NHUnites Gathering for Connection and Change. Track B Session. 11:30 - 1. Weaving Cultures, Building Communities: Creating a Welcoming Community with New Americans. Location: 18 North Main Street, Second Floor. Box lunch available for purchase.
2017-09-23 06:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | NH

Nashua. Health and Wellness Fair
2017-09-23 07:30 - 09:30 | NH
Please join us for activities, information about health and wellness, and learn how to sign up for benefits under the Affordable Care Act. Translators will be available.

Manchester - Conversation Cafe
2017-10-04 14:00 - 16:00 | First Congregational Church, 508 Union St., Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
Everyone is welcome! Please join us in sharing language and culture through conversation. Conversation Cafes bring together our newest community members with people who have been in Manchester awhile. This is an opportunity to meet your neighbors, learn more about Manchester, and engage in friendly conversation. Perfect for anyone hoping to practice English language or meet new faces in a friendly and relaxed setting. Light refreshments provided!

Culture Shock! ArtFront NH
2017-10-12 14:00 - 2017-10-14 17:00 | Jupiter Hall, 89 Hanover St., Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
Join us for “Culture Shock!” at Jupiter Hall and explore the dissonance, diversity and cultural integration of Manchester’s lively and cosmopolitan community. Manchester’s Claudia Rippee will be showing her collection of poignant graffiti photographs. These crisp and riveting images will be juxtaposed against Patrick McCay’s vivid, textural paintings. Added to the mix will be the haunting faces created by photographer Tim Donovan. These remarkable images are borrowed from his Phantasmagoric portfolio. Rounding out the show will be sculptural elements created by installation artist Erin Sweeney. Erin’s work will be drawn from her mixed media installation “How To Build A Community” along with her storyteller sculptures. When combined, this work will challenge and inform preconceptions about the social, cultural and ethnic diversity within The Queen City.
Complimenting the art on the walls will be a steady but unexpected flow of dance and music. On the 12th and 13th, Wisty Andres, a classically trained contemporary dancer and Theo Marty, a dancer/drummer trained in several West African traditions will improvise together. The results will unwind in an entirely original, ephemeral and personal dance. Deo Mwano and Movement From Above will bring their inimitable blend of hip hop and jazz fusion to the event on the 14th Boston based Lorraine Chapman will return again with another rendition The Suit Lady character who will be a running persona in all Art Front events. She’s a surprise guest who reveals her own experience of the art and evening.

Manchester - Ask a Muslim Anything
2017-10-12 14:30 - 16:30 | Manchester City Library, 405 Pine Street, Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
The Manchester City Library on 405 Pine Street, Manchester, NH is offering an opportunity for conversation about identity, conflict and interfaith relations by hosting Mr. Robert Azzi in a presentation called “Ask a Muslim Anything.” This event will take place in the Library’s Auditorium on Thursday, October 12th, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.

Portsmouth - Speaker Series: Hungary Today
2017-10-16 15:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, 03801, United States
GABOR GARAI
Consul General of Hungary to Boston
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 7 PM
Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library
Free and open to the public; Advance registration requested online or call 603.314.7970; Books for sale following program
This program is co-sponsored by the Portsmouth Public Library.
ABOUT GABOR GARAI:
Mr. Garai is the Hungarian Consul General for New England and founder of the Hungarian-American Chamber of Commerce of New England. He received the Hungarian Civilian Cross, the highest recognition to non-residents awarded by the Hungarian president. During his work as Honorary Consul, Mr. Garai was awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit in 2005 and an award pro auxilio cirium Hungarum in 2007 to recognize his efforts for the protection of Hungarian citizens. In 2013, he was selected as honorary commercial attaché for Hungary. In 2014, Mr. Garai was awarded the AmCham Hungary’s Dr. Iván Völgyes Award, which recognizes individuals for encouraging and facilitating Hungarian-American business partnerships and cultural and academic alliances.

