Welcoming New Hampshire

Nashua Multicultural Festival 2019
2019-09-15 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | St Patrick’s Gym, 29 Spring St, Nashua, NH, 03060, United States
Join us for the 2nd Annual Nashua Multicultural Festival on September 15 from 1-5 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Gym on Main Street!
This FREE event, which is organized by the Nashua Mayor’s Office and the Nashua Multicultural Festival Planning Committee, will feature multicultural food, art, dance and more! Free samples of foods from a variety of countries will be provided (first come, first served).
About
The Multicultural Festival is part of Nashua’s celebration of Welcoming Week, an annual series of events where communities bring together immigrants, refugees, and native-born residents to raise awareness of the benefits of welcoming everyone. Learn more about Welcoming Week at the Welcoming America website.
In September 2016, the City of Nashua adopted legislation to officially become a Welcoming City. Since then, the City and community partners have worked hard to incorporate welcoming initiatives into the daily life of our community. This event is also an opportunity to celebrate the two-year anniversary of Nashua becoming a Welcoming City.

Deering - Songs and Stories of the Struggle for Abolition and Woman Suffrage
2019-09-15 07:30 | Deering Community Church, 763 Deering Center Road, Deering, NH, 03244, United States
Abby Hutchinson’s Sweet Freedom Songs: Songs and Stories of the Struggle for Abolition and Woman Suffrage

Deborah Anne Goss appears as Abby Hutchinson Patton, recalling mid-19th-century U.S. and New Hampshire history and performing rousing anthems, heartfelt ballads, and humorous ditties sung during anti-slavery and early women’s rights struggles. In the 1840s and 1850s the Hutchinson Family Singers strongly influenced the opinions of the era with their popular songs promoting healthy living and social justice-most prominently the abolition of slavery. Participants are encouraged to join in the singing on several choruses or read a poem or political diatribe of the time.

Anti-Racism Organizing Symposium in Northern New England
2019-09-14 04:30 - 13:00 | Pepperell Mill Campus, 2 Main St, Biddeford, NH, 04005, United States

Sukkot (Jewish)
2019-09-13 - 2019-09-14 | NH, United States
Sukkot, commonly translated as Feast of Tabernacles, is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, Tishrei (Tishri).

Manchester - Glendi 2019
2019-09-12 - 2019-09-15 | St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 650 Hanover Street, Manchester, NH, 03104, United States
This year our Annual GLENDI Festival will take place Friday Sept 13th, Saturday Sept 14th, and Sunday Sept 15th.
GLENDI is an annual Grecian Festival held every September and hosted on the grounds of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Manchester, NH. It was originally called the Greek Bazaar and brings people together from all around NH to celebrate Greek Heritage.
Come celebrate with us and enjoy the fun with many special features such as Greek cuisine & pastries, Jewelry booth showcasing beautiful Grecian imports/jewelry, Greek coffee shop serving Greek demitasse, an Aegean Market featuring food and clothing, a Taverna featuring Greek beer and wine, Raffles (mini, multi & century) and so much more.

Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance
2019-09-11 | NH, United States
In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year in memory of the people killed in the September 11 attacks of the year 2001.
On this day Americans across the country are called to volunteer in their local communities in tribute to the individuals lost and injured in the attacks, first responders, and the many who have risen in service to defend freedom.
For more information, visit:
https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks
https://www.911day.org/
https://www.nationalservice.gov/serve/september-11th-national-day-service-and-remembrance

Canterbury - "If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be for Me?"
2019-09-10 15:00 | Elkins Public Library, 9 Center Road, Canterbury, NH, 03224, United States
“If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be for Me?” George Washington’s Runaway Slave

Oney Judge Staines, according to the Constitution, was only three-fifths of a person. To her masters, George and Martha Washington, she was merely “the girl.” All she wanted was the freedom to control her own actions, but her account of escaping the Executive Mansion in Philadelphia, fleeing north and establishing a life in New Hampshire is not a typical runaway story. Portrayed by Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti, Oney’s tale provides an alternative perspective on the new nation’s social, political, and economic development, from one whose personal experience so contradicted the promise of the principles embodied in the nation’s founding documents.

