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Intersection of Race, Religion & Politics - Parts 3 & 4

September 28, 2024 Workshop #3 - Race & Religion October 27, 2024 Workshop #4 - The Racial Reasoning of White Voters

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Granby Racial Unity Festival 2024

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Intersection of Race, Religion & Politics - Part 1 & 2

April 27, 2024 Workshop #1 - Building Common Ground/Knowing Our Racial Landscape May 19, 2024 Workshop #2 - Common Ways of Talking About...

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honoring dr. king with winter clothing drive

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free movie during dr. king january 14, 2024 - Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation

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Granby Area Churches honor dr. king with sermon "Only Love Can Drive Out hate"

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Tzedek Shabbat: Honoring Dr. King with the Jewish Community

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Stop the Hate Rally - 10/28/2023

Our Response To Our Granby Community, On Saturday morning October 21, 2023 many residents of Granby awoke to find a flyer in their...

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Frederic Douglass Exhibit at Wadsworth Atheneum

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Courageous Conversations on Race in the park: After Juneteenth...What's next?

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Granby Celebrates Juneteenth 2023

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A Prayer Vigil for Racial Justice - 2023

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Courageous conversations: Book Banning

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Courageous Conversations: Black History Profiles

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God and Race

A virtual 30-minute weekly Bible Study: God and Race Wednesdays, March 1 - 31, 2023 @ 7:00 pm

Jan 15, 2023

Paul R. Williams: Architect to the Stars

What do the homes of Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, Barbara Stanwyck and the public housing project of Langston Terrace in Washington, D.C....

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Jan 15, 2023

Mary McLeod Bethune: Teacher, College Founder, FDR Advisor, UN Representative and Unstoppable Force

In 1875, Mary McLeod was the fifteenth of seventeen children born to parents Samuel and Patsy, who’d been enslaved in South Carolina....

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Jan 15, 2023

Granville Woods: The “Black Thomas Edison”

Referred to as the “Black Thomas Edison,” Granville Woods held over sixty patents in his lifetime. Thanks to the Northwest Ordinance of...

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Jan 12, 2023

Rebecca Lee Crumpler: America’s First Female African American Doctor

When the letters M.D. were added to Rebecca Lee’s name in 1864, some people snarkily mused that it stood for “mule driver.” In reality,...

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Jan 12, 2023

Mary Walker: A formerly enslaved woman who learned to read at 116

Mary Walker was born enslaved in Alabama in 1848. Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, Mary married, had children, and earned a living...

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Jan 12, 2023

Mary Lumpkin: Founder of the country’s first HBCU

If you’ve ever driven through Richmond, Virginia along I-95, you’ve no doubt noticed one of the city’s most visible landmarks: the...

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Jan 12, 2023

Honoring Dr. King with Reflections on a Civil Rights Tour

Here is the link to the video recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/-0fkFv6O1QaVl1fTmjf9aQJ5Ij3TuoyeGVh-tgqvpHhfumcgZcGIg2PCwkZaFf...

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Jan 12, 2023

Granby Area Churches: Honoring Dr. King with the messages based on becoming The Beloved Community

Here are the links to the video recordings: Granby UCC - https://youtu.be/Q7D3o3m7Avk Valley Brook - https://youtu.be/ihcEYEAYd4U

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Jan 12, 2023

Tzedek Shabbat: Honoring Dr. King with the Jewish Community

Here is the link to the video recording: https://fb.watch/i71xQVfb2B/

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Dec 18, 2022

Lemuel Haynes: First Black Ordained Minister

Born in 1753 In West Hartford, Connecticut to a white woman “of some standing” and an unnamed African American man, Lemuel Haynes was the...

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