NAACP Community Conversations on Race: Danger of a Single Story, January 23 @ 2:00pm
Register for the event! Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie Please join the Windham/Willimantic NAACP branch on Zoom for some Conversations about our stories. We will watch a 19-minute TedTalk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and hear her story before we have...
Historical Workshop: Native American and African Descent Genealogy, Nov 6th @ 1PM
Featured image above is from https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/ Genealogist William Fothergill will share techniques he learned while researching Ebenezer Bassett, from Litchfield, CT, who was of Native and African American descent and the first person of...
Historical Workshop: Uncovering the Past in Ancient Burial Grounds, Oct 30th @ 1PM
Above image is from http://theancientburyingground.org/ This workshop will begin with a presentation by Ruth Shapleigh Brown at the Pomfret Community Center followed by a tour of the Sabin/South Cemetery. A demonstration on gravestone carvers, lichen removal and safe...