Portsmouth - Finding Refuge: Crossroads Film Series - Human Flow
2019-09-10 14:00 | Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, 03801, United States
Finding Refuge: Crossroads Film and Discussion Series
Human Flow
Tuesday, September 10th, 6 PM
Portsmouth Public Library
175 Parrott Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801
About Human Flow:
Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Captured over the course of an eventful year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretches across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey. Human Flow is a witness to its subjects and their desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left behind to the unknown potential of the future. Human Flow comes at a crucial time when tolerance, compassion and trust are needed more than ever. This visceral work of cinema is a testament to the unassailable human spirit and poses one of the questions that will define this century: Will our global society emerge from fear, isolation, and self-interest and choose a path of openness, freedom, and respect for humanity?

Somersworth Indonesian Festival
2019-09-07 07:00 - 13:00 | NH, United States

Laconia Multicultural Festival 2019
2019-09-07 06:00 - 12:00 | NH, United States
The Festival takes place in Downtown Laconia in the City Hall parking areas, Rotary Park, the Belknap Mill, the Mall in front of the Soda Shoppe and the Healthlink parking lot.

Labor Day
2019-09-01 - 2019-09-02 | NH, United States
Labor Day is on the first Monday of September every year. It was originally organized to celebrate various labor unions’ strengths of and contributions to the United States’ economy.

Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)
2019-09-01 - 2019-09-02 | NH, United States
Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Ganesha.

Muharram (Muslim)
2019-08-30 - 2019-08-31 | NH, United States
Muslims observe the start of the Islamic New Year on the first day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar and the second most holy month of the Islamic year, after Ramadan.

North Woodstock - NH Abolitionist Nathaniel Peabody Rogers
2019-08-29 15:00 | Woodstock Town Office Building, 165 Lost River Rd, North Woodstock, NH, 03262, United States
New Hampshire Abolitionist Nathaniel Peabody Rogers

Successful attorney–and father of eight–Nathaniel Peabody Rogers walked away from his Plymouth, NH, law practice in the 1830s for a dangerous and nearly unpaid gig editing a Concord-based anti-slavery newspaper, the Herald of Freedom. Plymouth State University historian Rebecca R. Noel tells the story of this feisty Granite State native, one of the so-called New Hampshire radicals. Rogers’ dedication to abolition and racial inclusion took several forms in his relatively short life. He sheltered fugitives in Plymouth and Concord, co-founded the integrated Noyes Academy in Canaan, networked with major abolitionists including Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, and above all wrote passionate, searing essays against slavery and racism. Henry David Thoreau admired Rogers’ political zeal and his beautiful nature writing about the White Mountains, published under the pseudonym “The Old Man of the Mountain,” and abolitionist poet John Pierpont called Rogers the best newspaper writer in the United States. Rogers’ story shines a light on this lively reform era, and his contributions to the crusade for social justice still resonate today.

Deering - "If I Am Not For Myself, Who Will Be for Me?"
2019-08-25 07:30 | Deering Community Church, 763 Deering Center Road, Deering, NH, 03244, United States

Conway - Digging Into Native History in New Hampshire
2019-08-24 10:00 | Conway Public Library, 15 Greenwood Avenue, Conway, NH, 03818, United States
Abenaki history has been reduced to near-invisibility as a result of conquest, a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience, and a strategy of self-preservation that required many Abenaki to go “underground,” concealing their true identities for generations to avoid discrimination and persecution. Robert Goodby reveals archaeological evidence that shows their deep presence here, inches below the earth’s surface.

Online Webinar: Countering Extremism, Intolerance and Political Violence
2019-08-23 09:00 - 10:00 | Online, United States
Webinar: Countering Extremism, Intolerance, and Political Violence
Friday, August 23, 2019
1:00-2:00 Eastern Time
During this webinar, Mary McCord, Legal Director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) and Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, will talk about the rise in extremism and what proactive steps can be taken at local, state and national levels to not only counter extremism but also to provide respect and healing.
Because of recent events, we know this is a topic that is very important to everyone, and there will be many questions. While you will be able to ask questions during the live webinar, please feel free to send any questions you have in advance to Anthony Salas at events@welcomingamerica.org. We will make every effort to answer as many questions as possible during the webinar.
Speaker:
Mary McCord, Legal Director at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
Register Now

Freedom - Family Stories: How and Why to Remember and Tell Them
2019-08-21 15:00 | Freedom Town Hall, 16 Elm Street, Freedom, NH, 03836, United States
Telling personal and family stories is fun – and much more. Storytelling connects strangers, strengthens links between generations, and gives children the self-knowledge to carry them through hard times. Knowledge of family history has even been linked to better teen behavior and mental health. In this active and interactive program, storyteller Jo Radner shares foolproof ways to mine memories and interview relatives for meaningful stories. Participants practices finding, developing, and telling their own tales.

