Public Locations – Douglass Day 2025

The map below shows the approximate locations of everyone who is hosting a virtual, hybrid, and in person group on February 14, 2025 that will be open to the public. Please do not reproduce or share this info beyond this site. If you would like to attend one of these events, please write to the contact person first.

Please note: all locations are approximate. Please contact the local event organizer for more detailed directions to event virtual sites and videoconference spaces.

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Please do not reuse or reproduce these contacts.

Listing by State/Province

AZ

Arizona State University (Digital Humanities Initiative)

  • Primary Contact: Elizabeth Grumbach
  • Sponsor(s): Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics
  • Social Media: @ASULincolnCenter on Instagram

University of Arizona

CA

Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library

  • Primary Contact: Yessica Rowe
  • Social Media: @montereyparklib
  • Time: 2pm PST

CT

Bridgeport Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Matthew Blaine and Kate Mozier-Tichy
  • Sponsor(s): Bridgeport History Center
  • Social Media: Facebook, Instagram
  • Time: 11:30am – 4pm

Connecticut College

  • Primary Contact: Andrew Lopez
  • Time: 10am-2pm

Eastern Connecticut State University

  • Primary Contact: Emily Todd
  • Sponsor(s): School of Arts and Sciences, Intercultural Center, Library
  • Social Media: @easternctstateuniv
  • Time: February 18 from 12-2pm (Eastern)

The Greenwich Historical Society

  • Primary Contact: Lauren Ackerley
  • Sponsor(s): The League of Women Voters
  • Social Media: Facebook: Greenwich Historical Society
  • Instagram: @greenwichhistory
  • For all social media and marketing, contact Dianne Niklaus dniklaus@greenwichhistory.org

Western CT State University

  • Primary Contact: Joshua Sumrell
  • Sponsor(s): Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Haas Library, Intercultural Affairs Office
  • Social Media: @westconnlibrary @odeiwcsu @wcsu_icaoffice
  • Time: 12pm-2pm February 18th

Windsor Historical Society

  • Primary Contact: Heather
  • Sponsor(s): Windsor Senior Center
  • Time: 11:30-3:00

DC

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (AAHGS)

Howard University

  • Primary Contact: Sabrina Evans

FL

Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society

  • Primary Contact: Juanita Gaston
  • Sponsor(s): Tallahassee African American Genealogical Soceity
  • Social Media: Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society | Tallahassee FL | Facebook

University of Florida

  • Primary Contact: Kevin C Winstead
  • Sponsor(s): Alachua County African and African American Historical Society, PK Yong High School, Oak Hammock retirement community
  • Social Media: IG: UF_AFA

GA

Emory University

  • Primary Contact: Sarah Salter
  • Sponsor(s): Emory Writing Program, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library, Emory University

Georgia Highlands College

  • Primary Contact: Jessica Osborne
  • Time: February 19; times TBD

ID

Lewis-Clark State College

  • Primary Contact: Marlowe Daly-Galeano

IL

Loyola University Chicago

  • Primary Contact: Elizabeth Hopwod
  • Social Media: @luctsdh

Newberry Library

  • Primary Contact: David Weimer

White Crane Wellness Center – Lake County

  • Primary Contact: 847-701-5900

KS

University of Kansas

  • Primary Contact: Laura Mielke
  • Sponsor(s): IDRH, KU Libraries, and Departments of AAAS, History, and English

MA

American Antiquarian Society

  • Primary Contact: John Garcia

Boston University Libraries

  • Primary Contact: Michelle Niebur
  • Sponsor(s): Boston University Libraries
  • Social Media: @bulibraries (Instagram, TikTok, Threads)

Lexington Lyceum Advocates

  • Primary Contact: Janel Showalter
  • Sponsor(s): Lexington Lyceum Advocates, the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington, Lexington Historical Society, Diamond Middle School, Social Studies Department of Lexington High School
  • Social Media: The Lexington Lyceum, @Lexlyceum

Newton Free Library

  • Primary Contact: Lily Weitzman
  • Sponsor(s): Newton Free Library

Northeastern University

  • Primary Contact: Caitlin Pollock

Public Library of Brookline

  • Primary Contact: Jared Walske
  • Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/@brklib/ ; https://www.instagram.com/brklib/?hl=en ; @brklib on TikTok

The Lexington Coalition for Douglass Day

  • Primary Contact: Kathleen Dalton
  • Social Media: lexlyceum.org
  • Social Media: LexMedia
  • The Lexington Douglass Day Coalition: the Lexington Lyceum Advocates, the Associated Black Citizens of Lexington, and the Lexington Historical Society

Tisch Library, Tufts University

  • Primary Contact: Anna Kijas / Kaylen Dwyer
  • Sponsor(s): Digital Scholarship Department
  • Social Media: Instagram: @tischlibrary

