Special Event Archives
Did You Miss the Community Conversation about Racism?
You can watch the video here: - Link to Community Conversation "Racism on Cape Cod: What are our institutions doing and what can we do": https://www.youtube.com/live/jJAQdRSFDYQ
Artist Robin Joyce Miller Shares Art & Poetry
The Big Read Cape Cod Main Event
The Arts and Justice Collective* ( www.theartsandjusticecollective.com ) hosted an evening with the award winning author Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen:An American Lyric in conjunction with with their year long project to spark thoughtful conversation through book...
2025 MLK Breakfast
Rev. Patrick Ward welcomed all to the Church of the Holy Spirit. Local artist and educator Carl Lopes shared his thoughts on "Facing Civil Rights Challenges". Candida Rose brought the crowd to their feet with several powerful songs including Sam Cooke's "Change is...
AmplifyPOC Holiday Festival
Love my photo with Santa from Phases Creatgive Studio of Dennis and taken at the annual AmplifyPOC Festival. It was good food and music and lots of great, local vendors for Christmas shopping. Founder and Executive Director of AmplifyPOC accepts a check from Island...
Welcoming Immigrants – Addressing Anger & Fear
A timely community event to share concerns about animosity toward migrants on the Cape and ways that individuals and organizations can come together to support them. The panel of speakers from left to right, Leslie Domingo-Santos, Coordinator Barnstable Human Rights...
Link to Video: Racism on Cape Cod: What are our institutions doing and what can we do?
On Sunday, August 18 the Justice Committee of the Federated Church and Am HaYam hosted a panel discussion of local leaders titled “Racism on Cape Cod: What are our institutions doing and what can we do”. This was the second in their annual series of community...
Conversation on Racism on Cape Cod, August 18, 2024
Kudos to organizers, Am HaYam and the Federated Church of Orleans for an excellent community program to explore institutional racism on Cape Cod and what we might do to combat it. Panelists (from left to right in photo below) were: Leo Blandford, from Outer Cape...
Rev. David and Pamela Chatterton Purdy Receive Humanitarian Award
The icon Mrs. Chatterton Purdy painted in remembrance of the Emmanuel 9. Their award. Congratulations.
Juneteenth Celebrated in Brewster
Members of the MLK Action Team and their partners on the Conversations with Police Task Force were happy to be part of the Juneteenth Festival that a coordinating committee of the Brewster's Ladies Library organized. In the picture above are Jeff Spalter, chair of...