Reginald F. Lewis Museum

American Dream Deferred: Black Federal Workers in Washington, DC, 1941-1981 with Dr. Frederick Gooding, Jr.
2021-02-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
While World War II was a boon to black workers, little is known about the nuanced, ongoing struggles for dignity and respect that black workers endured while working these “good, government jobs.” In this timely and critically important study, Frederick Gooding, Jr.’s meticulous research illuminates the understudied history of African American federal workers from World War II to the Reagan era. Join Dr. Gooding, Jr. as he explores not only the causes and costs of systemic racism in the federal workplace, but also the heroic efforts made by ‘black collared’ workers to uproot it.
Dr. Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. is assistant professor of African American studies in the John V. Roach Honors College at Texas Christian University.
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Beyond Books: Raising an Anti-Racist Child - Virtual Program
2021-01-31 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join consultant and leadership coach Imani Chapman as she dives into the challenges and opportunities of raising an anti-racist child, from refining our own analysis of race to understanding the intersections between race and child-development.
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This is the third of three programs presented in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Maryland and Chizuk Amuno Congregation within the series, Jews of Color, Jewish Institutions, and Jewish Community in the Age of #Black Lives Matter. Click here to learn more about the series.
About Our Speaker:
Imani Romney-Rosa Chapman is one of the co-founders of Romney Associates, Inc. She has more than 25 years of experience organizing, educating, and developing curriculum for social justice. Whether as a leadership coach, facilitator, or trainer, Mrs. Chapman’s focus is on creating safe and inclusive environments for learning, growth, and justice.
Her work with boards, staff, faculty, students, counselors, and other stakeholders in religious communities, secular communities, schools, and non-profit organizations has informed their goals for sustained change. She supports them in: socially locating themselves; building group consensus and cohesion; evaluating individual and group readiness to move forward in anti-bias work; speaking candidly and critically about the role of power and justice; understanding and applying a systemic analysis to strategic planning processes; considering issues of accountability.
She currently serves on the Board for the Roger L. Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award, on the Steering Committee for the Coalition of Faith/Spiritual/Ethical Communities for the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, and was a founding co-chair for Kolot Chayeinu Synagogue’s Race Working Group. She is also co-founder of Sisters of Color in Education and teaches part-time at Grace Church School in Manhattan.
Mrs. Chapman received her undergraduate degree in Communication Education and Performing Arts from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, her Masters in Spanish Philology from Middlebury College, Madrid, Spain.
She works for a world in which her children and the young people in your lives can live wholly and safely into their full humanity in an equitable world where race is not a major determinant in health, wealth, legal, and educational outcomes.

Virtual Saturday Fun Program with Illustrator Bryan Collier
2021-01-30 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join children’s illustrator Bryan Collier in a virtual presentation and reading on his latest children’s books. All Because You Matter is a heart-lifting love letter to Black and brown children everywhere: reminding them how much they matter while Thurgood is an inspiring picture-book biography on the first black justice on the Supreme Court and a giant of the civil rights movement. Children will explore his wonderful artwork and discover how he brings heroes and stories to life. Collier is a six-time Coretta Scott King, four-time Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator.
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The Art of Activism: Youth Activists Panel Discussion
2021-01-18 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
2020 ignited a cultural revolution of youth activism. In commemoration of Martin Luther King’s birthday, join us for a powerhouse conversation as panelists discuss issues and themes related to MLK’s legacy, inequality, and social injustices. Writer Lisa Snowden McCray will serve as moderator. Panelists include; Destini Philpot & Micaela Lattimer, Good Kids, Made City, Destinae Butler, Baltimore’s Youth Poet Laureate, and Tia Thomas, Wide Angle Youth Media.
Air date: January 18 at 8PM on Charm TV (Comcast/Ch 25) and Livestreaming on charmtv.com
This Program is part of The Art of Activism: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Presented by the Lewis Museum and Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts

