Videos: Social Justice - Page 2 of 2

A recording of Dr. Shannon Peters's discussion from August 24, 2021 on gender identity and the importance of pronouns.

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An event designed to raise awareness about parole and change hearts and minds about the importancedifficulties of parole in Massachusetts Panelists include formerly incarcerated speakers44 Isaiah Dotson and Jonathan Best44 Representative Liz Miranda who has filed several parole bills for 20212244 Attorney Patty Garin44 one of the foremost parole experts in Massachusetts44 and moderator Jean Trounstine44 professor44…

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UTECs team discusses their nationally recognized model which begins with intensive street outreach44 correctional facility inreach44 and gang peacemaking44 engaging our most disconnected young adults by meeting them where theyre at UTECs mission and promise is to ignite and nurture the ambition of our most disconnected young people to trade violence and poverty for social and economic…

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1010I was a black woman according to my family44 societys onedrop rule and my birth certificate It was culturally and legally ridiculous to wonder if I wasnt Yet my biological ancestry counted for absolutely nothing My beloved mother was white10Former Andover resident44 E Dolores Johnson discusses her new book44 Say Im Dead A Family Memoir of Race44…

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1010Author Matthew Van Meter discusses his book along with other social justice issues44 including his work with Shakespeare in Prison44 a Detroit Public Theatre community program10In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana44 a 19yearold black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight Duncan was arrested a few minutes later…

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1010Martin Luther King44 Jr once said The arc of the moral universe is long44 but it bends towards justice Art educator44 Jane Oneail44 examines that arc as it relates to African American history enshrined in American Art From colonial era portraits to 19thcentury and Jim Crowera prints to 1960s Civil Rights photography44 this program will provide a…

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Join longtime art educator44 Jane Oneail44 for a Zoom webinar focused on the art of Norman Rockwell Rockwell is heralded for depicting and defining American life He often captured bittersweet images of people experiencing universal and relatable feelings of being left out or left behind Yet44 as an artist working in the 20th century44 his works are…

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Associate Curator of American Art, Gordon Wilkins, explores artworks from the Addison Gallery of American Art exhibition, To Make Visible: Art and Activism, 1980–2000, and discusses the ways in which artists use their work to hold a mirror up to the injustices of their time, combat apathy, and provoke change.

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A local panel demystifies affordable housing and provides an update on Andover's affordable housing stock and opportunities for maintaining and growing affordable housing in the community.

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Watch as Teen Services Librarian Anna and For Freedoms staffer Pola Dobrzynski discuss the history of the organization, the intersection of art and politics, and the state of community activism.

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