OCT 14, 7PM ZOOM PANEL Register As we look ahead to the 2020 presidential election, we recognize that many of our neighbors face unfair obstacles to casting their votes in the ballot box on November 3. Join us to talk about civic engagement, voter suppression, and special barriers that exist for communities of color and other under-resourced populations. We’ll engage in conversation with several local leaders to learn how we can all support broad and inclusive voting efforts, in our… Read more 21st Century Voting Rights (and Wrongs)

  Grief, Remembrance, Justice MAR 5: A conversation about Boston activist Melnea Cass and channeling grief into a call for lasting change. Info & Registration >> African Americans saw some progress in their fight for equality as courts began to rule against segregation, and elected representatives passed new civil rights laws in the second half of the 20th century. However, whites often resisted these changes with violence and intimidation. In Boston, Melnea Cass (1896-1978) resurrected Attucks Day in the 1970s… Read more Fighting for Equity

  By the time of Attucks’s birth around 1723, Native people knew that contact with colonists more often led to danger rather than safety. Portuguese, Dutch, and English ships began arriving in North America in the 1500s, and about a century had passed since the Mayflower arrived on Wampanoag land in 1620. Within that time, colonists had stolen the independence of Native nations and devastated Native communities through warfare, disease, slavery, indentured servitude, kidnapping, land dispossession, and scalp bounties. Attucks… Read more Connection to Native Peoples

History on demand. Watch videos of our Education Associates giving virtual talks on the people and stories that have shaped the ongoing American Revolution.     Other Virtual Experiences