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SUMMARY:Salons at Stowe
DESCRIPTION:We need to talk. We need each other. We need community. \nJoin the Stowe Center for Literary Activism for an open forum centered on current news and the issues shaping our lives right now. These gatherings invite neighbors into conversation\, reflection\, and community connection in a welcoming space where dialogue can spark understanding and action. \nRather than focusing on a single predetermined topic\, this forum makes room for what people most want and need to talk about. Contemporary issues will remain at the heart of the conversation\, with space for participants to bring their questions\, concerns\, and perspectives. \nCome be in community\, engage with others\, and help turn conversation into action. \nAbout Derek Hall \n\nDerek Hall (he/him/his) is a dynamic anti-racist intergroup dialogue facilitator\, public speaker\, and activist committed to challenging beliefs and institutional culture rooted in systemic racism and other forms of oppression. \nDerek has worked in the diversity\, equity\, and inclusion field for more than ten years\, partnering with public and private school systems\, for-profit and nonprofit organizations locally and nationally. His passion for decolonized education\, human connection\, and implementing racial equity strategies has led him to speak to audiences of more than 500 people and facilitate groups as small as 5 to 15. As a Racial Equity Consultant and Coach\, Derek believes that “changed people change systems\,” and he uses facilitation\, storytelling\, and community building to deepen the racial and social consciousness of individuals and organizations.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/salons-at-stowe-2/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Salons at Stowe
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SUMMARY:Make the World Write!
DESCRIPTION:History is happening before our eyes\, and with our new program\, the Stowe Center wants to give you the space to use your words to make your impact. Make the World Write! allows you to write in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Hartford home. For two silent hours in Stowe’s parlors\, be with history and let it empower and guide you to write for our times. Be with history. Be a literary activist!   \nFor the best protection and care of the historic items and room you will be writing in: \n\nComputers and pencil are welcome\, please no pens\nBags smaller than 16” x 20” are allowed\nCapped water bottles only\, please leave food outside of our historic house\nAnd please\, don’t touch the objects on display
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/make-the-world-write-7/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Make the World Write!
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SUMMARY:Inheriting Freedom: An Intergenerational Tour
DESCRIPTION:One tour\, two stories! Come learn about the Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass and the white anti-slavery author Harriet Beecher Stowe. We’ll explore their stories from the time they were young children until they became famous authors\, paying special attention to the importance of love\, family\, and education in their lives. Did you know that Frederick Douglass taught himself to read and write in secret as a child? Or that Douglass was aided in his extraordinary escape to freedom by his wife-to-be\, Anna Murray? Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe’s famous work of anti-slavery fiction\, Uncle Tom’s Cabin\, was directly inspired by Frederick Douglass and other Black activists of the 19th century? Our interactive\, conversation-based tour is designed to explore some of the hardest moments in U.S. history in an empowering\, age-appropriate way. Step back in time with us\, touch and hold historical objects and documents that help this history come alive\, and join in a conversation about how all of us have the power to create change. \n [Designed to be enjoyed by visitors ages 6 and above.]
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/inheriting-freedom-an-intergenerational-tour/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Inheriting Freedom,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T160000
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SUMMARY:El Teteo in Harriet's Backyard
DESCRIPTION:A Community Celebration at the Stowe Center \nJoin us for a teteo—a Dominican slang word for a lively party—as we close the exhibition What does it mean to be Human?\, a collaboration between artist Amanda Mendoza and researcher Gamze Ozker. \nThrough intimate and reflective works\, the exhibition explores what it means to be recognized as human within systems that determine whose rights are protected and whose are denied. Together\, Mendoza and Ozker examine how compassion and dignity are lost—and reclaimed—through struggles for human rights. \nWe invite the community to gather in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s backyard for a celebration of joy\, culture\, and community as we close the exhibition the best way we know how—by coming together. Because Harriet’s backyard is for everyone. \n\nWhat to Expect\n\nCar show featuring local enthusiasts in collaboration with Rad Stallions. \nSponsored by Xtreme Rides and Haymond Law Firm.\nMusic and dancing\nDominos and card games\nArts & crafts for all ages\nFood vendors\nLocal organizations tabling\n\nIf you are interested in displaying your car please email Miguel Santos \nThe Stowe Center Visitor Center will be open during the event\, giving visitors the chance to experience Amanda Mendoza’s exhibition What does it mean to be Human? on its final day on view. \n\nFood & Vendors\n\nLos Chamos Street Food Truck\nPika Food Truck\nRolling Roti Food Truck\n\n\nCommunity Organizations\nHartford Public Library • CT Fair Housing Center • Center for Latino Progress • Make the Road Connecticut • Sierra Club Connecticut • Hispanic Health Council • Night Fall Hartford • Lucinda’s House • Helena’s Casita \nFamilies and visitors of all ages are welcome. Registration is not required\, but recommended.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/el-teteo-in-harriets-backyard/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:What Does it Mean to Be Human?
