• Conversations, Not Confrontations

    Conversations, Not Confrontations
    First Parish in Wayland 225 Boston Post Road

    This four-session workshop is all about building skills for real-life and online conversationsโ€”especially with people whose life experiences or perspectives differ from your own. Together, weโ€™ll practice how to show up with curiosity and self-awareness, even when conversations feel uncomfortable or perspectives donโ€™t align. jamele adams, an educator, facilitator, and community peacemaker, will lead four in-person sessions where participants can practice empathetic listening, learn from one another, and build trust and connection. Together, participants will choose the discussion topic for each session. By the end, youโ€™ll have concrete tools to engage across differencesโ€”face-to-face and online. Youโ€™ll leave better equipped to

    Free
  • โ€œBuilding Effective Resistance through Citizen Activismโ€

    First Parish in Wayland 225 Boston Post Road

    The abuses that led to the American Revolution--rule by a king, troops seizing people without a warrant, using office for personal gain, arresting people for what they say--are all being repeated in our time. People who have studied authoritarian takeovers all agree that popular resistance can make the difference between a democracy's survival or death. Come find out how citizen activism can reverse authoritarian trends, what popular resistance has looked like over the past year, and what we have to prepare for in the next three years. Learn about the impact of ICE activity in Massachusetts, how LUCE has evolved

    Free
  • The Christine Fawson Quartet

    First Parish in Wayland 225 Boston Post Road

    Arts Wayland Presents: Berklee Faculty Jazz Series โ€” Christine Fawson Quartet Arts Wayland, in association with First Parish in Wayland, proudly presents the next performance in the esteemed Berklee Faculty Jazz Series, directed by Neil Olmstead. Join us on Sunday, April 12 at 3:00 PM at First Parish in Wayland for an unforgettable afternoon of jazz featuring acclaimed trumpeter and vocalist Christine Fawson and her dynamic quartet. A finalist in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and praised by DownBeat as โ€œa distinctive performer with compelling dynamism,โ€ Fawson brings masterful trumpet playing and expressive vocals to the stage. She

    $20