Westfield State University

  • Primary Contact: Nicholas Aieta
  • Social Media: @westfieldstatehistphil

MD

ACRL-MD

  • Primary Contact: Kate Strain

Frostburg State University

  • Primary Contact: Dr. Amy Branam Armiento
  • Sponsor(s): Frostburg State University’s Department of English and Foreign Languages
  • FSU’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • FSU’s Black Student Alliance
  • FSU’s African American Studies program
  • FSU’s Department of History

MI

Michigan State University

  • College of Arts & Letters, College of Law, and Libraries
  • Primary Contact: Justin Wadland
  • Sponsor(s): MSU College of Arts and Letters, College of Law, and Libraries
  • Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/msu.lib.dsl/

University of Michigan

  • Primary Contact: Kate Topham
  • Sponsor(s): University of Michigan Library
  • Social Media: Twitter: @umichlibrary, Facebook: UMichLibrary

MO

Washington University in St. Louis

  • Sponsor(s): Washington University in St. Louis Libraries

Westminster College (MO)

  • Primary Contact: Jeremy Reed
  • Sponsor(s): Westminster College

MS

University of Southern Mississippi

  • Primary Contact: Joyce Inman
  • Sponsor(s): Southern Miss Honors College, Southern Miss Libraries, Southern Miss Center for Digital Humanities
  • Time: 11am to 2pm CST

MT

Montana State University Library

  • Primary Contact: Wendy Riker Purnell
  • Sponsor(s): MSU Library

MD

University of Maryland

  • Primary Contact: Victoria Van Hyning
  • Sponsor(s): Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture, Department of Art History and Archaeology; and the College of Information, Center for Archival Futures (CAFe) at UMD

NC

Appalachian State University University Writing Center

  • Primary Contact: Hannah

Chapel Hill Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Molly Luby
  • Sponsor(s): Chapel Hill Public Library Community History
  • Social Media: @chapelhillpubliclibrary on IG & FB

NJ

Hopewell Branch Library

  • Primary Contact: Kathleen Nash

New Providence Memorial Library

  • Primary Contact: New Providence Memorial Library
  • Sponsor(s): New Providence Memorial Library
  • Social Media: @newprovlibrary

New Providence Memorial Library

  • Primary Contact: New Providence Memorial Library
  • Social Media: Instagram & Facebook newprovlibrary
  • Time: 1-3 pm

Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University

  • Primary Contact: Sarah Lacy
  • Sponsor(s): Stockton University
  • Social Media: @noyesmuseum; @artsgarageac; @stocktonarhu

Princeton Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Cliff Robinson

Rowan University Center for Digital Humanities Research

  • Primary Contact: Jessica Mack
  • Sponsor(s): Center for Digital Humanities Research, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, History Department, Africana Studies Program
  • Social Media: Twitter: @jrobinmack
  • Instagram: @rowanchss

Rutgers University

  • Primary Contact: Francesca Giannetti
  • Sponsor(s): Rutgers University Libraries
  • Social Media: https://x.com/rutgersdh

Seton Hall University Libraries

  • Primary Contact: Samah Alshrief
  • Sponsor(s): Seton Hall University Libraries, Research Data Services
  • Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/SHU_Libraries/, https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/seton-hall-university-libraries/

Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

  • Primary Contact: Dr. Isabela Morales
  • Sponsor(s): Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
  • Social Media: @ssaamuseum (Instagram, Facebook, X)

NV

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • Primary Contact: Christopher Willoughby

NY

Alfred State; SUNY College of Technology

  • Primary Contact: Cyan Corwine

Binghamton University

  • Primary Contact: Danielle Ryle
  • Sponsor(s): Writing Initiative (hopefully with Africana Studies department as co-sponsor; still need to confirm this)

Charlotte Orr Hotaling Writing Center at Hartwick College

  • Primary Contact: James Cochran
  • Social Media: Instagram: @HartwickWritingCenter

Cornell University Library

  • Primary Contact: Iliana Burgos and Kiran Mohammadi-Williams
  • Sponsor(s): Cornell University Library
  • Social Media: @cornell_library

SUNY Geneseo

  • Primary Contact: Paul Schacht
  • Social Media: Twitter/X: @geneseo_cdl // Instagram: geneseo_cdl

South Hampton African American Museum

  • Primary Contact: Jessica Terry-Elliott
  • Time: 5:30PM-7PM

Syracuse University Humanities Center

  • Primary Contact: Syracuse University Humanities Center
  • Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/su_humanities_center
  • https://www.facebook.com/humcenter.syr.edu

OH

Columbus State Library

  • Primary Contact: Dana Knott
  • Social Media: https://linktr.ee/cscc_library

Kenyon College

  • Primary Contact: Anna
  • Sponsor(s): Kenyon College
  • Social Media: @KenyonWCC

Loganberry Books

  • Primary Contact: Morgan McCullough
  • Sponsor(s): Loganberry Books
  • Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/loganberrybooks

