BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Akron-Summit County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Akron-Summit County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2afcf9ef-1513-4a53-b011-1e2b814d3d66 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260727T105314Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230607T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230607T193000 SUMMARY:Celebrate Akron’s Sojourner Truth Statue Project LOCATION:Northwest Akron Branch Library\nNorthwest Akron Branch Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Northwest Akron Branch Lib rary;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Northwest Akron Branch Library:geo:41.11592 75,-81.574475 GEO:41.1159275;-81.574475 DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Akron’s Sojourner Truth Statue Project by lea rning about the memorial to honor the voting rights of all women\, present ed by a member of the Sojourner Truth Statue Project Committee..\nhttps:// akronlibrary.libnet.info/event/8456602 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Sojourner Truth challenged the exclusion o f women of color from the Women&rsquo\;s Rights Movement. In honor of Sojo urner Truth\, and in commemoration of \;the 100th anniversary of the 1 9th Amendment\, a committee of local Summit County women raised funds to c ommission \;local artist Woodrow Nash to create a statue of Truth\, wh ich will be located at the United Way of Summit &\; Medina Counties in downtown Akron. \;

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This monument will serve as an ongoing oppo rtunity to \;educate the public on the progress made over the last 100 years and honor the fight for voting rights for all women &mdash\; especi ally many women of color who were excluded from voting until the 1960s.

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Join us as our Executive Director\, Pam Hickson-Stevenson\, a member of The Sojourner Truth Project Committee\, share how this project came in to being and honor this important part of Akron&rsquo\;s history.

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