Talk at Ansonia Library to highlight wealthy former slave's legacy

ANSONIA - Join us tomorrow Feb. 21 at 12 p.m. [at Ansonia Library] for a powerful presentation uncovering a remarkable New Haven family story with connections to Yale University. 

Based on research conducted at the Beinecke Library and highlighted in David Blight’s "Yale and Slavery," this program explores the life of a formerly enslaved inventor who died wealthy and the legacy of his family before 1920.

Descendant and New Haven native Denise Manning Keyes Page, founder of Ubuntu Storytellers and performer on The Moth Main Stage, will share two moving true stories about resilience, family, and rediscovered history.

To register please click on the link below: https://forms.gle/68XUGKJwLEpzxv7w8

Shared from the Ansonia Library Facebook page.

Massaro descendant to visit community farm in Woodbridge

WOODBRIDGE - On Saturday Massaro Community Farm will host James Massaro, grandson of the original John and Mary Massaro in a meet and greet at the farm, 41 Ford Road on the Woodbridge/Ansonia town line. 

Massaro is flying in from Arizona to visit the farm for the first time in three decades to share family memories and hear some of yours.

If you have memories of helping the Massaro family and their farm from decades past, you are invited to stop by Massaro Community Farm Saturday between 4 and 7:30 p.m. where you can sign a guest book and meet James. We'd also like to capture your stories on audio or video. 

Light refreshments will be served. Space is limited. 
This event is free but the farm asks guests to RSVP so they know how many guests to expect. You can do so by calling the farm office or using www.Eventbrite.com .

While James Massaro is in town, the farm is running a membership campaign. 
Become a new subscriber to our monthly newsletter on Oct. 27-28 and we’ll enter your name in a drawing to win a basket of farm goods!

Massaro Community Farm, Inc. is a nonprofit certified organic farm in Woodbridge. Their mission is to keep farming, feed people, and build community. 
The farm fulfills its mission by offering the sale of produce to seasonal subscribers, and to restaurants and farmer’s markets; by running farm-based education for youth and adults, and by holding several events each year. 
The farm maintains a commitment to donate no less than 10 percent of its weekly harvest to hunger relief agencies, which has totaled more than 45,000 pounds of food to date. 

For more information, contact the farm office or visit www.MassaroFarm.org. 


This is a press release from Massaro Farm.