A Quest to Thrive: Economics of Slavery & Portsmouth’s Early Black Community

Presenters: Anthony Bogues, Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University Anne Jennison, New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs Akeia de Barros Gomes, Sr. Curator of Maritime Social Histories, Mystic Seaport Museum Moderator: Meghan Howey, Interim Director, Center for the Humanities., University of New Hampshire     Many rich stories about the complex history of our region remain hidden, oftentimes erased in the conventional dominant stories. These narratives start with European contact on these shores and…

Presenters: Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., (TBC) James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University Sarah Robinson, Education Justice Campaign Director, Granite State Progress, NH Erin Bakkom, President of the Association of Portsmouth Teachers, 8th-grade social studies teacher, Portsmouth Middle School Moderator: David Watters, NH State Senator and Professor of English Emeritus, University of New Hampshire     It has been a year since NH Legislators joined a wave of states across the country to pass laws prohibiting teaching critical perspectives…

Presenters:  Lydia Clemmons, Medical Anthropologist, President Clemmons Family Farm Inc Christle Rollins-Jackson, President Beacon Hill Scholars, Boston, MA Keith W. Stokes, (TBC) Co-author “A Matter of Truth: The Struggle for African Heritage and Indigenous People Equal Rights in Providence, Rhode Island.”   Moderator: Karen A. Spiller, Professor in Sustainability Food Systems, UNH, Durham, NH     In the 1930s and 1940s, as African Americans in urban centers like New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston began to establish themselves as part of the middle and upper-middle…

Sunday, February 26, 2023 "Shades of Black": Connected by Color, Culture, & Community   Location: Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library   Panelists: Shantel Palacio, Ph.D. candidate, University of New Hampshire, former Administrative Education Officer, New York City Department of Education Dottie Morris, Associate Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Keene State College Anthony Poore, President and CEO New Hampshire Center for Justice and Equity.   Moderator: Shari Robinson, Assistant Vice Provost for Student Life, University of New Hampshire.     Black folk…

Panelists: Samuel Hyun, Public Speaker, and Director of Federal Relations for the City of Boston Arnold Mikolo, (TBC) Manchester, NH Andres Meija, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, Exeter Region Cooperative School District (SAU 16)   Moderator: Tina Kim Philibotte, Ph.D. candidate and Chief Equity Officer, Manchester School District     Since the end of WWII, the perceived success of Asian Americans – who have been wrongly portrayed as a monolithic group – has led white apologists to cast this group as…

Presenters: Ronelle Tshiela, Franklin Pierce School of Law, UNH. Founding member Manchester Black Lives Matter Rekha Mahadevan, Berwick Academy, Class of 2023. Member of Seacoast NAACP youth group Saniya Bolton, Exeter High School, Class of 2024. Seacoast Black Lives Matter organizer, and climate change equity activist. Moderator: Funmi Oyekunle, Coordinator, CONNECT Program, University of New Hampshire   Black Women have been leaders in this country for centuries as abolitionists, voting rights advocates, college founders, civil rights defenders, labor leaders, entrepreneurs, and more.…