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	<title>The Drinking Gourd Project</title>
	
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		<title>Ellen Garrison: Concord’s Young 19th Century African Activist (Caesar Robbins’ Granddaughter)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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In 1835, Concord bicentennial was held, and the night before, the teacher of public school asked all the children who wanted to walk in the procession to stand. &#8220;All arose but one colored girl, a good scholar, and belonging to a respectable family. The teacher asked her if she would not like to go. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DGP Agenda – September 1 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DGP Meeting September 1st, 2010
7 pm, The Thoreau Birth House
Agenda (pdf)
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		<title>Letter of Support from the Thoreau Society</title>
		<link>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/letter-of-support-from-the-thoreau-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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The Thoreau Society enthusiastically supports the Drinking Gourd Project’s proposal to place engraved stone benches in historic Walden Woods to mark the homes of three former slaves who lived there.  

Read the letter of endorsement (pdf)

Read additional letters of support

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		<title>DGP Minutes, July 14th 2010</title>
		<link>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/dgp-minutes-july-14th-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DGP Minutes 7/14/2010
Hunt Rec Meeting Room, 7 pm
Present: Polly Attwood, Maria Madison, Liz Clayton, Donna Thomas, Larry Sorli, Ronni Olitsky, Laura Davidian, Lorell Gifford
1. Introductions
2. Approve Minutes 
3. New Member update: Bob Gross, Historian; Linda Ziemba, installations; John Butman, Documentary publisher
4. Governance update: need volunteers. Liz will oversee governance group. Oversight of DGP bylaws and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DGP Agenda, July 14th 2010</title>
		<link>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/dgp-agenda-july-14th-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Drinking Gourd Project
 
Meeting, July 14, 2010
7-9pm Location: Hunt Recreation
Agenda




Time (min)


Subject

Discussion Points

Attachment


Volunteers Needed? 




10


Welcome

?          Introductions/Agenda Review/Approval
?          Assign Note Taker/Time Keeper
?          Review/Approve Minutes

N
N
Y



Y
Y




20


Subcommittee: Governance
[Chair: TBN]

?          Subcommittee Mission
?          DGP Mission/Goals/Strategy
?          DGP Bylaws/Articles of Incorporation
?          New Members/Consultants
?          Budget
?          Treasurers Report

N
Y
Y
Y
N


Y
N
Y
N
Y




20


Subcommittee:
RHEC
[Chair: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DGP Minutes, June 30th 2010</title>
		<link>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/dgp-minutes-june-30-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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The Drinking Gourd Project
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
 
Minutes
Present:  Maria Madison, President; Lorell Gifford; Polly Attwood. 
 
DGP Volunteer: Ronni Olitsky;  John Butman was unavailable to meet tonight. 
 
The agenda was approved unanimously. 
{Ronni Olitsky is considering becoming a member of the DGP and has kindly volunteered her assistance with various activities.  Maria described the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter of Support from Senator John Kerry</title>
		<link>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/letter-of-support-from-senator-john-kerry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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Senator John Kerry strongly support the efforts of the Town of Concord and the Drinking Gourd Project to establish the Caesar Robbins House as an educational center.

Read the letter of endorsement (pdf)

Read additional letters of support

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		<title>DGP Agenda, June 30th 2010</title>
		<link>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/dgp-agenda-june-30th-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[News + Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DGP meeting at the Hunt Recreation Center, 90 Stow Street, Concord, MA
6:30-7pm &#8211; Meeting With John Butman &#8211; Brainstorming about Robbins House Process Documentation &#038; Installation for RHEC
7:00-9pm: DGP Meeting
1.  Governance &#8211; Chair?
Debrief Group Process discussion from S/O
Vote to delay Annual Meeting
Review Mission/Goals/Strategies (subcommittees)
Review ByLaws/Decision Making Process, etc&#8230;
Review/establish process for New Members (&#8217;Friends of&#8230;&#8217;}
List [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concord Bike Tours Goes Underground!</title>
		<link>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/concord-bike-tours-goes-underground/</link>
		<comments>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/concord-bike-tours-goes-underground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Caesar Robbins House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News + Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Concord Bike Tours newest bike tour will highlight Concord&#8217;s African American and Abolitionist History: see the Caesar Robbins house, built in 1780 by a former enslaved man who fought in the Revolutionary War &#8211; and the site near the Old North Bridge where it will be moved and restored as the Robbins House Educational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RHEC Agenda, June 3rd</title>
		<link>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/rhec-agenda-june-3rd/</link>
		<comments>http://drinkinggourd.cchumanrights.org/blog/rhec-agenda-june-3rd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[News + Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Robbins House Educational Center, RHEC, Inaugural Meeting
June 3rd, 2010, 7-9pm
Agenda


Welcome, Introductions &#38; Appreciation
Visions:

The DGP Mission and role of the  RHEC
The Boyntons/Stakeholders vision for 324   Bedford St.


The DGP Workplan

Three Phases:

 i.      324   Bedford St.

Permits
Historic Structures Report
Meetings with Town Officials/Stakeholders
 ii.      Move

Permits
Meetings with Town Officials/Stakeholders


 iii.      Monument St.

Preservation
Restoration
Sustainability
Meetings with Town Officials/Stakeholder






GANTT Chart

 i.      [...]]]></description>
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