Medgar Evers College Library (Charles Evans Inniss Memorial) in collaboration with Senator Jesse Hamilton presents the Women and the Abolitionism Movement Conference, in commemoration of Women’s History Month – March 26, 2017
Welcome remarks by Dr. Alexei Oulanov, Senate Office Introduction by Raul Rothblatt and remarks by Dr. Maria Delongoria and Dr. Brenda Greene:
“Two Abolitionists: Sarah Mapps Douglass and Lucretia Coffin Mott” by Julie Finch:
Hidden Histories from the Research Trail, speakers include Prathibha Kanakamedala on Curating Brooklyn Abolition Brooklyn Historical Society, remarks by Dr. Evelin Castro, and Natiba Guy-Clement on Brooklyn Collection:
Zenzele Cooper on Weeksville Heritage:
Struggles for Equality, Jim Driscoll and Jacob Morris and Activist Network Ideas – Kathleen Husler:
Activist Network Ideas – Eric Washington, Jasmine Syedullah:
Powerful Commitments: Lucretia Mott, Abby Hopper Gibbons and Frederick Douglass
Speakers include Caroline Propersi and Fern Luskin:
Performance by Mama Joy’s Pride Ensemble, “Freedom/Liberté (excerpt) Dance Tribute and Keynote Speaker, Professor Deirdre Cooper-Owens “in Plain Sight: Enslaved Women and the Origins of American Gynecology”:
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