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SUMMARY:Reading for Change
DESCRIPTION:Reading for Change is a free virtual monthly book club presented by the Stowe Center for Literary Activism in partnership with CREC\, with River Bend Bookshop as our book partner. \nOur book selections are drawn from Stowe Prize shortlists and winners—works that engage with social justice\, tell honest histories\, and model how we can all be part of change for good. \nThrough our partnership with CREC\, we invite educators to read alongside us\, join these community conversations\, and explore how the ideas and questions raised by each book can continue in their own learning communities. \nGet the Book\nOur friends at River Bend Bookshop are offering Reading for Change participants 10% off Stowe Prize books. \nMention the Stowe Center at checkout when shopping in person\, or use code STOWEFORCHANGE when purchasing online. \nBUY THE BOOK HERE! \n\nJoin Anna Malaika Tubbs and Arianna Baret Peralta in a community conversation on Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us! \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.
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LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading for Change
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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 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\nBring a sweater\nIf you want complete silence\, we recommend bringing headphones\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-12/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stowe Prize Series: The Phillips Manuscript and "James: A Novel"
DESCRIPTION:Register to Attend in Person\nRegister to Attend Virtually\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens and Dr. Camesha Scruggs to explore medicine\, health\, and healing in the Phillips Manuscript and Percival Everett’s James. Through a presentation and facilitated discussion\, consider how Dr. William H. Phillips’s real-life narrative and Everett’s novel deepen our understanding of history and the power of storytelling. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeirdre Cooper Owens\, an award-winning historian and popular public speaker\, is a professor of history in New England. Cooper Owens is a proud graduate of two historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)\, the all-women’s Bennett College and Clark Atlanta University. She earned her Ph.D. in history at UCLA and has had a number of prestigious fellowships at the University of Virginia\, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists\, and is an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society. As one of the country’s most “acclaimed experts in U.S. history\,” according to Time Magazine\, Cooper Owens is steadily working towards making history more accessible and inspiring for all. \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.
URL:https://stowecenter.org/event/stowe-prize-series-the-phillips-manuscript-and-james-a-novel-3/
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 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\nBring a sweater\nIf you want complete silence\, we recommend bringing headphones\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-13/
LOCATION:Stowe Center for Literary Activism\, 77 Forest Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Make the World Write!
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