Thank you for attending the 2019 Needham Diversity Summit!!
2019 Needham Diversity Summit Presenter Sean Ellis. Photo by Georgina Arrieta Ruetenik Photography.
The Needham Diversity Initiative would like to thank Needham Town and School Department officials who attended the Summit!
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Former Needham METCO student Sean Ellis served 22 years In prison for a crime he didn't commit. You can read about Sean's story here. Please help Sean pursue a college degree by donating to his 529 Fund in one of two ways:
You can send a check to: Fidelity Investments PO Box 770001 Cincinnati, OH 45277-0003 pay to the order of Fidelity Investments FBO Sean Ellis Memo: 618292107 Or you can give online: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/send-sean-ellis-to-college You can also help pursue justice for other wrongfully convicted people through The New England Innocence Project 
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State Senator Becca Rausch spoke at the Summit about proposed legislation to update the Massachusetts State Flag and Seal to be more appropriate in the depiction of indigenous people. Instructions for submitting testimony on the flag/seal bill can be found HERE
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The Honorable Judge John J. Broderick, former Chief Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Judicial Court, spoke on Addressing the Stigma of Mental Illness. The organization he suggested for donations is Riverbend Community Mental Health, in Concord, New Hampshire:
https://www.riverbendcmhc.org |
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