News and Events
2009
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Friday, September 25, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Black Entrepreneurs for Harriet Wilson
The Public and
Community Affairs Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston will
be sponsoring a Breakfast Talk
“The Inconceivable Harriet Wilson: Writer, Speaker, Entrepreneur”
Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02110
New England Room, 4th Floor
Contact Person:
melita.v.podesta@bos.frb.org
Tel: 617.973.3197
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Sunday, September 20, 2009, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Commemoration of The
Sesquicentennial of the Publication of Harriet E. Wilson’s Novel
Our Nig: Or, Sketches from the
Life of a Free Black (1859-2009)
Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy,
Massachusetts
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UNH19th ANNUAL Martin Luther King Jr. Celebratory Events
One in 100: Dismantling a Prison Nation
"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single
garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all
indirectly." — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Keynote Address by Angela Davis
The
University of New Hampshire is pleased to present its 2009 MLK
Celebratory events commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. A series of six major activities with an overarching
theme entitled, One in 100: Dismantling a Prison Nation, will
highlight King's struggle to create a beloved community where social,
political, and economic justice are more the norm than the exception.
This year's theme centers on the conclusion of a 2008 PEW survey that
revealed the sobering results of the steady growth of the United State’s
prison industrial complex, a system that has more than one in every 100
adults confined behind bars.
UC Berkley professor and internationally known civil rights activist,
Angela Davis, will deliver the keynote address.
Events Include:
Photo Art Exhibit-A Prison Nation: Unlocking the Stories
Thursday, January 22, 6:00 p.m./Strafford Room, MUB
Spiritual Celebration-Breaking the Ties that Bind
Sunday, January 25, 4:00 p.m.,/Durham Community Church
A Conversation with Angela Davis
Hosted by Laura Knoy of NHPR’s Exchange
Thursday, January 29, 12:30 p.m.,/Strafford Room, Memorial Union
Building
Commemorative Address-Education or Incarceration: The Future of
Democracy
Thursday, January 29, 7:00 p.m.,/PCAC Johnson Theatre at UNH
Educational Panel-Are Prisons Obsolete? Exploring the growing prison
nation in NH
Thursday, February 5, 12:40 p.m.,/DeMerritt Hall, Room 112
For more info on the celebration visit:
http://www.unh.edu/diversity/mlk_celebration2009.html
News and Events
2008
Saturday Feb 9, 10:30
New Hampshire Author Harriet E. Wilson’s Silsby Library
226 Main St. Charlestown, NH
Contact: Sandy Perron / 603-826-7793
Presenters: JerriAnne Boggis & Gloria Henry
Sunday, Feb 10, 2:30 pm
New Hampshire Author Harriet E. Wilson’s Hunt Building
Library Hill
6 Main Street, Nashua, NH
Contact: Marilyn Solomon /
603-882-6603
Presenters: Gloria Henry & Claudette Williams
Tuesday, Feb 12, 9:05-9:50 am
Harriet Wilson' s New England
Pinkerton Academy
Stockbridge Theater,
5 Pinkerton St, Derry, NH 03038
Contact: Peggy Blanchard /
603-437-5200 x 2106
Presenters: JerriAnne Boggis & Stasia Millett
Tuesday, Feb 12 USM
Saturday, Feb 16
Harriet Wilson's New England
Borders Book Store Nashua
Lee Jones / 603-883-5738
Panelist: JerriAnne Boggis, Gloria Henry, & Barbara White
Wednesday, March 5, 7-8:30
Harriet Wilson’s New England
University of Southern Maine
Contact: Eve Raimon, Barbara, Eve, & JerriAnne
Monday, March 17, 12:00 – 1pm
Hearing From Harriet, the Play
Manchester Community College
1066 Front Street, Manchester, NH 03102
Contact: Maureen Nagle / 603-668-6706 x 315
Introduction by Mabelle Barnette
Featuring Actors: Nicola Creary, Justianna Andrews, Britney … Szadrii
Phillbrick, and Nya Barnette
Wednesday, March 19 7:30 PM
Harriet Wilson's New England
Milford Historical Society
Contact: Polly Cote / 603-673-1946
Thursday, March 27
UNH Women’s Studies Seminar
Contact:
Saturday, May 17 (3 PM)
Dedication ceremony for the Wentworth Cheswell State Historical
Marker
June 19-23 Cincinnati Ohio
National Women’s Studies Association
Monday, June 23
Harriet Wilson: Recovering an African American Author
Newmarket Historical Society
Contact: Richard Alperin, Mabelle Barnette & Claudette Williams
August 27 – 30
Association of African American Museums Conference
Chicago
