Christmas Hope in Adversity (December Voices for Truth Discussion)
Schedule
Wed Dec 04 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
2950 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45206 | Cincinnati, OH
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Zoom participation also available
What could Christmas mean to people in the worst circumstances? What hope or at least reprieve could it signify? In our final meeting of the year we listen to voices for truth from two enslaved African Americans and a Jew remembering his time in Auschwitz.
Suggested reading:
Solomon Northrup, Twelve Years a Slave (1853), Chapter XV
Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), Chapter XXII
Primo Levi, "Last Christmas of the War" (1978) - free login to read full article
About the Facilitators:
Dr. John Getz is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at Xavier University and has been volunteering for the Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House for many years.
Dr. Mitch Nyawalo is Associate Professor, Gender and Diversity Studies Program
Chair, Department of Race, Intersectionality, Gender, and Sociology
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Where is it happening?
2950 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45206Event Location & Nearby Stays:
