Admission for this event is free.

Speakers will share personal experiences of civic engagement and its outcome in their communities. Tamara Lanier will describe her decades-long battle with Harvard University to relinquish family artifacts; Patty Mitrokostas will provide an overview of the importance of civic engagement in affordable housing efforts on Cape Cod; Tara Vargas Wallace will share her experiences advocating to close the racial wealth gap; Paul Selker will share his experience in the Town of Arlington’s Civic Academy and how it enabled him to become more active in Arlington municipal government; Elizabeth Saito will discuss the role of local newspapers in effective civic engagement; and students from Falmouth High School will share how they are shaping the future of Cape Cod.

Featured Keynote: Tamara Lanier — Activist & Author of From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy

Moderated by: Patricia Mitrokostas, Principal Director of Strategic Funding Initiatives, Housing Assistance

Panelists & Local Voices: 
- Tara Vargas Wallace — Founder & CEO, Amplify POC
- Paul Selker, President, Spark Street Digital and Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, Town of Arlington
- Elizabeth Saito —Journalist
- Rima Petrosyan, Student at Falmouth High School

Co-sponsored by Housing Assistance and the Jewel Cobb Action Coalition

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Falmouth Cultural Council (FCC), a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.