Salons at Stowe

Welcome to the conversation!

Welcome to the conversation!

Harriet Beecher Stowe's (1811-1896) best-selling anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), made her the most famous American woman of the 19th century and galvanized the abolition movement before the Civil War.

The Stowe Center is a 21st-century museum and program center using Stowe's story to inspire social justice and positive change.

The Salons at Stowe programs are a forum to connect the challenging issues (race, gender and class) that impelled Stowe to write and act with the contemporary face of those same issues. The Salon format is based on a robust level of audience participation, with the explicit goal of promoting civic engagement. Recent topics included: Teaching Acceptance; Is Prison the New Slavery; Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North; Creativity and Change; Race, Gender and Politics Today; How to be an Advocate

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

#StoweSyllabus: What We're Reading This Week

Articles and current events that got us thinking over the week!

From slavery to mass incarceration, Ava Duvernay’s film “13^th” examines racist U.S. Justice System
October 3, 2016, Democracy Now!
http://bit.ly/2dbMR2l

Hear something, say something: Navigating the world of racial awkwardness
Code Switch Podcast, September 28, 2016, NPR
http://n.pr/2drbVml

Who gets to write what?
Kaitlyn Greenidge, September 24, 2016, The New York Times http://nyti.ms/2cU86aK

Enrollment surges at historically Black colleges amid rise in racial tensions
Valerie Strauss, September 11, 2016, The Washington Post
http://wapo.st/2c1dZj4

What is on your reading list this week? What do resources do you use to stay informed and engaged? Share below!

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

#SalonbyStowe: Food Justice at the West End Farmer's Market

Join us tonight for a Salon on food justice at the West End Farmer's Market!

What is food justice? How can we challenge inequities in our food system? How does food access connect to other social justice issues? What can you do to take action?

The Salon will be held at Clemens Green from 5:30-6:30 PM. Free and open to all!

#StoweSyllabus: What We're Reading This Week

Articles and current events that got us thinking over the week!

Election 2016-Civic Activities
Teaching Tolerance, 2016
http://www.tolerance.org/election2016

Talking to kids about protesting: 5 things I want my kids to know
Adelaid Lancaster, September 22, 2016, We Stories
http://www.westories.org/blog/2016/9/22/talking-to-kids-about-protesting-5-things-i-want-my-kids-to-know

Children’s books that tackle race and ethnicity
Maria Russo, September 23, 2016, The New York Time
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/22/books/23racebooks.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160924&nlid=19506699&tntemail0=y&_r=0

On hashtags and fleeting white outrage
Shannon Coffrin Gaggero, September 24, 2016, Medium
https://medium.com/embrace-race/on-hashtags-and-fleeting-white-outrage-36b97e682415#.xmr0i7n07

What is on your reading list this week? Share below!