Welcoming New Hampshire

Online - Peace & Justice Conversations: Why Work with Youth?
2021-02-01 19:00 (America/New_York) | NH, United States
Join NHPA with NH Youth Movement co-founder and former board member of NH Peace Action Griffin Sinclaire-Wingate as he talks about his work to harness the energy of young people to create political change.
Throughout his 26 years Griffin has worked in a variety of movements and issue areas. In highschool he became involved in the anti-war movement through New Hampshire Peace Action. Upon starting college at the University of New Hampshire Griffin reignited the fossil fuel divestment campaign. As the 2016 presidential primary revved up Griffin shifted his work from targeting campus administration to targeting politicians. During this time he worked with a handful of organizations to push presidential candidates to take bold climate stances and get out the youth vote. The outcomes of the 2016 election solidified the growing idea that the progressive movement needed to get serious about wielding political power and winning elections. As his time at UNH came to a close Griffin became the co-director of 350 New Hampshire and coordinated their Offshore Wind Campaign and Pipeline Resistance Campaign (both were victorious). Still focused on the need to build progressive political power Griffin started laying the groundwork for a youth lead movement that would leverage the political power of young people to elect lawmakers who will fight for a livable future with good jobs, health, and education for all. In the fall of 2017 Griffin launched New Hampshire Youth Movement with a group of his college organizing friends. He currently serves as a Co-Director of New Hampshire Youth Movement. Outside of organizing Griffin makes pottery at a local studio in Rochester and enjoys writing music.

Online - Rebecca Carroll "Surviving the White Gaze"
2021-02-02 19:00 | NH, United States
Rebecca Carroll “Surviving the White Gaze”
Feb 2, 7pm (Live streamed event)
The Music Hall in Portsmouth in partnership with NHPR is hosting the latest edition of Writers On A New England Stage. Award-winning author, podcast host, and Black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll — a New Hampshire native — is the guest for this event, now being presented in an intimate and virtual format. The Music Hall is offering admission to the event, free for UNH Faculty, Staff, and Students.

If you are interested in attending, register online here and enter code “TK” at checkout, or call The Music Hall Box Office at 603-436-2400. Admission is free, but books (Surviving the White Gaze) are available for purchase.
NHPR’s All Things Considered host Peter Biello will be in a virtual conversation with Rebecca.
The event will be held via the Crowdcast platform.

Online - Remote Advocacy Training
2021-02-03 15:00 - 16:00 | NH, United States
New Futures Remote Advocacy Training

Learn how to advocate during the 2021 legislative session, one unlike any other in history! This training will cover how to effectively advocate remotely this year and have your voice heard by lawmakers. Topics will include explaining the process for remote public hearings and how to testify virtually, how to submit written testimony, and other essential advocacy skills like calling your legislators or writing a Letter to the Editor. We’ll also give an overview of the NH state legislature, offer anticipated timelines for the session, and review why it’s so important for you to make your voice heard this year.
Sign up here

NPR - Amplify: Turning up the Volume on Black Voices
2021-02-05 14:00 | NH, United States
A virtual podcast & chat series focused on centering Black voices and experiences. Join UNH SHARPP & The Beauregard Center this Black History Month on Fridays from 2-3pm to listen and learn. A new podcast will be featured each week followed by a group discussion.
Feb 5, 2021 02:00 PM
Feb 12, 2021 02:00 PM
Feb 19, 2021 02:00 PM
Feb 26, 2021 02:00 PM
Register

Dover - Rolling Rally to Free ICE Detainees
2021-02-07 13:00 - 14:30 | NH, United States
Covid-19 is now in the jail. ICE should free the immigrants it holds there.
MEET THE CONVOY: Strafford County Courthouse, 259 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820. Do NOT honk your horn.
SIGN IN: https://bit.ly/2VaavVm
PETITION: https://bit.ly/34Flbya
SIGNS: Our message is “ICE have a heart! Release them!” Printable art https://bit.ly/2VUavrx
https://www.facebook.com/events/510832573214103

