Author: Donna Ardizzoni

Ardizzoni Photography, Business Manager, Grandmother, love living in Gloucester, love to swim, kayak, walk and of course take pictures. Our company does computer networking, Office Management, Medical Billing, transcription, networking software updates and virus protection

Martin Luther King

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When working at the graduate school at Wheelock College in Boston during 2000-2003, I was making some travel arrangements for a guest speaker. As I was working on these arrangements, noticed the name was a professor Christine King Farris from Spelman College in Atlanta Georgia. She asked me for an escort as she stated she never travels alone after what had happened to her brother. What an honor to have met this woman and she was so kind to sign a book on her brother who was Martin Luther King. I have kept this and feel honored to have it.
January 20, 2014 MLKJanuary 20, 2014 Christine King Farris

Reminder MLK Day

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GLOUCESTER MEETINGHOUSE MLK DAY ANNUAL CELEBRATION JANUARY 17TH!

 ~ CHASNAZ

The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation will host it 6th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, live on Zoom, on Monday, January 17th at 2:00pm. Please preregister at http://www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org

The Racial Climate in Gloucester, What Lies Ahead will be the focus of the 2-hour program, including including findings of a new community survey. The keynote speaker will be Brian Saltsman, Director of Student Diversity and Inclusion at Alfred University in upstate New York. He is a leading advocate of addressing community issues between dominant and marginalized racial, ethnic or economic sectors as allies, a process known as “allyship.”

The invited presenting organizations are:

  • The Gloucester Racial Justice Team, reporting on a survey that assessed how much people of color “feel like they have a sense of community and belong in the city, including how race and ethnicity play a role in their daily lives,” according to GRJT spokesperson Gail Seavey.
  • The North Shore Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) which most recently has focused on racism issues within Danvers High School athletic teams. A branch leader will discuss the North Shore branch’s activities across a region stretching from Lynn to New Hampshire.
  • The Diversity and Equity Committee of the Gloucester 400th Anniversary Celebration, which is researching narrative stories that accurately depict racial and ethnic relationships since European settlement began displacing the native, indigenous Pennacook-Abenaki peoples. This will include years of slave ownership and maritime commerce in the global slave trade.

A video of this program with be available on the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation’s YouTube channel afterwards. The Foundation is a nonsectarian, federally-recognized nonprofit, organized to promote the preservation and community programming of the historic 1806 Meetinghouse on Middle Street, home of the first Universalist Church in America. Tax-deductible donations are welcome and may be made on the website, or by check to “GMF” at 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930.

Lantern Construction

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Since our deck was needing repair we hired Jack Hogan owner of Lantern Construction.  Using local businesses makes a huge difference when doing any project.  Lantern Construction is extremely efficient and skilled.  We have encountered some issues such as carpenter ants and with skill of Lantern Construction we are getting through these issues.  They help with the permits and inspections and very important Lantern Construction calls you back. When the deck is done will post how beautiful it will turn out.

Lantern Construction 978-871-0430

 

A day at Parker River

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Did not see the Snowy Owl but saw an eagle way in the distance, a mockingbird and a hawk high up in a tree.  It is so pretty there.

 

A couple of leaves of a snow filled trees

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Walking out to Rafe’s Chasm after the snow, the trees were beautiful with a couple of lonely leaves.

The Happy Humpback is open

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Rick and I went to the Happy Humpback Café on Sunday morning.  It was delicious. The staff was very helpful and friendly.  Highly recommend this restaurant and Magnolia welcomes a great café in the neighborhood.   The address is 2 Lexington Avenue, Magnolia, Gloucester, MA.  (978) 704-9080.  Enjoy

From Magnolia Landing

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Seeing Boston at sunset is so great.  If you notice there is also a plane going into Logan.   The sunsets are also very diverse on the same evening.  One of the photos show the blue skies.  It can change so fast.

The tides are high

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The tides have been high for the last couple of days.  Wednesday on Stacy Boulevard 3.5 hours after high tide the splash over was still happening.

Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation

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GLOUCESTER MEETINGHOUSE FOUNDATION, 10 Church Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

 PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release

“The Racial Climate in Gloucester: What Lies Ahead”

Is Topic for Martin Luther King Day Forum

Race relations in Gloucester, including findings of a new community survey, will be the focus when the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation conducts its annual observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, on Monday, January 17, 2022.Three local organizations have been invited to take part in a forum titled “The Racial Climate in Gloucester: What Lies Ahead,” beginning at 2 p.m. that day.

Because of continuing Covid-19 health concerns, the forum will be conducted virtually, via Zoom. Pre-registration will be required at www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org. Detailed information on how to then access this event from a home computer, smartphone or tablet, will be posted at the same website.

The keynote speaker will be Brian Saltsman, director of Student Diversity and Inclusion at Alfred University in upstate New York, a leading advocate of addressing community issues between dominant and marginalized racial, ethnic or economic sectors as allies, a process known as “allyship.”

The invited presenting organizations are:

  • The Gloucester Racial Justice Team, reporting on a survey that assessed how much people of color “feel like they have a sense of community and belong in the city, including how race and ethnicity play a role in their daily lives,” according to GRJT spokesperson Gaily Seavey.
  • The North Shore Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) which most recently has focused on racism issues within Danvers High School athletic teams. A branch leader will discuss the North Shore branch’s activities across a region stretching from Lynn to New Hampshire.
  • The Diversity and Equity Committee of the Gloucester 400th Anniversary celebration, which is researching narrative stories that accurately depict racial and ethnic relationships since European settlement began displacing the native, indigenous Pennacook-Abenaki peoples. This will include years of slave ownership and maritime commerce in the global slave trade.

This is the sixth year of programs conducted by the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation that are focused on the legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. The Foundation is a nonsectarian, federally recognized nonprofit organization to promote preservation and active community use of the architecturally distinguished 1806 Meetinghouse on Middle Street, one block off Main Street in downtown Gloucester. The Meetinghouse is the home of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. Donations to GMF are tax-deductible to the extent of the law.