MLK Day Service Fair
Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity 130 Pine St, Florence, MA, United StatesIn honor of Martin Luther King Day, Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity is hosting a Service Fair. Connect your desire to serve with organizations already working in your community on issues you care about. The DRC will be represented at the fair.
MLK Day: Museum Open in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck St., Florence, MA, United StatesIn honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the museum at the David Ruggles Center will be open Monday, January 20, 12-4 PM. Visitors can learn about Black Americans, many formerly enslaved, who lived in Florence and Northampton in the 1840s and 1850s and fought against the institution of slavery and racial injustice. This history [...]
Annual Basil Dorsey Day Walking Tour and Open House: Celebrate Black History Month at the DRC
David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck St., Florence, MA, United StatesCome join us for our annual Basil Dorsey Day Walking Tour and Open House this Saturday, 10AM-1PM. 10 AM Walking Tour: The Basil Dorsey Walking Tour highlighting key sites in Dorsey's life will start at 10AM at the David Ruggles Center in Florence. Dress warmly! 10-1 Open House: The museum will be open 10-1 with our [...]
The Fourth Annual Power Of Truths Arts & Education Festival w/ DRC Local Antislavery Resistance History Tour at BOMBYX
Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity 130 Pine St, Florence, MA, United StatesDedicated to harnessing the power of arts and education for racial and social justice, the power of truths festival returns for its fourth year. Sponsored by Self-Evident Education and the Northampton Arts Council, the festival offers a unique opportunity to help build a community dedicated to seeing and understanding the history of racism and resistance, [...]
2025 Founders Day Symposium: Jennifer Rycenga on her new book, Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women
Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity 130 Pine St, Florence, MA, United StatesIn 1830s Connecticut, Prudence Crandall, a white woman, stood against racism to open a private academy for young Black women. Author and Professor Emerita Jennifer Rycenga will detail the story of Crandall and her courageous students' resistance in the face of the ensuing racist backlash. As is often the case, the effort to suppress rights [...]