Ritual of Remembrance: A Musical Celebration Honoring Homewood's Black Ancestors

Jan 21, 2022
1 - 2:30pm EST
Outside of Homewood Museum, Homewood Museum Homewood Museum
Homewood Campus
This event is free

Who can attend?

  • General public
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Contact

Shawntay Stocks
443-297-7827

Description

This is a community gathering to remember those who were enslaved at Homewood on Johns Hopkins campus and the legacy of Black labor that has made institutions thrive for centuries in America.

Join Urban Foli traditional African drumming and dance, contribute to a participatory art project, hear what researchers have learned of the ancestors' stories, leave a note on the wall of remembrance, and name the ancestors as people and not slaves on the walk of remembrance. All are welcome.

Who can attend?

  • General public
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Contact

Shawntay Stocks
443-297-7827