"John Brown: America250: Renewing the Revolution" webinar March 16

ELIZABETHTOWN | As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, a nationwide coalition of John Brown organizations, scholars, and advocates has launched "John Brown America250: Renewing the Revolution," a yearlong campaign to set the historical record straight on a patriot who gave his life for the founding principle that all people are created equal. John Brown America250: Renewing the Revolution will host its second national virtual roundtable on March 16 from 7–8:30 p.m. Eastern. Titled John Brown and Abolitionist Women, the discussion will examine the strategic leadership and organizing power of women who shaped the abolition movement and sustained its momentum in the decades before the Civil War. The roundtable will be hosted by John Brown biographer Louis A. DeCaro Jr., Ph.D., and will feature historian Margaret Washington, Ph.D. and environmental psychologist Shawndel Fraser, M.A. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. The February launch of John Brown: America250 via an inaugural roundtable drew attendees from 22 states, from California to Connecticut, and four countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and Colombia, signaling strong early national and international engagement with the initiative's mission to reexamine John Brown's constitutional legacy in advance of America's 250th anniversary. Part of Brown's legacy is egalitarian, so this second roundtable turns attention to abolitionist women as strategists, organizers, and leaders—often the hidden backbone of the movement. "As we approach America 250, we must remember that the struggle to align the nation with its founding promise of equality always involved women as well as men," said DeCaro. "Abolitionist women were engaged–with great devotion, often unappreciated talent, and unrelenting effort–in advancing the antislavery cause throughout the antebellum era." The March roundtable continues the monthly virtual series organized by John Brown: America250, a multi-state coalition connecting events and educational efforts across 14 states and one Canadian province tied to Brown's life and legacy. "We are thrilled to participate in John Brown: America 250," reflects Michele Zack, of the Owen Brown Gravesite Committee in Altadena, Calif., "as it is a continuation of our work, and of the important re-examination of John Brown's legacy underway in the United States." "This is not simply about revisiting the past," adds Martha Swan, co-organizer of the initiative. "John Brown: America250 invites the country to reflect seriously on the unfinished work of equality that defined Brown's character and rise to the occasion to fulfill that revolutionary promise today." Roundtable topics to be examined over the course of the year include John Brown in Art, John Brown and The Transcendentalists, The Secret Six, John Brown and Faith in Action, and much more. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/john-brown-and-abolitionist-women-tickets-1983740759011.

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