FORJ (Families Organizing for Racial Justice) is a coalition of school-aged families in Newton coming together to teach our children — and ourselves — how to stand up for racial equality.  Our Lincoln-Eliot FORJ contact is parent Lanni Isenberg: lanni_harris@yahoo.com — please reach out anytime if you’d like to get involved!

Upcoming Events:

Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration!
Monday, October 12
Join fellow Newtonians for the first ever Indigenous Peoples Day Newton Celebration!
We live on the homelands of the Massachusett Tribe.  Today, Massachusett people live throughout the state, country and world.  Indigenous Peoples Day is a great chance to learn more about the Massachusett and their history in the place we call Newton!
A family-friendly, socially-distant scavenger hunt encourages kids and adults to learn some of the Indigenous place names in Newton and to dig into the history of our region.
The Indigenous Peoples Day Newton celebration was created in collaboration with the Massachusett Tribe at Ponakapog and Historic Newton.
Go to our Facebook page: Indigenous Peoples Day Newton or click on this Google Doc to learn how to participate!

Raising Antiracist Kids
Thursday October 27th 7-8pm
Hosted by the Newton Public Library
Cosponsored by FORJ, The Harmony Foundation, & the Newton Human Rights Commission
Join us for the first in a multi-part educational series on being an anti-racist. This program is part of Overdue: Confronting Race and Racism in Newton, a city-wide read and series of events and conversations on race and racism.

FYI (FORJ Your Information):
One Horace Mann Elementary School teacher, Mike Feldstein, leads a group of his faculty colleagues in “Constructive Conversations on Race.”  Primarily designed for and by white people, Constructive Conversations on Race aims to provide a space for authenticity and vulnerability in discussing race.  While faculty of all backgrounds are welcome, it recognizes the emotional toll that educating white people on racism can put on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), and instead encourages white people to take an active role in their own personal growth.
For more information on “Constructive Conversations on Race” or if you would like to learn how to start your own group, email FORJnewton@gmail.com.