National Day of Community Healing
Focused on Relationship Building, Truth-telling and Healing!
January 29, 2026
In honor of the National Day of Racial Healing, MCC’s Center for Truth, Community
Healing and Transformation (TCHT) will welcome filmmaker and author Byron Motley, producer of the Negro Baseball League documentary “The League.”
Streaming on various platforms, the film is directed by Sam Pollard and co-produced
with Academy Award winner “Questlove.” The film chronicles Byron’s late father Bob Motley,
a Negro League umpire, while exploring the history of Black people in baseball.
Learn more about “The League.”
Event Details:
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Lowell Cowan Center Cafeteria
RSVP in advance
Event Schedule:
11 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Welcome with President Phil Sisson and Maria Gariepy
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Film Screening
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lecture and Q&A with Byron Motley
1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Reception and Meet and Greet with Music Club Performance
2 p.m. Closing
Contact Us!
Destiny Zepeda
Staff Assistant to the Office of Strategic Priorities and Professional Development
ZepedaD@middlesex.edu
978-322-8493