April 20
Glastonbury Spring Fair at the Glastonbury Boathouse.
Demonstrating how to make shopping bags out of T-shirts.
The bags are donated to the local food bank to give their customers to discourage the use of single use plastic bags.
May 20
Social Media, is it affecting what you believe or how you vote?
Adam Chiara, Applied Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Hartford talked about the proliferation of “alternative facts” in the media we consume as well as the danger of deep fakes, the manipulation or generation visual and audio content with a high potential to deceive.
Citizens who can
distinguish between fake news and real news make more intelligent choices in the voting booth.
August 27
Mixed Income Housing Discussion
Erin Boggs, Executive Director of Open Communities Alliance
Sept. 14
Sustainability Fair
Held at First Church Glastonbury
Featured:
Pollinator Pathways
Movie: A Plastic Ocean
Community & Shared Solar – How Everyone can Benefit from Solar Savings
Sustainable Building & Home Retrofits
Sept. 20
Climate March
October 14
Candidates Forum
Moderators:
Adam Chiara
Julie Serkosky
Candidates:
Chip Beckett (R)
Deborah Carroll (D)
Kurt Cavanaugh (R)
Tom Gullotta (D)
Mary LaChance (D)
Philip Markuszka (R)
Jake McChesney (D)
Larry Niland (D)
George Norman (R)
Whit Osgood (R)
Matt Saunig (D)
Lillian Tanski (R)
Nov. 18
Intersectional Feminism with featuring Brittney Yancy, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Special Collections Curriculum Coordinator at Goodwin College at River Bend Bookshop
