Black Heritage Trail Tea Talks, February - March

Black Heritage Trail
2020 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks
February 2 – March 8, 2020

The Winter Tea Talk Series, presented by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire in partnership with the Portsmouth Public Library and Temple Israel, is a series of participatory lectures related to New Hampshire’s Black history and African American culture.

Four of these Talks will be held at the Portsmouth Public Library, Levenson Room, 175 Parrot Avenue, Portsmouth, NH. The others will be held at Temple Israel, 200 State St., Portsmouth NH

All talks are from 2 – 4 pm. In case of inclement weather, a canceled talk will be rescheduled for March 15 or March 22.

These events are Free and open to the public.

For full descriptions and biographies, please visit blackheritagetrailnh.org/tea-talks.

Sunday February 2
We Are Our Beliefs — Or Are We?
Presenters: Chris Matthews, Jeannine Jacques, Eric Schildge
Location: Temple Israel, 200 State St., Portsmouth NH

Sunday February 9
No Neutral Ground: Media and Belief Formulation
Presenters: Shelley Walcott, Eric Ratinoff, Howard Altschiller
Location: Portsmouth Public Library, Levenson Room

Sunday February 16
Medicine, Health, and Race
Presenters: Shari Robinson, Daphne Robert, Kerri Osborne
Location: Portsmouth Public Library, Levenson Room

Sunday February 23
Culture and Race in the Public Sphere
Presenters: Anthony Poore, Nathaniel Sheidley, Dennis Britton, J. Dennis Robinson
Location: Portsmouth Public Library, Levenson Room

Sunday March 1
Racism without Racists: Educating Generations Past & Future
Presenters: Kabria Baumgartner, Mabelle Barnette, Liz Canada, Elizabeth Dubrulle
Location: Portsmouth Public Library, Levenson Room

Sunday March 8
New Voices: Our Beliefs, Our Reality
Presenters: Funmi Oyekunle, Carlos Cardona, Courtney Dalbec, Jordan Thompson
Location: Temple Israel, 200 State St., Portsmouth

For full descriptions and biographies, please visit blackheritagetrailnh.org/tea-talks.