Hancock Community Conversations on Race celebrates King in a new location

LEFT: Buffet volunteers Della Sutherland and Josie Laber. 

LEFT: Buffet volunteers Della Sutherland and Josie Laber.  STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

Volunteer Mary Meyers, left, serves community members at the potluck buffet. 

Volunteer Mary Meyers, left, serves community members at the potluck buffet.  STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

From left, Kath Allen, state Rep. Molly Howard, Jane McCoy, Andrea Badger and Mary Anne Martel eat brunch before the event. 

From left, Kath Allen, state Rep. Molly Howard, Jane McCoy, Andrea Badger and Mary Anne Martel eat brunch before the event.  STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

All Saints’ Church Reynolds Hall was at capacity for the Hancock Community Conversations on Race sixth nnual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.

All Saints’ Church Reynolds Hall was at capacity for the Hancock Community Conversations on Race sixth nnual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS  

RIGHT: Volunteers Stephen DiCicco and Mary Meyers. 

RIGHT: Volunteers Stephen DiCicco and Mary Meyers.  STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

A sign outside Reynolds Hall with a quote from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 

A sign outside Reynolds Hall with a quote from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.  STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

The Rev. Jennifer L. Walters, rector of All Saints’ Church, welcomes the crowd to the celebration.

The Rev. Jennifer L. Walters, rector of All Saints’ Church, welcomes the crowd to the celebration. STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

Doug Sutherland, one of the founders of Hancock Community Conversations on Race, speaks to the group.

Doug Sutherland, one of the founders of Hancock Community Conversations on Race, speaks to the group. STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

Director Esther Holland Rhoades, far right, and the Cecelia  Ensemble of the Grand Monadnock Youth Choir. 

Director Esther Holland Rhoades, far right, and the Cecelia  Ensemble of the Grand Monadnock Youth Choir.  STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

The crowd listens to speaker and actvist Claire Holston.

The crowd listens to speaker and actvist Claire Holston. STAFF PHOTO BY JESSECA TIMMONS

By JESSECA TIMMONS

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Published: 01-15-2024 12:37 PM

Modified: 01-19-2024 10:15 AM

Hancock Community Conversations on Race (HCCR) hosted its sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Monday at Reynolds Hall at All Saints’ Episcopalian Church in Peterborough. Last year’s event was at Hancock Congregational Church.

Jennifer L. Walters, rector of All Saints’ Church, and Doug Sutherland, one of the founders of HCCR, welcomed the group. The standing-room-only event celebrating the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. included a community potluck with contributions from Aesop’s Table and Brady’s Grill.

Speakers included activist Claire Holston, historian the Rev. Michelle Stahl and state Rep. Johan Wheeler of Peterborough. The celebration also included performances by the Cecelia Ensemble of the Grand Monadnock Youth Choir, directed by writer Esther Holland Rhoades; a recitation by Desean Penny, a writer from Antrim’s Avenue A Teen Center, a solo by singer Rex Schwab; and a performance by the Hancock Jr. Mints, with Jody Hill Simpson and Ethan McBrien.

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