Manchester - Global Tipping Points: Hot, Hungry Planet
2017-10-17 14:00 - 15:30 | UNH – Manchester, 88 Commercial St., Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
THINK GLOBALLY & ACT LOCALLY
A three-part series looking at global issues from a local level
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 at 6PM
LISA PALMER
Journalist Lisa Palmer has traveled the world documenting the cutting-edge innovations of people on the front lines of fighting the food gap. She will share the story of the epic journey to solve the imperfect relationship between two of our planet’s greatest challenges: climate change and global hunger, as chronicled in her new book, Hut, Hungry Planet. NH link: Did you know our state’s farms have been increasing (including a big rise in young farmers) and 30% of agricultural sales to the public come from local farms? But, a longer growing season due to climate change could mean higher heat stress and new pressure from invasive weeds and pests.
Location: Multi-purpose Room, UNH Manchester, 88 Commercial Street (Pandora Mill), Manchester. Directions & Parking Info Here
Free & Open to the Public. Advance registration requested online or by phone: 603.314.7970
Series presented in partnership with UNH and UNH-Manchester’s homeland security, history, humanities and politics and society programs

Concord - Diwali Celebration
2017-10-18 14:00 - 15:30 | NH
Building Community in New Hampshire (previously known as Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire) and Creating Community invite you to attend a Diwali Celebration!
Join us on the first day of Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, at City Plaza in front of the NH State House, to celebrate the “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair.”
There will be a brief welcome, dancing and food – Katmandu Bazaar will be selling momos and serving Nepali tea.
All are welcome to join our Hindu community in this celebration. Let’s rejoice together!!!
For more information, please visit the Facebook event by clicking here.
ABOUT DIWALI:
Diwali – or Deepavali – a Hindu festival of lights, is celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere). One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, its spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. The festival preparation and rituals typically extend over a five-day period, but the main festival night of Deepavali coincides with the darkest, new moon night of the Hindu Lunar calendar. On Deepavali night, fireworks light up the neighborhood skies. Later, family members and friends are invited to celebrate the night over food and sweets.

2017 Black New England Conference
2017-10-20 06:00 - 2017-10-22 13:00 | Huddleston Hall, 73 Main St, Durham, NH, 03824, United States
2017 Black New England Conference
The Science and Engineering of Race: Living Through the Archives
The Carsey School is a proud co-sponsor of the 2017 Black New England Conference. This conference will discuss how modern medical and social sciences have made some extraordinary advances through the exploitation of Black bodies while simultaneously allowing myths of racial inferiority to continue as justification for centuries of enslavement and political disenfranchisement.
From the Tuskegee syphilis experiment to the unethical use of Henrietta Lacks’ cells to engineer a polio vaccine, to the ongoing forced sterilization of Black women in clinics and prisons, the story of American scientific advancement carries with it a shadow story of ethical corruption, pain, and silencing. The insidious parallel fictions of the innate athleticism, super strength and natural rhythm of African people are rooted in pseudo-scientific research and writings.
In unpacking this theme, conference presenters will examine the historical and current impact of “race science” and pseudoscientific movements to present “race as destiny” on fields of inquiry ranging on areas of modern medicine and health care, reproductive rights, public policy, criminal law, civil rights, athletics, educational access, and effects on the arts and entertainment industries.
Conference Panels Include:

Hidden Figures: Reintroducing Regional Black Scientists & Innovators
In the Name of Science: A Film Discussion
Out of The Shadows: A Conversation with Shelly Walcott & Katherine Sanders
Tracing Genetic Ancestry & Reclaiming Black Spaces
Inventing Race: Science, Medicine & Big Business
Skeletons in Our Closet: Anthropology’s Role in Constructing and Deconstructing the Science of Race
Afrofuturism: The Way Forward

View the Conference Schedule Here.
The Black New England Conference, now in its 11th year, is a regularly occurring 2-day gathering to share insights and scholarly work on Black experiences, past and present, in New England. Recent keynote speakers at the conferences have included comedian and activist Dick Gregory, columnist Derrick Jackson, actor and activist Sheryl Lee Ralph, director John W. Franklin, playwright Lydia Diamond, author Lorene Carey, and Professors James Campbell and James O. Horton, with topical presentations by professional and independent scholars, community researchers, writers, artists, and activists. The Conference is both an academic conference and a celebration of Black life and history.

