DUXBURY FOR ALL
Diversity | Equity | Inclusion
Vision
We are committed to ensuring that Duxbury is a safe and welcoming community that embraces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
We see a time coming, where everyone, regardless of ability, age, class, ethnic origin, gender, gender identification, race, religion, or sexual preference, , feels safe and welcome in our community, and communities throughout our nation.
Mission
Our mission is to act as a change agent, playing three complementary roles:
• Educating the public about the value of diversity, the unconscious bias that exists and the discrimination that results from it, and the need for us all to take action to promote social justice;
• Bringing people, organizations and government together to implement policies and programs that effect change, including supporting basic human rights for all;
• Promoting successes to assure support grows and our actions achieve our vision.
Action
We’re taking action in three areas:
Programs & Events that engage people in the cause of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Partnerships that bring together players who can effect significant change .
Communications that make people aware of events and help educate them on the issues.
Join us and our cohost, the Helen Bumpus Gallery, for the opening of
Community of Characters: Celebrating the Children’s Art of Brian Lies
May 4th, from 10:00am to 1:00pm, at the Duxbury Free Library.
This program is part of Out to See Duxbury, a town wide event organized by Duxbury Community Collaborative—a collection of Duxbury non-profit organizations focused on culture, education and history all striving to get the community out to see the wealth of what the town has to offer. You can learn more about Out to See Duxbury here.
10:00-11:30am Duxbury Free Library Merry Room, where noted children’s book author Brian Lies will read Bats at the Beach, followed by a multimedia talk and a hands-on demonstration of his work. Appropriate for all ages.
11:30am-1:00pm Duxbury Free Library Helen Bumpus Gallery, where there will be an exhibition of Brian’s art, a meet and greet with Brian, and an opportunity for guests to ask him questions about his work. Appropriate for all ages.
Hosts: Duxbury Free Library, Duxbury for All, Helen Bumpus Gallery
Duxbury for All believes Brian Lies is an important voice for diversity equity & inclusion because of his use of diverse characters in the stories he tells. Brian Lies believes that “Employing animals as characters helps us slip past our biases and filters and can ease us into approaching story itself in an unblemished way. To me, these creatures are our best selves—despite obvious differences, they all live together in peace, in communities that echo ours, but are oddly their own.”
You can learn more about Brian Lies here.
Join the town-wide read of Christian Cooper’s acclaimed book,
Better Living through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World.
The Israel-Hamas war
Our colleagues at the Hingham Unity Council have released this statement with which we fully concur:
The Hingham Unity Council acknowledges the enormous grief that is being felt throughout our community in the wake of shocking and horrifying violence and terror in Israel and Gaza. We unequivocally condemn the recent attacks on innocent lives by Hamas. We grieve these losses as our own. As individuals, we believe our most powerful tool at this time is to recognize and honor our shared humanity. We continue to pledge to use our collective voice to call attention to and support all those facing humanitarian crises.
To our communities – Israeli, Jewish and Palestinian: We see your immense pain. We acknowledge the trauma of those in the region and those connected to the region, now and in the future. As you bear the unbearable, we want you to know that there is a community of love and support behind you. We call on our larger community to rise up against hatred, including antisemitism and Islamophobia, and find paths for compassion in the days ahead.
On October 17th, Duxbury for All hosted an informative session on the Israel-Hamas war with Rabbi Howard Cohen of Congregation Shirat Hayam and Glenn Carle, Former National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats via Zoom. You can watch this session here.
We’re creating a resource center for understanding roots of this conflict and the people who caught up in it; you can access this Resource Center here.
There are many ways to support our mission
Educate yourself. Attend an event. Volunteer. Donate.