Join us for the Sixth Annual Race Amity Day Celebration on June 14, 2026
Please join us for our Sixth Annual Weston Race Amity Day on Sunday, June 14, at 3 PM at the Weston Community Center.
This year’s event offers a vitally important educational opportunity and a delightful musical experience. If you have ever wondered about the hundreds of women who played significant roles in securing rights, freedom, and justice for all marginalized people, this program is for you.
Dr. Thea Iberall and her team have produced a film based on the popular play, “We Did It for You.” The production captures the impact of women activists from the 17th-century Suffragettes through those up until the 21st century. While the film highlights many accomplishments across diverse races, religions, and backgrounds, you can learn even more by visiting the “We Did It for You” website.
Pre-Register by scanning the QR code or call the Weston Library (see flyer.) We look forward to seeing you there!
What is Race Amity Day?
Race Amity Day is observed annually on the second Sunday of June. It started in 1957 in the United States by the Bahá’í National Spiritual Assembly. The purpose was to combat racism by focusing attention on racial prejudice. Racism is the belief that humans are divided into exclusive entities called ‘races,’ that there is a link between personality and physical traits, and also that some races are superior to others. The Bahá’í understood that racism is a hindrance to peace so they started this day to promote racial harmony and understanding.
Through the efforts of the National Center for Race Amity (www.raceamity.org), Massachusetts’ Governor Charlie Baker signed into law H 2745, Chapter 163, Acts of 2015 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, establishing the Second Sunday in June annually as Race Amity Day. In part, the Race Amity Day canon states:
“The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Sunday in June as Massachusetts Race Amity Day to recognize that the people of the Commonwealth is comprised of multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial citizens, and to encourage friendship, collegiality, civility, respect and kindness as the commonly shared ideals of the collective citizenry of the commonwealth by joining with communities across the United States to reflect on the beauty and richness of the diverse peoples of this great nation while reaching out with a spirit of amity toward one another annually and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.”
Learn more about Racity Amity Day Here.