MLK Commemorative Film Screening
2021-01-17
Hear from Baltimore artists and activists whose work honors the legacy of Dr. King. The commemorative video also highlights past footage of Baltimore’s historic and beloved MLK parade.
Air date: January 17 on Charm TV (Comcast/Ch 25) and Livestreaming on charmtv.com. Check local listing for time.
This program is part of The Art of Activism: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Presented by the Lewis Museum and Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture: featuring Eddie S. Glaude
2021-01-16 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Author Eddie S. Glaude Jr. will talk about race today in America following the Trumpian era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Mixing biography–drawn partially from newly uncovered interviews–with history, memoir, and trenchant analysis of our current moment, Begin Again is Glaude’s attempt, following Baldwin, to bear witness to the difficult truth of race. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University and author of Democracy in Black. In partnership with Enoch Pratt Library.
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Cost: Free
This program is part of The Art of Activism: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Presented by the Lewis Museum and Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts

MLK Virtual Program: HS Juried Art Show and Artist Talk with Will Watson
2021-01-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Lewis Museum to recognize Maryland high school students who participated in the annual art show. This year’s artistic theme is inspired by the exhibition Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change currently on view at the Lewis Museum. This virtual program includes an artist talk with Will Watson, a spoken word presentation by Sahzez AKA “No One From Nowhere” of DewMore Baltimore and a conversation with the student artists. In partnership with the Maryland State Education Association
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Cost: Free

Sahzez AKA “No One From Nowhere” is a Youth Art & Activism Ambassador with Dewmore Baltimore. They are also a member of the new & improved YVC (Youth Voices For Consent) Initiative. No One has been writing and performing poetry for five years now. They won first place at MIST (The Muslim Interscholastic Tournament) in 2018, and have been part of the Baltimore City Youth Poetry Team for two years now. They have also competed in Brave New Voices, an international poetry slam, in 2019. No One’s wishes to help communities across the country understand the inherent dangers and irreparable damage which capitalism has caused, and will continue to cause, in our global society.

This MLK program is part of The Art of Activism: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Presented by the Lewis Museum and Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts

Virtual Kwanzaa Programs @ the Eubie Blake Center
2020-12-31 13:00 - 19:00 UTC
Celebrate the Kwanzaa holiday (December 26 – January 1) with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Eubie Blake Center along with their community partners with the following virtual activities. Register for each separate event to access the program.
Join the Eubie Blake Center in an afternoon of specially curated presentations of poetry, author readings, dance, music and lecture celebrating the principles of Kuumba. Presenters include Keur Khaleyi African Dance, Konjur Collective, Brinae Ali of Tapology with Max Bent, Zora’s Den, and Thomas James.
Kwanzaa Principle of the Day: (Umoja) Unity of Family, Community, Nation and Race
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Cost: Free
For more information contact the Eubie Blake Center at kwanzaa@eubieblake.org

Kwanzaa Virtual Panel Discussion: Black Businesses and COVID 19
2020-12-29 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Celebrate the Kwanzaa holiday (December 26 – January 1) with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Eubie Blake Center along with their community partners with the following virtual activities. Register for each separate event to access the program.
Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in a conversation with black entrepreneurs and the organizations that support black businesses in a dialogue about economically surviving through the COVID 19 pandemic. Hear their experiences and how communities can practice the principle cooperative economics to assist black businesses in 2021. Participants will include Cuples Tea House, The Greater Black Chamber of Commerce, Sivels Transportation Inc., Niles Style Barbershop, Next Act Cinema, Colin’s Seafood and Grill, and International Business Consultant Will Holmes of WHC Consulting. This discussion is moderated by Dr. Kaye Whitehead of WEAA Today with Dr. Kaye.
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Cost: Free
Kwanzaa Principle of the Day: (Ujamaa) Cooperative Economics

