Johns Hopkins event at Lewis Museum celebrates legacy of Elijah Cummings

The SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins hosted the Elijah Cummings Legacy Celebration at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum on Monday, the third in the Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival series. In the photo above, the Cardinal Shehan School Choir performs during the event.

Speakers included Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels, Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott, Maryland State Sen. Cory McCray, and Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of the U.S. congressman who died in 2019 during his 12th term in the U.S. House of Representatives serving Maryland's 7th Congressional District. Family, elected officials, and community leaders viewed the university-commissioned portrait of Cummings painted by Baltimore artist Christopher Batten, as well as the Smithsonian's Men of Change exhibit on display at the museum. The Cummings portrait will be on display at the Lewis Museum until April, when it will be permanently installed at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library on JHU's Homewood campus.

The Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival is a series of events aimed at educating citizens about the importance of democracy and its essential role in advancing freedom, justice, and equality for all.