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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-5/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-2/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-3/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-4/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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SUMMARY:Spirits at Stowe
DESCRIPTION:Spirits at Stowe considers spiritualism as a tool of resistance among radicals and reformers of the 19th century. \nThrough contact with spirits\, radical women claimed authority to speak the unspeakable\, especially the right to full control and autonomy over their own bodies and families. Throughout the tour\, we will delve into the historic\, social\, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers\, suffragists\, and Black activists\, including Harriet Jacobs\, Frederick Douglass\, and Harriet Wilson. \nDuring the tour\, the house is “set” to reflect a Spiritualist setting. It takes place later in the evening and is by (electric) candlelight. Participants on the tour will observe and engage with materials and primary sources related to spiritualism\, including a planchette\, spiritualist newspapers\, seance accounts\, and letter excerpts from leading 19th century activists. \nSpirits at Stowe deals with themes such as violence\, sexuality\, and reproductive rights.\nIt is not recommended for children under 13.  \n  \nWhat is spiritualism?  \nBroadly speaking\, spiritualism is the belief that an individual’s awareness persists after death and can be contacted by the living. During Spirits at Stowe\, we discuss the histories of multiple spiritualist traditions in U.S. history\, and how these beliefs helped inspire\, nourish\, and connect politically radical individuals and communities – paying special attention to abolitionism\, women’s rights\, labor rights\, and the intersection among them. \n 
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/spirits-at-stowe-5/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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SUMMARY:Ann Plato: A Panel on Hartford's Pioneer Black Writer and Educator
DESCRIPTION:The first Black-Indigenous woman to publish a book of essays and poems was from Hartford\, Connecticut!  \nHer name was Ann Plato.   \nAt sixteen years old\, she would publish: Essays including biographies and miscellaneous pieces\, in prose and poetry. \nAnn Plato was an educator\, writer\, congregant\, and connected with Hartford’s abolitionist movement.   \nJoin us the Stowe Center for Literary Activism for a panel conversation with experts on one of Hartford’s most important historical figures!  \n \nModerator: Erika Slocumb is a scholar of Black history. She is a PhD Candidate in Afro-American Studies and holds a Master of Science in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst\, MA. At the Stowe Center\, she expands the narratives of communities of the global majority\, in conversation with Harriet Beecher Stowe and her work in social justice and civic engagement.  \n  \nPanelists \n  \n \nReverend D. Cleo Graham formerly served as the Associate Pastor and Teacher at Beneficent Congregational Church in Providence\, Rhode Island. She also served as the church’s Community Minister and Sabbatical Pastor. Before joining Beneficent Church\, Rev. Graham served as Co-Pastor and Teacher at Hope Congregational Church in East Providence\, Rhode Island. Pastor Cleo also served as the Affiliated Protestant Chaplain at Roger Williams University. Pastor Cleo is a trailblazer as the first Person of Color ordained in the Rhode Ialand Conference United Church of Christ (2013) \n  \nAlycia D. Jenkins -aka-“Lady Abstract” is a teaching/spoken word performing artist\, poet\, writer\, an environmental organizer\, and an emerging scholar. Raised on the West Side of Chicago\, Ms. Jenkins is a graduate of Trinity College who currently resides in Hartford where she has lived for over a decade. She is a proud African American feminist who believes in the power of liberation for Black families in the USA. Ms. Jenkins has been an advocate for justice since she was a teenager. She continues her advocacy by changing the world one city at a time.  \n  \nAntoinette Brim-Bell\, Connecticut’s 8th State Poet Laureate\, is the author of three full-length poetry collections:  These Women You Gave Me\, Icarus in Love\, and Psalm of the Sunflower.  A sought-after speaker\, editor\, educator\, and consultant\, Brim-Bell is a Professor of English at Connecticut State Community College\, Capital. \n  \n  \nRon Welburn (Accomac Cherokee\, Lenape\, and African American) is an emeritus professor of the UMass Amherst English department where he taught a range of literature courses emphasizing American studies; he also co-founded the University’s Native & Indigenous Studies Certificate Program. He has authored seven poetry collections and two critical works in Native studies\, one being Hartford’s Ann Plato and the Native Borders of Identity (SUNY Press 2015); and writing about jazz has long been a passion of his. Although most of his schooling was in Philadelphia\, he considers suburban Berwyn his hometown. Before earning his M.A. in English at Arizona and his doctorate in American Studies at NYU\, as a senior at Lincoln University he first heard of Ann Plato as\, according to the esteemed J. Saunders Redding\, likely having Indian ancestry. \n  \nCommunity Partners
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/plato/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Spirits at Stowe