Friday, October 20, 2017 – 10:00am to Saturday, October 21, 2017 – 5:00pm

Huddleston Hall Ballroom, UNH, Durham

Manchester - Turkish Coffee Night
2017-10-20 14:00 | Turkish Cultural Center of NH, 540 Chestnut St., Manchester, NH, United States
Turkish Coffee Hour featuring Noah’s Pudding
The Oldest Dessert In The World
‘Asure,’ is the Turkish name for Noah’s pudding. It is made of a mixture consisting of grain, fruits, dried fruits, and nuts. It is a symbol of diversity, friendship and unity. Asure is common throughout the Middle East and spans many cultures, traditions and religions.
Please RSVP at info@tccnh.org or 603-621-0620

Merrimack - I am a Muslim Woman: Conversations with Local Muslim Women
2017-10-23 14:45 - 16:30 | Our Lady of Mercy Church, 16 Baboosic Lake Road, Merrimack, NH, 03054, United States
Our Lady of Mercy Parish in association with Interfaith Women of NH invites you to: I am a Muslim Woman: Conversations with Local Muslim Women. This event will take place on Monday, October 23rd at 6:45PM at Our Lady of Mercy Church.
This is your second opportunity to attend the same program where over 200 people filled St. Catherine School Auditorium in March of this year.
Both men and women are invited to attend this event. Handicap accessible.
Check-in begins at 6:00pm and optional Church Tour begins at 6:15 p.m.

Webcast - Discrimination in America: African American Experiences
2017-10-24 08:00 - 09:00 | NH
How do African Americans experience discrimination in daily life? A soon-to-be-released poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will illuminate reports from African Americans who share their personal experiences with discrimination. With unprecedented documentation, the poll will cover a range of areas — from police interaction, to job applications, to health care, to racial slurs. This Forum will explore the poll results and their implications for a healthier, more equitable, and just society.
This poll will be the first among a series of reports that surveyed additional groups, including Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, men, women, and LGBTQ adults, on their experiences with discrimination.
EXPERT PARTICIPANTS
Robert Blendon, Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School
Elizabeth Hinton, Assistant Professor, Departments of History and of African American Studies, Harvard University, and Author, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
Mary Lee, Deputy Director, PolicyLink
Dwayne Proctor, Senior Adviser to the President and Director, Achieving Health Equity Portfolio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
David Williams, Professor of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
MODERATOR
Joe Neel, Deputy Senior Supervising Editor and a Correspondent on the Science Desk, NPR
Spread the word:
Send our panelists questions in advance to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu
We’ll be conducting a live chat on The Forum’s Discrimination in America website.
Tweet us @ForumHSPH #discrimination
We also will stream live on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Forumhsph

YWCA NH's 37th Annual Susan B. Anthony Award Celebration
2017-10-25 13:30 - 16:00 | Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 North River Road, Hooksett, NH, 03106, United States
DESCRIPTION

For more than three decades, YWCA New Hampshire’s Susan B. Anthony Award Celebration has been a premiere event highlighting the contributions of outstanding women who live or work in New Hampshire and exemplify the ideals of Susan B. Anthony.
Join Us for Our 37th Annual
Susan B. Anthony Award Celebration
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Cash Bar & Hors d’oevre Reception
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Program
7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Coffee & Dessert
Southern New Hampshire University Banquet Hall, Manchester
Silent Auction throughout the evening
Individual ticket: $50
Table (8 tickets): $400
Tickets can also be purchased by calling 603.625.5785 x 107.
with special guest Melissa Ledutke
Melissa Ludtke is the producer, writer and co-creator of Touching Home in China: in search of missing girlhoods, a transmedia storytelling and curriculum project. She is an award-winning journalist who has reported for Time magazine, CBS News, and Sports Illustrated. She edited Nieman Reports at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism for 13 years. To pursue her writing in social and political justice issues, she was awarded academic fellowships from Harvard University, Radcliffe College, and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. In 2010 Ludtke received the Yankee Quill Award for lifetime achievement as a journalist.
Ms. Ludtke made history while covering baseball as a reporter for Sports Illustrated. After Commissioner Bowie Kuhn denied her access to interview ballplayers in team locker rooms, Time Inc., the company that owned Sports Illustrated, filed a federal lawsuit (Ludtke v. Kuhn). The lawsuit claimed that Major League Baseball’s media policy of providing unequal access to women reporters violated her rights under the Fourteenth Amendment by depriving her of the liberty to fully pursue a career in sports reporting. In September 1978, a federal judge agreed, establishing equal access to locker rooms for women reporters. Her papers related to this groundbreaking suit are archived at Harvard’s Schlesinger Library, and her oral history of this period in time is preserved as part of the Washington Press Club Foundation’s Women in Journalism oral history project.

