Gossels Programs

In 2001, Elaine and Werner Gossels and Nancy and Peter Gossels donated funds to the Trustees of the Wayland Free Public Library to establish the Gossels Fund for Human Dignity endowment fund in honor of Charlotte Lewy Gossels, Hilde Lewy, Lina Lewy and all other innocent victims of persecution.

This fund supports Library programming “to foster and augment programs and activities that will encourage people to respect, treasure, and protect the rights of all human beings to live in dignity, freedom, and peace.”

Previous Gossels Programs: 

	September 2020 – Tell Me the Truth: Exploring the Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations with Shay Stewart-Bouley and Debby Irving
	November 2017 – Chris Edwards: Then and Now  – video
	March 2017 – Egyptian Music Performance by Karim Nagi
	February 2016 – Singing our Story with Leonard Brown
	February 2013 – Raising Global IQ with Carl Hobert
	Spring 2011 – Wayland Reads: Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
	November 2009 – Sasha Chanoff, Executive Director of Mapendo International
	2008 – Reflections on the Obama Candidacy with Ta-Nehisi Coates
	2007 – The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot & the Case for Reparations with Charles Ogletree, Jr.
	October 2007 – Ellen Craft: Self Emancipated Woman with Marcia Estabrook
	January 2006 – Soul at Work with Margaret Benefiel, Ph.D.
	2005 – The Trial of Anthony Burns by Theatre Espresso
	2004 – Film Series presented by John Michalczyk
	2003 – Storytelling by Laura Simms – Peace and Healing
	2002 –  The Confession of Ann Putnam with Laura Simms