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  • Home
  • About
  • Events
    • Diversity Summit
    • Book Groups at the Needham Free Public Library
    • MLK Day 2020
    • Desserts and Diversity at the Community Concert
    • Race Amity Day
    • Special Panels and Guest Speakers
  • Calendar
  • DONATE
  • Resources
  • Contact

Thank you for attending the 2019 Needham Diversity Summit!!

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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!
  • Members of the Needham Select Board 
    • John Bulian, Mary Ann Cooley, Moe Handel, and Dan Mathews
  • Town Manager Kate Fitzpatrick
  • State Representative Denise Garlick
  • State Senator Becca Rausch
  • Superintendent of Schools Dan Gutekanst
  • Pollard Principal Tamatha Bibbo
  • Needham High School Principal Aaron Sicotte
  • Guidance Dept. Chair Tom Denton​
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
​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: 
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https://www.riverbendcmhc.org
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DONATE
​​WITH SUPPORT FROM:
100 Women Who Care of Needham
 Needham Human Rights Committee
Needham Cultural Council
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Needham Baha'i Community
Needham Congregational Church
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
Needham Community Education
and the Needham Public Schools
 (c)2018 Needham Diversity Initiative