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SUMMARY:Community Educational Forum — Immigration Matters: A Conversation on Policy and Law
DESCRIPTION:This community educational forum will bring together legal practitioners and community leaders to discuss the current landscape of U.S. immigration law and policy\, including DHS detention practices and the broader impact of policy changes on communities. The event will feature expert panelists and offer attendees the opportunity to learn\, ask questions\, and engage in meaningful dialogue both in person and online. Click here to register. \nFacilitated by Dr. Omar Ali\, Dean Emeritus at UNC Greensboro and Senior Fellow at the ICRCM\, the panel will include Katherine Reynolds\, Director of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic at Elon Law School; Abdul Omer\, Immigration Staff Attorney at the Center for New North Carolinians; Heather Scavone\, most recently serving as Associate Counsel in the Office of the Chief Counsel\, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services\, at DHS; and Kathy Hinshaw\, Chair of the Latino Community Coalition of Guilford. \n“At a precarious time in the United States regarding immigration practices and ever-shifting policies\, we are fortunate to have local partnerships to create dialogue and help educate the public\,” said Dr. Ali. “Hosted at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in downtown Greensboro\, with deeply caring community leaders and experts in immigration law offering their knowledge\, those who attend either in person or online will have a chance to learn\, ask questions\, and offer their own unique perspectives and experiences.” \nHost: Dr. Omar Ali \n \nAbout the Civil Rights Museum: \nAnimating an iconic landmark recognized across the globe\, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum opened in 2010 as a comprehensive museum of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and an innovative educational organization devoted to understanding and advancing civil and human rights in this country and the world. It commemorates the Feb. 1\, 1960\, beginning of sit-ins at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro\, by the N.C. A&T Four college students — David Richmond\, Franklin McCain\, Ezell Blair Jr (now Jibreel Khazan)\, and Joseph McNeil — reflecting careful planning carried out with colleagues at Bennett College. Their non-violent direct action challenged the American People to make good on promises of personal equality and civic inclusion enunciated in the Constitution. The fast-spreading Sit-In Movement ignited by the Greensboro protests served as a historical inflection point\, renewing the Civil Rights Movement as a whole. \nSit-In Movement\, Inc.\, was founded in 1993 to acquire and restore the F.W. Woolworth’s site of these transformative events and to establish the Center and Museum as a monument to the bravery and initiative of visionary young advocates of full citizenship and social justice.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/community-educational-forum-immigration-matters-a-conversation-on-policy-and-law/
LOCATION:International Civil Rights Center & Museum\, 134 South Elm Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conversations,History
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Hinshaw":MAILTO:rkhinsha@uncg.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T120000
DTSTAMP:20260611T163821
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SUMMARY:Freedom-Makers: Maroons and the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:This offering will be a virtual visit to the “Underground Railroad Tree” in the Guilford Woods of North Carolina. The 300-year-old Tulip Poplar tree is a living monument and witness to the freedom-seekers who were part of this eastern seaboard launching point of the Underground Railroad during the early 19th century. The great tree is located in a 350-acre forest in Greensboro\, N.C. We will walk through the woods\, share the history of the area\, read excerpts from primary source accounts (journals and runaway ads)\, look at material culture and discuss the oral history of runaway enslaved people (maroons)\, and explore the ways in which we–people and our living world–create community and connectivity underground\, overground\, everywhere. \nLed by historian Omar H. Ali from UNC Greensboro\, the offering is part of the “Let’s Learn!: The World as Classroom” initiative of Lloyd International Honors College at UNC Greensboro and the East Side Institute in New York\, in partnership with improvscience\, the African American & African Diaspora Studies Program at UNC Greensboro\, and the all-disciplinary honors society Phi Kappa Phi. \nGreensboro is on traditional Keyauwee and Saura lands settled in the mid-18th century by Euro-Americans who drew upon enslaved African labor. The city was a launching point of the Underground Railroad\, a center of textile production and distribution to the world\, a catalyst of the modern civil rights movement\, and is a refugee site with over 150 languages spoken in its school districts today–a global city that teaches us about cultural diversity\, social justice\, human geography\, political economy\, and world history.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/freedom-makers-maroons-and-the-underground-railroad-3/
CATEGORIES:Education,History,Nature,Tours & Experiences
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LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87697146757
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260619T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260619T210000
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Staged Play Reading written & directed by Enid Pickett
DESCRIPTION:June 19th\, 2026. You are warmly invited to join us for the staged play reading about love. Love of Family\, Faith\, and Freedom. Three acts: 1865-1963-2025. A black family’s journey of struggle and survival living in the USA. Performed by the Enid Pickett Players. Experience this event in person or watch it streaming live. \nEnid Pickett Players: Bruce Rhodes\, Azalea Abrams\, Elizabeth Daye\, Sarah Baker\, Rylan Bowers-Parr\, Kafoune Diamoutene\, Sabryyah Abdullah\, ReEllis Dotson-Newman\, Zeneta Arthur-Asgill\, N’Game Gray\, Nadia Hill\, WoodRowe Farguheson Jr.\, Christopher Bowers\, Erinn Anova\, Sela Kerr\, Shaun Greenhaigh\, Keenan Webster\, Enid Pickett\, Lauren Ridgway. \nGeneral Admission – $20\, Students and Seniors – $10 \nIn-Person tickets can be purchased here: https://www.enidpickett.com/Juneteenth \nStreaming will become live day of the event. RSVP below to receive invitation to online Q&A.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/juneteenth-staged-play-reading-written-directed-by-enid-pickett/
LOCATION:New Vintage Church\, 3300 Sonoma Avenue\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,Kids & Family,Performing Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="Enid Pickett":MAILTO:enidpickettpress@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T193000
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Staged Play Reading written & directed by Enid Pickett