DESCRIPTION:Spirits at Stowe considers spiritualism as a tool of resistance among radicals and reformers of the 19th century. \nThrough contact with spirits\, radical women claimed authority to speak the unspeakable\, especially the right to full control and autonomy over their own bodies and families. Throughout the tour\, we will delve into the historic\, social\, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers\, suffragists\, and Black activists\, including Harriet Jacobs\, Frederick Douglass\, and Harriet Wilson. \nDuring the tour\, the house is “set” to reflect a Spiritualist setting. It takes place later in the evening and is by (electric) candlelight. Participants on the tour will observe and engage with materials and primary sources related to spiritualism\, including a planchette\, spiritualist newspapers\, seance accounts\, and letter excerpts from leading 19th century activists. \nSpirits at Stowe deals with themes such as violence\, sexuality\, and reproductive rights.\nIt is not recommended for children under 13.  \n  \nWhat is spiritualism?  \nBroadly speaking\, spiritualism is the belief that an individual’s awareness persists after death and can be contacted by the living. During Spirits at Stowe\, we discuss the histories of multiple spiritualist traditions in U.S. history\, and how these beliefs helped inspire\, nourish\, and connect politically radical individuals and communities – paying special attention to abolitionism\, women’s rights\, labor rights\, and the intersection among them. \n 
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/spirits-at-stowe-2/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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SUMMARY:Spirits at Stowe
DESCRIPTION:Spirits at Stowe considers spiritualism as a tool of resistance among radicals and reformers of the 19th century. \nThrough contact with spirits\, radical women claimed authority to speak the unspeakable\, especially the right to full control and autonomy over their own bodies and families. Throughout the tour\, we will delve into the historic\, social\, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers\, suffragists\, and Black activists\, including Harriet Jacobs\, Frederick Douglass\, and Harriet Wilson. \nDuring the tour\, the house is “set” to reflect a Spiritualist setting. It takes place later in the evening and is by (electric) candlelight. Participants on the tour will observe and engage with materials and primary sources related to spiritualism\, including a planchette\, spiritualist newspapers\, seance accounts\, and letter excerpts from leading 19th century activists. \nSpirits at Stowe deals with themes such as violence\, sexuality\, and reproductive rights.\nIt is not recommended for children under 13.  \n  \nWhat is spiritualism?  \nBroadly speaking\, spiritualism is the belief that an individual’s awareness persists after death and can be contacted by the living. During Spirits at Stowe\, we discuss the histories of multiple spiritualist traditions in U.S. history\, and how these beliefs helped inspire\, nourish\, and connect politically radical individuals and communities – paying special attention to abolitionism\, women’s rights\, labor rights\, and the intersection among them. \n 
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/spirits-at-stowe-4/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T103000
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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-6/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-10/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stowe Center for Literary Activism":MAILTO:info@stowecenter.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T130000
DTSTAMP:20260911T201012Z
CREATED:20260911T201012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T201012Z
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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-7/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stowe Center for Literary Activism":MAILTO:info@stowecenter.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T140000
DTSTAMP:20260911T201157Z
CREATED:20260911T201157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T201157Z
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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-8/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T150000
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CREATED:20260911T201332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T201332Z
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SUMMARY:Family Spirits: Haunted History Tours at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism
DESCRIPTION:Spirits and séances at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe practiced spiritualism throughout her life? Together with family\, friends\, and her Hartford neighbors\, she would hold séances to try to speak with the spirits of people who had passed on to the next life. Over the years\, visitors and staff at the Stowe Center have experienced many mysterious and unexplainable events in Harriet’s historic home—just as Harriet did during her spiritualist explorations. \n          Join us for our Family Spirits Tours\, where we’ll learn all about spiritualism in the 1800’s\, and how people spoke to departed spirits looking for wisdom\, comfort\, and knowledge. We’ll also hear stories of some of the most haunting encounters in the history of our museum! \n\n[Please note\, this tour talks openly about death and grief. Recommended for ages 8+]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/family-spirits-haunted-history-tours-at-the-stowe-center-for-literary-activism-9/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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SUMMARY:Spirits at Stowe
