Join us for two sessions on Wednesday, August 19 at 11:30 AM in person in our Media Lab or online via Zoom, and in person on Thursday, September 10 at 5:30 PM in the Jacobs Family Gallery for engaging moderated discussions about the 2026 Massachusetts Great Reads title Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee. Registered participants will receive a free copy of the book (while supplies last) and be invited to a virtual Q&A with the author!

Before Martha’s Vineyard became one of the most iconic vacation destinations in the country, it was home to the Wampanoag people. Today, as tourists flock to the idyllic beaches, the island has become increasingly unaffordable for tribal members, with nearly three-quarters now living off-island. Growing up Aquinnah Wampanoag, journalist Joseph Lee grappled with what this situation meant for his tribe, how the community can continue to grow, and more broadly, what it means to be Indigenous.

The discussions will be facilitated by Jessica DeCicco-Carey. DeCicco-Carey is the Administrator at the Unitarian Universalist Society of New Bedford (UUNB), a congregation that has been home to abolitionists, revolutionaries, transcendentalists, and heretics since 1708. With a deep passion for local history, she is dedicated to uncovering and amplifying the stories of individuals whose contributions have too often gone untold.

Registered participants will be invited to participate in an exclusive Q&A with Joseph Lee on September 29th at 6pm. This discussion series is part of the 2026 Great Reads MA program, sponsored by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.