Upcoming & Recent Events
Art & Poetry Challenge 2025 Submissions deadline August 31
CALLING ALL K-12 NH TEACHERS! Submissions due date July 31 2025
CALLING ALL K-12 NH TEACHERS! Submissions due date July 31 2025
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The Racial Unity Team is hosting its seventh annual Art & Poetry Challenge in 2025. New Hampshire residents are invited to submit a poem or visual work of art inspired by this year’s theme: “Building Bridges, Tearing Down Walls.”
Now open for submissions. Participants must submit their poem or their original artwork by August 31, 2025.
main anonymous in the judging process.
CALLING ALL K-12 NH TEACHERS! Submissions due date July 31 2025
CALLING ALL K-12 NH TEACHERS! Submissions due date July 31 2025
CALLING ALL K-12 NH TEACHERS! Submissions due date July 31 2025
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Apply now for a chance to diversify your classroom library with $500! Each quarter, the racial unity team provides dozens of books that are aimed at diversifying and unifying the libraries of NH classrooms. Good luck to all teachers!
Community Dialogue July 12, 2025 form 2-3:30 pm
CALLING ALL K-12 NH TEACHERS! Submissions due date July 31 2025
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Community Dialogue with the Racial Unity Team. An opportunity to hear form the Board and Chief Operating Officer and engage in community dialogue about Belonging or Not Belonging. We hope to offer a space where people from all backgrounds can come together to listen, share, and understand one another beyond headlines or stereotypes. Share this posting with someon you know.
Art & Poetry onDisplay July 3 -30, 2025 Portsmouth, NH
An exhibit of 63 works of art and poetry by residents across eight New Hampshire counties will be displayed at the Portsmouth Public Library July 3-30, 2025.
The Art & Poetry Challenge, an annual Racial Unity Team event, showcases human connection through the arts. K-12 students and adults were invited to submit art or poetry based on the theme of “Belonging.” The exhibit examines the opposing concepts of belonging and exclusion as experienced in our world today.
World Refugee Day - Saturday, June 21st from 10:00am - 1:00pm
Save the date: Saturday, June 21st from 10:00am - 1:00pm is World Refugee Day. This year, the Racial Unity Team is collaborating with the International Institute of New England to support refugees in New Hampshire. The event will include food vendors, activities for children, resource tables, performances, and more. It is free for the community to attend. Visit the Racial Unity Team table to learn about the work it does supporting New Hampshire since 2015.
Juneteenth Celebrations Saturday, June 19, 2024
Juneteenth Art Off the Walls
The Racial Unity Team has teamed up with Currier Museum of Art to support Juneteenth celebrations that includes a children's program.
- June 19 from 5 to 8 pm
- Free admission, though donations are encouraged
- Dance and music showcase presented by the Racial Unity Team
- Gallery talks inspired by Juneteenth
- Beer, wine, and special refreshments for purchase at Tidewater Café at the Currier
Art & Poetry Display - now on display in Plymouth NH until June 27, 2025
Are The Art & Poetry Challenge "Belonging" series of visual art and poetry is currently on display at Pease Public Library. Visitors to Plymouth, NH during June can view the display. This exhibit features works by students from kindergarten through 12th grade. It is a fun event for the whole family. your customers raving about you on social media? Share their great stories to help turn potential customers into loyal ones.
Save The Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025, 12-5 PM
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The 2024 New England BIPOC Fest promises to be a day filled with music, art, food, and community connections, showcasing the talents and contributions of BIPOC individuals in the Seacoast area. Attendees can look forward to a diverse lineup of performers, artisans, and food vendors, as well as interactive workshops and discussions promoting dialogue and education. Admission is free.
Stop by the Racial Unity Team tent.
To volunteer for this event complete the volunteer form.
Frederick Douglass Reading June 29, 2024
On Saturday June 29, 2024 readers deliver the famous speech "What to the American Slaves is Your Fourth of July." If you wish to participate email
While reading Frederick Douglass’ work is a powerful experience for many, it is only one piece of the long-overdue conversations that our communities need to have. We hope that the readings will be a starting point for these difficult dialogues and that they will provide an opportunity for us to engage in deeper conversations that will lead to actions to help build more inclusive and just communities today.
Indigenous Peoples Day October 14, 2024 - Save the date
Indigenous Peoples Day October 14, 2024 - Save the date
Save the Date:
The day's events begin with a land acknowledgment. Native American representation at the event will be Denise and Paul Pouliot Denise is the Sag8moskwa (Head Female Speaker) and Paul is the Sag8mo (Head Male Speaker/Grand Chief) of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People headquartered in Alton, NH.
Past Events
Drawing Together Comics Workshop
Introducing the Comics Workshop with cartoonist Marek Bennett, held at the Little Indonesia Cultural Center. We are excited to see what you will create. If you would like to present your artwork in a short video after the workshop, we will ask for your approval and approval from a parent or guardian. If you have any questions, please contact the ICC at info@indonesianconnect.org REGISTER with this link https://tinyurl.com/4APFABKK
Indigenous Peoples Day Oct 11, 2021
The 2021 event was to acknowledging their story: Exeter celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day with
Land Acknowledgement
Bring the Native American presence into the light:
- Exeter Historical Society
- American Independence Museum
- Exeter Public Library
- Racial Unity Team
Oral history of the Abenaki people
Native Americans shares their story
Story Walk
Children’s Activity
Art & Poetry Challenge 2021
There's much to see and learn about how we are using the arts to create social change. So, take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about us and the work of artist and poets in New Hampshire. We hope you enjoy what you see and read when you visit our virtual gallery. Y'all come back now.
Fireside Chat - Summer Reading List
Summer Reading lists are everywhere!. The Racial Unity Team's summer reading list is out. Discuss how books by authors of color expand our racial perspective. Invite your book group and select a list of titles to add to your list. Form a small group conversation with your own favorite book and questions!
Reach out to the Racial Unity Team if you need help with forming a small group or wish to learn more about how to start a small group.
Symposium on Colorism
Project Title: It’s More Than Skin Deep: Skin Color and Its Impact on Children.
The 2020 symposium was an examination of how our collective history as well as societal and parental influence have made an impact on children’s perception of themselves and others based solely on skin color; how that perception affects children’s well-being and eventual role in our changing society. .
Frederick Douglass Speech on Independence Day Recited
On Saturday July 3, 2021 readers delivered the famous speech "What to the American Slaves is Your Fourth of July." You can watch the video and the message it delivers by clicking on the link provided.
You can also read the USA Today Network Article by clicking on the link.
Racial Unity Day
Racial Unity Day 2021 will be celebrated center stage at the TEAM Equinox Festival on Saturday 18 September from 4-6 pm on Swasey Parkway as a celebration of the oneness of the human family. The Racial Unity Team works throughout each year on activities and educational programs to express support for diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our communities. Our country and our world are in dire need of efforts to promote racial and cultural unity with diversity. We began these efforts in 2015 with a valiant team of volunteers and avid supporters. Please visit our website to learn more about us, or to volunteer:
Racism 101: How can YOU get started in anti-racism work?
This four-part series was brought to you in 2020 by the Racial Unity Team and Robinwood Center. It provided an understanding of racist language and definitions, a basic understanding of what systemic racism is and what it looks like, and how NH fits into this. You can view these videos below.
Fireside Chat - An open Discussion Minneapolis and beyond
Fireside Chat - An open Discussion Minneapolis and beyond
In light of national events, we used this Fireside Chat to discuss recent events and spend time healing. The goal of the night was to allow our community a sacred space to share thoughts, to perhaps become enlightened by new thoughts, and at best to spark the minds of the community to unite and lift each other up.
When: June 3, 2020. Click on See Video button