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April 12 at 11 AM
“The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America”
with John Fabian Witt
This talk is based on John’s engaging book, ”The Garland Fund”, about a philanthropic organization established in 1922 by Charles Garland, who used a million-dollar inheritance to support radical progressive causes like labor rights, free speech, and racial equality. John’s book follows the same trajectory as does Community Church of Boston, rolling up sleeves with many of the same cast of characters featured and commemorated in CCB’s church archives: Founders of the ACLU, the NAACP, the IWW radicals who organized in the mills north of Boston, and the Brahmin wives who defended Sacco and Vanzetti during the first years of our church’s life. Join us!
• John Fabian Witt is Professor of Law and History at Yale University, where he teaches and writes on the history of American law and the law of torts. He is the author of six books of legal history, including “The Radical Fund” and “Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History,” which won numerous awards and prizes.
Music by Max Ridley and Tim Wolf
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Tickets available here!
“I sing about the ideas and values of the revolutionary social movements I’m part of. Drawing upon activist folk singing traditions, I brings new songs to the rallies, strikes, picket lines where they’re most relevant. I lead purposeful group singing that raises political consciousness.” — Ben Grosscup
BEN GROSSCUP has spent decades using music as a tool for change. A labor troubadour and song leader, he brings music to picket lines, rallies, and union meetings to build solidarity and sustain morale during struggle. Drawing on activist folk traditions, his songs connect workers’ fights for justice, collective action, and power on the job with the threat of imperial violence across the entire world.
He is regularly found on picket lines—including the historic 2026 NYC nurses strike—as well as at anti-war rallies, actions to abolish ICE, and other spaces where working people are fighting for a better future. His repertoire ranges from original songs to covers of politically inspired songwriters.
Ben’s work is rooted in the revolutionary social movements he’s part of: anti-imperialism, Palestine solidarity, labor, immigrant rights, and ecology. He lives in Western Massachusetts. linktr.ee/BenGrosscup – Photo: Julian Parker Burns
The concert is co sponsored by The Community Church of Boston
and Massachusetts Peace Action.
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April 5th at 11 AM: “The Poetic Art” with Regie Gibson
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565 Boylston Street, 2nd fl., Boston, MA 02116
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