ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE: CLOTHING DRIVE ALERT! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 1-3 We have just learned from Tara Riopelle, manager of Solutions At Work’s outreach programs, that she and her team are working hard to respond to urgent need, made more acute by the pandemic, for adults’ and children’s [...]

Fill a THANKSGIVING BASKET for neighbors in need in Cambridge! Once again this year, Solutions At Work (SAW) has invited FPL to help them with their Thanksgiving outreach to families facing the challenges of poverty. Last November donations from FPL members made it possible for us to fill 30reusable [...]

Lincoln Town conversation about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Racism Reminder to sign up: Wednesday, October 21, 7pm.  Roundtable #3 What is the role of community groups in Diversity Equity Inclusion and Racism in Lincoln?  Please join the Lincoln Town conversation about Diversity Equity Inclusion and Racism Wednesday night at [...]

Reclaim our Vote Dear FPL Members and Friends, Are you ready for one last round of postcard writing for Reclaim Our Vote?   We  indicated we would have two opportunities in September.  The first involved many of you in writing 1040 postcards to encourage voter registration and early voting-by-mail [...]

Antiracism Task Force: September 2020 Update The Anti-Racism Task Force (AR-TF) was formed to focus on offering learning, giving and acting opportunities that address racial justice. A year ago the First Parish church summer read was Waking Up White, and we held a moderated discussion of the book [...]

A New Opportunity to Help Vulnerable Communities Cambridge-based Solutions At Work is currently partnering with the City of Cambridge to meet the urgent needs of unhoused women and men during the Covid-19 crisis. Funding from the City enables SAW to distribute 30 meals a day, as well as [...]

FPL Helps Address Voter Suppression Through Reclaim Our Vote Through its Anti-Racism Task Force, the First Parish in Lincoln will continue working with the Unitarian Universalists and the NGO, Center for Common Ground's program, Reclaim Our Vote, to encourage voter registration and early voting-by-mail in communities in which [...]

Summer Read: Between the World and Me The Antiracism Task Force is recommending Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book, Between the World and Me for a Summer 2020 church read. The book is in the form of a letter written by an African American man to his fifteen year-old son. The writing [...]