“The Jagged Edge of Progress” with Elise Guyette

Dr. Elise Guyette presents a hard hitting update on the lives of some of the people highlighted in her 2010 book, "Discovering Black Vermont," the story of three generations of free blacks trying to build a life and community in northern Vermont in the years following statehood. She follows them all over the United States, but especially to Reconstruction Era South Carolina, and examines their role in still unresolved social and historical struggles that shape our national discussions to this day.

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Part 2: Focus on the Needs of Educators

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Part 1: Focus on the Needs of Parents & Caregivers

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From the moment they are born, our children are participants in a hugely consequential, ongoing conversation about race and ethnicity of which we, and they, may be only dimly aware. Our news and entertainment media play lead roles in that conversation. According to Common Sense Media, 2-8-year-old children in the US spent an average of nearly three hours every day on screen media alone in 2017.

Using Books to Engage Young Children in Talk about Race & Justice

LAST CALL TO REGISTER!
October 22, 2020 @ 8:30 pm ET

Ahora con traducción en vivo y en Español (lea más abajo)

Starting Wednesday, November 4th, FFL Kids’ Library Help indoors will be available on Wednesdays from Noon - 3:00 pm and 4:00-5:00 pm, and on Saturdays from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. Staff will be assisting with book recommendations and gathering the books for patrons to check out. For more information on services for kids, head to fletcherfree.org/kids! 

Starting Wednesday, November 4th, FFL Kids’ Library Help indoors will be available on Wednesdays from Noon - 3:00 pm and 4:00-5:00 pm, and on Saturdays from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. Staff will be assisting with book recommendations and gathering the books for patrons to check out. For more information on services for kids, head to fletcherfree.org/kids! 

Starting Wednesday, November 4th, FFL Kids’ Library Help indoors will be available on Wednesdays from Noon - 3:00 pm and 4:00-5:00 pm, and on Saturdays from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. Staff will be assisting with book recommendations and gathering the books for patrons to check out. For more information on services for kids, head to fletcherfree.org/kids! 

Rebecca Wragg Sykes is an archaeologist, writer, and creative professional. She has been fascinated with the past since childhood, and was especially drawn to the ancient world of the Palaeolithic. Her doctoral thesis was the first synthesis of evidence for late Neanderthals in Britain.

Get a special tour behind the scenes in the fossil prep lab at the National Museum of Natural History with fossil preparator Michelle Pinsdorf. She will show you how she cleans, prepares, and protects fossils that come to the museum from the field. She and paleobiologist Karma Nanglu will answer your questions and connect you to this important and fun work.

How to Join: The webinar will be presented on Zoom video;  a link will be emailed to registrants and posted on this website before the program.