All sessions were recorded and are available below, on Vimeo, and in the Whova app (until November 1, 2021) for those who registered for the event. 

Welcome, Introductions, Keynote Address and Q&A 

8:45am - 9:45am, May 1 

Speakers: Susan Grabski, LHC Executive Director; Mark Cutler, LHC Board President; Llana Barber, author of Latino City: Immigration and Urban Crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945–2000, Glennys Sánchez, LHC Board Vice President 

Keynote Address: "From the Politics of Safety to Equal Protection for All" by Johanna Fernández, Associate Professor, Department of History, Baruch College, City University of New York 

* This session is supported by a grant from the Bridge Street Fund, a special initiative of Mass Humanities

 

SESSION IA: Applying the Science of Child Development to Improve Public Safety in Lawrence 

10:00am - 11:00am, May 1 

Moderator: Mike Hearn, Member, LHC Board of Directors; Assistant Dean of Library Services, Northern Essex Community College 

Speaker: Mark Newman, Retired Juvenile Court Judge

 

SESSION IB: There But for the Workers: Stories of Tragedy and Triumph 

10:00am - 11:00am, May 1 

Moderator: Jim Beauchesne, Visitor Services Supervisor, Lawrence Heritage State Park 

Speakers: Robert Forrant, Distinguished University Professor of History, UMass Lowell, Member, LHC Board of Directors; Mary Anne Trasciatti, Professor of Rhetoric and Director of Labor Studies, Hofstra University, President, Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition 

* This session is supported by a grant from the Bridge Street Fund, a special initiative of Mass Humanities

 

SESSION IC: Homelessness and the Covid-19 Pandemic: How Responding To Our Most Vulnerable Helps Us All 

10:00am - 11:00am, May 1 

Moderator: Nilly Dacosta, Member, LHC Board of Directors 

Speakers: Ryan Dono, Family Physician, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center; Cara Smith, Resident, Lawrence Family Medicine Residency; Andrea Surette, Alternative Home Health Care

 

[Slideshow/Video] A Visual Overview of the History of Public Safety in Lawrence, Massachusetts 

11:00am - 11:15am, May 1 

Prepared by the Lawrence History Center 

* This video is supported by a Digital Capacity Grant from Mass Humanities

 

SESSION IIA: Criminal Justice - On the Ground, In Policy and Practice, and in Education 

11:15am - 12:30pm, May 1 

Moderator: Quin Gonell, Doctoral candidate in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies program within the College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont 

Speakers: Ruben Quesada, Ed.D., Deputy Chief of Police, Northern Essex Community College; Pavel Payano, J.D., Lawrence City Councilor at Large; Chairman, Public Safety Committee; Joshua Abreu, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence and Assistant Professor of Sociology, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT

 

SESSION IIB: The Community Responds to COVID-19 

11:15am - 12:30pm, May 1 

Moderator: Sara Morin Barth, LHC Board Secretary 

Speakers:K. “Vish” Viswanath, Ph.D., Elecia Miller, Sabrina Boggio, Dr. Cara Marshall, Jennifer Somers, MD, IBCLC, Dr. Wendy Barr

 

SESSION IIC: Documenting Stories of Justice and Injustices in our Communities 

10:00am - 11:00am, May 1 

Moderator: Mark Cutler, Phillips Academy Andover 

Speakers: Warren, Student, Class of 2021, Phillips Academy; Jesse, Student, Class of 2021, Phillips Academy; Abby, Student, Class of 2021, Phillips Academy; Peter, Student, Class of 2022, Phillips Academy

 

"Lost in Lawrence" Photovoice Project 

12:30pm - 12:45pm, May 1 

Presented by Green Team, Groundwork Lawrence

 

[Lunchtime Presentation] “The Boiler Project" Revisited: What Does Safety and Justice Look Like in Lawrence Today? 

12:45pm - 1:45pm, May 1 

Moderator: Daniel Elias Carrero, Collaborating Artist, Elevated Thought; Rania Henriquez, Elevated Thought 

Panelists:Gladys Gitau-Damaskos; Glennys Sanchez, LHC Board Vice President

 * This session is supported by a grant from the Bridge Street Fund, a special initiative of Mass Humanities

 

Archival Corner: Resources Pertaining to Public Safety in Lawrence, Massachusetts 

1:45pm - 2:20pm, May 1 

Moderator: Karen Van Welden-Herman, Member, LHC Board of Directors; Chair, LHC Collections Committee 

Speakers: Amita Kiley, LHC Collections Manager and Research Coordinator; Kathleen Flynn, LHC Volunteer, Head Researcher 

* This video is supported by a Digital Capacity Grant from Mass Humanities