Akron Roundtable: Tonya M. Matthews, Ph.D., President & CEO, International African American Museum
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Thursday, Nov 21, 2024 12pm
Location
Quaker Station at The University of Akron
135 S Broadway St
Details
A non-profit executive leadership veteran, Dr. Matthews is currently President and CEO of the International African American Museum (IAAM) located in Charleston, SC at the historically sacred site of Gadsden’s Wharf, one of our nation’s most prolific former slave ports. IAAM is a champion of authentic, empathetic storytelling of American history and thus, one of the nation’s newest platforms for the disruption of institutionalized racism as America continues the walk toward “a more perfect union.”