LYNN — Panelists of different ethnic backgrounds, nationalities, religions, and sexual orientations will be speaking about prejudice at a diversity forum on May 16 at the Lynn Museum.
Attorney James J. Carrigan, who organized the forum, said the goal of the event is to make people think.
“We want to talk about prejudice and its harmful effects to people,” he said.
The speakers at the forum will be Constantino “Coco” Alinsug, Ed Calnan, Mario Capano, Anne Gugino Carrigan, Fatima El Hali, Rabbi Yosef Lipsker, Tanisha Sullivan, Emilia Sun, and Carolina Trujillo.
The moderator is Mike Jalbert, the head of the history department at St. Mary’s Lynn. The keynote speaker is Judge Ina Howard-Hogan.
Alinsug, the Ward Three city councilor for Lynn, is representing the LGBTQ+ community at the forum. Alinsug is the first openly gay city councilor in Lynn and the first Filipino-American city councilor in New England.
Trujillo, the publisher of Essex Media Group’s (EMG) weekly Spanish language newspaper La Voz, is representing the Hispanic community.
Sun, the senior graphic designer at EMG, will be representing the Asian community.
Anne Gugino Carrigan will be speaking about women. She has a comment about Nancy Pelosi that will show what prejudice looks like for women, James J. Carrigan said.
Sullivan is the president of Boston’s branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and will be representing African Americans at the forum.
El Hali will be representing Muslim women. Lipsker, of Chabad of the North Shore, is representing the Jewish community.
Calnan, a former Lynn community development director and city councilor, is representing the Irish community. Capano will be representing the Italian community.
The forum will be from 5 to 7 p.m. After the speakers give speeches, attendees will have the opportunity to ask them questions.
The list of event sponsors are below:
David J. Angeramo, Associate Head of School, St. Mary’s, Lynn
Jetta Bernier
Mary Ann Calnan, President, Greater Lynn Bar Association
Attorney A.J. Capano
Attorney Mario Capano
Representative Pete Capano
Maria Carrasco
Attorney Anne Gugino Carrigan
Attorney James Carrigan
Attorney Lisa Carrigan
Richard Colucci, Lynn City Council
The Honorable Albert Conlon, Retired
Donna Coppola, Lynn School Committee
Senator Brendan Crighton
Jeff Crosby
Marjie Crosby
Dr. John F. Dolan, Head of School, St. Mary’s Lynn
Tony Dunn
Fatima El Hali
Attorney Loring Fluke
Msgr. Paul V. Garrity, Former Pastor of St. Mary’s
David Gass
Girls Inc.
Grant Communications
Greater Lynn Bar Association
The Honorable Michael J. Harrington
Tom Iarrobino
Mary Joyner
Adam Kaszynski
Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 10
Las Maria’s
Karen LeBlanc
Donna LeBrasseur
Gerald LeBrasseur
Brid L’Esperance
Victor L’Esperance
Lynn Community Television
Lynn Economic Opportunity, Inc.
Lynn Latino Leadership
Kate Luchini
Harry MacCabe
My Brother’s Table
Darrell Murkison, President, CMCC
Jared Nicholson, Mayor of Lynn
Pam Casey O’Brien
Maryanne Rooney
Tom O’Shea
Attorney William F. O’Shea, Jr.
Attorney Alan Pierce
Jerry Powers
Justin Richards
St. Mary’s Lynn
Attorney Todd Siegel
Patrick Smith
Alix Smullin
Natasha Soolkin, New American Center
The Daily Item
Margaret Thibodeau
The Honorable John F. Tierney
Doneeca Thurston
Julie Toro
Attorney David J. Vasapolli
Attorney John J. Vasapolli
Attorney Richard Vitali
Attorney Sam Vitali
Kathleen Walsh, Executive Director of YMCA of Greater Boston
Derrick White
YMCA, Lynn