Online - Tea Talk Series: Claiming Our Place: Blacks in “White Spaces”
2021-02-07 14:00 - 16:00 | NH, United States
America has a long and troubled history of segregated public spaces. When Amy Cooper called the police on Christian Cooper (no relation) in Central Park last year, the incident underscored a familiar script that continues America’s legacy of enslavement. Some whites perceive African Americans who venture into public spaces as dangerous and disruptive intruders. All it took was a white woman to spout a racist dog whistle and the park, a public space, was made unsafe for a Black man.
The 2021 Tea Talk Series, as a way to rethink our assumptions about race and place, explores how African Americans navigate various “white spaces”, spaces where Blacks and People of Color are marginalized, typically absent, and unexpected. Through shared stories and dialogue this series will present ideas and offer opportunities for understanding and reconciliation.
The winter Tea Talk series, presented by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) and sponsored in part by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities, is a series of participatory lectures related to New Hampshire’s Black history and African American culture.
These events are free and open to the public.
All talks are Sunday afternoons from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.
Registration for each talk is required.
Black Heritage Trail of NH: 2021 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks
Claiming Our Place: Blacks in “White Spaces”
Sundays February 7 – March 14, 2PM-4PM

Feb. 7 – Racism, Land & the American Farming Landscape
Feb. 14 – Writing While Black: The Afrofuturistic Writer
Feb. 21 – Race & Care of the Soul
Feb. 28 – It Happened in NH: Black History in the Granite State
Mar. 7 -The Power of Place: Martha’s Vineyard and the Growth of the Black Elite
Mar. 14 – On Shaky Ground: Students of Color in Predominantly White Institutions

Online - The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song
2021-02-08 18:00 | NH, United States
Produced in partnership with the New Hampshire Humanities, New Hampshire PBS presents an online screening and discussion of the new PBS documentary, THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG on Monday, February 8th at 6pm.
This moving two-part series from executive producer, host and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, all the way down to its bedrock role as the site of African American survival and grace, organizing and resilience, thriving and testifying, autonomy and freedom, solidarity and speaking truth to power. The documentary reveals how Black people have worshipped and, through their spiritual journeys, improvised ways to bring their faith traditions from Africa to the New World, while translating them into a form of Christianity that was not only truly their own, but a redemptive force for a nation whose original sin was found in their ancestors’ enslavement across the Middle Passage.
After the 30 minute screening, join for a discussion with New Hampshire Humanities Public Programs Director Dr. Tricia Peone, in conversation with Dr. Vaughn Booker, Assistant Professor of Religion and African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College.
This event will be on OVEE here – https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/1x5fm
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THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG airs on NHPBS:

Tuesday, February 16 @ 9pm on NHPBS | Episode One
Wednesday, February 17 @ 9 pm on NHPBS | Episode Two

with numerous replays on NHPBS and online at nhpbs.org

Online - NH Professionals of Color
2021-02-09 13:00 | NH, United States
Spotlighting NH Local Business Owners of Color!

