The Sun (Lowell)

Local nonprofits collaborat­e to offer monthly virtual ‘Memory Café’

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lowell » Starting this month, D’youville Life & Wellness Community, the Lowell Senior Center and Fallon Health are collaborat­ing to offer a free, monthly “Memory Café” for individual­s living at home with dementia and their caregivers.

The virtual cafes offer a place where people with memory loss and those who care for them can be themselves, share stories and find helpful advice in a safe, supportive and fun environmen­t.

The sessions will be held on the third Thursday of each month from 10 to 11 a.m. on Zoom. Registrati­on is required and must be completed no later than the Monday before the cafe to reserve a space and receive the Zoom link to access the session.

Contact Candace Walker at 978569-1016 or email memorycafé@dyouville.org for more informatio­n and to register.

Documentar­y screening, discussion to be held on Black history in N.H.

durham, n.h. » The New Hampshire Food Alliance and the University of New Hampshire Susthe tainabilit­y Institute will hold a virtual screening of “Shadows Fall North,” a documentar­y on Black history in New Hampshire, later this month.

The documentar­y screening will be held Jan. 27 at 6 p.m., followed by a discussion of Black history and racial equity in the New Hampshire food system.

“Shadows Fall North” was produced by the UNH Center for the Humanities, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire and Atlantic Media Production­s.

The event is presented in partnershi­p with Warner Public Market, the Greater Nashua Food Council, the Littleton Food Co-op, UNH Cooperativ­e Extension, the Monadnock Food Co-op, the Northeast Organic Farming Associatio­n of New Hampshire and the Kearsarge Food Hub.

To register, visit https:// unh.zoom.us/meeting/register/ tjctfuisrz­wse9zruruh­uqddcahp Upfachkw.

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