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March 11, 2010 @ 7:00pm

The Healing Powers of Writing

Writers work out their problems and sorrows through their poetry and prose. Using literary selections, including two of her own published mystery stories, this presentation by Marianne Wilski-Strong discusses how writers turn personal tragedy into fiction.

Location:
Caroline County Public Library
123 Morris Avenue
Federalsburg, MD 21632
Contact Info:
Jeanne Trice
410-754-8397

March 12, 2010 @ 10:45am

Harriet Tubman: Meet the Woman

Known as the "Moses of Her People," Harriet Ross Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad. She served in the Union Army as both a spy and a scout during the Civil War and nursed the contraband and black soldiers in the Federal City and other southern cities. Ms. Tubman repeatedly risked her life fighting for the freedom that the constitution guaranteed all Americans. Gwendolyn Briley-Strand discusses the life of this remarkable woman and provides a Power Point photographic exhibit of plantations on which Tubman was enslaved, the home in which she lived as a free woman, and churches she helped build.

Location:
North Beach Senior Center
9010 Chesapeake Avenue
North Beach, MD 20714
Contact Info:
Ricca Baker
410-257-2549

March 16, 2010 @ 9:00am

Fighting For Freedom: Black Women's Army Corps During WWII

For the first time during World War II, African-American women were allowed to enter the military. The first contingent trained in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where they were housed in segregated barracks, ate at separate dining tables, and used segregated recreational facilities. Despite the hardships and discrimination, the women persevered and thirty-six of the original group graduated and were assigned to Officers Candidate School, Cooks and Bakers School, the Transportation Pool, or the Clerical School. A lecture by Janet Sims-Wood discusses the courageous example set by the first African-American WAC unit in Europe.

Location:
Jessup Correctional Institute
8500 Maryland House Correction Road
Jessup, MD 20794
Contact Info:
Grace Schroeder
410-540-6412

March 24, 2010 @ 7:00pm

Fighting For Freedom: Black Women's Army Corps During WWII

For the first time during World War II, African-American women were allowed to enter the military. The first contingent trained in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where they were housed in segregated barracks, ate at separate dining tables, and used segregated recreational facilities. Despite the hardships and discrimination, the women persevered and thirty-six of the original group graduated and were assigned to Officers Candidate School, Cooks and Bakers School, the Transportation Pool, or the Clerical School. A lecture by Janet Sims-Wood discusses the courageous example set by the first African-American WAC unit in Europe.

Location:
507 7th Street
Laurel, MD 20707
Contact Info:
Arlene Ogurick
301-776-6790 / 301-699-3500

March 27, 2010 @ 2:00pm

Harriet Tubman: Meet the Woman

Known as the "Moses of Her People," Harriet Ross Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad. She served in the Union Army as both a spy and a scout during the Civil War and nursed the contraband and black soldiers in the Federal City and other southern cities. Ms. Tubman repeatedly risked her life fighting for the freedom that the constitution guaranteed all Americans. Gwendolyn Briley-Strand discusses the life of this remarkable woman and provides a Power Point photographic exhibit of plantations on which Tubman was enslaved, the home in which she lived as a free woman, and churches she helped build.

Location:
Carroll Community College
1601 Washington Blvd
Westminster, MD 21157
Contact Info:
Catherine Baty
410-848-3596

March 29, 2010 @ 7:00pm

Fighting for Freedom: Black Women's Army Corps During World War II

For the first time during World War II, African-American women were allowed to enter the military. The first contingent trained in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where they were housed in segregated barracks, ate at separate dining tables, and used segregated recreational facilities. Despite the hardships and discrimination, the women persevered and thirty-six of the original group graduated and were assigned to Officers Candidate School, Cooks and Bakers School, the Transportation Pool, or the Clerical School. A lecture by Janet Sims-Wood discusses the courageous example set by the first African-American WAC unit in Europe.

Location:
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Frederick Douglass Library
11868 Academic Oval
Princess Anne, MD