[April 30, 2021⏤12noon to 1:00pm] Throughout the month of April, Artworks (artworksinbigrapids.org) will host a Smithsonian Museum on Mainstreet exhibit, entitled Voices and Votes: https://www.sites.si.edu/s/topic/0TO1Q000000cTOZWA2/voices-and-votes-democracy-in-america.
Join Artworks for the Voices and Votes Brownbag Lunch Session where Rhonda Craig, President of Detroit League of Women Voters will present the African American Suffrage Movement: Fighting Against All Sides. Ms. Craig’s presentation offers a brief synopsis of the work of African American women in the suffrage movement who had to fight the male white establishment, white suffragists, and even African American men in the struggle for the right to vote. This virtual event is an hour-long with time for questions at the end of the hour.
Use this Zoom link to join the event: tinyurl.com/VoicesandVotesBrownBag. This link is also accessible through the Artworks website. Please note: THIS SESSION WILL NOT BE RECORDED.
Artworks is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that offers programming to bring the arts to life in the Mecosta County area. They offer educational programs, summer art camps, a foreign film series, book clubs, and other ways to become involved in their creative community. The mission and vision of Artworks is to vitalize the community through the arts and humanities to become the leading resource and creative force for the arts in Michigan.