Special Ceremony Celebrating the Passage of Disability History Commission Bill
Massachusetts has passed groundbreaking human rights legislation to create a disability-led commission to investigate the history of state institutions, including locating and identifying individuals buried in nameless and unmarked graves.
Please join advocates on November 22 at 2 pm for remarks honoring former institutional residents and the passage of the Special Commission on State Institutions by Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Mike Barrett, and Representative Sean Garballey at MetFern Cemetery in Waltham, the final resting place for 296 people who once lived at the Metropolitan State Hospital and Fernald State School.
Rain Location is Gann Academy, 333 Forest St., Waltham, MA 02452
