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

This blog will expand the reach of these community conversations to the online audience. Add your posts and comments to keep the conversation going! Commit to action by clicking HERE to stay up to date on Salon and social justice news.

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Summer of Solutions Hartford's 2014 Urban Farming Internship

Last April, we welcomed co-founder of Summer Solutions Hartford Jennifer Roach for our "Cultivating Food Justice" Salon. Summer of Solutions is a youth leadership development and food justice summer program in Hartford that engages young people in building community and school gardens. Summer of Solutions is now seeking 12 interns for a 7-month internship in urban agriculture. Visit their blog or click HERE to apply!


We are looking for 12 young people (ages 14-30) to intern with our program this year. The internship commitment is 10 hours/week from April 1st-October 31st. Interns will work in one of our community or school gardens for 8 hours/week. Their time will be spent building and maintaining growing spaces, organizing community events, teaching gardening to children, and harvesting with our neighbors.

For 2 hours/week the whole group will come together to participate in a workshop series on leadership development and environmental justice.

Each intern will receive a $2,500 stipend for successful participation in the program. Some travel assistance is also available based on need.

The application closes on March 1st, and applicants will be notified over email if they are accepted by March 10th.
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