DESCRIPTION:Spirits at Stowe considers spiritualism as a tool of resistance among radicals and reformers of the 19th century. \nThrough contact with spirits\, radical women claimed authority to speak the unspeakable\, especially the right to full control and autonomy over their own bodies and families. Throughout the tour\, we will delve into the historic\, social\, and political context of the 19th century and explore the role of spiritualism in the lives of reformers\, suffragists\, and Black activists\, including Harriet Jacobs\, Frederick Douglass\, and Harriet Wilson. \nDuring the tour\, the house is “set” to reflect a Spiritualist setting. It takes place later in the evening and is by (electric) candlelight. Participants on the tour will observe and engage with materials and primary sources related to spiritualism\, including a planchette\, spiritualist newspapers\, seance accounts\, and letter excerpts from leading 19th century activists. \nSpirits at Stowe deals with themes such as violence\, sexuality\, and reproductive rights.\nIt is not recommended for children under 13.  \n  \nWhat is spiritualism?  \nBroadly speaking\, spiritualism is the belief that an individual’s awareness persists after death and can be contacted by the living. During Spirits at Stowe\, we discuss the histories of multiple spiritualist traditions in U.S. history\, and how these beliefs helped inspire\, nourish\, and connect politically radical individuals and communities – paying special attention to abolitionism\, women’s rights\, labor rights\, and the intersection among them. \n 
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/spirits-at-stowe-6/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spirits at Stowe,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T191500
DTSTAMP:20260721T201123Z
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SUMMARY:Reading for Change
DESCRIPTION:Reading for Change is a free virtual monthly book club. Our book selections are pulled from Stowe Prize shortlist and winners; works which engage with social justice\, tell honest histories\, and model how we can all be part of change for good. \nJoin Anna Malaika Tubbs and Arianna Baret Peralta in a community conversation on Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us! \n\nFree and open to the public\nZoom! Invite your friends across the country!\n6:00 – 7:15 PM EST\nRiverbend Bookshop: Get a 10% discount our Stowe Prize books! Mention us at check-out or use STOWEFORCHANGE for online purchases.\n\n\n \nIn Erased\, Anna Malaika Tubbs\, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three Mothers\, returns with an unflinching excavation of all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy. \nPatriarchy has ruled across the world throughout much of human history\, but it operates differently in each nation in which it is found. In Erased\, Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs investigates how our understanding of human identity in the United States has been determined since the founding fathers’ drafting of the Constitution\, in which they excluded women from equal rights\, protected the institution of slavery\, and suppressed Indigenous belief systems. Spanning the full\, unfiltered history of the nation\, this groundbreaking history makes clear how deeply ingrained in politics\, culture\, and society our unique gendered hierarchy truly is and has been for nearly 250 years. \nTold with Tubbs’s trademark blend of rigorous research and accessible storytelling\, Erased asks readers to suspend blaming themselves or one another for the struggles we face as a country and instead turn their attention toward an inequitable system that leaves none of us unscathed. Timely and eye-opening\, Erased brings hope and guidance for letting go of American patriarchy once and for all. \n\nFacilitators  \n \nAnna Malaika Tubbs is a 2X New York Times Bestselling author who grew up in Dubai\, Mexico\, Sweden\, Estonia\, Azerbaijan\, as well as the United States. Influenced by her exposure to all kinds of cultures and beliefs\, Anna is inspired to bring people together through the celebration of difference. Anna holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and a Masters in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies from the University of Cambridge in addition to a Bachelors in Medical Anthropology from Stanford University. She takes from her academic background and produces content that is easy for others to connect with and understand. \n \nArianna Baret Peralta is the manager of Asset Management Technology at Eversource Energy\, she’s been with the company since 2009 and has held various roles in the Engineering and Operations organizations. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from INTEC (Dominican Republic) and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from WPI. Born and raised in the Dominican Republic\, she moved to the US in 2006 and has been a CT resident ever since. Arianna believes in the positive impact volunteering work has in our communities and has volunteered with several nonprofit organizations across CT (Special Olympics\, Autism Speaks\, Operation Fuel\, JA of Southwest New England\, United Way\, American Heart Association). Animal lover\, big fan of laughs.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/reading-for-change-7/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading for Change
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T191500
DTSTAMP:20260721T202716Z
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SUMMARY:Reading for Change
