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, May 13, 2014

Death of a homeless Marine in Riker's Island jail cell

Susan Campbell, local celebrity and friend of the Stowe Center who will be moderating Invisible No More: Youth Homelessness in Connecticut, shared this news story via Twitter. The article sheds light on many topics the Stowe Center programs around, including homelessness, mental health issues and mass incarceration. It is a great source of information for those attending this Thursday's Salon.

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May 15, 2014 at 8:19 AM

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