We created the Four Roads to Freedom project as a joyous reminder that people don’t just cry out for social justice. We can sing out, too.

In concert and conversations, Four Roads to Freedom brings our community together to explore four powerful movements for justice and equality across cultures and history.

• Black Civil Rights anthems rooted in the legacy of slavery and the ongoing struggle for racial justice
• Irish rebel music expressing resistance and the fight for independence
• South American Nueva Canción, confronting dictatorship and political repression
• Yiddish labor songs born from early 20th-century worker movements, including the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

Discover how music has served as a voice for dignity, resistance, and hope throughout history—and how those struggles continue to resonate today.

SPONSORS

TRAILBLAZER
Beveridge Family Foundation
Cohen Musicant Family Fund

PATHFINDER
DA Sullivan
Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts
Robyn Newhouse Charitable Fund

GUIDES
Davis Financial Group

PARTNERS
Beit Ahavah
BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity
Congregation B'nai Israel
David Ruggles Center for History & Education
First Churches
Florence Congregational Church
Hispanic American Library
Jewish Community Center of Springfield
Yiddish Book Center