Nashua - Active Bystander Training
2017-11-08 13:00 - 16:00 | Temple Beth Abraham, 4 Raymond Street, Nashua, NH, 03064, United States
Active Bystander Training – Nashua NH
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Temple Beth Abraham
4 Raymond Road
Nashua, NH
Join GSOP and United Way to learn how to be an “active bystander!” This training will be available in both Spanish and English.
Dinner will be served and there is no cost to attend. Donations will be accepted to cover the cost of the food.
To register, Click here or call 603-864-0202.
Active Bystander training is a short, interactive opportunity to think about what you would do if you witness someone doing harm to another.
Active Bystander training helps participants recognize when they are bystanders, analyze the situation and their options, and evaluate the consequences of their actions. It increases bystanders’ effectiveness by teaching how we each can interrupt harm doing and generate positive actions by others. Instead of becoming complicit through remaining passive, participants learn the competencies they need to decide to take action when they witness something they feel is troubling, unfair, or wrong. Active bystandership does not mean aggression against the harm doer, it means taking responsible action to help people in need.

Webinar - One Year Later: Immigrant Trauma and How to Deal with It
2017-11-09 09:00 - 10:00 | NH
Supporting children, refugees and immigrants in uncertain times

One year since the presidential election, immigration rhetoric and policies have upended millions of lives. Register for One Year Later: Immigrant Trauma and How to Deal with It, a free webinar hosted by The Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute on Thursday, November 9, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST to learn how immigrants are being impacted and what you can do to support them.

Among those affected are refugees awaiting family members, skilled workers on temporary visas and long-time residents fearing rejection from their adopted homeland. Especially vulnerable are the children of immigrants suffering from increased anxiety and classroom disengagement. Educator and author Eileen Kugler and clinical psychologist Dr. Usha Tummala-Narra will offer strategies on how schools, neighbors and employers can support their immigrant students, coworkers and friends.

Attendees will Learn:

Latest immigration policies and the breadth of their impact
The destructive effects on immigrants, refugees and their families
Best practices to deal with this trauma at the personal, institutional and community levels

This free, interactive webinar is for anyone interested in immigrant and refugee issues, including social workers, advocates, counselors, teachers, policy experts, immigrant- and refugee-serving organizations, health care professionals, and state and city officials.

Manchester - Conversation Cafe at Currier Museum of Art
2017-11-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
Join us on November 9 for a special Conversation Café at the Currier Museum of Art!
Participants can enjoy a free tour of the museum (including a special exhibit on French artist Toulouse Lautrec) as well as time for art-making and conversation in small groups. If you’ve never visited the Currier, this will be a great opportunity to experience all the museum has to offer! It will also be a chance for receiving community members and new immigrants to get to know each other in a unique (and creative!) setting.
Conversation Cafés are a program Welcoming Manchester and partners. These events are informal get-togethers of immigrant and non-immigrant community members where participants enjoy guided conversation and activities with new friends and neighbors. Each Conversation Café is unique, and we are always looking for new themes, locations and partners. This is a great opportunity to practice or help others practice English language skills, and it’s also a wonderful opportunity for community members to get to know one another in a relaxed setting. These events are always free and open to everyone.

Manchester - Global Tipping Points: How can the U.S. & Mexico Fight Heroin?
2017-11-13 13:00 - 14:30 | UNH – Manchester, 88 Commercial St., Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
THINK GLOBALLY & ACT LOCALLY
A three-part series looking at global issues from a local level
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 at 6PM
LUIS JIMÉNEZ
Mexico provides more than 90 percent of America’s heroin. As an addiction epidemic ravages New Hampshire, communities across the border have also paid a price as violence soars. How has U.S. foreign policy in Latin America impacted drug trade? How can both countries work together to combat the crisis? Luis Jiménez, an expert on Latin American politics, will address these issues and more. NH link: The Granite State recently ranked #2 in the nation for opioid-related deaths relative to its population and #1 for fentanyl-related deaths per capita.
Location: Multi-purpose Room, UNH Manchester, 88 Commercial Street (Pandora Mill), Manchester. Directions & Parking Info Here
Free & Open to the Public. Advance registration requested online or by phone: 603.314.7970.
Presented in partnership with UNH Manchester’s homeland security, history, humanities and politics and society programs

Exeter - Active Bystander Training
2017-11-14 12:30 - 14:30 | NH
DESCRIPTION:
Active Bystander Training is a short, interactive opportunity to think about what you would do if you witness someone doing harm to another.
Active Bystander training helps participants recognize when they are bystanders, analyze the situation and their options, and evaluate the consequences of their actions. It increases bystanders’ effectiveness by teaching how we each can interrupt harm doing and generate positive actions by others. Instead of becoming complicit through remaining passive, participants learn the competencies they need to decide to take action when they witness something they feel is troubling, unfair, or wrong. Active bystandership does not mean aggression against the harm doer, it means taking responsible action to help people in need.
Training includes:

