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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, Mar 20 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Tue, Mar 21 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, Mar 22 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Thu, Mar 23 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Fri, Mar 24 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Mar 25 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Mar 26 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, Mar 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Tue, Mar 21, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Tue, Mar 21, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Auditorium,Copper Gallery

Tue, Mar 21, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Studio Program Space

Wed, Mar 22, 10:30am - 12:00pm
SHC Program Room
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Wed, Mar 22, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Knowasis

Wed, Mar 22, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Sky Room

Thu, Mar 23, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft
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Thu, Mar 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Thu, Mar 23, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Fri, Mar 24, 10:30am - 10:45am
Youth Area

Mon, Mar 27, 10:30am - 12:00pm
SHC Program Room
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Mon, Mar 27, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Mon, Mar 27, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Tue, Mar 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Tue, Mar 28, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Tue, Mar 28, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
SHC Program Room

Wed, Mar 29, 10:30am - 12:00pm
SHC Program Room
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Thu, Mar 30, All day
Public Gallery

Thu, Mar 30, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft
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Thu, Mar 30, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Thu, Mar 30, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Fri, Mar 31, 10:30am - 10:45am
Youth Area

Sat, Apr 01, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Rescheduled
Sat, Apr 01, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
New date Saturday, April 01, 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Sat, Apr 01, 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Sky Room

Rescheduled
Sat, Apr 01, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
New date Saturday, April 01, 2:30pm - 3:45pm

Sat, Apr 01, 2:30pm - 3:45pm
Knowasis

Mon, Apr 03, 10:30am - 12:00pm
SHC Program Room
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Mon, Apr 03, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Mon, Apr 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Mon, Apr 03, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Tue, Apr 04, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Tue, Apr 04, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Wed, Apr 05, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Thu, Apr 06, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Thu, Apr 06, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Thu, Apr 06, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Thu, Apr 06, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Knowasis

Fri, Apr 07, 10:30am - 10:45am
Youth Area

Fri, Apr 07, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Knowasis

Sat, Apr 08, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Apr 08, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Sat, Apr 08, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Mon, Apr 10, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Mon, Apr 10, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Mon, Apr 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Tue, Apr 11, All day
Public Gallery

Tue, Apr 11, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Tue, Apr 11, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Tue, Apr 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Wed, Apr 12, All day
Public Gallery

Wed, Apr 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
Conversation Space @ the Loft

Wed, Apr 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
Classroom @ the Loft

Canceled
Wed, Apr 12, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Thu, Apr 13, All day
Public Gallery

Thu, Apr 13, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Thu, Apr 13, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Rescheduled
Thu, Apr 13, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
New date Thursday, April 13, 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Thu, Apr 13, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Studio Program Space
This event is full

Thu, Apr 13, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Knowasis

Fri, Apr 14, All day
Public Gallery

Fri, Apr 14, 10:30am - 10:45am
Youth Area

Sat, Apr 15, All day
Public Gallery

Sat, Apr 15, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Apr 15, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Sat, Apr 15, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Sky Room

Sat, Apr 15, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium

Sun, Apr 16, All day
Public Gallery

Mon, Apr 17, All day
Public Gallery

Mon, Apr 17, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Mon, Apr 17, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Mon, Apr 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Tue, Apr 18, All day
Public Gallery

Tue, Apr 18, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Tue, Apr 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Wed, Apr 19, All day
Public Gallery

Wed, Apr 19, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Classroom @ the Loft

Wed, Apr 19, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Conversation Space @ the Loft

Wed, Apr 19, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Sky Room

Thu, Apr 20, All day
Public Gallery

Thu, Apr 20, 10:30am - 12:00pm
SHC Program Room

Thu, Apr 20, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Studio Program Space

Thu, Apr 20, 10:30am - 11:00am
Sky Room

Thu, Apr 20, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Silver Room

Thu, Apr 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Classroom @ the Loft