Community Initiatives
About Community Initiatives
Community Initiatives are community programs and/or public events that serve to connect people, strengthen communities and celebrate our shared humanity. These programs are driven by the combined energies of the Sharon Pluralism Network (SPN) and SPN affiliated partner organizations, Interfaith Action Youth Leadership Program participants and community volunteers. We work together to find volunteers to energize and execute new program ideas and support efforts to secure funding in support of new programming. We welcome new opportunities and are open to your ideas to support and expand the vision of a joyful, shared, civil, peaceful, coexistence.
Community Announcements
Stoughton/Sharon Adult Literacy Program Community Information Night
The Adult Literacy Programs in our community are changing lives! Come to their Information Night and listen to students, teachers and tutors talk about their experiences. Wednesday, April 14th, 6:00-8:00 pm, Wales French Room, Stoughton Public Library, RSVP by e-mail (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or phone 781-344-2711 X390.
Fifth Annual Rev. Robert W. Bullock Memorial Lecture
The Fifth Annual Rev. Robert W. Bullock Memorial Lecture will take place on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 7:30 pm in Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Our guest lecturer this year is Dr. John Kaltner, The Virginia Ballou McGehee Professor of Muslim-Christian Relations at Rhodes College in Memphis TN. The title of Dr. Kaltner’s lecture is “Mary, Mother of Christians and Muslims”.
In 2005, the Parish Pastoral Council of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish established the Rev. Robert W. Bullock Lecture in memory of its beloved former pastor. This annual lecture is delivered in the spring of each year by a distinguished scholar or religious leader. This event honors the memory of Father Bullock and provides an ongoing forum in which the people of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish and of the Sharon community can be in dialogue with speakers who share Father Bullock’s ideals and aspirations.
The goals of the Lecture are
* Discuss an important topic relevant to the Catholic Church in our times, in the spirit of Vatican II and consistent with Father Bullock’s life-long commitment to the Church, religious education and interfaith communication.
* Foster a spirit of ecumenism, inclusion and solidarity among the people of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish and the Sharon community.
* Facilitate a dialogue with people of Catholic and other faith traditions.
Please contact Fr. Scott (781-784-2265) for additional information.
Sixth Annual Father Bullock Memorial Run Walk Shuffle
Join us! Sunday June 13, 2010 is the date for the 6th Annual Memorial Father Bullock Run Walk Shuffle Race, held in Sharon, Massachusetts. This late afternoon event starts at the Cottage Street School located at 30 Cottage Street. The race proceeds benefit charities that reflect the work of the late Father Bullock, a guiding force in the formation of the Youth Leadership Program of Interfaith Action, Inc., one of the race beneficiaries. For more details on the race route and to download a race application, see the FatherBullockCharityRace.com website. Form a team! Challenge your family and friends! Simply enjoy the walk for good causes! See you there!
This April, One Book One Town: Sharon Reads Together
in collaboration with the Sharon Public Library
Present:
“THE THINGS THEY CARRIED”
By Tim O’Brien
Most One Town One Book events are FREE and take place in the Cynthia B. Fox Community Room unless otherwise noted
See also www.SharonPublicLibrary.org
MOVIE NIGHT
Sunday April 11 at 6:00
(Hint: Tommy Lee Jones in Vietnam)
BOOK DISCUSSION
Tuesday April 13 at 7:00
Ilan Fisher
Local Author
BOOK DISCUSSION
Wednesday April 14 At 2:00
Joe Rothenstein, MD
AUTHOR PRESENTATION
Thursday April 15 at 7:00
Christian Appy, Former Sharonite
UMass Professor and author of:
• “Working Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam”
• “Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides”
MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM “MISS SAIGON”
Saturday April 17 at 11:00 am
At Borders Bookstore in Mansfield
MOVIE NIGHT
Sunday April 18 at 6:00
(Hint: Robert DeNiro shoots buck)
VETERANS SPEAK OUT:
A PANEL DISCUSSION
Tuesday April 20 at 7:00
Leslie Lightfoot, Combat Psychologist
Michelle Wilmot, Case Manager
James Fratolillo, MA American Legion
MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM
“MISS SAIGON” at 6:30
Followed by
BOOK DISCUSSION at 7:00
Friday April 23
Vera Jordan, OBOT Member
Event at Barnes & Nobel Booksellers, Walpole
MOVIE NIGHT
Saturday April 24 At 7:00
(Hint: Arlo eats dinner)
LOVE-IN MUSIC FESTIVAL
Sunday April 25 1- 5 pm
Performances By:
High Tide Award winning SHS rock band
Freakseason All-Sharon band
RAMM British Invasion tribute band
David Blocker reading “The Story of Ruby Bridges”
Tom Jaeger reading from “The Things They Carried”
Rosalita’s Puppets “The Space Show”
FREE ADMISSION
Event at the Sharon Middle School
BOOK DISCUSSION
April 27 at 7:00
Sue Kushner-Resnick, Local Author
MISS SAIGON the musical
Thursday April 29 at 7:30
Friday April 30 at 7:30
Saturday May 1 at 7:30
Sunday May 2 at 2:00
Tickets $15 Adult / $10 Students & Seniors
Tickets available at the door or
www.brownpapertickets.com
Directed by Meg Quin Dussault
www.InChargeProductions.com
Arrangement by Cameron Macintoch
Music by Claude-Michael Schonberg
Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boubil
Presented through special arrangement with MTI
Performance at the Sharon High School
THE SHARON WALL
Honor service members by writing their names on the “Sharon Wall”
Cynthia B. Fox Community Room
Sharon Public Library
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
Sharon has several active service members.
See the One Book Facebook page and the Library’s website
for a list of care package items needed.
Donated items collected at the library.
Special Thanks to One Book One Town’s major contributor,
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Book Reading and Signing - “Street Shadows:A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption” by Professor Jerald Walker
Date & time: Thursday, May 6 - 7:00 p.m.
Community Center Ballroom (1st floor)
Free program - RSVP for seating preferred
Professor Jerald Walker reads from and signs his new memoir, “Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption.” In this moving and masterfully told story, Walker reveals his own struggles growing up in Chicago housing projects as a boy of great promise, his descent into the “thug life” and the wakeup call that led to him finding himself again. It is an eloquent account of how the past shadows but need not determine the future.
Dr. Walker is an associate professor of English at Bridgewater State College. He attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop where he was a teaching/writing fellow and a James A. Michener Fellow. “We are Americans,” which is a chapter excerpt from this book, was chosen for Best African American Essays: 2009. Two other chapters were chosen for Best American Essays 2007 & 2009. His work has also appeared in numerous publications including Mother Jones and the anthology Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry.
Copies of Dr. Walker’s book will be available for purchase and signing.
Sponsored by the Sharon Adult Center
Funded in part by the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation & Friends of the Sharon Council on Aging
For more information, please contact:
Norma Simons Fitzgerald, LICSW
Executive Director
Sharon Adult Center & Council on Aging
219 Massapoag Ave.
Sharon, MA 02067
phone 781.784.8000
fax 781.784.6126
www.townofsharon.net