What inhibits bystanders from acting
What promotes positive bystander behavior
Putting oneself into the victim’s situation
Feeling responsibility for others’ welfare
Competence. The ability to have a positive influence, avoid harm to oneself and others
Safe, non-confrontational strategies for intervention
Promote caring for people both within and beyond one’s own group
Promote the inclination to help others, and the moral courage to speak or act on behalf of positive values in the face of potential opposition
Interactive exercises and activities: students discuss, brainstorm and roleplay bystander responses to varied situations

Location: 104 Epping Road, Exeter, NH 03833
Granite State Organizing Project
GSOP is the largest grassroots community organization in New Hampshire. We are comprised of religious congregations, community groups, labor organizations and individuals in New Hampshire united in our concern for economic and social justice. Responding to requests from our members for more tools to support positive community- based interventions and building on our training expertise, GSOP has integrated into our work an active bystander training based on the widely-used program developed by Quabbin Mediation.

Milford - Becky Sakellariou - All Refugee Lives Matter
2017-11-14 13:30 - 15:00 | Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua St., Milford, NH, 03055, United States
Becky Sakellariou, who lives in both New Hampshire and in Greece, has been involved with the refugees in Greece since they began pouring into that country from Turkey 2 1/2 years ago. She has visited transient camps with a team of midwives, emergency landing camps, and taught and worked in a couple of the 40+ mainland camps that are now home to about 65,000 refugees. She has also raised funds for goods, foods, clothes, toys and other needed items for about 7 NGOs operating at very small centers, both urban and rural. She will talk about her experiences, her perspectives and show slides to illustrate what is happening.

Concord - Cultural and Linguistic Competency Workshop
2017-11-15 04:00 - 11:00 | NH
For educators, clinicians, and members of community-based organizations!
WHEN: Wednesday, November 15, 2017
From 9 AM to 4 PM
WHERE: The Foundation for Healthy Communities
Room 1, 125 Airport Road, Concord, NH
FACILITATOR: Mercedes Avila, PhD
Workshop Objectives:
At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Demonstrate increased self-awareness of racial, ethnic and class biases.
2. Define cultural and linguistic competency and indicate familiarity with the stages of
cultural competency (or continuum).
3. Describe the implications of demographic trends for health disparities.
4. Identify links between racial and health inequities and health disparities.
5. Integrate National CLAS Standards into practice and service providing.
6. Describe how cultural beliefs shape clinical encounters and patients’ health outcomes.
7. Incorporate cultural and linguistic competence into service providing.
There is no cost to attend. Lunch will be provided.
Space is limited!
Pre-Register at snhahec-clc-workshop.eventbrite.com
Sponsored by the Northern New England Workforce Diversity Partnership and
Southern NH AHEC

Peterborough - Is Our Town Your Town?
2017-11-15 09:00 | Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center, 26 Main St, Peterborough, NH, 03458, United States
Is Our Town Your Town?
2:00 pm
Franklin Pierce University’s Global Citizens Club and First Year Inquiry Class lead the conversation, “How is Our Town Your Town?” Using Thornton Wilder’s play, “Our Town”, the US Constitution, the US immigration process, and the teaching of tolerance, as bases for discussion, the dialogue will center on the question, “What makes a community accessible and inviting?” Class and Club Members, Mariposa Museum staff, along with Ann Hayashi, Assistant to the Resident Director at The MacDowell Colony, and community members are invited to weigh in on this important topic. Admission: Free.

