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Registration is required. Registration dates vary. Due to high demand, please register for only one session.
There are 3 upcoming classes.
Families & Politics Workshop with Braver Angels (Online)
Date: 12/02/24Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Teens, Adults
Program type: Race, Equity & Inclusion
Description:
Family relationships can become casualties of a toxic political environment. Family members are having bitter political arguments, avoiding each other, or even cutting off lifetime relationships.
If you want to preserve important family bonds while still being true to your values and political beliefs, this workshop will offer you:
- Insight into why family differences over politics are uniquely challenging
- Recognition of common roles that family members play in political conversations
- Strategies and skills for handling family political differences in a constructive way
Although the focus is on family relationships, you can use learnings in this workshop with any loved one. You’ll laugh and have some fun in this workshop—it won’t be all serious. After all, we all come from quirky families.
Presented in partnership with Braver Angels.
Launched in 2016, Braver Angels is a bipartisan citizen’s movement to unify our divided nation. By bringing Red and Blue Americans together into a working alliance, Braver Angels is building new ways to talk to one another, participate together in public life, and influence the direction of the nation. Braver Angels is a 501(c)(3) non-profit recognized by the IRS.
Winter Celebration (Families) TK
Date: 12/28/24Time: 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Branch: Elkridge Branch
Age group: Children, Everyone
Program type: Crafts, Fun & Games!
Description:
All ages. 45 minutes. Tickets available 15 minutes before start of class.
Winter time is here! Come join us for a fun program to learn why winter is so great! We will read stories, learn about what animals are doing in the winter and do some awesome crafts to celebrate the season!
Afrofuturism with Kevin Straits; NMAAHC Curator | Hybrid Watch Party
Date: 02/20/25Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Miller Branch
Age group: Teens, Adults, Everyone
Program type: Race, Equity & Inclusion
Description:
All ages | Registration suggested, walk-ins welcome while space allows. Want to watch with others? Come to Miller's live watch party.
*This is an IN PERSON "watch party" at Miller for the virtual Zoom event. Prefer to attend online? Register here for the Zoom link.
What is Afrofuturism?
Museum curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Kevin Strait, discusses his past exhibit "Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures", shares the history of Afrofuturism, and how it "has evolved as a concept, philosophy, multimedia genre, aesthetic, and cultural movement. It explores Black identity, agency, and freedom through art and creative works that envision liberated futures for Black life." - NMAAHC
This event is part of Miller's Afrofuturism Series for Black History Month, see other events HERE. Visit Miller between February 10-28, to view the Afrofuturism Student Art Exhibit.
This session is part of HCLS' Black History Month series. Please click here for the complete schedule of classes and events.
About the author:
Kevin Strait is a museum curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Since 2010, he has worked in the museum’s Office of Curatorial Affairs and was part of the core team that acquired objects and developed content for several of the museum’s permanent exhibitions and interpretive spaces. He currently stewards the NMAAHC's collections related to 20th century political and social history and African American popular culture. He curated the temporary exhibition, Afrofuturism - A History of Black Futures, the 2023 winner of the Smithsonian's Excellence in Exhibitions Award and is the co-editor of the exhibition's award-winning companion publication. Strait is a graduate of Wesleyan University and received his Ph.D. in American Studies from the George Washington University.
