1pm- 4pm Celebration on the Common with food, music, and inspirational speakers.
6:30pm to 8pm Screening of film Black N Black at Common St. Spiritual Center.
Please join us for this important VIRTUAL program in advance of Kindness Week and as part of our ongoing commitment as a community to practice kindness, respect, and justice for all! All are welcome! This program will address how to raise children who work to promote justice, compassion, and belonging for themselves and others. Dr. Traci Baxley will discuss the principles of Social Justice Parenting and offer strategies for implementing these values into your daily life. Simultaneous ASL and Portuguese Language Interpretation will be provided at this event.
Everyone is welcome to join us for the premier of this pre-recorded program from 10-11am, streamed online and through Natick Community Access TV (Pegasus), featuring student performances and reflections, MLK Day Creative Contest winners from the Middle and High School, Interfaith Clergy representatives, and special guests including local dignitaries, community leaders and keynote reflection by The Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover, Pastor of the Historic Charles Street A.M.E. Church in Roxbury, MA. Special MLK Day activities for all ages will be offered by community partners (via Zoom links) immediately following the program, from 11am-12pm.
For community members (all ages)
Want to learn practical ways to address bias in ourselves and our community? Expert Kalise Wornum, PhD, will lead this interactive program with techniques to identify personal biases and promote antiracist and equitable behavior in ourselves, families, organizations, and community.
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
What do you feel Natick Is United should be doing to improve relations within our own town? How about the Equity Task Force? We’d like to hear from our base. Your opinions matter, and we hope you will join us for this important conversation!
Hosted by Natick Is United
For community members (all ages)
Even during a pandemic, we are all connected. But we don't always believe it and we often don't practice it. Author and mindfulness expert Sebene Selassie will explore ways that we separate (and thus suffer) and offer techniques (founded in ancient tradition, psychology and antiracism) to lead us back to belonging.
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
Author, poet, and expert LeDerick Horne will offer advice to help all students develop positive identities as people with disabilities. Mr. Horne will share his own experience as a student with a learning disability and present strategies to promote student engagement and empowerment during the COVID-19 pandemic.For parents, grandparents, and caregivers (all ages)
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
Natick Is United invites you to a racial justice panel discussion with the Natick Police Department & Town Officials. Join panelists Chief James Hicks & Lt. Carra Rossi, Select Board Members Sue Salamoff and Karen Adelman-Foster, Superintendent Dr. Anna Nolin, along with co-facilitators Melissa Patrick and Lindsey Vizvary Galvao & Moderator Guimel DeCarvalho.
Hosted by Natick Is United
In this talk, Zetta Elliott, PhD, will share her journey from teen writer to published author, and provide resources for parents and educators interested in building libraries that prepare all children to live in a global society.
Hosted by SPARK Kindness
Join us for a screening of this powerful film, followed by a facilitated conversation with Lenny Walker of Point Made Learning. This feature documentary follows 12 teenagers from NYC who came together for one school year to talk about race and privilege. We hope the program inspires others to recognize and interrupt racism in their own lives. The event is FREE and open to the community. Please register in advance.
Hosted by Natick Is United, SPARK Kindness, Natick Public Schools and many more
Please join us for our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration with special guest speaker, Reverend Dr. Ray Hammond . Celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and discover how his legacy continues to inspire and empower us all. All are welcome to gather for the Community Celebration followed by a New(!) Family Service Opportunity.
Hosted by the Natick Interfaith Clergy, Natick Public Schools, SPARK Kindness and more…
Heroes & Luminaries, Metrowest Readings of Climate Change Plays. Celebrate & join the unsung activists who are lighting the way to more sustainable futures. With Guest speaker: Jean-Luc Pierite: Protecting our Environment: Tribal Wisdom & Actions.
Hosted by Dreamweavers and NAICOB (North American Indian Center of Boston)
Natick Peace Meal is a celebration that connects community by bringing people together over a shared vegetarian potluck meal. It is an opportunity to meet neighbors from all backgrounds and get a taste of the remarkable diversity of our town. All are invited! Registration now open HERE
Hosted by Natick is United, SPARK Kindness, and The Morse Institute Library
Join us for a screening of this award-winning documentary film that follows the life of a real “modern family”—a gay married couple whose friend is a surrogate for their children. The movie shows their ups, downs, and the humanity that connects us all. Q & A with members of the cast will follow the screening.
Hosted by the Natick High School Peer Advocates & SPARK Kindness
****NEW VENUE Due to the large volume of registrants for tonight's dialogue, we are relocating the meeting just across the street to the sanctuary of First Congregational Church of Natick.
How can we act as agents of hope and inclusion in the face of fear and intolerance? What practical actions can we be doing to build a community that welcomes, supports and celebrates all? We invite you to participate in the conversation. All are welcome, and please REGISTER in advance.
Please join us in a four town collaborative Vigil for Solidarity, Peace, Love and Mourning, Sunday at 4:30pm on the Wellesley Town Hall. Natick, Needham, Wayland and Wellesley are coming together to stand up against hate and show our love and support for our Muslim neighbors, friends and families.
Peace Meal is both a gathering, and a celebration. By bringing people together over a shared potluck meal, we are weaving a stronger, more connected community. Meet neighbors from all backgrounds and get a taste of the remarkable diversity of our town.
Celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and discover how his legacy continues to inspire and empower us all. Family Volunteering & Community Welcoming Event will immediately follow the celebration (11AM-Noon in the Wilson Cafeteria.)
Click image for additional viewing options. SPARK Kindness presents 3 free community screenings of the acclaimed documentary film that looks back on the legacy of Fred (Mister) Rogers, focusing on his radical kindness. This is a special opportunity to celebrate kindness, our neighbors, and the power of our community.
Remembering all victims of anti-Semitic, racist, or other recent acts of discrimination and violence. We will not let fear, bigotry, intolerance or the hateful acts of a few define us. Let’s stand together in solidarity with our fellow residents and show that Natick is UNITED, a community where we value differences and everyone belongs.
From award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib comes INTELLIGENT LIVES, a catalyst to transform the label of intellectual disability from a life sentence of isolation into a life of possibility for the most systematically segregated people in America.— Free for the entire community Q&A with Dan Habib after the film.
