Using Art, Architecture and Artifacts in the Social Studies Classroom

One and half hour mini-institute for educators demonstrates innovative arts integration resources that inspire participating educators in utilizing contemporary visual art, poetry, music and other ideas help to reinforce lessons in the social studies classroom. Mini-institute will be facilitated by Annie Ruth.

For more information or to RSVP contact Kieli Ferguson at 513.333.7570 or kferguson@nurfc.org.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells' memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards.

Film screening is free; to tour the Freedom Center you must purchase admission. For more information about this and other programming, please contact Katie Johnson at kjohnson@nurfc.org. Reservations preferred but not required; contact 513-333-7705.

Community Forum: Women of the Anti-Lynching Movement

In honor of Women’s history month, the Freedom Center will host a forum that discusses the Heroines of the Anti-Lynching movement and the impact that women had during this period of time.

For more information contact Charles Davis at 513.333.7528 or cdavis@nurfc.org.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.

Community Forum: Adolescent Male/Black on Black Violence: Identifying the Problems and the Solutions

This forum seeks to bring together various stakeholders in the Cincinnati community to address the possible effects the vestiges of the “Lynching Era” present in the African-American community. The themes covered will be: Is “Black on Black Violence” a myth?; Causes and Effects; Dehumanization; Impact of Race, Politics and Economics and ultimately solutions to this problem.

For more information contact Charles Davis at 513.333.7528 or cdavis@nurfc.org.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.

Banished

Racism in America has manifested itself in a grim variety of ways, and throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, it was hardly uncommon for communities to make African-Americans feel unwelcome outside of ghettos in the poorest side of town. However, some cities took a more aggressive stance against citizens of color, and a number went so far as to stage vigilante pogroms in which the entire black population would be forcibly expelled under threat of violence. Documentary filmmaker Marco Williams this hidden side of America's racial history in Banished, which focuses on four examples of primarily white communities rising up to force their African-American neighbors to flee, in incidents which took place in Texas, Missouri, Georgia, and Indiana between 1886 and 1923.

Film screening is free; to tour the Freedom Center you must purchase admission. For more information about this and other programming, please contact Katie Johnson at kjohnson@nurfc.org. Reservations preferred but not required; contact 513-333-7705.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.

Sherrilyn Ifill, Professor & Author: On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century

Professor Ifill is nationally recognized as an advocate in the areas of civil rights, voting rights, judicial diversity and judicial decision-making. Professor Ifill writes about the importance of judicial diversity and impartiality in judicial decision-making. Her articles about race, judging and judicial selection have led to Professor Ifill’s recognition as an expert on these subjects. She has appeared on NBC Nightly News as well as local network news broadcasts as a consultant and expert during recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Professor Ifill also writes about the history of racial violence and contemporary reconciliation efforts. Her book about truth and reconciliation commissions for lynching entitled, On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century was released by Beacon Books in February 2007.

For more information about this and other programming, please contact Katie Johnson at kjohnson@nurfc.org. Reservations preferred but not required; contact 513-333-7705.

Dramatic Readings with Deondra Means

Come listen to Cincinnati Children's Theater member Deondra Means as he enlivens some of our favorite children's stories. Free with admission.