The Bread and Roses Festival is organized every year by the Bread and Roses Heritage Committee (BRHC). The committee is a volunteer run 501(c)(3) non-profit based out of an office at the Lawrence Heritage State Park. BRHC was founded in 1985 to plan events for the 75th anniversary of the 1912 Lawrence strike. The committee is lead by a Board of Directors and a Council representing a wide spectrum of the community. Meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. 

Monthly Committee Meetings
Third Wednesday of the Month 
6:00pm-8:00pm

3rd floor Lawrence Heritage State Park
1 Jackson Street, Lawrence MA 01840 (map)

​

Members of the Bread and Roses Heritage Committee can be reached by emailing info@breadandrosesheritage.org

Committee Officers

• President: Felipe Collazo, Musican/Event Organizer

• Vice President: Glennys Sanchez/Community Activist

• Clerk: Gladys Gitau Damaskos, Teacher/Artist/Writer

• Treasurer: Pamela Yameen

​

Board Members

• Kayra Lopez, Educator/Activist

• Elizabeth Pellerito, Labor Activist

• Bernard Trubowitz, Educator/Historian

• Laura Chase, Friends of the Lawrence Public Library

• Jim Beauchesne, Lawrence Heritage State Park

• Hartley Pleshaw, Committee Member since 1992

• Andrea EK Vannett, Friend Of Lawrence Heritage State Park

• Richard Shalhoub, Attorney

• Stephen Lewis, Labor Activist and Poster Collector/Exhibitor

• Maria Medina, Higher Education Professional/Community Activist

​

Committee Members

• Brian Pickett, Folk Musician

• Jonas Stundzia

• Joshua Alba, Community Activist

• Jurg Siegenthaler

• Linda Siegenthaler

• Phyllis Tyler

• Richard McCarthy

• Sabrina Boggio, Designer/Community Activist

• Si Kahn

• Stephen Baird