About this Event

New Hampshire is well known for its business friendly atmosphere, but what’s it like to start a business here as a young person of color?
In this virtual story telling event, hear from three New Hampshire-based entrepreneurs of color who will share their personal and business experiences – including both their challenges and their successes – here in the Granite State.
A live Q&A will follow each speaker.
Register here
About the Speakers:
Gail Somers – Based in Keene, Gail Somers is the owner of Yahso Jamaican Grille. Yahso Jamaican Grille features authentic Jamaican Cuisine as well as some modern fusion of Caribbean-American dishes. The restaurant is best known for its “feel good” food and a “casual vibe” that captures the essence of a Caribbean island. Before launching this local eatery, Gail held various positions in finance and sales with major food manufacturing and distribution companies. She also serves on several boards and committees for causes she is very passionate about, including the Keene Racial Justice and Safety Committee and the Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter.
Geno Miller – Born and raised in the Washington, DC, area, Geno is the cofounder and CEO of Shtudy, a Manchester-based career matchmaking platform that screens, trains, and connects top tech talent of color with companies that are building more diverse and inclusive workforces. Geno has a profound love for scaling companies and solving social problems that improve peoples’ lives. Geno has founded four successful startups since age 14. In his leisure time, you can find him listening to Lil Wayne or Jay-Z, reading a book about Ray Dalio, blogging about the latest topics in tech, or brainstorming with other mission-driven tech founders.
Jose Diaz – Jose Diaz is founder of Spyglass Eyewear, a Laconia-based optical boutique shop featuring one-on-one curated experiences. Spyglass Eyewear carries its own brand of eyewear and offers convenient tele-medicine vision exams. Jose has more than 20 years in the optical industry. Originally from New York City, Jose started his career working with some of the top eyewear designers in the city. In 2004 he relocated to Boston, opening an eyewear company on Newbury Street. He learned that creating a memorable and unique experience with a quality product is key to building a brand. After moving to Boston, most weekends were spent in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. With a growing family, Jose and his wife decided to move to Gilford in 2016. In July 2020 Spyglass Eyewear opened its doors in Laconia. With a downtown redevelopment project already on the way, the opening of the shop was welcomed with open arms. The goal is to provide the best service and to encourage the growth of the local small business community.
Details on how to join the Zoom call will be sent upon registration!
About Stay Work Play’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Series:
As an organization committed to attracting and retaining more young people in New Hampshire, Stay Work Play stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and is committed to making New Hampshire a more welcoming, inclusive, and just place for people of color. As a part of this effort, Stay Work Play will offer a series of diversity, equity, and inclusion events to foster conversation, enable learning experiences, and push for change.

Online - The First Weeks of Transition: Rapid Changes to Immigration Policy
2021-02-09 13:00 - 14:00 | NH, United States
Immigration policy has been on fire over the past few years and the Biden-Harris Administration has already issued a series of Executive Orders and policy changes that signal early attempts to squelch the flames and provide protections. Over the past few months, the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), in collaboration with a plethora of organizations, has zealously prepared to hit the ground running to advocate for access to justice and due process with dignity as new policies become realized. Join NIJC’s policy experts for a rundown of changes to immigration policies in the initial weeks of the Biden-Harris Administration and the vision we are pursuing for the future of immigration law and policy. FREE CLE credit in IL is available.
Register Here
NIJC’s Policy Corner are monthly presentations to provide updates on policy matters affecting immigration. These presentations are open to all community members and pro bono attorneys.

Online - Budget Advocacy Training
2021-02-10 15:00 - 16:30 | NH, United States
New Futures Budget Advocacy Training

Learn all about the NH state budget process and how to advocate within it! 2021 is a critical budget year for NH as we collectively face many unprecedented challenges. It’s important to advocate for investments for the issues you care about. Along with giving an overview of how the process works, we’ll also review some issues you can advocate for this session for a Healthy NH State Budget, including funding for public health programs, the healthcare workforce, children and adult behavioral health services, and supports for children and families. Learn more about our 5 Point Plan for a Healthy NH State Budget here!​
Sign up here

Online - A Conversation on COVID-19 Vaccine with Dr. Anthony Fauci & the American-Muslim Community
2021-02-11 13:30 | NH, United States
As questions about Covid-19 vaccines and treatments arise, American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP) is excited to invite you to attend an exclusive meeting with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. Since 2020, Dr. Fauci has had a leading role in the White House Coronavirus Task Force and is currently serving as the Chief Medical Adviser on COVID-19 to President Joe Biden.

Online - FSNE Racial Equity Leadership
2021-02-12 09:00 - 13:00 | NH, United States
As we grapple with pandemic disruptions and political polarization, reckon with emboldened white supremacy, and face ever-growing challenges from the climate crisis, the importance of standing firm in a commitment to racial equity and justice in our food system is growing.
How does racial equity connect to the work for resilient food systems?
What does it look like in our communities and institutions?
How can we advance multi-racial movement for justice?
What does this mean for BIPOC and white agents of change?
What are some of the opportunities we can lean into now?
Hear from special guests about how we can advance racial equity in these challenging times, what opportunities exist for networks to make gains across food, farming and fishing sectors, and how can we best direct our collective efforts to impact this important work to democratically guide our food system towards sustainability and resilience.
Learn more and register

Online - The Impact of American Exceptionalism on Culture and Policy
2021-02-15 19:00 | NH, United States
Please join NH Peace Action as we listen to a timely dissection and analysis of the impact of American Exceptionalism on culture & policy with Prof. Eric Cheyfitz and facilitated by NH Peace Action board member, Jeremy Love.
Eric Cheyfitz, the Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters at Cornell University, is a faculty member of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP). Dr. Cheyfitz has served as director of theAIISP, the faculty coordinator of the Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, and the director of the Mellon Post-doctoral Diversity Seminar. His scholarship and teaching focus on the force of settler colonialism on Indigenous peoples and their ongoing resistance in the form of alternative ways of thought and action to the predatory capitalism embedded in settler existence.
His most recent book is The Disinformation Age: The Collapse of Liberal Democracy in the United States (PaperBoat Press, 2019), which in its final chapter, “Thinking From A Different Place: What Is A Just Society?,” offers, beyond “the limits of capitalism’s imagination,” an Indigenous alternative to the way out of the current crisis of climate collapse and wealth inequality.

Online - Advocacy 101 Training
2021-02-24 09:00 - 11:30 | NH, United States
Are you new to advocacy and eager to make your voice heard? Or maybe you’re looking to expand your knowledge and become a stronger advocate for yourself and your community?
If so, please join New Futures and Welcoming New Hampshire for a free online training:
Advocacy 101 on Wednesday, February 24, 9AM-11:30AM
All are welcome! Register Here.
This Advocacy 101 training will cover:
Policy & Advocacy
How policy impacts daily life, how policy change occurs, and what advocacy is (and isn’t).
About the NH Legislature
Why the NH legislature is unique and how your voice can make a difference.
How a Bill Becomes a Law in NH
Overview of the NH legislature, how a bill becomes a law in the state, and when to advocate in the legislative process.
The Power of the Personal Story
Why personal stories influence policy change and how to craft a story effectively.
Advocacy Skills
How to be an effective advocate, including best practices and advice on common ways of advocating.

Online - IINE International Women's Day Celebration
2021-03-08 12:00 | NH, United States
On March 8, 2021, the International Institute will host a virtual International Women’s Day celebration to honor the achievements of women leaders. International Women’s Day is a global phenomenon, and we celebrate in a festive, supportive atmosphere that honors immigrant women and daughters of immigrants who have made a profound difference in New England and the world.
The event highlights the impact refugee and immigrant women have on our economy and our communities, and it celebrates the achievements of women everywhere. Our speaking program features a conversation with our honorees about their life experiences. International Women’s Day (IWD) has been observed around the world since the early 1900s It is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity.
The International Institute of New England has been celebrating IWD since the early 2000s as a way to showcase immigrant women and their advocates.
Learn more and register at: https://iine.org/iwd21/

