DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 25, 2015; 5:00 pm community reception, presentation 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Visiting from Ferguson, Missouri, Rev. Michael Trautman of First Presbyterian Church in Ferguson will share about the work of “One Ferguson”, a diverse gathering of people and organizations dedicated to re-creating the Ferguson community through “citizen engagement, empowerment, and accountability (oneferugson.com). And from here in Boston, Rev. Laura Ahart of the United Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain will share about ministries at the Nashua Street Jail, her church, and the work of the Criminal Justice Committee for the Black Ministerial Alliance in Boston (bmaboston.org). Both will engage each other and the audience about religious groups responding to race and injustice in our communities. Douglas S. Kress, Director of Health and Human Services for the City of Somerville, will also be present on October 25th to share information about Somerville’s efforts to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
This event is part of the Learn to Talk social justice series hosted by the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in partnership with the Nave Gallery, and is part of the Embracing Differences: Mending the Isms and the Schisms art exhibition.
Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church to create a social justice gallery show, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
