National Library of Medicine Traveling Museum Exhibition
We are thrilled to host the National Library of Medicine Traveling Museum Exhibition, "Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America" in the Learning Commons.
Meals can tell us how power is exchanged among different peoples, races, genders, and classes. In the Chesapeake region during the colonial era, European settlers relied upon indentured servants, Native American, and African slave labor for life-saving knowledge of farming and food acquisition and to gain economic prosperity. Peer into life at George Washington's Mount Vernon plantation and the labor of enslaved workers to learn how meals transcend taste and sustenance.
The Exhibit is Open Saturday, January 20, and Saturday, February 3, 2024.
Location: Presentation High School, The Learning Commons
Exhibit Open to the Public: 10 a.m.– 2 p.m.
Admission is FREE!
For inquiries or to request event recordings, please email Christine Jimenez at cjimenez@presentationhs.org.
Download the PDF flyer here.
Speaker Series
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Alessandra Harris - Black Catholic, Author, Writer & Speaker
Alessandra will be presenting on "The Legacy of Slavery & Call for Justice." Discussing how slavery was replaced with convict-leasing and racial terror lynchings. And that today, stereotypes about Black criminality and anti-Black racism have led to racial profiling, police brutality, and America having the largest incarcerated population in the history of the world.
Please be advised that this discussion may contain images that are sensitive and disturbing for younger children.
Event Agenda
10 a.m. Exhibit doors open - greetings from BSU student club members and library interns
10:40 a.m. Presentation Choir performance, Bella Voce and A Cappella
11 a.m.–12 p.m. Speaker Series with Alessandra Harris
Then, Q&A and Book Signing
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Kai Harris - Writer and Educator
Kai Harris is an educator and the award-winning author of "What the Fireflies Knew," known for using her voice to uplift the Black community through realistic fiction centered on the Black experience.
Pres Student Blanca Parada '25 will be leading an author and book discussion.
Event Agenda
10 a.m. Exhibit doors open
11 a.m.–12 p.m. Speaker Series with Kai Harris
Then, Q&A and Book Signing
*Fire and Freedom includes an education component with two K-12 lesson plans and a university module.