Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Juneteenth Virtual Museum Tour: Journey to Freedom
2021-06-17 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Begin the Juneteenth holiday on a freedom journey with Harriet Tubman, the greatest freedom seeker of all times. Online visitors will travel virtually to scenic historical sites on the Eastern Shore traveled by Tubman and others with a virtual tour and talk with Alex Green, Owner and Tour Guide of Harriet Tubman Tours.
In partnership with the Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center.
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The Fire This Time: Black TLGBQ, Artists Share the Vision of a New World-Onsite
2021-06-16 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in observing “LGBTQ Pride Month” with a celebration of Black, queer art and artists, from today and of the past. Artists will specifically analyze how media of all types (music, dance, visual art, poetry, etc.) have been tools for advocacy, self-love and community building. Included with Museum Admission.
In partnership with Baltimore Safe Haven.
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Live @ the Lewis Featuring Upendo- Onsite Program (12:30 and 3:30 PM)
2021-06-12 12:30 - 16:30 UTC
In observance of Black Music Month, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum presents Live at the Lewis with UPENDO featuring Brandon Woody. The band will perform two concert sets on Saturday, June 12. (12:30 pm and 3:30 pm).
Brandon Woody, a jazz trumpeter, model, and the lead for the band UPENDO, is a Baltimore native and a Baltimore School for the Arts alumnus. He studied at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music and Brubeck Institute in California. In 2015 he started his band UPENDO and was named one of the rising young performing artists in the Metro region. Brandon has shared the stage with Quincy Phillips, Ray Angry, Benny Maupin, Stefon Harris, Danilo Perez, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Steve Wilson. And he has performed on world-class stages such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Monterey Jazz Festival, Sydney Opera House, the Lyric Opera House, Bohemian Caverns, Aaron Davis Hall, and The Kimmel Center, to name a few.
Brandon has curated jazz compositions for several vocal and hip-hop albums, along with film scores. During the COVID shutdown in 2020, Brandon kicked off a series of Sidewalk Serenades that thrilled the residents of Baltimore. Brandon is currently a model for Calvin Klein and Saucony and is working on his freshman album due to release in 2021.
Included with the Museum admission price. Click Here to RSVP/Purchase Online tickets.

Film Discussion: Tulsa: The Fire and The Forgotten - Virtual Program
2021-06-03 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Join our virtual post film discussion of Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten which debuts on MPT, Monday, May 31, 2021 at 9pm EST. This revealing film examines the Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later and explores the history of “Black Wall Street,” anti-Black violence, and Black resilience in America.
Featured panelists for this film discussion includes Deneen Brown, award-winning Washington Post reporter and oral historian in The Fire and Forgotten; and Dr. Marshall F. Stevenson, Jr., Dean of the School of Education, Social Sciences and the Arts at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). Both Brown and Stevenson serve on the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
In partnership with the Lillian Carroll Jackson Museum.
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A Just Reckoning: Transitional Justice and Lynching in Maryland
2021-05-19 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Maryland today has a unique and historic opportunity. It alone, among all states, has made a deliberate decision to confront its dark history of racial terror lynching. Even before the wave of protests touched off by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others, Maryland was positioning itself for this reckoning. In 2019 the state legislature unanimously passed an act creating the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission (MLTRC), the first and only one of its kind in the country.
The Commission is tasked to:

learn the truth about the 40 known racial terror lynchings in the state
assess the damage these unsolved murders continue to wreak
make recommendations for addressing the legacy of lynching
begin to imagine what a project of racial reconciliation might look like

Join the International Center for Transitional Justice, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project for an online virtual forum to explore how the tools and techniques of transitional justice can support truth and reconciliation efforts in the state and set an example for the nation.
Panelists include:

Dr. Kelebogile Zvobgo, founder and Director of the International Justice Lab at
William & Mary
Dr. Nicholas Creary, Associate Provost of Academic Inclusion and Innovation at Moravian College and MLTRC Commissioner
Virginie Ladisch, Senior Expert, ICTJ
Terri Freeman, Executive Director, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
Clory Jackson, Founder of the Brownsville Project and the Allegany County Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Committee (ACLTRC)

