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Natick invited to Race Amity Zoom presentation

January 26, 2021 by Admin Leave a Comment

Natick Race Amity

The Natick Historical Society and the Bacon Free Library will co-host a Zoom presentation of WGBH’s powerful documentary series American Stories: Race Amity and The Other Tradition on Tue., Feb. 2, 6:30pm – 8pm. This presentation will include a brief introduction to the film by Dr. William H. Smith (creator, executive producer, and writer of the series), a reading from the book Race Amity: A Primer on America’s Other Tradition, a viewing of the film Race Amity: America’s Other Tradition, a commentary by Dr. Smith, and a Q&A Session.

WHS Media Productions LLC created this documentary for the promotion of cross-racial and cross-cultural understanding.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to access the Zoom link. Please register using the link here, and allow 3-5 days for a confirmation email with the link from the Natick Historical Society.

Filed Under: Bacon Free Library, Community, Education, Embracing diversity, History, Natick Historical Society

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MLK Day 2021 events schedule—Natick, Massachusetts

January 17, 2021 by Admin Leave a Comment

MLK Day, Natick

Everyone is invited to enjoy a live pre-recorded program from 10am-11am, streamed online and through Natick Community Access TV (see more details below), featuring:

  • student performances and reflections
  • MLK Day Creative Contest winners from the Middle and High School
  • Interfaith Clergy representatives
  • special guests including local dignitaries and community leaders
  • a keynote reflection by The Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover, Pastor of the Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church in Roxbury, MA

Immediately following the program, from 11am-12pm special MLK Day activities for all ages will be offered by community partners (via Zoom links).

More information on how to attend

You can watch the 16th Annual Natick MLK Day Community Celebration on Natick Community Television (Natick Pegasus) channels: RCN 3, Comcast 99, and Verizon 29.

Or stream on YouTube via link here:

https://youtu.be/_Aul98Rr2sE

(with a live chat during the program!)

The 2021 program will be live on Monday, 1/18 at 10am.

MLK events are co-sponsored by Greater Natick Interfaith Clergy Association, Natick Is United, the Natick Board of Health, Natick 180, Town of Natick, Natick Public Schools, METCO, and SPARK Kindness.

Filed Under: Community, Embracing diversity, Holidays, Volunteering

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Natick Historical Society & Bacon Free Library upcoming events

January 8, 2021 by Admin Leave a Comment

Everyone is welcome to join a virtual discussion of The Nightingale (2018) by Kristin Hannah on Thursday, January 14, 2021, 11am-noon.

The Nightingale

This program is co-sponsored with the Bacon Free Library. It is FREE and open to the public.

If you are interested in joining this virtual book discussion, email: director@natickhistoricalsociety.org.

About The Nightingale

In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive.


Save the date for Race Amity presentation

Natick Race Amity

The Natick Historical Society and the Bacon Free Library will co-host a Zoom presentation of WGBH’s powerful documentary series American Stories: Race Amity and The Other Tradition on Tue., Feb. 2, 6:30pm – 8pm. This presentation will include a brief introduction to the film by Dr. William H. Smith (creator, executive producer, and writer of the series), a reading from the book Race Amity: A Primer on America’s Other Tradition, a viewing of the film Race Amity: America’s Other Tradition, a commentary by Dr. Smith, and a Q&A Session.

WHS Media Productions LLC created this documentary for the promotion of cross-racial and cross-cultural understanding.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Advanced registration is required to access the Zoom link. Please register using the link here, and allow 3-5 days for a confirmation email with the link from the Natick Historical Society.

Filed Under: Bacon Free Library, Books, Community, Education, Embracing diversity, History, Morse Institute Library, Natick Historical Society

Save the date: Martin Luther King Day 2021 activities in Natick, Massachusetts

January 5, 2021 by Admin Leave a Comment

MLK Day, Natick

Natick’s 16th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community (Virtual) Celebration

Everyone is invited to join the 16th Annual Natick MLK Day Community Celebration in recognition of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program runs 10am – noon. Zoom and Pegasus links will be available closer to Jan. 18th. Here’s the breakdown:


Date: Jan. 18, 2021
Time: 10am-11am

Natick student performances and reflections
MLK Day Creative Contest winners from the Middle and High School
Interfaith Clergy representatives, local dignitaries, and community leaders
A keynote reflection  by The Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover, Pastor of the Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church in Roxbury, MA


Date: Jan. 18, 2021
Time: 11am-noon

Special MLK Day activities for all ages will be offered by community partners (via Zoom links).

Filed Under: Community, Embracing diversity, Holidays, Volunteering

Natick Town Seal Review Committee members sought

November 30, 2020 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

An article calling for the formation of a Town Seal Review Committee flew through Town Meeting earlier this month, and now those interested in being on the committee have been invited to apply.

(If interested, send email to moderator@natickma.org or mail a letter to Town Moderator, 13 East Central St., Natick, MA 01760)

Natick town seal
Natick Town Seal

 

On or about Dec. 21, Town Moderator Frank Foss will begin interviews and then appoint up to seven committee members whose ultimate goal will be to propose a modern seal after studying the history of the town’s seals and involving at least one public meeting. The current seal is seen as being historically inaccurate by its depiction of Rev. John Eliot preaching down to three Native Americans. Eliot settled Natick in collaboration with Indigenous People.

Natick Historical Society has given the soon-to-be-determined committee members a head start on the history of Natick town seals.

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Town Meeting members voted 109 to 4 (with 1 abstention) to form such a committee (discussion at the Town Meeting lasted about 30 minutes, beginning at the 2-hour, 34-minute mark). Natick Nipmuc Indian Council and Natick Interfaith Clergy are among those who have come out in support of the article.

Not only was the article proposed as a way to modernize the seal, but also to see to it that it is consistently applied across town. Town Meeting member Julian Munnich urged the town to be precise in its distinction between the formal seal, used to Town Clark to mark items, and logos, emblems, etc., that might adorn everything from street signs to vehicles to uniforms.

The current seal, approved in 1980, is based on an emblem designed in 1951 for the town’s 300th birthday.

The cost of revamping the seal and replacing it in its many locations is not yet known. But Town Meeting Member and article supporter Josh Ostroff said during Town Meeting that determining cost would be one of the committee’s charges to include in its report.

Natick’s reexamination of its town seal comes at a time when the Commonwealth is reviewing its seal, and other communities such as Newton are doing the same. A mural at Natick’s downtown post office that features an image similar to that on the seal is also being scrutinized, but since that’s in a federal building, that will involve a whole other process for change.

Article 16, Fall 2020 Natick Town Meeting: Review and Revise the Natick Town Seal (Mia Kheyfetz, et al.)

Town Seal Review Committee will have up to seven individuals appointed by the Moderator, said committee to include persons suited to the charge of the committee by their interest and familiarity with history, design, and civic participation, and whose charge shall be to review the history of Town Seals
in Natick; to propose a new Town Seal after a public process that shall include consultation with a diverse group of stakeholders including members of Indigenous communities; to hold at least one public forum; and to provide a report and recommendation to a future Town Meeting that shall consider implementation of a new seal.

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Filed Under: Embracing diversity, Government, History

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