Kwanzaa Virtual Event: Ujamaa Workshop: Cooperative Economics for Kids
2020-12-29 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Celebrate the Kwanzaa holiday (December 26 – January 1) with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Eubie Blake Center along with their community partners with the following virtual activities. Register for each separate event to access the program.
Learn the basics of starting a business and how your product or service can encourage the Kwanzaa principle of Ujamaa, also known as Cooperative Economics. Youth will formulate their business idea, think from the perspective of being part of a supply chain, and brainstorm plans to make an impact in their families and community. This program is in partnership with the Baltimore Children’s Business Fair, Inc. Click Here to RSVP.
Cost: Free
Kwanzaa Principle of the Day: (Ujamaa) Cooperative Economics

Ujamaa Workshop: Cooperative Economics for Kids Virtual Program
2020-12-29 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Learn the basics of starting a business and how your product or service can encourage the Kwanzaa principle of Ujamaa, also known as Cooperative Economics. Youth will formulate their business idea, think from the perspective of being part of a supply chain, and brainstorm plans to make an impact in their families and community. This program is in partnership with the Baltimore Children’s Business Fair, Inc.
Materials: Download BCBF Ujamaa Workshop handout for the program with a pencil and coloring utensils. Recommended for: Families and Students K-8th grades
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Cost: Free
Community Programming:
Stay tune for additional virtual Kwanzaa program activities presented by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Eubie Blake Center throughout the week of Kwanzaa.

Kwanzaa Virtual Event: Nguzo Saba 365 Days
2020-12-28 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Celebrate the Kwanzaa holiday (December 26 – January 1) with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Eubie Blake Center along with their community partners with the following virtual activities. Register for each separate event to access the program.
Enjoy a live intergenerational celebration of how we practice Ujima in 2020 and how we continue to use this principle to strengthen our youth and communities in 2021. Presented by Clever Communities in Action. Click Here to RSVP.
Cost: Free
Kwanzaa Principle of the Day: (Ujima) Collective Work and Responsibility

Book Talk: The Brother You Choose with Paul Coates, Eddie Conway and Susie Day
2020-12-16 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Join author Susie Day and former Black Panthers Paul Coates and Eddie Conway to discuss lives, politics, and their friendship that helped Eddie survive decades in prison. In 1971, Eddie Conway, Lieutenant of Security for the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party, was convicted of murdering a police officer and sentenced to life plus thirty years behind bars. Paul Coates was a community worker at the time and didn’t know Eddie well — the little he knew, he didn’t much like. But Paul was dead certain that Eddie’s charges were bogus. He vowed never to leave Eddie — and in so doing, changed the course of both their lives
The Brother You Choose can be purchased from Haymarket Books at https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1466-the-brother-you-choose
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Cost: Free
W. Paul Coates is the founder and director of Black Classic Press, which specializes in republishing obscure and significant works by and about people of African descent. A leader in the field of small publishers, Coates founded BCP Digital Printing in 1995 to produce books and documents using digital print technology. Coates formerly served as an African American Studies reference and acquisition librarian at Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. He is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University (M.S.L.S.), and Sojourner-Douglass College. A former member and Maryland State coordinator of The Black Panther Party, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Black Panther Party Archives at Howard University.
Eddie Conway is a former member of the Black Panther Party Baltimore chapter. Wrongfully convicted of murder in 1970, he served forty three years in the Maryland prison system. During his incarceration, he played a leading role in a variety of prisoner support initiatives including the formation of the Maryland Chapter of the United Prisoner’s Labor Union and Friend of a Friend, a mentoring project that promotes personal and political development in several Maryland prisons and one federal facility. Eddie is the author of The Greatest Threat, The Black Panther Party and COINTELPRO (iAMWE 2009) and co-author of Marshall Law, The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther (AK Press, 2011) and is an executive producer for The Real News Network.
Susie Day writes about prison, policing and political activism. She writes political satire for New York’s Gay City News, where she is a columnist. Snidelines: Talking Trash to Power, a collection of her work, was published by Abingdon Square Publishing (2014). She is the author of The Brothers You Choose narrating the lives and friendship of Paul Coates and Eddie Conway.

