We are pleased to announce that we have received an $8000 Endowment Fund Grant from the Northampton Education Foundation for our project “Sojourner’s Truth in the 21st Century: Applying Local History to Fifth Grade Curriculum.” In partnership with three Northampton Read more…
Join us on our summer and fall walking tours of the African American Heritage Trail! We’ll learn about African-American history in Florence, MA, including Sojourner Truth’s house, abolitionist David Ruggles, and a 19th-century utopian community. We will explain what brought Read more…
Our annual celebration of Sojourner Truth will take place on Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m. at the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue at the corner of Park and Pine Streets in Florence. The program includes a keynote talk by Dr. Read more…
Two outstanding high school seniors will be awarded the 2018 Sojourner Truth Social Justice Awards. Lourdes Jean-Louis, Amherst Regional High School, and Sylvia Venus Shread, Northampton High School, will receive the scholarship award and speak briefly about their social justice Read more…
The Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee and the David Ruggles Center are pleased to announce a series of upcoming tours of the African American Heritage Trail. Tours are free and open to the public. Saturday, July 8, 10am; meet at the Sojourner Read more…
In February 2017 Rutgers University announced that it will name an apartment building on its historic New Brunswick campus after the abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth (c.1797-1883). The decision followed research findings, published in Scarlet and Black: Slavery and Read more…
The 15th Annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration, free and open to the public, will be held on Sunday, May 28, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Sojourner Truth statue, at the corner of Park and Pine Streets in Florence, Read more…
The Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee is pleased to announce the 2017 recipients of the Sojourner Truth Scholarship for Social Justice: Dorilyn Castillo, Chicopee High School; Mugisha Cutsimpumu, Springfield Central High School; and Bridget MacNeill, Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Academy. Dorilyn Read more…
On Tuesday, May 2, our committee is participating in Valley Gives 2017, the 24-hour day of generosity in support of Western Massachusetts nonprofits. Please consider making a gift toward our ongoing scholarship and local educational programs. You can schedule a Read more…
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is Sojourner Truth, Photography, and the Fight Against Slavery, an exhibition that features photographic carte de visite portraits of Truth that she sold to help make a living. From an Read more…