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A Family Revealed: From Slavery to Hope

May 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

$5

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Discovery Museum Speaker Series
Speaker: Wallis Wickham Raemer, educator, and Reggie Harris, folk singer and social activist
Location: This event will be live and in-person at Nashoba Brooks School
200 Strawberry Hill Road, Concord, MA
Cost: Free with pre-registration; $5 suggested donation appreciated

In an evening of engaging music and conversation with the audience, two descendants of a Confederate enslaver, one Black and one white, share their story and discuss what it was like to discover each other’s deeply held feelings, pain, and hope. Presenting are folk singer and social activist Reggie Harris and longtime educator Wallis Wickham Raemer. To underscore their messages and experience, Harris, a prominent interpreter of the use of music in historical movements for social change, sings his stirring, original songs accompanied by guitar. The event will include ASL interpretation.

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Date:
May 9, 2023
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
$5
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.discoveryacton.org/events-programs/family-revealed-slavery-hope-person-event

Organizer

Discovery Museum
Phone
978-264-4200
Email
fun@discoveryacton.org
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Venue

Discovery Museum
Discovery Museum, 177 Main St
Acton, MA 01720 United States
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Phone
1978-264-4200
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