Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire
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A Family Revealed: From Slavery to Hope - Postponed to 2024!

Dear Friends,

We are sorry to let you know that due to illness we will need to postpone this concert until 2024.  We are all disappointed, but look forward to gathering when everyone is well!


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All are welcome to a concert and conversation featuring folk singer and social activist Reggie Harris and educator Wallis Wickham Raemer discussing the discovery and development of their special journey as two descendants of a Confederate enslaver.

Onstage together, in an honest and heartfelt interaction, these two cousins, one black and one white, discuss what it has been to discover each other’s existence and then navigate deeply held feelings; pain, and hope in the truth of a divided slavery-colored past. Since 2012, they have opened themselves to the task of engaging hope out of division as they embraced each other as cousins. 

To underscore the experience, Reggie, a prominent musician and interpreter of historical movements for social change, punctuates their story with original songs "Hickory Hill," "Windows of the Heart" and more. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear and see a model of what is possible when truth is acknowledged and revealed with a commitment to not being defined by the past. An audience Q and A follows the dialogue. 


This program is sponsored by:

Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire

Multicultural BRIDGE

NAACP Berkshire Branch

OLLI at Berkshire Community College


Parking
There is a small parking lot at the back of the building (driveway to the right of the entrance) and plenty of street parking is also available.

Accessibility

Please note that while the building is one level, it is not officially ADA accessible. Assistive listening devices are available.

General admission
$10
Students, youth 17 & under, and those holding WIC, EBT/SNAP
Free

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