Martha Spiegelman (center)
Sat 12/9/2023 @ 1:30 pm, Woodbury Romm, Jones Library: 43 Amity St, Amherst, MA 01002
Come honor this global Human Rights Day by celebrating the life and service of our beloved local Amnesty International Coordinator (1936-2023).
Martha,
who has led our group with so much wisdom and energy for the past
decade, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on November 10th at the Hospice
of the Fisher Home in Amherst. We miss her so much.
Please,
if you wish, share any memories or appropriate readings, poems or music
in her honor. What Martha would love is a discussion of current
injustices and human rights abuses and triumphs.
Also,
Amherst Regional Middle School students will mark their 10th year of
creating beautiful and meaningful artwork based on the 30 Articles of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that were written by Eleanor
Roosevelt. The exhibit will be on display in the Jones Library during
the month of December. Students and teachers will make a short
presentation at this event in honor of this remarkable 10th anniversary.
In addition, note that Martha and her spouse Irwin Spiegelman found Thomas Paine Friends (www.thomas-paine-friends.org and www.facebook.com/thomaspainefriends)
with which they sponsored regular events calling attention to
injustices and human rights issues emanating from the spirit of the
writings of Thomas Paine. We so hope to be able to connect with Thomas
Paine members on December 9th.
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