Lowell Walks: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Lowell National Historical Park Join National Park Service Rangers for an Indigenous Peoples” Day walking tour. Learn about the history and heritage of Indigenous Peoples upon whose land the city and mills of Lowell were built on. This 90 minute tour will begin at 10 am at the Visitor Center. […]
Avery Makes Lasagna Seven year old Avery will show us how to make lasagna and then take questions from the audience in this 30 minute program. When she was 16 months old, Avery started helping Daddy cook and Mommy bake and liked doing both. During the pandemic, she missed her friends and started the cooking […]
Lowell Litter Krewe We CAN Have Nice Things Sharing our vision of inspiring community involvement through creation of volunteer opportunities with the intention of helping our neighbors to see that Lowell is as beautiful as we make it. Let’s have a conversation about litter and complacency, how to teach our children about our local environment, […]
Breaking the Barriers for Success in Education for Latinos in Lowell Fortaleza Inc. Dr. Cecilio Hernandez of Fortaleza Inc., a community group that advocates for equal educational opportunities for Lowell’s Latino students and their families will present on the theme Breaking the Barriers for Success in Education for Latinos in Lowell. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuf-CoqzooE9a3QhLandnvIIJ_iUe071iY Please […]
Lockdown Letters: Poetry Reading and Discussion Loom Press Author and Editor Paul Marion will read from his latest book, Lockdown Letters & Other Poems, published in spring 2021, just a year after the pandemic took hold in Massachusetts. The book opens with a sequence of unconventional sonnets shaped from email letters that Marion sent to […]
UMass Lowell School of Education Fall 2021 Symposium: Critical Race Theory What is Critical Race Theory? How is it different from culturally responsive pedagogy? Why is there so much controversy surrounding Critical Race Theory? Come hear from the multiple voices on this topic. Panelists include K12 teachers, students, administrators, and teacher education faculty. The symposium […]
The Pandemic Story Project: Oral Histories from Lowell and Lawrence During 2020 and early 2021, students at UMass Lowell and students/researchers associated with the Lawrence History Center began collecting oral histories, from people living or working in Lowell and Lawrence, about their experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In this presentation, we’ll begin by providing details […]
Acting Out: Voices from the Theatre in Palestine Join us for readings from and discussion about Acting Out: Voices from the Theatre in Palestine, a collaborative work between 50 Palestinian actors, actresses, directors and theater managers, and Dr. Jonathan Daitch. During two extended visits to the West Ban in 2015 and 2016, and European tours […]
Climate and community, what can we do about it? UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative and ASTM International ASTM International writes all sorts of standards for all sorts of industries. With a new subcommittee on climate and community, we hope to write consensus standards on: terminology; mapping underserved communities; environmental, social, and governmental disclosures: and, water […]
Mosaic Lowell Listening Session Mosaic Lowell aspires to be a new cultural economy plan for all of Lowell. What inspires you about the community? What is Lowell’s arts and cultural scene missing? What would you like to see? Please join us at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89117413227?pwd=QWNsVGhIT2tBQ0tPeUxTZXJSOERCQT09#success Please cut and paste this link into your web browser.
The Power of Empathy: Reduce Stress and Build Better Adult/Child Relationships Stress is alarmingly pervasive in daily life. We all need tools to deal with tension in healthy and productive ways. In this webinar with Koa Goode, a Social Worker and Case Manager at Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, we’ll explore the lasting benefits of […]
From Ice Age to Industrial Age: Merrimack River Evolution Merrimack River Watershed Council Join the Merrimack River Watershed Council as we present the fascinating story of the Merrimack River’s evolution. Our interactive slideshow will look at the dynamic forces that have changed the river — and, along the way, you’ll learn something new about the […]