FILM: If you missed Lexington’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. CommUNITY Celebration in January, please join CommUNITY Committee and Temple Isaiah, 55 Lincoln Street, Lexington on Thursday, Mar. 10, from 7-9 pm. Temple Isaiah is hosting our next showing of the thought-provoking documentary about the Bristol, RI-based DeWolf Family's slave-trading past. "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North” explores historical aspects of colonial and early US involvement with "triangle trade" as it also raises issues of modern society. What is slavery's impact on race relations today? What are the aspects of privilege, and how do we address these issues and discuss our respective thoughts in our local communities? How does the history of slavery and civil rights tie into the political and moral issues of our country's increasingly ethnic/cultural diversity today?
And this is a great “homework” prior to next Thursday’s (March 17th) program on Slavery in Lexington, featuring the Dick Kollen of the Lexington Historical Society, and James DeWolf Perry from the film and the “Traces Center” in Watertown. Grace Chapel hosts this event, from 7-9pm.
If you would like to learn more about these programs as well as the Calendar of Events throughout the winter and spring, please visit our website: http://lexingtoncommunity.typepad.com/