Hanover - Team Up, Take Action: Partnering for Health Equity
2017-11-15 11:00 - 12:30 | The Hanover Inn, 2 East Wheelock Street, Hanover, NH, 03755, United States
The Hitchcock Foundation Presents the Thirty-Fourth Annual Schumann Lecture
Team up, Take Action: Partnering for Health Equity
Camara P. Jones MD, MPH, PhD
Health equity means that everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. Health equity means reducing and eliminating disparities in health and its determinants that adversely affect excluded or marginalized groups. Health equity is inextricably linked with opportunity. It requires addressing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and healthcare. Health equity is fundamental to building a vibrant society because of its practical, economic, and civic implications and impact on individuals living a good life.
Dr. Jones is a family physician and epidemiologist whose work focuses on the impacts of racism on the health and well-being of the nation. She seeks to broaden the national health debate to include not only universal access to high-quality healthcare but also attention to the social determinants of health (including poverty) and the social determinants of equity (including racism). Dr. Jones is the immediate past president of the American Public Health Association
This lecture is free and open to the public. No registration is necessary.
This public lecture is supported by an endowment to the Hitchcock Foundation from the late Helmut Wolfgang Schumann to provide a free lecture by a nationally renowned figure on topics related to healthful living. This year’s lecture will kick off the annual event for public health officials called “Team Up, Take Action: Improving Population Health Together,” co-sponsored by the New Hampshire Public Health Association, the Vermont Public Health Association and Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Though the larger conference is a paid event, the public may attend the Schumann Lecture from 4:00 PM-5:30 PM at no cost.

Manchester - Culturally Effective Organizations Framework Learning Forum for Organization Decision-Makers
2017-11-16 03:00 - 08:00 | NH
The NH Health & Equity Partnership’s Culturally Effective Organizations Priority Work Group is pleased to present a learning forum for leaders of organizations from health, healthcare, human, social service, people-serving, education, and non-profit organizations. Culturally effective organizations enable, cultivate, and support the delivery of high-quality care and services for all people. Decision makers from your leadership team are invited to attend this half-day learning forum on November 16th in Manchester to learn the roadmap for providing high quality services for all.
Registration details coming soon. For questions please contact Isabelle Valmont.
http://www.facebook.com/equitynh/

Concord - An Attitude of Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Interfaith Celebration
2017-11-19 12:30 - 13:30 | Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 180 Loudon Rd, Concord, NH, 03301, United States
The Greater Concord Interfaith Council invites the Concord Community to participate in an evening Thanksgiving celebration. A reflection on an “attitude of gratitude” will be given by Reverend Jason Wells. Music and interfaith reflections will also be offered.
Donations of non-perishable food items for the Friends of Forgotten Children food pantry are appreciated.
Any monetary offerings will go towards the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness for their new cold-weather shelter.
Date: Sunday, November 19, 2017
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: Immaculate Heart of Mary
180 Loudon Rd. Concord, NH

Nashua - Holiday Stroll Luminaria
2017-11-25 12:00 | Downtown Nashua, 147 Main St., Nashua, NH, United States
Nashua’s 24th Annual Winter Holiday Stroll
The event takes place each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving; and although it started small, it has steadily grown through the years.
The Stroll is recognized as the largest community event of the year in Southern New Hampshire. Each year, over 30,000 people from across New England visit downtown Nashua to enjoy this free and family-friendly holiday event. The evening kicks off at 5 p.m. with a candlelit procession up Main Street from City Hall to Railroad Square where the City’s official Christmas tree is lit. Much of the downtown is closed to traffic for the evening, so even after the tree lighting Strollers can enjoy the live entertainment, sample offerings from street vendors, dine in downtown’s fine restaurants and Shop Small at our unique specialty shops and boutiques.
Holiday Stroll Luminaria – Share A Light of Hope for the World from Our Welcoming City during the Holiday Stroll this Year
This year at the Holiday Stroll, One Greater Nashua offers you the opportunity to shine a light of hope for the world by purchasing a “luminaria” in honor or memory of your loved ones who immigrated to Nashua, or another place in the US, and contributed to our prosperity. Decorating the streets with luminaria is a Spanish-inspired holiday tradition, popular in many parts of the world.
You can purchase a luminaria – a battery-operated tribute candle placed in a white bag – for a $3.00 donation online, or at the Stroll at 147 Main Street. Your candle, with the name of the person you are honoring, will be placed along the RiverWalk, and it will be visible during the Holiday Stroll from the bridge on Main Street. Supplies will be available at the event for those who wish to decorate their own luminaria.
Proceeds from the tributes will be used to defray legal costs for our neighbors who are newly resettled in Nashua, such as refugees and immigrants currently seeking permanent resident status and citizenship.
As members of the community, we recognize that we are blessed. From our beginnings, we have thrived because of our value of diversity, ingenuity, and collaboration. These shared values have forged among us a strong community bond as greater Nashuans. In the Gate City, our prosperity has flourished through our openness and willingness to welcome newcomers who bring new ideas, innovations, and traditions, which we embrace with mutual respect.

