Phillis Brathwait of St. Paul’s AME Church holds hands with her neighbors during Rabbi Earl A. Grollman’s invocation, as do the rest of those assembled Nov. 16, 2005, at the Central Square Unity Dinner. The event honored Lisa Peterson, of Cambridge’s Department of Public Works, the Rev. Dr. LeRoy Attles, of St. Paul’s, and Joseph and Nabil Sater, owners of The Middle East restaurant and nightclub. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha)