Opinion: Sudbury Residents Should Celebrate Race Amity

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The Sudbury Race Amity Day Task Force invites the community to join us for a celebration on Sunday, June 9, 2019 from 1:30 - 5:00 P.M. at Goodnow Library. Race Amity Day is a day to celebrate friendships – our own and those of historical figures – that bridge the racial divide. It is also a time to reflect, with others in our community, on the beauty and richness of our diverse cultures and ethnicities as we reach out with a spirit of amity toward one another. Our own Sudbury resident William H. “Smitty” Smith, Ed.D., former principal of Curtis Middle School, is the founder of the National Center for Race Amity and Race Amity Day. The Massachusetts Legislature, Governor Baker, and our Sudbury Board of Selectmen have proclaimed the second Sunday in June annually as Race Amity Day. The members of the Sudbury Race Amity Day Task Force are grateful for the support of the Sudbury Police Department, Sudbury Historical Society, League of Women Voters of Sudbury, Goodnow Library, the Sudbury Foundation, and the Performing Arts Connection, who help to make Sudbury’s celebration possible. For a schedule of events and to learn more please visit www.SudburyRaceAmity.org. You can also find us on Facebook by searching “Sudbury Race Amity Day”.

Sudbury Race Amity Day Task Force
Susan Abrams
Susan Berry
Nell Forgacs
Christina Granahan
Debbie Howell
Judy Merra
William “Smitty” Smith
Elli Stern