On Friday, April 12th, Historian Vincent Dixon, will speak on The Massachusetts Legislative Process.

The Right of Free Petition is a legally unique opportunity for all those in Massachusetts to file their own legislation, once each Legislative Session. This opportunity is not only Interesting but potentially important in legal capacities for reform. Vincent’s work as a historian allows him to add perspectives on issues of importance to the lives of our citizens that is unique, and, in our technologically intense world, to help identify, various leaders, including technology leaders, who can help serve the public interest in Winchester, Eastern Massachusetts, and the broader Commonwealth. He will also touch on The Expanded Massachusetts Agenda: A package of 45 pieces of proposed legislation, that offer potential solutions to a wide range of distinct, and interrelated problems.

Vincent Lawrence “Vince” Dixon is a known Historian, especially focused on presentations including Colonial History; Current Events, and their Relationship to History; Church-State Relationships, Evolutions, and Relationships with Civic Society; Parks, and Landscape History; and has taught, and tutored, as well. He has done work in curriculum development, is a frequently published columnist, and speaker; and responds to custom requests. MASS PRESENTATIONS (a dba brand, of Dixon’s) develops a wide variety of presentations, including media, curriculum, and published materials, across a wide range of audiences, and subject matter. Dixon has made many presentations, including to Winchester Historical Society: Religious Realities of Winchester: Houses of Worship and Communities of Faith; Schools of Winchester and Their Namesakes (including an exploration of The Lincolns of Massachusetts); Sports History of Winchester (A Virtual Event – by Zoom); and a History of Vaccination, Immunization, and Disease Prevention. He has also conducted Town Day Trolley Guided Tours; and will again, on this year’s Winchester Town Day, June 1, 2024; previous presentations to Cambridge Historical Society; and is periodically invited to teach classes in History, and Civics, at East Boston High School. Interestingly, Vince was home schooled K-12; earned his Associate in Arts, and his Bachelor of Arts Degree, cum laude, at the Harvard University Extension School and a Master of Education Degree at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. He studied with Dr. Thomas H. O’Connor, University Historian of Boston College, the long-time Dean of Boston Historians.