Public Locations – Douglass Day 2026

The map below shows the approximate locations of everyone who is hosting a virtual, hybrid, and in-person group 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. Most site organizers can be contacted by doing a Google search for their name and group/school.

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

Virtual

Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS)

  • Primary Contact: Judy Rose

British Colombia

Courthouse Libraries BC

  • Primary Contact: Clare Asquith Finegan

AL

University of Alabama in Huntsville

  • Primary Contact: Joe Conway

AZ

Arizona State University

  • Primary Contact: Liz Grumbach
  • Sponsor(s): Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics

University of Arizona

  • Primary Contact: Heather Froehlich
  • Sponsor(s): African American Museum of Southern Arizona
  • Social Media: https://www.aamsaz.org/
  • Time: 10am – 1pm MT

CA

Armacost Library at the University of Redlands

  • Primary Contact: Trisha Aurelio
  • Sponsor(s): Armacost Library
  • Time: 9am – 12pm PST

Loyola Marymount University

  • Primary Contact: Elizabeth Drummond
  • Sponsor(s): Department of African American Studies and Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts

Occidental College

  • Primary Contact: Occidental College Special Collections & College Archives
  • Sponsor(s): Black Studies Department, Black Student Alliance, Black Alumni Organization, Special Collections & College Archives, American Studies Department, History Department
  • Social Media: https://oxydouglassday2026.eventbrite.com
  • Time: 12 – 3pm PST

University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Primary Contact: Jim Casey, Dept. of English
  • Where: UCSB Multicultural Center Lounge
  • Sponsor(s): Department of English, Office of Black Student Development, African diasporic Cultural Resource Center, Department of Black Studies, and the Multicultural Center
  • https://douglassday.org/ucsb/
  • Time: 11am – 2pm PST

CT

Eastern Connecticut State University

  • Primary Contact: Emily Todd
  • Sponsor(s): School of Arts and Sciences, J. Eugene Smith Library, Intercultural Center, Connecticut Studies, and Department of History
  • Social Media: @artsscienceeastern; @eastern_ic; @ecsulibrary; @ecsuhistory
  • Time: February 20 from 11 – 2pm EST

Greenwich Historical Society

  • Primary Contact: Lauren Ackerley
  • Sponsor(s): The League of Women Voters, YWCA
  • Social Media: FB: Greenwich Historical Society

Western Connecticut State University

  • Primary Contact: Joshua Sumrell
  • Sponsor(s): Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Haas Library
  • Social Media: @odeiwcsu, @wcsu_icaoffice @westconnlibrary
  • Time: February 20th 11am – 2p

Windsor Historical Society

Peterson Library, University of New Haven

  • Primary Contact: Mary Lamothe

D.C.

Howard University

  • Primary Contact: Sabrina Evans
  • Sponsor(s): Department of Literature and Writing, Howard University Libraries, and the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
  • Social Media: @moorlandhu; @hu_englishdept

DE

Bear Library

FL

Tallahassee African American Genealogical Society

University of Florida

  • Primary Contact: Kevin Winstead
  • Sponsor(s): UF Libraries, Alachua County Historical Society, Santa Fe Community College
  • Social Media: IG: @AFA_UF

GA

Augusta University

Emory College of Arts & Sciences

  • Primary Contact: Sarah Salter
  • Sponsor(s): Emory Writing Program, Emory Libraries and Museums

IA

University of Iowa

  • Primary Contact: Sarah Bond
  • Sponsor(s): History Department, University of Iowa
  • Time: 3 – 5p

IL

Newberry Library

  • Primary Contact: David Weimer
  • Sponsor(s):Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, Loyola University Chicago 

Rogers Park West Ridge Historical Society

  • Primary Contact: Dona Vitale
  • Time: 11am – 2pm CT

University of Illinois Chicago

  • Primary Contact: Briana Hanny
  • Sponsor(s): UIC Department of Black Studies, Department of Sociology, Department of History, and UIC Daley Library
  • Social Media: @uicBLST
  • Time: 11am – 2pm CST

KS

University of Kansas

  • Primary Contact: Laura Mielke
  • Sponsor(s): KU Libraries, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, Departments of English, African & African American Studies, American Studies, and History
  • Time: 11am – 2pm Central (12 – 3pm EST)