Online - Diversity Workforce Coalition's Annual DEI Conference
2021-03-09 09:00 - 2021-03-11 12:30 | NH, United States
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Online - Immigration and 1920s KKK: Teaching with Primary Source Documents
2021-03-16 13:00 | NH, United States
How do hate groups influence mainstream narratives and government policy? Historian Jill Weiss Simins and educator Adam Strom will use primary source documents from 1920s Indiana to illustrate the outsized impact the Ku Klux Klan had on policy and the lasting effect on immigration restrictions. Join Re-Imagining Migration, the Indiana Historical Bureau and The Immigrant Learning Center’s Public Education Institute for a free, interactive webinar on Tuesday, March 16 at 1:00 PM EDT.
This free webinar will guide participants through “100% American: Ku Klux Klan and Immigration in the 1920s,” an educational resource produced by Re-Imagining Migration and the Indiana Historical Bureau, a division of the Indiana State Library. Participants will draw connections between primary source documents from the 1920s KKK, as well as hate propaganda at other points in U.S. history, to understand how extremist messages continue to impact rhetoric and policy today. Participants will learn strategies for critically analyzing primary source documents and promoting thoughtful connections between past and present with their students.
REGISTER HERE
Participants will:
• Gain an understanding of public messages about migration from the 1920s to today
• Explore the connections between the KKK and immigration policy
• Learn how to engage students in a critical analysis of primary source documents
• Develop strategies for creating respectful dialogues in the classroom
This interactive webinar is geared toward grades eight through 12 but is applicable to lower grades levels and adult education as well. Librarians, administrators, counsellors and program managers will also benefit. It is free of charge but you must register to participate. Certificates of completion are available by request.
REGISTER HERE

Concord: May Day Rally
2021-05-01 12:00 - 13:30 | New Hampshire State House, 107 N Main St, Concord, NH, 03303, United States
Show up for workers! On International Workers Day, join us to show solidarity with ALL workers – health care workers, teachers, immigrant workers, retail and hospitality workers, tipped workers, low-wage workers, unionized workers, state employees, state legislators…. ALL workers!
Worker rights and union rights are under attack. We call upon our state and federal policy-makers to raise wages, enact worker benefits and protections, and protect our rights.
Join us on May Day at the State House! 12-1:30PM

Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/812438059684528

Online - Welcoming America's Welcoming Interactive
2021-05-05 14:00 - 2021-05-06 17:00 | NH, United States
Join over 400 leaders who are building inclusive and prosperous communities by ensuring everyone belongs.
From May 5-6, Welcoming America’s Welcoming Interactive conference is going virtual, with all sessions webcast over Zoom.
Registration is free and open the public.

REGISTER NOW

The Welcoming Interactive is an annual conference that highlights successful practices and inspiring stories about immigrant inclusion, programs, policies, and partnerships on economic development, civic engagement, government leadership, and more. Attendees learn about local innovations from peer communities and come away with new ideas and energy to foster welcoming places for all.

Online - NH People's Budget Community Conversation: Public Health & State Budget
2021-05-12 19:00 - 20:30 | NH, United States
New Hampshire people deserve a state budget that invests in our communities’ health, education, recovery, opportunity, and vitality. Not one that gives tax cuts to the wealthiest at the expense of essential services and programs. Stand with us to demand that we the people deserve a state budget that serves ALL Granite Staters!
Recently, the NH House passed the budget on a party-line vote, approving a proposal that would eliminate hundreds of positions in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and underfund public health services by about $100 million.
These proposed cuts and shortfalls to DHHS are designed to pit our community services against each other. Join this event to learn more about what it would take to break down the silos in our public health system, move beyond scarcity and meet the real needs of real people.

Learn more about the NH People’s Budget demands here: https://drive.google.com/…/1-E2PqQ73V8BFKW1Go0LmUG…/view
The fight for the budget is far from over. Join us to learn ways you can take action to demand that our elected officials build a budget that works for ALL of us.

Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfuihqjgoHtDKginJh8y25KMQ_lmPAnv7?fbclid=IwAR1qA534K09f9awOeZQHCI01w-VMgHgLzEHfrCi2PqkyYETaNEFCZyqi31w

Online - Anti-Racist Action: A Continuous Transformation
2021-05-13 18:30 - 19:30 | NH, United States
A series to help build your understanding of what it means to be anti-racist and how to take intentional action for sustainable change.

