Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire

General admission

Students, youth 17 & under, and those holding WIC, EBT/SNAP

Dear Friends, We are sorry to let you know that due to illness we will need to postpone this concert until 2024.  We are all disappointed, but look forward to gathering when everyone is well! _____ <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">All are welcome to a concert and conversation featuring folk singer and social activist Reggie Harris and educator Wallis Wickham Raemer discussing the discovery and development of their special journey as two descendants of a Confederate enslaver.<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Onstage together, in an honest and heartfelt interaction, these two cousins, one black and one white, discuss what it has been to discover each other’s existence and then navigate deeply held feelings; pain, and hope in the truth of a divided slavery-colored past. Since 2012, they have opened themselves to the task of engaging hope out of division as they embraced each other as cousins. <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">To underscore the experience, Reggie, a prominent musician and interpreter of historical movements for social change, punctuates their story with original songs "Hickory Hill," "Windows of the Heart" and more. <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Don’t miss this opportunity to hear and see a model of what is possible when truth is acknowledged and revealed with a commitment to not being deﬁned by the past. An audience Q and A follows the dialogue.  <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This program is sponsored by:<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Multicultural BRIDGE<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NAACP Berkshire Branch<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OLLI at Berkshire Community College <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Parking <span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There is a small parking lot at the back of the building (driveway to the right of the entrance) and plenty of street parking is also available. Accessibility Please note that while the building is one level, it is not officially ADA accessible. Assistive listening devices are available.

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name, Thank you so much for registering for A Family Revealed: From Slavery to Hope with Reggie Harris and Wallis Wickham Raemer Wednesday, October 25 at 7 p.m. Location: UU Meeting of South Berkshire - 1089 Main St, Housatonic, MA 01236, USA (uumsb.org) ParkingThere is a small parking lot at the back of the building (driveway to the right of the entrance) and plenty of street parking is also available. Thank you to our sponsors:Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South BerkshireMulticultural BRIDGENAACP Berkshire BranchOLLI at Berkshire Community College

Dear Friends, We are sorry to let you know that due to illness we will need to postpone this concert until 2024.  We are all disappointed, but look forward to gathering when everyone is well! _____ All are welcome to a concert and conversation featuring folk singer and social activist Reggie Harris and educator Wallis Wickham Raemer discussing the discovery and development of their special journey as two descendants of a Confederate enslaver. Onstage together, in an honest and heartfelt interaction, these two cousins, one black and one white, discuss what it has been to discover each other’s existence and then navigate deeply held feelings; pain, and hope in the truth of a divided slavery-colored past. Since 2012, they have opened themselves to the task of engaging hope out of division as they embraced each other as cousins.  To underscore the experience, Reggie, a prominent musician and interpreter of historical movements for social change, punctuates their story with original songs "Hickory Hill," "Windows of the Heart" and more.  Don’t miss this opportunity to hear and see a model of what is possible when truth is acknowledged and revealed with a commitment to not being deﬁned by the past. An audience Q and A follows the dialogue.  This program is sponsored by:Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South BerkshireMulticultural BRIDGENAACP Berkshire BranchOLLI at Berkshire Community College Parking There is a small parking lot at the back of the building (driveway to the right of the entrance) and plenty of street parking is also available. Accessibility Please note that while the building is one level, it is not officially ADA accessible. Assistive listening devices are available.