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Needham committee weighs how to sustain townwide multicultural festival, targets spring 2026 kickoff
Summary
Members of the Needham Human Rights Committee discussed volunteer capacity, school-event conflicts and forming a working group to plan a townwide multicultural festival, tentatively aiming to kick off in spring 2026.
Members of the Needham Human Rights Committee spent the bulk of their April meeting discussing whether to make the townwide multicultural festival an annual event and how to avoid overburdening volunteers.
The committee resolved to form a working group to begin preliminary planning now and target a spring 2026 kickoff rather than holding the event this year. Committee members said the group should coordinate early with elementary school parent–teacher organizations and school calendars to avoid clashes with existing school multicultural events.
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