MA

American Antiquarian Society

  • Primary Contact: John Garcia

Fordes House Museum

  • Primary Contact: Lorie Komlyn

Lexington Lyceum Advocates

  • Primary Contact: Janel Showalter; Kathleen Dalton
  • 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

New Bedford Historical Society

Northeastern University

  • Primary Contact: Caitlin Pollock
  • Sponsor(s): Northeastern Library, NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences, Women Writers Project

Westfield State University

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

MD

Frostburg State University, Department of Communication and Literature

  • Primary Contact: Dr. Amy Branam Armiento
  • Sponsor(s): Community Sponsors: The Brownsville Project
  • Frostburg State University Sponsors: The Center for Literary Arts, The Communication Leadership Lab, English, David M. Gillespie Special Collections, Honors program, Journalism, Public Relations, Sigma Tau Delta, Strategic Communication, and the Office of the Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences

Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries Special Collections

  • Time: 12 – 3p

ME

Bowdoin College

  • Primary Contact: Tricia Welsch

MI

Detroit Association of Women’s Clubs Inc

  • Primary Contact: Candace C
  • Sponsor(s): MSU College of Arts and Letters, College of Law, and Libraries
  • Social Media: IG: @Dawc1941

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: MSU Libraries, College of Arts and Letters, and the College of Law

University of Michigan

  • Primary Contact: Kate Topham
  • Sponsor(s): U-M Library, LSA Technology Services
  • Social Media: Twitter: umichlibrary on Bluesky & X

MO

Washington University in St. Louis

  • Primary Contact: Kelly Schmidt
  • Sponsor(s): WashU Libraries, the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, and the WashU & Slavery Project
  • Social Media: IG: @washulibraries
  • Time: 11am – 4pm CST

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 – 2pm CST

MT

Montana State University Library

  • Primary Contact: Wendy Riker Purnell; Jasmine James
  • Sponsor(s): MSU Library
  • Social Media: IG: @msulibrary; FB: MSU Bozeman Library

NC

Appalachian State University University Writing Center

  • Primary Contact: Hannah Elderkin

Chapel Hill Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Molly Luby

East Carolina University, Academic Library Services

  • Primary Contact: Erin

NH

Nashua Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Pamela Baker
  • Time: 12:30 – 3p

Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church

  • Primary Contact: Helen Fields

NJ

Mercer County Hopewell Branch Library

  • Primary Contact: Kathleen Nash; Anna Van Scoyoc

Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University

  • Primary Contact: Sarah Lacy
  • Sponsor(s): Stockton University
  • Social Media: @artsgarageac
  • Time: 12 – 3p

Pennington Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Nazli Rex
  • Social Media: IG: @penningtonlibrarians; FB: @PenningtonLibrary;

Princeton Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Cliff Robinson

Rowan University

  • Primary Contact: Jen Janofsky; Chris Saladin
  • Sponsor(s): Rowan University Center for Digital Humanities Research, Department of English, Department of Africana Studies

Rutgers University

  • Primary Contact: Francesca Giannetti
  • Sponsor(s): Rutgers Digital Humanities Initiative; Rutgers University Libraries

NY

Charlotte Orr Hotaling Writing Center, Hartwick College

  • Primary Contact: James Cochran

Cornell University Library

  • Primary Contact: Kiran Mohammadi-Williams
  • Sponsor(s): Cornell University Library
  • Social Media: @cornell_library
  • Time: 12 – 3p

State University of New York at Fredonia

  • Primary Contact: Emily VanDette
  • Sponsor(s): Reed Library, Department of English, Ethnic & Gender Studies Program
  • Time: 12 – 3p

SUNY Brockport

  • Primary Contact: M. J. Orzech
  • Sponsor(s): History Forum, History Department, African & African American Studies Department, Women & Gender, Studies Department, Education & Human Development, Public History Minor, Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Joey Jackson Intercultural Center, and the Friends of Drake Library
  • Social Media: #SUNYBrockport, #Drake Memorial Library, #Brockport History Forum
  • Time: 2 – 4p

SUNY Geneseo

  • Primary Contact: Paul Schacht

Syracuse University Humanities Center

  • Primary Contact: Syracuse University Humanities Center
  • Sponsor(s): Syracuse University Humanities Center
  • Social Media: IG: 12 – 3p