Educator Webinar: Freedom Bound Conversations Through Literature - Virtual Program
2020-12-09 16:00 - 17:30 UTC
Explore the road to freedom during the antebellum period for African American runaways as portrayed in children’s literature with a panel discussion with children’s authors and illustrators Elizabeth Zunon, Jerdine Nolen and Carole Boston Weatherford. A lesson resource will be provided. In conjunction with Freedom Bound: Runaways of the Chesapeake.
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Cost: Free

Free the Vote- ACLU Premier Screening- Virtual Program
2020-12-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Join the ACLU of Maryland and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for a virtual premiere screening of Free the Vote, a new documentary by the ACLU of Maryland. The film shows how denying the right to vote of people who are incarcerated is rooted in a deeply racist system by focusing on the stories of people who have experienced having their right to vote taken from them.
After the screening, there will be a panel discussion moderated by Farajii Muhammad, host of “For the Culture with Farajii” on WEAA 88.9 FM.
Panelists include:

Dr. Pippa Holloway, author of “Living In Infamy: Felon Disenfranchisement and the History of American Citizenship”;
Qiana Johnson, executive director of Life After Release;
Chris Wilson, Artist, Social Justice Advocate and Author of “The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose”.

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Cost: Free

Who Belongs: Racial Profiling in the Synagogue
2020-11-22 16:30 - 17:30 UTC
Join clinical psychologist Dr. Harriette Wimms and Chizuk Amuno Congregation Senior Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg as they explore the often fraught experiences of Jews of Color and what it means to be seen as “other” even in one’s own community.
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This is the second of three programs presented in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Maryland and Chizuk Amuno Congregation within the series, Jews of Color, Jewish Institutions, and Jewish Community in the Age of #Black Lives Matter. Click here to learn more about the series.
About Our Speaker:
Dr. Harriette E. Wimms is a Maryland licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in providing compassion-infused assessments and therapies to children and families across the age span. Dedicated to providing affirming and culturally-responsive care, Dr. Wimms holds a PhD in Human Services Psychology, a MS in Developmental Psychology, and is a certified Human Services Psychologist with specializations in child clinical, pediatric, and community/social psychology. Dr. Wimms specializes in child and family mental health program development, professional training, clinical supervision, and parent education.
She has served as the founder and director of child, adolescent, and family therapy programs within outpatient mental health, federally qualified health center, inpatient pediatric hospital, and school settings. She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Maryland. She is also the founder and clinical director of The Village Family Support Center of Baltimore. Dr. Wimms was the recipient of the Maryland Psychological Association’s 2018 Grady Dale Jr. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Diversity in Psychology Award. She is a rising Kohenet and a member of board of Hinenu: Baltimore Justice Shtiebl and the creator of the Baltimore JoC Community Havruta.

