(CANCELED) Drop In Tech Help at the Library (Valente)
This event has been canceled due to the temporary closing of the Valente Branch.
Looking for some basic computer or mobile device guidance? Want help using an online resource?
Drop in tech help at Valente can assist you with signing up for low-cost home internet, setting up your computer or mobile device, making an email account, navigating websites or databases, and other basic technology assistance.
If you would like assistance with a device, please bring the device, all cords, and any account information.
Library staff cannot be held responsible for damage to patron-owned equipment.
If you have questions, please send them to: kmcquown@cambridgema.gov
Land/Mark: Enslavement, Resistance and Revolution (Main)
Join the Cambridge Public Library for a symposium exploring themes of the Revolution and the history of Mark, Phillis and Phoebe. Mark and Phillis were two enslaved people who were publicly executed in Cambridge in 1755 after being found guilty of fatally poisoning John Codman, the man who enslaved them. After the execution, Mark's body was gibbeted, displayed publicly in chains on Charlestown Common, for many years.
Symposium participants will include Kyera Singleton, Executive Director of the Royall House and Slave Quarters and Postdoctoral Fellow at Tufts University's Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts Initiative, as well as Brandeis University legal historian Dan Breen and others. The keynote speaker for the event will be Kellie Carter Jackson, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and the Chair of the Africana Studies Department Wellesley College. Registration is required.
SNAP and MassHealth Assistance (Drop-In)
This event has been cancelled. Check the SNAP / MassHealth website for upcoming events where you can learn about changes to work and immigration requirements related to SNAP benefits and MassHealth insurance, check your eligibility, and get help with next steps: www.cambridgema.gov/SNAPMassHealth.
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