DESCRIPTION:June 20th\, 2026. You are warmly invited to join us for the staged play reading about love. Love of Family\, Faith\, and Freedom. Three acts: 1865-1963-2025. A black family’s journey of struggle and survival living in the USA. Performed by the Enid Pickett Players. Experience this event in person or watch it streaming live. \nEnid Pickett Players: Bruce Rhodes\, Azalea Abrams\, Elizabeth Daye\, Sarah Baker\, Rylan Bowers-Parr\, Kafoune Diamoutene\, Sabryyah Abdullah\, ReEllis Dotson-Newman\, Zeneta Arthur-Asgill\, N’Game Gray\, Nadia Hill\, WoodRowe Farguheson Jr.\, Christopher Bowers\, Erinn Anova\, Sela Kerr\, Shaun Greenhaigh\, Keenan Webster\, Enid Pickett\, Lauren Ridgway. \nGeneral Admission – $20\, Students and Seniors – $10 \nIn-Person tickets can be purchased here: https://www.enidpickett.com/Juneteenth \nStreaming will become live day of the event. RSVP below to receive invitation to online Q&A.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/juneteenth-staged-play-reading-written-directed-by-enid-pickett-2/
LOCATION:New Vintage Church\, 3300 Sonoma Avenue\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,Kids & Family,Performing Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="Enid Pickett":MAILTO:enidpickettpress@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T180000
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SUMMARY:Discord and Harmony : The Struggle for Freedom in the USA Through Blues\, Jazz\, Soul\, and Hip-Hop
DESCRIPTION:This will be a look at-and a listen to-the role African American music has played in embodying and inspiring the ongoing struggle for freedom and full equality in the U.S.A. The session will be a mix of music video clips (Billie Holiday\, Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder\, among others) and informal conversation led by progressive musician and composer Dan Belmont\, and life-long grassroots organizer and leader Allen Cox.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/discord-and-harmony-the-struggle-for-freedom-in-the-usa-through-blues-jazz-soul-and-hip-hop-3/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Conversations,History,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260702T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260702T130000
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SUMMARY:"Damn Yankee"  Storytelling to Confront Slave-Owning Family History
DESCRIPTION:Participants are invited to share stories of confronting slavery in their own families. The goal is to provide a safe\, unrecorded space where people can discuss the cultural norms passed down through generations that keep us from being free of our histories. \nHost\, Dr. Laura Peticolas\, will provide her own stories of her slave-owning ancestors and the impact on her parents and herself. Laura will also share the work she has done to be free from these generational biases toward white and black people. Art\, music\, poetry will be offered to build our stories together. \nThis will be a 90 minute session. July 2 from 11:30am PDT to 1pm PDT.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/damn-yankee-storytelling-to-confront-slave-owning-family-history/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Conversations,History,Kids & Family
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ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Peticolas":MAILTO:Lmpeticolas@sonic.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260703T110000
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SUMMARY:What to Us is the Fourth of July?
DESCRIPTION:Reading Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and from Frederick Douglass \nWe invite you to join us at the Freedom Festival for a collective reading of excerpts from both the Declaration of Independence and Fredrick Douglass’s speech “What to a slave is the Fourth of July?” We’ll explore in conversation the relationship between these documents and freedom. Collectively\, we can create together our meaning of freedom and the Fourth of July. \nThe Declaration of Independence is one of America’s significant founding documents. On its face\, it is a declaration of war. The structure of the document follows the archetype of 18th century enlightenment thinking\, laying out fundamental principles drawn from the laws of nature and deriving conclusions based on these principles. But over all the Declaration of Independence lays out the values that the founders considered to be fundamental to the creation of a government\, and though imperfect\, the values for which the country should continuously strive. \n72 years later\, Frederick Douglass was asked to deliver an Independence Day address to the Rochesters Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. The address\, entitled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” is a lament of the celebration of independence while so many in the US were enslaved. In contrast to the appeal to logic of the Declaration of Independence which strives for lofty goals\, Douglass’s address points out the hypocrisy inherent in the invitation and national celebration. Even so\, Douglass ends his speech “drawing encouragement from the Declaration of Independence [and] the great principles it contains”. \nNick Gross\n 
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/what-to-us-is-the-forth-of-july-reading-excerpts-from-the-declaration-of-independence-and-from-frederick-douglass/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Conversations,History
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nick Gross":MAILTO:gross@bu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260704T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260704T160000
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SUMMARY:The Heart Beat of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:The HEARTbeat of Freedom is based on the famous Fourth of July speech by Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5\, 1852. We will present three different renditions of an excerpt from this speech. You will HEAR with your EAR this operatic ART and I know it will touch your HEART. \nWe will begin with the opera\, “Frederick Douglass” Opera was composed by Dorothy Rudd Moore\, and performed by Opera Ebony in 1994\, featuring Kermit Moore on first cello. It premiered 1985 at the City College of New York. \nFollowing this performance will be another ARTistic expression of Douglass’s speech through the contemporary ART of HIP HOP. \nLastly\, you will HEAR this speech through the eyes and HEART of a woman. \nThroughout the presentations\, we will invite comments and discussion from the audience.  \nHosts: \nRachelle Moore\, Licensed Social Worker and Psychotherapist in the Atlanta Area\n  \nEnid Pickett\, poet\, writer\, and teacher.\n 
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/the-heart-beat-of-freedom/
CATEGORIES:Conversations,Education,History,Performing Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rachelle Moore":MAILTO:lrachellemoore2016@gmail.com
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