Last week, members updated the Select Board on REMAP, the acronym for Racial Equity Municipality Action Plan. REMAP is a joint program…
Read MoreDiwali Celebration
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Join the Bedford Free Library and the Parents Diversity Council to celebrate and learn about the meaning of Diwali with a puppet…
Read MoreProud Together LGBTQ+ Cafe
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Join us for the first Proud Together LGBTQ+ Cafe sponsored by the Council on Aging, Bedford Embraces Diversity and the BHS Gay…
Read MoreThe Bedford Lyceum proudly presents – “Diversity and Race in Children’s Picture Books” with Doris Smith Please join us for this free…
Read MoreSix months after its founding by a core of Bedford educators and volunteers, Boston Bridges Initiative (BBI) is already assembling an array…
Read MoreA 2014 Bedford High School graduate told participants in Saturday’s 10th annual Tenacity Challenge that “you have been embodying the meaning of…
Read MoreFacilitators at a virtual workshop on race and identity last week advised participants to start taking small actions now to support an…
Read MoreThree Asian-American residents active in town government along with the superintendent of schools and the principal of Bedford High School expressed alarm…
Read MoreA pair of virtual workshops that will include strategies to talk about and disrupt ongoing racism will be presented virtually later this…
Read MoreThe Parents Diversity Council of the Bedford Public Schools has an ambitious agenda planned for 2021.
Officers outlined those prospects at the council’s…
Read MoreBedford will soon embark on a year-long process to plan and implement a racial equity action plan for municipal and school employees,…
Read MoreParents Diversity Council’s Book Club Choice ~ An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
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The second installment of the Bedford schools’ Parents Diversity Council (PDC) book club series is underway, with the first discussion session scheduled…
Read MoreStudents and families in the Bedford schools will serve as the pilot for a groundbreaking initiative designed to build relationships among people…
Read MoreBedford is one of three towns among six Massachusetts communities selected to participate in a yearlong project to develop and implement plans…
Read MoreBook Club – Parents Diversity Council
by Bob Dorer
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The Parents Diversity Council invites all members of the Bedford school community – Bedford, Boston, and Hanscom – to participate in our…
Read MoreNext time you’re in Bedford center, come take a walk around the library!
Our latest StoryWalk® follows Shane W. Evans’ beautiful picture book…
Read MoreSpotlight on Diverse Stories ~ A Bedford Library Zoom for Kids ~ 10:30 am on Saturday, August 22
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The Bedford Free Public Library, Bedford Embraces Diversity (BED), and the Parents Diversity Council (PDC) offer children from Pre-K through grade 5…
Read MoreLongtime resident and educator Joseph Zellner enlightened and inspired more than 50 people Tuesday evening in the latest of Bedford Embraces Diversity’s…
Read MoreListening to high school students’ stories. Advocating with lawn signs. Expanding housing opportunities. Supporting legislation. Opposing offensive school team names and mascots.…
Read MoreDozens of people already have registered for an informational meeting on next steps, sponsored by Bedford Embraces Diversity.
The virtual meeting is scheduled…
Read MoreBedford VA volunteers teamed up with 15 volunteer colleagues from Bedford Embraces Diversity on January 20, 2020, to visit and assist Veterans…
Read MoreIt's the Year of the Rat, and the Children's Library at the Bedford Free Public Library continued its tradition of celebrating Chinese…
Read MoreGathering to Celebrate Diwali in Bedford
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After Anitha Reddy Yajnik and family settled in Bedford, she wished to explore and embrace the town’s Indian community.
Yajnik’s search became an…
Read MoreWe left West Virginia with an even greater appreciation of its rich culture, resilient people and natural beauty — Pastor John Castricum…
Read More“Warmer, safer, drier"
-- The charge given to volunteers with the Appalachian Service Project.
This summer 24 teens and adults from St. Paul’s Episcopal…
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