Adding Perspective to our National History; Places Inspiring Community Conversations Join a frank and fruitful discussion on how historic sites can create new, more inclusive museum projects about social justice issues. Gain fresh ways to think about expanding audiences, integrating African American history into old established New England towns, and a critical look at the…

Based on Thoreau Farm's new book, What Would Henry Do? Essays for the 21st Century, a panel of Thoreauvian essayists, including Robbins House President Maria Madison, Tim Hebert, Jack Nevision, Leslie Perrin Wilson, and moderated by Ken Lizotte, will discuss their contributions to the book and lead a group discussion on potential actions Thoreau might…

Undoing Racism Talk Cohosted with First Parish in Concord November 5 • 3-5 pm • First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Rd. The Robbins House is cohosting a talk by David Billings on White Supremacy and Undoing Racism. David Billings’ 2016 book, Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy, documents the 400-year racialization of the…

Interpreting Slavery and Freedom in New England: A 2-day Workshop for Interpreters, Educators, and Museum and Historic Site Staff Sponsored by the Center for Reconciliation March 26-27 • 9 AM–4 PM • Providence, RI The Center for Reconciliation hosted a 2-day workshop to help New England’s museum community work through the continuing challenges that interpreting…

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 • 7–9 PM • Panel Discussion at Concord Carlisle High School • Sponsored by Concord Carlisle Adult and Community Education
Come join this discussion on how to navigate our differences: politics, religion, values, life style. How do we learn to have conversations around issues that sometimes divide us? How do we learn to listen better, discuss, and even bridge that divide?

This symposium will take a critical look at the true nature of the Underground Railroad movement as it wove its way through the different avenues of old established New England towns, including oral history, African American cultural landscapes, archaeology, geography, and material culture.

Thursday, May 10 • 7:00-8:00 PM • Concord Museum
Join writer and historian Jonathan Michael Square as he analyzes past images of free Africans Americans in New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston that appeared in the popular press.

Sat. May 19 • 1:00–2:15 PM • Brister's Hill
Meet at Hapgood Wright Town Forest Parking Lot
Our program will begin at Brister’s Hill, named after Brister Freeman, a formerly enslaved man who was the second person of African descent to own land in Concord.

At The Robbins House
Sat. May 19 • 2:45–4:00 PM
Our next stop, with time to travel, is the Robbins House, where Peter Robbins’ niece Ellen Garrison talks about being raised in 1820-30s Concord, and the antislavery activism that brought her from Boston to Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia, Kansas, and California in pursuit of independence at a time of racial injustice.