In partnership with New Hampshire for Anti-Racist Education (NHARE), “Anti-Racist Action: A Continuous Transformation” will help build your understanding of what it means to be anti-racist and how to take intentional action for sustainable change in your community. Active listening and internal reflection are the springboard for which anti-racism work begins. The work in this series is simply the first step on a long road towards change. Facilitated by Adaeze Okorie and Grace Landry, the Co-Founders of New Hampshire for Anti-Racist Education, these workshops are driven by the insights they both learned through their personal and collaborative work. From internal reflection to community action, this interactive workshop series steps through how we can begin to take anti-racist actions for continuous transformation. In anti-racist work we ask ourselves, not just what are we doing, but who are we becoming?
Read more and Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anti-racist-action-a-continuous-transformation-tickets-150533934049?fbclid=IwAR0npVoAXJ5yRLvDYk0fuild6RSlGxwjVkSyfLoVHZvemYqcS1R67LpmIEg

Manchester - 'Communities Not Cages' Car Caravan & Rally
2021-05-14 14:30 | Blessed Sacrament Parish, 14 Elm St., Manchester, NH, 03103, United States
As we celebrate mothers and caregivers this May, the absence of incarcerated loved ones is acutely felt for families and communities who are forced to navigate daily life and celebrate without them. Join us us for a car caravan around the Valley Street Jail and rally (in person and online) in Manchester, NH on Friday 5/14 at 3pm (meet at 2:30pm at Blessed Sacrament Parish – 14 Elm St).
Uplift the strength and resilience of mothers separated from their children and loved ones, and the incredible labor of all the mothers and caregivers leading the struggle for a more just world.
Register here: http://bit.ly/NHMAYFTA

Manchester - Free Vaccination Clinic for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
2021-05-22 08:00 - 16:00 | Elliot Health System, 275 Mammoth Rd, Manchester, NH, United States

Found Lineage: Celebrating African American Roots & Branches
2021-06-17 - 2021-06-19 | NH, United States
2021 Juneteenth Celebration
Event includes: Workshop, Concert, Keynote Address, and Ancestor Reverence Drumming & Dance.
Information coming soon! Visit: http://blackheritagetrailnh.org/event/found-lineage-celebrating-african-american-roots-branches/

Nashua - Juneteenth Celebration 2021
2021-06-19 11:00 - 14:00 | NH, United States
Join Black Lives Matter Nashua for a Juneteenth Celebration! This event will be in-person and socially distanced. Masks and face coverings are strongly encouraged.
Location details and more information will be announced soon. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1455165891498433/?ref=newsfeed
If you are a community member interested in volunteering at this event, please email info@blmnashua.com

Frederick Douglass Statewide Community Readings
2021-07-03 | NH, United States
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist and heroic orator for liberty, delivered one of his most famous speeches in which he asked, “What to the slave is your Fourth of July?” In addressing an Independence Day observance in Rochester, New York, his speech was a blistering indictment of an American idealism that ignored and accepted the inhuman treatment of enslaved African Americans as part of the country’s identity and economy. Ironically, even though Douglass’ words spoke directly to this moment in history, they still ring with an unsettling power today.
For the past several years, on July 3rd, the BHTNH has collaborated with community leaders around the Granite State to bring people together to read Douglass’ historic protest speech and to reflect on its meaning.
While reading Frederick Douglass’ work is a powerful experience for many, it is only one piece of the long-overdue conversations that our communities need to have. We hope that these readings will be a starting point for these difficult dialogues and that they will provide an opportunity for us to engage in deeper conversations that will lead to actions to help build more inclusive and just communities today.
Details for the 2021 Community Readings and how to get involved coming soon! Visit: http://blackheritagetrailnh.org/event/frederick-douglass-statewide-community-readings/

Online - Educator Webinar: Immigrant Student Success
2021-07-07 11:00 - 14:00 | NH, United States
How do you support foreign-born students and bring immigration into the classroom particularly during times of crisis? Immigrant and refugee students of all ages have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in anti-immigrant sentiment. Learn how to support immigrant students, combat anti-immigrant sentiment and center the immigrant voice across the curriculum in the free online workshop 2021 Immigrant Student Success: Strategies and Tools for K-12 and Adult Educators on July 7 and 8, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT.

