Register HERE Guests will have a first look at “Light In Us Dark Ones,” a feature film directed by U.S. Navy Veteran Alicia "Ali" Buckner, that creatively tells the story of VISIONS co-founder, Dr. Valerie Batts’ early life. Inspired by true events, the film crafts a narrative of a young woman whose upbringing and connection… Continue reading Light In Us Dark Ones- Virtual Film Screening

Join the YWCA to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Event is Thursday, January 12 at 6 PM at the Senior Center in Newburyport. Please register using the QR code or link in the flyer.

Join us Sunday, January 15 at 10:30 AM to hear the story of Newburyport's Guinea Village and the once-thriving Black community with local historian Ghlee Woodworth. Hosted by the First Religious Society Unitarian Universalist of Newburyport.

Join us for a viewing of the film Dancing on a Volcano, Thursday, January 26 at 6:30 PM at the Nock School Auditorium.

In September 1847, recent divinity school graduate Thomas Wentworth Higginson, age 24, accepted the pulpit at the First Religious Society in Newburyport, Massachusetts. It was his first pastorate, he was a newlywed, and his liberal politics were not yet radical. But by the time he resigned his ministry there exactly two years later, his antislavery… Continue reading My Position as an Abolitionist They Could Not Bear”: The Brief Newburyport Ministry of Thomas Wentworth Higginson

NEWBURYPORT BLACK HISTORY INITIATIVE Newburyport MA. The City of Newburyport and the Newburyport Black History Initiative (NBHI--Geordie Vining, Dr. Kabria Baumgartner, and Cynthia Raschke) will host a ceremony Wednesday February 1st 2023 at 4:00pm to celebrate the installation of the first NBHI interpretive sign in Newburyport. The event will be held outdoors on the Clipper Rail… Continue reading Newburyport Black History Initiative Installation Ceremony