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Book Talk: Franchise - The Golden Arches in Black America
2021-04-29 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald’s have long symbolized capitalism’s villainous effects on our nation’s most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods in the first place?
Join the Lewis Museum with Dr. Marcia Chatelain with her new book, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America for some of those answers. In Franchise, acclaimed historian Marcia Chatelain uncovers a surprising history of cooperation among fast food companies, black capitalists, and civil rights leaders, who—in the troubled years after King’s assassination—believed they found an economic answer to the problem of racial inequality. From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America.
Dr. Marcia Chatelain is a Professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University. The author of South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration (2015), Chatelain is a scholar of African American life and culture. Her most recent book is Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America.
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Virtual Teacher Workshop: Lynching in Maryland
2021-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
K-12 educators face particular challenges when addressing the painful history of lynching and racially motivated violence with young learners. Together, MCHC Education Department staff and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum will highlight instructional resources and primary source material to support these discussions in the classroom. Participants will gain access to oral history interviews, photographs, newspapers, and manuscripts, and investigative lesson plans about lynching in Maryland. The MCHC and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum are both designated members of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

This virtual program is free and open to all educators. Registration is required. After registering for the program, attendees will receive an automated confirmation email with connection instructions. Click HERE to Register.
Image found and used courtesy of the Baltimore Afro-American News archive. Article from October 28, 1933 ‘2nd Annual Lynch Edition. Full articles can be accessed through Pratt Library Online at https://www.prattlibrary.org/research/databases/maryland-newspapers.

Black Workers at Bethlehem Steel
2021-04-21 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Hear personal stories from Black workers at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point steel mill and shipyard featured in the new podcast “Sparrows Point: an American Steel Story” in this one-hour Zoom discussion co-hosted by the BMI and Reginald F. Lewis Museum.
Moderated by Aaron Henkin of WYPR.
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Billie Holiday: Unapologetic
2021-04-07 20:00 - 21:00 UTC
Billie Holiday lived her life unapologetic. On April 7th the Reginald F. Lewis Museum will celebrate the jazz legend on her birthday with a conversation hosted by White House Correspondent April Ryan. In dialogue with Dr. Leana Wen, Saxophonist, Kirk Whalum and Professor Lawrence Jackson of Johns Hopkins University who founded the Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts.
The Special Presentation will broadcast at 8PM on Charm TV – Comcast Ch 25/1085, and Livestream on Charm TV digital and the Lewis Museum Facebook platform. https://www.charmtvbaltimore.com/

Do You See Me: The Injustice of Breonna Taylor and Black Women
2021-03-17
March 13th marks the one year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death by Louisville police officers. In observance of this month’s anniversary, join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in a conversation on the silent recognition concerning police brutality enacted on Breonna Taylor and other black women in recent history.
Program Starts: 7 PM EST

Participating Panelists:

Dr. Kimberly R. Moffitt is Interim Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, professor of Language, Literacy & Culture and affiliate professor of Africana Studies at UMBC. Her teaching interests include culture, media studies/criticism, Black hair and body politics, sports and media, and popular culture.
Dr. Vesla Mae Weaver (Ph.D., Harvard, Government, and Social Policy) is the Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and a 2016-17 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. She has contributed to scholarly debates around the persistence of racial inequality, colorism in the United States, the causes and consequences of the dramatic rise in prisons, and the consequences of rising economic polarization.
Dr. Kali-Ahset Amen is an interdisciplinary social scientist, exhibition curator, and organizational strategist. Her scholarship and intellectual activism focus on racism, black subjectivities, and urban inequalities in Central America and the U.S. South. She is an assistant research professor of Sociology and the associate director of the Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, Kali-Ahset was associate director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
Thenjiwe McHarris is currently in leadership within the Movement for Black Lives and is the co-founder of Blackbird, an organization that focuses on movement building in this current historical moment. She honed her human rights campaign development and organizing skills while working for and with movement building collectives and international organizations over the past 15 years. Before Blackbird, Thenjiwe served as senior leadership in the US Human Rights Network and led advocacy efforts at Amnesty International.

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Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Black and Brown Communities
2021-03-15
Recent data shows less than a third of the black and brown community has received the COVID- 19 vaccines versus 2/3 of white populations having received the vaccine. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in a panel discussion examining the racial disparities for black and brown communities accessing the COVID-19 vaccines. Healthcare community stakeholders will discuss the inequities facing these communities and what outreach strategies are being utilized to alleviate barriers.
Program Start Time: 7 PM EST
Participating Panelists:

Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
Dr. Michelle Gourdine, Chief Medical Officer (interim) and Senior Vice President, Population Health and Primary Care for the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS)
Sharon Hawks, Reid Temple Health Community Initiative Director
Reverend Kobi Little, President of the Baltimore Branch of the NAACP
Dr. Kendra McDow, Chief Medical Officer for the Baltimore City Health Department

