Akron Roundtable: Akron's Sojourner Truth Project

Date and Time for this Past Event

Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 5pm

Location

Details

Bringing It Home will be held in the Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium at the Akron Art Museum (One South High Street).

Join Akron Roundtable for our first Bringing It Home Program featuring a panel of experts as they discuss The Sojourner Truth Project. This project will elevate our community’s culture for generations to come as we commemorate Sojourner Truth with a monument and plaza in downtown Akron. Truth sacrificed her life to ensure that we have voting rights, women’s equity and a better future for all. The project installation will be concluded late Fall 2023.

The event will begin at 5:00 pm with a moderated discussion lead by Theresa Carter, President, Synthomer Foundation. The session will end with a Q&A from the audience.

Following the formal presentation guests will be invited to mingle in the museum lobby with the presenters while enjoying appetizers and beverages.

Admission includes presentation, appetizers and one drink ticket. Open seating in the auditorium (no tables for this event).

Speakers Include:

Towanda Mullins – Chair, Sojourner Truth Project

Lisa King - Executive Director, Summit Metro Parks

Leianne Neff Heppner – President & CEO, The Summit County Historical Society of Akron

Hazel Burney Malone - historical dramatization of Sojourner Truth and the “Ain’t I a Woman” speech