RACIAL JUSTICE
Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea: Mystic
Mystic Seaport 75 Greenmanville Ave, MysticApril 20, 2024, through April 19, 2026 Stillman Building Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea is a new major exhibition centering maritime histories in Indigenous, African, and African-descended worldviews and experiences. Unraveling the threads of existing maritime narratives for the history of the Dawnland (New England), Indigenous dispossession, and racialized slavery, this exhibition is rooted in […]
Witness Stones Installation Ceremony: Old Lyme
Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library 2 Library Lane, Old LymeThe community will gather on the lawn of the Old Lyme Library to celebrate the fourth installation of Witness Stones in the Lyme-Old Lyme area. The program offers music, poetry, and words from community partners. Guest speakers include Rhonda Ward, Witness Stones Old Lyme poet and first New London Poet Laureate; Nekita Waller, soloist; Rick […]
Juneteenth Celebration with Jazz & Poetry at The Florence Griswold Museum
Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old LymeThe celebration in honor of Juneteenth—a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans—will take place on the north lawn of the Florence Griswold Museum. The event features a quartet led by legendary bassist Nat Reeves and new work by Connecticut poets Marilyn Nelson, Kate Rushin, Rhonda Ward, and Antoinette Brim-Bell, who in 2021 […]
Inheriting Freedom an Intergenerational Tour at Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 77 Forest Street, HartfordThe goal of our intergenerational tour is to encourage conversations about justice between all visitors. We provide an interactive, conversation-based tour experience where we welcome questions and curiosity from adults and children alike. The tour explores the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe and the larger history of anti-slavery activism in the United States, with a major […]