Hosted by The Immigrant Learning Center’s Public Education Institute and featuring experts from across the nation, participants will learn from presentations, group chats, interactive activities and discussions with speakers how to:

Integrate immigrant stories, voices, history and culture into curriculum and teaching practices
Incorporating trauma-informed and socio-ecological approaches to teaching
Combat racism, specifically anti-Asian and anti-immigrant sentiment
Learn what to expect in the post-pandemic classroom
Reflect upon the role of the teacher in the development of immigrant students

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This free online workshop is for teachers, librarians, administrators, volunteers, social workers, community leaders and others interested in bringing immigration into the K-12 and adult classroom. Certificates of completion are available by request. This is the ninth annual Immigrant Student Success free online workshop. See below to meet some of this year’s presenters and to see resources from past online workshops.

Manchester - Tea with Victory Women of Vision
2021-07-10 12:00 - 14:00 | YWCA NH, 72 Concord St, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States

Laconia - Public Forum on Holocaust and Genocide Education
2021-07-21 17:00 - 19:00 | The Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia, NH, 03246, United States
Sponsored by Laconia Human Relations Committee
Contact: David Stamps, 603-387-4382
The Laconia Human Relations Committee announces a public forum titled “The
Importance of Holocaust and Genocide Education.” The Forum will feature four
panelists who are members of the NH Commission on Holocaust and Genocide
Education:
 Tom White, Educational Outreach Coordinator of the Cohen Center
 Jay Kahn, State Senator- District 10 and Commission Chair
 Kati Preston, Holocaust survivor teacher, author, and Commission Vice-Chair
 Ashley Harbel, High School teacher and Holocaust scholar
The Commission was established on July 23, 2020 by the Legislature and Governor
Chris Sununu. Their charge is “… to study best practices for teaching students how
intolerance, bigotry, antisemitism, and national, ethnic, racial, or religious hatred and
discrimination have evolved in the past, and can evolve into mass violence and
genocide, such as the Holocaust.”
The Public Forum will be held at the Belknap Mill on July 21 from 5-7pm. The Forum
will be live streamed on YouTube. The public will have opportunities to ask questions
and make comments related to the Forum topic under guidelines that will be announced
at the Forum.
David Stamps, Committee Chair, in announcing the Forum, said that the Human
Relations Committee felt that it was important for Laconia to understand the work of the
Commission and the larger issues of the Holocaust and genocide education. It was
Winston Churchill who wrote, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat
it.”
The Human Relations Committee is part of the Laconia Mayor’s office was established
in 2001. The Laconia Human Relations Committee envisions a world where everyone is
treated with dignity, fairness, respect, and kindness.

Online - DEI in the State House
2021-07-28 12:30 - 14:00 | NH, United States
Join Stay Work Play for a panel discussion on what is happening around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the State House.

From a bill seeking to institute recommendations made by the Commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community, and Transparency (LEACT) to a budget provision banning the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts,” the 2021 legislative session has featured various pieces of legislation seeking to both advance – and reverse – diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in New Hampshire.
Register here.
This discussion will take a look at these pieces of legislation, their reception among legislators and the general public, how these legislative efforts ultimately fared, reaction from DEI advocates, and what other kinds of DEI legislation we might expect to see in 2022.
Panelists will include:

About Stay Work Play’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Series:
As an organization committed to attracting and retaining more young people in New Hampshire, Stay Work Play stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and is committed to making New Hampshire a more welcoming, inclusive, and just place for people of color. As a part of this effort, Stay Work Play will offer a series of diversity, equity, and inclusion events to foster conversation, enable learning experiences, and push for change.