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Women's History Program: The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation
2021-03-04
Join author Joseph Fitzgerald in a discussion on Gloria Richardson, one of the most influential and unsung leaders that impacted the Civil Rights Movement. As the leader of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), a multifaceted liberation campaign formed to target segregation and racial inequality in Cambridge, Maryland, Richardson advocated for economic justice and tactics beyond nonviolent demonstrations. The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation explores the largely forgotten but deeply significant life of this central figure and her determination to improve the lives of black people. Fitzgerald reveals how Richardson’s human rights activism extended far beyond Cambridge and how her leadership style and vision for liberation were embraced by the younger activists of the black power movement, who would carry the struggle on throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s.
Joseph R. Fitzgerald is assistant professor of history and political science at Cabrini University. His areas of focus include critical race feminism and the civil rights and black power waves of the modern black liberation movement.
Program Time: 7:00 PM EST
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2nd Annual African Americans in Health Care Awards
2021-02-25
Kaiser Permanente and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum are pleased to present the 2nd Annual “African Americans in Health Care Awards”. This year’s virtual event will recognize leaders in the healthcare field that are making a significant impact in our communities.
Our guest of honor is Dr. Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Shanta Corbett, an African American viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Corbett is one of the lead scientists in the development of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She is a graduate of University of Maryland, Baltimore County and a Meyerhoff Scholar. Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, President of UMBC, is scheduled to moderate this conversation.
Other distinguished award honorees are Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, Health Commissioner Baltimore City (Baltimore Health Corp., research and Baltimore’s contact tracing strategy);Annette March-Grier, Founder and President, Roberta’s House (Trauma and Grief Counseling); and Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
Program Time: 1 PM – 2:30 PM EST
To view the Awards Program Click Here. Access to the event will open at 11:30 AM EST on February 25, 2021.
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Race in America: Capitol Insurrection, Riots and Black Lives Matter
2021-02-21
On January 6, 2021, much of the social media community posted how vastly different the Capitol Insurrection rioters were treated than the Black Lives Matter Protesters from previous events. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in a Talks and Thoughts Conversation conversing on race disparities, law enforcement and politics when dealing with Black Lives Matter Protests and other protests organized by white militia groups or domestic terrorists. Panel presenters will include civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson, University of Baltimore law professor and author Michael Higginbotham, Johns Hopkins historian and legal scholar Martha S. Jones, retired Anne Arundel County Police Commander TJ Smith and Maurice Davis, Director of Security at the University of Maryland Medical Center. This discussion will be moderated by Dr. Kaye Whitehead radio host of WEAA’s Today with Dr. Kaye and Loyola University professor of communications and African American Studies.
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Program Time: 3 pm EST

Panelists’ Information:

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., associate professor of communication and African and African American Studies, is a three-time New York Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and the award-winning radio host of Today with Dr. Kaye on WEAA 88.9FM. Her scholarship examines the ways race, class, and gender coalesce in American classrooms as well as in political and social environments. Named one of Essence magazine’s 2019 “Woke 100 Women” changing the world and one of “25 Women to Watch” by the Baltimore Sun, she is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers in the country.
DeRay Mckesson is a civil rights activist focused primarily on issues of innovation, equity and justice. Born and raised in Baltimore, he graduated from Bowdoin College and holds honorary doctorates from The New School and the Maryland Institute College of Art. As a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter Movement and a co-founder of Campaign Zero, DeRay has worked to connect individuals with knowledge and tools, and provide citizens and policy makers with commonsense policies that ensure equity. He has been praised by President Obama for his work as a community organizer, has advised officials at all levels of government and internationally, and continues to provide capacity to activists, organizers, and influencers to make an impact.
Professor Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, Professor of History, and a Professor at the SNF Agora Institute at The Johns Hopkins University. She is a legal and cultural historian whose work examines how black Americans have shaped the story of American democracy. Professor Jones is a public historian, writing for broader audiences at the New York Times, Washington Post, the Atlantic, USA Today, Public Books, Talking Points Memo, Politico, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Time. Professor Jones serves on the US Capitol Historical Society.
F. Michael Higginbotham is a constitutional law professor and author who teaches at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Higginbotham is the former interim dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law, the former President of the Public Justice Center and the former chair of the Maryland Attorney General’s Task Force on Electronic Weapons. He is the author of Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending In Post Racial America.
T.J. Smith is a retired Anne Arundel County Police commander, former chief spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department and former press secretary for Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Jr.
Maurice Davis is the Director of Security at the University of Maryland Medical Center. For the past twelve years he has worked closely with the University of Maryland Campus Police and the Baltimore City Police Department to ensure the rights and protection of all those who enter the medical center. Prior to UMMC, he retired as a Lt. Colonel after 28 years with the Maryland Natural Resources Police. He is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins Police Executive Leadership Program, the FBI National Academy, and holds a Master’s Degree in Management from Johns Hopkins University.

