Tree Removal at Robbins House site photos
Posted on | February 11, 2011 | No Comments
DGP Agenda – February 9, 2011
Posted on | February 9, 2011 | No Comments
CANCELLED-Tonight’s DGP Meeting!The Drinking Gourd Project, Inc.Wednesday, February 9, 20117:00 pmAgenda1. Welcome, especially to Emerson Reilly Ambrose!2. Appointment of note-taker for this meeting.3. Approval of agenda, (and any additions).4. Approval of minutes of previous meeting (1/24/2011)5. Treasurer’s Report – Liz.6. Committee updates:Governance: Advisory Board;Robbins House: RFP; CPC; tree removal; Fanfare eventPrograms; Friends of Sleepy Hollow Annual meeting – April 9Com.Ed. Series, Sundays, 2-4 pmMedia:Commemoration cmte: WPSR meeting;Fundraising: result from fundraising letter7. Historic Issues Committee – meeting on February 15, 8:00 am at 1st Floor Conference Room, Keyes Rd. Larry Sorli will be describing how the CPC has encouraged preservation initiatives in Concord, including the restoration of the Robbins House.8. New Business9. Adjournment. Next meeting is on March 9th.CCHRC Event – Martin Luther King Celebration
Posted on | January 10, 2011 | No Comments
Please Note! Due to the unfinished renovations at Sanborn Auditorium, we are moving our location to the Willard School Auditorium. The schedule remains the same, just a change of venue.On Thursday, January 13 the Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council presents the 18th Annual Martin Luther King Celebration from 7:00-8:30 pm at the Willard Elementary School, 185 Powder Mill Road, Concord, MA 01742. The evening will feature the Holy Tabernacle Church Women’s Ministry Choir and the Boston Children’s Choir, in addition to the Willard 5th Grade Chorus, the Concord-Carlisle High School A Capella Chorus and the First Parish Gospel Choir. Join community members for an evening of hope and celebration. The event is free and open to the public.Elise Lemire’s article on Black Walden is published in Humanities Magazine
Posted on | January 6, 2011 | No Comments
In Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, Elise Lemire (rhymes with sheer), a literature professor at Purchase College of the State University of New York, describes an aspect of Concord’s history that most accounts have overlooked.
DGP Agenda – Annual Meeting: 19 January, 2011
Posted on | January 5, 2011 | No Comments
Note: This meeting has been postponed to Monday, January 24, 7pm at the Thoreau Birth HousePlease find below the proposed agenda for the DGP Annual Meeting [Location TBD]….Please save the date and time and we’ll be in touch regarding location. Best wishes!AGENDA [7-9pm]Welcome/Review/Refreshments and Approval or Changes to the AgendaReview of the DGP 501c3 Mandate- Bylaws, Articles & Mission Statement [Goals and Strategy]
- Any revisions
- Any additions
- Vote to adopt with changes or as is
Executive Board
- Officers – Terms and Nominations
- Clerk
- Treasurer
- New Executive Board Members [Non Officer voting members]
- Description of roles
- Nominations
- Vote
Advisory Board
- Description of Role & Process
- Overview of members
- Nominations for new members
- Vote
DGP Members
- Roles & Process
- Vote
Subcommittee Updates
- Message/brief updates from the Chairs
- Priority Needs
- Fundraising
- Publicity
2011 Monthly Meeting Schedule
- Meeting dates are fixed unless fewer than 4 board members are present
Meeting Closure
Robbins House photos
Posted on | January 1, 2011 | No Comments
