Juneteenth Community Talk Back: Empowering a Community
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Jun 18, 2022 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location
Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio
550 Copley Rd
Details
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."