DESCRIPTION:Reading for Change is a free virtual monthly book club. Our book selections are pulled from Stowe Prize shortlist and winners; works which engage with social justice\, tell honest histories\, and model how we can all be part of change for good. \nJoin Ashley D. Farmer and Kamora Herrington in a community conversation about Queen Mother: Black Nationalism\, Reparations\, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore! \n\nFree and open to the public\nZoom! Invite your friends across the country!\n6:00 – 7:30 PM EST\nRiverbend Bookshop: Get a 10% discount our Stowe Prize books! Mention us at check-out or use STOWEFORCHANGE for online purchases.\n\n\n \nFrom an award-winning historian of radical Black politics comes the definitive biography of Queen Mother Audley Moore—foremother of the Black Nationalism movement and trailblazer in the fight for reparations. \nIn the world of radical Black politics\, the name Audley Moore commands unquestioned respect. Across the nine decades of her life\, Queen Mother Moore distinguished herself as a leading progenitor of Black Nationalism\, the founder of the modern reparations movement\, and a mentor to some of America’s most influential Black activists from her homes in North Philadelphia and Harlem. \nAnd yet\, she is far less remembered than many of her peers and protégés—Marcus Garvey\, Malcolm X\, and Muhammad Ahmad\, to name just a few—and the ephemera of her life are either lost or plundered. In Queen Mother\, celebrated writer and historian Ashley D. Farmer restores Moore’s faded portrait\, delivering the first ever definitive account of her life and enduring legacy. \nDeeply researched and richly detailed\, Queen Mother is more than just the biography of an American icon. It’s a narrative history of 20th-century Black radicalism\, told through the lens of the woman whose grit and determination sustained the movement. \n\nFacilitators \n \nDr. Ashley Farmer is an internationally known and award-winning writer\, researcher\, and cultural analyst who explores and reports on Black history and its implications today. She is the author of Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era and Queen Mother: Black Nationalism\, Reparations\, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore. Farmer’s ideas and insights have appeared in numerous venues\, including Harper’s Bazaar\, NPR\, the Washington Post\, and Teen Vogue. Ashley lives\, reads\, and writes in Austin\, Texas\, and teaches at the University of Texas at Austin. \n  \n \nKamora Le’Ella Herrington is a mother first\, in all of the ways that a mother is. She is the founder and visionary of Kamora’s Cultural Corner and is an active Cultural Humility presenter and educator who began her formal career as a teacher for the City of Hartford’s Early Learning Centers.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/reading-for-change-2/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading for Change
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270113T191500
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SUMMARY:Reading for Change
DESCRIPTION:Reading for Change is a free virtual monthly book club. Our book selections are pulled from Stowe Prize shortlist and winners; works which engage with social justice\, tell honest histories\, and model how we can all be part of change for good. \nJoin Kellie Carter Jackson and Kamora Herrington in a community conversation about We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance \n\n\nFree and open to the public\nZoom! Invite your friends across the country!\n6:00 – 7:15 PM EST\nRiverbend Bookshop: Get a 10% discount our Stowe Prize books! Mention us at check-out or use STOWEFORCHANGE for online purchases.\n\n\n \nA radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—to white supremacy  \nBlack resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary\, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence and Malcolm X’s “by any means necessary.” In We Refuse\, historian Kellie Carter Jackson urges us to move past this false choice\, offering an unflinching examination of the breadth of Black responses to white oppression\, particularly those pioneered by Black women. \nThe dismissal of “Black violence” as an illegitimate form of resistance is itself a manifestation of white supremacy\, a distraction from the insidious\, unrelenting violence of structural racism. Force—from work stoppages and property destruction to armed revolt—has played a pivotal part in securing freedom and justice for Black people since the days of the American and Haitian Revolutions. But violence is only one tool among many. Carter Jackson examines other\, no less vital tactics that have shaped the Black struggle\, from the restorative power of finding joy in the face of suffering to the quiet strength of simply walking away. \nClear-eyed\, impassioned\, and ultimately hopeful\, We Refuse offers a fundamental corrective to the historical record\, a love letter to Black resilience\, and a path toward liberation. \n\nFacilitators \n \nKellie Carter Jackson is the Michael and Denise ‘68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies and the Chair of the Africana Studies Department Wellesley College. She is the author award winning We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance (Seal Press). We Refuse won the Darlene Clark Hine Award for the Best Book on African American Women’s History given by the Organization of American Historians. It was also listed as Ms. Magazine’s Favorite Books of the Year\, the Smithsonian’s Best History Books of the Year\, a New York Times Editor’s Book Choice\, Essence’s Top 15 Book Picks for Summer\, and received starred reviews from both Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly\, among other accolades. \n \nKamora Le’Ella Herrington is a mother first\, in all of the ways that a mother is. She is the founder and visionary of Kamora’s Cultural Corner and is an active Cultural Humility presenter and educator who began her formal career as a teacher for the City of Hartford’s Early Learning Centers.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/reading-for-change-6/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading for Change
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