Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-in,” Dr. Prisca Barnes-Simmons

Name: Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-in,” Dr. Prisca Barnes-Simmons
Start: 2026-04-26T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-26T17:00:00-05:00
Location: 2801 N Main St, North Newton, KS, United States, Kansas 67117

Schedule

Sun Apr 26 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2801 N Main St, North Newton, KS, United States, Kansas 67117 | North Newton, KS

Kauffman Museum at Bethel College will host Dr. Prisca Barnes-Simmons for a presentation and discussion of “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In,” on April 26 at 3 pm in the Kauffman Museum auditorium. Members of the community are invited to attend this free program! Contact director Andi Schmidt Andres at [email protected] for more information.
Prisca is a passionate advocate for equity and social justice. In 2009, she founded Storytime Village, Inc., a nonprofit organization with a mission to serve low-income Kansas children and families. Prisca has published three children’s books, including People Pride and Promise, the story of the Dockum Sit-in, America’s first student-led lunch counter sit-in.
This program is being held in conjunction with Kauffman Museum’s current special exhibition, “Voices of Conscience: Peace Witness in the Great War,” with parallel themes of non-violent protest and dissent from the status quo.
The program is made possible by Humanities Kansas.