concord April 13, 2014
Albie Sachs, an anti-apartheid activist appointed by President Nelson Mandela in 1994 as a judge on South Africa’s first Constitutional...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Mar 13, 2013
Holocaust Memorial Observance Event: 4/07/2013
This year’s observance, called for and hosted by Concord’s Board of Selectmen, will be held at Town Hall, 22 Monument Sq., on Sunday,...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Jan 1, 2013
Celebrating Dr. King’s Legacy
By Kimberly Hill, member of CCHRC On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council will honor Reverend Dr....
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Nov 12, 2012
Upcoming Events: Human Rights Day Breakfast + MLK Celebration
Featuring Our Climate for Freedom Award Winner Jennifer Larson-Sawin, Executive Director, Communities for Restorative Justice...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Nov 12, 2012
SUPPORT THE ABBY FUND!
Give organic, fair trade Chocolate Bars as holiday gifts to teachers, coworkers, family & friends, available online at: The Abby Fund...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Nov 12, 2012
2012 Concord Prison Holiday Gift Bags
“I don’t hear from my family… You people were my Christmas last year.” Including our incarcerated neighbors in our holiday observance has...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Nov 12, 2012
Take a Stand For Human Rights
by Wade Rubinstein, CCHRC member Six people are killed in a Sikh temple in Wisconsin by a white supremacist. Their crime? Gathering to...
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cchumanrightscouncil
- Nov 12, 2012
What is C4RJ?
In 1997, two Concord community leaders, Jean Bell and Joan Turner, organized a community forum on restorative justice. When 230...
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