RootSkills Conference
2017-11-30 03:00 - 2017-12-02 12:00 | Radisson Hotel, 700 Elm St., Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
Register for the RootSkills Conference!
The New England Grassroots Environment Fund invites all grassroots organizers, sustainable businesses, nonprofit leaders, and passionate community members to the annual RootSkills Conference in Manchester, NH from November 30 – December 2. RootSkills aims to connect community organizers and nonprofits working to address social justice challenges and improve community health, community resilience, and the environment in northern New England. Now more than ever, it is critical that organizers work together to build a shared vision for a more just and sustainable region.
Registration:
$160 General Admission
$80 One-Day Ticket
$40 Student Ticket
Limited scholarships available on a rolling basis.
ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO THOSE LIVING IN COOS COUNTY NH

Manchester - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the SNHU Center for New Americans at YWCA NH
2017-12-01 07:00 - 09:00 | YWCA NH, 72 Concord St, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
The SNHU Center for New Americans @ YWCA NH Ceremonial Ribbon Cutting
Light refreshments and a tour of the new center. Please register in advance.

Manchester Citizenship Center
2017-12-02 05:00 - 09:00 | International Institute of New England – Manchester, 470 Pine St, Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
The Manchester Citizenship Center is a FREE program where immigrants ready to begin the citizenship process can get legal help from Catholic Charities NH’s qualified legal advocates and attorneys. The free clinics are also offered to those who want more information on naturalization.
The first session will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, at the International Institute of New England, 1850 Elm St., Manchester, NH.
You must register in advance by calling CCNH at 603-624-4717 ext. 0277
Participants will be offered English reading and writing screenings at the start of their appointment.

Manchester - French Conversation Café - Francophone Conversation Café
2017-12-06 13:00 - 15:00 | First Congregational Church, 508 Union St., Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
Parlez-vous Français?
Welcoming Manchester invites you to a French Conversation Café!
CONVERSATIONS AMICALES EN FRANÇAIS
Meet neighbors and friends through the shared language of French! Conversation Cafés are opportunities for immigrant and non-immigrant community members to get to know one another in a fun and relaxed setting. While most Cafes are in English, this one will be in French! We look forward to bringing together Manchester’s French-speaking residents from around the world, and we hope you’ll join us!
As always, this is a free community event and delicious refreshments will be provided!
Le Centre Franco-américain et la communauté francophone de Manchester invitent tous les immigrants francophones à CONVERSATION CAFÉ!
LE Mercredi 6 décembre de 18H à 20H
Aura lieu à la First Congregational Church situé au 508 Union St., entre les rues Hanover et Amherst.
Accédez l’église par la rue située entre l’église et le bloc appartement.
Stationnement est disponible au terrain Devine-Millimet au coin des rues Union et Amherst.
Accédez le terrain de stationnement à partir de la ru Union.
L’entrée de l’église est l’autre côté de la rue Amherst.
Conversations en français ~ musique ~ légers rafraîchissements
Commandité par Welcoming Manchester, le Centre Franco-américain, Victory Women of Vision, et Congolese Community

Webinar - Culturally Effective Organizations: Using the Toolkit
2017-12-07 05:00 - 06:00 | NH
Webinar: Culturally Effective Organizations Framework and Toolkit
December 7, 2017 10am – 11am
DESCRIPTION

This webinar is for clinical and administrative staff who can help move their organization into becoming more culturally effective.
Learning Objectives:
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to…
1. Describe elements of the framework for culturally effective organizations.
2. Identify action steps for your organization to become more culturally effective.
3. Reflect on how you can be an agent of change in your work setting.
Continuing education credit is available.

In NH we value that everyone lives freely, but that means ensuring everyone has equal opportunity to thrive. We know that organizations strive to ensure this opportunity by providing high quality services that are accessible to all in NH – yet achieving this can be challenging.
The good news is that a roadmap exists; there is a framework to provide high quality services for all called the Culturally Effective Organizations Framework, and this framework is the roadmap.
The NH Health & Equity Partnership is pleased to share the Culturally Effective Organizations online toolkit developed collaboratively by the Manchester Community Health Center, the Southern NH Area Health Education Center, and the CEOrgs Work Group as a resource for organizations to learn about the essential pathways for success. This free webinar will provide an overview of the toolkit to assist on the journey to becoming a culturally effective organization and providing high quality services for all.
REGISTER for the free WEBINAR here.
Direct link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culturally-effective-organizations-using-the-toolkit-webinar-tickets-39834965454