Baltimore Lives: A Discussion with John Mayden - Virtual Program
2020-11-19 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Award winning photographer John Clark Mayden has been documenting life in Baltimore ’s African American neighborhoods since the 1970s. His photographs capture the ordinary joys and sorrows, quiet moments, and daily realities of life: kids on their bikes and roller skates, old timers catching a breeze on their front stoops and busy people striding through the snow. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for a discussion between Mr. Mayden and Bloomberg Distinguished Lawrence Jackson about Mr. Mayden’s photos and what they say about the beauty and heartbreak of everyday life, Black life, in this American city.
The event highlights the John Clark Mayden Collection, a gift to Johns Hopkins through the Africana Archives Initiative, a partnership between the Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts and the Sheridan Libraries.
Lives can be purchased from the Johns Hopkins Press at jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/baltimore-lives.
Cost: Free
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John Clark Mayden grew up and attended school in West Baltimore and began his career as a photographer at WMAR-TV. He earned his B.A. in Politics and Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore School of Law. In 2008, he was a Syracuse Artist-in-Residence at Light Work. His work has been exhibited at the Studio Museum of Harlem, the Walters Art Museum, the Eubie Blake Cultural Center, and the Baltimore Museum of Arts, among other venues. It was also featured in the film Through a Lens Darkly. His book Lives was named the 2019 Bronze Winner of the Foreword INDIES Reviews awards for photography.
Lawrence Jackson is the of the award-winning books Chester B. Himes: A Biography (W.W. Norton 2017) and The Indignant Generation: A Narrative of African American Writers and Critics (Princeton 2010). In 2002, he published Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius, 1913-1952 (Wiley), and he has written a memoir on race and family history called My Father’s Name: A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War ( 2012). Jackson earned a PhD in English and American literature at Stanford University, and he is a 2019 Guggenheim fellowship awardee. A Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and at Johns Hopkins University, he is the founder and director of the Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts to create opportunities for enhanced intellectual and artistic relations between Hopkins and Baltimore City, his hometown. He is completing a book about his return called Job’s Labyrinth, or, Shelter (Grey 2021).

Social Justice Fabric Workshop for Youth (11/14 and 11/21) - Virtual Program
2020-11-14 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Express your activism through art by creating a fabric quilt block on a social justice issue important to our community. Hosted by the Social Justice Sewing Academy, youth participant’s quilt blocks will be sewn together into a social justice quilt. Quilt block templates will be provided by the Academy. Participants will need fabrics, craft glue and scissors to participate in the virtual community quilting project. This program meets for 2 sessions from 10 am to 11 am EST.
Materials Needed:
Solid color heavy weight cotton fabric (12 1/2″ x 12 1/2″) square to start quilting block. Also, fabric scraps around the house (such as old clothing), scissors, glue (Elmer’s or Roxanne Basting Glue), needle, thread.
Recommended for Grades 3-8.
FREE to attend, registration required.
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In conjunction to Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change exhibition.

Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home - Virtual Program
2020-11-12 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Join Dr. Richard Bell to discuss his new book, Stolen, a gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South—and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years a Slave and Never Caught.
Their ordeal—an odyssey that takes them from the Philadelphia waterfront, the Eastern Shore and to the marshes of Mississippi —shines a glaring spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad, a black market network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away thousands of legally free African Americans from their families in order to fuel slavery’s rapid expansion in the decades before the Civil War.
Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, as an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Cost: Free
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Books can be purchase online Here or a signed copy from the author is available upon request. Contact Terry Taylor at terry.taylor@lewismuseum.org if you are interested in a signed copy.

Educator’s Webinar: Civil War and Reconstruction - Virtual Course (11/7;11/14, 11/21)
2020-11-07 12:00 - 13:30 UTC
Examine the Civil War and Reconstruction through the lens of the African American experience with content lectures, a virtual tour and interactive instruction from An African American Journey Resource Guide. This course includes home assignments and implementing a curriculum lesson to obtain 1 MSDE credit hour. In partnership with the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
This course meets for three sessions on November 7, 14 and 21 from Noon to 1:30 pm to be eligible for an MSDE credit.
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Cost: Free

Short Kutz: Homecoming 2020- Virtual Program
2020-11-05 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Join us for this virtual celebration of HBCU homecomings and the memories, lessons, and adventures found at these “family” reunions. Nine storytellers will share with you — LIVE — unforgettable, curated, true-to-life narratives. If you’re homesick for your HBCU homecoming, this show is the perfect antidote! To attend this virtual program, you only need to register once per household. This storytelling program is curated by Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields and the Cambio Group. It is directed by Director Marc LaVeau and hosted by Comedian Stacey Carver (Rutgers University). Click Here to view a clip from the School Dazed Show (Fall 2019).
Click Here to Purchase Tickets. Patrons will receive their event links via email the week of the show.
Participating Storytellers and HBCU Schools

