Sojourner Truth and David Ruggles Committees will offer once a month walking tours of the history of 19th c. Florence. You will hear about Sojourner Truth, David Ruggles, Frederick Douglass and many more people who participated in the radical abolitionism of Florence in the 1840s-1860s. Usually these walks will occur Read more…
We recently caught up with three of our past scholarship recipients to find out how they have continued to work for social justice both in their local community and the world. You can read their stories below: Yamila Irizarry-Gerould (2006): After spending a year working for AmeriCorps, she studied Arabic Read more…
During the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue Committee’s first year taking part in Valley Gives Day, the Committee posted a strong showing, receiving $710 in gifts. Donations will fund the Committee’s social justice scholarship for high school seniors, as well as other educational initiatives in the Pioneer Valley. Valley Gives, which Read more…
In Spring 2013 with generous grant support from Mass Foundation for Humanities the committee launched a new curriculum project to integrate Sojourner Truth’s history and 19th century Florence abolitionist history into local high school curriculum. New Leadership Charter High School, Springfield MA., is the first school to use the new Read more…