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“Junket with Judy”

ONLINE EVENT NH

Let’s Get Hygge, Lyme! Coziness is one of my favor [...]

“Junket with Judy”

ONLINE EVENT NH

Lyme’s Favorite Books (and Other Media) of 2020. I [...]

Filmmaker Discussion: OUR RIGHT TO GAZE: black film identities

ONLINE EVENT NH

Meet the Filmmakers! Sunday, Feb. 28 at 7pm Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities Filmmaker Talk-Back You are invited to join filmmakers Lande Yoosuf (“Love in Submission”), Toryn Seabrooks (“A Hollywood Party”), and Lin Que Ayoung (“Nowhere”) in conversation with Rachel Edens, Hartford, VT Selectboard Member and Vermont Humanities Council Community Program Officer. Please note ~ 70% of ticket proceeds go to support the Black artists who created the film, a progressive model that aims to challenge traditional distribution models.

$10.00

Breaking the Silence

WHY BREAKING THE SILENCE? April 4 is the date Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 while he was in Memphis, Tennessee to support sanitation workers. Exactly one year before, on April 4, 1967, Dr. King gave one of his most consequential speeches titled, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”. This speech was the first time he publicly called for an end to the U.S. war in Vietnam and for unity and action to end the triple threats of militarism, racism, and extreme materialism. By April 1967 over 1 million Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians and 16,000 U.S. military personnel had died in the Vietnam war. The countryside and cities in the south and the north had been devastated by combat, bombing, and use of toxic defoliants like Agent Orange. In the U.S. the anti-war movement had mobilized hundreds of thousands of people in local and national demonstrations plus tens of thousands who had challenged the draft. As Dr. King explained, many of those drafted and dying were young, African American men while the demand for justice at home was accelerating, bringing new levels of repression. The connections between the wars abroad and the wars at home were becoming increasingly clear. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was one of the first organizations to denounce the war and emphasize the hypocrisy of the U.S. government claiming to defend democracy abroad while denying democracy at home. Rev. Dr. King’s address at Riverside Church built upon the work of activists and projected a powerful call to unite these struggles conceptually and strategically. NATIONWIDE WEBINAR: APRIL 4 at 7 PM EST Many organizations have come together to promote national and local readings of Dr. King’s “Breaking Silence” speech in communities across the country to study the lessons of this speech and to convene local coalitions working for justice. The list includes: SNCC Legacy Project, National Council of Elders, Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee, The Highlander Research and Education Center, National Black Justice Coalition, Zinn Education Project, Voices of a People’s History, Fellowship of Reconciliation, National Civil Rights Museum, and Cleveland Peace Action. Please plan to join us online to watch our national webinar where well-known advocates will be joined by grassroots organizers who will read the speech. It promises to be an inspiring program. A moderated panel discussion will follow the readings offering perspectives about the relevance of Dr. King’s speech to peace and justice work today.

Caste as Race, Race as Caste Lecture

Virtual

Zoom Webinar Information: Tuesday April 13, 2021 at 4:00pm EST https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/94870331237?pwd=aWdmWVhGbTdLQ1BnL1hDNGM4by9wZz09 Meeting ID: 948 7033 1237 Passcode: 816894 Free & Open to the Public

Free

Lyme Historians – Museum & Barn OPEN

Lyme Historians Museum 15 Main Street, Lyme, NH, United States

Featured exhibits: Lyme 100 years ago; Abenaki artifacts; Victorian parlor; Various agricultural and woodworking exhibits. Now available - HANDS ON, fun for kids of all ages: help strain up our rope bed (in the museum) or help put the laundry through an old-fashioned wringer (outside). Always open: classic rockers on our beautiful wrap-around porch!

Osher Open House in Lebanon

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth 1 Court Street, Suite 380, Lebanon, NH, United States

Under the Tent at Three Tomatoes Osher Lifelong Le [...]

Family Fun Day at Cedar Circle Farm

Cedar Circle Farm 225 Pavillion Rd, East Thetford, VT, United States

Cedar Circle welcomes the community to the farm on [...]

Refugee Journey Workshop in Hanover

Church of Christ at Dartmouth College 40 College Street, Hanover, NH, United States

To All Supporters of Refugees and Asylum Seekers: [...]

 

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Lyme Library Calendar

Lyme School Events Listing

Town of Lyme Website

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Valley News online calendar

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Aging Resource Center

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