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Juneteenth Community Talk Back: Empowering a Community

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Join us at the John Brown House for a morning panel discussion, soul food cooking demonstration, a special exhibition and an open house.

GinaKaye Maddox, John Brown Institute Task Force chair, will moderate the panel discussion. Community Talk Back programming was founded at the Society by Reva Golden, Education and Community Outreach Coordinator.

10:30 a.m. Community Talk Back Panelists:

Taba Aleem, Project Ujima

Bishop Samuel Hampton II, pastor of First Apostolic Faith Church

Carla Davis, member of Akron's Racial Equity Task Force

Albert A. Bragg, Jr., director of Alpha Phi Alpha Homes

Steve Arrington, executive director of the Bayard Rustin LGBTQ+ Resource Center

 

12:15 p.m. Soul Food Cooking Demonstration by Chef Dannika Stevenson, Sip Savor Soul

 

Noon - 3 p.m. John Brown Open House featuring an exhibition curated by artist Dara Harper entitled "Conversations of Grace."