Tompkins County Public Library

  • Primary Contact: Ally True
  • Social Media: IG: @tcplny

University at Albany SUNY

  • Primary Contact: Erica Fretwell; Wendy Roberts
  • Sponsor(s): English Department at University at Albany, New York State Writers Institute
  • Social Media: English Department at University at Albany, New York State Writers Institute
  • Time: 2 – 4p

OH

Columbus State Community College Library

  • Primary Contact: Emily Henderson

Oberlin College – Terrell Main Library

  • Primary Contact: Alonso Avila

University of Cincinnati

  • Primary Contact: RJ Boutelle
  • Time: 12 – 3pm EST

PA

Dickinson College

  • Primary Contact: Malinda Triller-Doran
  • Sponsor(s): Popel Shaw Center for Race and Ethnicity, Waidner-Spahr Library
  • Social Media: @thunlibrary
  • Time: 12 – 4p

Immaculata University

  • Primary Contact: Levi Fox

Penn State University Library – Abington

  • Primary Contact: Brendan Johnson

Penn State University – Berks

  • Primary Contact: Melissa Millar
  • Sponsor(s): Thun Library
  • Social Media: @thunlibrary
  • Time: 12 – 3pm

Penn State University Library – Brandywine

  • Primary Contact: Teresa Slobuski

Penn State University Library – Fayette

  • Primary Contact: Emma Beaver
  • Social Media: IG: @psufelib; Twitter: @psu_fayette,
  • Time: 12 – 3p

Penn State University Library – Greater Allegheny

  • Primary Contact: Andrew Marshall

Penn State University – Harrisburg

Penn State University – Hazleton

  • Primary Contact: Lilly Fitt

Penn State University – Schuylkill

  • Primary Contact: Rosanne Chesakis

Penn State University – University Park

  • Primary Contact: Racine Amos; Lauren Cooper

Price Lab for Digital Humanities & Penn Libraries

  • Primary Contact: Stewart Varner
  • Sponsor(s): Price Lab and Penn Libraries
  • Social Media: @pennpricelab / @pricelab.bsky.social

Swarthmore College

  • Primary Contact: Amanda Licastro
  • Sponsor(s): Swarthmore Libraries
  • Social Media: @swatlibrary
  • Time: 12 – 3p

University of Pittsburgh

  • Primary Contact: Katie Warczak
  • Time: 12 – 3p

SC

South Carolina State Museum

  • Primary Contact: Meeghan Kane; McCabe Rentz
  • Sponsor(s): Center for Civil Rights History and Research
  • Social Media: @scstatemuseum
  • Time: 12 – 3p

University of South Carolina Beaufort

  • Primary Contact: Kim Kelley; Emily Smith
  • Sponsor(s): Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), USCB Library
  • Time: 12 – 3p

TN

Freed-Hardeman University

  • Primary Contact: Marla Record
  • Sponsor(s): FHU Library
  • Social Media: IG: @fhulibrary
  • Time: 11am – 2pm CST

University of Tennessee

  • Primary Contact: Shaina Anderson
  • Sponsor(s): English, Africana Studies, and Libraries department and the Denbo Center for the Humanities

TX

Texas Tech University English Department

Trinity University

  • Primary Contact: Sarah Luginbill

VA

Bridgewater College

  • Primary Contact: Vanessa Rouillon
  • Sponsor(s): Bridgewater College, Department of English
  • Time: 3pm EST

James Madison University

  • Primary Contact: Courtney Murray Ross
  • Sponsor(s): JMU libraries, English

Friends of Frederick Douglass Cemetery Alex, Va

  • Primary Contact: Michael Johnson
  • Sponsor(s): City of Alexandria Office of Historic Alexandria

Shenandoah University

  • Primary Contact: Aimee Gee
  • Sponsor(s): Shenandoah University Libraries

University of Virginia Library

  • Primary Contact: Kristal Sergent
  • Sponsor(s): UVA Library
  • Social Media: IG: @uvalibrary
  • Time: 12 – 3p

VT

Charlotte Library

  • Primary Contact: Margaret Woodruff and Susanna Kahn

WA

University of Washington Libraries

  • Primary Contact: Verletta Kern

Western Washington University

  • Primary Contact: David Schlitt
  • Sponsor(s): WWU Black Student Coalition, Ethnic Student Center, Western Libraries
  • Social Media: IG: @wwubsc; https://www.instagram.com/wwuesc/
  • Time: 11am – 2pm PST (2 – 5pm EST)

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 – 11:30am and 12 – 1:30pm