Concord - Solidarity Walk for Immigrant Justice
2019-08-21 05:00 | NH, United States
The Concord walk kicks off Tuesday, August 21 at 9 am with an interfaith prayer service at South Church Concord, 27 Pleasant Street, followed by a brief stop at the US District Court, 55 Pleasant Street
Walkers and Volunteers MUST sign up and complete the waiver form found here: http://nhchurches.org/walk2019/
Participants will walk the 36 miles from Concord to Dover over the course of these days and you are welcome to join us! The walk begins in Concord at the US District Courthouse. The walk will end at the Strafford County Jail in Dover, where ICE jails people slated for their deportation. Can you join us?
Each day participants will walk 8-10 miles and stop in towns along the way. In the evenings we will hold educational, prayerful or discussion-focused events open to the public.

Solidarity Walk for Immigrant Justice 2019: Concord to Dover
2019-08-19 06:00 - 2019-08-22 13:00 | NH, United States
Join us as we walk from across 4 states to amplify the moral crisis we face as our country targets and expels immigrant families. We’ll, walk, march and even bike, a combined 280 miles from Concord, NH; Boston, MA; Montpelier, VT and Kittery, ME to Dover, NH.
The Concord walk kicks off Tuesday, August 21 at 9 am with an interfaith prayer service at South Church Concord, 27 Pleasant Street, followed by a brief stop at the US District Court, 55 Pleasant Street
The Boston walk kicks off with a rally at the JFK Federal Building in Boston at 10am on Monday, August 19.
The Montpelier walk kicks off Wednesday, August 21 at 8 a.m. in front of City Hall.
The South Berwick walk kicks off on Saturday, August 24 at 7:30 a.m. from First Parish Federated Church, 150 Main St., South Berwick, ME
All marchers will end at the Strafford County Immigrant Detention Center in Dover on Saturday, August 24 in the afternoon
If you are unable to make it to the solidarity walk, we hope that you will consider donating here: https://faithinaction.salsalabs.org/solidaritywalk2019/index.html
Local Facebook Event Pages:
NH invite – https://www.facebook.com/events/384825008810072/
ME invite – https://www.facebook.com/events/297574537815061/
https://www.eccoaction.org/about/#/solidarity-pilgrimage/

Manchester - We Are One Festival 2019
2019-08-17 07:00 - 14:00 | Veteran’s Memorial Park, 723 Elm St, Manchester, NH, 03101, United States
The city will be celebrating its diversity in a unified way during the fifth-annual We Are One African/Caribbean Celebration on Aug. 17 at Veterans Park, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. This festival is FREE and open to the public!
Read more about the festival here: https://manchesterinklink.com/we-are-one-festival-2019-set-for-aug-17-at-veterans-park/

Stratham - 25th International Day of the World's Indigenous People
2019-08-17 06:00 - 14:00 | Stratham Hill Park, 270 Portsmouth Ave, Stratham, NH, 03885, United States
Federation of Indigenous People of Nepal in America, New Hampshire (FIPNA NH) is going to host and celebrate 25th International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on August 17, 2019 (Saturday). We would like to cordially invite you all to attend the program and witness the beautiful diversify cultural shows of Nepal along with your own community members from various organizations, friends, relatives and children. Delicious varieties of Nepali food will be served at the event.

Manchester - Mahrajan 2019
2019-08-16 13:00 - 2019-08-18 08:00 | Our Lady of the Cedars Church, 140 Mitchell St, Manchester, NH, 03103, United States
Mahrajan (n.) arabic for a wicked good time!
A Middle Eastern Food Festival held at Our Lady of the Cedars Church in Manchester, NH. Come for food, live music and dancing, gift bazaar, hookah rentals, backgammon and kids games!
FREE ADMISSION!

Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)
2019-08-13 - 2019-08-14 | NH, United States
The festival of Raksha Bandhan or the ‘bond of protection’ is all about the love between brothers and sisters. Raksha Bandhan is observed on the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Shravan.

Tisha B'Av (Jewish)
2019-08-10 - 2019-08-11 | NH, United States
Tisha B’Av is an annual fast day in Judaism, named for the ninth day (Tisha) of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar. The fast commemorates the destruction of both the First Temple and Second Temple in Jerusalem, which occurred about 655 years apart, but on the same Hebrew calendar date. Tisha B’Av is never observed on Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath). If the 9th of Av falls on a Saturday, the fast is postponed until the 10th of Av.

Eid-al-Adha (Muslim)
2019-08-10 - 2019-08-11 | NH, United States
On Eid-al-Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, Muslims commemorate Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) willingness to sacrifice his son to God. This festival also marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
2019-08-08 - 2019-08-09 | NH, United States
“On this annual observance, let us commit to fully realizing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the rights to self-determination and to traditional lands, territories and resources.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres
There are an estimated 370 million indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries. They make up less than 5 per cent of the world’s population, but account for 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures.
Indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have retained social, cultural, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies in which they live. Despite their cultural differences, indigenous peoples from around the world share common problems related to the protection of their rights as distinct peoples.
Indigenous peoples have sought recognition of their identities, way of life and their right to traditional lands, territories and natural resources for years, yet throughout history their rights have always been violated. Indigenous peoples today, are arguably among the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of people in the world. The international community now recognizes that special measures are required to protect their rights and maintain their distinct cultures and way of life.

Portsmouth - A Forum of Immigration Witnesses, Experts and Activists
2019-08-08 14:15 - 16:30 | South Church Portsmouth, 292 State St, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
~ This event is free ~
The current immigration crisis flooding our airwaves is the latest chapter in America’s long struggle with immigration policy. Join us for an interactive conversation between speakers and audience to Learn, Share and Activate.
Neighbors here in NH have been on the front lines since January 2017, as attorneys, witnesses and activists working to support and defend migrants and asylum-seekers under the ever-changing policies of the current administration.
Several members of the Concord, NH-based Kent Street Coalition’s Immigration Committee and others from the Seacoast community have travelled to the detention center in FL and Tx. Stories from Homeland Florida detention center will anchor the program and provide a basis for discussions of the efforts to oppose the policy.
Attorneys from the ACLU and will provide an overview of current US immigration policy – how we got here – and activists from the American Friends Service Committee will share the ramifications of these policies on the immigrant community here in New Hampshire.
Local Immigrant community activists will also share their perspectives. The evening is planned to be interactive – with ample time for Q&A and networking.

Lebanon - Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Program Info Session
2019-08-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH, 03766, United States
Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Program Overview:

Do you enjoy helping people, learning, and working with a team? Would you like to make a difference every day? Are you interested in having the opportunity to earn while you learn? Dartmouth-Hitchcock Workforce Readiness Institute is looking for motivated individuals for the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Training Program.
Up to 20 individuals will be selected and hired by Dartmouth-Hitchcock to become Medical Assistants working in our Manchester, Nashua, Concord area clinics. An additional 20 individuals will be selected and hired to work in our Lebanon and New London Hospital clinics. During the 11-week training period, participants will earn college credits and an hourly training wage. At the end of the 11-week training individuals will sit for the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) exam.
This full time hands-on training program includes both classroom and clinical training. Classes offered during the program include Anatomy & Physiology, Medical Terminology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Introduction to Healthcare, Healthcare Documentation, Healthcare Professional Communications, Healthcare Customer Service Skills, Medical Assistant Standards & Practices, and Clinical Medical Assisting Lab.
We encourage all Interested candidates to register and attend information session! Register here

Nashua - Latino-American Festival 2019
2019-08-04 08:00 - 13:00 | Saint Aloysius of Gonzaga Parish, 48 W Hollis St, Nashua, NH, 03060, United States
Food, Music, Dance, Games, Raffles, and more!
Entertainment for the whole family.
