The MA Indigenous Legislative agenda for 2023 consists of 5 bills. Here are two of them: An Act to Protect Native American Heritage. H.3248/S.2186 (Rogers/Biele, Collins) This would ensure that Native American funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (those of cultural, traditional or historical importance to their heritage) held in governmental, municipal or non-profit collections are not sold for profit. The hearing for this bill was to be held on September 18. Written testimony is normally accepted for some weeks after the hearing, so you can still support this bill. As Becky from BCCR summarizes, “There are
Please consider signing the Land and Water Coalition’s Petition to Stop Sand Mining in the Pine Barrens of Plymouth County: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-sand-mining-in-southeastern-
The Cash in the Plate for the month of September will be donated to the Salvation Army for relief efforts in Maui in the wake of the fire.
Bridgewater Senior Center, 10 Wally Krueger Way Thursday, September 7 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. To reserve a space, call 508-697-0929 or email https://www.Bridgewaterma.org/157/Elder-Affairs This event meets monthly on the first Thursday. Co-sponsored by OCES and the Senior Center
Beginning September 7, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. at Bridgewater State University; Thursday rehearsals. Open to community members of all ages. Email Dr. Sarah McQuarrie at smcquarrie@bridgew.edu to sign up or to ask for more info about this intergenerational choir dedicated to singing music that promotes a message of peace and justice as well as performs acts of community service. No auditions. The choir includes music majors as well as folks who don’t read music and everyone in between. Four-part choral repertoire with emphasis on composers from under-represented populations.
The Bridgewater Public Library has a photo exhibit on The A-Bomb and Humanity on display throughout September. This display commemorates the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings (1945) and all the suffering surrounding these events. M – F 9 – 8; Sat. 9 – 3:30 Produced by the Japan Confederation of A and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
On July 16, the Social Justice Team presented a summer service on Domestic Violence. The service was well attended: 44 people, 27 of whom were visitors or newcomers including several children. Our guest speaker is a survivor herself. The display of recently murdered MA women and children will be up till noon on Saturday 7/22, so come see it if you have not already. See also the article in Nemasket Week.
FUUSM members and others stood on our church lawn to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday and the ongoing struggle to achieve true freedom.
Work Sessions for our upcoming Summer Service on Domestic Violence Awareness, a victory for Native American rights, and an update on the Middleboro t-shirt case.
FUUSM members attended a staged reading in Bridgewater, a Pride LGBTQ+ rights festival in Taunton, and gave gave written and virtual testimony make victims of domestic violence safer.