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SUMMARY:Hot for Beecher
DESCRIPTION:Let’s spice up history class. 🔥 \nJoin the Stowe Center for Literary Activism for Hot for Beecher\, a lively interview-style program where scholarship meets serious heat. In this special installment\, Dr. Allison Speicher sits down with guest scholars Susan Campbell and Beth Burgess for a conversation that turns up the temperature—complete with increasingly spicy hot wings (cauliflower available for vegans!). \nTogether\, they’ll dive into the lives of John and Isabella Beecher Hooker—an abolitionist and suffragist power couple whose influence helped shape American history. \nCome for the history\, stay for the heat\, and discover the personalities behind one of America’s most compelling literary families.\nPlease note: this event is 21+. \n\n\n \nSusan Campbell \n\n\n \nBeth Burgess \n\n\n \nAllison Speicher \n\n\nAbout the Facilitators\nSusan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist\, widely read columnist\, and author of Tempest-Tossed: The Spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker. Campbell has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist\, a regular commentator on WNPR\, and a guest on CBS’ Sunday Morning\, the BBC\, WTNH-TV\, and Face the State. \nFormer Director of Collections at the Stowe Center for Literary Activism for nearly 20 years\, Beth Burgess now serves as Museum Curator for the Museum of Connecticut History. \nDr. Allison Speicher has taught at Eastern since 2014\, specializing in 19th-century American literature. She teaches American and children’s literature and works closely with Women’s and Gender Studies students. Her first book\, Schooling Readers\, examines the role fiction played in the evolution of public schooling. She is co-editor of the Country School Journal\, secretary of the Stowe Society\, and faculty advisor to Eastern’s Sigma Tau Delta chapter.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/hot-for-beecher-2/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Make the World Write!
DESCRIPTION:History is happening before our eyes\, and with our new program\, the Stowe Center wants to give you the space to use your words to make your impact. Make the World Write! allows you to write in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Hartford home. For two silent hours in Stowe’s parlors\, be with history and let it empower and guide you to write for our times. Be with history. Be a literary activist!   \nFor the best protection and care of the historic items and room you will be writing in: \n\nComputers and pencil are welcome\, please no pens\nBags smaller than 16” x 20” are allowed\nCapped water bottles only\, please leave food outside of our historic house\nAnd please\, don’t touch the objects on display
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/make-the-world-write-8/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Make the World Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T180000
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SUMMARY:Stowe Prize Series: The Phillips Manuscript and "James: A Novel"
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public\n77 Forest St\, Hartford | Zoom\n6:00 – 7:30 PM EST\, Presentation and audience Q&A\nRiverbend Bookshop: Get a 10% discount our Stowe Prize books! Mention us at check-out or use STOWEFORCHANGE for online purchases.\nWith gratitude to our funders for their support\n\n\nRegister to Attend in Person\nRegister to Attend Virtually\n\nDr. Chris Hager will discuss the history of Black autobiography both ante- and post- bellum and then examine Dr. Phillips’s manuscript in relationship to this history and tradition. Additionally\, Dr. Hager will examine the manuscript itself to explore the process of its creation\, teasing out details of the writing process between Dr. Phillips and the Hookers. \n\n \nDr. Camesha Scruggs will help us think through this work and will guide our discussion as we all shape the scholarship being done around The Phillips Manuscript. \n\nThe Stowe Prize Series continues with a powerful exploration of history\, storytelling\, and the enduring struggle for freedom. \nThis year\, we bring into conversation two remarkable works: the recently discovered Phillips Manuscript\, which documents the extraordinary life of Dr. William H. Phillips\, and Percival Everett’s award-winning novel James. The Phillips Manuscript will be on display at each gathering. \nBorn enslaved in Virginia in 1841\, Dr. Phillips went on to become a nationally respected minister at Shiloh Baptist Church in Philadelphia. His life touches on pivotal events of 19th-century America and illuminates the resilience\, courage\, and intellect of Black Americans before and after emancipation. His story resonates with the themes of Everett’s James\, which reframes the story of Huck Finn through the eyes of Jim. \nTogether\, these works invite us to reflect on the essential question:What is the role of storytelling and narrative in our understanding of history and our current culture?
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/stowe-prize-series-the-phillips-manuscript-and-james-a-novel-4/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Stowe Prize Series
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