Marie Parfait (Florida A & M)
Teunsha Robinson (Bowie State University)
Kamaria Ngozi (Grambling State University)
Tim Jones (Fayetteville State University)
Kristan Justice (Cheyney University)
Mothyna James (Morgan State University)
Tim Fields (Morehouse College)
Darlene Mungin (Lincoln University, Pennsylvania)
Ericka Jones (Jackson State University)

Exhibition Opening-Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change
2020-10-30 12:00 - 17:00 UTC
Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change exhibition highlights and features those artists and citizen protestors who took to the street to raise awareness about social injustices in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

Workplace Matters: Systemic Racism + Economic Opportunities - Virtual Program
2020-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
During this moment of national reckoning around issues of race, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Industry invite you to this joint panel discussion where we’ll examine workplace race, equity and inclusion initiatives in Baltimore. Registration is required; $5 for non-member/free for Reginald F. Lewis Museum or Baltimore Museum of Industry members.
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Panelist Bios

For more than 25 years, A. Adar Ayira has been a facilitator and trainer on Racial Equity/ARAO (anti‑racism/anti-oppression) and has created and implemented customized programs, presentations, facilitations, clinics and trainings—as well as provided executive coaching—for nonprofit organizations and executives, foundations, community groups, and individuals in the region.
Tchernavia Rocker, Chief of People and Culture at Under Armour, describes herself as a thought-leader, risk-taker, and change-maker.
Van Brooks is the Founder and Executive Director of Safe Alternative Foundation for Education.
Robert D. Matthews, a Baltimore native, is vice president, Exelon Workforce Development, responsible for the advancement, oversight and strategic direction for the enterprise’s workforce development function; he also serves as chief of staff to Exelon Utilities CEO, Calvin Butler.
Moderator Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead, PhD, is a three-time New York Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, as well as the Founding Executive Director of The Emilie Frances Davis Center for Education, Research, and Culture, and a K-12 Master Teacher in African American History. She teaches communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland.

Social Justice Fabric Workshop for Youth (November 7 and 21) - Virtual Program
2020-10-26 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Express your activism through art by creating a fabric quilt block on a social justice issue important to our community. Hosted by the Social Justice Sewing Academy, youth participant’s quilt blocks will be sewn together into a social justice quilt. Quilt block templates will be provided by the Academy. Participants will need fabrics, craft glue and scissors to participate in the virtual community quilting project.
This program meets for 2 sessions on November 7 and 21, 10 am -11 am EST. Suitable for Grades 3-8.
In Conjunction to Making Good Trouble Exhibition
Cost: Free
Materials Needed:

Solid color heavy weight cotton fabric (12 1/2″ x 12 1/2″) square to start quilting block. Also, fabric scraps around the house (such as old clothing).
Scissors, glue (Elmer’s or Roxanne Basting Glue), needle and thread.

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Who We Are: Identity and Diversity in Our Jewish Community
2020-10-18 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Join writer and political strategist Ginna Green and clinical psychologist Dr. Harriette Wimms for a virtual discussion on the diversity of Jewish identity and experience. Registration is required; free to attend
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This is the first of three programs presented in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Maryland and Chizuk Amuno Congregation within the series, Jews of Color, Jewish Institutions, and Jewish Community in the Age of #Black Lives Matter. Click here to learn more about the series.
About Our Speaker:
Ginna Green is a political strategist, writer and consultant, and, until June 2020, the Chief Strategy Officer at Bend the Arc: Jewish Action. There she led the work of the communications, advocacy, electoral, rapid response and racial equity teams from 2018-2020, a period of unprecedented white nationalism, antisemitism and authoritarianism in American life.
Prior to Bend the Arc, Ginna was Managing Director of the Democracy Collaborative at ReThink Media. At ReThink she strengthened the communications capacity of groups working on money in politics, fair and diverse courts, and voting rights. Before joining ReThink, Ginna worked at the Center for Responsible Lending for several years, including during the Great Recession and foreclosure crisis, and worked to pass the California Homeowner Bill of Rights and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. She has also been on staff at Full Court Press Communications, The OpEd Project, SPIN Academy, and the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center.
Ginna is a frequent speaker and writer on democracy, leadership, race, racism in the Jewish community, and Jewish community diversity, and has been published in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Salon, and more. A 2020-2021 Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, Ginna also sits on the boards of Women’s March, Political Research Associates, the Jews of Color Initiative and Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice. An alum of the Jeremiah Fellowship and the Selah Leadership Program, and a 2019 Schusterman Fellow, Ginna is a native southerner and the mother of four amazing kids.