A Lesson Plan: Youth Short Film and Discussion
2021-02-20
View a screening of A Lesson Plan, a film project featuring four true teen stories that negatively impacts the African/Black community in terms of mental health. These stories presented by the students of Positive Social Change Theater/Performing Arts Program of Augusta Fells Savage HS involve storylines on homelessness, sexuality, romantic peer pressure and gun violence. This film is written and directed by educator and art activist Koli Tengella. A discussion with teens from the project will follow.
Program Time: 12 PM EST
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Cost: Free

Yes We Did: Photos And Behind-the-Scenes Stories Celebrating Our First African American President with Lawrence Jackson
2021-02-15
Celebrate President’s Day with White House photographer Lawrence Jackson who covered President Barack Obama over his eight years in office. When Lawrence Jackson took the job as White House photographer in early 2009, he knew he’d have a front row seat to history. What he didn’t expect was the deep personal connection he would feel, as a fellow African American, with the President of the United States. Yes We Did is filled with Lawrence’s intimate photographs and reflections, as well as first-person recollections from President Obama. For anyone who misses the humanity, grace, and undefinable “cool factor” of the Obama White House, this warm and inspiring book provides an affirming, proud, and focused lens on our history.
Lawrence Jackson is a freelance photographer covering events in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond. Jackson was the official White House Staff photographer for President Barack Obama and continues to cover events for the Biden-Harris Elect Team.
Program Time: 7PM EST
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Cost: Free

Kids Writers Live! Kwame Alexander
2021-02-11 18:00 - 18:30 UTC
Join award-winning children’s and young adult author Kwame Alexander as he discusses his books during a moderated Q&A conversation with kidlit pioneers Wade and Cheryl Willis Hudson. Presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Share your questions before the event: https://forms.gle/8LRM22V4a7gYKNLX7
Register via Eventbrite to watch on Zoom or Facebook. In order to receive Zoom login details, participants must register to watch in Zoom by 5pm on February 11th. Zoom login details will be emailed to registrants at 5:30pm.

About Kwame Alexander:
Kwame Alexander is the Innovator-in-Residence at the American School of London, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 37 books, including Caldecott-Medal and Newbery-Honor winning picture book THE UNDEFEATED, HOW TO READ A BOOK, SWING, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious Carnegie Medal, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. As the host of the new kid’s television program, WordPlay, and Founding Editor of VERSIFY, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, he aims to Change the World One Word at a Time.

Brown Lecture Series: Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, James Dale, and Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, We're Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy
2021-02-10 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for a conversation about the life and legacy of Elijah Cummings between Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, book collaborator James Dale, and moderator Dr. Freeman Hrabowski. Presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Part memoir, part call to action, We’re Better Than This is the story of our modern-day democracy and the threats that we all must face together, as well as a retrospective on the life and career of one of our country’s most inspirational politicians. We’re Better Than This reminds people that in this country we don’t elect kings, and we cannot afford four more years of this false one.
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Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is a social entrepreneur, speaker, writer, and strategist who’s on a mission to drive society toward inclusion. After a quarter of a century of working on innovative public policy and multimillion-dollar social change initiatives in the government, nonprofit, and private sectors, Maya is a policy and political expert who understands how to build and sustain cross-sector collaborations, diverse coalitions, dynamic diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies, and effective education campaigns. An accomplished public speaker and author, Maya has appeared in a variety of media outlets such as CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and BET and her writings have been published in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, and the Washington Post among other publications. She has served on numerous boards including the National Association of Counties Financial Services Corporation, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and the National Academy of Social Insurance. She is the recipient of multiple honors such as the Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship Award and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellowship Award and has been a candidate for Maryland governor and the U.S. Congress. A former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, Maya earned her B.A. in political science from Prairie View A&M University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science, with an emphasis in public policy, from Purdue University. She is the widow of the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings and lives in West Baltimore with her dog Andy.
James Dale has been author-collaborator on a number of books on topics including business, medicine, and life lessons. His works include The Power of Nice with agent-negotiator Ron Shapiro; Just Show Up with Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken Jr.; and The Q Factor with Super Bowl–winning coach Brian Billick.
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC (The University of Maryland, Baltimore County) since 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. He chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the 2011 report, Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads. He was named in 2012 by President Obama to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. His 2013 TED talk highlights the “Four Pillars of College Success in Science.” A child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, Four Little Girls, on the racially motivated bombing in 1963 of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, Hrabowski graduated from Hampton Institute with highest honors in mathematics. He received his M.A. (mathematics) and Ph.D. (higher education administration/statistics) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Order your copy of We’re Better Than This from the Ivy Bookshop.
The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.

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
