Celebrating Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s work
Reception Room at the White Rose Mission,1890s.
Events 2024
March
5th and 19th- “Including Early Black Women Intellectuals” Professional development sessions for K-12 classroom teachers School District of Philadelphia
16th- Speakers on “Gen Z and C19: Affirming Student Scholars” panel at The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists conference in Pasadena, CA
16th - Jenine Hazlewood, 11 am-noon, "What were they made for? A Timeline of the Black Barbie doll," School District of Philadelphia Africana Studies Lecture Series (see flyer for additional details)
May
30th - June 1- Host Panel for Children's Literature Association in Madison, WI,
2025
150th Anniversary Celebration of Dunbar-Nelson's birth, in conjunction with American Antiquarian Society, University of Delaware and the Delaware and Philadelphia NAACP.
PAST EVENTS
2024
Faith in Florida’s Black History National Convening, Training, Orlando, FL
Modern Language Association Annual Meeting Recentering Black Women Intellectuals: A Philadelphia School District Collaboration, Roundtable Session
Virtual discussion of "His Heart's Desire" and the official electronic publishing of all versions including the audio reading
2023
Presented to the Villanova Freedom School, PA
Presented to the McNulty Advisory Council, New York, NY
Student panel at Gender and Women’s Studies Student Research Conference, Villanova University
Presented to Philly School District, for Women's History Month webinar on "Language of Feminine Liberation" Virtual
Freedom School 2023, "Representation: Black Female Writers in Philadelphia Classrooms & Beyond"
2022
ASALH roundtable: Recovering Black Women Writers for Black Children’s Health and Well-Being: A Philadelphia School District Collaboration.
Dunbar-Nelson Day: Part of VU Pride week
Student trip to Dunbar-Nelson Papers at the University of Delaware Special Collections
Chicago Public Library virtual discussion of the ‘Steenth Street stories published in The Chicago Daily News – an event that inspired the Chicago library to print out hard copies of two stories to share with patrons!