Sojourner Memorial

The Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee honors Sojourner Truth's legacy through educational programming and high school scholarships.

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In light of recent moves by Twitter to open its doors to voices of hate, cruelty and misinformation we are suspending our Twitter account.

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A Petition for Reparations in Northampton, MA - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/72N8wAKE7E via @Change

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Five graduating high school seniors from Hampshire public schools will be awarded Sojourner Truth Social Justice Awards of $1,500 in a recognition ceremony at the annual commemoration of Sojourner Truth on Zoom Sunday, May 29 at 2:00 p.m. Request link from [email protected]

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Film screening:
We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History (including Fannie Lou Hamer, Pauli Murray, Rosa Parks and Sojourner Truth)
February 22, 2022 6:30-8:00 PM
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visionary work of Bonita Oliver/Alex van Gils: Seeking Truth is a 360 degree, virtual, theatrical documentary examining the prismatic historical image of the woman who named herself Sojourner Truth. https://t.co/rvIkZtnoC7

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Florence Sojourner Truth historic marker will be on National Votes for Women Trail. Timely reminder that achieving women’s suffrage was painful for women of color & fell far short in its failure to secure the right to vote for all. Voting rights are still at risk.

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Nonviolence activist Rev. James Lawson (age 90) recently said Black Lives Matter needs what Sojourner Truth called for in 1867: “I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring; because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.”

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Marie Van Brittan Brown was an American inventor. She was the inventor of the home security system in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown due to the lack of protection from Police in her Queens neighborhood. 

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Happy Black History Month!

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The African diaspora consists of the worldwide collection of communities descended from native sub-Saharan Africans or people from Sub-Saharan Africa, predominantly in the Americas.

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John Mercer Langston was the first black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854. 

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Rest in Peace to the Legendary "Black Mamba" Kobe Bryant & "Mambacita" Gigi Bryant. 

#SojournerTruth #KobeBryant #GigiBryant #BlackMamba #MambacitaBryant #SocialJustice #equality #equalitycantwait #civilrights #1619project

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We here at the Sojourner Truth Committee are sending our prayers to the families who lost their loved ones on yesterday's Calabasas Helicopter crash. Rest in peace to the NBA legend Kobe Bryant, Gianna "Gigi" Bryant, and others. 

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Let this be the question you ask yourself every day! https://t.co/76Me0SJRhg

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If there was no change, we would not exist. Change is inevitable. 

#SojournerTruth #Change #SocialJustice #Education 

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This article can stem a great discussion about the unspoken invisible line between Black feminists leaders such as #SojournerTruth and White feminists like #SusanBAnthony!

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We should not forget this piece of history!

#SojournerTruth #AmericanSlavery #HappyNewYear #America

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Community Supporters like the Big E help make our educational work with students possible! We are enternally grateful!

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We make it our mission to stand firm in what we believe in!

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