Muskingum University

  • Primary Contact: Judah-Micah Lamar

Oberlin College – Terrell Main Library

  • Primary Contact: Alonso Avila

OK

University of Oklahoma

  • Primary Contact: Prof. Caroline T. Schroeder
  • Sponsor(s): University of Oklahoma University Libraries, Data Institute for Societal Challenges at OU, OU Arts and Humanities Forum
  • Social Media: ctschroeder.bsky.social

PA

Black Scranton Project

  • Primary Contact: Glynis Johns
  • Sponsor(s): Black Scranton Project
  • Social Media: @blackscranton.org

Dickinson College

  • Primary Contact: Lily Sweeney
  • Sponsor(s): Sponsors include the Dickinson College Africana Studies Department, Archives & Special Collections, and the Popel Shaw Center for Race & Ethnicity. The Popel Shaw Center will host the event.
  • Time: 12-5 EST

Generations of Hope

  • Primary Contact: Imani B.
  • Social Media: @gensofhope @mymomentsss @imanib.co
  • Time: 9 AM-3 PM

Haverford College

  • Primary Contact: Anna Lacy
  • Sponsor(s): Haverford College Libraries, Tri-Co Digital Scholarship

Juniata College

  • Primary Contact: Amanda Page
  • Sponsor(s): English Department & the Statton Learning Commons

Lafayette College

  • Primary Contact: Ana Ramirez Luhrs

Penn State Brandywine Library

  • Primary Contact: Teresa Slobuski
  • Sponsor(s): Penn State University Libraries
  • Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/bwlibrarypsu/

Penn State University – Thun Library, PSU Berks

  • Primary Contact: Melissa Millar
  • Sponsor(s): Penn State University
  • Social Media: @thunlibrary
  • Time: 12-2pm

Penn State University Library – Fayette

  • Primary Contact: Heather Page
  • Sponsor(s): None
  • Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/psufelib/
  • https://www.facebook.com/Penn-State-Fayette-The-Eberly-Campus-Library-180398680557/

Price Lab for Digital Humanities & Penn Libraries

  • Primary Contact: Stewart Varner
  • Sponsor(s): Price Lab and Penn Libraries
  • Social Media: @PennPriceLab & @upennlib (both Instagram)

Swarthmore College

  • Primary Contact: Amanda Licastro
  • Sponsor(s): Swarthmore Libraries
  • Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/swatlibrary/ and @amandalicastro.bsky.social

University of Pittsburgh

  • Primary Contact: Katie Warczak
  • Sponsor(s): Center for African Studies, Department of English

SC

Coastal Carolina University

  • Primary Contact: Sarah Laiola
  • Sponsor(s): Digital Culture and Design, Coastal Carolina University
  • Social Media: instagram: @dcdatccu @coastalenglish
  • Time: 2:00-4:00

South Carolina Center for the Book

  • Primary Contact: McCabe Rentz
  • Sponsor(s): South Carolina State Library South Carolina Center for the Book
  • Time: 3-4pm

TN

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Primary Contact: Anne Langendorfer
  • Sponsor(s): Department of English, Department of History, Department of Africana Studies, and Hodges Libraries at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

TX

Austin Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Brenda Malik

Gamma Pi Beta Sorority, Incorporated

  • Primary Contact: Kymberly Keeton

Texas Tech University English Department

  • Primary Contact: Elissa Zellinget
  • Sponsor(s): Texas Tech University English Department

Trinity University Humanities Collective

  • Primary Contact: Dawn Bishop
  • Sponsor(s): Trinity University Humanities Collective and Student Inclusion & Belonging
  • Social Media: @humanitiestu (Instagram & X)

UT

The University of Utah

  • Primary Contact: Jaimie D Crumley
  • Time: 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. MST.

VA

Bridgewater College

  • Primary Contact: Dr. Vanessa Rouillon
  • Sponsor: Department of English
  • Primary Contact Email: vrouillon@bridgewater.edu
  • City: Bridgewater
  • Social Media: @bridgewatercollege

Old Dominion University (The Department of English)

  • Primary Contact: Aleksandra Swatek
  • Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/oduenglish/

Shenandoah University

  • Primary Contact: Aimee Gee
  • Sponsor(s): Shenandoah University Libraries
  • Social Media: Instagram (@susmithlibraries) and https://www.facebook.com/ShenandoahUniversityLibraries/

William & Mary

  • Primary Contact: Rachel Hogan
  • Sponsor(s): William & Mary Libraries
  • Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/wmlibraries
  • https://www.youtube.com/swemlibrary
  • https://www.instagram.com/wmlibraries/
  • https://www.linkedin.com/company/william-mary-libraries/posts/

WA

University of Washington Libraries

  • Primary Contact: Verletta Kern

Western Washington University

  • Primary Contact: David Schlitt
  • Sponsor(s): WWU Black Student Coalition (BSC); more TK

WI

Marquette University

  • Primary Contact: Tara Baillargeon
  • Sponsor(s): Raynor Library, Ott Memorial Writing Center, Lemonis Center for Student Success, Sodexo
  • Social Media: Raynor Library Facebook Page
  • Time: Feb 14 10am-11:30pm and 12-1:30pm