Belmont Against Racism

05/24/2026

Favorite moments so far at the Annual Asian Culture Night

05/20/2026

05/20/2026

Join us for a powerful evening of film and conversation.
🎬 “The 50”
📍 Morrissey Hall Belmont Public Library
📅 Wednesday, May 20th
🕕 6 PM
🎟️ Free admission

05/18/2026

We had a wonderful time participating in the Belmont AAPI Fair yesterday! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table, connected with us, and helped celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with our community.
Congratulations to the winners of our book raffle! We’re excited to share two amazing books with them:
“Minor Feelings” by Cathy Park Hong
“Your House Will Pay” by Steph Cha
We hope you enjoy the reads, and we’d love for you to join our book group at the Belmont Public Library sometime for future discussions and community conversations. Visit: https://belmontagainstracism.org/bookgroup for more info.
It was inspiring to celebrate alongside local clubs and organizations, student speaker panelists, and talented performers. Thank you to everyone who made the event so special!

05/18/2026

More on Monday 📚 and Wednesday 🎬
with Belmont Against Racism and Belmont Public Library

05/16/2026

Congratulations to the winners of Belmont Against Racism’s raffle! We hope you can join us for one of our upcoming Book Club events at the Belmont Public Library RSVP at https://belmontagainstracism.org/bookgroup

05/16/2026

We are at until four. It’s not too late to enter our FREE RAFFLE. Just stop by and sign up to be on our email list for a chance to win one of these two books.

05/16/2026

Come Say Hi at Belmont Town Day!
Stop By Our Table To…
❓Learn about our work & new board
🎟📚Enter our book raffle
🙌 Find out how to get involved
🍬🍫Grab some BAR goodies!

05/16/2026

More from our Annual Meeting last night.

“Goodwill is beautiful.
But goodwill is fragile.
Systems outlast individuals.”

05/15/2026

What a truly extraordinary night at our Annual Meeting — from amazing performances by our friends at City Strings United Boston, Bithyah Israel, and Sean Antongiorgi, to a truly remarkable keynote by Dr. Darnell Thigpen Williams, who reminded us that “Protective Enactment Theory of Black Excellence is about building systems that protect — not hoping the right people are in the room,” that “Goodwill is beautiful. But goodwill is fragile,” and that “Systems outlast individuals.”
We are deeply grateful for the presence, partnership, and support of our new partners at Hispanas Amigas en Massachusetts; Belmont Public Library Community Outreach Librarian Janina Majeran; our new Police Chief Shane Smith; our newly elected Select Board member Carol Kennedy Berberian; and Belmont School Committee Chair Meg Moriarty. Your willingness to show up, engage, and stand with our community matters deeply.
But our biggest gratitude goes to all the parents and students, former BAR board members, educators, and the many other members of our community whose names aren’t listed here — for showing up, for coming together, and for helping us continue to build a more inclusive town where everyone, regardless of background or lived experience, is seen, heard, respected, and feels like they belong.
And like the good reverend once said, “You can pretend to care, but you cannot pretend to show up.”
So thank you for showing up last night.