The Legacy of the Green Book: A Smithsonian Affiliations Virtual Scholar Talk
2020-10-15 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
In 1936, Victor Hugo Green, a Harlem postman, began publishing a guide for African American travelers to offer travel options during America’s Jim Crow era. The Green Book, as it was known, was a sustained success — for almost thirty years — providing Black travelers information on hotels, restaurants, service stations, and other facilities where they could expect welcome “without humiliation.” This event on Zoom will be a simultaneous broadcast to select Smithsonian Affiliate partners only, across the United States. Registration is required; free to attend.
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Moderator – Marquette Folley, Content Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Panelist – Candacy Taylor, award-winning author, photographer, and cultural documentarian working on a multidisciplinary project based on The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Endangered - The State of Black Men in America
2020-10-08 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
African American men have the lowest life expectancy of any demographic group in the United States, regardless of economic status. During this program, speakers will highlight the major factors that lead to Black men’s deaths and how we can change this harrowing statistic. Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League will give the keynote address. Followed by a fireside chat with Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, and actor Boris Kodjoe. Registration is required; free to attend. Registration will close at 5 PM on Wednesday, October 7th.
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This program is the third event in the Still We Rise series, a partnership between the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and Kaiser Permanente. Find out more about the series and watch recordings of past events here.

STEAM Conversation for Kids: How to Make A Vaccine
2020-10-03 13:30 - 14:30 UTC
Download the STEMcX worksheet for the program.
Ever wondered how vaccines are made for the flu or COVID-19? Find out with a live Q & A talk with Dr. Kizzy S. Corbett, the scientific lead for the Coronavirus Vaccines & Immunopathogenesis Team at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Corbett will explain her scientific journey and what the team is currently working on with the virus. This talk will be followed with an activity that relates to COVID 19 and the body’s immune system. This program is in partnership with STEMcX.
Recommended Audience: Grades 3-8; Cost: Free
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This program is one of two programs of STEAM Day @ the Lewis Museum part of the Maryland STEM Festival. Also participate in Architecture Kids Workshop – Part II.

Architecture Kids Workshop - Part II
2020-10-03 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Learn about African American architects, architectural design and Baltimore’s architecture in this virtual workshop hosted by Doors Open Baltimore and Bmore NOMA. Youth will create designs for a neighborhood mall or store. Bmore NOMA is an organization that champions diversity within the design professions.
Recommended Audience: Grades 3-8; Cost: Free
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Once you’ve registered download the worksheet for the program.

This program is one of two programs of STEAM Day @ the Lewis Museum part of the Maryland STEM Festival. Also participate in STEAM Conversation for Kids: How to Make a Vaccine.

How are the Children?
2020-09-30 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s lives but children have been especially affected with the closing of schools, inability to play with friends, and threat of food insecurity. This conversation will look at how children are dealing with these issues. Dr. Lisa Delpit, an author, educator, and MacArthur Fellows Genius will give the keynote address. Registration is required; free to attend. Registration closes Monday, September 28th.
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This program is the second event in the Still We Rise series, a partnership between the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and Kaiser Permanente. Find out more about the series here.
