BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42@lincolnconservation.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190319T210000 DTSTAMP:20190227T162422Z URL:https://lincolnconservation.org/events/talk-and-book-signing-with-amy- bass-author-of-one-goal/ SUMMARY:Talk and Book Signing with Amy Bass\, Author of One Goal DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Lincoln's collaborative 100 Bedford Road Proj ect\, which resulted in a new home for Birches School\, a new Town athleti c field\, and nine acres of conservation land\, Birches School presents an evening with Amy Bass...\n\nIn ONE GOAL: A Coach\, a Team\, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together\, Amy Bass tells the timely and inspi ring story of how the longtime Lewiston community and its newly arrived So mali immigrants came together on the soccer field to capture the first sta te soccer championship in Lewiston history and ultimately chase dreams of national glory. ONE GOAL offers a testament to the power of community and a hope for our times — a story and a message more necessary now than eve r.\n\n“At a time when America seems consumed by divisiveness and hate\, along comes One Goal\, a beautiful and important reminder that humanity's strength is its togetherness. Yes\, on the surface this is a soccer book. But Amy Bass' work is so much more. It's about overcoming odds\, about emb racing differences\, about the triumph of will and spirit. A true gem of a book."\n--- Jeff Pearlman\, New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Guys Won and Gunslinger\n\n \;\n\nOpen to all. $15 suggested donation.   One Goal will be available for sale ($15) in paperback at the event\, o r for $10 if you reserve a copy here. Proceeds from the program benefit th e financial aid fund at Birches School.\n\n\n\nAmy Bass was born and rais ed in The Berkshires\, the daughter of two noted local journalists\, in a house filled with books and about thirty acres of woods going straight up a mountain. Now a professor of history in New York\, Bass lived in Lewisto n\, Maine for four years as a student at Bates College. Her writing has ap peared in Slate\, Salon\, and CNN Opinion\, and her work for NBC's Olympic s coverage earned her an Emmy in 2012 for Outstanding Live Event Turnaroun d. ONE GOAL is her fourth book.\n\n \;\n\n\nAbout the Co-Sponsors\n\ n\n\n\n\nBirches School\, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust\, Lincoln Parks &\; Recreation Department and Lincoln Youth Soccer\n\nIn January 2016 L LCT signed an MOU with Birches School\, formalizing a partnership to colla borate on developing curricular materials and helping the school find a pe rmanent home near conservation land where the school could develop informa l “outdoor classrooms.” In November\, the 16-acre property of the Wang Family at 100 Bedford Road became available and together the LLCT and Bir ches School\, along with the Town of Lincoln\, purchased the property prov iding a unique solution to three different needs.\nBirches School found it s permanent home in four acres on the property and our new school opened i ts doors in Fall 2018. A new athletic field had long been identified as a Town need\, and three acres were allocated to the Parks and Recreation Dep artment to accommodate the increased demand of organized sports. Nine acre s were purchased for conservation purposes connecting existing conservatio n land and trails\, and protecting critical watershed lands.\nThe Parks an d Recreation Department will officially open The Wang Athletic Field for p lay this Spring 2019.\n\n \;\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lincolnconservation.org/wp-content/uploa ds/2019/02/onegoalcover1.jpg CATEGORIES:Talk LOCATION:Brooks Auditorium\, Lincoln Public School\, Ballfield Road\, Linco ln\, MA\, 01773\, Massachusetts\, United States GEO:42.4228323;-71.31392319999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ballfield Road\, Lincoln\, MA\, 01773\, Massachusetts\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Broo ks Auditorium\, Lincoln Public School:geo:42.4228323,-71.31392319999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR