Largely autobiographical, Tom Neilson’s talk is about choices and milestones in our lives. This will be a very musical service, so come ready to jam!

BIO: Tom Neilson combines art with activism. Performing since the age of 3, he has received over two dozen awards, including two song of the year awards from Independent Musicians and two CD of the year awards from Just Plain Folks International. In 2017, he received the Arab-American Women Association Award for human rights work for Palestine. In 2015, he was nominated for the United Nations Nelson Mandela Award for Lifetime Achievement in Peace and Justice. Says Michael Stock of WLRN, Miami, FL, “Tom does a great job of reminding people of what is really important, and the power of folk music to say it.” Tom will tell you he’s just a farm boy with a guitar who likes a good ballgame and human rights. He is a member of The American Federation of Musicians Local 1000. Lynn Waldron, Tom’s wife, joins him this weekend. Her activist work includes working with the Wendell State Forest Alliance to prevent logging in public forests in Massachusetts. She historically joined Tom as actress and singer in the Jobs With Justice annual “Voices of Labor History” production to celebrate and honor May Day. She also sings in a hospice choir where small groups sing at bedside for the critically ill and dying. They live in Greenfield, MA.