Events

put on your calendar now: our community-wide pride celebration at the hopkinton center for the arts

saturday afternoon, june 21, 2025!  

If you're interested in helping to organize this year's event, please email info@hopkintonfreedomteam.org.  

Past Events

PHOTOS FROM THE LANTERN FESTIVAL ON 12/7/2024 WITH THE HOPKINTON FREEDOM TEAM, SOUTH ASIAN CIRCLE OF HOPKINTON, HOPKINTON CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AND HOPKINTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS at the Hopkinton Public Library.  Special thanks to the Hopkinton Cultural Council for supporting this event with a generous grant! 

To watch the first Artful Connections event, A Call for a Just World through Poetry and Music, please watch HCAM's filming of the April 26th event at the HCA:  

PRIDE PARADE / JUNETEENTH -- June 19, 2022

Keynote speaker Al Green of LGBT Task Force, Worcester (Photo by John Cardillo/Courtesy of Hopkinton Independent)

Freya Proudman, founder and lead organizer of Pride Parade in Hopkinton, and Norman Khumalo, Hopkinton Town Manager (Photo by John Cardillo/Courtesy of Hopkinton Independent)

Dance On Dance Center, Hudson, MA (Photo by John Cardillo/Courtesy of Hopkinton Independent)

MLK Day of service 2022  


In light of this New Year coming, The Hopkinton Freedom Team and HCAM-TV are delighted to invite you to be a participant in the upcoming Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day program taking place in Hopkinton on January 17th 10:00am

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Jamele Adams was the keynote speaker. Jamele is the visionary of the Freedom Team concept that originated in Natick, MA. 

Dr. King once said, “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?” 

Pick an act of kindness that you can do for today or go to the list of resources for ways to learn, elevate and spread LIT (Love, Inclusion, Trust) in our Community

Juneteenth to July 4th

An opportunity to reflect on Freedom and Racial Injustice

Between Juneteenth Day (June 19th) and Independence Day, the Hopkinton Freedom Team and members of our community provided an array of programming, including daily educational content and calls to action to encourage community members to reflect on Freedom and Justice.  

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Historical First Pride Parade in Hopkinton Massachusetts 

On June 26th, 2021, Hopkinton celebrated its very first Pride Parade around the Hopkinton High School track. The event was organized by Hopkinton Freedom Team in collaboration with the Hopkinton Youth Commission

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