Unpacking Community at Suitcase Stories
June 24, 2024 • Immigrants and residents explored cultural identity, difference and struggle at Suitcase Stories, a live storytelling event focused on global migration. In...
Needham Advocate, Storyteller Named Commonwealth Heroine
June 3, 2024 • Rinaz Mala and 121 other Massachusetts women will receive the recognition at the State House later this month. Rinaz Mala is...
Delighting in Diversity
May 2, 2024 • Each year, the Eliot Elementary School holds a Cultural Festival and Potluck Supper to celebrate the diversity of the families that...
Human Rights Committee’s Tina Burgos Joins Select Board Race
January 26, 2024 • The chair of the Human Rights Committee is competing in what is now a three-person contest for the Select Board. Come...
Practicing Diversity in the Needham Public Schools
January 18, 2024 • Needham Public Schools takes a new approach to hiring practices in an effort to match student representation in the district. Having...
National Hispanic Heritage Month in Needham
October 12, 2023 • In the final days of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we wondered how the event came to be recognized by the Town...