From: Rhue, Monika [mailto:mrhue@jcsu.edu] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 4:11 PM Subject: JCSU-Reminder Engage HER starts at 6:00PM Today! Subject: Rhue-JCSU-Engage HER Program: Diverse Voices of Women In the Movement Registration is required. You can join us by registering at https://cmlibrary.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n2BSc84HTb6T1KJpEY_fwQ [cid:image001.jpg@01D6ABB3.B20B29A0] The James B. Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University will join women all over the United States to celebrate and recognize the struggle that lead to the 19th Amendment that gave American women the right to vote. On October 26, 2020, JCSU library will host Engage HER Program: Diverse Voices of Women In the Movement a virtual program. Engage HER Program: Diverse Voices of Women In the Movement will focus on Black Women leadership, activism, and the importance of voting in 2020. The program will open with comments from Dr. Karen D. Morgan, Johnson C. Smith University Senior Vice President followed by a keynote address from Congresswoman Alma Adams, and closing remarks by Dr. Willie Griffin, civil rights scholar, educator and Charlotte native and Staff Historian at Levine Museum of the New South. The Engage HER Program: Diverse Voices of Women In the Movement will feature a panel discussion with JCSU recent graduates, Laura Salinas, from Toluca Edo. de Mexico immigrated to York, SC, Quaneisha Payne, social justice and political engagement advocate for students' voters, Claire Tandoh, founder, and organizer of KidzFedUp, a youth led activist group and Dr. Tekla Johnson, Africana Historian. The program will be moderated by Monika Rhue, JCSU Director of Library Services and Curation. Special performance by Black Ink Monks, featuring Diashanna Logan poet and writer with videography Andrew Smith. The program activities will also highlight sounds of the movement and giveaways. The Engage HER Program: Diverse Voices of Women In the Movement is a virtual program, October 26, 2020 from 6:00PM-8:30PM. This is a partnership with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library and Digital Public Library of American with funding from Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda Gates Company. Registration is required. You can join us by registering at https://cmlibrary.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n2BSc84HTb6T1KJpEY_fwQ Monika Rhue (Nooma) Leading Change Institute 2019 Class HBCU Library Alliance Board Chair Director of Library Services and Curation James B. Duke Memorial Library www.library.jcsu.edu<http://www.library.jcsu.edu/> Johnson C. Smith University mrhue@jcsu.edu<mailto:mrhue@jcsu.edu> 704-371-6730 [1493318716235_library] ************************************************ Recruitment. Resources. Retention. Rigor. ********************************************