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The Underground and Overground Railroad

2023-02-23 17:00:00 2023-02-23 18:00:00 America/Phoenix The Underground and Overground Railroad Civic Center Library - Auditorium

Thursday, February 23
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-23 17:00:00 2023-02-23 18:00:00 America/Phoenix The Underground and Overground Railroad Civic Center Library - Auditorium

Join us for a presentation on the history of the Underground Railroad, which helped enslaved people escape to freedom, and the Overground Railroad, which allowed work and travel under Jim Crow laws.

Using storytelling, historical artifacts and songs, this presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100,000 enslaved people escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850. We’ll then fast forward to the Jim Crow era and explore the Overground Railroad created by the Green Book which helped foster a network of safe spaces that allowed Blacks to travel, live and work despite illegal and legally sanctioned discrimination through Jim Crow laws.

Speaker: Dr. Tamika Sanders

 

Dr. Sanders’ work revolves around bringing a diversity of real-world perspectives into programming initiatives and creating strategic community partnerships that can generate revenue and provide access to resources and opportunities for marginalized groups. In 2009, Dr. Sanders started her company Savvy Pen to provide interactive programs that incorporate arts learning and multicultural training to bridge cultural and socioeconomic divides between educators and their students. She is also a producing collaborating partner of the Bi-National Arts Residency (BNAR), which connects cultural communities in the Sonoran Desert together with issues of social justice and identity through art. Dr. Sanders hopes to continue using the arts to break barriers, unite people, and create social change.

TAGS: | History | Adult Education |

Civic Center Library

Phone: 480-312-7323

Opening hours
Mon, May 12 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Tue, May 13 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, May 14 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Thu, May 15 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Fri, May 16 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, May 17 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, May 18 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Address
3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
Scottsdale
, AZ 85251
Tel: 480-312-7323

About the library

Opened August 30, 1968

103,000 square feet

73 public-use computers

Café

Loft collaborative workspace

The Gallery @ the Library

Scottsdale Heritage Collection

Upcoming events

Tue, May 13, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Wed, May 14, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Conversation Space @ the Loft

Tue, May 20, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Auditorium,Copper Gallery

Tue, May 20, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Wed, May 21, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Conversation Space @ the Loft

Thu, May 22, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Studio Program Space

Sat, May 24, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Sat, May 24, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Thu, May 29, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Studio Program Space

Sun, Jun 01, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Youth Area

Sun, Jun 01, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Sky Room

Mon, Jun 02, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Mon, Jun 02, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Tue, Jun 03, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Tue, Jun 03, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Tue, Jun 03, 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Sky Room

Tue, Jun 03, 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Sky Room

Tue, Jun 03, 3:15pm - 4:00pm
Sky Room

Tue, Jun 03, 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Knowasis

Wed, Jun 04, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Sky Room

Wed, Jun 04, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Wed, Jun 04, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Wed, Jun 04, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Sky Room

Wed, Jun 04, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Auditorium

Thu, Jun 05, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Thu, Jun 05, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Thu, Jun 05, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Knowasis

Fri, Jun 06, 11:00am - 11:45am
Sky Room

Fri, Jun 06, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Fri, Jun 06, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Knowasis

Fri, Jun 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Knowasis

Sat, Jun 07, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Sat, Jun 07, 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Sky Room

Sat, Jun 07, 2:30pm - 3:45pm
Sky Room

Sun, Jun 08, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Youth Area

Sun, Jun 08, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
SHC Program Room

Mon, Jun 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Mon, Jun 09, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Mon, Jun 09, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Sky Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Tue, Jun 10, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Tue, Jun 10, 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Sky Room

Tue, Jun 10, 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Sky Room

Tue, Jun 10, 3:15pm - 4:00pm
Sky Room

Tue, Jun 10, 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Knowasis

Wed, Jun 11, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Sky Room

Wed, Jun 11, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Wed, Jun 11, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Wed, Jun 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Sky Room

Thu, Jun 12, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Thu, Jun 12, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Youth Area

Thu, Jun 12, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Knowasis