Intended Audience
This event is a partnership between St. Mary's College of Maryland and Historic Sotterley. It will conclude the Sotterley Presents: People and Perspectives series for 2023, and November 1st at 7pm was chosen because it is commemorated as Emancipation Day in the state of Maryland.
The final installment of the "Talking and Walking Common Ground" series will bring a diverse panel together to talk about how the next generation can carry out the work of talking and walking common ground. Some topics covered will include: how do we create stakeholders within the younger generations? What new issues or challenges will the next generation face? How must the work and mission shift in the future to ensure success? Our panelists will include Jerry Gabriel, Associate Professor of English at St. Mary's College of Maryland, Caitlyn Hunter, Associate Professor of English at College of Southern Maryland, Jaelon Moaney, Co-Founder of The Needle's Eye Academy and Advisory Board member of the Maryland Commission of African American History and Culture, Ashlyn Conley, St. Mary's College of Maryland Student, and Phoebe Tate, St. Mary's College of Maryland Student.
This event is not only part of Sotterley Presents; it is also part of its Common Ground Initiative. The theme of "Talking and Walking Common Ground" was chosen for 2024 after the video of the same title was created last year and shown on our Day of Unity in 2022. The video can still be viewed on our Common Ground Initiative page: https://sotterley.org/common-ground
As part of the speaker series events this year, there were two other "Talking and Walking Common Ground" events. The first was a virtual film screening hosted by St. Mary's County Library, followed by a panel of descendants who gave their perspectives on Sotterley's work and their connections with the site. The second was "Talking and Walking Common Ground: A Shared Vision in Action," where a panel of museum leadership discussed their journeys toward providing a more honest and inclusive history. This included their challenges, successes, and their site's inclusion of descendants in this vital work.
The event will occur at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) in the recital hall at the Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center at St. Mary's College of Maryland. This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested as seating is limited. Walk-ins will be accepted if seating allows, but please check back to see if the event has been filled.